National Recognition

Voices of honour.

Formal acknowledgements from the highest offices of the Republic — affirming the national importance of what REACH has built over thirty years.

What These Letters Mean

Not awards.
Acknowledgements.

There is a meaningful distinction between an award — given according to a process — and a letter of recognition from a public officeholder. The latter is a personal, considered statement. When the Prime Minister of India, the Governor of Uttarakhand, and the Union Minister of Culture each independently write to acknowledge the work of REACH, that is not a ceremony. It is a record.

These letters are held in the REACH institutional archive. They speak not only to the quality of what REACH has produced, but to the national importance of what cultural institutions of this kind do — and how rarely they sustain it across thirty uninterrupted years.

Note on presentation: The letters below are presented with excerpts from the originals. Scanned copies of all correspondence are held in the REACH office and are available to credentialed researchers, media, and institutional partners upon formal request. Facsimiles will be published on this page in their original form, including letterhead, signature, and seal.

Letters on File

3+

from the Prime Minister, Governor, and Culture Ministry

Archive Status

Original documents held

Physical letters in REACH institutional archive, Dehradun

Eminent Voices Also on Record

Cultural scholars · Historians · Senior ONGC leadership · Performing arts practitioners · International cultural delegations

The Letters

Formal recognition from
the Republic's highest offices.

Office of the Prime Minister of India

Prime Minister of India

Government of India · New Delhi

Letter from Prime Minister of India

"REACH's sustained commitment..."

Formal letter of appreciation Original on file

Raj Bhawan, Dehradun

Governor of Uttarakhand

Raj Bhawan, Uttarakhand · Patron, Virasat Festival

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Scanned letter
to be placed here
— original held in REACH archive

"The Virasat Festival has become..."

Official communication · Patron Original on file

Ministry of Culture, Government of India

Union Minister of Culture

Ministry of Culture · Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi

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Scanned letter
to be placed here
— original held in REACH archive

"In an era of rapid cultural homogenisation..."

Ministerial letter of recognition Original on file

Also on record — eminent voices.

Sh. Subhash Kumar

Former CMD, ONGC

Sh. Subhash Kumar

Director General, ACE · Chief Guest, Virasat 2025 Day 8

Representing thirty years of ONGC's uninterrupted support for REACH and Virasat — a partnership that has made this institution possible.

Sohail Hashmi

Historian & Heritage Activist

Sohail Hashmi

Filmmaker, Historian · REACH Talks, Virasat 2025

"Preserving architecture is preserving memory" — a perspective that resonated perfectly with the ethos of Virasat and the REACH institution.

ArchiveInstitutional Record

All letters, communications, and formal acknowledgements received by REACH are maintained in the institutional archive at the REACH office, 72/II Vasant Vihar, Dehradun. Scanned originals are being digitised and will be published on this page in full, preserving letterhead, signature, and official seal.

Researchers, journalists, and institutional partners requiring access to original documents may write to REACH directly. All correspondence is held in its original physical form and is available for verification.

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