The Archives at NCBS is a public collecting centre for the history of science in contemporary India. The Archives is free and open to the public. It is located in a 2000 square feet space in the Eastern Lab Complex (ELC) basement in NCBS, a space that was formerly occupied by Obaid Siddiqi, the co-founder of NCBS, and his laboratory. It includes space for research, processing, exhibitions, recording, and a leading-edge storage facility with monitors for temperature, light, humidity, air quality, water, fire, pests, and noise. The publicly accessible catalogue of 150,000 objects spans 25 collections and in various forms, ranging from paper-based manuscripts to negatives to photographs, books, fine art, audio recordings, scientific equipment, letters, and field and lab notes.

The Archives at NCBS does its best to arrange, describe, and make accessible all of its collections. However, we recognize description of collections is always work in progress, and we welcome input! If you come across something in our archives that you can correct or supplement with further information, please write to archives@ncbs.res.in!

The first Azim Premji University was set up in Bengaluru in 2010 and has been offering degree programmes since 2011. Its mandate is to run teaching programmes and conduct research to contribute to the social sector in India, and to be an exemplar higher education institution – with inclusion and quality.

The degree and short-term teaching programmes are focused on domains of human development, for example, Education, Livelihoods, Development, Governance and Policy, Public Health, and Sustainability. The undergraduate programmes offer a broad-based liberal education as envisioned in the NEP – along with fields of human development that are the overall focus of the University. The research programmes are designed for direct contribution to matters of policy and practice, in these fields of human development.

The Azim Premji University Archives showcases collections of books, paper records, objects, ephemera, audio-visual, and digital materials. These are donated by individuals and institutions and made available to students, faculty, foundation members, and the wider public.

The University also produces a large collection of teaching-learning material for free public use. These include magazines on school subjects, development case studies, and translations of higher education material.