This series contains speeches, correspondence, administrative records, articles and writings, printed materials, newspaper articles, and handwritten notes. PM Bhargava was deeply involved in discussions on scientific temper and critical of religious practices which invoked supernatural powers. Here we find records documenting radio speeches delivered on the subject, administrative records belonging to the Society for the Promotion of Scientific Temper, papers pertaining to the Nehru Centre in Bombay, reports on the Seminar on ‘Scientific Temper and Spiritual Values’ held at the Centre in 1983, correspondence with individuals about superstition and godmen, and Bhargava's own writings. A large number of letters are exchanged between PM Bhargava and Makarand Paranjape, and another set of exchanges is with Meera Ananda. The Statements, Articles, and Writings subseries contains a 1980 signed statement on scientific temper with correspondence around the drafting of the same. It also includes a published article by PM Bhargava.

Four versions of the statement on scientific temper including some with annotations. Includes a corrigendum and list of signatories and proposed signatories.

Three articles typed and one printed article by PM Bhargava. An unsigned and undated statement on technology policy and a statement on national integration by I Sequera.

This contains correspondence between PM Bhargava and others on scientific temper. This also contains handwritten notes and a letter. It has documents in Telugu and a letter in Hindi. This also includes emails.

This contains letters related to legal matters and accounts of the Haldane family. This also contains two certificates and a visitor proposal form from the British Council.

This contains letters pertaining to the death and estate of Helen Spurway Haldane. All these letters are from GJ Mitchison, the great-grandson and heir of the Haldanes. This also contains two challans and one telegram.

This contains letters pertaining to the death and estate of Helen Spurway Haldane. All these letters are from people with last names arranged alphabetically from M to P. This also has an envelope and a handwritten note, as well as a handwritten letter. This file does not include letters from Graeme and Naomi Mitchison.

This contains letters pertaining to the death and estate of Helen Spurway Haldane. All these letters are from people with last names arranged alphabetically from R to S. This also has a few handwritten notes.

This contains letters pertaining to Helen Haldane's estate. All these letters are from people with last names arranged alphabetically from A to B.

This contains letters pertaining to Helen Haldane's estate. All these letters arranged from people with the last names Chandra to Chaturvedi. This also contains two telegrams and one envelope.

This contains letters pertaining to Helen Haldane's estate. All these letters are either addressed to or sent by Graham J. Mitchison. This also contains a telegram and a few handwritten notes.

This contains letters pertaining to Helen Haldane's estate. All these letters are arranged from people with the last names Sadasivan to Sreeraman. This also contains a letter from Khushwant Singh.

This file contains twenty share certificates belonging to Helen Haldane.

This file contains personal papers possibly compiled by JBS Haldane. It includes a notebook, handwritten drafts of his last will and testament, and notes on his surgical history, along with correspondences. These drafts were written by JBS Haldane in November 1962, when he was preparing for an operation in London. Two letters signed by Bhargava from 2004 were found along with these records.

This file contains two original copies of the same article titled 'A Scion of Haldanes' from the Indian Express. It also includes an article announcing Helen Haldene's death.

This file contains the first set of receipts and slips pertaining to Helen Haldane's estate. It includes accompanying letters. The documents were found numbered from one to forty-eight and have been kept in the same order as found. An envelope containing currency notes has been added to this file by the archivist.

This file contains the third set of receipts and slips pertaining to Helen Haldane's estate. It includes accompanying letters. The documents were found numbered from one to forty-eight and have been kept in the same order as found.

This contains correspondence between PM Bhargava and MF Husain's family. This also has a short write-up on ' Glimpses of the Twentieth Century' by MF Husain. Includes a letter from MF Husain to former prime minister Manmohan Singh.

This contains all the newspaper articles published on Husain's and Bhargava's collaborations.

This file contains a letter from Omesh Saigal of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, along with an attachment comprising all documents related to the establishment of the National Biological Laboratory.

This contains newspaper articles that are related to religion and atheism. This also contains articles such as "Satya Sai Baba accused of 'murdering' investigators" and "'God' used to have tea with them", and many more.

This file contains letters exchanged between PM Bhargava and various scientists from March to July 1959 regarding organizing a meeting for experts in biochemistry in India. The scientists addressed in these letters include V Jagannathan and Pran. Bhargava planned for the meeting to be held before the Indian Science Congress session in Bombay. The letters exchanged from July 1958 can be found in 'Correspondence on beginnings of Guha Research Conference 1958 - July'.

This file contains letters and a circular exchanged between PM Bhargava and various scientists from October to December 1959 regarding organizing a meeting for experts in biochemistry in India. The scientists addressed in these letters include Pushpa, P S Sarma and G P Talwar, among others. The venue was decided as Mulk Raj Anand's estate at Khandala after a quick verification. The date was fixed as 6 and 7 January 1960. The letters exchanged from August to September 1959 can be traced in 'Correspondence on beginnings of Guha Research Conference 1959 - August to September'.

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 scientists addressed in these letters include V Subramanyan, I Ramakrishnan and Raghavendra Rao, among others. The letters exchanged from October to December 1959 can be found in 'Correspondence on beginnings of Guha Research Conference 1959 - October to December'.

Session details for the Countries of Africa and Asia for the Promotion and Utilization of Science and Technology (CAAUST) Symposium dated 25 April to 2 May 1966. Includes a list of delegates who attended the CAAUST Symposium.

This file contains the submitted conference proceedings of PS and S Alam Khundmiri for the Conference on Obscurantism (COO), held from 2-4 December, 1967, in New Delhi.

The file contains the letters exchanged between GS Sidhu, Ward Morehouse, KT Achaya, Jitendra Singh, and PM Bhargava regarding the seminar on 'The Scientific Temper'. It includes the background paper titled 'The Scientific Temper in India: Problems and Prospects' dated 6 February, 1970, and a paper titled, 'Indian Scientists in Modernising India: A Research Proposal'.

The files contain the letters exchanged between GS Sindhu, GS Aurora, Ward Morehouse, and PM Bhargava regarding Management of Science at Hyderabad. It includes a note titled 'Management of Family Planning'. And a paper titled 'The Barriers to Family Planning' by PM Bhargava.

This file contains four reports of the first session of Groups A, B, C, and D, chaired by AS Rao, S Varadarajan, and MM Suri on a Seminar on Management of Scientific Research Laboratories held in Hyderabad on 10 October, 1970. It includes one paper titled 'Plenary Session I' by NP Sen dated 10 October, 1970.

This file contains three reports from Groups B, C, and D chaired by S Varadarajan, GS Sidhu, and MM Suri on the National Seminar on Management of Scientific Research Laboratories held in Hyderabad on 11 October, 1970. It includes the Integrated Report of Session I by KD Sharma and GS Aurora.

This file contains one paper titled 'Plenary Session II' chaired by AS Rao. The session included MG Krishna, TR Metha, PM Bhargava, BD Tilak, NP Sen, Jitendra Singh, and GS Sindhu.

This file contains four reports from Groups A, B, C and D by Baldev Singh, GS Sidhu and MM Suri on seminar dated 12 October, 1970. It includes the list of participants who attended the seminar and the Government of India Scientific Policy Resolution in the national seminar on Management of Scientific Research Laboratories. And the file also contains the background paper of the seminar titled 'Some considerations for setting up of pilot plants in developing countries'.

The file contains the paper on concluding session, dated 12 October, 1970, by the chairman of Group 'B', Ramalinga Swamy. And it includes a paper titled 'Prime Minister on Science Managment' extracted and synthesized by Jitendra Singh and KD Sharma. 

The file contains one working paper by the Committee on Science and Technology, from the Seminar on Management of Scientific Research Laboratories in Hyderabad. And one background paper titled 'The Missing Link' by HR Seshagiri Rao in the seminar.

The file contains two background papers titled 'Scientists Versus Administrators : An Approach Towards Achieving Greater Understanding' . One paper titled 'Industrial Research Management Some Case studies of Reorganization of Research in the National Chemical Laboratory' by BD Tilak. It includes one research paper titled 'A Phase Transformation Approach to the Management of Scientific Laboratories' by Amulya Kumar N Reddy.

The file contains background paper titled 'Management of Scientific Research Seminar with Special Reference to DMRL'. Includes summary of seminar.

This file includes a brochure from the 'Evolution of Indian Polity - 1966–75' seminar, which took place on January 25, 1976, at Vithal Bhai Patel House in New Delhi, organized by 'Educators for Secularism, Socialism and Democracy'. Another seminar organized by Educators for Secularism, Socialism and Democracy was 'The Andhra Pradesh State Level Conference' held from May 7–9, 1976, in Hyderabad. The seminar was on 'Aspects of National Educational Policy with Special Reference to Primary and Secondary Education'. The letter Syamsundar Rao exchanged with PM Bhargava inviting him to the conference can be found. Additionally, brochures and papers submitted for the conference are also present.

This file includes papers submitted to the 'All India Conference' in Delhi in 1976, and minutes of the 'First General Body Meeting' held on August 22, 1976. The other seminar organized by The Educators for Socialism, Secularism and Democracy can be found in 'Seminar on Evolution of Indian Polity-1966–75 and The Andhra Pradesh State Level Conference-1976'.

This file contains a paper by BR Nanda submitted to the conference.

This file contains a general presidential address titled 'India and the Energy Crisis' by S Hussain Zaheer at the National Seminar on Energy held in Bella Vista from 5 to 7 March, 1976. The biodatas of participants can be found in 'Biodatas of participants of the National Seminar on Energy - 5 to 7 March, 1976'.

This file contains a paper presented at the ESSD Seminar by KG Kannabiran on the 44th Amendment to the Constitution. The draft of the study and the programme schedule of the seminar can be found in 'ESSD Seminar on Amendments to Constitution of India - 1976'.

This file contains papers presented at the National Seminar on Import of Technology and its Impact on Development held from 12 to 13 May, 1979, that was organized by the Delhi Science Forum. The papers were presented by VV Krishna and Ram Prasad, among others. In addition to this, an abstract of a paper by S Ray can also be found. The other papers presented at the seminar can be found in 'Papers presented at National Seminar on Import of Technology and its Impact on Development - 12 to 13 May, 1979 and a note on Science and Technology Education vis-a-vis Import of Technology'.

This file contains a detailed report of the United Nations Conference on TCDC (Technical Transfer among Developing Countries) and the first issue of 'TCDC News' published in January 1979. The conference, also known as the Buenos Aires conference, was held from 30 August to 12 September, 1978. The first issue of 'TCDC News' was released with the objective of spreading news of action in cooperation among developing countries.

A document by PM Bhargava dated September 1979 in relation with the International Seminar on Science, Technology and Society in Developing Countries - 13-17 November, 1979