Archives of Contemporary India
Supported by HDFC LTD.Visit of Om Thanvi, former Editor of Jansatta and donor of S.H. Vatsyayan Papers visits ACI.
Explore GalleryVisit of Latika Padgaonkar (donor of Dileep Padgaonkar Papers) to the ACI.
Explore GalleryProf. Dilip M. Menon visits ACI
Explore GalleryTalk by Prof. Dilip M. Menon (Professor of History, University of Witwatersrand and Founder-Director, Centre for Indian Studies in Africa) on 'An Archives of the Demotic: Thinking Theory from our Spaces' organised by the ACI and Department of History.
Explore GalleryTalk by Dr. K. Ullas Karanth (Emeritus Director, CWS, Bengaluru) on his latest book ‘Among Tigers: Fighting to Bring Back Asia’s Big Cats' organised by the Archives of Contemporary India and Department of Environmental Studies.
Explore GalleryDiscussion on ‘Growing up Karanth’ by Dr. K. Ullas Karanth, Prof. Malavika Kapur & Ms. Kshama Rau organised by the Department of Sanskrit Studies and Archives of Contemporary India
Explore GalleryTalk on ‘Anatomy of Multipolar World’ by Dilip Hiro, well-known historian, author and journalist. (Ashoka Archives was privileged to receive a collection of his papers in December 2019)
Explore GalleryWorkshop with undergraduates of ICT (Introduction to Critical Thinking) class regarding the basic aspects of private papers and archival management.
In collaboration with the Department of Sociology and Anthropology organised a lecture on ‘India’s Markets: Five Decades of Field Economics’ by Prof. Barbara Harriss-White, Professor Emeritus of Development Studies, University of Oxford.
Explore GalleryParticipation in workshop on Archival Standards & Digitization Workflows conducted by British Library, London, and hosted by Archives at NCBS, (National Centre for Biological Sciences) Bengaluru
Workshop on the practical working of archives with the students of Johannes Burgers, Assistant Professor, English & Digital Humanities, Ashoka University
Workshop on the practical working of archives with Suzanne Edwards of Gloria Naylor archives, Lehigh University
Explore GalleryFelicitation function of Shri Chandi Prasad Bhatt, Gandhian social activist. (Ashoka Archives was privileged to receive a collection of his private papers in October 2017)
Explore GalleryParticipation in Annual Conference of Oral History Association of India organised by OHAI, Bengaluru, and Department of History, Gauhati University