Jibansmriti Archive is a not-for-profit organisation conceived by Arindam Saha Sardar in 2015. It is dedicated to supporting the conservation, preservation, restoration, and research of the physical documents about Bengali culture, such as song, dance, painting, literature, theatre, cinema, tribal, and rural art and craft. We are developing an interdisciplinary programme to create awareness of our golden past.
Arindam Saha Sardar Founder and Curator of Jibansmriti Archive
22000 rare books and journals 5000 music records (78 rpm / LP / EP / SP)
1000 old letters 2000 film stills 2000 film posters 1100 film booklets
400 audio & audio-visual interviews 300 dolls150 manuscripts
100 original drawings and paintings
We have elaborated above the multi dimensional and multi disciplinary activities of Jibansmriti which exhaustively reflect the mission and vision of the organisation. This has been achieved with limited resources generated by the dedicated members of the Archive and a few well-wishers.
But, to maintain and preserve the Archive we have created now and to enhance the infrastructure in the days to come, we need sponsors who would be willing to help us raising fund for both maintenance of the present collection and enhancement of the infrastructure for future expansion. We badly require upgradation of the archival storage with modern preservation equipments and to create dedicated exhibition spaces for displaying significant work of art and literature .It needs to be mentioned that we have also planned to generate own financial resources by allowing researchers to access our Archive digitally with nominal charges through payment gateways.
We make this fervent appeal to all heritage enthusiasts and those who believe that we preserve our tradition and remain connected to our golden past. The Archive has been set up with love and passion for the past, but for survival and expansion, we earnestly request you to come forward and be with us.
It may be mentioned here that our Trust ‘Jibansmriti Archive’ is also Registered under the Section 12AA and Section 80G of the Indian Income Tax Act’1961. Any person wishes to contribute any amount for our work will be eligible for Income Tax benefit under Section 80G of the Income Tax Act.