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Scrolling through the leaves of history
A research-based narrative podcast that brings together science, health and culture
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NCBS Archives tells stories of how science blossomed here
Letters, photographs, old instruments and notebooks are among 50,000 objects at the Archives.December 4, 1987: In just about legible cursive handwriting, Nobel Prize winner Francis Crick writes a letter to Obaid Siddiqi, professor at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, apologising for failing to come and meet him in Mumbai. Now the letter lies carefully placed in a paper file, inside a small cardboard box, in a steel locker at the Archives of the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bengaluru. -
A New Science Archives Preserves the Ways of Seeing Science's People
The curators of an art installation at the venue hope the exhibit will "de-science" science.
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History of biological research in museum
The Archives, an informal museum of sorts that records the history of the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) and contemporary biology research in the country, was inaugurated on Monday.
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A Peek Inside NCBS Bengaluru’s Upcoming Scientific Archive
From Old Letters Preserved In Godrej Cabinets To One-Of-A-Kind Scientific Equipment, A Peek Inside NCBS Bengaluru’s Upcoming Scientific Archive.
The archive will be open to everyone, and its curator hopes that someday it will be part of an interconnected digital archive of science that enables storytelling across different disciplines.
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Launching the NCBS Archives
To commemorate the occasion, NCBS has created an institutional archive. The NCBS Archives will work closely with the TIFR Archives to become a vital resource centre for historical research on NCBS. The Archives also aims to serve as a hub for dialogue on the history of research in the biological sciences in India
