Ashish Chandola Papers

Content Description

The accession consists of contact sheets, microfilm slides, and photo negatives by Ashish Chandola. Projects featured in this accession include photographs of Billy Arjan Singh at Tiger Haven and the Crocodile (Gharial) Project led by H.R. Bustard in 1977. An elephant capture from an untitled project in Upper Assam in 1979 and the translocation of a rhinoceros in the late 1980s. Besides, photographs of researchers in various field sites, wildlife at national parks and bird sanctuaries and stills from a display of poached tiger skin and bones, all ranging from 1990-1995 are included in this accession.

Condition Description

Contact sheets and film negatives are in moderate condition. Microfilm slides are in good condition.

Accession Date

2023-09-18

Dispostion

The accession will be transferred to a new “Ashish Chandola Papers’ collection with one series titled, ‘Ashish Chandola’ and one sub-series titled ‘Projects’. All received material is retained for the collection, except for duplicates.

Acquisition Type

Gift

Provenance

The material was received on 18 September 2023 by Anjali JR at Archives at NCBS. It was dropped off at the Archives by Ashish and Shanti Chandola.

Retention Rule

The papers could help provide context to the people and organisation structures that entail the forest departments in India. The Archives has offered to preserve and catalogue these materials. The donor and the Archives have agreed that the Archives will have full authority in handling the material in the future, including transferring it to a more suitable archive when the situation arises.

Language of Description

English

Script of Description

Latin

Restrictions Apply

No

Access Restrictions

Collection is open for access unless mentioned in specific folders of the finding aid.

Use Restrictions

Copyright may not have been assigned to Archives at NCBS. Permission for reproduction or distribution must be obtained in writing from the Archives at NCBS (archives@ncbs.res.in). See access guidelines for more information (https://archives.ncbs.res.in/access). The Archives at NCBS makes no representation that it is the copyright owner in all of its collections. The user must obtain all necessary rights and clearances before use of material and material may only be reproduced for academic and non-commercial use.