Archives of Contemporary India

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Collections A-Z

Archives of Contemporary India Collections updated as on

January 2023

  1. Anand, A. S. (Former Chief Justice of India) Click here to view catalogue
  2. Basu, Ranoj (Former Permanent Secretary, AICC)
  3. Bhatt, Chandi Prasad (environmentalist & Chipko movement leader) Click here to view catalogue
  4. Bidwai, Praful (journalist, political analyst & activist)
  5. Bindra, Prerna Singh (wildlife conservationist, journalist & writer)
  6. Chavda, Divyabhanusinh (wildlife conservationist) Click here to view catalogue
  7. Cheetal Journal of Wildlife (Journal) Click here to view catalogue
  8. Choudhury, D. K. Lahiri (wildlife ecologist & elephant expert)
  9. Dang, Hari (mountaineer, environmentalist, and natural historian)
  10. Das Gupta, Prosenjit (wildlife naturalist scholar & writer)
  11. Deepak Kumar (academic)
  12. Deshpande, M.N. (distinguished archaeologist, art historian and conservator) Click here to view catalogue
  13. Dharker, Anil (journalist & editor)
  14. Dua, H.K. (journalist) Click here to view catalogue
  15. Dunu Roy (social activist, political ecologist & social scientist) Click here to view catalogue
  16. Gupta S.P.K (author & journalist)
  17. Gandhi, Gopalkrishna (academic & diplomat) Click here to view catalogue
  18. Haksar, Nandita (lawyer, human rights activist & writer)
  19. Harriss-White, Barbara (academic & political economist)
  20. Hazard Centre (NGO) Click here to view catalogue
  21. Hiro, Dilip (author & journalist)
  22. Hoot Archive (Digital)
  23. Hornbill, magazine of Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS)
  24. Jayal, Nalni D. (environmentalist)
  25. Karanth, K. Ullas (wildlife conservationist & tiger expert)
  26. Karnad, Girish (film actor/director & Kannada playwright) Click here to view catalogue
  27. Kohli, Suresh (Poet, writer, translator, editor, literary critic, filmmaker and film historian) Click here to view catalogue
  28. Machwe, Prabhakar (Hindi/Marathi/English writer & poet) Click here to view catalogue
  29. Mainstream (Current Affairs Weekly, 1962-2020)
  30. Manorama Jafa Children's Literature Collection (Children's Literature)
  31. Mehrotra, S.R (historian & author)
  32. Menon, Ritu (feminist writer & publisher)
  33. Nagarkar, Kiran (English/Marathi writer & novelist)
  34. Nayar, Kuldip (journalist & writer) Click here to view catalogue
  35. Radhakrishnan, Sarvepalli (Former President of India)
  36. Padgaonkar, Dileep (journalist & writer) Click here to view catalogue
  37. Rahmani, Asad (wildlife conservationist)
  38. Rampal, Anita (educationist & author) Click here to view catalogue
  39. Ranjitsinh, M.K. (wildlife conservationist) Catalogue No. 1 Click here to view catalogue
  40. Rauf Ali (environmentalist)
  41. Sahgal, Captain Lakshmi (Freedom fighter and social activist) Click here to view catalogue
  42. Sanctuary Asia, Indian nature and wildlife conservation magazine
  43. Samajwadi Party Publications (Bulletins/Pamphlets)
  44. Sankhala, Kailash (wildlife conservationist & tiger expert)
  45. Shah Commission Papers (Inquiry materials)
  46. Sharma, Balkrishna ‘Naveen’ (Indian freedom activist, journalist, politician, and a poet of Hindi literature)
  47. Shahi, S.P. (wildlife conservationist)
  48. Simeon, Dilip (labour historian & social activist) Click here to view catalogue
  49. Singhal, Devahuti and Damodar P. (historians & authors)
  50. Singh, Manmohan (Former Prime Minister of India) Click here to view catalogue
  51. Singhvi, L. M. (jurist & diplomat)
  52. Srivastava, Vinay Kumar (anthropologist & author)
  53. Srivastava, Pramod (historian) Click here to view catalogue
  54. Suman Sahai Gene Campaign (NGO)
  55. Tehsin, Raza (wildlife conservationist) Catalogue No. 1 Click here to view catalogue
  56. Talwar, Vir Bharat (academic & Jharkhand movement activist)
  57. Vanaik, Achin (author & social activist)
  58. Vatsyayan, H.S. 'Agyeya' (writer & poet)
  59. Verghese, B. G. (journalist & writer) Click here to view catalogue
  60. WWF Newsletter (Newsletters)

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