Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (T.R.I.S.)

The Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (T.R.I.S.) is a custodian to a vast knowledge base that encapsulates Neville Tuli’s vision and determination to help transform and restructure the learning and educational frameworks for study and research on India Studies through a rediscovery of academic, scholarly, popular, and experiential sources via its online and offline knowledge bases, where the visual and audio are equally privileged with the textual in sharing wisdom.

T.R.I.S. is dedicated to reshaping how Indian culture, history, and creative traditions are understood globally. Established after nearly three decades of Neville Tuli's work across fine arts, cinema, photography, architecture, popular arts, economics of culture, and animal welfare, TRIS combines image, text, and audio to nurture visual literacy and deeper holistic knowledge.

The Centre challenges traditional text-heavy academic models, promoting a non-linear, sensory-rich learning experience that emphasizes intellectual curiosity, visual sensitivity, and joyful discovery. By doing so, TRIS aims to make India’s complex heritage more accessible and engaging for both domestic and international audiences.

TRIS's interdisciplinary research spans 16 categories, including Cinema as a Critical Educational Resource, Modern and Contemporary Indian Fine Arts, Photography in India, India’s Architectural Heritage, the Animal-Human-Nature Continuum, and the Economics of Art & Cultural Industry.

Neville Tuli summarizes the mission:

“Our objective is to nurture and sensitize visual literacy to fuse image-text to create a deeper holistic source of knowledge at the highest level.”

Planned since 1994, TRIS offers an innovative approach that democratizes access to creative knowledge, offering a fresh, visual-driven model for exploring India’s vast cultural and historical diversity.