This is the first such attempt in India to preserve the Digital Data of scanned Films by Piql Process for long term preservation. Mr. Ujwal Nirgudkar, Trustee, Gandhi Films Foundation has taken the initiative for this association. Mr. Subhash Jaykar, another trustee, selected two films for this project. Mr. Ramesh Bajaj Piql Associate from India, co-ordinated with Piql, Norway for this project.

Two Films are selected initially for this project, First one is a 14 Mins Documentary on Round Table Conference in London (1930-1932). This documentary also consists of Gandhiji’s visit to Switzerland & Italy. Majority of the Audio content for this documentary is in English.

Second Film is a 11 Mins Documentary on Salt March (Dandi Yatra,12th March 1930) Gujarat, India. Audio for this documentary is in Hindi and English. The rights of these Films will always remain with Gandhi Films Foundation.

Piql Process is a New Patented Process of writing digital data on Black & White Film, which has a life of more than 500 Years. This life can be extended further if the recorded film is stored at sub-zero temperature at Piql’s Arctic World Archive (AWA) at Norway.

About this initiative Mr. Nitin Potdar, Chairman Gandhi Films Foundation, Mumbai said “The Films of Gandhiji contain his valuable teachings which needs to be preserved for our future generations and if we don’t do it, I guess we would be failing in our duty towards our Country.”

Mr Rune Bjerkestrand, Managing Director, PIQL, Norway Quoted “We are delighted to be supporting this project and preserving this valuable cultural heritage for the future”.

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