CONDUCT RESEARCH

Access India’s rich tapestry of personal histories for your research, documentation, or creative projects.

You can use CAI to conduct research no matter what your age or nationality. We encourage scholars, students, authors, filmmakers, and ordinary citizens to use the archive in order to conduct their own research.

Our users range from children in kindergarten to PhD candidates, and even those just looking to remind their loved ones of a time gone by.

Research Request Form

To use the archive, please send us the following details

Maximum 500 words

PDF, DOC, DOCX (Max 5MB)

Please note: Research requests typically take up to eight weeks to process. We recommend reaching out to us well in advance of any deadlines. If you require materials sooner, we may be able to expedite the process by allocating additional resources, subject to availability.