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Mathew_sinX-biochemistry_EDUCATION-KNOWLEDGE
MK Mathew, faculty member at NCBS: Thoughts on the biochemistry course that he and Jayant Udgaonkar have taught at NCBS almost since the beginning of the Centre.
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P Balaram, professor and ex-director, IISc: On joining as a teacher at IISc in the 1970s and views on the practice of teaching.
saurabh_why-phd-teach_EDUCATION-KNOWLEDGE
Saurabh Mahajan, current PhD student at NCBS: Thoughts on why he is doing a PhD and the need for a more rigorous education in teaching.
shashi_PhD-future_EDUCATION-KNOWLEDGE
L Shashidhara, early post-doctoral researcher at NCBS, faculty at IISER: On future trajectories for students after they do their PhD and the need to wrestle with this problem in a more cohesive manner.
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Satyajit Rath, faculty member at NII: On a nationwide decoupling between college and post-graduate education/research.
Mukund_Students-research_EDUCATION-KNOWLEDGE
Mukund Thattai, a 'Young Investigator' NCBS hire and current faculty member: His perspective on what could or should be the broader purpose of NCBS and its research.
aditi_courses_EDUCATION-KNOWLEDGE
Aditi Bhattacharya, research scientist and former student: On her experiences with coursework as a graduate student in the early 2000s
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Deepti Trivedi, technology scientist at NCBS and former student: On the move from Delhi University to NCBS for graduate work and a feeling of being overwhelmed.
gaiti_1970s-TIFR-summer_EDUCATION-KNOWLEDGE_PEOPLE-ORIGIN
Gaiti Hasan, faculty member at NCBS: On a summer spent at TIFR in the 1970s, and the process of being initiated into research.
jayant_coursework-start-TIFR-NCBS_EDUCATION-KNOWLEDGE
Jayant Udgaonkar, faculty member at NCBS: On the need for coursework and his push to build an academic programme (with MK Mathew) at NCBS
krishnamurthy_staff-retrain-temp_EDUCATION-KNOWLEDGE
H Krishnamurthy, scientific officer and head of imaging/cytometry, NCBS: On pushing his technical staff to enter into degree programs while working.
mathew_expt-ephysiology-rig_EDUCATION-KNOWLEDGE
MK Mathew, faculty member at NCBS: On selection of students, and, for instance, finding people suitable for particulars of working with an electrophysiology rig.
Sudhir_Medicine-research-crack_EDUCATION-KNOWLEDGE
Sudhir Krishna, faculty member at NCBS: The education model in India and the cracks between research and medicine.
swarup_IISER-edu-engg_EDUCATION-KNOWLEDGE
Govind Swarup, former faculty member at TIFR: On the need to integrate engineering and science education for students, and the potential of the IISER model.
swarup_laddoo-query_EDUCATION-KNOWLEDGE
Govind Swarup, former faculty member at TIFR: The thought process behind selecting students in TIFR interviews.
taslim_C-CAMP-benefit_EDUCATION-KNOWLEDGE
Taslimarif Saiyed, former NCBS student and current director, C-CAMP: On the benefits of C-CAMP in the learning trajectory of a student at NCBS.
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Upinder Bhalla, faculty member at NCBS: A childhood encounter with Obaid Siddiqi, and an early dislike for biology.
Mukund_Ethics_RIPPLE-FRICTION
Mukund Thattai, a 'Young Investigator' NCBS hire and current faculty member: On teaching an ethics course at NCBS, and on one of the biggest issues facing Indian science
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Vidita Vaidya, faculty member at TIFR: The influence of KS Krishnan and Veronica Rodrigues when she joined as a young faculty member at TIFR
Madhumala_VR-labnote-hire_EDUCATION-MENTOR
KS Madhumala, post doctoral researcher at NCBS: Reflections on maintaining lab notes and why she felt she got hired as a student.
taslim_OS-pencil-hold_EDUCATION-MENTOR
Taslimarif Saiyed, former NCBS student and current director, C-CAMP: Memories of being a student in Obaid Siddiqi's lab and the art of holding a pencil.
champakali_VR-sister-1980s-publishing_EDUCATION-MENTOR
Champakali Ayyub, scientific officer at TIFR: On the role of Veronica Rodrigues in Ayyub's career.
panic_TIFR-summer_EDUCATION-MENTOR
Mitradas Panicker, faculty member at NCBS: An early introduction to TIFR as a summer student in PK Maitra's lab
kaleem_OS-maths_EDUCATION-MENTOR
Kaleem Siddiqi, computer sciences faculty member at McGill University: Reflecting on a childhood in the TIFR campus, and reaching out to his father, Obaid Siddiqi, with problems in mathematics.
deepti_obaid-method-publish_EDUCATION-MENTOR
Deepti Trivedi, technology scientist at NCBS: On Obaid Siddiqi's hesitation in publishing a lot of material and his focus, instead, on the quality of the research shared with the world.
maithreyi_veronica-memory_EDUCATION-MENTOR
Maithreyi Narasimha, faculty member at TIFR: On the influence of Veronica Rodrigues when she joined as a young faculty at TIFR.
OS_riayat-khan_EDUCATION-MENTOR
Obaid Siddiqi, founding member of NCBS & TIFR's molecular biology unit: Being mentored by Riayat Khan while at Aligarh Muslim University in the 1950s, and being firmly situated in a research career.
sanjay_tifr-veronica_EDUCATION-MENTOR
Sanjay Sane, faculty member and former student at NCBS: Entering TIFR as a student and early interactions with Veronica Rodrigues.
shobha_veronica-memory_EDUCATION-MENTOR
Shobha Jagtap, administrative assistant in TIFR: Memories of working with Veronica Rodrigues
Madhu lab notebook.JPG
The lab notebook of KS Madhumala, a post doctoral researcher at NCBS. Madhumala was a student of Veronica Rodrigues and in her audio excerpt, she discusses how she may have been taken on as a research fellow at NCBS partly because of her lab notes.
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KS Krishnan's office at NCBS. On the left is a modified inebriometer, which he made to study anesthetics in Drosophila.
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KS Krishnan and Veronica Rodrigues. Unknown date.
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Sydney Brenner (left), KS Krishnan (middle) and Obaid Siddiqi, on the NCBS campus. Unknown date.
KSK Cabin Snapshot.JPG
A portion of KS Krishnan's bookshelf in his office at NCBS, giving a sample of his diverse interests.
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KS Krishnan as a young researcher at TIFR
Profile - KSK and Beehive.png
KS Krishnan was known for his ability to make friends with most people across the TIFR campus. Here, he convinced some people to bring down a hive off a tree, and then also put it into a case. When he moved to NCBS, he donated the case to Vidita…
1963 PK Maitra TIFR Joining Application - Pic.jpg
The registration sheet for PK Maitra at TIFR, filled at the time he joined as a young faculty member in the molecular biology unity at TIFR. 1963.
1988-10-27 Fr.PK Maitra To Jayant (By air Mail Letter).tif
An October 1988 letter from PK Maitra to Jayant Udgaonkar, then a post-doctoral research at Stanford University. Maitra highlights that the new Bangalore Centre is likely to a "good place in the coming years", and an option Udgaonkar should seriously…
1975 VR to OS PhD request letter.jpg
After reading a paper by Vijay Sarathy and Obaid Siddiqi on bacterial recombination, Veronica Rodrigues, who was studying in Dublin, Ireland, sends a letter to Obaid Siddiqi expressing her interest in joining for a PhD. She would later build simple…
1976 TIFR application VR.jpg
The registration sheet for Veronica Rodrigues at TIFR, filled at the time she was a research scholar at the institute.
1988 VR to OS - citizenship appeal.jpg
Veronica Rodrigues' appeal to Obaid Siddiqi in 1988 regarding her difficulty in obtaining Indian citizenship. Rodrigues was of Indian origin, grew up in Kenya and studied in Ireland before moving to India. The process was, she said, "proving to be a…
Profile - Veronica - Graduation Dublin.tif
Veronica Rodrigues at her graduation in Dublin, 1976.
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Veronica Rodrigues at a tug-of-war event in TIFR, date unknown
VR-questionnaire-excerpt-student-exp_EDUCATION-MENTOR.tif
Veronica Rodrigues joined TIFR for her PhD in the late 1970s. Here, she summarizes her student experience in response to a questionnaire submitted by Indira Chowdhury.
1957 IARI to OS - Reference.tif
Reference letter for Obaid Siddiqi from his supervisor at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, where Siddiqi was doing research prior to his PhD in Glasgow. 1957.
1957 Reayat Khan To OS - Reference.tif
Reference letter for Obaid Siddiqi from Riayat Khan, who was his teacher at the Aligarh Muslim University. Siddiqi would then move to IARI, and then for a PhD in Glasgow. 1957.
1970s OS with Brenner - Fr Babu.tif
Obaid Siddiqi with one of his mentors, Sydney Brenner, during one of Brenner's visits to TIFR (top photo).
Carlson_A Welcome to Drosophila Olfaction_1.pdf
By the early 1980s, the molecular biology unit led by Obaid Siddiqi had gained worldwide reputation for their work on olfaction in Drosophila. The unit became a space for young scientists from around the world to come and learn. One of them, John…
1989 OS Birla Award Speech - 1.tif
Obaid Siddiqi's speech after receiving the Birla Award in 1989. Siddiqi looks back at his career and acknowledges the variety of people who pushed him along in his career
1989 OS Birla Award Speech - 2.tif
Obaid Siddiqi's speech after receiving the Birla Award in 1989. Siddiqi looks back at his career and acknowledges the variety of people who pushed him along in his career