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The Archives at NCBS is being set up as an institutional archive and also as a collecting archive for the history of contemporary biology in 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...
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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 collecting archive for the history of contemporary biology in India.
The oldest archives entry
Collections
Objects
Genres of content
Volume of the Siddiqi papers, in cubic metres
Jul
Fri
Archives Public Lecture Series: Rukmini S
Data and Democracy
..What will it take for data to deepen Indian democracy?....[Read More]
Jul
Thu
What are we doing here? #3
Hacks & Journeys
..Our third session will focus on the PROCESS of doing science or being part of it -- the stuff that doesn't quite fit in that research paper or product. The backstories of science....[Read More]
Jul
Sat
Obaid Siddiqi Lectures: MD Madhusudan
Difficult Dialogues: Speaking Science to Conservation in India
..I trace the many tensions between science and practice in conservation, and examine how they have, in turn, impacted our stewardship of wild species and habitats in India...[Read More]
Aug
Tue-Fri
August, Art, Archives
Art – Archives Engagement
..Join us for a series of events by artists, poets and theater practitioners - based on and inspired by work and material at the Archives at NCBS....[Read More]
Aug
Thu
What are we doing here? #4
Origins & Shifts
..Our fourth session will be on origins and shifts, in both individual and campus histories.....[Read More]
Aug
Fri
Archives Public Lecture Series: Neeraja Sankaran
Historical adventures in virus hunting
..I will be focusing on the rather paradoxical role played by the research on two particular viruses....[Read More]
Sep
Fri
Archives Public Lecture Series: Ramachandra Guha
Forty Years an Archive Rat in Five Continents
..Guha will speak of different kinds of primary sources; government documents, personal letters, diaries, court records, fugitive newspaper reports....[Read More]
Oct
Tue
Archival Papers Launch
Launch of the MS Swaminathan Papers
..This new collection captures the life and work of MS Swaminathan, the plant geneticist, agricultural scientist, humanist, and scientific administrator. It contains over 48,000 archival objects spanning 80 years,....[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
