Glimpses of Centres Expo 2025

ACI posters at Centres Expo 2025

Talk by Kanika Singh on her book "The story of a Sikh Museum, Heritage, Politics, Popular Culture".

Exhibition on "The Global Indian Circus" organised by ACI, 16-19 September 2025.

It’s a wrap: Archives Workshop for Lodha Genius Programme students, Day 5 (30 May 2025).

Archives Workshop for Lodha Genius Programme students 2025: Day4 (29 May 2025).

Archives Workshop for Lodha Genius Programme students 2025: Day3 (28 May 2025).

Archives Workshop for Lodha Genius Programme students 2025: Day2 (27 May 2025).

Archives Workshop for Lodha Genius Programme students 2025: Day1 (26 May 2025).

Convocation address by Prof. Somak Raychaudhury, Vice-Chancellor of Ashoka University, 23 May 2025.

Visit of Dr. S. Radhakrishnan's grandson Gautam R. Desiraju to ACI, 1 May 2025.

Ashoka Gopal's talk on 'A Part Apart: B.R. Ambedkar's Intellectual Journey'

In this episode of India Unarchived, YIF students speak with Dr. Monia Acciari, Associate Professor at De Montfort University and Associate Director of the UK Asian Film Festival (Leicester), about the often-overlooked world of film preservation.

In the 4th episode of India Unarchived, YIF students sit down with Professor Aparna Vaidik, a distinguished historian, author and professor at Ashoka University.

In the third episode of India Unarchived, YIF students sit down with Professor Mahesh Rangarajan, a distinguished historian and environmental scholar whose work has shaped the field of environmental history in India.

Ashoka Literature Festival

In this episode of India Unarchived, YIF students sit down with Deepa Bhatnagar, Founder-Director of the Archives of Contemporary India at Ashoka University.

In the first episode of India Unarchived, YIF students sit down with Professor Rudrangshu Mukherjee, a distinguished historian and Chancellor of Ashoka University.

Prof. Monia conducted three useful workshops/classes with Archives team on ‘Magnetic Carriers, Decay and Preservation’; ‘Paper and Glass Carriers, Decay and Preservation’; and ‘Film Carriers, Decay and Preservation’.

Interactive session with Sai Paranjpye

Sai Paranjpye's visit to the ACI, where she appreciated the careful organization and preservation of her papers.

Ashoka is today India’s #1 liberal arts and sciences university that is home to the most diverse student body, a hub for impactful research and a magnet for best-in-class faculty and staff.

Recent Acquisition: Prof. Savyasaachi has donated the papers of his father, Shri Devdutt (back issues of weekly Point of View) and his father-in-law, Shri Narendra Sharma (back issues of IPA Industrial Relations) to ACI.

Archives Workshop for Young Scholars Programme (YSP) students

Archives Workshop for Lodha Genius Programme (LGP) Students: Day 3

Archives Workshop for Lodha Genius Programme (LGP) Students: Day 2

Archives Workshop for Lodha Genius Programme (LGP) Students: Day 1 Introduction to Archives & Guided Tour of the students

Acquired the papers of Aniket/Ramesh Pahari ji from Rudraprayag.

We received the back issues of Uttara (1990-2023) for digital archiving as well as some papers of contributors to the magazine. Started in 1990 by Dr. Uma Bhatt, the magazine publishes articles related to women's issues, art and culture of Uttarakhand.

Acquisition of the back issues of Nainital Samachar (fortnightly, 1977-2023) for digital preservation and research from its Editor, Rajiv Lochan Sah ji. Published from Nainital, it played a crucial role in public awareness since its inception.

deCLASSIFIED ENGAGING WITH THE ASHOKA ARCHIVES: An interactive exhibition by Visual Arts Department in collaboration with ACI using photography, collages, found images, photo montages, photo narratives and portraits, 2-3 May 2024.

Talk by Professor Uma Ramakrishnan, Molecular ecologist and Senior Fellow, India Alliance at NCBS on 'Can genetic data inform tiger conservation?' jointly organised by The Archives of Contemporary India and Department of Environmental Studies.

Talk by Prof. Monia Acciari on ' "Waste that Matters": Bottom-up Film Histories in Maharashtra. Towards an Unconscious Archiving' on 16.04.2024.

Talk by Jahnavi Phalkey on 'Territory, Wealth, and Income of India' on 3rd April 2024 jointly organized by ACI and Department of Environmental Studies.

Talk by Dr. Madhu Verma on 'Economic Valuation of Tiger Habitats in India: A Value Plus Approach'

Donor's visit: Chandrashekhar Dasgupta's family (wife Devika Dasgupta and son Sanjoy Dasgupta) visit to ACI.

Acquisition of Prema Sastri Papers: Sumi Sastri donated the papers of her mother Prema Sastri, a short-story writer and playwright for preservation and research.

Ali Manikfan (ecologist and marine researcher), Dr Ajmal Mueen (Associate Professor, Department of History, M.A.M.O. College, Calicut, Kerala) and Mustafa Moulavi (Islamic scholar) visited ACI on 20 March 2024.

Talk by Joseph S. Alter (Professor of Anthropology at University of Pittsburgh) on 'The "Discovery" of Yoga in the Himalaya: Swami Sivananda, New Asia Connectivities and the Mythos of Orientalism'.

Launch of the MacFarquhar Collection. Hosted by Centre for China Studies and ACI. Archivists in conversation with Nancy Hearst, Librarian, Fairbank Centre for Chinese Studies, Harvard University.

Visit of Prof. Patrick Olivelle (Professor of Sanskrit and Indian Religions, Department of Asian Studies, University of Texas, Austin) to ACI.

Talk by Prof. Arupjyoti Saikia (Professor of History, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Guwahati, Assam) on his book 'The Quest for Modern Assam: A History, 1942-2000'.

Talk 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.

Prof. Dilip M. Menon visits ACI

Visit of Latika Padgaonkar (donor of Dileep Padgaonkar Papers) to the ACI.

Visit of Om Thanvi, former Editor of Jansatta and donor of S.H. Vatsyayan Papers visits ACI.

Talk 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.

Discussion 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

Talk 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)

Workshop 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.

Participation 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

Felicitation function of Shri Chandi Prasad Bhatt, Gandhian social activist. (Ashoka Archives was privileged to receive a collection of his private papers in October 2017)

Participation in Annual Conference of Oral History Association of India organised by OHAI, Bengaluru, and Department of History, Gauhati University