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SS1: Awards and Recognitions

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MS-007-5-1

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

Series (5), Personal: It contains six sub-series. Accession Group 1 has two sub-series. First consists of awards and recognitions that M.S. Swaminathan has received, and related correspondence. The second sub-series includes photographs of his family and close friends. Material ranges from 1953 to 2014. Accession Group 2 has an additional four sub-series for photographs, invitation cards, biographical material, and personal/family material.

Dates

  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1933 - 2020

Creator

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

Contact:
National Centre for Biological Sciences - Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Bangalore Karnataka 560065 India
+9180 6717 6010
+9180 6717 6011