This series consists of contact sheets, approximately 3000 black-and-white negatives, prints, correspondence, research notes, diaries, drafts, and a bound volume pertaining to Steltzer's travels in India from 1991 to 2005. A small quantity of color negatives, prints, and slides are also included where noted. Materials feature rural villages affected by the construction of the Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada River near Navagam, Gujarat, a development project which has been a subject of controversy in environmental justice since the late 1980s due to its displacement of hundreds of rural villages. Some photographs in this series appear in Sardar Sarovar: The Report of the Independent Review, published in 1992 with Hugh Brody, a social scientist and Resettlement Senior Advisor for the Independent Review. Correspondence suggests that Steltzer intended to publish another book focusing on Medha Patkar, leader of the Narmada Bachao Andolan Movement, and other Indian community activists protesting the building of the dam, although it appears this project was never completed. Notable items include letters from Medha Patkar and activists detained in Indian prisons, detailing prison conditions and treatment of protesters by local police.

Folders contain contact sheets and negatives with interspersed prints, unless otherwise noted on folder title or description.