Obaid Siddiqi Office and Lab

Content Description

The accession is from the office and lab of Obaid Siddiqi, a biologist who was also the co-founder of NCBS. The Archives at NCBS is currently housed in his former office and lab. Includes Siddiqi's personal and professional papers, brought from TIFR Colaba campus when he moved to set up NCBS (material arrived ca 1998), and new material created between 1998 and 2013, the year he passed away. Includes correspondence, administrative notes, photographs, lab notes, draft reports, artefacts and art work from his office. Also includes archival material from his lab, including custom built scientific equipment and rare scientific equipment from manufacturers. Some of this material was first used for an exhibition starting May 2016, through October 2016. First concerted effort at a survey of the archival material from the office and lab was started by the Archives at NCBS (with Sowmithri R) on Aug 23, 2017. However, due to various start points and since the material did not move from the site, the Archives at NCBS is using May 15, 2016 as an approximate accession date to capture the start of work.

Condition Description

The material is in good condition except for some very old files. Detailed condition assessment reports in individual collections available as of 2025.

Accession Date

2016-05-15

Dispostion

Material is being distributed across five collections: MS-001 (Obaid Siddiqi Papers), AT-001 (Artefacts from Obaid Siddiqi Lab), AT-003 (Artefacts from Obaid Siddiqi Office), BB-001 (Obaid Siddiqi office, personal library), NS-001 (Obaid Siddiqi Lab Papers)

Acquisition Type

Gift

Provenance

The accession is from the office and lab of Obaid Siddiqi, a biologist who was also the co-founder of NCBS. The Archives at NCBS is currently housed in his former office and lab. Includes Siddiqi's personal and professional papers, brought from TIFR Colaba campus when he moved to set up NCBS (material arrived ca 1998), and new material created between 1998 and 2013, the year he passed away.

Retention Rule

Permanent at Archives at NCBS

Language of Description

English

Script of Description

Latin

Restrictions Apply

No

Access Restrictions

Collection is open for access unless mentioned in specific folders of the finding aid.

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.