Re:Collect India is an opportunity for young people to learn from our Heritage Bearers: experienced scientists, engineers, and technicians—and to discover first-hand their role in shaping India’s recent history. The conversation with them will be shaped by your interests, perspectives, and concerns. You are central to the success of Re:Collect India!

When you register, we will send you all the information and online support you need to guide you through the Re:Collect process; helping you become a Re:Collect India Citizen Archivist. We will help you collect compelling stories, document important history, and contribute to an initiative with rich creative and academic potential.

After conducting interviews and documenting objects, there are more opportunities for you to contribute: for example, you might write an essay based on the interviews, or on the objects you discover. You might make a podcast or a short video documentary. Re:Collect India will share and showcase these contributions.

Re:Collect India will always acknowledge your contribution to the project alongside your submissions to, and transcription work on, the archive—and we will issue a certificate of participation to acknowledge your efforts. We also hope that the experience of taking part in the project, and in the online workshops we provide, will help you develop useful new skills.