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1984 FRS Holliday To OS - 1.tif
Letter from Robin Holliday to Obaid Siddiqi congratulating him on his nomination to be a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1984. Holliday opines that the award "would do good" for Siddiqi's group.
1984 FRS Ponte To OS - 1.tif
Letter from Guido Pontecorvo to Obaid Siddiqi congratulating him on being in the short list to be a Fellow of The Royal Society in 1984. He also congratulates the Society "for their wisdom".
1988-10-27 Fr.PK Maitra To Jayant (By air Mail Letter).tif
An October 1988 letter from PK Maitra to Jayant Udgaonkar, then a post-doctoral research at Stanford University. Maitra highlights that the new Bangalore Centre is likely to a "good place in the coming years", and an option Udgaonkar should seriously…
1990-1991 TIFR Annual Report NCBS announcement.tif
The announcement of NCBS in the TIFR Annual Report, 1990-1991.
1990 Jul 5 D-2004-01236 - 14 Gotz to Vijay OS excellent.tif
In a July 1990 letter, KG Gotz of the Max Planck Institute apologises for using "excellent" in his recommendation for an Obaid Siddiqi project, and acknowledges the international reputation of the senior Drosophila researchers of the TIFR molecular…
1990 NCBS Proposal - Cover Page.pdf
The cover page of the proposal for NCBS. The centre was named a place for fundamental research in biological sciences. Over time, it got truncated to the current form partly since the name just became too long and awkward.
1990s logo NCBS.png
Various versions of the NCBS logo and letterhead in the early days. Also listen to Sumantra Chattarji's audio excerpt on logo design changes, featured above in this chapter.
1995-96 TIFR Annual Report - Faculty List incl NCBS NCRA.tif
An extract from the 1995-96 TIFR Annual Report showing the list of faculty at NCBS and NCRA. Creating new national centres under TIFR was an important step in defining autonomy and independent recognition of the institutes.
1999 Nov - STC minutes - Branding NCBS in pubs.tif
The faculty at NCBS discussing the naming of NCBS in scientific publications and the address. Steering Committee minutes, November 1999.
1999 OS Nomination of Jitu to IAS - 1.tif
Nomination letter from Obaid Siddiqi and Veronica Rodrigues for Satyajit Mayor, faculty member at NCBS, to the Indian Academy of Sciences. 1999.
1999 OS Nomination of Jitu to IAS - 2.tif
Nomination letter from Obaid Siddiqi and Veronica Rodrigues for Satyajit Mayor, faculty member at NCBS, to the Indian Academy of Sciences. 1999.
2000s logo NCBS.png
The current NCBS logo and branding used on the website and official letterheads. Compare this with the letterhead from early days, shown in the previous image.
2001 Inder Verma To OS - NAS Nomination.tif
An email in 2001 from Inder Verma at the Salk Institute requesting Obaid Siddiqi for a summary of his accomplishment, to nominate him to be a foreign member of the US National Academy of Sciences.
1944 Apr D-2004-00019-63(1-4) HB to Sorab handwritten.pdf
Homi Bhabha's hand witten draft of a letter to Sorab Tata in April 1944. Bhabha informs him that the Dorabji Tata Trust had agreed to sponsor his scheme of setting up an institute for advanced research in physics.
1944 D-2004-00019-1(1-6) - letter from R Choksi to HB - tips - Tata family.pdf
Rustom Choksi advising Homi Bhabha in February 1944 on how to draft a letter to the Tata Trust for his proposal to set up a new institute for physics. Choksi stresses that the letter should be "personal".
1944 HB to Dorab Tata - TIFR proposal letter 3.jpg
Copy of Homi Bhabha's letter to Dorab Tata on March 12, 1944. Bhabha mentions that institute of advanced research in physics will have parallels with the Kaiser Wilhelm (later Max Planck) institutes in Germany, which are built around outstanding…
1944 HB to Dorab Tata - TIFR proposal letter.jpg
Copy of Homi Bhabha's letter to Dorab Tata on March 12, 1944. Bhabha raises the possibility of setting up a new institute of advanced research in physics in Bombay.
1944 Jun 22 D-2004-00345-4(1 - 3) Hill to HB biophysics.pdf
AV Hill's reply in June 1944 to Homi Bhabha after the Tata Trust agreed to sponsor a new physics research institute. Hill advises Bhabha that future application of physics will be in biology.
1945 Jan D-2004-00345-9(1 - 8) Hill to HB - trickster JRD comment.pdf
Extracts from AV Hill's letter in January 1945 to Homi Bhabha, reflecting on scientific cooperation.
1945 Jan D-2004-00345-9(1 - 8) Hill to HB - trickster JRD comment.pdf
Extracts from AV Hill's letter in January 1945 to Homi Bhabha, reflecting on scientific cooperation.
1945 Jan D-2004-00345-9(1 - 8) Hill to HB - trickster JRD comment.pdf
An extract from AV Hill's letter in January 1945 to Homi Bhabha, reflecting on scientific cooperation. In this last page of the letter, Hill asks Bhabha to relay a message to JRD Tata, that "people here really do want to help - but don't like being…
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 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 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.
1966 Aug 14 D-2004-01230-42(1 - 2) OS to MGK pace of research.pdf
Obaid Siddiqi's letter to MGK Menon during his time at Yale in 1966, in which he comments that "the startling pace at which the field has moved made me feel rather depressed and acutely aware of the slowness of our own endeavours".
1966 Aug 14 D-2004-01230-42(1 - 2) OS to MGK pace of research.pdf
Obaid Siddiqi's letter to MGK Menon during his time at Yale in 1966, in which he comments that "the startling pace at which the field has moved made me feel rather depressed and acutely aware of the slowness of our own endeavours".
1985_Obaid letter to BJ.TIFF
In 1985, BJ Rao (now faculty at TIFR) asked Obaid Siddiqi about prospects of scientific work in India as he contemplated a return. In this pragmatic and measured reply, Siddiqi advises that "no matter where you go, to a great extent, you will have to…
2009_JCB_Vale_India_Biosciences_Special_report.pdf
A 2009 special report in the Journal of Cell Biology on "Biological Sciences in India". The report is written by Ronald Vale and Karen Dell, long-time collaborators with NCBS faculty.
2009_JCB_Vale_India_Biosciences_Special_report.pdf
A 2009 special report in the Journal of Cell Biology on "Biological Sciences in India". The report is written by Ronald Vale and Karen Dell, long-time collaborators with NCBS faculty.
2009_JCB_Vale_India_Biosciences_Special_report.pdf
A 2009 special report in the Journal of Cell Biology on "Biological Sciences in India". The report is written by Ronald Vale and Karen Dell, long-time collaborators with NCBS faculty.
2009_JCB_Vale_India_Biosciences_Special_report.pdf
A 2009 special report in the Journal of Cell Biology on "Biological Sciences in India". The report is written by Ronald Vale and Karen Dell, long-time collaborators with NCBS faculty.
2009_JCB_Vale_India_Biosciences_Special_report.pdf
A 2009 special report in the Journal of Cell Biology on "Biological Sciences in India". The report is written by Ronald Vale and Karen Dell, long-time collaborators with NCBS faculty.
2009_JCB_Vale_India_Biosciences_Special_report.pdf
A 2009 special report in the Journal of Cell Biology on "Biological Sciences in India". The report is written by Ronald Vale and Karen Dell, long-time collaborators with NCBS faculty.
2009_JCB_Vale_India_Biosciences_Special_report.pdf
A 2009 special report in the Journal of Cell Biology on "Biological Sciences in India". The report is written by Ronald Vale and Karen Dell, long-time collaborators with NCBS faculty.
2009_JCB_Vale_India_Biosciences_Special_report.pdf
A 2009 special report in the Journal of Cell Biology on "Biological Sciences in India". The report is written by Ronald Vale and Karen Dell, long-time collaborators with NCBS faculty.
2009_JCB_Vale_India_Biosciences_Special_report.pdf
A 2009 special report in the Journal of Cell Biology on "Biological Sciences in India". The report is written by Ronald Vale and Karen Dell, long-time collaborators with NCBS faculty.
2009_JCB_Vale_India_Biosciences_Special_report.pdf
A 2009 special report in the Journal of Cell Biology on "Biological Sciences in India". The report is written by Ronald Vale and Karen Dell, long-time collaborators with NCBS faculty.
2009_JCB_Vale_India_Biosciences_Special_report.pdf
A 2009 special report in the Journal of Cell Biology on "Biological Sciences in India". The report is written by Ronald Vale and Karen Dell, long-time collaborators with NCBS faculty.
2009_JCB_Vale_India_Biosciences_Special_report.pdf
A 2009 special report in the Journal of Cell Biology on "Biological Sciences in India". The report is written by Ronald Vale and Karen Dell, long-time collaborators with NCBS faculty.
Dissertation Filed sites all.jpg
Field sites across India for the MSc Wildlife program. The program started in 2003 with an aim of teaching and conducting "evidence-based conservation" in India. Soon after, NCBS hired faculty in the ecology and evolution areas of research.
IMG_8332.jpg
Aditi Pophale at work in the Lakshadweep Archipelago in 2015. The MSc Wildlife program started in 2003 with an aim of teaching and conducting "evidence-based conservation" in India. Soon after, NCBS hired faculty in the ecology and evolution areas of…
1945 HB speech at TIFR inaug_1.pdf
Homi Bhabha presents his point of view for fundamental research at the inauguration of TIFR in 1945
1954 OS copy of Marx and science.JPG
An extract from a 1954 copy of Marxism and Contemporary Science from the library of Obaid Siddiqi.
1985 Rationalist Society Speech - OS - 1.tif
Obaid Siddiqi's notes for a 1985 speech to the Rationalist Society in Bombay. In this extract, he focuses on "what is science and what is scientific".
1985 Rationalist Society Speech - OS - 2.tif
Obaid Siddiqi's notes for a 1985 speech to the Rationalist Society in Bombay. In this extract, he focuses on "what is science and what is scientific".
1985 Rationalist Society Speech - OS - 3.tif
Obaid Siddiqi's notes for a 1985 speech to the Rationalist Society in Bombay. In this extract, he focuses on "what is science and what is scientific".
Heisenberg_Humans and Other Animals On the Scope of Brain Science_1.pdf
Martin Heisenberg's 2012 essay in the Journal of Neurogenetics, reflecting on biology, his Drosophila work, and the limitations of brain science.
Heisenberg_Humans and Other Animals On the Scope of Brain Science_1.pdf
Martin Heisenberg's 2012 essay in the Journal of Neurogenetics, reflecting on biology, his Drosophila work, and the limitations of brain science.