Box MS-024 Box 22

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. 

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. 

Letter from the manager of Fopex, a French instruments and apparatus manufacturing company.

Letter from the French embassy in India informing Krishnan of an upcoming symposium on Nuclear Electronics.

Typewritten letter to Krishnan, introducing the work and aims of the National Book trust of India.

Friendly letters from American physicist and mathematician Chako detailing personal life updates.

Acknowledgement sent to the undersecretary to the ministry of home affairs by Krishnan.

Letter enclosing a photograph taken at the National Physical Laboratory.

Plans to schedule meetings to discuss official matters.

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. 

Regarding plans to meet.

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. 

Updates on life since moving to Leiden from his Student.

Student providing updates and asking a favour to expedite his appointment at the National Physical Laboratory.

Letter of thanks to Krishnan for accepting offer to be a Patron to the Delhi Study Cirlce .

Letter seeking Krishnan's feedback on his printed report and help settling into Delhi.

Regarding the writer's work and submissions to Nature journal on the topics- 'the plasticity of clay water systems' and 'Movement of aqueous salt solutions and ions in bricks'.

Letter from a former student seeking a recommendation to the post of Junior Scientific officer.

Fond recollection of time spent together during one of Krishnan's trips to Baltimore/the States and a request to help acquire a short term job.

Letters regarding arrangements to be made for the committee visiting the Saha institute of nuclear physics to review their second five year plan.

Request for Krishnan's help with transferring donors' funds from Burma to Alagappa Chettiar Educational Trust.

Regarding Ministry of Natural resources & Scientific Research's tour programme. new years' greetings.

New years' greetings.

Gratitude to Krishnan for his hospitality in Delhi.

Regarding a patent dispute and an inquiry into the sale price of a solar cooker.

Regarding recommendation letters for MP Madan to a fellowship at the Institute of Physics, London.

Gratitude for being taken around the National Physical Laboratory.

Letter of thanks.

Letter from the Armour Research Foundation at the Illinois Institute of Technology regarding the scope of their work.

Letter asking Krishnan for the results of a test to determine the contents of an ore.

Letters between Krishnan and the Copper Development Association regarding access to their publications.

Letter accompanying copies of the information service of the Moral Re-armament Army that feature Rajmohan Gandhi's opinions.

Confidential Letter seeking a recommendation for Professor P Maheshwari as a candidate to the fellowship at the Royal Society.

i. Letter seeking Krishnan's help with retaining R G Khalsa at the Indian Wheat Loan Educational Exchange Programme of the embassy of the United States of America. ii. Invitation to visit when in Madrid.

i. Letter to Krishnan containing details of the scope and work of the Council of Sanskrit Education and planning for a meeting in Delhi. ii. Letter from the council to Chandulal M Trivedi, governor of Andra Pradesh presenting a case for the establishment of a Sanskrit University in the state.

Memorandum notifying transfer of charge of the Secretary, Central Board of Irrigation.

i. Letter from the Technical Director of the National Lead Company accompanying samples of rutile boule and titanium dioxide powder sent for Krishnan's experimental use. ii.Results of the spectroscopic analysis of a sample.

Photo postcard sent by English physicist Darwin from Bangkok while on a UNESCO mission.

Letter detailing Das' and a colleague's work on crystal symmetry and structure using a Weissenberg goniometer and the Wilson's Statistical Method.

Enquiry about the existence of a department of aerodynamics or fluid mechanics at the National Physical Laboratory.

Letter from Dasgupta containing updates since moving to Sydney and mention of his work on 'the dielectric properties of solid longchain organic compounds'.

Letter from Krishnan to Datar inviting him to performances of a play by Romesh Mehta at the National Physical Laboratory.

Letter from Dayal introducing friends Mr and Mrs Harry A Gibbons.

Regret at not being able to meet Krishnan at Leiden.

Response to an enquiry by Krishnan on data published by the Belgian Meteorological Institute about the ionosphere.

Details about the contents of the journal - "Applied Scientific Research".

Letter enclosing a published press article written by Deb titled "The Cult of Nila and his Altar".

i. Letters detailing the scope of the newly formed School of Language Research established by the Linguistic Circle of Delhi. ii. Annual report of the Linguistic Circle of Delhi.

Letter recommending S C Prasad and his work on metallic single crystals to K S Krishnan.

Letter seeking reference for R V Karandikar.

Letter asking Krishnan for a copy of an address.

i. Letters related to the founding of the India International centre, its establishment and initial days. ii. Correspondence between the University Grants Commission, the Ministry of Scientific Research and Cultural Affairs and Krishnan regarding an upcoming summer school on Theoretical Physics.

Request to help with the sanction of a grant to attend a conference in Tokyo.

Personal letter featuring life updates and a request for recommendation.

- request for autograph

- Appeal for donations for feeding during festivals

Personal letter about Sanskrit and the Upanishats.

Regarding help with the submission of a student's Master's thesis.

Letters requesting recommendation to a position at Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.

Requesting inputs from Krishnan's personal life experiences for a study on "The Conditions of Successful intellectual Work".

Collection of Duraisamy's Curriculum Vitae, Letters of Recommendation, Letters of Appreciation, suggestions to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences and published papers - "Experimental Causation of Congenital Skeletal Defects and its Significance in Orthopaedic Surgery" and " Experimental Teratogenesis with benzyl Alcohol".

Letter seeking recommendation from Alagappa Chettiar.

Reminder to Krishnan from the Hindustan Times to submit an article on "Future of Science" and an appreciation of Einstein to be published on his 73rd birth anniversary.

i. Request to return papers sent to Krishnan earlier. ii. Request to send an introductory note explaining the new format of the Institute's publication suggested by Krishnan.

Request to write an article for the college magazine.

i. Letters regarding Krishnan's contribution to the Club's upcoming publication titled "Vijaya". ii. Press comments and brochure for the publication.

Letter regarding the magazine published by "The Manager".

Request from Eastern World - The British Monthly Journal on Asian Affairs to obtain Krishnan's views on the subject of "Facilities for Atomic Research in India".

Personal letter of thanks.

i. Letter enclosing a photograph. ii. Letter from UNESCO's Science Co-operation Office for South Asia introducing the recently transferred Science Officer R Naidu.

Personal invitation to a buffet dinner.

Letter enquiring the availability of The Emil Greiner Co's magazine "Labitems".

Letter from the International Institute of Intellectual Cooperation accompanying the minutes of sessions in Strasburg on "Magnetism".

Letter addressing the question of the admission of the International Union of Scientific Psychology to the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU).

Letter to the Executive Committee Members of I U Crystallography at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn regarding the publishing of an obituary.

Enquiry about appointments open to British subjects as faculty in Indian Universities.

Letters detailing Filipowsky's work and professional interests written in the hope of a job appointment with Krishnan, his Curriculum Vitae, patent applications, academic transcripts and letters from past employers.

Letter enclosing the booklet "50 Years Service to Microscopy".

Letters in French and English from Fleury regarding matters of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics.

i. Correspondence from the Brookhaven National Laboratory Survey Team regarding a proposed Regional Nuclear Center inviting Krishnan's personal comments on some matters. ii. Outline of the objectives and priorities of the centre and the proposed divisions.

Personal letter addressed to Krishnan.

Plans to meet at the International Council of Scientific Union's upcoming meeting at Washington.

Information pamphlet inviting visitors to the Marseilles International Fair.

i. Letter seeking Krishnan's review of the new work "Introduction to Solid State Chemistry". ii. Brochure introducing "Introduction to Solid State Chemistry".

Letter seeking clarification on the proof of an equation in a paper published by Krishnan and Roy in the Proceedings of the Royal Society in 1951.

Letter addressed to Krishnan regarding his membership to the 'Wayfarers' book club.

i. Letter from Indira Gandhi congratulating Krishnan on receiving the Padma Bhushan. ii. Letter enclosing an appeal to collect money to send packages to Indian soldiers in Korea.

Letter from Ganesan seeking advice about his suitability to a post advertised by the University Grants Commission.

Letter enquiring about the National Physical Laboratory's work on electronic computing machines.

Letter seeking information about work done on solar cookers and water heating appliances in India and blueprints of already existing designs.

Follow up correspondence prompting Krishnan to submit his finished article titled -" Scientific Progress in India".

Invitation to the Philips corner at the exhibition of nuclear equipment to be held at the International Conference on Peaceful Application of Atomic Energy.

Letter regarding appointment of auditors for Bharath Electronics Limited.

Letter from CSIR inviting proposals for 'specific projects of industrial and scientific development' to be included in the second Five Year Plan.

Personal letter of thanks.

i. Typewritten letters and telegraphs requesting working space at the National Physical Laboratory for a team from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) working on "The High Altitude Measurements of different components of cosmic radiation by Balloons". ii. Notice issued for lectures on "The Chemistry of Uranium and Plutonium" to be held at TIFR.

Professor at Friedrich Schiller University offering condolences on the demise of Meghnad Saha

Letter from The Art Institute of Chicago in response to Krishnan's enquiries for the purchase of "ancient glass".