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Champakali Ayyub, scientific officer at TIFR: On the role of Veronica Rodrigues in Ayyub's career.
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Mitradas Panicker, faculty member at NCBS: An early introduction to TIFR as a summer student in PK Maitra's lab
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Kaleem Siddiqi, computer sciences faculty member at McGill University: Reflecting on a childhood in the TIFR campus, and reaching out to his father, Obaid Siddiqi, with problems in mathematics.
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Deepti Trivedi, technology scientist at NCBS: On Obaid Siddiqi's hesitation in publishing a lot of material and his focus, instead, on the quality of the research shared with the world.
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Maithreyi Narasimha, faculty member at TIFR: On the influence of Veronica Rodrigues when she joined as a young faculty at TIFR.
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Obaid Siddiqi, founding member of NCBS & TIFR's molecular biology unit: Being mentored by Riayat Khan while at Aligarh Muslim University in the 1950s, and being firmly situated in a research career.
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Sanjay Sane, faculty member and former student at NCBS: Entering TIFR as a student and early interactions with Veronica Rodrigues.
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Shobha Jagtap, administrative assistant in TIFR: Memories of working with Veronica Rodrigues
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Shobhona Sharma, former student and current faculty member, TIFR: The effect of the construction of NCBS on TIFR's molecular biology unit in the mid to late 1990s, especially in regards to hiring.
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Sanjay Sane, faculty member and former student at NCBS: The difficulties after the move to NCBS, and the trigger to switch to a local model systems as the basis for his research.
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L Shashidhara, early post-doctoral researcher at NCBS, faculty at IISER: On the broader impact of NCBS in the way biology is administered and practiced in Indian research institutions.
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Krishanu Ray, faculty member and former PhD student at TIFR: His perspective on the rich, intellectual environment in olfactory behaviour of Drosophila at TIFR, and how it did not go the extra step it could have.
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Satyajit Mayor, faculty member and current director, NCBS: On the effect of institution building and administration on scientific work.
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Kaleem Siddiqi, faculty member at McGill University: His perspective on the effect his parents' move from Bombay to Bangalore had on Asiya Siddiqi's professional work as a historian.
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Sumantra Chattarji, faculty member at NCBS: The personal impact of moving to NCBS in the late 1990s and how it shaped its outlook on life.
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Obaid Siddiqi, founding member of NCBS & TIFR's molecular biology unit: The effect of an NCBS on the faculty and research at the then molecular biology unit of TIFR
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UB Poornima, chief architect at NCBS: On the personal health effect of site work during the NCBS construction in the 1990s
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Satyajit Rath, faculty member at NII: Reflecting on the effect of the NCBS/TIFR model in Indian science.
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K VijayRaghavan, faculty member at NCBS: On the need for an institution to have an international outlook.
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Shobhona Sharma, former student and current faculty member, TIFR: The relative immunity of being at TIFR in the face of external turbulences like the Emergency.
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PP Ranjith, early hire as lab manager at NCBS: Smoothening tensions between students at the University of Agricultural Sciences and NCBS in the late 1990s.
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GH Mohan, in charge of the animal house at NCBS: On studying at the University of Agricultural Sciences in the early 1990s and being oblivious to the construction of a new Centre for biological sciences on his university campus.
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RN Singh, early faculty member at TIFR: The benefits of being part of DAE and the relative immunity of the institution in the face of past external turbulences like the Emergency.
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P Balaram, professor and ex-director, IISc: On the general perception of TIFR in the 1970s and 1980s as an 'isolated system', a culture very different from the other research and teaching institutes across the country.
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Gaiti Hasan, faculty member at NCBS: On the current and historic representation of women at all levels of science.
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R Sowdhamini, faculty member at NCBS: Starting a creche at NCBS in the late 1990s.
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Vidita Vaidya, faculty member at TIFR: Reflections on being the only woman in a review in 2003, and the kind of questions she was asked.
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Vidyanand Nanjundiah, faculty member at TIFR in 1980s: On the changes in gender imbalance in science from the 1970s to today.
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Kaleem Siddiqi, faculty member at McGill University: Memories of growing up in the TIFR campus and the way house work was split up at the homes of the TIFR scientists, including his own.
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Debakshi Mullick, current PhD student at NCBS: On building a perception of women's roles in scientific careers based on experience of watching industry trends as an intern.
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Dilawar Singh, current PhD student at NCBS: A grassroots initiative in the student community to tackle an off-campus issue of sexual harrassment.
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R Parvathi, Dolna creche caretaker: Joining NCBS and the creche 15+ years ago, and her perception of the place since.
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Dilawar Singh, current PhD student at NCBS: On sensing the class structure of the student population and faculty at NCBS as soon as he walked in for the first time.
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Satyajit Rath, faculty member at NII: On the role of affirmative action in diversifying the demographic of researchers at places like NCBS, NII and beyond.
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Sanjay Sane, faculty member and former student at NCBS: Thoughts on the affirmative action process and a long-term need for reservation policies along economics and not caste lines for employment.
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PP Ranjith, early hire as lab manager at NCBS: A story illustrating the limitations of contract staff working within a system under a little job insecurity.
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Shannon Olsson, faculty member at NCBS: On wrestling the inherent class structures in NCBS and figuring out a way to work within and outside of them.
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Shaju Varghese, hospitality/security/canteen supervisor: On relations between staff and scientists and his perspective on the hierarchy within the system
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Deepti Trivedi, technology scientist at NCBS: On working with the staff in the fly lab, their understanding of the science and the need for strong communication within the lab.
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H Bhagya, staff member of the cleaning services at NCBS: On her move to Bangalore after getting married, her path to NCBS, and interaction with the scientific work.
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Sanjay Sane, faculty member and former student at NCBS: Working with a lab assistant whose knowledge is unique and irreplacable, and yet someone who is not easily employable outside the NCBS system.
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Shaju Varghese, hospitality/security/canteen supervisor: His perspective on his role at NCBS and how it is perceived by others.
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Aditi Bhattacharya, research scientist and former student: On the student-staff interactions, especially with Rudra Naik, at the old cafeteria
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PN Bhavsar, scientific officer at TIFR from the 1960s till his retirement: On his desire to keep studying while working at TIFR, and the limitations of the path of a scientific officer.
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Champakali Ayyub, scientific officer at TIFR: On finishing a PhD as a staff member in TIFR
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Shobha Jagtap, administrative assistant in TIFR: Memories of working with Veronica Rodrigues
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Vidita Vaidya, faculty member at TIFR: Interactions with scientific staff at NCBS and the need to have a growth-path for technical staff.
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H Krishnamurthy, scientific officer and head of imaging/cytometry, NCBS: Narrating interactions with school students who come to NCBS and the exposure to science early in their lives.
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PP Ranjith, early hire as lab manager at NCBS: Figuring out what to do with all the waste that a laboratory generates.
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Upinder Bhalla, faculty member at NCBS: Growing up in JNU with two parents heavily involved in political action, and reflection on current campus life at NCBS.