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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[1989 June - TIFR Council Meet - 90-95 Proposal UAS approval - 1.pdf]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[In June 1989, the TIFR Council approved the proposals for the eighth Five Year Plan, including the set up at the University of Agricultural Sciences campus and the hiring of faculty and administrative staff. This was also a time when the country faced a resource crunch, and the Council discusses various ways in which they could manage the money. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Office of the Registrar, TIFR]]></dcterms:rights>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[1991 Oct 22 - DAE to TIFR - NCBS sanction order - typo.tif]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[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 typo in the cost breakdown.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Records Office, TIFR]]></dcterms:rights>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[1991 Oct - TIFR Council Meet - UAS MoU - 2.pdf]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The TIFR Council met on Oct 16, 1991, to discuss the projected plans for the new biology centre campus in Bangalore on the UAS land. There is no mention of an impending sanction order from the DAE (which would come in just six days later), suggesting it was viewed as more of a formality.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Office of the Registrar, TIFR]]></dcterms:rights>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[1991 Mar Blr District Approval - UAS legal land.tif]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Following the letter by TR Satish Chandran, the Bangalore authorities cleared the lease deed between UAS and TIFR. In a sense, this was the last hurdle for setting up the centre. All that remained at the time was a token official order from the DAE.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Courtesy of TM Sahadevan]]></dcterms:rights>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[1991 Feb Satish Chandran To Blr District - UAS legal land.tif]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Another hurdle came up even after the memorandum of understanding was signed between the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) and TIFR. Given the strict guidelines for use of agricultural land at the time, the Bangalore authorities had to be assured that the use of UAS land for TIFR was a legal process.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Courtesy of TM Sahadevan]]></dcterms:rights>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[1991 Feb Lease Deed Bw TIFR and UAS (1).tif]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[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.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Courtesy of TM Sahadevan]]></dcterms:rights>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[1991 Jan DAE to CNR Planning urge - 2.tif]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[In January 1991, PK Iyenger at the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) reached out to CNR Rao who was in the Planning Commission briefly at the time. The approval for the new centre kept getting delayed and Iyengar urged Rao to expedite the proposal.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Courtesy of TM Sahadevan]]></dcterms:rights>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[1991 Jan DAE to CNR Planning urge - 1.tif]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[In January 1991, PK Iyenger at the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) reached out to CNR Rao who was in the Planning Commission briefly at the time. The approval for the new centre kept getting delayed and Iyengar urged Rao to expedite the proposal.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Courtesy of TM Sahadevan]]></dcterms:rights>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[1990 Sep DBT Ramachandran to DAE PK Iyengar - NCBS DAE ok - 2.tif]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One of the questions raised at the time the Centre ideas were being formulated was that it should be under the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and not the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE). After another round of conversations, the DBT sent a letter to DAE stating that the DBT would &quot;use the expertise of the Centre&quot; in the future. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[NCBS Archives]]></dcterms:rights>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[1990 Sep DBT Ramachandran to DAE PK Iyengar - NCBS DAE ok - 1.tif]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One of the questions raised at the time the Centre ideas were being formulated was that it should be under the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and not the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE). After another round of conversations, the DBT sent a letter to DAE stating that the DBT would &quot;use the expertise of the Centre&quot; in the future. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[NCBS Archives]]></dcterms:rights>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[1990-09-04 TIFR Vijay to DAE - No Pune Justification - 6.tif]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Following the Atomic Energy Commission&#039;s July 1990 letter to the Maharashtra Chief Minister requesting for land for NCBS, the government got very interested and offered various options, including plots as large as 100 acres. The search committee at NCBS surveyed the plots, but eventually felt they needed a location that was well connected, with a conducive working climate and offered interactions with other institutions in molecular biology (IISc). All this basically ruled out anything but Bangalore.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Courtesy of TM Sahadevan]]></dcterms:rights>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[1990-09-04 TIFR Vijay to DAE - No Pune Justification - 5.tif]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Following the Atomic Energy Commission&#039;s July 1990 letter to the Maharashtra Chief Minister requesting for land for NCBS, the government got very interested and offered various options, including plots as large as 100 acres. The search committee at NCBS surveyed the plots, but eventually felt they needed a location that was well connected, with a conducive working climate and offered interactions with other institutions in molecular biology (IISc). All this basically ruled out anything but Bangalore.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Courtesy of TM Sahadevan]]></dcterms:rights>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[1990-09-04 TIFR Vijay to DAE - No Pune Justification - 4.tif]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Following the Atomic Energy Commission&#039;s July 1990 letter to the Maharashtra Chief Minister requesting for land for NCBS, the government got very interested and offered various options, including plots as large as 100 acres. The search committee at NCBS surveyed the plots, but eventually felt they needed a location that was well connected, with a conducive working climate and offered interactions with other institutions in molecular biology (IISc). All this basically ruled out anything but Bangalore.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Courtesy of TM Sahadevan]]></dcterms:rights>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[1990-09-04 TIFR Vijay to DAE - No Pune Justification - 3.tif]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Following the Atomic Energy Commission&#039;s July 1990 letter to the Maharashtra Chief Minister requesting for land for NCBS, the government got very interested and offered various options, including plots as large as 100 acres. The search committee at NCBS surveyed the plots, but eventually felt they needed a location that was well connected, with a conducive working climate and offered interactions with other institutions in molecular biology (IISc). All this basically ruled out anything but Bangalore.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Courtesy of TM Sahadevan]]></dcterms:rights>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[1990-09-04 TIFR Vijay to DAE - No Pune Justification - 2.tif]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Following the Atomic Energy Commission&#039;s July 1990 letter to the Maharashtra Chief Minister requesting for land for NCBS, the government got very interested and offered various options, including plots as large as 100 acres. The search committee at NCBS surveyed the plots, but eventually felt they needed a location that was well connected, with a conducive working climate and offered interactions with other institutions in molecular biology (IISc). All this basically ruled out anything but Bangalore.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Courtesy of TM Sahadevan]]></dcterms:rights>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://stories.archives.ncbs.res.in/items/show/1443">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[1990-09-04 TIFR Vijay to DAE - No Pune Justification - 1.tif]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Following the Atomic Energy Commission&#039;s July 1990 letter to the Maharashtra Chief Minister requesting for land for NCBS, the government got very interested and offered various options, including plots as large as 100 acres. The search committee at NCBS surveyed the plots, but eventually felt they needed a location that was well connected, with a conducive working climate and offered interactions with other institutions in molecular biology (IISc). All this basically ruled out anything but Bangalore.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Courtesy of TM Sahadevan]]></dcterms:rights>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[1990 Jul DAE to Maharashtra Pawar - Pune Search.tif]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Even though TIFR had in principle got confirmation that they could get land in Bangalore, there was a parallel push to try and get a location in Pune. Note the pitch for research on communicable diseases. The Maharashtra Government, in turn, was very proactive and offered different locations. But Obaid Siddiqi, Jayant Udgaonkar and the other new faculty at NCBS were set on Bangalore given its stronger scientific foundations.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Records Office, TIFR]]></dcterms:rights>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[1990-07-14 Fr. VijayRaghavan To O.Siddiqi.tif]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The seemingly indefinite wait for an NCBS approval started to wear on the younger faculty hires. Obaid Siddiqi&#039;s approach to obstacles was to wait them out and ensure he gets what he needed. The younger faculty at the time were inclined to be a little more aggressive.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Courtesy of Jayant Udgaonkar]]></dcterms:rights>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[1990-07-11 Fr. Dr.Jayant Udgaonkar To Prof. V.Singh.tif]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The seemingly indefinite wait for an NCBS approval started to wear on the younger faculty hires. Obaid Siddiqi&#039;s approach to obstacles was to wait them out and ensure he gets what he needed. The younger faculty at the time were inclined to be a little more aggressive.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Courtesy of Jayant Udgaonkar]]></dcterms:rights>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[1990 NCBS Proposal - UAS sketch.pdf]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A sketch of the proposed location for NCBS on University of Agricultural Sciences land. This was part of the 1990 version of the NCBS proposal. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[NCBS Archives]]></dcterms:rights>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[1990 FRS OS to FRS Secy Wigget.tif]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Around the time that he was negotiating obstacles to set up NCBS, Obaid Siddiqi was going through a personal bureaucratic hurdle. The Reserve Bank of India was not willing to grant him foreign exchange to pay his life membership fee for the Royal Society till they could get some assurance that the Royal Society would not ask for more money. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Siddiqi Family / NCBS Archives]]></dcterms:rights>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[1988 Dec 08 TIFR-NCBS - land search memo - st johns blr uni_1.pdf]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Land search in Bangalore ran in different directions, and stopped at different points. As shown in this document, there were possibilities near Bangalore University and near St Johns Medical College. But much depended on having the right combination of adequate space at a reasonable rate, and with sufficient autonomy.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Records Office, TIFR]]></dcterms:rights>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[1988 Aug Fernandes to OS - Goa land.tif]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Once it was clear that the Centre was a definite plan, there were many places considered (and lobbied for) for the NCBS site, including Indore, Pune, Bombay, Bangalore and Panaji. In his oral history interview, Obaid Siddiqi mentions that they were always mainly interested in Bangalore, partly due to the existence of strong scientific connections.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Records Office, TIFR]]></dcterms:rights>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[1988 Aug Krishna Kumar to OS - UAS allotment.tif]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[In the late 1980s, there was a sentiment that the Karnataka Government would not allow new scientific institutions to be set up in Bangalore. And given land prices, one way to circumvent this was to find land within another institute. In August 1988, Obaid Siddiqi got confirmation that 10 acres of University of Agricultural Sciences land could be made available. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Digital copy courtesy of Indira Chowdhury]]></dcterms:rights>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[1988 Astra rejection letter.tif]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Finding land in Bangalore was not an easy process, and the rejections kept stacking up for a variety of reasons, like this one from Astra Research Centre in 1988. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Courtesy of TM Sahadevan]]></dcterms:rights>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://stories.archives.ncbs.res.in/items/show/1433">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[1988 May Dhawan to OS telegram hegde meet.tif]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Following the February 1988 letter from the Atomic Energy Commission to the Ramakrishna Hegde, then Chief Minister of Karnataka, Obaid Siddiqi and Satish Dhawan had an opportunity to meet him in May 1988 to discuss the needs for the new biology centre.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Records Office, TIFR]]></dcterms:rights>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[1988 Feb DAE to Karnataka Govt Hegde - Land Request.tif]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[In February 1988, the Atomic Energy Commission reached to the Chief Minister of Karnataka for assistance in finding potential spaces in Bangalore for the new biology centre. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Records Office, TIFR]]></dcterms:rights>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[1987 Feb Satish Chandran to OS - land offer.tif]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[TR Satish Chandran, the Chief Secretary of Karnataka in February 1987, helped scout land options and conveyed the government&#039;s hope that NCBS would be set up in Bangalore. However, NCBS faced resistance again after he retired.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Records Office, TIFR]]></dcterms:rights>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[1985 Sep - DST to Siddiqi - Approval for 1980-85 plan biology centre.tif]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[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.]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[1985 Jul Rajgopal To Sreekantan (Planning Commission) (1).tif]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The central government&#039;s letter to TIFR in July 1985, indicating the Planning Commission&#039;s approval of the biology centre and other proposal made by TIFR. The &quot;Centre for Fundamental Research in Biological Sciences&quot; is included as a &quot;National Scheme&quot; under the Department of Atomic Energy. ]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://stories.archives.ncbs.res.in/items/show/1428">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[1985-1990 TIFR_5-yr-plan_6.pdf]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[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 &quot;strong school of basic research in modern biology in India is of great and vital interest to the country&quot;. ]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://stories.archives.ncbs.res.in/items/show/1427">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[1985-1990 TIFR_5-yr-plan_4.pdf]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[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 &quot;strong school of basic research in modern biology in India is of great and vital interest to the country&quot;. ]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[1980-1985 TIFR_5-yr-plan_2_4.pdf]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[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 &quot;TIFR-IISC Joint Centre for Biological Research&quot;  ]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[1980-1985 TIFR_5-yr-plan_2_3.pdf]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[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 &quot;TIFR-IISC Joint Centre for Biological Research&quot;  ]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://stories.archives.ncbs.res.in/items/show/1424">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[1980-1985 TIFR_5-yr-plan_2_2.pdf]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[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 &quot;TIFR-IISC Joint Centre for Biological Research&quot;  ]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://stories.archives.ncbs.res.in/items/show/1423">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[1980-1985 TIFR_5-yr-plan_2_1.pdf]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[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 &quot;TIFR-IISC Joint Centre for Biological Research&quot;  ]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://stories.archives.ncbs.res.in/items/show/1422">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[1990-92 Bangalore Land File - Log Book 1.tif]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[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. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Records Office, TIFR]]></dcterms:rights>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://stories.archives.ncbs.res.in/items/show/1421">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[1986 Jan Nanjundaiah To Sharat Chandra.tif]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Soon after the approval from the Planning Commission, Vidyanand Nanjundiah, one of the authors of the biology centre proposal, started to look for land in January 1986. He reached out to Sharat Chandra at IISc for assistance in connecting with the Karnataka Government. Chandra would, over the years, become a critical aide in smoothening cracks in the bureaucracy]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Courtesy of TM Sahadevan]]></dcterms:rights>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Site for NCBS campus at GKVK ( without levelling ).jpg]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The shrubland on the campus of the University of Agricultural Sciences where NCBS stands today, c 1991]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Original Greenery where the Southern Laboratory now stands.jpg]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A view of the green space overlooking the NCBS old campus, c 2005. By 2012, this space was filled by the Southern Lab Complex. ]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[NCBS campus 1998 elevation.tif]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[An elevation view of the NCBS campus, soon after completion of construction. Also visible is the animal hut, which was the temporary shelter for the lab animals till a new building was built.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[NCBS Archives]]></dcterms:rights>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[IMG_6326]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Akila S. reflecting on Obaid Siddiqi&#039;s vision for the NCBS campus design]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[IMG_6325]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[UB Poornima, head architect at NCBS, reflecting on Obaid Siddiqi&#039;s vision for the NCBS campus design]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[5. sketch of the courtyard ( present Hortus garden ) over looking at the sunken court.jpg]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Sketch of the courtyard (present Hortus garden) in the main NCBS campus, overlooking the sunken court, c. 1995. ]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[22. Construction of Housing cluster.jpg]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Construction of housing cluster at the NCBS campus, c 1997]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[2010 OUP - Talking Architecture - Rewal NCBS - 3.tif]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[An extract focusing on the design of NCBS, from &quot;Talking Architecture&quot;, a 2010 book looking at the designs of Raj Rewal]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[1998 NCBS -- Living in a bubble.JPG]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Living in a bubble: the completed NCBS campus in 1998.]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[1997 D-2004-01241-05 - ncbs construction - digital.tif]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Every month, TM Sahadevan, an administrative officer at NCBS, would send a report to TIFR with an update of the construction process. The reports would include pasted photographs of the site. By 1997, they switched to digital prints.]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[1997 D-2004-01241-04 - ncbs construction - digital.tif]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Every month, TM Sahadevan, an administrative officer at NCBS, would send a report to TIFR with an update of the construction process. The reports would include pasted photographs of the site. By 1997, they switched to digital prints.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[TIFR Archives]]></dcterms:rights>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[1997 D-2004-01241-03  -  ncbs construction monthly report.tif]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Every month, TM Sahadevan, an administrative officer at NCBS, would send a report to TIFR with an update of the construction process. The reports would include pasted photographs of the site. By 1997, they switched to digital prints.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[TIFR Archives]]></dcterms:rights>
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