Box MS-024 Box 8

Content Description From the Collection:

This collection contains material related to the life and work of K S Krishnan, a physicist and scientific administrator. The papers have been arranged into nine series - notes and notebooks, scientific research, administration and teaching, talks and writings, photographs, personal and ephemera, correspondence, material related to Krishnan collected by Krishnan family, material about Krishnan collected by D C V Mallik, and Tamil documents - spirituality and literature. 

Content Description From the Collection:

This collection contains material related to the life and work of K S Krishnan, a physicist and scientific administrator. The papers have been arranged into nine series - notes and notebooks, scientific research, administration and teaching, talks and writings, photographs, personal and ephemera, correspondence, material related to Krishnan collected by Krishnan family, material about Krishnan collected by D C V Mallik, and Tamil documents - spirituality and literature. 

Content Description From the Collection:

This collection contains material related to the life and work of K S Krishnan, a physicist and scientific administrator. The papers have been arranged into nine series - notes and notebooks, scientific research, administration and teaching, talks and writings, photographs, personal and ephemera, correspondence, material related to Krishnan collected by Krishnan family, material about Krishnan collected by D C V Mallik, and Tamil documents - spirituality and literature. 

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Contains a booklet with details about various regulations and bylaws related to administration, finance, and enrollment. It also has an annotation by K S Krishnan on the cover with the date "22 November 1958".

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Contains a booklet about the history and development of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Calcutta. It also includes future developmental plans and a diagram of the new expansion of the Institute. There is an annotation by K S Krishnan on the cover with the date "18 May 1948".

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Contains minutes of a meeting of the committee of Management of IACS where 14 points were discussed. Nilratan Sircar was the president of the committee.

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Typewritten draft containing a short history of IACS along with rules governing the existence and workings of IACS.

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Handwritten note regarding five-year grant given to Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science for 1935-6.

Content Description From the Collection:

This collection contains material related to the life and work of K S Krishnan, a physicist and scientific administrator. The papers have been arranged into nine series - notes and notebooks, scientific research, administration and teaching, talks and writings, photographs, personal and ephemera, correspondence, material related to Krishnan collected by Krishnan family, material about Krishnan collected by D C V Mallik, and Tamil documents - spirituality and literature. 

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Contains the following: i. A booklet titled "Rules of Contributory Provident Fund" contains a short title and definitions from Bye-Law 39 about the Contributory Provident Fund. ii. Annexure B from "Medel Agreement II". iii. A schedule of powers for directors of laboratories. iv. Report on the work done by the Synthetic Mineral Oil Committee of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.

Scope and Contents Contains the following: i. Draft of a report by P C Mahalanobis titled "Short Visit to Scientists from Abroad". The report was in response to inviting foreign scientists to bring technical know-how related to Atomic Energy to India. ii. A notice about additional technical staff is required to maintain the Beta-Ray spectrometer. Mentions K S Ramanathan and mentions 9 April 1953 and 11 April 1953. iii. An office memorandum from the Department of Atomic Energy informing the sanction of an...

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Contains the following: i. Two information booklets about the India International Centre. One is dated to 12 May 1960 based on an annotation. ii. Special Issue 1 of the News Bulletin of the India International Centre with details about the foundation stone ceremony held on 30 November 1960.

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Contains the following: i. Minutes of the meeting of the Finance Committee of the Indian Institute of Science held on the 13th of September 1959 in the Council Chamber of the Institute. ii. Minutes of the meeting of the Council of the Indian Institute of Science held on the 14th of September 1959 in the Council Chamber of the Institute.

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Contains a booklet by the Indian Physical Society titled "Memorandum of Association and Rules and Regulations".

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Contains details about an Executive Committee meeting of the Indian Science Congress Association held at the Statistical Laboratory, Presidency College, Calcutta. The meeting covered 12 items. It also includes partial minutes of the Indian Science Congress, 1940.

Scope and Contents Contains the following: i. Booklet with the List of Members and Registered Students as of 15 November 1936. It also has an annotation by K S Krishnan with the date "17 January 1937". ii. Pamphlet about the Nominations for Election to the Board of the Institute for the Session 1938-39. iii. Notice about a summer school about the recent advances in pure and applied physics at the University of Reading from July 7 to July 9, 1938. iv. Twentieth Annual Report of the Board, 1939. v. Twenty-First...

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Contains documents related to the Madras Institute of Technology, Chromepet. Includes proposals for research activity in the Electronics Faculty, synopsis of the projected research work with instrument technology faculty, a letter from the government of India regarding the provision of financial aid for MIT, a summary of a meeting between members of the institute regarding payment towards foreign staff at the institute, list of faculty and finances of the institute.

Scope and Contents Contains the following: i. Typewritten draft of a letter from S S Bhatnagar to K S Krishnan with information about the conditions on the appointment of K S Krishnan as the Director of NPL. ii. A booklet containing the speech delivered by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel while performing the opening ceremony of the National Physical Laboratory of India on 21 January 1950. iii. Handwritten draft of 4 letters by K S Krishnan to S S Bhatnagar about casual leaves and lecture remunerations. iv....

Scope and Contents Contains the following: i. A list of the candidates recommended by the council for election into the Royal Society. ii. A booklet from the Royal Society Empire Scientific Conference titled "A Discussion on Units and Standards". This forms part of the Communications from the National Physical Laboratory. iii. A plan of tables for the Newton Tercentenary Luncheon at Trinity College, Cambridge. iv. A plan of tables for the lunch for delegates to the Royal Society Empire Scientific...

Scope and Contents Contains the following: i. A booklet titled "Nobelstiftelsen - The Nobel Foundation - Code of Statutes". Has details about the code of statutes of the Nobel Foundation given at the palace in Stockholm on 29 June 1900. It also contains an annotation on the cover by K S Krishnan with the date "13 December 1951". ii. A Swedish, French, German, and English letter inviting K S Krishnan to nominate a candidate for the Nobel Prize for Physics 1952. iii. A booklet with the List of Nobel Prize...

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Contains the annual report of the activities of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay, for 1946-47.

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Contains the Annual Report of the activities of the University of Dacca for 1932-33.

Content Description From the Collection:

This collection contains material related to the life and work of K S Krishnan, a physicist and scientific administrator. The papers have been arranged into nine series - notes and notebooks, scientific research, administration and teaching, talks and writings, photographs, personal and ephemera, correspondence, material related to Krishnan collected by Krishnan family, material about Krishnan collected by D C V Mallik, and Tamil documents - spirituality and literature. 

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Contains a program schedule for the "Symposium de Cinétique Chimique" organised by Chaire Francqui at Louvain, Belgium.

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Contains a program schedule for the "Réunion D'Étude Sur Le Magnétisme" organised by Institut International De Coopération Intellectuelle and Service Central De La Recherche Scientifique De France. Mentions K S Krishnan

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Contains the following documents related to the Zeema Congress that took place in Amsterdam to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Zeeman's Discovery: i. Program of the Zeeman Congress, 1946 ii. First and Second Newspaper of the Zeeman Congress, 1946 iii. Summary of an informal discussion on 17 September 9146 as part of the Zeeman Congress. Mentions K S Krishan.

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Printout copy of a summary of a meeting of the Working Party with representatives from the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East, UNESCO, and leading scientists from different countries held at Bangkok. K S Krishnan represented India. Mentions Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar.

Scope and Contents Contains the following documents related to the Bureau and Executive Board meetings of the International Council of Scientific Unions: i. Action Minutes of the sixteenth bureau meeting held in New Delhi. Mentions K S Krishnan. ii. A telegram to K S Krishnan informing him of a room booking at Hotel Gallia, Brussels. iii. A list of hotels and the members' names staying in them. iv. Program of the bureau's seventeenth meeting and the executive board's ninth meeting at the Palais des Académies,...