M Krishnan Papers
Scope and Contents
The M Krishnan papers contains writings by Krishnan in the form of media-clippings and photocopies of media-clippings of his regular columns and articles that appeared in a variety of English language newspapers, weeklies and magazines between 1940s to 1990s. The writings are on range of topics from natural history, wildlife, art and photography and art education.
The papers have been divided into two series to acknowledge the provenance of the material.
Series 1 contains media-clippings from The Statesman donated by Srinivasan Bhashyam.
Series 2 contains photocopies of newspaper, weekly and magazine articles written by Krishnan that was donated by Ramachandran Guha. It includes Krishnan's columns in The Statesman, The Hindu, Shankar's Weekly, Illustrated Weekly of India etc.
Dates
- Creation: 1940 - 1992
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for access unless mentioned in specific folders of the finding aid.
Conditions Governing Use
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.
Biographical / Historical
Madhaviah Krishnan known popularly as M. Krishnan was a writer, photographer and naturalist from India. Krishnan was born in Tamil Nadu on 30 June 1912. He studied botany at Presidency College in Madras in 1927 and law at Law College, Madras in 1934. Krishnan made a living primarily as a freelance writer and artist. Krishnan wrote in both Tamil and English. He was a keen naturalist and spent a lot of his time conducting field visits. He was awarded a Fellowship from the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund in the 1960s for an ecological survey of the mammals of peninsular India. He published a column titled 'Country Notebook' in The Statesman for 46 years. Krishnan served on the Steering Committee for Project Tiger as well as the Indian Board for Wildlife. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1970. Krishnan passed away in 1996.
Full Extent
2.5 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The intellectual arrangement strives to preserve provenance and original order of the papers. Where an original order could not be found, the Archives has applied an order, and folders within sub-series are arranged usually in chronological or alphabetical order. See Scope and Content section for details.
Physical Location
Archives at NCBS.
Source
- Guha, Ramachandra (Person)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Archives at NCBS Repository
National Centre for Biological Sciences - Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Bangalore Karnataka 560065 India
+9180 6717 6010
+9180 6717 6011
archives@ncbs.res.in
