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1960-65 Third Five Year Plan - NBL Proposal.png
An extract from the 1960-65 Third Five Year Plan, discussing the proposal to build a National Biological Laboratory. By the next plan period, Palampur was the selected location. But the laboratory never materialized, partly because of a disagreement…
1960s 70s Stahl and OS awards - ceremonial.bmp
In the late 1960s, Frank Stahl (right), a renowned biologist, came for a workshop to TIFR. Here, he participates (in ceremonial attire, a one-time event) in an awards function for those who attended a course in phage genetics.
1960s 70s TIFR - Molecular Bio lab - 1.jpg
S.M Joshi sits and shears DNA into smaller pieces for doing a run on the analytical ultra-centrifuge. TIFR Molecular Biology Unit in the late 1960s.
1960s 70s TIFR - Molecular Bio lab - 1.jpg
S.M Joshi sits and shears DNA into smaller pieces for doing a run on the analytical ultra-centrifuge. TIFR Molecular Biology Unit in the late 1960s.
1960s 70s TIFR - Molecular Bio lab - 2.jpg
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…
1960s 70s TIFR - Molecular Bio lab - 3.jpg
V.D. Redkar using an Aminoacid Analyzer. TIFR Molecular Biology Unit in the late 1960s.
1960s 70s TIFR - Molecular Bio lab - 3.jpg
V.D. Redkar using an Aminoacid Analyzer. TIFR Molecular Biology Unit in the late 1960s.
1960s 70s TIFR - Molecular Bio lab - 5.tif
Obaid Siddiqi at the TIFR Molecular Biology Unit in its early stages, c 1967
1960s 70s TIFR - Molecular Bio lab - 6.jpg
Veronica Rodrigues taking measurements with her in-house fly maze design. She and other researchers worked with the TIFR glass blowing facility to make Y-shaped tubes, a simple yet powerful device to test olfactory response in Drosophila, c 1979.
1960s 70s TIFR - Molecular Bio lab - 6.jpg
Veronica Rodrigues taking measurements with her in-house fly maze design. She and other researchers worked with the TIFR glass blowing facility to make Y-shaped tubes, a simple yet powerful device to test olfactory response in Drosophila, c 1979.
1960s 70s TIFR - Molecular Bio lab - 7.jpg
Kalpana Pandripande, a student at the TIFR Molecular Biology Unit in the late 1960s.
1960s 70s TIFR - Molecular Bio lab - 8.jpg
Frank Stahl (centre), a renowned American biologist, visiting TIFR for a workshop in the late 1960s. He is flanked by M.S. Shaila (left) and S.M. Joshi.
1961 SN Bose To OS - 1.tif
SN Bose's letter to Obaid Siddiqi in December 1961, when Siddiqi was looking for opportunities in India. Bose suggests a few places where Siddiqi could apply.
1961 SN Bose To OS - 2.tif
SN Bose's letter to Obaid Siddiqi in December 1961, when Siddiqi was looking for opportunities in India. Bose suggests a few places where Siddiqi could apply.
1961 SN Bose To OS - 3.tif
SN Bose's letter to Obaid Siddiqi in December 1961, when Siddiqi was looking for opportunities in India. Bose suggests a few places where Siddiqi could apply.
1962 Aug D-2004-00596-26(1 of 1) HB to Nehru on OS.pdf
Homi Bhabha writing to Jawaharlal Nehru in August 1962 about the hiring of Obaid Siddiqi and the global perception of administering Indian science
1962 Feb D-2004-00596-1(1 of 1) Ponte to Szilard.pdf
Guido Pontecorvo's recommendation letter for Obaid Siddiqi, sent to Leo Szilard in February 1962. Szilard would later forward this to Homi Bhabha.
1962 HB to OS - TIFR Offer First Correspondence.tif
The first direct correspondence between Homi Bhabha and Obaid Siddiqi, after Bhabha received a letter from Leo Szilard, with recommendations for Siddiqi from Alan Garen and Guido Pontecorvo. March 12, 1962.
1962 HB to OS - TIFR Offer First Correspondence.tif
The first direct correspondence between Homi Bhabha and Obaid Siddiqi, after Bhabha received a letter from Leo Szilard, with recommendations for Siddiqi from Alan Garen and Guido Pontecorvo. Bhabha indirectly offers Siddiqi a position. March 12,…
1962 HB to OS - TIFR Offer First Correspondence.tif
The first direct correspondence between Homi Bhabha and Obaid Siddiqi, after Bhabha received a letter from Leo Szilard, with recommendations for Siddiqi from Alan Garen and Guido Pontecorvo. Bhabha indirectly offers Siddiqi a position. March 12,…
1962 HB to OS - TIFR Offer First Correspondence.tif
The first direct correspondence between Homi Bhabha and Obaid Siddiqi, after Bhabha received a letter from Leo Szilard, with recommendations for Siddiqi from Alan Garen and Guido Pontecorvo. Bhabha indirectly offers Siddiqi a position. March 12,…
1962 Jul 18 D-2004-00596-18(1 of 1) Margolin to HB - ref.pdf
Paul Margolin's response to Homi Bhabha's reference request for Obaid Siddiqi.
1962 Jul 20 D-2004-00596-19(1 - 4) OS to HB - offer accept.pdf
Obaid Siddiqi's official acceptance of the TIFR offer. In it, he includes a list of equipment needed (following up a request by Homi Bhabha) for the new molecular biology unit.
1962 Jul 20 D-2004-00596-19(1 - 4) OS to HB - offer accept.pdf
Obaid Siddiqi's official acceptance of the TIFR offer. In it, he includes a list of equipment needed (following up a request by Homi Bhabha) for the new molecular biology unit.
1962 Jul 20 D-2004-00596-19(1 - 4) OS to HB - offer accept.pdf
Obaid Siddiqi's official acceptance of the TIFR offer. In it, he includes a list of equipment needed (following up a request by Homi Bhabha) for the new molecular biology unit.
1962 Jul 20 D-2004-00596-19(1 - 4) OS to HB - offer accept.pdf
Obaid Siddiqi's official acceptance of the TIFR offer. In it, he includes a list of equipment needed (following up a request by Homi Bhabha) for the new molecular biology unit.
1962 Jul 28 D-2004-00596-27 HB to Trombay - OS Hill Eqpt.pdf
Homi Bhabha's office memo from July 1962, where he informs his staff of the intent to start a molecular biology programme. He solicits input on equipment available for Obaid Siddiqi's work.
1962 Jul 28 D-2004-00596-27 HB to Trombay - OS Hill Eqpt.pdf
Homi Bhabha's office memo from July 1962, where he informs his staff of the intent to start a molecular biology programme. He solicits input on equipment available for Obaid Siddiqi's work.
1962 Jul 7 D-2004-00596-15(1 of 1) HB to margolin - ref query.pdf
Homi Bhabha requesting Paul Margolin for a recommendation letter for Obaid Siddiqi. Concerned that Siddiqi will have start a new unit by himself, Bhabha asks Margolin specifically, whether Siddiqi "has an original mind and can initiate new lines of…
1962 Mar D-2004-00596-2(1 - 2) Garen to Szilard to HB.pdf
Alan Garen's recommendation letter for Obaid Siddiqi, sent to Leo Szilard in March 1962. Szilard would later forward this to Homi Bhabha.
1962 Mar D-2004-00596-2(1 - 2) Garen to Szilard to HB.pdf
Alan Garen's recommendation letter for Obaid Siddiqi, sent to Leo Szilard in March 1962. Szilard would later forward this to Homi Bhabha.
1962 Mar D-2004-00596-7(1 of 1) OS to HB physical traditional lab.pdf
Obaid Siddiqi's reply (March 26, 1962) to Homi Bhabha after Bhabha offered him a position at TIFR. Siddiqi states that in his opinion, in India, the laboratories of the physicsal sciences might be more suitable to develop molecular biology.
1962 Mar McMillan to OS book contract.jpg
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…
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)".
1962 Nov 7 D-2004-01230-7(1 - 2) Faculty Meet - MBU electricty savings.pdf
Discussions in the faculty meeting in November 1962 regarding the funding source for Siddiqi's lab (around the time that Obaid Siddiqi joined TIFR, the war broke out between India and China).
1962 Nov 7 D-2004-01230-7(1 - 2) Faculty Meet - MBU electricty savings.pdf
Discussions in the faculty meeting in November 1962 regarding the funding source for Siddiqi's lab (around the time that Obaid Siddiqi joined TIFR, the war broke out between India and China).
1962 OS to McMillan - TIFR manuscript.jpg
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…
1962 Sep 21 D-2004-01230-6 - TIFR MBU First Lab Eqpt.pdf
The first project summary for the molecular biology unit at TIFR, listing the equipment available and to be purchased, written soon after Obaid Siddiqi joined the Institute. Also seen is a faint sketch of the lab facility. September 1962.
1962 Sep 21 D-2004-01230-6 - TIFR MBU First Lab Eqpt.pdf
The first project summary for the molecular biology unit at TIFR, listing the equipment available and to be purchased, written soon after Obaid Siddiqi joined the Institute. Also seen is a faint sketch of the lab facility. September 1962.
1962 Sep 21 D-2004-01230-6 - TIFR MBU First Lab Eqpt.pdf
The first project summary for the molecular biology unit at TIFR, listing the equipment available and to be purchased, written soon after Obaid Siddiqi joined the Institute. Also seen is a faint sketch of the lab facility. September 1962.
1962 Sep 21 D-2004-01230-6 - TIFR MBU First Lab Eqpt.pdf
The first project summary for the molecular biology unit at TIFR, listing the equipment available and to be purchased, written soon after Obaid Siddiqi joined the Institute. Also seen is a faint sketch of the lab facility. September 1962.
1962 Sep 21 D-2004-01230-6 - TIFR MBU First Lab Eqpt.pdf
The first project summary for the molecular biology unit at TIFR, listing the equipment available and to be purchased, written soon after Obaid Siddiqi joined the Institute. Also seen is a faint sketch of the lab facility. September 1962.
1962 Sep 21 D-2004-01230-6 - TIFR MBU First Lab Eqpt.pdf
The first project summary for the molecular biology unit at TIFR, listing the equipment available and to be purchased, written soon after Obaid Siddiqi joined the Institute. Also seen is a faint sketch of the lab facility. September 1962.
1963 Apr D-2004-00596-33(1 - 2) Wellcome Trust funding MBU_1.pdf
Letter from the Wellcome Trust to Homi Bhabha in April 1963, offering funding of 40,000 pounds to help build the new molecular biology unit at TIFR.
1963 Apr D-2004-00596-33(1 - 2) Wellcome Trust funding MBU_1.pdf
Letter from the Wellcome Trust to Homi Bhabha in April 1963, offering funding of 40,000 pounds to help build the new molecular biology unit at TIFR.
1963 Apr D-2004-00596-33(1 - 2) Wellcome Trust funding MBU.pdf
Letter from the Wellcome Trust to Homi Bhabha in April 1963, offering funding of 40,000 pounds to help build the new molecular biology unit at TIFR.
1963 Apr D-2004-00596-33(1 - 2) Wellcome Trust funding MBU.pdf
Letter from the Wellcome Trust to Homi Bhabha in April 1963, offering funding of 40,000 pounds to help build the new molecular biology unit at TIFR.
1963 Apr D-2004-00596-33(1 - 2) Wellcome Trust funding MBU.pdf
Letter from the Wellcome Trust to Homi Bhabha in April 1963, offering funding of 40,000 pounds to help build the new molecular biology unit at TIFR.
1963 Apr D-2004-00596-33(1 - 2) Wellcome Trust funding MBU.pdf
Letter from the Wellcome Trust to Homi Bhabha in April 1963, offering funding of 40,000 pounds to help build the new molecular biology unit at TIFR.
1963 Apr D-2004-00596-33(1 - 2) Wellcome Trust funding MBU.pdf
Letter from the Wellcome Trust to Homi Bhabha in April 1963, offering funding of 40,000 pounds to help build the new molecular biology unit at TIFR.