UB Poornima, chief architect at NCBS: Memories of the design changes on the library wall (now Simons Centre at NCBS), conversations between Raj Rewal and Obaid Siddiqi, and follow-up effects.
Govind Swarup, former faculty member at TIFR: Recounting a story of a TIFR Council Meeting where JRD Tata advocated the setting up of many national centres under TIFR.
Vidita Vaidya, faculty member at TIFR: Weighing in on the perception of NCBS as a rule breaker -- looking at the broader good rather than being bogged down by details
Shobhona Sharma, former student and current faculty member, TIFR: The story behind TIFR's Department of Biological Sciences seeking more space with a new building at TIFR (c 1998-2014), and the roadblocks along the way.
Krishanu Ray, faculty member and former PhD student at TIFR: On the idea of autonomy for research, with a comparison of TIFR's Department of Biological Sciences and NCBS.
Man Mohan Johri, retired faculty member from TIFR: Reflections on the start of NCBS, the conversations at the molecular biology unit and figuring out whether one makes the move to Bangalore.
Vidyanand Nanjundiah, faculty member at TIFR in 1980s: Reflecting on the role of H Sharat Chandra in early negotiations for NCBS to get space in Bangalore
TM Sahadevan, long-time administrative architect at NCBS: Memories of the late 1980s period when NCBS was being offered land in Maharashtra while struggling to find land in Karnataka.
K VijayRaghavan, faculty member at NCBS: Recounting the wading through bureaucracy in the late 1980s, and the different attitudes of the early NCBS faculty.
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.
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.
A committee report from 1992 on the selection of an external architect for the design of NCBS, with details on Raj Rewal's previous work on the National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi.
A committee report from 1992 on the selection of an external architect for the design of NCBS, with details on Raj Rewal's previous work on the National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi.
NCBS hired RD John, a retired Department of Space engineer, as an external advisor for the NCBS construction. Here, RD John relays to Obaid Siddiqi the delay in getting water to the construction site and the need for the construction agency to have…
Although the DAE had an architect division, the initial crew for NCBS insisted that the new institute should hire an external architect who had experience with laboratory space design. TIFR Council Meeting Minutes from early 1992 where the Council…
Although the DAE had an architect division, the initial crew for NCBS insisted that the new institute should hire an external architect who had experience with laboratory space design. TIFR Council Meeting Minutes from early 1992 where the Council…
While NCBS was being built, the early faculty continued to work at the TIFR Centre on the IISc Campus, and needed more lab space. The DAE sanctioned money for this additional construction effort in January 1992.
In April 1993, the Project Management Committee of NCBS approved the hiring of Raj Rewal for the NCBS design, based upon the assessment of a 1992 committee that evaluated the work of five external architects.
First floor plan of the TIFR Centre, Bangalore, in 1995. While NCBS was being built, the early faculty continued to work at the TIFR Centre on the IISc Campus.
Early in the project, NCBS hired an external architect, Raj Rewal, to design the campus. It also hired U.B. Poornima, a local architect, to interface between Raj Rewal Associates, the DAE and the NCBS faculty. Her role would prove to be critical as…
Every month, TM Sahadevan, an administrative officer at NCBS, would send a report to TIFR with an update of the construction process. The reports would include pasted photographs of the site. By 1997, they switched to digital prints.
Every month, TM Sahadevan, an administrative officer at NCBS, would send a report to TIFR with an update of the construction process. The reports would include pasted photographs of the site. By 1997, they switched to digital prints.
Every month, TM Sahadevan, an administrative officer at NCBS, would send a report to TIFR with an update of the construction process. The reports would include pasted photographs of the site. By 1997, they switched to digital prints.