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Maharashtra Prabodhan Seva Mandal. MPSM

 Organization

Staff Only

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Gnanmata Sadan Papers

 Collection
Identifier: AR-008
Dates: 1992 - 1994
Found in: Archives at NCBS

Marie D'Souza Papers

 Collection
Identifier: AR-022
Scope and Contents This collection comprises the papers of Dr. Marie Dsouza, an ethnomedical practitioner, documenting her extensive work on indigenous knowledge systems among Adivasi communities in northern Maharashtra. The materials include field notes, projector slides with accompanying slide scripts, photographs, project proposals, financial records, draft manuscripts, and letters and publication. These documents offer valuable insight into the medicinal practices, healing traditions, and observations...
Dates: circa 1980 - 1996
Found in: Archives at NCBS

MPSM Papers

 Collection
Identifier: AR-007
Scope and Contents The collection holds archival papers, photographs, literacy booklets, and weekly, some prepared by MPSM staff and published by MPSM. The material ranges from the 1960s to 2000s. The material is published in Marathi and Bhil language. The collection is divided into 3 series. Series 1: Publications Sub- Series 1- Education Sub- Series 2- Weekly Newspaper Sub- Series 3- Articles written on Indigenous knowledge on Water and Environmental Practices Series 2: Photographs...
Dates: circa 1960 to 2000
Found in: Archives at NCBS

Oral History Interviews of Vaidu

 Collection
Identifier: AR-029
Scope and Contents This collection presents eight oral history interviews conducted in the indigenous villages of Dindori and Peth in the Nashik region, documenting the lives and practices of traditional healers known as Vaidus. Serving as community doctors for generations, these healers possess inherited knowledge of medicinal plants, forest ecosystems, and natural treatment methods that align with what is today classified within ethnomedicine. The interviews explore their journeys into healing, traditional...
Dates: 03 July 2025 to 20 September 2025
Found in: Archives at NCBS

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