Bridging Cultural Heritage and Digital Innovation
Hi, I’m Ayan Chatterjee — a Digital Heritage scholar-practitioner working at the intersection of archives, Digital Humanities, heritage documentation, and public knowledge.
Connecting Archives, Heritage & Digital Technologies
Ayan Chatterjee is a Doctoral Fellow at the School of Cultural Texts and Records, Jadavpur University, where he coordinates the Digital Humanities and Cultural Informatics course. He teaches visual storytelling, data visualisation, and digital archiving at SCTR and has served as a speaker at academic institutions across India.
His work focuses on digitising and documenting manuscripts, paintings, rare books, and archival collections. With expertise in Digital Humanities, digital archiving, heritage documentation, and digital storytelling, he combines research and technology to preserve cultural records and make knowledge accessible to wider audiences. This website showcases his professional journey, research, and projects, highlighting his expertise and services while inviting collaboration on relevant initiatives.
Digital Archiving & Digitisation Consultant
Providing consultancy on archival workflows, digitisation quality assurance (QA), checksum verification, metadata standards, and digital preservation practices.
Digital Humanities, Pedagogy & Storytelling
Supporting interdisciplinary research, academic curriculum design, professional training, digital storytelling, and interactive knowledge experiences.
Preserving the Past, Reimagining Knowledge Through Digital Technologies
Digital Archiving & Digitisation Services
Digitisation workflows, archival photography, metadata creation, digital preservation, and digital collection development.
Digital Humanities Projects & Pedagogy
Digital humanities project development, data visualisation, curriculum design, and training in digital research methods and tools.
Digital Storytelling & Knowledge Design
Transforming research and cultural knowledge into engaging digital stories, interactive timelines, and digital exhibitions.
A Journey Through My Work
From working with rare manuscripts and historical archives to documenting cultural collections and exploring innovative digital methods, my professional journey brings together research, technology, and cultural heritage. I have successfully completed projects supported by international organisations, including the British Library and the Wikimedia Foundation, alongside other collaborative initiatives. Each project offers an opportunity to uncover hidden histories, experiment with digital tools, and discover new ways of preserving and sharing knowledge. Explore my work across archival digitisation, heritage documentation, community archiving, Digital Humanities research, and teaching, where historical materials meet innovative digital approaches and meaningful public engagement.
Digital Preservation & Access
Digital Research & Visualisation
Teaching & Knowledge Sharing
Recent Projects & Publications
Recently completed Archiving Santali Puthi and Patham: Digitising Indigenous Print Cultures from Bangladesh, a British Library–funded project focused on digitising and preserving Santali Puthi and Patham to improve access to rare printed materials and indigenous cultural knowledge.
Served as Guest Editor for the Digital Humanities special issue of Alochona Chakra (ISSN: 2231-3990, Vol. 36, No. 2, August 2026), contributing to manuscript selection, editorial planning, and issue preparation. Additionally, contributed an essay exploring how Digital Humanities approaches can support the preservation and reconstruction of architectural heritage
