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Archives of Contemporary India Collections updated as on

December 2025
  1. Anand, A.S. (former Chief Justice of India) Click here to view catalogue
  2. Aniket/Ramesh Pahari (weekly magazine, 1977-2017)
  3. Bagla, Pallava (science journalist)
  4. Bajpai, K.S. (scholar & diplomat)
  5. Bandyopadhyay, Jayanta (academic & environmentalist)
  6. Banerjee, Debarati (interviews of participants in Chipko movement, Uttrakhand)
  7. Basu, Ranoj (former Permanent Secretary, AICC) Click here to view catalogue
  8. Bhasin, A.S. (historian & writer)
  9. Bidwai, Praful (journalist, political analyst & activist) Click here to view catalogue
  10. Bhatt, Chandi Prasad (environmentalist & Chipko movement leader) Click here to view catalogue
  11. Bindra, Prerna Singh (wildlife conservationist, journalist & writer)
  12. Chavda, Divyabhanusinh (wildlife conservationist) Click here to view catalogue
  13. Chaturvedi, Nand (poet) Click here to view catalogue
  14. Chanda, Nayan (jounalist & academic)
  15. Cheetal : Journal of Wildlife (1958-2012) Click here to view catalogue
  16. Choudhury, D.K. Lahiri (wildlife ecologist & elephant expert) Click here to view catalogue
  17. Dang, Hari (mountaineer, environmentalist & natural historian)
  18. Crow, Ben (professor of sociology)
  19. Dasgupta, Chandrashekhar (scholar & diplomat) Click here to view catalogue
  20. Dasgupta, Prosenjit (wildlife naturalist scholar & writer) Click here to view catalogue
  21. Deshpande, M.N. (archaeologist, art historian & conservationist) Click here to view catalogue
  22. Devdutt (journalist & writer)
  23. Dharker, Anil (journalist & editor)
  24. Dua, H.K. (journalist) Click here to view catalogue
  25. Dunu Roy (social activist, political ecologist & social scientist) Click here to view catalogue
  26. Gandhi, Gopalkrishna (academic & diplomat) Click here to view catalogue
  27. Gandhi, Rajmohan (academic & author)
  28. Gupta, S.P.K. (author & journalist) Click here to view catalogue
  29. Gupta, Narayani (academic)
  30. Haksar, Nandita (lawyer, human rights activist & writer)
  31. Harriss-White, Barbara (academic & political economist) Click here to view catalogue
  32. Hiro, Dilip (author & journalist)
  33. Hazards Centre (NGO) Click here to view catalogue
  34. Hoot Archive (Digital)
  35. Hornbill: Magazine of Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) (1976-2016)
  36. Jain, Lakshmi Chandra (writer & journalist) Click here to view catalogue
  37. Jain, Kuntha (author) Click here to view catalogue
  38. Jayal, Nalni D. (environmentalist) Click here to view catalogue
  39. Jussawalla, Adil (Poet and magazine editor)
  40. Jha, Prem Shankar (journalist) Click here to view catalogue
  41. Kapila, Madhur (Indian writer, journalist and art critic)
  42. Karnad, Girish (film actor/director & Kannada playwright) Click here to view catalogue
  43. Karanth, K. Ullas (wildlife conservationist & tiger expert)
  44. Kohli, Suresh (literary critic, filmmaker and film historian) Click here to view catalogue
  45. Kumar, Deepak (academic)
  46. Lambah, S.K. (scholar & diplomat) Click here to view catalogue
  47. Laiq, Jawid (journalist)
  48. Machwe, Prabhakar (Hindi/Marathi/English writer & poet) Click here to view catalogue
  49. MacFarquhar, R.L. (China scholar, politician and journalist) Click here to view catalogue
  50. Mainstream (Current Affairs Weekly, 1962-2020)
  51. Manikfan, Ali (ecologist)
  52. Manorama Jafa Children's Literature Collection (Children's Literature)
  53. Mehrotra, S.R. (historian & author)
  54. Mansingh, Jasjit (journalist & writer)
  55. Menon, Ritu (feminist writer & publisher)
  56. Mehta, Jagat (scholar & diplomat)
  57. Nagarkar, Kiran (English/Marathi writer & novelist) Click here to view catalogue
  58. Nayar, Kuldip (journalist & writer) Click here to view catalogue
  59. Nainital Samachar/Rajiv Lochan Sah (fortnightly, 1977-2023)
  60. Padgaonkar, Dileep (journalist & writer) Click here to view catalogue
  61. Nayyar, Deepak (academics & economist) Click here to view catalogue
  62. Namra, Shyam Bahadur (educationist & writer)
  63. Paranjpye, Sai (film director & screenwriter) Click here to view catalogue
  64. Radhakrishnan, Sarvepalli (former President of India) Catalogue 1, 2 & 3 Click here to view catalogue
  65. Raghavan, Nedyam (barrister, freedom fighter & diplomat) Click here to view catalogue
  66. Rahmani, Asad (wildlife conservationist)
  67. Rampal, Anita (educationist & author) Click here to view catalogue
  68. R. Rajamani (former IAS officer and environmentalist)
  69. Ranjitsinh, M.K. (wildlife conservationist) Catalogue No. 1 Click here to view catalogue
  70. Rauf Ali (environmentalist) Click here to view catalogue
  71. Sahgal, Captain Lakshmi (freedom fighter & social activist) Click here to view catalogue
  72. ‘Sajjan’, Kumar Purohit (Indian film and stage actor)
  73. Sanctuary Asia: (Indian nature & wildlife conservation magazine, 1981-2012)
  74. Sankhala, Kailash (wildlife conservationist & tiger expert) Click here to view catalogue
  75. Samajwadi Party Publications (Bulletins/Pamphlets)
  76. Sastri, Prema (author) Click here to view catalogue
  77. Santhanam, K. (freedom fighter & journalist)
  78. Saxena, K.B. (former civil servant & academic)
  79. Shah Commission Papers (Inquiry materials)
  80. Shahi, S.P. (wildlife conservationist)
  81. Sharma, Balkrishna ‘Naveen’ (freedom fighter, journalist & Hindi poet)
  82. Sharma, Narendra (Trade Union leader)
  83. Sharma, Mukul (writer, academic & journalist)
  84. Singh, Manmohan (former Prime Minister of India) - Catalogue of 1st Inst. Digital Collection Click here to view catalogue
  85. Simeon, Dilip (labour historian & social activist) Click here to view catalogue
  86. Sharma, Suresh (academic)
  87. Singhal, Devahuti and Damodar P. (historians & authors) Click here to view catalogue
  88. Singh, Kavita (art historian)
  89. Singhvi, L.M. (jurist & diplomat) Click here to view catalogue
  90. Srivastava, Pramod (historian) Click here to view catalogue
  91. Srivastava, Vinay Kumar (anthropologist & author)
  92. Suman Sahai-Gene Campaign (NGO)
  93. Talwar, Vir Bharat (academic & Jharkhand movement activist)
  94. Tehsin, Raza (wildlife conservationist) Catalogue No. 1 & 2 (Digital Material) Click here to view catalogue
  95. Tiwari, Satyendra Kumar (wildlife photographer) Bandhavgarh slides
  96. Uberoi, J.P.S. (sociologist)
  97. Uttara Mahila Patrika (magazine, 1990-2013) Click here to view catalogue
  98. Vanaik, Achin (author & social activist)
  99. Vatsyayan, S.H. 'Agyeya' (writer & poet)
  100. Vasudev, Aruna (film scholar, critic & painter)
  101. Verghese, B.G. (journalist & writer) Click here to view catalogue
  102. WWF (Newsletter, 1991-2009)

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