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Box MS-006 Box 3

 Container

Contains 46 Results:

Series 1: Professional Correspondence

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-006-1
Content Description From the Collection:

This collection consists of the papers of T.S.G. 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.

Dates: 1937-2006

Series 2: Research Papers and Administration

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-006-2
Content Description From the Collection:

This collection consists of the papers of T.S.G. 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.

Dates: 1937-2006

Sub-Series 3: Research and administration

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-006-1-3
Content Description From the Collection:

This collection consists of the papers of T.S.G. 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.

Dates: 1937-2006

Sub-Series 4: Instrumentation and vendors

 Sub-Series — Box: MS-006 Box 3
Identifier: MS-006-1-4
Content Description From the Collection:

This collection consists of the papers of T.S.G. 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.

Dates: 1937-2006

Sub-Series 1: Research publications

 Sub-Series — Box: MS-006 Box 3
Identifier: MS-006-2-1
Content Description From the Collection:

This collection consists of the papers of T.S.G. 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.

Dates: 1937-2006

Letter from M. K. Tiwari to R. G. Rastogi, March 18, 1982

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 3, Folder: 1
Identifier: MS-006-1-3-3-1
Scope and Contents

To Rastogi, referencing the proposal received from Tiwari, with evaluations on proposals and comments from evaluators on the proposal, folder contains two copies of the same letter.

Dates: March 18, 1982

Letter from Manashi Roy to Sastry, July 22, 1982

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 3, Folder: 2
Identifier: MS-006-1-3-3-2
Scope and Contents

From Roy, Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, regarding information on Shirke's attempts to construct mass spectrometer to add to the PPM and Langmuir probe, attached to the letter is a reply from Sastry outlining his views on the use of a spectrometer and his upcoming visit to IIG.

Dates: July 22, 1982

Letter from B. S. Mathur to Sastry, August 5, 1982

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 3, Folder: 3
Identifier: MS-006-1-3-3-3
Scope and Contents

From Mathur, Assistant Director, National Physical Laboratory, noting that they are attempting to set up a gas filling system, post the dismantling of such a system at PRL; seeks advice from Sastry on a proposal for such a system from VICO and the possibility of collaborating with Indian Institute of Geomagnetism on such a system; proposal is attached to letter.

Dates: August 5, 1982

Letter from Sastry to B. S. Mathur, August 27, 1982

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 3, Folder: 4
Identifier: MS-006-1-3-3-4
Scope and Contents Responds to previous letter by Mathur, notes that he intended for his stay at IIG to help him build a system of isotopic purity, however his stay at IIG ended with "false hopes and unfulfilled promises", and he made the decision to leave, mentions that Rastogi has not been successful in securing the necessary staff and funds to start a gas filling system, mentions his current status as Visiting Professor at IIG. Notes that he intends to go to BARC to find a suitable unit for his purpose....
Dates: August 27, 1982

Letter from D. Lal to Sastry, November 11, 1982

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 3, Folder: 5
Identifier: MS-006-1-3-3-5
Scope and Contents

Informing Sastry of his case being considered for promotion to the next grad and a request for a "Self Evaluation Report". A copy of this report is attached to the letter.

Dates: November 11, 1982

Drafts of Letters from Sastry to D. Lal, December 5, 1982

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 3, Folder: 6
Identifier: MS-006-1-3-3-6
Scope and Contents

Folder contains handwritten drafts of letter and the self evaluation report. The letter to Lal notes Sastry's return from sabbatical and rejoining date of PRL. Connections between continued correspondence in MS006-1-3-3-5.

Dates: December 5, 1982

Letter from Sastry to Senior Administrative Office - PRL, January 1, 1983

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 3, Folder: 7
Identifier: MS-006-1-3-3-7
Scope and Contents

Requests for staff to be informed regarding Sastry's return post sabbatical.

Dates: January 1, 1983

Letter from D. Lal to Sastry, February 8, 1983

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 3, Folder: 8
Identifier: MS-006-1-3-3-8
Scope and Contents

Informing Sastry that he has reached age of superannuation, lists Sastry's achievements in his career so far.

Dates: February 8, 1983

Certificate of Particulars of Salary - Physical Research Laboratory, April 6, 1983

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 3, Folder: 9
Identifier: MS-006-1-3-3-9
Scope and Contents

Details of salary from April 1982 to March 1983.

Dates: April 6, 1983

Office Order - Physical Research Laboratory, July 7, 1983

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 3, Folder: 10
Identifier: MS-006-1-3-3-10
Scope and Contents

Order from S. P. Pandya, Director, informing Sastry that he is relieved of his duties as Associate Professor with effect from July 7, 1983.

Dates: July 7, 1983

Telegrams from Vikram Sarabhai, Undated

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 3, Folder: 12
Identifier: MS-006-1-3-3-12
Scope and Contents

Contains two telegrams. One addressed to Sastry in Berkeley asking him to note whether he is "agreeable to proposal". The second telegram is sent to Aravamudan in TERLS in which he is "delighted to learn of successful launch of Nike Apache" carrying magnetometers and capacitance probe, communicates congratulations to Sastry and Deogangar.

Dates: Undated

Correspondence with Radiation Instrument Development Laboratory Inc, June 20, 1961

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 3, Folder: 13
Identifier: MS-006-1-4-3-13
Scope and Contents

Addressed to K. Anderson at Berkeley, with an attached quotation for a RIDL Model 34-13 Transistorized 32 Channel Pulse Height Analyzer.

Dates: June 20, 1961

Correspondence with the De Havilland Aircraft of Canada, Limited, July 31, 1967

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 3, Folder: 14
Identifier: MS-006-1-4-3-14
Scope and Contents

To Sastry, in response to his query for Storable Tubular Extendible Member, enclosed standard data package to assist you in determining possible applications.

Dates: July 31, 1967

Correspondence with Spar Aerospace Products Ltd, Canada, January 15, 1970

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 3, Folder: 15
Identifier: MS-006-1-4-3-15
Scope and Contents

To Sastry, informing him that the Special Products and Applied Research Division of the De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd has become an independent Canadian company called Spar Aerospace Products Ltd, manual for Storable Tubular Extendible Member attached.

Dates: January 15, 1970

Correspondence with Venkateshwaran about acoustic sounding, September 1, 1971

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 3, Folder: 16
Identifier: MS-006-1-4-3-16
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letter from Venkateshwaran, University of California, Los Angeles, mentioning that he will be able to obtain the latest information regarding equipment from Boulder if Sastry goes ahead with the electric acoustic programme. Attached to the letter is the ESSA Technical Memorandum by the U.S Department of Commerce, Wave Propagation Laboratory, Boulder Colorado.

Dates: September 1, 1971

Correspondence with Philips India Limited, June 7, 1974

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 3, Folder: 17
Identifier: MS-006-1-4-3-17
Scope and Contents

From Philips, sent to PRL, handwritten annotation mentions the manual being forwarded to Sastry, letter notes PRL's plans to set up a Liquid Hydrogen and Helium Facility and mentions that both these plants are available as standard units in the Phillips Cryogenics programme. Also contains brochures for the equipment.

Dates: June 7, 1974

Effect of Lunar Atmospheric Tide on the Meson Intensity at Kodaikanal, October 1, 1955

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 3, Folder: 18
Identifier: MS-006-2-1-3-18
Scope and Contents

Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Vol XLII, No. 4.

Dates: October 1, 1955

A Solar Flare Type Increase in Cosmic Rays at Low Latitudes, circa April 1956

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 3, Folder: 19
Identifier: MS-006-2-1-3-19
Scope and Contents

Reprinted from Proceedings of Indian Academy of Sciences, Vol XLIII, No. 5.

Dates: circa April 1956

The Anisotropy of Primary Cosmic Radiation And The Electromagnetic State in Interplanetary Space, May 11, 1905

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 3, Folder: 20
Identifier: MS-006-2-1-3-20
Scope and Contents

Reprinted from International Astronomical Union Symposium, No. 6, Electromagnetic Phenomena in Cosmical Physics.

Dates: May 11, 1905

The Anisotropy and origin of the solar daily variation of cosmic ray intensity, July 1, 1959

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 3, Folder: 21
Identifier: MS-006-2-1-3-21
Scope and Contents

Communicated to the Moscow Conference on Cosmic Rays of the IUPAP in July, 1959.

Dates: July 1, 1959

Preliminary Study of Magnetic Field Data from Explorers XIV and XV, March 1, 1963

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 3, Folder: 22
Identifier: MS-006-2-1-3-22
Scope and Contents

Report presented at the Goddard Scientific Satellite Symposium; enclosed is a programme sheet of the symposium.

Dates: March 1, 1963

Magnetic Exploration of Equatorial Ionosphere at the Thumba Rocket Launching Site Using Rocket-borne Magnetometers, May 17, 1905

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 3, Folder: 23
Identifier: MS-006-2-1-3-23
Scope and Contents

Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, Vol 23, No. 8, pp. 334-336.

Dates: May 17, 1905

Preliminary Results of Measurements of the Equatorial Electrojet Over India, March 1, 1965

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 3, Folder: 24
Identifier: MS-006-2-1-3-24
Scope and Contents

Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol 70, Number 5.

Dates: March 1, 1965

Review of Aerospace Ranges: Instrumentation, Principles of Guided Missiles Design Series, July 1, 1966

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 3, Folder: 25
Identifier: MS-006-2-1-3-25
Scope and Contents

Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, Vol 25.

Dates: July 1, 1966

Quiet-Day Electrojet over Thumba, India, March 1, 1968

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 3, Folder: 26
Identifier: MS-006-2-1-3-26
Scope and Contents

Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol 73, No. 5.

Dates: March 1, 1968

Solar Flares and Associated Sudden Ionospheric Disturbances over Ahmedabad during November, 1968, circa 1968

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 3, Folder: 27
Identifier: MS-006-2-1-3-27
Scope and Contents

Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Equatorial Astronomy, PRL. Handwritten annotation on paper states "See Proceedings of COSPAR Symposium on Solar Particles Events of November 1969 London COSPAR Symposium Report. I had two papers in this symposium - Paper 11 and 14. It appears that that Paper 14 was reported both at London COSPAR and Seattle COSPAR."

Dates: circa 1968

Diurnal Change in the Parameters of the Equatorial Electrojet as Observed by Rocket-borne magnetometers, May 23, 1905

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 3, Folder: 28
Identifier: MS-006-2-1-3-28
Scope and Contents

COSPAR SPACE RESEARCH X - Proceedings of the Open Meetings of Working Groups of the Twelfth Plenary Meeting of COSPAR and of The Symposium on Thermospheric Properties Concerning Temperatures and Dynamics with the Special Applications to H and He.

Dates: May 23, 1905

A Study of the Structure of the Electrical Conductivities and the Electrostatic Field Within the Equatorial Electrojet, July 1, 1971

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 3, Folder: 29
Identifier: MS-006-2-1-3-29
Scope and Contents

Reprinted from Planet Space Sciences, Vol 20, pp 47-52.

Dates: July 1, 1971

Magnetometers for Ground Support of Commonwealth Rocket Programme flights from Thumba, May 24, 1905

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 3, Folder: 30
Identifier: MS-006-2-1-3-30
Scope and Contents

Folder contains two copies of the report, no citation available.

Dates: May 24, 1905

Night-time Ionospheric Currents in the Region of the Equatorial Electrojet, May 24, 1905

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 3, Folder: 31
Identifier: MS-006-2-1-3-31
Scope and Contents

Gerlands Beitr. Geophysik, Leipzig S0 (1971), 2/3, S. 253-258.

Dates: May 24, 1905

Daily Variation of Geomagnetic Field at the Indian Stations under the Electrojet during period of the July 1966 Proton Flare, April 1, 1973

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 3, Folder: 32
Identifier: MS-006-2-1-3-32
Scope and Contents

Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol 78, No. 10.

Dates: April 1, 1973

Joule Heating Due to the Equatorial Electrojet As Observed by Rocketborne Probes, May 27, 1905

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 3, Folder: 33
Identifier: MS-006-2-1-3-33
Scope and Contents

COSPAR Space Research XIV - Proceeding of the Open Meetings of Working Groups of the Sixteenth Plenary Meeting of COSPAR and the Resumes of the Symposium on Noctilucent Clouds and Interplanetary Dust.

Dates: May 27, 1905

A Digital Pressure Transducer, October 1, 1974

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 3, Folder: 34
Identifier: MS-006-2-1-3-34
Scope and Contents

Indian Journal of Radio and Space Physics, Vol 4, pp. 60-64.

Dates: October 1, 1974

Rocket measurements of current distribution in a normal and intense equatorial electrojet, July 1, 1975

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 3, Folder: 35
Identifier: MS-006-2-1-3-35
Scope and Contents

Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics, Vol 38, pp. 307 - 311. Pergamon Press. Folder contains two copies of paper.

Dates: July 1, 1975

The Storm-Time Equatorial Electrojet, May 30, 1905

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 3, Folder: 36
Identifier: MS-006-2-1-3-36
Scope and Contents

Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics, Vol 39, pp. 125-128. Pergamon Press.

Dates: May 30, 1905

AC Electric Fields Associated with the Plasma Instabilities in the Equatorial Electrojet-III, June 1, 1905

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 3, Folder: 38
Identifier: MS-006-2-1-3-38
Scope and Contents

Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity, Vol. 31, pp. 391-400.

Dates: June 1, 1905

Results from the in situ Measurements of the Ionospheric Currents in the Equatorial Region- I, June 1, 1905

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 3, Folder: 39
Identifier: MS-006-2-1-3-39
Scope and Contents

Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity, Vol. 31, pp. 373-379.

Dates: June 1, 1905

Depth of Non-Conducting Layer In the Indian Ocean Region around Thumba, Derived from in situ Investigations of the Equatorial Electrojet - II, June 1, 1905

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 3, Folder: 40
Identifier: MS-006-2-1-3-40
Scope and Contents

Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity, Vol. 31, pp. 381-389.

Dates: June 1, 1905

Spectral Lamps and Optical Pumping Cells for Rubidium Magnetometers, September 1, 1979

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 3, Folder: 41
Identifier: MS-006-2-1-3-41
Scope and Contents

Indian Journal of Technology, Vol 18, pp. 79-83.

Dates: September 1, 1979

TSG Sastry Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-006
Content Description

This collection consists of the papers of T.S.G. 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.

Dates: 1937-2006
Found in: Archives at NCBS