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2012_TIFR_HB_Doc-Sreekantan-intl-collab_GROWTH-COLLAB.ts
Homi Bhabha's pursuit of international collaborations - B V Sreekantan
2012-Genes-to-olfaction_Vijay_Tribute-Ramaseshan_GROWTH-STARTUP.mp4
Ideating NCBS in the 1970s - K VijayRaghavan
2012-Genes-to-olfaction_Vijay-Collab-with-other-instt_GROWTH-SCALING.mp4
Connecting with other institutions - K VijayRaghavan
2012-Reminiscing_Jayant-abroad-Phd-system_GROWTH-HIRING.mp4
Finding faculty for NCBS - Jayant Udgaonkar
2012-Reminiscing_Jayant-IISc-campus-compete-InStem_GROWTH-SCALING.mp4
On competition within a campus - Jayant Udgaonkar
2012-Reminiscing_Jayant-startup-camaraderie_GROWTH-STARTUP.mp4
The start-up days at NCBS - Jayant Udgaonkar
2012-Reminiscing_Mukund-Fly-facility-talk_INSTTN-CHAR-SKETCH.mp4
New hire palpitations - Mukund Thattai
2012-Reminiscing_Panic-startup_GROWTH-STARTUP.mp4
Start-up days: Buying the NCBS dream - Mitradas Panicker
2012-Reminiscing_Shona-Upi-TIFR-centre_GROWTH-HIRING.mp4
Start-up days in an unknown centre - Sumantra Chattarji
2012-Reminiscing_TMS-KV-OS-director_GROWTH-HIRING.mp4
Change of guard at NCBS - T M Sahadevan
2014-KSK-memorial-Jagdish-KSK-Interviewing-mates_GROWTH-STUDENTS.mp4
Selecting students for molecular biology: On K S Krishnan - K Jagdish
2016-OS-Discussion_KV-OS-hiring-bar_GROWTH-HIRING.mp4
On Obaid Siddiqi: Building up NCBS - K VijayRaghavan
2016-OS-Discussion_MSR-OS-HB-hire-builders_GROWTH-HIRING.mp4
On Obaid Siddiqi: Creating institutions - M S Raghunathan
1944 D-2004-00019-212(1 - 9) HB draft letter to Sorab Tata.pdf
An excerpt from a draft of the letter that Homi Bhabha wrote to Sorabji Tata in 1944, outlining his desire to build a new research institute for physics.
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".
1945 Jan D-2004-00345-9(1 - 8) Hill to HB - trickster JRD comment_3.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_4.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_5.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_6.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 Jun D-2004-00345-10(1 - 2) HB to Hill - TIFR start.pdf
Homi Bhabha's letter to AV Hill in 1945, just before the end of the World War, outlining the start of the new research institute in Bombay.
1945 Jun D-2004-00345-10(1 - 2) HB to Hill - TIFR start.pdf
Homi Bhabha's letter to AV Hill in 1945, just before the end of the World War, outlining the start of the new research institute in Bombay.
1960 Garen to OS - Post Doc offer.tif
Alan Garen's invitation to Obaid Siddiqi in 1960 for post-doctoral work in his new lab at the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia
1960s 70s Stahl and OS awards - ceremonial.bmp
In the late 1960s, Frank Stahl (right), a renowned biologist, came for a workshop to TIFR. Here, he participates (in ceremonial attire, a one-time event) in an awards function for those who attended a course in phage genetics.
1960s 70s TIFR - Molecular Bio lab - 8.jpg
Frank Stahl (centre), a renowned American biologist, visiting TIFR for a workshop in the late 1960s. He is flanked by M.S. Shaila (left) and S.M. Joshi.
1962 Aug D-2004-00596-26(1 of 1) HB to Nehru on OS.pdf
Homi Bhabha writing to Jawaharlal Nehru in August 1962 about the hiring of Obaid Siddiqi and the global perception of administering Indian science
1962 Feb D-2004-00596-1(1 of 1) Ponte to Szilard.pdf
Guido Pontecorvo's recommendation letter for Obaid Siddiqi, sent to Leo Szilard in February 1962. Szilard would later forward this to Homi Bhabha.
1962 HB to OS - TIFR Offer First Correspondence.tif
The first direct correspondence between Homi Bhabha and Obaid Siddiqi, after Bhabha received a letter from Leo Szilard, with recommendations for Siddiqi from Alan Garen and Guido Pontecorvo. Bhabha indirectly offers Siddiqi a position. March 12,…
1962 Jul 18 D-2004-00596-18(1 of 1) Margolin to HB - ref.pdf
Paul Margolin's response to Homi Bhabha's reference request for Obaid Siddiqi.
1962 Jul 20 D-2004-00596-19(1 - 4) OS to HB - offer accept.pdf
Obaid Siddiqi's official acceptance of the TIFR offer. In it, he includes a list of equipment needed (following up a request by Homi Bhabha) for the new molecular biology unit.
1962 Jul 20 D-2004-00596-19(1 - 4) OS to HB - offer accept.pdf
Obaid Siddiqi's official acceptance of the TIFR offer. In it, he includes a list of equipment needed (following up a request by Homi Bhabha) for the new molecular biology unit.
1962 Jul 20 D-2004-00596-19(1 - 4) OS to HB - offer accept.pdf
Obaid Siddiqi's official acceptance of the TIFR offer. In it, he includes a list of equipment needed (following up a request by Homi Bhabha) for the new molecular biology unit.
1962 Jul 20 D-2004-00596-19(1 - 4) OS to HB - offer accept.pdf
Obaid Siddiqi's official acceptance of the TIFR offer. In it, he includes a list of equipment needed (following up a request by Homi Bhabha) for the new molecular biology unit.
1962 Jul 28 D-2004-00596-27 HB to Trombay - OS Hill Eqpt.pdf
Homi Bhabha's office memo from July 1962, where he informs his staff of the intent to start a molecular biology programme. He solicits input on equipment available for Obaid Siddiqi's work.
1962 Jul 7 D-2004-00596-15(1 of 1) HB to margolin - ref query.pdf
Homi Bhabha requesting Paul Margolin for a recommendation letter for Obaid Siddiqi. Concerned that Siddiqi will have start a new unit by himself, Bhabha asks Margolin specifically, whether Siddiqi "has an original mind and can initiate new lines of…
1962 Mar D-2004-00596-2(1 - 2) Garen to Szilard to HB.pdf
Alan Garen's recommendation letter for Obaid Siddiqi, sent to Leo Szilard in March 1962. Szilard would later forward this to Homi Bhabha.
1962 Mar D-2004-00596-2(1 - 2) Garen to Szilard to HB.pdf
Alan Garen's recommendation letter for Obaid Siddiqi, sent to Leo Szilard in March 1962. Szilard would later forward this to Homi Bhabha.
1962 Nov 7 D-2004-01230-7(1 - 2) Faculty Meet - MBU electricty savings.pdf
Discussions in the faculty meeting in November 1962 regarding the funding source for Siddiqi's lab (around the time that Obaid Siddiqi joined TIFR, the war broke out between India and China).
1962 Nov 7 D-2004-01230-7(1 - 2) Faculty Meet - MBU electricty savings.pdf
Discussions in the faculty meeting in November 1962 regarding the funding source for Siddiqi's lab (around the time that Obaid Siddiqi joined TIFR, the war broke out between India and China).
1963 Apr D-2004-00596-33(1 - 2) Wellcome Trust funding MBU_1.pdf
Letter from the Wellcome Trust to Homi Bhabha in April 1963, offering funding of 40,000 pounds to help build the new molecular biology unit at TIFR.
1963 Apr D-2004-00596-33(1 - 2) Wellcome Trust funding MBU_1.pdf
Letter from the Wellcome Trust to Homi Bhabha in April 1963, offering funding of 40,000 pounds to help build the new molecular biology unit at TIFR.
1963 Apr D-2004-00596-33(1 - 2) Wellcome Trust funding MBU.pdf
Letter from the Wellcome Trust to Homi Bhabha in April 1963, offering funding of 40,000 pounds to help build the new molecular biology unit at TIFR.
1963 Apr D-2004-00596-33(1 - 2) Wellcome Trust funding MBU.pdf
Letter from the Wellcome Trust to Homi Bhabha in April 1963, offering funding of 40,000 pounds to help build the new molecular biology unit at TIFR.
1966 Jan HB speech ICSU - Szilard Hill OS biophysics.jpg
Excerpt from Homi Bhabha's speech in January 1966, at the International Council of Science. Bhabha mentions the hiring of Obaid Siddiqi and makes the connection to AV Hill's suggestion that he should look into biophysics in the future.
1966 Nov 29 D-2004-01230-49(1 - 11) OS to MGK - MBU outline neurobiology_1_1.pdf
An outline of the molecular biology unit's programme and faculty in November 1966
1966 Nov 29 D-2004-01230-49(1 - 11) OS to MGK - MBU outline neurobiology_1_2.pdf
An outline of the molecular biology unit's programme and faculty in November 1966
1966 Nov 29 D-2004-01230-49(1 - 11) OS to MGK - MBU outline neurobiology_1_3.pdf
An outline of the molecular biology unit's programme and faculty in November 1966
1966 Nov 29 D-2004-01230-49(1 - 11) OS to MGK - MBU outline neurobiology_1_4.pdf
An outline of the molecular biology unit's programme and faculty in November 1966
1966 Nov 29 D-2004-01230-49(1 - 11) OS to MGK - MBU outline neurobiology_1_5.pdf
An outline of the molecular biology unit's programme and faculty in November 1966
1966 Nov 29 D-2004-01230-49(1 - 11) OS to MGK - MBU outline neurobiology_1.pdf
An outline of the molecular biology unit's programme and faculty in November 1966