FAQ

What makes a LĪLĀ pro­ject?

Fun­da­men­tally, a Lila pro­ject is in­ter­dis­ci­pli­nary. A full-fledged Lila pro­ject will com­bine

• ideation and re­search strength­en­ing fields of knowl­edge
• pub­lic in­ter­face pro­grammes to dis­sem­i­nate find­ings
• pro­duc­tion of ma­te­r­ial based on the pro­ject stud­ies and pro­grammes
• archiv­ing of data/re­sources to con­serve and fa­cil­i­tate re-ideation to­wards the larger ob­jec­tives of the pro­ject.

While we give pref­er­ence to en­deav­ours fo­cus­ing equally on each of these do­mains, Lila also wel­comes more spe­cific pro­jects in any of these fields. Lila will work on ex­pand­ing the scope of your pro­ject to­wards these di­verse hori­zons.

What are the en­ter­prises that LĪLĀ can take up?

Lila un­der­takes those en­ter­prises that are trans­for­ma­tive— they make a de­fin­i­tive dif­fer­ence to the peo­ple, places and fields in­volved with them.

Who qual­i­fies to be an in­di­vid­ual con­trib­u­tor?

In­spir­ing in­di­vid­u­als from across the world and in a va­ri­ety of areas can col­lab­o­rate with LILA. We wel­come con­trib­u­tors in so­cio-cul­tural and sci­en­tific prac­tices, re­search, con­ser­va­tion. To sub­mit your ini­tial pro­ject de­scrip­tion, go to our pro­ject pro­posal page.

Who qual­i­fies to be an in­sti­tu­tional col­lab­o­ra­tor?

In­sti­tu­tions world­wide work­ing in the areas of re­search, cul­tural and sci­en­tific prac­tices and con­ser­va­tion can col­lab­o­rate with LILA to carry out pro­jects. To sub­mit your ini­tial pro­ject de­scrip­tion, go to our pro­ject pro­posal page.

Apart from these, LILA also works with var­i­ous in­sti­tu­tions fa­cil­i­tat­ing the or­ga­ni­za­tion of our events. More­over, LILA col­lab­o­rates as a part­ner for con­sul­tancy, im­ple­men­ta­tion and archiv­ing in var­i­ous trans­for­ma­tive pro­jects un­der­taken by in­sti­tu­tions from across the world.

Who are the ‘LILA Mitr’ (‘friends of LĪLĀ’)?

Any in­di­vid­ual who is will­ing to help us reach out, ex­pand or re­alise our goals will be wel­comed as LILA Mitr. If you be­lieve in what we do, go add your name on the LILA Mitr page. We con­sider LILA Mitron to be our in­spi­ra­tional kin, peo­ple on whom we can rely on in the va­ri­ety of causes and ac­tiv­i­ties we un­der­take. LILA also ac­tively seeks out friends whom we think can help us in spe­cific ways.

What are the copy­right poli­cies of LĪLĀ?

Lila is ide­o­log­i­cally copy­duty: it is not on the basis of (in­tel­lec­tual) rights that copy­ing and shar­ing should be de­fined, but on the duty to give and make knowl­edge ac­ces­si­ble to all. This does not imply in­dif­fer­ence to au­thor­ship: we credit and re­ward in­di­vid­ual and in­sti­tu­tional play­ers con­tribut­ing to cul­tur­al­ity. Hence, the items in the LILA archives which are marked ‘open source’ can be dis­trib­uted and shared on the only con­di­tion of ac­knowl­edg­ing the LILA con­trib­u­tors. In spe­cific cases, where the data is made avail­able through huge in­vest­ments by LILA, down­load­able files will be avail­able on pay­ment.

What are the guar­an­tees of­fered by LĪLĀ?

LILA of­fers com­plete con­fi­den­tial­ity, mu­tu­al­ity and trust to all its in­di­vid­ual and in­sti­tu­tional part­ners. We also guar­an­tee our en­tire par­tic­i­pa­tion and com­mit­ment for the pro­jects un­der­taken.