Scope and Contents
Series (3), Administration: It contains deputation reports in 22 sub-series, corresponding to institutional or committee positions. Accession Group 1 contains 13 of these, and group 2 contains an additional 9 sub-series. These are as follows: 1: Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI); 2: Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and Department of Agricultural Research and Education, Government of India; 3: Planning Commission; 4: International Rice Research Institute (IRRI); 5: MS Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF); 6: International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB); 7: Hunger Project; 8: National Conservation Strategy; 9: Ford Foundation; 10: World Food Security; 11: SPIC / Anna University; 12: The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS); 13: Miscellaneous/unidentified; 14: CGIAR; 15: FAO; 16: Min. of Agriculture/Environment; 17: WWF; 18: ICFP; 19: UN Commission on Nutrition; 20: Pugwash Conferences; 21: Miscellaneous symposia; 22: National Commission on Farmers
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1933 - 2020
Creator
- From the Collection: Swaminathan, M. S. (Monkombu Sambasivan) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is mostly open to the public unless mentioned (for instance, restricted material like administrative and correspondence-related notes created after January 1992, aligning with the Public Records Act). People interested in accessing the collections are requested to refer to the researcher guide for requesting material: https://archives.ncbs.res.in/access
A significant portion of the published writings (books, reprint volumes) are in bound volumes kept at the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, in the office of the chairperson or the library. These archival objects are identified with "MSSRF" in the Identifier for the file, and they will take longer to source than other archival objects that are housed at the Archives at NCBS.
Extent
From the Collection: 70 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
From the Collection: Tamil
From the Collection: Hindi
From the Collection: Japanese
From the Collection: Urdu
Repository Details
Part of the Archives at NCBS Repository
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