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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.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.
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…
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. 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.
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".
1985_Obaid letter to BJ.TIFF
In 1985, BJ Rao (now faculty at TIFR) asked Obaid Siddiqi about prospects of scientific work in India as he contemplated a return. In this pragmatic and measured reply, Siddiqi advises that "no matter where you go, to a great extent, you will have to…
2009_JCB_Vale_India_Biosciences_Special_report.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.
2009_JCB_Vale_India_Biosciences_Special_report.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.
2009_JCB_Vale_India_Biosciences_Special_report.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.
2009_JCB_Vale_India_Biosciences_Special_report.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.
2009_JCB_Vale_India_Biosciences_Special_report.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.
2009_JCB_Vale_India_Biosciences_Special_report.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.
2009_JCB_Vale_India_Biosciences_Special_report.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.
2009_JCB_Vale_India_Biosciences_Special_report.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.
2009_JCB_Vale_India_Biosciences_Special_report.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.
2009_JCB_Vale_India_Biosciences_Special_report.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.
2009_JCB_Vale_India_Biosciences_Special_report.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.
2009_JCB_Vale_India_Biosciences_Special_report.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.
Dissertation Filed sites all.jpg
Field sites across India for the MSc Wildlife program. The program started in 2003 with an aim of teaching and conducting "evidence-based conservation" in India. Soon after, NCBS hired faculty in the ecology and evolution areas of research.
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Aditi Pophale at work in the Lakshadweep Archipelago in 2015. The MSc Wildlife program started in 2003 with an aim of teaching and conducting "evidence-based conservation" in India. Soon after, NCBS hired faculty in the ecology and evolution areas of…
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
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.
1985 Rationalist Society Speech - OS - 1.tif
Obaid Siddiqi's notes for a 1985 speech to the Rationalist Society in Bombay. In this extract, he focuses on "what is science and what is scientific".
1985 Rationalist Society Speech - OS - 2.tif
Obaid Siddiqi's notes for a 1985 speech to the Rationalist Society in Bombay. In this extract, he focuses on "what is science and what is scientific".
1985 Rationalist Society Speech - OS - 3.tif
Obaid Siddiqi's notes for a 1985 speech to the Rationalist Society in Bombay. In this extract, he focuses on "what is science and what is scientific".
Heisenberg_Humans and Other Animals On the Scope of Brain Science_1.pdf
Martin Heisenberg's 2012 essay in the Journal of Neurogenetics, reflecting on biology, his Drosophila work, and the limitations of brain science.
Heisenberg_Humans and Other Animals On the Scope of Brain Science_1.pdf
Martin Heisenberg's 2012 essay in the Journal of Neurogenetics, reflecting on biology, his Drosophila work, and the limitations of brain science.
Heisenberg_Humans and Other Animals On the Scope of Brain Science_1.pdf
Martin Heisenberg's 2012 essay in the Journal of Neurogenetics, reflecting on biology, his Drosophila work, and the limitations of brain science.
Heisenberg_Humans and Other Animals On the Scope of Brain Science_1.pdf
Martin Heisenberg's 2012 essay in the Journal of Neurogenetics, reflecting on biology, his Drosophila work, and the limitations of brain science.
Sep 13 quotations_black
A selection of quotes on the scientific process from past and current faculty at TIFR and NCBS.
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…
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…
1999 Exam Blog - NBL Palampur - 2.png
While the 1960s plan for a National Biological Laboratory in Palampur never materialized, a National Centre for Biological Sciences did eventually come up independently. But all that has not stopped it from an NBL being mentioned in competitive…
2009 Exam Blog - NBL Palampur - 1.png
While the 1960s plan for a National Biological Laboratory in Palampur never materialized, a National Centre for Biological Sciences did eventually come up independently. But all that has not stopped it from an NBL being mentioned in competitive…
1985 Jul Rajgopal To Sreekantan (Planning Commission) (1).tif
The central government's letter to TIFR in July 1985, indicating the Planning Commission's approval of the biology centre and other proposal made by TIFR. The "Centre for Fundamental Research in Biological Sciences" is included as a "National Scheme"…
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.
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,…
VR-questionnaire-excerpt-tifr-env_IDENTITY-SPACE.tif
Veronica Rodrigues joined TIFR for a PhD in the late 1970s after moving from Dublin, Ireland. Here, she reflects on her time as a student at TIFR and the lasting impressions of the space.
1981 TIFR Council Meeting - Dec - NCBS idea - 2.pdf
Obaid Siddiqi wrote a proposal for a new biology centre as part of TIFR’s 1980-1985 Five Year Plan, based on S. Ramaseshan’s invitation to set it up at IISc. But even though it was approved by the government, the IISc plan lost steam. This extract…
1981 TIFR Council Meeting - Dec - NCBS idea - 3.pdf
Obaid Siddiqi wrote a proposal for a new biology centre as part of TIFR’s 1980-1985 Five Year Plan, based on S. Ramaseshan’s invitation to set it up at IISc. But even though it was approved by the government, the IISc plan lost steam. This extract…