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Pushpa Mittra Bhargava Fonds

  • IN APUA PMB
  • Fonds
  • 1928-2017

The Pushpa Mittra Bhargava Fonds contains documents, paintings, postal stamps, matchboxes and objects. The documents include his notable writings, research papers, correspondence with eminent personalities, handwritten notes, and newspaper articles.

Bhargava, Pushpa Mittra, 1928-2017

Documents

This sub-fonds contains documents including Pushpa Mittra Bhargava's notable writings, research papers, correspondence with eminent personalities, handwritten notes, and newspaper articles.

Bhargava, Pushpa Mittra, 1928-2017

Drafts of Radio Talks on Scientific Temper

These are radio speeches to promote Scientific Temper on behalf of the Society for the Promotion of Scientific Temper. This contains handwritten notes and undated documents which are arranged alphabetically. This also has a speech by an unknown author.

Letters on estate duty and Haldane family assets

This contains letters pertaining to discussions related to estate duty and Haldane family assets. These letters are mostly from 1979 to 1980. However, with the exception of an email from Kriti Kapila that belongs to the year 2012. This also contains handwritten notes, estate duty challans, and entry permits.

Religion and atheism

This series contains a variety of documents, including correspondence, newspaper articles, journal articles, and publications in the form of brochures and booklets. These records span the years 1976 to 2015 and cover topics like religious beliefs, atheism, and secularism. Handwritten notes include notecards with the titles of journal articles written on them. The journal articles cover a range of subjects, including an article by Martin Gardner on David Bohm and Jiddu Krishnamurti. The publications consist largely of booklets published by the Atheist Centre and the Indian Secular Society. One subseries containing miscellaneous records pertains to Kalki Bhagavan, a self-styled Indian godman. One unsigned written statement is a four-paged critique of Satya Sai Baba.

Bhargava, Pushpa Mittra, 1928-2017

Conferences, seminars, symposiums, and workshops

This series contains all papers related to conferences, seminars, symposiums, and workshop that PM Bhargava attended or was in some way involved in. Two important conferences that saw multiple iterations were the Guha Research Conference and the Indian Social Science Conference. Papers for both conferences can be found in this series. The series has been further divided chronologically, with each subseries spanning a period of ten years.

Bhargava, Pushpa Mittra, 1928-2017

Correspondence on beginnings of Guha Research Conference 1959 - August to September

This file contains letters exchanged between PM Bhargava and various scientists from August to September 1959 regarding organizing a meeting for experts in biochemistry in India before the Indian Science Congress held in Bombay. The scientists addressed in these letters include PS Sarma, V Jagannathan, DL Srinivasan among others.  The letters discuss two venue options for the meeting - the estate of Mulk Raj Anand at Khandala or the Krishnagiri Upavan (a National Park) at Borivali. The letters exchanged from July to August can be traced in 'Correspondence on beginnings of Guha Research Conference 1959 - July to August'. 

Correspondence on beginnings of Guha Research Conference - December 1959 to January 1960

This file contains letters exchanged between PM Bhargava and various scientists from December 1959 regarding organizing a meeting for experts in biochemistry in India. The date, venue and other arrangements were fixed and intimated to the invitees through a circular. The arrangements for supplying meals for the invitees in the informal meeting for two days was discussed. The scientists addressed in these letters include V Jagannathan, D Ghosh, Raghavendra Rao, among others. The letters exchanged from December 1959 can also be found in 'Correspondence on beginnings of Guha Research Conference 1959 - December'.

Correspondence and brief report on Guha Research Conference 1960 - January

This file contains letters and a draft of the brief report of the meeting for Indian research workers in biochemistry in January 1960. The draft of the report lists the invitees who could and could not attend the meeting, as well as those who did not respond. The scientists addressed in these letters include BK Bachhawat and IA Hansen, among others. The letters exchanged from December 1959 to January 1960 can be found in 'Correspondence on beginnings of Guha Research Conference 1959 - December 1959 to January 1960 '.

Guha Research Conference - 1960

This file contains a report on the Guha Research Conference submitted to the University Grants Commission by IA Hansen. In 1958, PM Bhargave and other scientists initiated the Guha Research Conference by discussing an informal meeting of Indian biochemistry researchers. The suggested amendments to the rules and regulations of the Guha Research Conference are also available. The letters exchanged in January 1960 and the draft of the report can be found in 'Correspondence and brief report on Guha Research Conference 1960 January'.

Correspondence on the beginnings of the Program on Studies of Science and Technology at the Administrative Staff College of India in October 1969

This file contains letters exchanged between PM Bhargava and various scientists in October 1969 about organizing a program of studies on the role of science and technology in India's development at the Administrative Staff College of India. The scientists addressed in these letters include GS Sidhu, PM Bhargava, and Jitendra Singh. It also includes a background paper on the program.

Discussion papers on Institutional System of Indian Science

The file contains the preliminary paper on 'The Institutional System of Indian Science' at the Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, dated 20 January, 1970. Additionally, the discussion on the same topic can also be found in 'Correspondence of the Colloquium Series and Discussion Papers on the Institutional System of Indian Science'.

Background papers of Seminar on Management of Scientific Research Laboratories in Hyderabad - file 1

The file contains two background papers titled 'A Proposal for Phased Transformation of The Institute Into a Multi-disciplinary Food Science and Technology Research and Development (COUNCIL) Organization' by the Central Food Technological Research Institute. And one paper titled 'Measurment of Productivity of Agricultural Research and Development (A Case Study in the Agricultural Research Institute)' by PN Chowdury.

Background papers of Seminar on Management of Scientific Research Laboratories in Hyderabad - file 3

The file contains three background papers titled 'Measurment of Research and Allied Activities in a Research Organization (A case Study of Central Leather Research Institute)', second paper titled 'Structure and Functional System in a Research Organization' and third paper titled 'Defence Research and Development Organization'.

Papers presented at the 'ICSSR/SSRC Workshop, Science and Technology Policy in the 1980s' - file 2

This file contains papers presented at the 'ICSSR/SSRC Workshop, Science and Technology Policy in the 1980s' held from 27-29, April, 1983 at the University of Manchester. The paper presented by Aquiel Ahmed can be found here. The other papers can be found in 'Correspondence on 'ICSSR/SSRC Workshop, Science and Technology Policy in the 1980s' and Papers presented at the 'ICSSR/SSRC Workshop, Science and Technology Policy in the 1980s'' - files 1-13.

Papers presented at the 'ICSSR/SSRC Workshop, Science and Technology Policy in the 1980s' - file 4

This file contains abstracts, notes, and a draft of a paper presented at the 'ICSSR/SSRC Workshop, Science and Technology Policy in the 1980s' held from 27-29, April, 1983 at the University of Manchester. The draft of a paper authored by PM Bhargava can be found here. The other papers can be found in 'Correspondence on 'ICSSR/SSRC Workshop, Science and Technology Policy in the 1980s' and Papers presented at the 'ICSSR/SSRC Workshop, Science and Technology Policy in the 1980s'' - files 1-13.

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