Ashoka Reflections_May 2023

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The history of independent India needs more study as we move towards the 100th anniversary of 15 August

1947. Among the sectors, we hope to explore are business history and civil society, all vital to those interested

in how the past shaped the future. We are also looking at collaborations with other universities and academic

institutions in India and abroad and documenting and archiving Ashoka University’s institutional history.

An archive is more than a record of the past. It serves as a beacon to the future. The key to this is not only the

assemblage but the preservation, cataloguing and keeping of the materials, print, visual or digital format in a

manner that survives the vagaries of time.

The Archives website launched last year reaches out to the larger community of scholars across the world. The

reference aids for the collections are prepared very meticulously by a select team of professionals. Our team is

small but high on expertise and motivation. We have a long way to go but have made a sound start.

(Prof. Mahesh Rangarajan is the Head of the Department of Environmental Studies; Professor of History and

Environmental Studies and Chair, Archives of Contemporary India, Ashoka University)

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