SUNY-Oswego/STARTALK collaboration (2019)

Pixelated Memories was featured in a series of educational videos on ancient Indian science and architecture. These were developed jointly by State University of New York (SUNY-Oswego), University of Maryland, ESHA Foundation and US National Security Agency as part of STARTALK Program, an effort to internationally promote several languages (including Hindi) and their vernacular sciences.

The collaboration project was the brainchild of Prof. Dr. Alok Kumar of SUNY-Oswego and involved detailed research about the history, architecture, religious significance and scientific underpinnings of several monuments in Delhi and Rajasthan.

Even though it was pre-decided that each of the two videos that Pixelated Memories will feature in will introduce only one monument/concept and will only be 5-10 minutes long, it nonetheless required two days of hectic shooting at the Qutb Complex, Delhi. It was an exhilarating experience, though disconcertingly intimidating, being under cameras and strobe lights for the first time!

Here are the videos –

Access the complete lecture series here – STARTALK Authentic Media on Indian Science & Technology

Access articles relevant to the monuments discussed here –

1. Pixelated Memories - Iron Pillar, Delhi
2. Pixelated Memories - Qutb Complex, Delhi
3. Pixelated Memories - Qutb Minar, Delhi

Media mentions –

1. Economictimes.com - NASA funds programme to produce videos to teach Hindi through Indian scientific innovations (June 18, 2019) (sic)
2. Indiatoday.in - NASA funds programme to teach Hindi internationally through science-themed videos (June 18, 2019) (sic)
3. Oswego.edu - Professor joins team to produce science-themed videos to teach Hindi (June 17, 2019)
4. Rstv.nic.in - NASA funds programme to produce videos to teach Hindi through Indian scientific innovations (June 18, 2019) (sic)
5. Thehindu.com - NASA funds programme to produce videos to teach Hindi through Indian scientific innovations (June 18, 2019) (sic)
6. Timesofindia.com - NASA funds programme to produce videos to teach Hindi through Indian scientific innovations (June 18, 2019) (sic)
7. Tribuneindia.com - NASA funds programme to produce videos to teach Hindi through Indian scientific innovations (June 18, 2019) (sic)