Regional Resources Centre for Folk Performing Arts
Regional Resources centre for Folk Performing Arts was built with the help of the grants offered by the Ford Foundation. Invaluable archives have been built under the auspices of the Regional Resources Center for Folk Performing Arts with the help of the grants offered by the Ford Foundation.
Dr. Peter Claus helped the RRC to launch a series of International Workshops in Folklore studies. The centre has entered into international collaboration in documentation projects. The Centre has produced rich documentation material in audio visual form based on a series of field studies, workshops, seminars and festivals. The centre has entered into international collaboration in documentation projects. Taking up the most modern methods of multimedia documentation the RRC has become a great treasure of Folklore material. Photographs, Cassettes, Videos, slides analysed, classified and stored for easy retrieval can be consulted on the spot by interested people.
Siri Sampada, which contains valuable archival material, is equipped with a sophisticated video editor's desk where Harshavardhana Bhat has produced documentary videos on rare forms of folk performances. The Dissemination Project of presenting RRC holdings before interested audiences in the Dhwanyaloka is one of the most important parts of the informal education which the college has taken up with gusto and vigour.