Training

Content Description Archival material related to the work of the Centre for Development of Instructional Technology (CENDIT), an experimental AV media organisation based in New Delhi. The collection includes printed items such as training manuals, brochures, newsletters, audio-visual education guides, symposium proceedings, internal journals (Nigah, Clips), and technical booklets on low-cost printing and video production. Dated between 1974 and 1998, these materials document CENDIT’s engagement with community...

Scope and Contents The Register contains notes compiled by Kailash Khati during his vocational training studies. It includes information on technical concepts, tables, formulas, question and answer pages etc. The content is handwritten in both English and Hindi. The Diary contains notes compiled by Kailash Khati during his initial days at CENDIT. It includes technical concepts and other information relevant for his job and training. The content consists of diagrams, explanations, tables and handwritten notes...

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Authored by Sabala and Kranti. Report on self-help training in women's health in Hyderabad in 1993.

Scope and Contents This photo collection created by Nirmal Gupta dates from 1984 to late 1990s and features him at work in a range of studio and field settings. Several photos show him in his preferred role as a cinematographer, showing video equipment of the times and other members of the AV crew. Another set of photographs of him show him working on multi camera indoor shoots with live audiences, or with music / dance performances. A sequence of outdoor photographs show him with camera crew on a boat during...

Scope and Contents This oral history collection focuses on audiovisual (AV) workers who contributed significantly to the emerging video industry’s institutional ecosystems. Through interviews with technicians, maintenance staff, and camera operators associated with pioneering institutions as well as early independent production units, the project recovers often-overlooked perspectives from the foundational years of India’s AV industry. The topics explored include trajectories that transformed untrained...

Scope and Contents This photo collection, created by Shubha Gupta, covers her working life at the Centre for Development of Instructional Technology (CENDIT) from August 1974. After ten years at CENDIT, she became an independent film professional, producing and directing video films for various agencies in India and other countries in South Asia. Photos from the mid 1970s show her at training sessions at CENDIT. Outdoor photos from the mid-1980s show her as part of a field crew along with a camera assistant....