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1989 OS Birla Award Speech - 3.tif
Obaid Siddiqi's speech after receiving the Birla Award in 1989. Siddiqi looks back at his career and acknowledges the variety of people who pushed him along in his career
1990 VR to Physics Faculty - kumari ban.jpg
Veronica Rodrigues' note in response to gender biases at TIFR, where she admonishes the Institute on their habit of addressing women by their marital status in official correspondence. Of particular interest is also the handwritten institutional…
1993-06-26 VR to Champa - discipline email.tif
Veronica Rodrigues' email to Champakali Ayyub in 1993. Rodrigues stresses the need to publish, saying that "It is good discipline to complete a job and let the world see it completed."
TIFR VR Obit.JPG
The academic notice board at TIFR's molecular biology unit, 2016.
1963 Nov 16 D-2004-01230-29(1 of 1) TIFR to PKM offer.pdf
PK Maitra's offer letter to join TIFR as the second faculty member of the molecular biology unit after Obaid Siddiqi. 1963.
PKM_Z_Lobo_Obit_1.pdf
A joint obituary for PK Maitra and Zita Lobo, published in Yeast journal in 2008. Maitra joined TIFR's molecular biology unit as a young faculty member in 1963 and would go on to mentor many generations of students. Lobo joined as a research…
PKM_Z_Lobo_Obit_2.pdf
A joint obituary for PK Maitra and Zita Lobo, published in Yeast journal in 2008. Maitra joined TIFR's molecular biology unit as a young faculty member in 1963 and would go on to mentor many generations of students. Lobo joined as a research…
1984 FRS Holliday To OS - 1.tif
Letter from Robin Holliday to Obaid Siddiqi congratulating him on his nomination to be a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1984. Holliday opines that the award "would do good" for Siddiqi's group.
1984 FRS Holliday To OS - 2.tif
Letter from Robin Holliday to Obaid Siddiqi congratulating him on his nomination to be a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1984. Holliday opines that the award "would do good" for Siddiqi's group.
1984 FRS Ponte To OS - 1.tif
Letter from Guido Pontecorvo to Obaid Siddiqi congratulating him on being in the short list to be a Fellow of The Royal Society in 1984. He also congratulates the Society "for their wisdom".
1985-05-07 VR to Champa from Goa - guruji - 1.tif
A 1985 letter from Veronica Rodrigues to Champakali Ayyub, where Rodrigues addresses Obaid Siddiqi as guruji. It was common for the students to address Siddiqi in that manner, though it changed in later years.
Obaid PhD thesis frontspiece.jpg
PhD thesis of Obaid Siddiqi. April 1961
Profile - pontecorvo.tif
Guido Pontecorvo, Obaid Siddiqi's mentor and PhD advisor at the University of Glasgow. After Pontecorvo's demise, Siddiqi would write a detailed obituary in the Royal Society proceedings.
2014_J-Neurogenetics_KSK_Obit_1.pdf
In this obituary for KS Krishnan, who passed away in 2014, his former students elegantly describe his research techniques and his ability to improvise and innovate.
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KS Krishnan peering down a microscope, in his later years at TIFR
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KS Krishnan and Veronica Rodrigues. Unknown date.
1978 Poster_Mahabaleshwar_Lecture.jpg
The Mahabaleshwar Seminars in Modern Biology were started after an informal discussion between Obaid Siddiqi and John Barnabas in 1974. In 1975, the first seminar titled ‘Genetics and Evolution’ was held in a chapel at the Green Hill Campus at…
1995-11-03 - STC Minutes - MKM Coursework.tif
MK Mathew presented the guidelines to graduate work at NCBS, the beginning of a rigorous academic structure at the Centre, including coursework, comprehensive exams and thesis defence. November 1995.
2003 Oct MKM to Review - NCBS synopsis and outlook - 1.jpg
Report from the academic head of NCBS to an NCBS external review committee, just after its 10-year anniversary. The report deals with the quality of students, the existing structure and the path forward.
2003 Oct MKM to Review - NCBS synopsis and outlook - 2.jpg
Report from the academic head of NCBS to an NCBS external review committee, just after its 10-year anniversary. The report deals with the quality of students, the existing structure and the path forward.
2003 Oct MKM to Review - NCBS synopsis and outlook - 3.jpg
Report from the academic head of NCBS to an NCBS external review committee, just after its 10-year anniversary. The report deals with the quality of students, the existing structure and the path forward.
2009_JCB_Vale_India_Biosciences_Special_report_education.pdf
A 2009 special report in the Journal of Cell Biology on "Biological Sciences in India". The report is written by Ronald Vale and Karen Dell, long-time collaborators with NCBS faculty.
Nicholls_Obaid Siddiqi_Neuroscience Courses in Countries With Little Money for Research_1.pdf
John Nicholls' 2012 article in the Journal of Neurogenetics in a special issue dedicated to Obaid Siddiqi. Nicholls's essay focuses on the aims and achievements of intensive lecture and lab courses in neurobiology in countries with little money.
Nicholls_Obaid Siddiqi_Neuroscience Courses in Countries With Little Money for Research_2.pdf
John Nicholls' 2012 article in the Journal of Neurogenetics in a special issue dedicated to Obaid Siddiqi. Nicholls's essay focuses on the aims and achievements of intensive lecture and lab courses in neurobiology in countries with little money.
Nicholls_Obaid Siddiqi_Neuroscience Courses in Countries With Little Money for Research_3.pdf
John Nicholls' 2012 article in the Journal of Neurogenetics in a special issue dedicated to Obaid Siddiqi. Nicholls's essay focuses on the aims and achievements of intensive lecture and lab courses in neurobiology in countries with little money.
Nicholls_Obaid Siddiqi_Neuroscience Courses in Countries With Little Money for Research_4.pdf
John Nicholls' 2012 article in the Journal of Neurogenetics in a special issue dedicated to Obaid Siddiqi. Nicholls's essay focuses on the aims and achievements of intensive lecture and lab courses in neurobiology in countries with little money.
Obaid PhD thesis frontspiece.jpg
PhD thesis of Obaid Siddiqi. April 1961
VR-questionnaire-excerpt-PhD-OS_EDUCATION-KNOWLEDGE.tif
Veronica Rodrigues joined TIFR for her PhD in the late 1970s. Here, she summarizes her experience in response to a questionnaire submitted by Indira Chowdhury.
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KS Krishnan (left), Veronica Rodrigues (second from left), Mani Ramaswami (third from left), and K VijayRaghavan. Unknown date.
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KS Krishnan (left) and Veronica Rodrigues (right), two long-time faculty members at TIFR and NCBS, sitting in the NCBS cafeteria.
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Obaid Siddiqi at his residence in Bangalore, 2008.
2012_TIFR_HB_Doc-Vidita-Undergrad_EDUCATION-KNOWLEDGE.ts
The need to connect with college-level students - Vidita Vaidya
2016-OS-Discussion_Imrana-be-political-in-life_INSTTN-BUILD.mp4
Factoring politics into institutions - Imrana Qadeer
2012-Genes-to-olfaction_KSK-OS-tribute_EDUCATION-MENTOR.mp4
Following Obaid - K S Krishnan
2012-Genes-to-olfaction_Mani_whale_story_EDUCATION-MENTOR.mp4
Where is the whale? - Mani Ramaswami