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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 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.
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
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
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
gaiti_intuition-adventure-expt_IDENTITY-REFLECTION
Gaiti Hasan, faculty member at NCBS: On her approach to finding research questions and tackling the unknown
vijay_scientific-method-questions_IDENTITY-REFLECTION
K VijayRaghavan, faculty member at NCBS: An encounter with Guido Pontecorvo and thoughts on the scientific method.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
shona_logo_IDENTITY-BRANDING
Sumantra Chattarji, faculty member at NCBS: The formation of the NCBS logo and building an identity for the Centre.
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_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…
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.
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.