Library's private and unique collection includes many first-edition books by renowned benefactors.
Books Received From Personal Collections
The library is very fortunate to have received a rare and priceless collection of original books from the following philanthropists. The library extends its gratitude to all these donors and appreciates their willingness to part with their personal collection for the public good. Thanks to these generosities, today every fourth book in the library is from these donations!
| Sr.No. | Name of Donor | No. of Books Received |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sham Lal Gupta | 4366 |
| 2 | Devahuti Damodar Collection | 3485 |
| 3 | D P Chattopadhyay | 2829 |
| 4 | Sheldon Pollock and Allison Busch | 2754 |
| 5 | Nayan Chanda and Geetanjali Chanda | 2063 |
| 6 | H.M. Patel | 1309 |
| 7 | Toby Sinclair | 952 |
| 8 | Thomas Metcalf and Barbara Metcalf | 779 |
| 9 | Paritosh Sen | 651 |
| 10 | Ashish Dhawan | 572 |
Other Personal Collections
| 11 | B. G. Verghese | 568 |
| 12 | Ramachandra Guha | 527 |
| 13 | P N Haksar | 480 |
| 14 | Pratap Bhanu Mehta | 445 |
| 15 | Dilip Simeon | 439 |
| 16 | Malabika Sarkar | 396 |
| 17 | Kapil Raj | 298 |
| 18 | Srinath Raghavan | 273 |
| 19 | Madhavi Menon and Gill Harris | 231 |
| 20 | Neeraj Nevatia | 224 |
| 21 | Maya Saran and Kranti Saran | 208 |
| 22 | Anita Guerini | 207 |
| 23 | Amit Chandra | 197 |
| 24 | Shobita Punja | 194 |
| 25 | Manender Mann | 185 |
| 26 | Asani Sarkar | 140 |
| 27 | Mahesh Rangarajan | 140 |
| 28 | Madhu Sarin | 127 |
| 29 | Rudrangshu Mukherjee | 120 |
| 30 | Rakesh Mohan | 101 |
| 31 | Indira Gopal | 62 |
| 32 | Arunava Sinha | 62 |
| 33 | Rajendra Bhatia | 50 |
| 34 | YIF Department | 46 |
| 35 | Duleep Matthai | 36 |
| 36 | History Department, Ashoka University | 25 |
| 37 | Palgrave Macmillan | 16 |
| 38 | Pramath Raj Sinha | 16 |
| 39 | Justin McCarthy | 16 |
| 40 | Gilles Vernier | 10 |
| 41 | Mandakini Dubey | 10 |
| 42 | Roy Perrett | 6 |
| 43 | Saikat Majumdar | 6 |
| 44 | Ali Imran | 4 |
| 45 | Vineet Gupta | 3 |
| 46 | Rangashri Kishore | 3 |
| 47 | Chandana Singh | 2 |
| 48 | Pulapre Balakrishnan | 2 |
| Total | 24715 |
