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jitu_genetic-diversity-india-model-sys_IDENTITY-INDIA
Satyajit Mayor, faculty member and current director, NCBS: On his projections for the potential to leverage being in India for future areas of research for NCBS.
shannon_india-biodiversity_IDENTITY-INDIA
Shannon Olsson, faculty member at NCBS: On applying to NCBS, with no connection to India or its local research environment.
shona_amygdala-India_IDENTITY-SCI-INDIA
Sumantra Chattarji, faculty member at NCBS: On his ability to do risky, more adventurous science in India compared to other parts of the world. He reflects on his experience from publishing a paper on stress in the amygdala in the late 1990s despite…
sreekantan_1985-chandran-natl-centre_IDENTITY-INDIA
BV Sreekantan, former director of TIFR: The 1985 negotiations with the Planning Commission to set up national centres under TIFR to justify the scope of proposed programmes, including NCBS and GMRT.
shona_logo_IDENTITY-BRANDING
Sumantra Chattarji, faculty member at NCBS: The formation of the NCBS logo and building an identity for the Centre.
rath_NCBS-breakaway-brand-benchmark_IDENTITY-BRAND
Satyajit Rath, faculty member at NII: Assessing the effect of NCBS breaking away from TIFR and building a brand for itself.
nanjundiah_NCBS-culture-risk-hi-money_IDENTITY-BRANDING
Vidyanand Nanjundiah, faculty member at TIFR in 1980s: Reflections on the culture at NCBS today, comparisons to the climate at TIFR earlier.
ranjith_IISc-Tata-Instt-NCBS_IDENTITY-BRANDING
PP Ranjith, early hire as lab manager at NCBS: On the difficulties in the mid 1990s of communicating to the outside world that there is a new NCBS.
jayant_ctr-biological-sci_IDENTITY-BRANDING
Jayant Udgaonkar, faculty member at NCBS: On the actual name for NCBS, and his memories of changing the name to make it less of a mouthful.
swarup_NCRA-TIFR_IDENTITY-BRANDING
Govind Swarup, former faculty member at TIFR: The distinction between NCBS and NCRA in how they view their autonomy from TIFR as shown in the naming.
vijay_caltech-TIFR-fame_IDENTITY-BRANDING
K VijayRaghavan, faculty member at NCBS: On the outsider's perception of TIFR that he saw while at Caltech.
vijay_scientific-method-questions_IDENTITY-REFLECTION
K VijayRaghavan, faculty member at NCBS: An encounter with Guido Pontecorvo and thoughts on the scientific method.
gaiti_intuition-adventure-expt_IDENTITY-REFLECTION
Gaiti Hasan, faculty member at NCBS: On her approach to finding research questions and tackling the unknown
OS_on-biology-complexity_IDENTITY-REFLECTION
Obaid Siddiqi, founding member of NCBS & TIFR's molecular biology unit: A perspective on what makes biology unique and different from other sciences and finding ways to bridge the work across disciplines.
sanjay_model-system-blinder_IDENTITY-REFLECTIONS
Sanjay Sane, faculty member and former student at NCBS: On the blinders one has on while working within a model system in biology.
ajith_wildlife-evidence-conservation_IDENTITY-REFLECTION
Ajith Kumar, NCBS faculty member and co-ordinator of MSc programme in Wildlife Biology: On the intent of the MSc programme in Wildlife Biology, to do evidence-based conservation research.
swaminathan_NBL_IDENTITY-SPACE
MS Swaminathan, member of Planning Commission in 1980: Reflecting on a 1960s proposal for a National Biological Laboratory, and seeing the TIFR-IISc joint biology centre proposal while in the Planning Commission in 1980.
balaram_NBL-eukaryote_IDENTITY-SPACE
P Balaram, professor and ex-director, IISc: On the unknown links between an idea -- National Biological Laboratory -- and three institutes, NCBS, CCMB and NII.
nanjundiah_1976-80-IISc-TIFR_IDENTITY-SPACE
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.
OS_ramaseshan_IDENTITY-SPACE
Obaid Siddiqi, founding member of NCBS & TIFR's molecular biology unit: Memories of conversations with S Ramaseshan, then director of IISc, to set up a separate centre for biology at IISc (c 1978).
vijay_TIFR-no-dynamism-1980-proposal_IDENTITY-SPACE
K VijayRaghavan, faculty member at NCBS: Remarks on the reasons for the push in the early 1980s for an indepent centre for biology
jha_west-canteen-ncbs-hatching_IDENTITY-SPACE-BIOLOGY
Sudhanshu Jha, ex director of TIFR: On his memories of conversations with Obaid Siddiqi in TIFR's West Canteen in the 1970s. And reliving the talks on needing a space for biology
1944 Apr D-2004-00019-63(1-4) HB to Sorab handwritten.pdf
Homi Bhabha's hand witten draft of a letter to Sorab Tata in April 1944. Bhabha informs him that the Dorabji Tata Trust had agreed to sponsor his scheme of setting up an institute for advanced research in physics.
1944 Apr D-2004-00019-63(1-4) HB to Sorab handwritten.pdf
Homi Bhabha's hand witten draft of a letter to Sorab Tata in April 1944. Bhabha informs him that the Dorabji Tata Trust had agreed to sponsor his scheme of setting up an institute for advanced research in physics.
1944 Apr D-2004-00019-63(1-4) HB to Sorab handwritten.pdf
Homi Bhabha's hand witten draft of a letter to Sorab Tata in April 1944. Bhabha informs him that the Dorabji Tata Trust had agreed to sponsor his scheme of setting up an institute for advanced research in physics.
1944 Apr D-2004-00019-63(1-4) HB to Sorab handwritten.pdf
Homi Bhabha's hand written draft of a letter to Sorab Tata in April 1944. Bhabha informs him that the Dorabji Tata Trust had agreed to sponsor his scheme of setting up an institute for advanced research in physics.
1944 HB to Dorab Tata - TIFR proposal letter 3.jpg
Copy of Homi Bhabha's letter to Dorab Tata on March 12, 1944. Bhabha mentions that institute of advanced research in physics will have parallels with the Kaiser Wilhelm (later Max Planck) institutes in Germany, which are built around outstanding…
1944 HB to Dorab Tata - TIFR proposal letter.jpg
Copy of Homi Bhabha's letter to Dorab Tata on March 12, 1944. Bhabha raises the possibility of setting up a new institute of advanced research in physics in Bombay.
1944 Jun D-2004-00019-64(1 of 1) HB to Sorab advanced instt.pdf
Homi Bhabha suggesting in a letter to Rustom Choksi in June 1944 that the word 'fundamental' should be replaced by 'advanced' in the title of the institute's name.
1945 HB speech at TIFR inaug_1.pdf
Homi Bhabha makes the case for fundamental research at the inauguration of TIFR in 1945
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. March 12, 1962.
1971 JRD Tata speech - TIFR 25th anniversary_1.pdf
An extract from JRD Tata's speech at the 25th anniversary of TIFR
1972 Nov 28 D-2004-01230-107(1 - 2) MR Das to MGK Virus work letter.pdf
M R Das, a faculty member at TIFR in the 1970s, highlighting the media and academic attention to his virology work to MGK Menon
1972 Nov 28 D-2004-01230-107(1 - 2) MR Das to MGK Virus work letter.pdf
M R Das, a faculty member at TIFR in the 1970s, highlighting the media and academic attention to his virology work to MGK Menon
1975 Nov 28 D-2004-01232 (10- 1-1) BARC to Sreekantan - MR Das reco.tif
1975 letter from the director of the biomedical group at BARC to BV Sreekantan, then director of TIFR, recommending the virology work of MR Das at the time.
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…
1980s TIFR MBU - Lab Space - Delegation Visit.tif
A German delegation visiting the molecular biology unit of TIFR in the late 1980s. Seen in the photo are Obaid Siddiqi (left) and K VijayRaghavan (third from left). International collaborations would become vital for the group to connect with the…
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 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".
1988-10-27 Fr.PK Maitra To Jayant (By air Mail Letter).tif
An October 1988 letter from PK Maitra to Jayant Udgaonkar, then a post-doctoral research at Stanford University. Maitra highlights that the new Bangalore Centre is likely to a "good place in the coming years", and an option Udgaonkar should seriously…
1990-1991 TIFR Annual Report NCBS announcement.tif
The announcement of NCBS in the TIFR Annual Report, 1990-1991.
1990 Jul 5 D-2004-01236 - 14 Gotz to Vijay OS excellent.tif
In a July 1990 letter, KG Gotz of the Max Planck Institute apologises for using "excellent" in his recommendation for an Obaid Siddiqi project, and acknowledges the international reputation of the senior Drosophila researchers of the TIFR molecular…
1990 NCBS Proposal - Cover Page.pdf
The cover page of the proposal for NCBS. The centre was named a place for fundamental research in biological sciences. Over time, it got truncated to the current form partly since the name just became too long and awkward.
1990s logo NCBS.png
Various versions of the NCBS logo and letterhead in the early days. Also listen to Sumantra Chattarji's audio excerpt on logo design changes, featured above in this chapter.
1995-96 TIFR Annual Report - Faculty List incl NCBS NCRA.tif
An extract from the 1995-96 TIFR Annual Report showing the list of faculty at NCBS and NCRA. Creating new national centres under TIFR was an important step in defining autonomy and independent recognition of the institutes.
1999 Nov - STC minutes - Branding NCBS in pubs.tif
The faculty at NCBS discussing the naming of NCBS in scientific publications and the address. Steering Committee minutes, November 1999.
1999 OS Nomination of Jitu to IAS - 1.tif
Nomination letter from Obaid Siddiqi and Veronica Rodrigues for Satyajit Mayor, faculty member at NCBS, to the Indian Academy of Sciences. 1999.
1999 OS Nomination of Jitu to IAS - 2.tif
Nomination letter from Obaid Siddiqi and Veronica Rodrigues for Satyajit Mayor, faculty member at NCBS, to the Indian Academy of Sciences. 1999.
2000s logo NCBS.png
The current NCBS logo and branding used on the website and official letterheads. Compare this with the letterhead from early days, shown in the previous image.
2001 Inder Verma To OS - NAS Nomination.tif
An email in 2001 from Inder Verma at the Salk Institute requesting Obaid Siddiqi for a summary of his accomplishment, to nominate him to be a foreign member of the US National Academy of Sciences.