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1996 Sujata - Vijay IISc.jpg
Sujata Varadarajan, one of K VijayRaghavan's first students, at the TIFR Centre campus in 1996. Varadarajan is looking at Drosphila that had wing defects due to mutations in a gene. It was a genetic defect that K VijayRaghavan and Veronica Rodrigues…
1997 Jan NCBS Director Position - OS to Vijay hand-over.tif
K VijayRaghavan takes over from Obaid Siddiqi as the director of NCBS in 1997.
1997 Mar V Singh to Vijay - Director offer.tif
K VijayRaghavan takes over from Obaid Siddiqi as the director of NCBS in 1997.
1997 NCBS-TIFR Reports Photos 1.tif
An assortment of images from the NCBS 1995-97 Annual Report. Left column: Satyajit Mayor's lab meeting, MK Mathew's group, Jayant Udgaonkar and Mitradas Panicker. Right column: Gaiti Hasan's group, Jayant Udgaonkar's students, Avinash Shenoy (IT…
1997 NCBS-TIFR Reports Photos 2.tif
NCBS support staff, from a 1995-97 Annual Report. Left column: T Venkatesh (purchase), TM Sahadevan (administration), Shaju Varghese (Canteen, security, housekeeping), Shailaja (purchasing), Meena Srinivasan and S Umashahsi (Library). Right column:…
1997 Porter Committee Report - MBU NCBS divide 4.tif
The Molecular Biology Unit had a thin staff in the early 1990s and faced an uncertain future after the formation of NCBS, with many suggesting that it should be shut down. The 1997 Porter Committee Report, a TIFR-wide review, praised the work of the…
1998 OS Shobhona MMJ Watson.tiff
James Watson (right) visiting TIFR and in a conversation with MM Johri (left), Shobhona Sharma (second from left) and Obaid Siddiqi.
1999 Mar - Council Meeting Minutes - NCBS 35-83 CR.pdf
The 1990 NCBS proposal summarizes the total cost of the new Centre to be 18 crores. By 1996, that figure went up to 33 crores, and then to 35.83 crores in 1999.
2000 Apr - STC Minutes - Reliance collab - 1.jpg
Around 2000, NCBS sent its annual report to various companies, seeking support for its research programmes. Reliance Industries expressed interest in collaborating by investing in biotechnology and bio-informatics tools. These meeting minutes from…
2000 Apr - STC Minutes - Reliance collab - 2.jpg
Around 2000, NCBS sent its annual report to various companies, seeking support for its research programmes. Reliance Industries expressed interest in collaborating by investing in biotechnology and bio-informatics tools. These meeting minutes from…
2000 Apr - STC Minutes - Reliance collab - 3.jpg
Around 2000, NCBS sent its annual report to various companies, seeking support for its research programmes. Reliance Industries expressed interest in collaborating by investing in biotechnology and bio-informatics tools. These meeting minutes from…
2000 Apr - STC Minutes - Reliance collab - 4.jpg
Around 2000, NCBS sent its annual report to various companies, seeking support for its research programmes. Reliance Industries expressed interest in collaborating by investing in biotechnology and bio-informatics tools. These meeting minutes from…
2001 Jan - STC Minutes - Janaki Nair appointment.tif
The appointment of Janaki Nair in 2001 started an engagement beyond the sciences at NCBS. It would lead to the hiring of Indira Chowdhury to conduct an extensive oral history interview with Obaid Siddiqi, and then a longer engagement with the setting…
2003 June KV to Faculty - NCBS review notice - 1.jpg
Around its 10-year anniversary, NCBS conducted an external review of the Centre, taking into consideration the way it was going to scale. This is the mail that K VijayRaghavan, then director of NCBS, sent out to the faculty to inform them of the…
2003 June KV to Faculty - NCBS review notice - 2.jpg
Around its 10-year anniversary, NCBS conducted an external review of the Centre, taking into consideration the way it was going to scale. This is the mail that K VijayRaghavan, then director of NCBS, sent out to the faculty to inform them of the…
2003 Oct JU to Review - NCBS synopsis and outlook - 1.jpg
A four page report in 2003 from the Dean, NCBS Faculty, as part of the material for an external review of NCBS, just after its 10-year anniversary.
2003 Oct JU to Review - NCBS synopsis and outlook - 2.jpg
A four page report in 2003 from the Dean, NCBS Faculty, as part of the material for an external review of NCBS, just after its 10-year anniversary.
2003 Oct JU to Review - NCBS synopsis and outlook - 3.jpg
A four page report in 2003 from the Dean, NCBS Faculty, as part of the material for an external review of NCBS, just after its 10-year anniversary.
2003 Oct JU to Review - NCBS synopsis and outlook - 4.jpg
A four page report in 2003 from the Dean, NCBS Faculty, as part of the material for an external review of NCBS, just after its 10-year anniversary.
2003 Oct KV to Review - NCBS synopsis and outlook - 1.jpg
A four page report in 2003 from the Director NCBS to an NCBS external review committee, just after its 10-year anniversary. It includes a list of points that the Centre felt it should attend to within the year at the time, including a way to connect…
2003 Oct KV to Review - NCBS synopsis and outlook - 2.jpg
A four page report in 2003 from the Director NCBS to an NCBS external review committee, just after its 10-year anniversary. It includes a list of points that the Centre felt it should attend to within the year at the time, including a way to connect…
2003 Oct KV to Review - NCBS synopsis and outlook - 3.jpg
A four page report in 2003 from the Director NCBS to an NCBS external review committee, just after its 10-year anniversary. It includes a list of points that the Centre felt it should attend to within the year at the time, including a way to connect…
2003 Oct KV to Review - NCBS synopsis and outlook - 4.jpg
A four page report in 2003 from the Director NCBS to an NCBS external review committee, just after its 10-year anniversary. It includes a list of points that the Centre felt it should attend to within the year at the time, including a way to connect…
2003 Oct Pyne to Review - NCBS synopsis and outlook - 1.jpg
Report from the administrative and finance head of NCBS to an NCBS external review committee, just after its 10-year anniversary. The report wrestles with the idea of a nimble administration as the institution grows.
2004 Panic Lab.jpg
Mitradas Panicker's (top row, fourth from left) research group at NCBS, c 2004. Also seen is Aditi Bhattacharya (front row, second from left), now a research faculty at InStem.
2012 MMJ with OS.JPG
MM Johri (left), who joined the TIFR molecular biology unit in the early 1970s, with Obaid Siddiqi on the occasion of the 50th year of the department in 2012.
2012 TIFR 50 - OS with Mani.JPG
Mani Ramaswami (right), who received one of the first offers from NCBS and who continues to interact with the Centre, with Obaid Siddiqi, on the occasion of the 50th year of molecular biology at TIFR
2016 Canteen Menu - 1.JPG
Food services at NCBS started with a single stove in the mid 1990s. Today, NCBS has about half a dozen food outlets on campus, with the main canteen having a roster of over 500 dishes. Good food is one of the reasons students have cited for coming to…
2016 Canteen Menu - 2.JPG
Food services at NCBS started with a single stove in the mid 1990s. Today, NCBS has about half a dozen food outlets on campus, with the main canteen having a roster of over 500 dishes. Good food is one of the reasons students have cited for coming to…
2016 Transport Ledger.JPG
NCBS has a transportation section that takes care of shuttle services to IISc and the faculty and student residences off campus. The reception also arranges taxi services, with tens of thousands of trip entries recorded over the last few years.
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Aditi Bhattacharya, research scientist and former student: On entering NCBS as a graduate student in the early 2000s with no experience reading research papers.
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Anubhab Khan, current NCBS student: On a few unusual hobbies, and his path to joining NCBS.
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Ashok Rao, administrative officer: On his concern for lack of a robust mid-level management setup at NCBS as it keeps growing.
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SN Basha, staff member of the NCBS security services: On the difficulties of keeping track of everyone on campus as it grows, and the need to request IDs of people who enter.
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PN Bhavsar, scientific officer at TIFR from the 1960s till his retirement: On becoming a purchase officer for NCBS at its early stages in the mid 1990s.
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PN Bhavsar, scientific officer at TIFR from the 1960s till his retirement: On his interview process at TIFR in the 1960s for the position of a lab assistant.
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BJ Rao, a faculty member at TIFR: On his conversation with Obaid Siddiqi regarding a move back to India in the 1980s, and the ensuing correspondence.
Carlson_A Welcome to Drosophila Olfaction_1.pdf
By the early 1980s, the molecular biology unit led by Obaid Siddiqi had gained worldwide reputation for their work on olfaction in Drosophila. The unit became a space for young scientists from around the world to come and learn. One of them, John…
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CNR Rao, National Research Professor at JNCASR and former director, IISc: On the NCBS start-up at the TIFR Centre, IISc, while the main campus was being built.
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Dasaradhi Palakodeti, faculty member at InStem: On a desire for more interaction and collaboration across the NCBS-InStem-C-CAMP bio-cluster.
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Debakshi Mullick, current PhD student at NCBS: On her interview prior to entering NCBS.
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Prem Chandra Gautam, head, Instrumentation Division: On the hiring process in his group, and what he looks for in new hires.
gautam_telephone-xchange_GROWTH-STARTUP
Prem Chandra Gautam, head, Instrumentation Division: On devising a way to build two parallel telephone exchanges with inter-operable numbers, based on his previous knowledge of telephone exchanges.
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Obaid Siddiqi (first row, right) with fellow students at Glasgow, during his PhD years, c 1957-1960
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Current view of the corridor where NCBS started, at the TIFR Centre, IISc.
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The “Old TIFR building” that housed the TIFR group at IISc has gone through many incarnations. After TIFR moved out, it housed the IISc Archives. It’s now home to various IISc labs, including the Centre for Neuroscience. As seen in this image…
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The open spaces at the TIFR Centre, IISc, where NCBS started off before it moved to the current campus.
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The old office for Obaid Siddiqi at the TIFR Molecular Biology Unit. It is now home to Krishanu Ray's fly lab.
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Karishma, an NCBS student, at the electrophysiology rig at the TIFR Centre, IISc. c 1996
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BR Krishan, an NCBS student in the mid 1990s, walking through the corridors of the TIFR Centre, IISc.