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Careers
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Archival Science
Introduction
Eligibility
Job Prospects
Remuneration
Institutes
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Introduction
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As a storehouse of knowledge, archives have to be
preserved and verified at regular intervals of
time. The unique and valuable history can better
be understood in context to the modern world
through archives. To help in understanding the
past records, professionals, known as archivists,
are hired who exploit the archival heritage and
convey the right information preserved by it to
the world. As such, the main task of an archivist
is to conserve, repair, rehabilitate, store, and
handle the heritages scientifically.
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Eligibility
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The minimum qualification to get a bachelors
degree in a history, library science, political
science, archival science or a similar discipline
subjects is 102 pass. For some specialized
courses, like science for reprography, students
from science and medicinal background can also
apply. On completing a bachelors degree in
archival science, one can further enroll in MA,
M.Phil, and PhD programs in the same subject.
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Job Prospects
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Archivists can start their career in several
archival government agencies and private
authorities. They can also join commercial
business groups, libraries, educational
institutes, religious authorities, museums,
hospitals, historical conservatories, and
voluntary organizations, and draw handsome salary
packages. Archivists with a PhD degree are
offered higher ranked positions in educational
institutes with faculty status.
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Remuneration
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Pay packages offered to archivists differ
largely, based on the nature of the employers. To
start off with, an archivist can earn anywhere
from Rs. 72,000 to Rs. 96,000 per annum. With
increase in experience, one can easily generate
lakhs of rupees per annum.
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Institutes
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Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahmedabad Pondicherry
University, Pondicherry Annamalai University,
Tamil Nadu Maharshi Dayanand Saraswathi
University, Ajmr Gandhigram Rural Institute,
Gandhigram School of Archival Studies, New
Delhi Osmania University, Hyderabad