19th session of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Council of Heads of Government:
- The Vice President of India, Shri M Venkaiah Naidu virtually addressed & chaired the 19th session of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Heads of Government, on November 30, 2020 in New Delhi. It was hosted by India. The SCO Council of Heads of Government, which is held annually with a focus on trade and economic agenda of the organisation.
SCO Online Exhibition on Shared Buddhist Heritage:
During the 19th Meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of Government, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu also launched the first ever SCO Online Exhibition on Shared Buddhist Heritage on November 30, 2020. The SCO Online International Exhibition was developed and curated by National Museum, New Delhi, in active collaboration with SCO member countries.
In the Exhibition Buddhist art antiquities from SCO countries on a single platform through state of art technologies such as 3D scanning, webGL platform, virtual space utilization, innovative curation and narration methodology etc was presented.
National Museum (New Delhi), Indian Museum (Kolkata), National Museum of Kazakhstan, Dun Huang Academy (China), National Historical Museum of the Kyrgyz Republic, Museums of Pakistan, State Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow (Russia), National Museum and National Museum of Antiquities, Tajikistan and renowned archaeological sites of Uzbekistan participated in the exhibition.