Internship Opportunity at the IFA Archive | Deadline Extended: December 25, 2022 (CLOSED)

India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) is inviting applications for an intern to assist the IFA Archive team in Bangalore from January 02 to March 31, 2023. This is a paid internship opportunity.

IFA is an independent, nationwide, not-for-profit, organisation that makes grants and implements projects across practice, research and education in the arts and culture in India. Set up as a Public Charitable Trust in 1993, IFA has been making grants and implementing projects since 1995. Since then, we have supported and implemented over 734 projects disbursing over Rs 34.30 crore (USD 4.48 million) across the country. 

Launched in 2018, The IFA Archive is a space that holds the diverse materials of the projects supported and implemented by IFA over the years, currently featuring materials from more than 420 projects online. We also regularly organise public engagement events such as the IFA Archive Open House and Date with the Archive to enable conversations around archives.

IFA Archive Internship Responsibilities:

  • Help the Archive team organise and catalogue physical archival materials
  • Help the team to verify and crosscheck the archival materials using metadata
  • Prepare the physical material for long term preservation and storage
  • Help the team in conceptualising and organising archive related events

Stipend: Rs 6,500 per month (all inclusive)

Term: Three months, from January 02 to March 31, 2023

Location: Bangalore

Qualifications:

  • Applicants must have a Bachelor’s degree in Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences.
  • Applicants must be proficient in MS Excel and working with Google Workspace.
  • Interest in the arts and culture, conservation and cataloguing is desirable.

Application Guidelines:

Send a covering letter stating your interest in the role and a CV to archive@indiaifa.org with the subject line: Internship at the IFA Archive

Any application received without the above mentioned attachments will not be considered.

The deadline for applications is December 25, 2022, 05:30 PM

Write to archive@indiaifa.org in case of queries regarding the internship. 

The IFA Archive is built with support from Indorama Charitable Trust.