TSG Sastry Papers

Content Description

This accession consists of the papers of TSG Sastry, a scientist who made significant contributions to the field of space research in India. Sastry was also one of the earliest PhD students at the Physics Research Laboratory in Ahmedabad, working under Vikram Sarabhai. The accession contains both printed and hand-written material. It includes research papers written by Sastry and his colleagues, peers and students, including PhD theses (it is likely that there are very few copies of these at other institutions). Additionally, it includes rare published material in the forms of booklets, scientific manuals and reports on atmospheric physics research. Three books titled Man, The Unknown by Alexis Carrel (first published in 1935), Aerospace Ranges: Instrumentation by Joseph J. Scavalio and Fredrick J Paul (published in 1965) and Wings in Orbit: Scientific and Engineering Legacies of the Space Shuttle published by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration are retained in the archives reading room. Research material includes data from sounding rockets in the form of slides with descriptions stored in a wooden box. Another major portion of the accession includes correspondence in the form of typed and hand-written letters. Institutional correspondence include memoranda and official correspondence with institutions and collaborators in India and abroad. Personal correspondence includes letters to friends. The photographs in the accession are included in albums and as loose photographs. These were taken with Sastry’s friends and family during his travels. Also included are photographs of scientific equipment from his laboratories. From the received material, textbooks on physics and biology were not taken, since they are published material with little to no annotations. In addition, private and confidential material like medical records and tax returns were not included in the archive and were handed back to the family. Upon request of the donors, some material initially appraised was removed and returned to the family. While these were numbered during the initial processing, these items were not accessioned for processing the final collection. The unique identifiers of these objects have been left unused. As a result, some identifiers are not present in the finding aid. The following folders have been returned to the family MS-006-1-3-2-7 MS-006-1-3- 2-73 MS-006-1-3-3-11 MS-006-5-1-15-2 MS-006-5-1-15-4 MS-006-5-1-15-5 MS-006-5-1-15-6 MS-006-5-1-15-7 MS-006-5-1-15-8 MS-006-5-1-15-9 MS-006-5-1-15-10 MS-006-5-1-15-12 MS-006-5-1-15-13 MS-006-5-1-15-14 MS-006-5-1-15-15 MS-006-5-1-15-16 MS-006-5-1-15-17 MS-006-5-1-15-18 MS-006-5-1-15-20 MS-006-5-1-15-21 MS-006-5-1-15-22 MS-006-5-1-15-24 MS-006-5-1-15-25 MS-006-5-1-15-26 MS-006-5-1-15-27 MS-006-5-1-15-28 MS-006-5-1-15-29 MS-006-5-1-15-31 MS-006-5-1-15-32 MS-006-5-1-15-33 MS-006-5-1-15-34 MS-006-5-1-15-35 MS-006-5-1-15-36 MS-006-5-1-15-37 MS-006-5-1-15-38 MS-006-5-1-15-39 MS-006-5-1-15-49 MS-006-5-1-15-51 MS-006-5-1-15-53 MS-006-5-1-15-55 MS-006-5-1-15-56 MS-006-5-1-15-62 MS-006-5-1-15-63 MS-006-5-1-15-70 MS-006-5-2-15-72 MS-006-5-6-16-34

Acquisition Type

Gift

Restrictions Apply

Yes

Access Restrictions

Collection is open for public access unless mentioned otherwise. People interested in accessing the collections are requested to refer to the researcher guide for requesting material: https://archives.ncbs.res.in/access