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Box MS-006 Box 16

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Contains 39 Results:

Series 5: Personal

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-006-5
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: Photographs from travels and symposia

 Sub-Series — Box: MS-006 Box 16
Identifier: MS-006-5-4
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 5: Vikram Sarabhai

 Sub-Series — Box: MS-006 Box 16
Identifier: MS-006-5-5
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 6: Ephemera

 Sub-Series — Box: MS-006 Box 16
Identifier: MS-006-5-6
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

Admission and Examination related forms, instructions and certificates from Government High School, Malleswaram, University of Mysore and Gujarat University., 1937, 1940, 1942, 1945, 1948, 195, 1959

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 16, Folder: 1
Identifier: MS-006-5-3-16-1
Scope and Contents Contains admission tickets from Mysore Middle School and Mysore High School Examinations. Admission tickets from Junior Intermediate class, Intermediate Examination and B.Sc. Examination from University of Mysore. Admission tickets and fee receipts for M.Sc. and Ph.D. from Gujarat University. Policy receipts from Office of the Secretary, Mysore Goverment Life Insurance Department. Includes one document in Kannada. Also includes a letter from an employee, Premier Radio-Electronics Ltd. to...
Dates: 1937, 1940, 1942, 1945, 1948, 195, 1959

Mysore Secondary School Leaving Certificate, April 22, 1905

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 16, Folder: 2
Identifier: MS-006-5-3-16-2
Scope and Contents

Contains original school leaving certificate and a copy.

Dates: April 22, 1905

Mysore Secondary School Leaving Examination Certificate, April 23, 1905

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 16, Folder: 3
Identifier: MS-006-5-3-16-3
Scope and Contents

Certificate for Examination held in March, 1940, University of Mysore.

Dates: April 23, 1905

Pass Certificate for Intermediate Examination in Science, University of Mysore, April 26, 1905

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 16, Folder: 4
Identifier: MS-006-5-3-16-4
Scope and Contents

Pass Certificate for Intermediate Examination, Part One, English in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics conducted in March, 1943.

Dates: April 26, 1905

Transfer Certificate, Central College, Bangalore, April 28, 1905

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 16, Folder: 5
Identifier: MS-006-5-3-16-5
Scope and Contents

Notes date of birth and dates of joining, leaving and of examination at Central College, Bangalore.

Dates: April 28, 1905

Eligibility certificate for Ph.D., Gujarat University, March 13, 1959

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 16, Folder: 6
Identifier: MS-006-5-3-16-6
Scope and Contents

Notice from the University Registrar, declaring Sastry's eligibility for a Ph.D. in Physics.

Dates: March 13, 1959

Notice in Gujarati, from Gujarat University., circa 1972

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 16, Folder: 7
Identifier: MS-006-5-3-16-7
Scope and Contents

Folder contains four notices in Gujarati. Notifying Sastry's extension as PG Teaching Assistant.

Dates: circa 1972

Recognition as University guide for Ph.D. in Physics, May 24, 1905

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 16, Folder: 8
Identifier: MS-006-5-3-16-8
Scope and Contents

Notifying Sastry that he has been recognized as the University Guide for Ph.D., Gujarat University.

Dates: May 24, 1905

Photographs of Sastry with family on day of departure to the United States, Undated

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 16, Folder: 9
Identifier: MS-006-5-4-16-9
Scope and Contents

Black and white photograph with caption "Departure to the USA at the airport"

Dates: Undated

Photographs of Sastry and his colleagues at unidentified field sites (likely Thumba), Undated

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 16, Folder: 10
Identifier: MS-006-5-4-16-10
Scope and Contents

Contains 11 black and white photographs of Sastry working with equipment and instrumentation at Thumba, also includes photographs of Sastry working with foreign scientists at TERLS. Some photographs are repeats of/similar to photographs present in MS006-3-0-5-12.

Dates: Undated

Photographs from the Commonwealth Consultative Space Research Committee Meeting, Colombo, May 21, 1905

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 16, Folder: 11
Identifier: MS-006-5-4-16-11
Scope and Contents

Contains 7 photos of delegates interacting at the Commonwealth Consultative Space Commission. Folder also contains a newspaper clipping of the conference from the British Bulletin taken from February 10, 1968 with a photograph in which Sastry is present. First six photographs have a stamp stating "Commonwealth Space Research Committee Meeting on Synoptic Rocket Programme". Other photographs involve delegates interacting across venues in Sri Lanka.

Dates: May 21, 1905

Photographs of Sastry and colleagues at the COSPAR London Assembly, University College and Imperial College, London, circa 1967

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 16, Folder: 12
Identifier: MS-006-5-4-16-12
Scope and Contents

Contains 8 photographs. First photograph contains a caption "1967 with PMS Blakett", second and third both contain a caption "Imperial College London", the fourth photograph contains the labels "Sastry" and "Akasofu", the fifth contains the labels "Mishin", "Wagner", "Sastry" and "Maeda"; the 6th photograph is of Sastry, Gnanalingam and Maeda, the 7th of Sastry and PD Bhavsar, and the last is a photo of Sastry, Akasofy, Ahuluwalia and Bhavsar.

Dates: circa 1967

Photograph of scientists and delegates at the Prof. Sydney Chapman Lecture Series at PRL, circa 1947

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 16, Folder: 13
Identifier: MS-006-5-4-16-13
Scope and Contents

Photograph contains a label with "Venue: MG Science Institute". Top Row: from left: Bhujang Desai, Bhavsar, UD Desai, Kane, Bhatt, Prof Pathak, CP Joshi, Karandikar, Ramanna Murthy. Sitting from left - Raman, Prof Sandil, KR Ramanathan, Prof Chapman, Prof Vikram, Prof Vaswani, Prof. Desai of Gujarat University

Dates: circa 1947

Photographs of Sastry with Japanese colleagues, Undated

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 16, Folder: 14
Identifier: MS-006-5-4-16-14
Scope and Contents

Contains 5 photographs of Sastry with Japanese colleagues. No labels or captions.

Dates: Undated

Photographs of Sastry's colleagues (unidentified), Undated

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 16, Folder: 15
Identifier: MS-006-5-4-16-15
Scope and Contents

Contains 4 photographs. Two of the individuals in the photographs could be Gnanalingam of Ceylon Scientific and Industrial Research Institute and P. D. Bhavsar. The last two copies of photographs are of K. R. Ramanathan.

Dates: Undated

Album of photographs of Sastry, Undated

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 16, Folder: 16
Identifier: MS-006-5-4-16-16
Scope and Contents Photographs of Sastry at Berkeley, San Francisco, Kodaikanal, Washington D.C., Durham and the Goddard Space Flight Centre. There are a few photographs of Sastry at Howard Galloway's grave in Maryland with Dottie, Galloway's spouse and Elizabeth. There is also a photograph with the caption "Day of Total Solar Eclipse". Album also contains photographs of Sastry working with equipment at Thumba. One of these photograph of Sastry with two other individuals are captioned "Madhavan Nair" and...
Dates: Undated

Photographs of delegates at the Conference on Theoretical Ionospheric Models, June 14-16, 1971

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 16, Folder: 17
Identifier: MS-006-5-4-16-17
Scope and Contents

Conference on Theoretical Ionospheric Models, Pennsylvania State University.

Dates: June 14-16, 1971

Photographs of Vikram Sarabhai's funeral, circa 1972

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 16, Folder: 18
Identifier: MS-006-5-5-16-18
Scope and Contents

Three photographs of Vikram Sarabhai's funeral at Ahmedabad, kept in a small PRL pocket with the title "End of Vikram - Funeral photos".

Dates: circa 1972

Photographs of Vikram Sarabhai's memorial service at Thumba, circa 1972

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 16, Folder: 19
Identifier: MS-006-5-5-16-19
Scope and Contents

Three photographs of a memorial service at Thumba, were initially found with other photographs but moved to this folder.

Dates: circa 1972

Photograph of Vikram Sarabhai, undated

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 16, Folder: 20
Identifier: MS-006-5-5-16-20
Scope and Contents

Sarabhai with two other individuals. One of these individuals, likely a foreign scientist who is also present in other photographs taken at Thumba.

Dates: undated

SPACE by ISRO - April 1974 - Clippings of tribute to Vikram Sarabhai, circa 1974

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 16, Folder: 21
Identifier: MS-006-5-5-16-21
Scope and Contents

Clippings from SPACE by ISRO, April 1974, Vol 1, No. 2. Contains tributes to Vikram Sarabhai

Dates: circa 1974

International Date Line Crossing Certificate, 1961, 1971

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 16, Folder: 22
Identifier: MS-006-5-6-16-22
Scope and Contents

Folder contains two certificates. One addressed to Lalitha Sastry dated June 15, 1961 by Japan Airlines and the other addressed to TSG Sastry, dated July 23, 1971 by Japan Airlines .

Dates: 1961, 1971

Boarding Passes and Schedules in the United States, circa 1962

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 16, Folder: 23
Identifier: MS-006-5-6-16-23
Scope and Contents

Boarding Passes to San Francisco and passes for Helicopter journeys to Berkeley. Also includes schedule of transportation to Goddard Space Flight Centre.

Dates: circa 1962

Rough Passenger Manifest of AI-111, May 30, 1959

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 16, Folder: 24
Identifier: MS-006-5-6-16-24
Scope and Contents

Rough Passenger Manifest - Bombay/Delhi.

Dates: May 30, 1959

Handmade Retirement Card with Signature of PRL Staff, July 11, 1983

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 16, Folder: 25
Identifier: MS-006-5-6-16-25
Scope and Contents

Contains signature of staff members.

Dates: July 11, 1983

Receipt from Todd's Jewellery Department, Washington D.C., May 20, 1905

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 16, Folder: 26
Identifier: MS-006-5-6-16-26
Scope and Contents

Receipt from Todd's Jewellery Department, Washington D.C.

Dates: May 20, 1905

Receipts from IQSY/COSPAR Assemblies, London, May 20, 1905

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 16, Folder: 27
Identifier: MS-006-5-6-16-27
Scope and Contents

Contains two receipts for registration and accomodation.

Dates: May 20, 1905

PRL Annual Function Souvenir, February 23, 1973

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 16, Folder: 28
Identifier: MS-006-5-6-16-28
Scope and Contents

Souvenir booklet for the Annual Function by the Staff Welfare Association.

Dates: February 23, 1973

Sastry's folder from the Space Sciences Symposium at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, an 18-21, 1977

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 16, Folder: 29
Identifier: MS-006-5-6-16-29
Scope and Contents

Folder from the Space Sciences Symposium, VSSC, Trivandrum.

Dates: an 18-21, 1977

Kannada Notice, June 22, 1905

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 16, Folder: 30
Identifier: MS-006-5-6-16-30
Scope and Contents

Notice contains a newspaper clipping of a photograph attached to it with the caption "The Governor, VS Rama Devi, discussing a point with Prof. MPL Sastry at a function organized to honour Sanskrit scholars in Bangalore"

Dates: June 22, 1905

Brochure on Bangalore, Undated

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 16, Folder: 31
Identifier: MS-006-5-6-16-31
Scope and Contents

By the Mysore State Tourism Development Corporation Ltd, likely given to delegates of the COSPAR Assembly, Bangalore.

Dates: Undated

Souvenir from the Burkhan Cape and Lake Baikal, Russia, Undated

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 16, Folder: 32
Identifier: MS-006-5-6-16-32
Scope and Contents

Contains a small booklet of photographs.

Dates: Undated

Set of American postcards, Undated

 File — Box: MS-006 Box 16, Folder: 33
Identifier: MS-006-5-6-16-33
Scope and Contents

Postcards from American Airlines, Roger Smith Hotel in Washington D.C.; One postcard is addressed to Lalita Sastry, dated 22nd September, 1962. Mentions Sastry's stay at Holiday Inn, Boulder, Colorado.

Dates: Undated

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

Sub-Series 3: Education

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-006-5-3
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