Digital Humanities. Cultural Heritage. Research in Practice.
Exploring the intersections of Digital Humanities, cultural heritage, and digital innovation to create new ways of understanding and sharing knowledge.
I am a Doctoral Fellow at the School of Cultural Texts and Records, Jadavpur University, working at the intersection of cultural heritage, Digital Humanities, and digital innovation. My practice centres on digitising and preserving manuscripts, rare books, paintings, and archival collections, making historical knowledge more accessible through digital technologies.
I have contributed to initiatives including the British Library’s Endangered Archives Programme, the Wikimedia Foundation’s Knowledge Equity Fund Community Archive Programme, and digitisation projects at Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata. I also contribute to the Shabdakalpa Project, a digital historical dictionary initiative applying computational methods to language and textual heritage. My experience further includes community archiving initiatives across India and Bangladesh, focusing on documenting and preserving local histories and cultural knowledge.
Alongside my research, I teach Digital Humanities and Data Visualisaation and serve as Course Coordinator of the Postgraduate Certificate Course in Digital Humanities and Cultural Informatics at Jadavpur University. My wider interests include digital research methods, heritage documentation, knowledge communication, and innovative approaches to digital learning.
Beyond academia, I work in digital strategy and consulting, helping organisations build meaningful digital identities and communicate their work effectively. Across these areas, my goal is to connect research, technology, and cultural knowledge to support preservation, discovery, and public engagement.
How can digital technologies preserve cultural memory, transform research, and bring scholarly knowledge to wider audiences?
This question connects my work across digital archiving, Digital Humanities research and education, and digital communication for scholars. As a Research Fellow at the School of Cultural Texts and Records, Jadavpur University, I bring together archival practice, critical inquiry, digital methods, and public engagement to explore new ways of documenting, interpreting, and sharing knowledge.
My professional practice spans three interconnected areas.
Preserving cultural memory through digitisation, documentation, and digital preservation. My work focuses on transforming archival materials into well-organised, accessible digital collections that support research, safeguard historical records, and enable future generations to explore cultural heritage.
Bringing humanities research into conversation with digital methods, tools, and critical perspectives. Through digital text analysis, data visualisation, interactive mapping, and digital storytelling, I explore new ways to interpret cultural materials, investigate historical questions, and communicate research findings.
Connecting research and public knowledge through thoughtful communication, digital platforms, and content strategy. My practice focuses on making scholarly work more visible and accessible through academic profiles, digital content, online knowledge resources, and public engagement, helping researchers and cultural organisations reach wider audiences.
MY PRACTICE
My Professional Practice
Research. Heritage. Digital Innovation.
Preserving Cultural Memory
Working with archival collections has shown me that digitisation is about more than creating digital copies. It involves understanding collections, documenting their contexts, developing meaningful metadata, and enabling future discovery. My experience spans projects with the British Library’s Endangered Archives Programme, Victoria Memorial Hall, the Wikimedia Foundation’s Knowledge Equity Fund initiatives, and the Shabdakalpa Project. I have worked with historical business records, literary manuscripts, rare Santali publications, and community archives across India and Bangladesh.
Exploring Digital Methods
Digital Humanities offers new ways to investigate cultural and historical questions. My research interests include digital heritage, textual analysis, data visualisation, and the documentation of the built environment, particularly colonial architecture. At Jadavpur University, teaching and coordinating the Postgraduate Certificate Course in Digital Humanities and Cultural Informatics allows me to bring research methods and digital tools into the classroom through practical, interdisciplinary learning.
Connecting Research with People
Knowledge becomes more valuable when it can be discovered, understood, and shared. My work in knowledge communication and digital strategy explores how researchers, academics, and organisations can present their ideas effectively through digital platforms, scholarly portfolios, and engaging content. Across research, archives, education, and communication, the common thread is a commitment to preserving knowledge, exploring new perspectives, and making research matter beyond the page.
