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

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