The Oral History Association of India (OHAI) is a professional organization founded in 2013 with a membership that is committed to the value of oral history. OHAI provides a means of networking, sharing and communication among those working with recording, interpreting and archiving oral history. OHAI was established with the aim of promoting the creation, collection, digitization, archiving and dissemination of oral history in India and through its annual conferences and occasional workshops provides a platform through which oral historians could share methodologies, technologies and work practices. OHAI has collaborated with the International Oral History Association to bring the IOHA conference to India in 2016.
Members of OHAI have worked in diverse areas and are committed to the intrinsic value of life stories to enable us to understand the past as well as the present. Committed to ethical practices of collecting life stories, OHAI is the only association of its kind in India.
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Founding members: Deepa Dhanraj, CS Lakshmi, Indira Chowdhury, Aarthi Ajit, Surajit Sarkar, Suroopa Mukherjee, Rama Lakshmi, Meena Menon, K Lalita, Pramod Kumar Srivastava, Vrunda Pathare
