Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts has been exploring the creative world of women and their contribution in the making of Indian civilization through its various programmes and research projects, field studies and documentation.

The Janapada Sampada Division of the IGNCA devoted to the study of folk and tribal heritage regularly organizes workshops of folk and tribal artists to document their rich heritage. Several workshops on Mithila paintings have been held in the past, in which the women artists of Mithila were invited to paint the stories of Ramayana and Mahabharata as sung and celebrated by them. Over the years the Division has developed an impressive collection of cultural forms through which women weave, embroider, paint, mould, sculpt, sing, dance and tell stories giving expression to their dreams, hopes, desires and aspirations. Another Division of the IGNCA, the Kalakosa Division also has a programme, Narivada Prakalpa, which focuses on the contribution of women in the making of Indian civilization. In the initial years, under this programme three significant documentation projects viz. Kala aur Katha, Gunavati Nari, and Rishikas were undertaken involving women artists from Mithila.