Mainak Dutta
British Library, EAP Fellow and SCTR, Jadavpur University / Research, Writing and Creation / Film and Media Studies | Digital Humanities (DH) and Archiving
- Role
- Project Fellow at Jadavpur University
- Location
- Kolkata, WB, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Mainak Dutta
I currently work as a digital archivist and digital humanities fellow. Also, I\'m into film and media academia, research, teaching and creative practice. Other experience includes working in film direction, production, scripting, cinematography and photography. Have a background in film, media and cultural studies, filmmaking, digital humanities (DH) and (digital) archiving.contact:
Experience
Project Fellow
Nov 2024 — Present
Research and Project Fellow at the School of Cultural Texts and Records (SCTR), Jadavpur University. This project is a collaboration between The School of Cultural Texts and Records (SCTR), JU and Victoria Memorial Hall (VMH), Kolkata. The project and my work revolves around the digitization and generation of digital surrogates via reprography, image processing, quality check and metadata creation of the VMH archive, which includes (rare) books (buddhist, persian, sanskrit, etc), historical manuscripts (from the mughal period to the colonial period, etc), journals, scrolls, art objects (photographs, paintings, monuments, etc), and miscellaneous paper records and documents.Digitized images and detailed information are available on the \'JATAN: Virtual Museum Builder\', Govt. of India, portal. Link: https://museumsofindia.gov.in/repository/collection/ObjectType?museum=vmh_kol
Education
Jadavpur University
PG Certificate, Digital Humanities and Cultural Informatics
Future Institute Of Engineering and Management
Bachelor's degree, Communication and Media Studies
Jadavpur University
Master of Arts - MA, Film Studies
Kendriya Vidyalaya
School
2006 — 2018
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