Mallik, D C V

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This series contains interviews with the creators or donors of archival records deposited at the Archives at NCBS, to better understand the provenance of the material.

Scope and Contents In this interview, Mallik shares about his own early life and how he came to closely know KS Krishnan through his lasting friendship with his grandson, Vijay Thiruvady. He describes growing up on the campus of College of Engineering and Technology in Jadavpur University, in a deeply intellectual environment among many scholars who were his father’s acquaintances and colleagues. He recollects meeting Joseph Needham, SN Bose, and KS Krishnan in his pre-teen years. He speaks of how he...