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| An Introduction to North East Zone Cultural Centre |
Administrative Building of NEZCC
Postal Address :
The Director
North East Zone Cultural Centre
Post Box No. 98
Dimapur – 797112, Nagaland, India
Phone : 03862 – 243557 / 243573
Fax : 03862 – 243626
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On 23rd March 1985, Late Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India made his momentous announcement on the setting up of the Zonal Cultural Centres of India; he said
“It is our endeavour that these seven Centres will represent individually the cultures from the States in their zones and will represent jointly the culture of this nation. Thus a new culture, combining all these cultures, will progress in India. Our heritage will thus be preserved for the coming generations …. … If India loses its spirituality, its internal might, then such progress will have no meaning. The Cultural Centres will help strengthen our internal might …. … These Centres should help in making the common culture of Indian people reach other people.”
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With the diversity of cultures that exist in the country, there are various regional forms and styles but there are also some common characteristics that run through the cultures of the people living in that area although they may speak different languages and may have different historical experiences. Such integrated cultural patterns are discernible in various regions of the country and they serve the purpose of an integrating force.
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Foundation Stone
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Emphasising the importance of the ‘Cultural Unity’ that characterises the heritage and its identification at the regional level Seven Zonal Cultural Centres were established in the country in different regions as follows.
- North Zone Cultural Centre - Patiala (Punjab)
- Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre - Santiniketan (West Bengal)
- West Zone Cultural Centre - Udaipur (Rajasthan)
- South Zone Cultural Centre - Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu)
- North Central Zone Cultural Centre - Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)
- South Central Zone Cultural Centre - Nagpur (Maharastra)
- North East Zone Cultural Centre - Dimapur (Nagaland)
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Artistes Guest House
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Master Plan Sketch of NEZCC
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The North East Zone Cultural Centre (NEZCC), one of the seven Zonal Cultural Centres of the country, was set up in June 17, 1986 with headquarters at Dimapur (Nagaland). NEZCC is an autonomous Body under Department of Culture, Govt. of India, Ministry of Tourism & Culture and the Society is registered under the Nagaland Societies Registration Act XXI 1860. The North East Zone Cultural Centre comprises the “Seven Sister” - States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura.
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The North East Zone Cultural Centre was formally inaugurated by late Rajiv Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India on October 06, 1987.
The management of the Centre is vested in its Governing Body. Supervision, direction and control of the affairs vest in its Executive Board, which is assisted by the Finance Committee, Programme Committee, etc.
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Late Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India with artistes from North-east.
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The Chairman of the Governing Body and the Executive Board is Governor of Nagaland and the Chief Executive Officer of the Centre is the Director.
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| Chronology of Chairmen of NEZCC |
| Gen. K. V. Krishna Rao PVSM (Retd.) |
1986 – 19.07.89 |
| Dr. L. T. Gopal Singh |
20.07.89 – 03.05.90 |
| Shri. Chintamani Panigrahi |
04.05.90 – 08.05.90 |
| Dr. M. M. Thomas |
09.05.90 – 12.04.92 |
| Shri. Loknath Misra |
13.04.92 – 01.10.93 |
| Lt. Gen. V. K. Nayar, (Retd.) PVSM, SM |
02.10.93 – 04.08.94 |
| Shri. O. N. Srivastava |
05.08.94 – 11.11.96 |
| Shri. Omprakash Sharma |
12.11.96 – 27.01.02 |
| His Excellency Shri. Shyamal Datta, Governor of Nagaland |
28.01.02 – till date |
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His Excellency
Shri
K. Sankaranarayanan
Governor of Nagaland |
01.03.07 - till date |
| Chronology of Director’s of NEZCC |
| Mr. M. Alemchiba Ao-Acting Director |
11.02.86 – 17.09.87 |
| Mr. N. Bendang Ao |
18.09.87 – 17.09.91 |
| Mr. R. N. Bhattacharjee -Acting Director |
18.09.91 – 31.08.92 |
| Dr. (Mrs). Temsula Ao |
01.09.92 – 30.08.97 |
| Mr. Metongmeren Ao, IAS-Acting Director |
31.08.97 – 18.04.99 |
| Mr. A. Birendra Singh |
19.04.99 - |
| I. Kina Jamir - Director-in-Charge |
29.08.01 to 06-01-2003 – |
| Smt Angau I.Thou, NCS |
07.01.2003 – till date |
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Smt. V. Hekali Zhimomi, IAS |
01.08.2006 - till date
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Gen(Retd) K.V. Krishna Rao 1st Chairman NEZCC addressing a Governoring body meeting
Shilpgram view
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NEZCC covers the folk-arts, performing arts and other traditional art forms practiced by the people of the region since time immemorial and identify the commonalities in the various cultural elements and provide a forum for interaction of the various cultures. One of the major functions of the Centre is to encourage documentation of the various forms of the folk and tribal music and dances and establish support mechanism for the art forms that are disappearing. The Centre arranges presentation of the art forms of the one unit to others within the region and also to the rest of the country.
NEZCC has been in the vanguard of preserving, nurturing and disseminating the mosaic of cultures and art forms of the Eight North Eastern States since its inception. Through this Centre, the rich composite culture of the country is also seen through the prism of the local cultural traits and identities.
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