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Archives of Contemporary India Collections updated as on

April 2026

 
  1. Anand, A.S. (1936-2017) (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. (1928-2020) (scholar & diplomat)
  5. Bandyopadhyay, Jayanta (academic & environmentalist)
  6. Banerjee, Debarati (interviews of participants in Chipko movement, Uttrakhand)
  7. Basu, Ranoj (1926-2025) (former Permanent Secretary, AICC) Click here to view catalogue
  8. Bhasin, A.S. (1935-2026) (historian & writer)
  9. Bhatt, Chandi Prasad (b.1934) (environmentalist & Chipko movement leader) Click here to view catalogue
  10. Bidwai, Praful (1949-2015) (journalist, political analyst & activist) Click here to view catalogue
  11. Bindra, Prerna Singh (wildlife conservationist, journalist & writer)
  12. Chanda, Nayan (b.1946) (journalist & academic)
  13. Chaturvedi, Nand (1923-2014) (poet) Click here to view catalogue
  14. Chavda, Divyabhanusinh (b.1941) (wildlife conservationist) Click here to view catalogue
  15. Cheetal : Journal of Wildlife (1958-2012) Click here to view catalogue
  16. Choudhury, D.K. Lahiri (1931-2019) (wildlife ecologist & elephant expert) Click here to view catalogue
  17. Crow, Ben (professor of sociology)
  18. Dang, Hari (1935-2016) (mountaineer, environmentalist & natural historian)
  19. Dasgupta, Chandrashekhar (1940-2023) (scholar & diplomat) Click here to view catalogue
  20. Dasgupta, Prosenjit (b.1944) (wildlife naturalist scholar & writer) Click here to view catalogue
  21. Deshpande, M.N. (1920-2008) (archaeologist, art historian & conservationist) Click here to view catalogue
  22. Devdutt (journalist & writer)
  23. Dharker, Anil (1947-2021) (journalist & editor)
  24. Dua, H.K. (b.1937) (journalist) Click here to view catalogue
  25. Dunu Roy (b.1945) (social activist, political ecologist & social scientist) Click here to view catalogue
  26. Gandhi, Gopalkrishna (b.1945) (academic & diplomat) Click here to view catalogue
  27. Gandhi, Rajmohan (b.1935) (academic & author)
  28. Gupta, Narayani (b.1942) (academic)
  29. Gupta, S.P.K. (b.1931) (author & journalist) Click here to view catalogue
  30. Haksar, Nandita (b.1955) (lawyer, human rights activist & writer)
  31. Harriss-White, Barbara (b.1946) (academic & political economist) Click here to view catalogue
  32. Hazards Centre (NGO) Click here to view catalogue
  33. Hiro, Dilip (1932-2023) (author & journalist)
  34. Hoot Archive (Digital)
  35. Hornbill: Magazine of Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) (1976-2016)
  36. Jain, Kuntha (1917-2001) (author) Click here to view catalogue
  37. Jain, Lakshmi Chandra (1909-1999) (writer & journalist) Click here to view catalogue
  38. Jayal, Nalni D. (1927-2020) (environmentalist) Click here to view catalogue
  39. Jayakar, Pupul (1915-1997) (cultural activist and writer)
  40. Jha, Prem Shankar (b.1938) (journalist) Click here to view catalogue
  41. Jussawalla, Adil (b.1940) (Poet and magazine editor)
  42. Kapila, Madhur (1942-2021) (Indian writer, journalist and art critic)
  43. Karanth, K. Ullas (b.1948) (wildlife conservationist & tiger expert)
  44. Karnad, Girish (1938-2019) (film actor/director & Kannada playwright) Click here to view catalogue
  45. Paranjpye, Sai (b.1938) (film director & screenwriter) Click here to view catalogue
  46. Kohli, Suresh (1947-2016) (literary critic, filmmaker and film historian) Click here to view catalogue
  47. Radhakrishnan, Sarvepalli (1888-1975) (former President of India) Catalogue 1, 2 & 3 Click here to view catalogue
  48. Kumar, Deepak (b.1952) (academic)
  49. Raghavan, Nedyam (1900-1977) (barrister, freedom fighter & diplomat) Click here to view catalogue
  50. Laiq, Jawid (b.1942) (journalist)
  51. Patel, Sujata (sociologist)
  52. Rahmani, Asad (b.1950) (wildlife conservationist)
  53. Lambah, S.K. (1941-2022) (scholar & diplomat) Click here to view catalogue
  54. Rampal, Anita (b.1954) (educationist & author) Click here to view catalogue
  55. MacFarquhar, R.L. (1930-2019) (China scholar, politician and journalist) Click here to view catalogue
  56. R. Rajamani (former IAS officer and environmentalist)
  57. Machwe, Prabhakar (1917-1991) (Hindi/Marathi/English writer & poet) Click here to view catalogue
  58. Ranjitsinh, M.K. (b.1938) (wildlife conservationist) Catalogue No. 1 Click here to view catalogue
  59. Mainstream (Current Affairs Weekly, 1962-2020)
  60. Rauf Ali (1954-2016) (environmentalist) Click here to view catalogue
  61. Sahgal, Captain Lakshmi (1914-2012) (freedom fighter & social activist) Click here to view catalogue
  62. Manikfan, Ali (b.1938) (ecologist)
  63. ‘Sajjan’, Kumar Purohit (1921-2000) (Indian film and stage actor) Click here to view catalogue
  64. Manorama Jafa Children's Literature Collection (b.1932) (Children's Literature)
  65. Sanctuary Asia: (Indian nature & wildlife conservation magazine, 1981-2012)
  66. Sankhala, Kailash (1925-1994) (wildlife conservationist & tiger expert) Click here to view catalogue
  67. Samajwadi Party Publications (Bulletins/Pamphlets)
  68. Sastri, Prema (1932-2017) (author) Click here to view catalogue
  69. Santhanam, K. (1895-1980) (freedom fighter & journalist) Click here to view catalogue
  70. Mansingh, Jasjit (1938-2025) (journalist & writer)
  71. Mehrotra, S.R. (1931-2019) (historian & author)
  72. Saxena, K.B. (former civil servant & academic)
  73. Shah Commission Papers (Inquiry materials)
  74. Mehta, Jagat (1922-2014) (scholar & diplomat)
  75. Menon, Ritu (b.1949) (feminist writer & publisher)
  76. Shahi, S.P. (1917-1986) (wildlife conservationist)
  77. Nagarkar, Kiran (1942-2019) (English/Marathi writer & novelist) Click here to view catalogue
  78. Sharma, Balkrishna ‘Naveen’ (1897-1960) (freedom fighter, journalist & Hindi poet)
  79. Nainital Samachar/Rajiv Lochan Sah (fortnightly, 1977-2023)
  80. Sharma, Narendra (Trade Union leader)
  81. Sharma, Mukul (writer, academic & journalist)
  82. Singh, Manmohan (1932-2024) (former Prime Minister of India) - Catalogue of 1st Inst. Digital Collection Click here to view catalogue
  83. Simeon, Dilip (b.1950) (labour historian & social activist) Click here to view catalogue
  84. Sharma, Suresh (1945-2019) (academic)
  85. Namra, Shyam Bahadur (1939-2012) (educationist & writer)
  86. Nayar, Kuldip (1923-2018) (journalist & writer) Click here to view catalogue
  87. Singhal, Devahuti and Damodar P. (1929-1988) (historians & authors) Click here to view catalogue
  88. Singh, Kavita (1964-2023) (art historian)
  89. Singh, Shekhar (activist & academic)
  90. Singhvi, L.M. (1931-2007) (jurist & diplomat) Click here to view catalogue
  91. Nayyar, Deepak (b.1946) (academic & economist) Click here to view catalogue
  92. Srivastava, Pramod (b.1952) (historian) Click here to view catalogue
  93. Padgaonkar, Dileep (1944-2016) (journalist & writer) Click here to view catalogue
  94. Srivastava, Vinay Kumar (1952-2022) (anthropologist & author)
  95. Suman Sahai-Gene Campaign (NGO)
  96. Talwar, Vir Bharat (b.1948) (academic & Jharkhand movement activist)
  97. Tehsin, Raza (b.1941) (wildlife conservationist) Catalogue No. 1 & 2 (Digital Material) Click here to view catalogue
  98. Tiwari, Satyendra Kumar (wildlife photographer) Bandhavgarh slides
  99. Uberoi, J.P.S. (1934-2024) (sociologist)
  100. Uttara Mahila Patrika (magazine, 1990-2013) Click here to view catalogue
  101. Vanaik, Achin (b.1947) (author & social activist)
  102. Vatsyayan, S.H. 'Agyeya' (1911-1987) (writer & poet)
  103. Vasudev, Aruna (film scholar, critic & painter)
  104. Verghese, B.G. (1927-2014) (journalist & writer) Click here to view catalogue
  105. WWF (Newsletter, 1991-2009)

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