R Prabhakar Papers

Content Description

This accession consists of papers belonging to R Prabhakar. The accession primarily includes Prabhakar’s research work during early 1990s towards his thesis on the ecological changes over the past 200 years in the Nilgiri hills, which are situated in the Western Ghats of Southern India.

Condition Description

This collection includes a large number of maps that are fragile. A few notes contain transparencies glued to each other. These require conservation.

Accession Date

2023-05-21

Dispostion

The collection was given to Deepika S at the Archives at NCBS by R Prabhakar on 21st May 2023. It was previously kept with Prabhakar at his residence in Chennai.

Acquisition Type

Gift

Retention Rule

The material documents over two centuries of ecological changes in the Nilgiri reserve area. It could be of relevance to those interested in the intersection of history, environmental sciences and cartography. The Archives has offered to preserve and catalogue these materials. The donor and the Archives have agreed that the Archives will have full authority in handling the material in the future.

Language of Description

English

Script of Description

Latin

Restrictions Apply

Yes

Access Restrictions

Open for access unless stated otherwise.

Use Restrictions

Copyright may not have been assigned to Archives, National Centre for Biological Sciences. Permission for reproduction or distribution must be obtained in writing from the Archives at NCBS (archives@ncbs.res.in). The Archives at NCBS makes no representation that it is the copyright owner in all of its collections. The user must obtain all necessary rights and clearances before use of material and material may only be reproduced for academic and non-commercial use.