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2012_TIFR_HB_Doc-HB-voice-1944 speech_IDENTITY-SCI-INDIA.ts
Building a scientific identity-Homi Bhabha
2012_TIFR_HB_Doc-JRD-HB-1954-speech_IDENTITY-SCI-INDIA.ts
Correspondence between JRD Tata and Homi Bhabha on building TIFR
2012_TIFR_HB_Doc-OS-MBU-start-1962_IDENTITY-SPACE.ts
Starting a new molecular biology unit at TIFR-Obaid Siddiqi
2012_TIFR_HB_Doc-Swarup-HB-starting-instt_IDENTITY-SCI-INDIA.ts
Excerpts from speeches at the laying of the TIFR foundation stone in 1954
2012-Genes-to-olfaction_Balaram-NCBS-gleam_IDENTITY-BRANDING.mp4
The gleam in the eye-P Balaram
2012-Genes-to-olfaction_Balaram-NCBS-origin-IISc_IDENTITY-SPACE.mp4
NCBS origins-P Balaram
2012-Genes-to-olfaction_Utpal_What_is_NCBS_IDENTITY-BRANDING.mp4
Building an identity for NCBS-Utpal Banerjee
2012-Reminiscing_Shona-logo_IDENTITY-BRANDING.mp4
Designing an NCBS logo-Sumantra Chattarji
2016-OS-Discussion_Indira-OS-elegance-writing_IDENTITY-BRANDING.mp4
On Obaid Siddiqi: Finding elegance in science-Indira Chowdhury
2016-OS-Discussion_KV-OS-dissent-space_INSTTN-BUILD.mp4
On Obaid Siddiqi: Building a space for diverging views-K VijayRaghavan
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 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 D-2004-00019-1(1-6) - letter from R Choksi to HB - tips - Tata family.pdf
Rustom Choksi advising Homi Bhabha in February 1944 on how to draft a letter to the Tata Trust for his proposal to set up a new institute for physics. Choksi stresses that the letter should be "personal".
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 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 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 22 D-2004-00345-4(1 - 3) Hill to HB biophysics.pdf
AV Hill's reply in June 1944 to Homi Bhabha after the Tata Trust agreed to sponsor a new physics research institute. Hill advises Bhabha that future application of physics will be in biology.
1944 Jun 22 D-2004-00345-4(1 - 3) Hill to HB biophysics.pdf
AV Hill's reply in June 1944 to Homi Bhabha after the Tata Trust agreed to sponsor a new physics research institute. Hill advises Bhabha that future application of physics will be in biology.
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
1945 HB speech at TIFR inaug_1.pdf
Homi Bhabha presents his point of view for fundamental research at the inauguration of TIFR in 1945
1945 Jan D-2004-00345-9(1 - 8) Hill to HB - trickster JRD comment.pdf
Extracts from AV Hill's letter in January 1945 to Homi Bhabha, reflecting on scientific cooperation.
1945 Jan D-2004-00345-9(1 - 8) Hill to HB - trickster JRD comment.pdf
Extracts from AV Hill's letter in January 1945 to Homi Bhabha, reflecting on scientific cooperation.
1945 Jan D-2004-00345-9(1 - 8) Hill to HB - trickster JRD comment.pdf
An extract from AV Hill's letter in January 1945 to Homi Bhabha, reflecting on scientific cooperation. In this last page of the letter, Hill asks Bhabha to relay a message to JRD Tata, that "people here really do want to help - but don't like being…
1954 OS copy of Marx and science.JPG
An extract from a 1954 copy of Marxism and Contemporary Science from the library of Obaid Siddiqi.
1960-65 Third Five Year Plan - NBL Proposal.png
An extract from the 1960-65 Third Five Year Plan, discussing the proposal to build a National Biological Laboratory. By the next plan period, Palampur was the selected location. But the laboratory never materialized, partly because of a disagreement…
1961 SN Bose To OS - 1.tif
SN Bose's letter to Obaid Siddiqi in December 1961, when Siddiqi was looking for opportunities in India. Bose suggests a few places where Siddiqi could apply.
1961 SN Bose To OS - 2.tif
SN Bose's letter to Obaid Siddiqi in December 1961, when Siddiqi was looking for opportunities in India. Bose suggests a few places where Siddiqi could apply.
1961 SN Bose To OS - 3.tif
SN Bose's letter to Obaid Siddiqi in December 1961, when Siddiqi was looking for opportunities in India. Bose suggests a few places where Siddiqi could apply.
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.
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 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 Mar D-2004-00596-7(1 of 1) OS to HB physical traditional lab.pdf
Obaid Siddiqi's reply (March 26, 1962) to Homi Bhabha after Bhabha offered him a position at TIFR. Siddiqi states that in his opinion, in India, the laboratories of the physicsal sciences might be more suitable to develop molecular biology.
1964 CSIR Annual Report - NBL Palampur mention.png
An extract from the 1964 CSIR Annual Report, where the new National Biological Laboratory in Palampur finds a mention. The laboratory never materialized, partly because of a disagreement on the location. But that has not stopped it from being…
1966 Aug 14 D-2004-01230-42(1 - 2) OS to MGK pace of research.pdf
Obaid Siddiqi's letter to MGK Menon during his time at Yale in 1966, in which he comments that "the startling pace at which the field has moved made me feel rather depressed and acutely aware of the slowness of our own endeavours".
1966 Aug 14 D-2004-01230-42(1 - 2) OS to MGK pace of research.pdf
Obaid Siddiqi's letter to MGK Menon during his time at Yale in 1966, in which he comments that "the startling pace at which the field has moved made me feel rather depressed and acutely aware of the slowness of our own endeavours".
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…
1980-1985 TIFR_5-yr-plan_2.pdf
The first official proposal for an independent centre for biology under TIFR, as seen in the TIFR Five Year Plan from 1980-85. It was called the "TIFR-IISC Joint Centre for Biological Research"
1980-1985 TIFR_5-yr-plan_2.pdf
The first official proposal for an independent centre for biology under TIFR, as seen in the TIFR Five Year Plan from 1980-85. It was called the "TIFR-IISC Joint Centre for Biological Research"
1980-1985 TIFR_5-yr-plan_2.pdf
The first official proposal for an independent centre for biology under TIFR, as seen in the TIFR Five Year Plan from 1980-85. It was called the "TIFR-IISC Joint Centre for Biological Research"
1980-1985 TIFR_5-yr-plan_2.pdf
The first official proposal for an independent centre for biology under TIFR, as seen in the TIFR Five Year Plan from 1980-85. It was called the "TIFR-IISC Joint Centre for Biological Research"
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…