way to show it much of indian art has an invaluable cultural heritage dating back to thousands of years this means that many of the artefacts are fragile and sensitive to light and humidity requiring exceptionally careful handling this is also why we have developed technologies that help meet the challenge of preserving these works lets take as an example art camera so much of the beauty and power of art lives in the details we know that people love experiencing art in close detail millions of people spend time exploring our ultrahigh resolution gigapixel images inch by inchspotting something new every time with the art camera museums can digitise these works with the global public while ensuring theyre preserved for future generationsq how many museumsinstitutes are using the google arts and culture platform in indiatoday people from across the world can explore 2100 exhibitions provided by over 100 partners in indiaq whos your biggest audience in indiawe are glad that many people in india enjoy google arts culture as this makes museum visits and cultural archives more accessible across some people just cant go to these places some want to take a closer look at paintings they saw others want to learn more at home about different aspects of their heritage it touches on different topics which also allows different groups to use it in different ways for example we think that this new collection india ki udaan published in english and hindi can be easily used in classrooms and by families to teach history and culture about indiaq do you also have any partnerships with the state or central governmentsyes we do apart from cultural institutions artists and curators we partner with governments as well in india we collaborated with the ministry of culture for crafted in india with the ministry of tourism on the incredible india campaign and with the ministry of railways on indian railways q with respect to your engagement with art institutions in india can you talk about any indiaspecific challenges that the team has facedi want to turn your question towards where i see the big opportunity lies for a platform that connects cultural collections from around the globe a few years ago i saw the landmark india the world exhibition at chhatrapati shivaji maharaj vastu sangrahalaya in mumbai it was amazing to see millennia of indias culture alongside the global context of its time thats my hope for a cultural platform as well that it allows you to understand a countrys cultural heritage in a wider context its also worth mentioning that most museums can only display a fraction of their collection digital collections make it possible to show more of their holdings across museums and borders every time i visit india im inspired by seeing how museums like the national museum of the gallery of modern art and so many others are experimenting in the digital spaceq also are there any indianspecific best practiceslearnings that