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Irfan Zuberi

Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts
Project Manager, National Cultural Audiovisual Archives
New Delhi, India
Irfan has been involved with the arts for nearly 20 years as researcher, cultural consultant, editor, festival curator and audiovisual archivist. He holds a Master of Philosophy Degree from Delhi School of Economics with a thesis titled ‘Theodor W. Adorno’s Theory of the ‘Culture Industry’: A Critical Appraisal in the Context of North Indian Classical Music’ (2007). Irfan has worked in the domain of audiovisual archiving at Ravi Shankar Institute for Music & Performing Arts (2002-2005), Aga Khan Trust for Culture (2009-2013) and NaadSaagar Archives & Documentation Society for South Asian Music (2009 onwards). Since its inception in 2014, he is the Project Manager, National Cultural Audiovisual Archives, the world’s first ISO 16363:2012 certified Trustworthy Digital Repository, at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts.