History Fellow & Editors

Vacancy – NDV History Panel

History Fellows & Editors

The History Panel at National Development Volunteers (NDV) is undertaking a multi-volume programme to re-edit, annotate, and publish historical/scriptural works and curated compilations. We seek candidates who can work with textual precision, discern source quality, and handle doctrinal material with care and sobriety.

History Fellows

Eligibility (India-focused):

• Final-year students (UG/PG) of History OR recent pass-outs in History.
• Degrees in Sanskrit / Indology / Archaeology / Ancient Indian History & Culture are welcome.
• UGC-NET/JRF (where applicable) is desirable but not mandatory.

Core Work:

• Collate primary/secondary sources; prepare clean reading copies.
• Assist in critical apparatus: notes, variants, cross-references, glossary, index.
• Transliteration & script work where needed (e.g., IAST ⇄ Devanagari; basic ISO 15919 familiarity is a plus).
• Fact-check dates, places, and citations; verify quotations across editions.
• Draft short chapter notes, timelines, and bibliographies.

Competencies We Value:

• Comfort with doctrinal material (śāstra/commentarial traditions, Itihāsa–Purāṇa literature, Smṛti/legal-dharmic texts).
• Diligent source-handling; ability to separate signal from noise with textual judgement.
• Basic familiarity with archival practices, OCR clean-up, and reference managers (Zotero/Mendeley).

Working knowledge of Hindi and English; Sanskrit (reading proficiency) is a plus. Exposure to Persian or Prakrit is welcome but optional.

Editors

Eligibility (Experience-led):

• Prior experience in book editing (structural + line), academic copy-editing, or scholarly publications.
• Ability to enforce style-sheets (citations, diacritics, figure tables, transliteration conventions).
• Comfort with multilingual manuscripts (English/Hindi/Devanagari; IAST handling).
• Experience coordinating peer review, permissionsw, and production handover (print & e-book).

Core Work

• Manuscript architecture: structure, coherence, argument flow, cross-ref integrity.
• Develop and maintain the house style-sheet for doctrinal/historical works.
• Guide Fellows’ drafts to camera-ready text; manage front/back matter.
• Liaise on ISBN, cover copy, prelims, and publication milestones.

Desirables

• Familiarity with Chicago/Turabian or comparable humanities styles (we will provide house rules).
• Light LaTeX comfort (optional); strong command of Track Changes workflows.

Work Mode: Remote-first; India hours. Occasional review meets (online; in-person as scheduled)

Credit, Royalty

Credit: Named acknowledgment in the volume; chapter-level bylines where applicable.

Compensation shall be in the form of contribution-based royalties on published outputs. No separate honoraria will be paid. Royalty-sharing terms will be communicated to shortlisted candidates.

Ethical & Editorial Standards

• Zero plagiarism; strict source fidelity; respectful handling of sacred texts.
• Transparent citation; maintain version control and audit trails.
• No sensationalism; the work aims for clear, defensible, document-based scholarship.

How to Apply

Email the following as a single PDF (file name: NDV_[Role]_[YourName].pdf) with subject line “NDV History Panel – [Fellow/Editor] – Your Name” to ndvpanel@gmail.com :

1. CV (1–2 pages)

2. Statement of Interest (300–500 words) outlining your fit for doctrinal/historical republication work

3. Writing/Editing Sample

Fellows: 1,500–2,500 words (academic/historical/scriptural commentary preferred)

Editors: a tracked-changes sample (before/after) or a marked-up page you’ve edited

Application deadline: 07/09/2025, 23:59 IST