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mathew_UAS-salt-uday_GROWTH-COLLAB
MK Mathew, faculty member at NCBS: Early work with M. Udayakumar, a faculty member at the University of Agricultural Sciences, and, today, on drought tolerant rice.
cnr_early-non-collab_GROWTH-COLLAB
CNR Rao, National Research Professor at JNCASR and former director, IISc: On the NCBS start-up at the TIFR Centre, IISc, while the main campus was being built.
panic_stem-cell-fertility-reliance_GROWTH-COLLAB
Mitradas Panicker, faculty member at NCBS: Memories of early stem cell work at NCBS in the late 1990s, including collaborations with a fertility clinic in Bombay.
dasaradhi_InStem_RESEARCH-COLLAB
Dasaradhi Palakodeti, faculty member at InStem: On a desire for more interaction and collaboration across the NCBS-InStem-C-CAMP bio-cluster.
vijay_TIFR-no-bio-laziness_SCI-INDIA_GROWTH-COLLAB
K VijayRaghavan, faculty member at NCBS: On the perceived hierarchy of disciplines within the TIFR system.
msr_maths-bio-regard_RESEARCH-COLLAB
MS Raghunathan, former mathematics faculty member and student, TIFR: Reflections on the collaborations -- or lack, thereof -- between physicists, mathematicians and biologists at TIFR.
nanjundiah_1976-80-IISc-TIFR_RESEARCH-COLLAB
Vidyanand Nanjundiah, faculty member at TIFR in 1980s: On his move from IISc to TIFR, and reflections on the newly proposed (c 1981) IISc-TIFR joint centre for biology.
shobhona_lack-of-collab-tifr-funda_RESEARCH-COLLAB
Shobhona Sharma, former student and current faculty member, TIFR: Thoughts on collaborations between the different disciplines at TIFR.
shaju_NCBS-start-1992-riots_INSTTN-CHAR
Shaju Varghese, hospitality/security/canteen supervisor: His team's work in running a thinly-staffed canteen during the 1992 Bombay riots, and how it shaped his career.
gautam_confidence-xray_GROWTH-HIRING
Prem Chandra Gautam, head, Instrumentation Division: On the hiring process in his group, and what he looks for in new hires.
krishnamurthy_staff-retrain-temp_GROWTH-HIRING
H Krishnamurthy, scientific officer and head of imaging/cytometry, NCBS: On pushing his technical staff to enter into degree programs while working.
jayant_no-inbreeding-faculty_GROWTH-HIRING
Jayant Udgaonkar, faculty member at NCBS: On his concern regarding faculty inbreeding in research institutes and his own effort to prevent it at NCBS.
sowdhamini_neuroscience-1994_GROWTH-HIRING
R Sowdhamini, faculty member at NCBS: On a delay in her hiring due to an NCBS faculty search in the mid 1990s for neuroscience researchers.
bhavsar_TIFR-interview_GROWTH-HIRING
PN Bhavsar, scientific officer at TIFR from the 1960s till his retirement: On his interview process at TIFR in the 1960s for the position of a lab assistant.
bjrao_yale-letter-OS_GROWTH-HIRING
BJ Rao, a faculty member at TIFR: On his conversation with Obaid Siddiqi regarding a move back to India in the 1980s, and the ensuing correspondence.
OS_hire-admin-no-mechanical_GROWTH-HIRING
Obaid Siddiqi, founding member of NCBS & TIFR's molecular biology unit: Cautionary note on the hiring process for administration
shantha_hiring-walk-IISc_GROWTH-HIRING
N Shanthakumary, early hire in NCBS administration: Memories of entering the IISc campus for the first time in the early 1980s, and being hired into the system.
shona_coming-India-char-OS-KV-JU_INSTTN-BUILDING
Sumantra Chattarji, faculty member at NCBS: Starting as a new NCBS member in the late 1990s, and the encounters with Obaid Siddiqi, K VijayRaghavan and Jayant Udgaonkar.
vijay_1980-proposal-student-offer_INSTTN-CHAR_INSTTN-PAPER
K VijayRaghavan, faculty member at NCBS: On being offered a position at the future NCBS while he was a PhD student at TIFR in the early 1980s.
vijay_scaling-future-fear_GROWTH-SCALING
K VijayRaghavan, faculty member at NCBS: On the need for institutions to grow and being able to outlive their pasts.
ashok_mid-level-mgmt-lacking_GROWTH-SCALING
Ashok Rao, administrative officer: On his concern for lack of a robust mid-level management setup at NCBS as it keeps growing.
jitu_instnal-growth-no-pressure_GROWTH-SCALING
Satyajit Mayor, faculty member and current director, NCBS: His perspective on the sweet spot that NCBS is in today, with an ability to grow with thought and deliberation.
Sudhir_TIFR-DAE-Model_GROWTH-SCALING
Sudhir Krishna, faculty member at NCBS: The future of the NCBS funding structure as it grows and the need to consider the future of students studying at the institute.
basha_ID-card-show_GROWTH-SCALING
SN Basha, staff member of the NCBS security services: On the difficulties of keeping track of everyone on campus as it grows, and the need to request IDs of people who enter.
jayant_InStem-dean-resign-adhoc_GROWTH-SCALING
Jayant Udgaonkar, faculty member at NCBS: On why he resigned as dean, and his concern about the "ad-hoc" measures implemented across campus
poornima_staff-ownership_GROWTH-SCALING
UB Poornima, chief architect at NCBS: Reflecting on changes in staff attitudes as an institution grows.
sahadevan_bureaucracy-audit_GROWTH-SCALING
TM Sahadevan, long-time administrative architect at NCBS: On the concerns of the institute as it grows and a need to cut across red tape while following structure.
shona_eqpt-ownership_INSTTN-BUILDING
Sumantra Chattarji, faculty member at NCBS: Reflections on owernship of institutional facilities as a Centre grows.
shona_scaling-too-big_GROWTH-SCALING
Sumantra Chattarji, faculty member at NCBS: Cautionary thoughts on the risk of scaling up an institute's size.
gautam_telephone-xchange_GROWTH-STARTUP
Prem Chandra Gautam, head, Instrumentation Division: On devising a way to build two parallel telephone exchanges with inter-operable numbers, based on his previous knowledge of telephone exchanges.
mathew_IISc-reln-grant-money_INSTTN-BUILD
MK Mathew, faculty member at NCBS: On the early days of NCBS, his role as a bridge between IISc and NCBS/TIFR Centre, and getting grant money for new research.
jitu_seminar-uscope_GROWTH-STARTUP_IDENTITY-INDIA
Satyajit Mayor, faculty member and current director, NCBS: The thought process prior to joining NCBS in the mid 1990s, the intense persuasion from NCBS and the immediate aftermath upon landing in Bangalore.
vishalakshi_sci-typing_GROWTH-STARTUP
KS Vishalakshi, early NCBS hire for administration: Reflections on starting at the TIFR Centre as a daily wage worker and typing up 100s of theses for students.
ranjith_IISc-star-80fridge_GROWTH-STARTUP
PP Ranjith, early hire as lab manager at NCBS: Memories of working with students in the early days of NCBS, and taking ownership of instruments
bhavsar_purchase-group-start_GROWTH-STARTUP
PN Bhavsar, scientific officer at TIFR from the 1960s till his retirement: On becoming a purchase officer for NCBS at its early stages in the mid 1990s.
jayant_camaraderie-early_GROWTH-STARTUP
Jayant Udgaonkar, faculty member at NCBS: On the importance of camaraderie in the early years of NCBS.
mathew_xenopus-early-hire_GROWTH-STARTUP
MK Mathew, faculty member at NCBS: The struggle to import Xenopus (a frog species) and the delay in the start of his experimental work at NCBS.
ranjith_all-job-doer_INSTTN-BUILDING
PP Ranjith, early hire as lab manager at NCBS: Reflections on his role as someone who filled up many job positions in the early days of NCBS
ranjith_jitu-table-scope_GROWTH-STARTUP
PP Ranjith, early hire as lab manager at NCBS: Working with Satyajit Mayor to develop a vibration-free table in the mid 1990s.
shaju_single-stove-hesitation_GROWTH-STARTUP
Shaju Varghese, hospitality/security/canteen supervisor: On the early days of the NCBS canteen at the TIFR Centre, IISc.
shashi_post-doc-grant_GROWTH-STARTUP
L Shashidhara, early post-doctoral researcher at NCBS, faculty at IISER: Start-up days at NCBS in the mid 1990s and an ability to apply for grants independently.
villoo_NCBS-start-avesthagen_GROWTH-STARTUP
Villoo Patell, early post doctoral researcher at NCBS and entrepreneur: Reflections on starting a company in NCBS in the mid to late 1990s, and the research environment at the time.
Mukund_Signal-noise_GROWTH-STUDENT
Mukund Thattai, a 'Young Investigator' NCBS hire and current faculty member: The struggle for research centres in finding the right students and ensuring both faculty and students benefit from the process of a PhD.
vijay_enthusiasm-early-NCBS_GROWTH-STUDENT
K VijayRaghavan, faculty member at NCBS: Reflecting that enthusiasm in the early faculty was a significant influencer for students to opt for NCBS when it started up.
aditi_new-student-paper_GROWTH-STUDENT
Aditi Bhattacharya, research scientist and former student: On entering NCBS as a graduate student in the early 2000s with no experience reading research papers.
anubhab_new-student-experience_GROWTH-STUDENT
Anubhab Khan, current NCBS student: On a few unusual hobbies, and his path to joining NCBS.
debakshi_interview-insectivorous_GROWTH-STUDENT
Debakshi Mullick, current PhD student at NCBS: On her interview prior to entering NCBS.
krishanu_student-interview_EDUCATION-KNOWLEDGE
Krishanu Ray, faculty member and former PhD student at TIFR: Memories of his PhD interview at TIFR, and comparing it to interviews today
1945 Jan D-2004-00345-9(1 - 8) Hill to HB - trickster JRD comment_1.pdf
AV Hill's letter in January 1945 to Homi Bhabha, reflecting on scientific cooperation. Toward the end, he asks Bhabha to relay a message to JRD Tata, that "people here really do want to help - but don't like being regarded as tricksters".
1945 Jan D-2004-00345-9(1 - 8) Hill to HB - trickster JRD comment_2.pdf
AV Hill's letter in January 1945 to Homi Bhabha, reflecting on scientific cooperation. Toward the end, he asks Bhabha to relay a message to JRD Tata, that "people here really do want to help - but don't like being regarded as tricksters".