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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".
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".
1984 IAS Jubilee Speech - Perception of Chemicals R0 - 1.tif
Notes from Obaid Siddiqi's 1984 speech on 'Perception of Chemicals', at the Indian Academy of Sciences. This is the first draft of the speech text. A revised version is shown in the last image, and is perhaps indicative of the thought process behind…
1984 IAS Jubilee Speech - Perception of Chemicals R0 - 2.tif
Notes from Obaid Siddiqi's 1984 speech on 'Perception of Chemicals', at the Indian Academy of Sciences. This is the first draft of the speech text. A revised version is shown in the last image, and is perhaps indicative of the thought process behind…
1984 IAS Jubilee Speech - Perception of Chemicals R1 - 1.tif
Notes from Obaid Siddiqi's 1984 speech on 'Perception of Chemicals', at the Indian Academy of Sciences. This is the revised version of the speech text shown in the previous images, and is perhaps indicative of the thought process behind communicating…
1985 Jul Rajgopal To Sreekantan (Planning Commission) (1).tif
The central government's letter to TIFR in July 1985, indicating the Planning Commission's approval of the biology centre and other proposal made by TIFR. The "Centre for Fundamental Research in Biological Sciences" is included as a "National Scheme"…
1985 Jul Rajgopal To Sreekantan (Planning Commission) (1).tif
The central government's letter to TIFR in July 1985, indicating the Planning Commission's approval of the biology centre and other proposal made by TIFR. The "Centre for Fundamental Research in Biological Sciences" is included as a "National Scheme"…
1985 Jul Rajgopal To Sreekantan (Planning Commission) (1).tif
The central government's letter to TIFR in July 1985, indicating the Planning Commission's approval of the biology centre and other proposal made by TIFR. The "Centre for Fundamental Research in Biological Sciences" is included as a "National Scheme"…
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".
1985 Sep - DST to Siddiqi - Approval for 1980-85 plan biology centre.tif
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.
1985 Sep - DST to Siddiqi - Approval for 1980-85 plan biology centre.tif
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.
1985 Sep - DST to Siddiqi - Approval for 1980-85 plan biology centre.tif
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.
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…
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…
1985-05-07 VR to Champa from Goa - guruji - 1.tif
A 1985 letter from Veronica Rodrigues to Champakali Ayyub, where Rodrigues addresses Obaid Siddiqi as guruji. It was common for the students to address Siddiqi in that manner, though it changed in later years.
1985-05-07 VR to Champa from Goa - guruji - 1.tif
A 1985 letter from Veronica Rodrigues to Champakali Ayyub, where Rodrigues addresses Obaid Siddiqi as guruji. It was common for the students to address Siddiqi in that manner, though it changed in later years.
1985-1990 TIFR_5-yr-plan_1.pdf
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 "strong school of basic research in modern biology in India is of great and vital interest to…
1985-1990 TIFR_5-yr-plan_1.pdf
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 "strong school of basic research in modern biology in India is of great and vital interest to…
1985-1990 TIFR_5-yr-plan_2.pdf
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 "strong school of basic research in modern biology in India is of great and vital interest to…
1985-1990 TIFR_5-yr-plan_2.pdf
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 "strong school of basic research in modern biology in India is of great and vital interest to…
1985-1990 TIFR_5-yr-plan_4.pdf
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 "strong school of basic research in modern biology in India is of great and vital interest to…
1985-1990 TIFR_5-yr-plan_4.pdf
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 "strong school of basic research in modern biology in India is of great and vital interest to…
1985-1990 TIFR_5-yr-plan_6.pdf
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 "strong school of basic research in modern biology in India is of great and vital interest to…
1985-1990 TIFR_5-yr-plan_6.pdf
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 "strong school of basic research in modern biology in India is of great and vital interest to…
1986 Jan Nanjundaiah To Sharat Chandra.tif
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…
1987 Feb Satish Chandran to OS - land offer.tif
TR Satish Chandran, the Chief Secretary of Karnataka in February 1987, helped scout land options and conveyed the government's hope that NCBS would be set up in Bangalore. However, NCBS faced resistance again after he retired.
1988 Astra rejection letter.tif
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.
1988 Aug Fernandes to OS - Goa land.tif
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…
1988 Aug Krishna Kumar to OS - UAS allotment.tif
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,…
1988 Dec 08 TIFR-NCBS - land search memo - st johns blr uni_1.pdf
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…
1988 Feb DAE to Karnataka Govt Hegde - Land Request.tif
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.
1988 Indian Architect Mag Cover - Raj Rewal - OS.tif
Obaid Siddiqi's copy of a 1988 issue of "Indian Architect" Magazine featuring a cover story on Raj Rewal's design of the National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi.
1988 March - OS ppt to TIFR faculty - incl 1978.tif
Notes from Obaid Siddiqi's presentation to the TIFR Faculty in 1988, on his proposal to set up a new centre for biology. Siddiqi summarizes the journey from 1978, based on an invitation from S. Ramaseshan to start a joint TIFR-IISC centre for…
1988 March - OS ppt to TIFR faculty - incl 1978.tif
Notes from Obaid Siddiqi's presentation to the TIFR Faculty in 1988, on his proposal to set up a new centre for biology. Siddiqi summarizes the journey from 1978, based on an invitation from S. Ramaseshan to start a joint TIFR-IISC centre for…
1988 May Dhawan to OS telegram hegde meet.tif
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…
1988 Nizam Lecture - Urdu lecture - 1.tif
Extracts from Obaid Siddiqi's Nizam Lecture (1988), given in Urdu. Also seen are Siddiqi's cheatsheet, translating particular scientific terms into Urdu for his audience.
1988 Nizam Lecture - Urdu lecture - 2.tif
Extracts from Obaid Siddiqi's Nizam Lecture (1988), given in Urdu. Also seen are Siddiqi's cheatsheet, translating particular scientific terms into Urdu for his audience.
1988 Nizam Lecture - Urdu lecture - 3.tif
Extracts from Obaid Siddiqi's Nizam Lecture (1988), given in Urdu. Seen here is an extract from Siddiqi's cheatsheet, translating particular scientific terms into Urdu for his audience.
1988 Nizam Lecture - Urdu lecture - 4.tif
Extracts from Obaid Siddiqi's Nizam Lecture (1988), given in Urdu. Also seen are Siddiqi's cheatsheet, translating particular scientific terms into Urdu for his audience.
1988 Society Magazine - OS Profile - 1.tif
A 1988 profile of Obaid Siddiqi in Society, a general interest magazine.
1988 Society Magazine - OS Profile - 2.tif
A 1988 profile of Obaid Siddiqi in Society, a general interest magazine.
1988 Society Magazine - OS Profile - 3.tif
A 1988 profile of Obaid Siddiqi in Society, a general interest magazine.
1988 Society Magazine - OS Profile - 4.tif
A 1988 profile of Obaid Siddiqi in Society, a general interest magazine.
1988 VR to OS - citizenship appeal.jpg
Veronica Rodrigues' appeal to Obaid Siddiqi in 1988 regarding her difficulty in obtaining Indian citizenship. Rodrigues was of Indian origin, grew up in Kenya and studied in Ireland before moving to India. The process was, she said, "proving to be a…
1988-10-19 Fr. O.Siddiqi To Jayant Udgaonkar.tif
Obaid Siddiqi's letter to Jayant Udgaonkar (October 1988), prior to an official appointment letter, explaining the nature of the new Bangalore centre.
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…
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…
1989 Aug - CNR Rao to V Singh - TIFR IISc space approval for NCBS.tif
The new crew moving to Bangalore needed to set up temporary labs to start working while they went through bureaucratic hurdles to procure land and build a new campus. In 1989, TIFR’s radio astronomy group led by Govind Swarup moved out of their…