Within a year of his PhD, when Obaid Siddiqi was at Yale in 1962, he received a book contract offer from McMillan, "Introduction to Molecular Genetics". These nine extracts give a glimpse of the events over the next three years. This was also a time…
A current view of one of the fly labs at the Department of Biological Sciences at TIFR, some of the original lab spaces for the faculty that eventually moved to NCBS.
In a unique meeting at the Bombay House in July 1993, the TIFR Council headed by JRD Tata recognized the need for a formal process for creating National Centres like NCBS and NCRA. The by-laws of the institute were changed to allow for this autonomy.…
In a unique meeting at the Bombay House in July 1993, the TIFR Council headed by JRD Tata recognized the need for a formal process for creating National Centres like NCBS and NCRA. The by-laws of the institute were changed to allow for this autonomy.…
In a unique meeting at the Bombay House in July 1993, the TIFR Council headed by JRD Tata recognized the need for a formal process for creating National Centres like NCBS and NCRA. The by-laws of the institute were changed to allow for this autonomy.…
In May 1992, TIFR issued a set of guidelines for the extent of autonomy at NCBS and the kinds of decisions a new 'Centre Director' at NCBS could take, including some faculty appointments, purchasing freedom and "official entertainment".
In May 1992, TIFR issued a set of guidelines for the extent of autonomy at NCBS and the kinds of decisions a new 'Centre Director' at NCBS could take, including some faculty appointments, purchasing freedom and "official entertainment".
In May 1992, TIFR issued a set of guidelines for the extent of autonomy at NCBS and the kinds of decisions a new 'Centre Director' at NCBS could take, including some faculty appointments, purchasing freedom and "official entertainment".
In May 1992, TIFR issued a set of guidelines for the extent of autonomy at NCBS and the kinds of decisions a new 'Centre Director' at NCBS could take, including some faculty appointments, purchasing freedom and "official entertainment".
In May 1992, TIFR issued a set of guidelines for the extent of autonomy at NCBS and the kinds of decisions a new 'Centre Director' at NCBS could take, including some faculty appointments, purchasing freedom and "official entertainment".
In May 1992, TIFR issued a set of guidelines for the extent of autonomy at NCBS and the kinds of decisions a new 'Centre Director' at NCBS could take, including some faculty appointments, purchasing freedom and "official entertainment".
In May 1992, TIFR issued a set of guidelines for the extent of autonomy at NCBS and the kinds of decisions a new 'Centre Director' at NCBS could take, including some faculty appointments, purchasing freedom and "official entertainment".
The DAE sanction order to TIFR to set up the Centre for Fundamental Research in Biological Sciences, which would eventually become the National Centre for Biological Sciences. The Oct 22, 1991, letter was followed up by another one on Oct 23 due to a…
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…
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…
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,…
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,…
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,…
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,…
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,…
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,…
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,…
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,…
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,…
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…
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.
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"…
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…
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…
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…