Mr. Lohar, along with other participants, having had successfully completed the course, was felicitated by Mr. Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, Founder Director, Film Heritage Foundation; Mr. T. Subbarami Reddy, film producer; Mrs. Amala Akkineni, Indian film actress; and Mr. David Walsh, Training and Outreach Coordinator, International Federation of film Archives (FIAF).

Mr. Prashant Lohar at the photograph conservation training with Senior photograph Conservator Dr. Nora Kennedy and Mrs. Amala Akkineni

Mr. Prashant Lohar receiving the certificate from Mr. David Walsh, FIAF, Mr. T. Subbarami Reddy, Mrs. Amala Akkineni and Mr. Shivendra Singh Dungarpur.

Workshop : Access and Inclusion in South and Southeast Asian Museums

ICOM defines a 'museum' as "a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits the tangible and intangible heritage of humanity and its environment for the purposes of education, study and enjoyment". The concepts of 'Access' and 'Inclusion' fit into all most every aspect of this very definition, with words such as 'society', 'public', 'communication', etc. that resonate with it.

Ms. Chelsea Santos, Assistant Curator at The City Palace Museum, Udaipur, participated in the week-long workshop at Jodhpur from 28th - 30th November 2019 and a postworkshop tour from 1st - 3rd December 2019 of several sites, Institutes and Museums in Nagaur and Bikaner. The workshop and tour, that looked at 'Access and Inclusion in South and Southeast Asian Museums', was jointly organised by the Commonwealth Association of Museums (CAM), ICOM ICTOP (International Committee for Training of Personnel) and ICOM India, in collaboration with Mehrangarh Museum Trust, Jodhpur and Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum, Jaipur.

Guided tour of Mehrangarh Fort and its ramparts, with Dr. Giles Tillotson

Ms. Chelsea Santos with the speakers and delegates of the workshop at Mehrangarh, Jodhpur