Balakrishnan, Rohini
Person
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Rohini Balakrishan, bulk: 2019-02-02, 2020-09-10
File
Identifier: OH-002-1
Dates:
Majority of material found within 2019-02-02, 2020-09-10
Found in:
Archives at NCBS
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Oral History: History of Science
Rohini Balakrishan - Session 01, 2019-02-06
Item
Identifier: OH-002-1-1
Scope and Contents
(00:00:00) Early life and primary school Rohini talks about Mumbai, her birthplace, which her family would keep returning to as her grandparents lived there. Her grandfather was an electrical engineer in BEST (Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport). Her father, T S Balakrishnan, had a Master’s in Physics from Allahabad and worked at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) from 1947-50 with CV Raman in the Physics department, decided it was not his calling, and wanted to...
Dates:
2019-02-06
Rohini Balakrishan - Session 02, 2020-08-21
Item
Identifier: OH-002-1-2
Scope and Contents
(00:00:00) Visit to Madurai Kamaraj UniversityRohini says that from a very young age she wanted to study animals. After completing a bachelor’s degree, the only option that seemed available was a master’s in Zoology. Came to know of the work of MK Chandrashekaran, bat biologist at Madurai Kamaraj University, wanted to study animal behaviour under him. Says that Bangalore University released marks very late and she missed cut-off date for admissions at many universities, including...
Dates:
2020-08-21
Rohini Balakrishnan
Accession
Identifier: 2023-066
T S Balakrishnan Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-023
Content Description
Series one contains correspondence which has been arranged chronologically. Series two contains material related to research. It includes project report at ONGC, lectures, published articles and maps made by Balakrishnan. Series three contains photographs of Balakrishnan at meetings, events and conferences. It also includes some personal photographs from travels around India. Series four contains collectables, mostly maps and atlases which Balakrishnan used to collect.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1950 - 2016
Found in:
Archives at NCBS
