cnr_IISc-space-for-NCBS_INSTTN-PAPER
CNR Rao, National Research Professor at JNCASR and former director, IISc: On the nature of scientific collaborations in the country.
NCBS Archives
sahadevan_OS-1985-survey-map_INSTTN-PAPER
TM Sahadevan, long-time administrative architect at NCBS: First meeting with Obaid Siddiqi at the TIFR Centre, IISc, in the mid 1980s.
NCBS Archives
sreekantan_1985-chandran-natl-centre_INSTTN-PAPER
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.
NCBS Archives
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_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"
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 the country".
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 the country".
1990 Nov TMS To Vijay Raghavan - Telecom strike.tif
Even though TIFR had in principle got confirmation that they could get land in the University of Agricultural Sciences and they were very close to a memorandum of understanding, much depended on the vagaries of the people in power. TM Sahadevan, one of the main administrative officers for NCBS, expresses his concern to K VijayRaghavan.
Courtesy of TM Sahadevan
1991 Apr - TMS to UAS - stop work on GKVK land.tif
After the memorandum of understanding was signed between the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) and TIFR, there was the additional problem of ensuring that it didn’t get used for other purposes.
1991 Apr 8 UAS to TIFR - Hand over letter.tif
University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) hands over the 20 acres of land to TIFR in April 1991.
Courtesy of TM Sahadevan
1991 Feb Lease Deed Bw TIFR and UAS (3).tif
The first page of the lease deed signed by the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) and TIFR for 20 acres and 10 guntas of land at the rate of one rupee for 50 years, and extendable by another 50 years. February 8, 1991.
Courtesy of TM Sahadevan
1991 Feb Lease Deed Bw TIFR and UAS (5).tif
The first page of the lease deed signed by the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) and TIFR for 20 acres and 10 guntas of land at the rate of one rupee for 50 years, and extendable by another 50 years. February 8, 1991.
Courtesy of TM Sahadevan
1991 Feb Lease Deed Bw TIFR and UAS (7).tif
The first page of the lease deed signed by the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) and TIFR for 20 acres and 10 guntas of land at the rate of one rupee for 50 years, and extendable by another 50 years. February 8, 1991.
Courtesy of TM Sahadevan
1991 Feb Lease Deed Bw TIFR and UAS (8).tif
The first page of the lease deed signed by the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) and TIFR for 20 acres and 10 guntas of land at the rate of one rupee for 50 years, and extendable by another 50 years. February 8, 1991.
Courtesy of TM Sahadevan
1991 Feb Lease Deed Bw TIFR and UAS (9).tif
The first page of the lease deed signed by the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) and TIFR for 20 acres and 10 guntas of land at the rate of one rupee for 50 years, and extendable by another 50 years. February 8, 1991.
Courtesy of TM Sahadevan
2012-Reminiscing_Jayant-angry-letter_INSTTN-PAPER-TRAIL.mp4
The long wait for an NCBS - Jayant Udgaonkar