Subhash Chandra Lakhotia Papers

Content Description

Archival material relating to the body of work of Subhash Chandra Lakhotia, centred around his work on cytogenetics, Drosophila genetics, and perspectives on the practice of doing science in India. This is a first accession, with potential for future accessions. This accession includes (a) Correspondence - mix of personal and professional - with members of scientific community, elected officials, policy makers and administrators. (b) Drafts of lectures and talks delivered by SC Lakhotia. (c) Photo album of black and white photographs taken by SC Lakhotia in the 1960s as part of his research field work: Note that this is a loan, and the physical material should be returned to SC Lakhotia. (d) Research data, EM Logs, circa 1972, including one glass plate image of EM data relating to work on Drosophila chromosome.

Condition Description

Fair

Accession Date

2025-11-07

Dispostion

All material will be part of a new collections, Subhas Chandra Lakhotia Papers, MS-061

Acquisition Type

Gift

Provenance

SC Lakhotia kept the material in this accession in his office in the Cytogenetics Group at Benaras Hindu University (BHU) in Varanasi. He donated the material to Archives at NCBS on site (received via Venkat Srinivasan on Nov 7, 2025). Arrived at the Archives at NCBS, Bangalore on Nov 10, 2025.

Retention Rule

Permanent storage

Language of Description

English

Script of Description

Latin

Restrictions Apply

No

Access Restrictions

Work in progress. Restricted access. When processed, collection will be open for access unless mentioned in specific folders.

Use Restrictions

Work in progress. Not available for use. Copyright may not have been assigned to Archives, National Centre for Biological Sciences. 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. For details, see https://archives.ncbs.res.in/access