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2016-OS-Discussion_Prabhat-research-political-connect_INTERSECTIONS-POLITICS.mp4
The bridge between research and politics - Prabhat Patnaik
2016-OS-Discussion_Prabhat-OS-family-political_INTERSECTIONS-POLITICS.mp4
The political environment in the Siddiqi family - Prabhat Patnaik
2016-OS-Discussion_Imrana-OS-political-activism_INTERSECTIONS-POLITICS.mp4
On Obaid Siddiqi: Growing up in an atmosphere of politics - Imrana Qadeer
2016-OS-Discussion_Dunu-Roy-state-of-science_INTERSECTIONS-POLITICS.mp4
On the state of science - Dunu Roy
2012-Reminiscing_Mukund-Sci-Art_INTERSECTION-OUTREACH.mp4
Going beyond science - Mukund Thattai
2012-Reminiscing_Sowdhamini-kids-home-network-dolna_INTERSECTION.mp4
Dolna: Building a children's home within a research centre - R. Sowdhamini
TIFR AA Group.JPG
The TIFR Alcoholics Anonymous Group notice board.
TIFR - Word Learning - 1.JPG
English is the medium of instruction and communication at TIFR and NCBS. It is unlikely to see anything written in Kannada anywhere on the NCBS campus. There are efforts at both places to try and bridge the gap with regional languages, like this…
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Gayatri Saberwal's note after an occasion that looked back and celebrated the life and work of Obaid Siddiqi, in March 2016. Saberwal comments on Siddiqi's political activism in his student days, adding it's a tragedy that young science students "are…
2005 Vijay to NCBS - OS BSc student hiring.tif
Soon after he moved to NCBS, Obaid Siddiqi started getting interested in hiring students at the BSc and MSc level in his lab. Students from the time would discuss the disproportionate size of his lab, compared to other labs. The trainees would stay…
2001 Jan - STC Minutes - Janaki Nair appointment.tif
The appointment of Janaki Nair in 2001 started an engagement beyond the sciences at NCBS. It would lead to the hiring of Indira Chowdhury to conduct an extensive oral history interview with Obaid Siddiqi, and then a longer engagement with the setting…
1988 Society Magazine - OS Profile - 4.tif
A 1988 profile of Obaid Siddiqi in Society, a general interest magazine.
1988 Society Magazine - OS Profile - 3.tif
A 1988 profile of Obaid Siddiqi in Society, a general interest magazine.
1988 Society Magazine - OS Profile - 2.tif
A 1988 profile of Obaid Siddiqi in Society, a general interest magazine.
1988 Society Magazine - OS Profile - 1.tif
A 1988 profile of Obaid Siddiqi in Society, a general interest magazine.
1988 Nizam Lecture - Urdu lecture - 4.tif
Extracts from Obaid Siddiqi's Nizam Lecture (1988), given in Urdu. Also seen are Siddiqi's cheatsheet, translating particular scientific terms into Urdu for his audience.
1988 Nizam Lecture - Urdu lecture - 3.tif
Extracts from Obaid Siddiqi's Nizam Lecture (1988), given in Urdu. Seen here is an extract from Siddiqi's cheatsheet, translating particular scientific terms into Urdu for his audience.
1988 Nizam Lecture - Urdu lecture - 2.tif
Extracts from Obaid Siddiqi's Nizam Lecture (1988), given in Urdu. Also seen are Siddiqi's cheatsheet, translating particular scientific terms into Urdu for his audience.
1988 Nizam Lecture - Urdu lecture - 1.tif
Extracts from Obaid Siddiqi's Nizam Lecture (1988), given in Urdu. Also seen are Siddiqi's cheatsheet, translating particular scientific terms into Urdu for his audience.
1983 AIR Broadcast - OS - Gene Cloning.tif
An extract from Obaid Siddiqi's All India Radio broadcast on gene cloning. 1983.
1983 AIR Broadcast - OS - Darwinism.tif
An extract from Obaid Siddiqi's All India Radio broadcast on Darwinism. 1983.
OS Lab - Sunil Prabhakar citation.JPG
Image from Obaid Siddiqi's lab. Sunil Prabhakar joined Obaid Siddiqi's lab as an assistant, offering technical assistance for fly behavior experiments, stock keeping and management of laboratory consumables. He would later continue to do a Masters,…
2016 Transport Ledger.JPG
NCBS has a transportation section that takes care of shuttle services to IISc and the faculty and student residences off campus. The reception also arranges taxi services, with tens of thousands of trip entries recorded over the last few years.
2016 Canteen Menu - 2.JPG
Food services at NCBS started with a single stove in the mid 1990s. Today, NCBS has about half a dozen food outlets on campus, with the main canteen having a roster of over 500 dishes. Good food is one of the reasons students have cited for coming to…
2016 Canteen Menu - 1.JPG
Food services at NCBS started with a single stove in the mid 1990s. Today, NCBS has about half a dozen food outlets on campus, with the main canteen having a roster of over 500 dishes. Good food is one of the reasons students have cited for coming to…
2009 OS NCBS Talk to Administration (Hand Written Minutes) - 6.tif
An outreach talk by Obaid Siddiqi to the NCBS administration in 2009 on olfaction in Drosophila.
2009 OS NCBS Talk to Administration (Hand Written Minutes) - 5.tif
An outreach talk by Obaid Siddiqi to the NCBS administration in 2009 on olfaction in Drosophila.
2009 OS NCBS Talk to Administration (Hand Written Minutes) - 4.tif
An outreach talk by Obaid Siddiqi to the NCBS administration in 2009 on olfaction in Drosophila.
2009 OS NCBS Talk to Administration (Hand Written Minutes) - 3.tif
An outreach talk by Obaid Siddiqi to the NCBS administration in 2009 on olfaction in Drosophila.
2009 OS NCBS Talk to Administration (Hand Written Minutes) - 2.tif
An outreach talk by Obaid Siddiqi to the NCBS administration in 2009 on olfaction in Drosophila.
2009 OS NCBS Talk to Administration (Hand Written Minutes) - 1.tif
In an outreach talk to the NCBS administration in 2009 on olfaction in Drosophila, Obaid Siddiqi started by saying that the scientific career was a self-rewarding one. And he wondered "Is administration - if it is mere service - self rewarding?"
1996-09-03 PMC Minutes Annexure - Contract Staff.tif
Annexure from the Project Management Committee meeting minutes in September 1996. NCBS tries to keep a total of about 60 permanent non-academic staff, expecting that the facilities work will be done by people "on contract to external agencies".
1995ish TIFR Centre Group Photo
Group photo of staff members at the TIFR IISc centre, c 1995
1995-96 D-2004-01240-13 - ncbs construction monthly report.tif
Every month, TM Sahadevan, an administrative officer at NCBS, would send a report to the TIFR Director with an update of the construction process. The reports would include pasted photographs of the site.
1995-96 D-2004-01240-04 - ncbs construction monthly report.tif
Every month, TM Sahadevan, an administrative officer at NCBS, would send a report to the TIFR Director with an update of the construction process. The reports would include pasted photographs of the site.
1995-96 D-2004-01240-02 - ncbs construction monthly report.tif
Every month, TM Sahadevan, an administrative officer at NCBS, would send a report to the TIFR Director with an update of the construction process. The reports would include pasted photographs of the site.
1994-1995 NCBS Annual Report - Admin Structure.tif
The NCBS administrative structure in February 1995, extracted from the NCBS Annual Report 1994-95.
1994 Oct (Proposed Staff Structure for NCBS) (2).tif
Steering Committee Meeting minutes extract that shows the anticipated staff structure at NCBS in 1994.
1991-01-04 OS to MBU - 60th bday thanks.tif
A note from Obaid Siddiqi and Asiya Siddiqi to the staff and students at the molecular biology unit in January 1991, a follow up to Obaid Siddiqi's 60th birthday celebration
1991 NIAS Lecture - Science Trends - OS Hand Written - 3.tif
Discussion on institutional autonomy are closely to its administration. In his lecture at the new National Institute for Advanced Studies in 1991, Obaid Siddiqi shared his concern for the administration of science, saying that "one of the major…
1991 NIAS Lecture - Science Trends - OS Hand Written - 2.tif
Discussion on institutional autonomy are closely to its administration. In his lecture at the new National Institute for Advanced Studies in 1991, Obaid Siddiqi shared his concern for the administration of science, saying that "one of the major…
1990-92 Bangalore Land File - Log Book 1.tif
File 181 in TIFR is synonymous with all things related to the TIFR Centre. People would check the logbook in and out, and it got especially busy in the years between 1990 and 1992.
1990 NCBS Proposal - Staff number.pdf
An extract from the 1990-92 NCBS proposal showing the staff projections over the next 20 years. The faculty count at NCBS has, by and large, stayed within this pattern.
1990 Aug VijayRaghavan request for Jeeva Raju.tif
K VijayRaghavan's 1990 letter to the TIFR Centre administration, requesting to hire K Jeevaraju for his lab. Jeevaraju continues to look after services in the lab kitchen.
1989-07-31 OS To UAS - 2.TIF
In 1989, Obaid Siddiqi wrote a letter to the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Agricultural Sciences, assuring him that the new NCBS will hire locally. "We envisage that the bulk of the staff in the lower categories of employees will be from the…
1989-07-31 OS To UAS - 1.TIF
In 1989, Obaid Siddiqi wrote a letter to the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Agricultural Sciences, assuring him that the new NCBS will hire locally. "We envisage that the bulk of the staff in the lower categories of employees will be from the…
1985-05-07 VR to Champa from Goa - guruji - 1.tif
A 1985 letter from Veronica Rodrigues to Champakali Ayyub, where Rodrigues addresses Obaid Siddiqi as guruji. It was common for the students to address Siddiqi in that manner, though it changed in later years.
1962 Nov 7 D-2004-01230-7(1 - 2) Faculty Meet - MBU electricty savings.pdf
In November 1962, when resources were tight at TIFR, the Registrar suggested that the molecular biology unit could get funds through "savings under some heads (electricity, etc)".
1944 D-2004-00019-1(1-6) - letter from R Choksi to HB - tips - Tata family.pdf
In the early 1940s, Homi Bhabha greatly benefited from the assistance of Professor Rustom Choksi, a member of the Tata Trust who advised Bhabha at every step. Here, in February 1944, Choksi advises that a letter to the Tata Trust for the proposal to…