To-day, she is member
of ICOM, AFRICOM and founder member of the National
Heritage Trust Fund of Mauritius (1997) and
active board member of Aapravasi Ghat Trust
Fund as from year 2001 (a site which has recently
been inscribed for World Heritage Site UNESCO).
She has published and co-authored in various
publications on the Indian Immigration Diaspora
to Mauritius.
The various publications
englobe a more complete picture of the complexities
of the history of indentured migration and the
implantation of immigrants in the host society.
She has also widely contributed in setting up
of the Immigration Archives section at the Mahatma
Gandhi Institute which is housed in the Folk
Museum. She is actually project leader of the
Computerization of the Indian Immigration Archives
documents at the Mahatma Gandhi Institute.
Dr. Saloni Deerpalsingh
has had a major contribution in drafting legislation
for the Ministry of Arts and Culture for the
setting up of the National Heritage Trust Fund,
National Museum Council, Aapravasi Ghat Trust
Fund, National Genealogy Institute. She has
also produced National Genealogy report on 'Retracing
of Ancestors for Mauritians of African descent
for the Nelson Mandela Cultural Centre for African
Culture, 2004 and as well as tracing roots for
Mauritians of Indian descent.
She has widely worked
on research, concept and realization of various
exhibitions on Indian Indentured Labour, slavery,
La Co-existence Culturelle, Heritage Sites of
Mauritius, Coins Trove, Mahatma Gandhi visit
in Mauritius and lately on Agricultural Tools
and Implements and their evolution with a multi
– media CDRom production – an exhibition
which brings forth an identity which is discontinuing
gradually given the convergence of social and
economic changes. This exhibition is a living
example of reminiscing and preserving a heritage
from both a tangible and intangible perspective.
