The Anād Foundation may offer internship, volunteering, apprenticeship, research-assistance, documentation, and project-support opportunities connected with its charitable, educational, cultural, archival, conservation, publication, and public-interest work.

For legal, statutory, banking, tax, audit, CSR, and formal institutional purposes, the Foundation’s legal name is The Anad Foundation. The form Anād is used as the Foundation’s preferred cultural, scholarly, programme, publication, and public-facing style.

Purpose

Internships at Anād are intended to introduce students, researchers, young professionals, artists, musicians, designers, writers, archivists, craft learners, and interested volunteers to the practical work of heritage conservation and living transmission.

Such work may involve both sthūl virsā — tangible heritage — and sūkham virsā — intangible heritage.

Interns may encounter archives, manuscripts, books, instruments, recordings, photographs, field notes, oral histories, craft traditions, publications, public programmes, educational work, and institutional documentation.

Areas of Internship

Depending on current projects, availability, supervision, and institutional needs, internship opportunities may relate to:

1. Archives and Documentation

• cataloguing;
• scanning;
• metadata preparation;
• inventory work;
• archival organisation;
• photography support;
• digitisation assistance;
• file naming and data management;
• condition-note preparation under supervision.

2. Audio-Visual Restoration and Digital Preservation

• organising audio / video records;
• preparing metadata;
• assisting with listening / viewing logs;
• supporting digitisation workflows;
• creating access copies;
• basic archival data management;
• transcription and indexing support.

Technical work is undertaken only under supervision and according to available equipment, training, and project requirements.

3. Gurbāṇī Saṅgīt and Music Research

• research assistance;
• notation support;
• transcription;
• indexing;
• source identification;
• preparation of teaching materials;
• archive-listening notes;
• support for classes, retreats, workshops, and public programmes.

4. Publications and ARPO

Interns may support the Anād Research & Publications Office (ARPO) through:

• proofreading;
• indexing;
• bibliography preparation;
• transliteration support;
• scanning checks;
• layout coordination;
• image references;
• editorial assistance;
• catalogue preparation;
• research-note organisation.

5. Manuscripts, Calligraphy, Paper, Ink, and Binding Traditions

Subject to project needs and supervision, interns may assist with documentation relating to manuscripts, calligraphy, scribal traditions, paper, inks, pigments, colours, bindings, writing tools, folios, and related craft ecologies.

6. Musical Instruments and Luthiery

Interns may assist with instrument documentation, photography, cataloguing, tool records, workshop organisation, material notes, luthiery references, and public-learning support connected with heritage instruments such as rabāb, tāus, sarindā, jōṛī, pakhāwaj, mridaṅg, and related instruments.

7. Heritage Conservation and Field Support

Interns may assist in heritage-conservation documentation, site notes, photographic records, condition references, field visit preparation, project files, and conservation-linked public communication.

8. Communications, Design, and Website Support

Interns may assist with:

• website updates;
• social media support;
• posters and brochures;
• event documentation;
• donor / CSR documentation;
• newsletters;
• photo captions;
• public-learning material;
• archival posts and reports.

9. Events, Retreats and Public Programmes

Interns may support retreats, workshops, rāga darbārs, lectures, exhibitions, public events, registration, logistics, hospitality, documentation, photography, recording, post-event reports, and archival filing.

10. Health-Care and Welfare Outreach

Where relevant, interns may assist with Punj-Care Initiatives or other welfare projects through documentation, coordination, outreach, field records, beneficiary records, photography, reports, and volunteer support, subject to privacy, ethics, and supervision.

Learning Approach

An internship at Anād is not merely office work. It is an introduction to the discipline of working with living heritage.

Interns are expected to work with care, patience, confidentiality, accuracy, humility, and respect for materials, people, traditions, and institutional processes.

The Foundation’s work often involves fragile archives, personal memories, old recordings, manuscripts, instruments, donors, students, knowledge-bearers, and sensitive cultural material. Interns must therefore follow guidance carefully.

Eligibility

Internships may be suitable for students or young professionals from fields such as:

• music;
• history;
• heritage studies;
• conservation;
• archives;
• library science;
• anthropology;
• literature;
• languages;
• South Asian studies;
• Sikh studies;
• religious studies;
• design;
• photography;
• film;
• sound engineering;
• digital humanities;
• museum studies;
• architecture;
• craft studies;
• public health / welfare documentation;
• communications;
• non-profit administration.

The Foundation may also consider sincere applicants from other backgrounds if their skills, discipline, and availability match current project needs.

Duration and Format

Internships may be short-term, long-term, part-time, project-based, remote, hybrid, or in-person, depending on the nature of work and available supervision.

In-person work may take place at the Foundation’s office, archives, project spaces, workshops, retreats, field sites, or partner locations, subject to availability, permissions, and project requirements.

Conduct and Confidentiality

Interns may be required to follow rules relating to:

• punctuality and discipline;
• confidentiality;
• proper handling of archival materials;
• respectful conduct;
• photography and recording permissions;
• data handling;
• attribution and citation;
• donor / CSR documentation;
• copyright and intellectual property;
• cultural sensitivity;
• safe use of equipment;
• fieldwork ethics.

The Foundation may require interns to sign a confidentiality note, undertaking, volunteer form, internship letter, or project-specific terms where necessary.

Certificates and Acknowledgement

The Foundation may issue internal certificates of internship, participation, completion, volunteer service, or project contribution where appropriate.

Such certificates are internal acknowledgements issued by the Foundation and should not be treated as statutory, university, governmental, or officially recognised credentials unless separately approved or recognised by a competent authority.

Stipends and Expenses

Internships may be unpaid, voluntary, honorarium-based, stipend-supported, donor-supported, or project-funded depending on the specific programme, available resources, donor conditions, and Board-approved arrangements.

Reimbursement of travel, meals, field expenses, or other costs may be considered only where approved in advance.

How to Apply

Interested applicants may write to The Anād Foundation with:

1. a brief note of interest;
2. educational / professional background;
3. areas of interest;
4. skills offered;
5. preferred duration and availability;
6. language skills, if relevant;
7. samples of work, if available;
8. two references, where appropriate.

Applicants should also mention whether they are applying for archival work, research, publications, documentation, audio-visual work, design, luthiery, events, retreats, public communication, welfare outreach, or general institutional support.

Institutional Note

Internship opportunities depend on current projects, available supervision, space, funding, equipment, and institutional capacity. The Foundation may accept, defer, decline, or restructure internship requests according to its needs and responsibilities.

The purpose of the programme is to create meaningful learning while supporting the Foundation’s public charitable work in heritage conservation, education, documentation, research, publications, welfare, and living transmission.