vishalakshi_sci-typing_PEOPLE-ORIGIN.mp3
KS Vishalakshi, early NCBS hire for administration: Reflections on starting at the TIFR Centre as a daily wage worker and typing up 100s of theses for students.
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vijay_AIIMS-TB-OS-paper-1975_PEOPLE-ORIGIN.mp3
K VijayRaghavan, faculty member at NCBS: The path to TIFR after a chance reading of an Obaid Siddiqi paper while recuperating from tuberculosis in Delhi
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Sudhir_TIFR-summer-student_PEOPLE-ORIGIN.mp3
Sudhir Krishna, faculty member at NCBS: An early introduction to TIFR as a summer student.
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shona_shantiniketan-obaid_PEOPLE-ORIGIN.mp3
Sumantra Chattarji, faculty member at NCBS: Growing up in Shantiniketan, a switch from physics to biology, and an early encounter with Obaid Siddiqi.
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shantha_hiring-walk-IISc_PEOPLE-ORIGIN.mp3
N Shanthakumary, early hire in NCBS administration: Memories of entering the IISc campus for the first time in the early 1980s, and being hired into the system.
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shaju_childhood-labor-catering_PEOPLE-ORIGIN.mp3
Shaju Varghese, hospitality/security/canteen supervisor: Reflections on a childhood in Kerala, and the connections with his work today.
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sahadevan_TIFR-1972_PEOPLE-ORIGIN.mp3
TM Sahadevan, long-time administrative architect at NCBS: An early career move from Coonoor to Bangalore, and being the first person from TIFR, Bombay, to land at the TIFR Centre, IISc in the mid 1970s.
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ranjith_kerala-maths_PEOPLE-ORIGIN.mp3
PP Ranjith, early hire as lab manager at NCBS: A degree in mathematics, and the circumstances behind a move from Kerala in search of a job.
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poornima_emergency-home-sci_PEOPLE-ORIGIN.mp3
UB Poornima, chief architect at NCBS: Early career circumstances and choosing architecture as a career.
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panic_TIFR-summer_PEOPLE-ORIGIN.mp3
Mitradas Panicker, faculty member at NCBS: An early introduction to TIFR as a summer student in PK Maitra's lab
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Mukund_Father-factory_PEOPLE-ORIGIN.mp3
Mukund Thattai, a 'Young Investigator' NCBS hire and current faculty member: Early childhood, a short history extract and a unique engineering project.
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Mathew_IIT-IISc_PEOPLE-ORIGIN.mp3
MK Mathew, faculty member at NCBS: Reflections on early education and figuring out what direction to take his life in.
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kaleem_TIFR-brat-conference-room-study_PEOPLE-ORIGIN.mp3
Kaleem Siddiqi, faculty member at McGill University: Memories of a childhood in the 1970s when he and his sister used the TIFR molecular biology unit conference room as a personal study space since it was sparsely used.
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jitu_membrane-cricket_PEOPLE-ORIGIN.mp3
Satyajit Mayor, faculty member and current director, NCBS: Reflections from early childhood, family history and a personal and serious interest in cricket.
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jeevaraju_work-detail_PEOPLE-ORIGIN.mp3
Jeevaraju, staff member in the lab kitchen: The move to NCBS in 1992, the reasons for staying and his memories of the early days at the TIFR Centre.
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gajendra_flyfacility_PEOPLE-ORIGIN.mp3
G Gajendra, staff member at the Fly Facility: Moving to Bangalore from Kolar district to teach, and then entering NCBS as a security guard before shifting back to science.
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eswar_cook-event_PEOPLE-ORIGIN.mp3
T Eswar, head cook, canteen services: Joining the TIFR Centre canteen as an assistant cook and the eventual move to NCBS.
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basha_NGEF-bijapur-NCBS_PEOPLE-ORIGIN.mp3
SN Basha, staff member of the NCBS security services: Moving from Bijapur to Bangalore after the Emergency in search of a job, and eventually leading up to NCBS in the late 1990s.
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ashok_mine-bihar-dae-blr-all-job_PEOPLE-ORIGIN.mp3
Ashok Rao, administrative officer: Moving around the country with a parent who worked as a mining engineer for the DAE, and then joining the DAE family himself.
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anand_reception-start_PEOPLE-ORIGIN.mp3
Anand Kumar, NCBS staff member and supervisor at the reception: Joining NCBS in the late 1990s after working at a Coca Cola factory nearby.
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rudra_cafeteria-familiarity_PEOPLE-ORIGIN_INTERSECTION-STAFF.mp3
Rudra Naik, caretaker at the NCBS guesthouse: Memories of building a relationship with students and faculty at the old cafeteria in the early 2000s.
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