The Manohar Parrikar IDSA Scholars visited the National Archives for a half-day training and interaction on accessing national archival records on 15 September 2023. The scholars interacted with Mr Shri Arun Singhal, IAS, Director General of Archives, and were introduced to record management ‘Abhilekh-Patal’, the online portal to access National Archives of India and also visited the archives to see the repository of documents held.