The Indian Institute Library, has one of the largest collections of books on India in the country and it also houses an extensive collection of primary sources and official publications that will provide material for student dissertations.
Currently, the collection is temporarily accommodated between the Oriental Institute library and the Upper Reading Room of the Radcliffe Camera whilst the New Bodleian Library is refurbished.
In addition to the Indian Institute collection, the Bodleian Social Science Library and a number of departmental libraries - Modern History, Refugee Studies, Geography provision in the Radcliffe Science Library and Anthropology -
have good and expanding holdings on India.
The MSc in Contemporary India is embedded in the dynamic research culture of the Contemporary South Asian Studies Programme (CSASP). CSASP is also home to major research projects on South Asia, involving global networks of scholars. As part of CSASP, the department runs the Contemporary South Asia seminar every Thursday, a fortnightly work-in-progress seminar, regular film and discussion nights, and small-group Hindi classes, in addition to a programme of special guest lectures and international visiting scholars.