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The Archives at NCBS is a public collecting centre for the history of science in contemporary India.
Stories sometimes surface by bestowing significance on available material, willing them to become
inflection points. The exhibit’s changing cover images – chipping off a wall that finds new life as
a bird, Braille paper used for field biology notes, ceremonial garb for a phage genetics course –
all illustrate that records take upon intriguing paths in the stories we find and share. 13 Ways is
a pilot exhibit that celebrates these multiple interpretations... [Read
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MK Nithila and Kailas Honasoge graduated in 2019 with Bachelor's degrees from St Josephs College, Bangalore. They were interns in the Archives in 2018.
Tracing the journey of the fruit fly from its entry into science to its current position as an important tool for genetics research. [Read More]
Overview of the Archives
The Archives at NCBS is a public collecting centre for the history of science in contemporary India.
The oldest archives entry
Collections
Objects
Genres of content
Volume of the Siddiqi papers, in cubic metres
May
Fri
Archives Public Lecture Series: Akshaya Mukul
Humanising a writer, translator and revolutionary: Agyeya and the Archives
..This talks covers the life of the writer, translator and revolutionary, Agyeya...[Read More]
Jun
Fri
Archives Papers Launch
Launch of the Leslie Coleman Papers
..This new collection captures the life and work of the agricultural scientist, Leslie Coleman, who is most noted for his contribution towards establishing agricultural education in Mysore in the early 20th century....[Read More]
Jun
Fri
Archives Public Lecture Series: Uma Chakravarti
The Dying Lineage: Politics of Reproduction in the Mahabharata
..I want to use the Mahabharata to take a close look at the crisis of reproduction....[Read More]
Jun
Mon
Archives Exhibition: GROW
Call for Proposals for Jan 2024 exhibition
..Call for proposals for an exhibition at the intersection of design, history, culture and science....[Read More]
Jul
Fri
Obaid Siddiqi Lectures: GN Devy
India as a Linguistic Civilization: A lecture in three parts
..Why does India have such a language diversity? What has been the nature of various historical encounters between different language families? What makes average Indians multilingual?....[Read More]
Aug
Tue
Public Lecture: Annamma Spudich
European Records of Botanical Medical Knowledge of Southern India: Resources for Contemporary Biomedical Sciences
..This lecture will present excerpts from Portuguese, Dutch and British documents from the 16-18th centuries...[Read More]
Aug
Fri
Archives Public Lecture Series: Peggy Mohan
Migration and the Making of Language in South Asia
..This lecture will discuss why do humans feel the need to migrate? And why are almost all migrants men?...[Read More]
Sep
Wed
Informal Talks: Usha Ramanathan
A Philosophy for Technology
..The session will be an exploration of the human in the world that tech is creating..[Read More]
Sep
Fri
Archives Public Lecture Series: Shomona Khanna
Contested Terrain: Lawyering for Forest Rights
..This conversation with Radhika Chitkara will attempt to historicize the present moment of rollback of forest rights...[Read More]
Oct
Thu
Archives Public Lecture Series: NCBS Technical Services
Building (for) Biology: The NCBS campus
..We do a ~25-year look back at these buildings for biology, a small attempt to understand the environment built for doing science....[Read More]
Nov
Sun
Archives Public Lecture Series: Arun K Thiruvengadam
Conflicts, Constitutions and Chance
...I seek to complicate this somewhat rosy view of constitutions, and highlight how some of the earliest constitutions were in fact inextricably interlinked with militaries and military heroes...[Read More]
Feb
Sat
Archives Collections and Exhibition Launch
The Archives at NCBS turns five!
...On the occasion of turning five years old, we are delighted to launch a 100,000 new archival objects, a new exhibition, talks, walk-throughs, and more!...[Read More]
Mar
Fri
Archives Public Lecture Series: Arvind Gupta
Making Things, Doing Science
...This lecture will demonstrate the possibilities of doing fun science using simple materials, and the history of activity based science....[Read More]
Apr
Fri
Archives Public Lecture Series: Prajval Shastri
Growing with Black Holes and with the People’s Science Movement
...Are people’s science movements complementary to the practice of science? Does the ethos of the two align?...[Read More]
May
Fri
Archives Public Lecture Series: Aasheesh Pittie and Suhel Quader
A Century of Watching Indian Birds
...What is the history of ornithology in India, and what role do birdwatchers play in it?...[Read More]
June
Thu
Film Screening: Homai Vyarawalla
Documentary on India's first woman photojournalist
...In the film, Vyarawalla recollects the stories behind some of her favourite photographs and subjects....[Read More]
June
Thu
Obaid Siddiqi Lectures 2024
Talks about Feminist Science Studies by Gita Chadha
...What does it mean to examine science at multiple levels, using the twin conceptual tools of feminism: gender and patriarchy?....[Read More]
June
Thu
Archives Public Lecture Series: Dipankar Mallik
KS Krishnan: A Life in its Myriad Hues
...Biographical talk about KS Krishnan (4.12.1898 - 14.06.1961), the physicist....[Read More]
Visit the Archives
The Archives at NCBS is located in the Eastern Labs Complex basement within the NCBS campus. Follow the signs from the NCBS reception. Or call us at +91-80-2366-6011.
Location
Archive at the National Centre for Biological Sciences
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
GKVK Campus, Bellary Road,
Bangalore – 560065. Karnataka. India
Visiting Hours
10:00 AM to 05:00 PM (Monday – Friday).
For questions, directions or more information, please visit https://archives.ncbs.res.in/contact
Groups and organized tours
Curious about how an archive gets built? We are happy to conduct tours for groups of up to 10-15 people. Please visit https://archives.ncbs.res.in/contact
