Archives of Contemporary India

Supported by HDFC LTD.

Collections A-Z

Archives of Contemporary India Collections updated as on

January 2024

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

“Archives of Contemporary India is committed to building archival collections through donation of papers by eminent individuals whose life and work has been of special relevance to the study of contemporary history of India and institutions that have played a key role in nation building."