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Vigyan o Vigyankarmi

 Collection
Identifier: BB-010

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of 117 issues of the Bengali science journal ‘Vigyan o Vigyankarmi’. The issues have been organised into 6 sub-series, each sub-series forming a decade between 1970 to 2020.

Dates

  • Creation: 1977 - 2021

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

Vigyan o Vigyankarmi is the official Journal of the West Bengal’s Science Workers Association or West Bengal Vigynankarmi Sansthan. A social and scientific affairs magazine, it touches upon the development of scientific and industrial policy in India and the welfare of ‘scientific’ workers i.e. those in scientific, technical and industrial domains.

Full Extent

1.5 Linear Feet (3 Hollinger style archive-boxes)

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

Physical Description

Most of the journals are in good condition. Some magazines from the 1970s and 1980s are fragile and require to be handled carefully.

Title
Vigyan o Vigyankarmi
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

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