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2012-Genes-to-olfaction_Vijay-Role-of-OS-hi-level_INSTTN-CHAR.mp4
Obaid Siddiqi and institution building - K VijayRaghavan
2012-Reminiscing_Jayant-angry-letter_INSTTN-PAPER-TRAIL.mp4
The long wait for an NCBS - Jayant Udgaonkar
2014-KSK-memorial-KV-KSK-marine-bldg_INSTTN-AUTONOMY.mp4
K S Krishnan's marine biology building - K VijayRaghavan
1. initially conceived master plan of NCBS campus.jpg
Initially conceived master plan of the NCBS campus by Raj Rewal Associates, c 1993.
16. NCBS Campus- Barren land being levelled.jpg
Barren land on the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) campus, leveled prior to the construction of NCBS, c 1994.
1960s 70s TIFR - Molecular Bio lab - 2.jpg
The molecular biology unit floor in the 1960s and early 1970s. Lab spaces were shared when the unit started as was the case decades later when NCBS started in the TIFR-IISC centre. When the first NCBS building was built in the late 1990s, individual…
1967 Mol Bio Course - TIFR - lawn photo.tif
Participants at a molecular biology course at TIFR in the 1960s, including P.K. Maitra (first from left).
1980-1985 TIFR_5-yr-plan_2_1.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_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_3.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_4.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"
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…
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…
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"…
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"…
1985 Sep - DST to Siddiqi - Approval for 1980-85 plan biology centre.tif
The National Biotechnology Board sends its approval in September 1985 to TIFR for allowing the set up of a Centre for Fundamental Research in Biological Sciences under the Department of Atomic Energy.
1985 Sep - DST to Siddiqi - Approval for 1980-85 plan biology centre.tif
The National Biotechnology Board sends its approval in September 1985 to TIFR for allowing the set up of a Centre for Fundamental Research in Biological Sciences under the Department of Atomic Energy.
1985-1990 TIFR_5-yr-plan_1.pdf
Excerpts from the 1985-90 Five Year Plan from TIFR. It includes the proposal for a Centre for Fundamental Research in Biological Sciences, stating that a "strong school of basic research in modern biology in India is of great and vital interest to…
1985-1990 TIFR_5-yr-plan_2.pdf
Excerpts from the 1985-90 Five Year Plan from TIFR. It includes the proposal for a Centre for Fundamental Research in Biological Sciences, stating that a "strong school of basic research in modern biology in India is of great and vital interest to…
1985-1990 TIFR_5-yr-plan_4.pdf
Excerpts from the 1985-90 Five Year Plan from TIFR. It includes the proposal for a Centre for Fundamental Research in Biological Sciences, stating that a "strong school of basic research in modern biology in India is of great and vital interest to…
1985-1990 TIFR_5-yr-plan_6.pdf
Excerpts from the 1985-90 Five Year Plan from TIFR. It includes the proposal for a Centre for Fundamental Research in Biological Sciences, stating that a "strong school of basic research in modern biology in India is of great and vital interest to…
1986 Jan Nanjundaiah To Sharat Chandra.tif
Soon after the approval from the Planning Commission, Vidyanand Nanjundiah, one of the authors of the biology centre proposal, started to look for land in January 1986. He reached out to Sharat Chandra at IISc for assistance in connecting with the…
1987 Feb Satish Chandran to OS - land offer.tif
TR Satish Chandran, the Chief Secretary of Karnataka in February 1987, helped scout land options and conveyed the government's hope that NCBS would be set up in Bangalore. However, NCBS faced resistance again after he retired.
1988 Astra rejection letter.tif
Finding land in Bangalore was not an easy process, and the rejections kept stacking up for a variety of reasons, like this one from Astra Research Centre in 1988.
1988 Aug Fernandes to OS - Goa land.tif
Once it was clear that the Centre was a definite plan, there were many places considered (and lobbied for) for the NCBS site, including Indore, Pune, Bombay, Bangalore and Panaji. In his oral history interview, Obaid Siddiqi mentions that they were…
1988 Aug Krishna Kumar to OS - UAS allotment.tif
In the late 1980s, there was a sentiment that the Karnataka Government would not allow new scientific institutions to be set up in Bangalore. And given land prices, one way to circumvent this was to find land within another institute. In August 1988,…
1988 Dec 08 TIFR-NCBS - land search memo - st johns blr uni_1.pdf
Land search in Bangalore ran in different directions, and stopped at different points. As shown in this document, there were possibilities near Bangalore University and near St Johns Medical College. But much depended on having the right combination…
1988 Feb DAE to Karnataka Govt Hegde - Land Request.tif
In February 1988, the Atomic Energy Commission reached to the Chief Minister of Karnataka for assistance in finding potential spaces in Bangalore for the new biology centre.
1988 Indian Architect Mag Cover - Raj Rewal - OS.tif
Obaid Siddiqi's copy of a 1988 issue of "Indian Architect" Magazine featuring a cover story on Raj Rewal's design of the National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi.
1988 March - OS ppt to TIFR faculty - incl 1978.tif
Notes from Obaid Siddiqi's presentation to the TIFR Faculty in 1988, on his proposal to set up a new centre for biology. Siddiqi summarizes the journey from 1978, based on an invitation from S. Ramaseshan to start a joint TIFR-IISC centre for…
1988 May Dhawan to OS telegram hegde meet.tif
Following the February 1988 letter from the Atomic Energy Commission to the Ramakrishna Hegde, then Chief Minister of Karnataka, Obaid Siddiqi and Satish Dhawan had an opportunity to meet him in May 1988 to discuss the needs for the new biology…
1989 June - TIFR Council Meet - 90-95 Proposal UAS approval - 1.pdf
In June 1989, the TIFR Council approved the proposals for the eighth Five Year Plan, including the set up at the University of Agricultural Sciences campus and the hiring of faculty and administrative staff. This was also a time when the country…
1989 June - TIFR Council Meet - 90-95 Proposal UAS approval - 2.pdf
In June 1989, the TIFR Council approved the proposals for the eighth Five Year Plan, including the set up at the University of Agricultural Sciences campus and the hiring of faculty and administrative staff. This was also a time when the country…
1989 June - TIFR Council Meet - 90-95 Proposal UAS approval - 3.pdf
In June 1989, the TIFR Council approved the proposals for the eighth Five Year Plan, including the set up at the University of Agricultural Sciences campus and the hiring of faculty and administrative staff. This was also a time when the country…
1989 June - TIFR Council Meet - 90-95 Proposal UAS approval - 4.pdf
In June 1989, the TIFR Council approved the proposals for the eighth Five Year Plan, including the set up at the University of Agricultural Sciences campus and the hiring of faculty and administrative staff. This was also a time when the country…
1989 June - TIFR Council Meet - 90-95 Proposal UAS approval - 5.pdf
In June 1989, the TIFR Council approved the proposals for the eighth Five Year Plan, including the set up at the University of Agricultural Sciences campus and the hiring of faculty and administrative staff. This was also a time when the country…
1989 June - TIFR Council Meet - 90-95 Proposal UAS approval - 6.pdf
In June 1989, the TIFR Council approved the proposals for the eighth Five Year Plan, including the set up at the University of Agricultural Sciences campus and the hiring of faculty and administrative staff. This was also a time when the country…
1989 June - TIFR Council Meet - 90-95 Proposal UAS approval - 7.pdf
In June 1989, the TIFR Council approved the proposals for the eighth Five Year Plan, including the set up at the University of Agricultural Sciences campus and the hiring of faculty and administrative staff. This was also a time when the country…
1990 FRS OS to FRS Secy Wigget.tif
Around the time that he was negotiating obstacles to set up NCBS, Obaid Siddiqi was going through a personal bureaucratic hurdle. The Reserve Bank of India was not willing to grant him foreign exchange to pay his life membership fee for the Royal…
1990 Jul DAE to Maharashtra Pawar - Pune Search.tif
Even though TIFR had in principle got confirmation that they could get land in Bangalore, there was a parallel push to try and get a location in Pune. Note the pitch for research on communicable diseases. The Maharashtra Government, in turn, was very…
1990 NCBS Proposal - Conclusion IAS Princeton.pdf
The final version of the proposal to build a Centre for Fundamental Research in Biological Sciences (soon to become the National Centre for Biological Sciences). Included in these excerpted pages are the vision for the centre, the planned staff size,…
1990 NCBS Proposal - Cover Page.pdf
The final version of the proposal to build a Centre for Fundamental Research in Biological Sciences (soon to become the National Centre for Biological Sciences). Included in these excerpted pages are the vision for the centre, the planned staff size,…
1990 NCBS Proposal - Financial outlay.pdf
The final version of the proposal to build a Centre for Fundamental Research in Biological Sciences (soon to become the National Centre for Biological Sciences). Included in these excerpted pages are the vision for the centre, the planned staff size,…
1990 NCBS Proposal - Founding members.pdf
The final version of the proposal to build a Centre for Fundamental Research in Biological Sciences (soon to become the National Centre for Biological Sciences). Included in these excerpted pages are the vision for the centre, the planned staff size,…
1990 NCBS Proposal - Staff number.pdf
The final version of the proposal to build a Centre for Fundamental Research in Biological Sciences (soon to become the National Centre for Biological Sciences). Included in these excerpted pages are the vision for the centre, the planned staff size,…
1990 NCBS Proposal - Summary.pdf
The final version of the proposal to build a Centre for Fundamental Research in Biological Sciences (soon to become the National Centre for Biological Sciences). Included in these excerpted pages are the vision for the centre, the planned staff size,…
1990 NCBS Proposal - UAS sketch.pdf
A sketch of the proposed location for NCBS on University of Agricultural Sciences land. This was part of the 1990 version of the NCBS proposal.
1990 NCBS Proposal - UAS sketch.pdf
The final version of the proposal to build a Centre for Fundamental Research in Biological Sciences (soon to become the National Centre for Biological Sciences). Included in these excerpted pages are the vision for the centre, the planned staff size,…
1990 NCBS Proposal – Objectives_1.pdf
The final version of the proposal to build a Centre for Fundamental Research in Biological Sciences (soon to become the National Centre for Biological Sciences). Included in these excerpted pages are the vision for the centre, the planned staff size,…
1990 NCBS Proposal – Objectives_2.pdf
The final version of the proposal to build a Centre for Fundamental Research in Biological Sciences (soon to become the National Centre for Biological Sciences). Included in these excerpted pages are the vision for the centre, the planned staff size,…