This file consists of correspondence with American scientists who accepted the invitation for both the inauguration of Jonaki and Frontiers of Tomorrow in Biology and would need financial assistance from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from 1986 and 1987. These letters have been retained as they are found in the file. This file also contains a small handwritten note. Some of these letters may also be found in the previous files.

This file consists of correspondence with American scientists who accepted the invitation for both the inauguration of Jonaki and Frontiers of Tomorrow in Biology and would need financial assistance from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from 1986 and 1987. These letters have been retained as they are found in the file. Some of these letters may also be found in the previous files.

A pamphlet and name tag for National Convention in Defence of India's Freedom and Unity and handwritten notes signed by PM Bhargava. Email prints and schedule for Workshop of Temples of Modern India and printed speeches.

This file contains letters exchanged between PM Bhargava and Raja Hamsa Das regarding the 'World Congress for the Synthesis of Science and Religion' held from January 10–13, 1986, in Bombay. The guidelines for writing a paper and an invitation to register for the conference can be found here. A letter on organizing a seminar on 'Biochemical Education Symposium' by SBC. The seminar intended to discuss issues related to biochemical education. The letter encloses the list for sending communications for the seminar. Additionally, a paper on 'An Education in Inefficiency' submitted to the symposium by Arati R Jerat can also be found.

This file contains draft invitation letters prepared for inviting guests to the official dedication of the new complex of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, on November 26, 1987, by former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. A few of these documents also mention a lecture series on frontier areas of modern biology. Multiple copies of identical letters are preserved because each has unique annotations. This includes two notes from PM Bhargava. This contains a proposal for both events. This file includes a 1985 letter from the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) that discusses both the inauguration ceremony and the symposium. The proposed dates for both events were scheduled for 1986 in this letter. This also has two notices titled 'For the Kind Attention of Invitees to the 26th November 1987 Function at the CCMB' and 'RE: Scientific meetings being organized from 19th December 1987 at the time of the formal dedication of the new CCMB complex by the Prime Minister'. Two copies of the second notice are retained since one is an edited version of the other. This notice also has the list of 'Participants from the CCMB'. This file also has a handwritten note which is retained after the undated documents.

This file consists of a compilation of all the budget estimates for the financial years 1985–1986 and 1986–1987. This also has a small handwritten note that says, 'Budget copy of Director'. Along with it, there is also a loose printed paper titled 'Sanctioned Estimates for the year 1984–85' and both are placed inside this book. This also has a contents page that contains all the information that is to be found in this compiled book.

This file contains a compilation of all the budget estimates for the financial years 1983–1984 and 1984–1985. This also has a contents page that contains all the information that is to be found in this compiled book.

This file contains documents about the colour scheme for the main building at CCMB, one internal memorandum and one office memorandum for the security of the central area and the west wing of the laboratory building. It also contains notes on discussion on infrastructure and furnishings. It also has correspondence with Anand Rao and Kranti Kumar. This file also has some handwritten notes.

This file is the fourth part of a bound book. This bound book consists of all annual plans, revised estimates, and budget estimates of projects for the years 1983–84 and 1984–85, respectively. This bound book also has administrative documents that mention the projects or achievements of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB). Though this is in bound book form, it is divided into parts for better preservation of the documents. Hence, files from 'Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Hyderabad - 500 009 : Annual Plan 1984 - 85, Project Budget RE 1983 - 84 and BE 1984-85 - file 1' to 'Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Hyderabad - 500 009 : Annual Plan 1984 - 85, Project Budget RE 1983 - 84 and BE 1984-85 - file 8' along with the 'Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Hyderabad - 500 009 : Annual Plan 1984 - 85, Project Budget RE 1983 - 84 and BE 1984-85 - oversized records' should be treated as originally part of a single-bound book.

This file is the fifth part of a bound book. This bound book consists of all annual plans, revised estimates, and budget estimates of projects for the years 1983–84 and 1984–85, respectively. This bound book also has administrative documents that mention the projects or achievements of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB). Though this is in bound book form, it is divided into parts for better preservation of the documents. Hence, files from 'Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Hyderabad - 500 009 : Annual Plan 1984 - 85, Project Budget RE 1983 - 84 and BE 1984-85 - file 1' to 'Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Hyderabad - 500 009 : Annual Plan 1984 - 85, Project Budget RE 1983 - 84 and BE 1984-85 - file 8' along with the 'Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Hyderabad - 500 009 : Annual Plan 1984 - 85, Project Budget RE 1983 - 84 and BE 1984-85 - oversized records' should be treated as originally part of a single-bound book.

This file consists of a compilation of all the budget estimates for the financial years 1983–1984 and 1984–1985. This compilation contains the same information as the file 'Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Hyderabad - 500 009 : Budget Revised Estimates for 1983 - 84 and Budget Estimates for 1984 - 85 - file 1'. However, this copy contains a few annotations that are absent from 'Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Hyderabad - 500 009 : Budget Revised Estimates for 1983 - 84 and Budget Estimates for 1984 - 85 - file 1'.

This file includes loose, oversized documents titled 'Approved Services P-5 (ii)' and 'P-5 (ii) Services for which Approval is Awaited' that were placed inside the file titled 'Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Hyderabad - 500 009 : Budget Revised Estimates for 1983 - 84 and Budget Estimates for 1984 - 85 - file 1'. These documents are preserved separately for preservation purposes.

This file is the third part of a bound book. This bound book consists of all annual plans, revised estimates, and budget estimates of projects for the years 1983–84 and 1984–85, respectively. This bound book also has administrative documents that mention the projects or achievements of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB). Though this is in bound book form, it is divided into parts for better preservation of the documents. Hence, files from 'Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Hyderabad - 500 009 : Annual Plan 1984 - 85, Project Budget RE 1983 - 84 and BE 1984-85 - file 1' to 'Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Hyderabad - 500 009 : Annual Plan 1984 - 85, Project Budget RE 1983 - 84 and BE 1984-85 - file 8' along with the 'Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Hyderabad - 500 009 : Annual Plan 1984 - 85, Project Budget RE 1983 - 84 and BE 1984-85 - oversized records' should be treated as originally part of a single-bound book.

This file is the sixth part of a bound book. This bound book consists of all annual plans, revised estimates, and budget estimates of projects for the years 1983–84 and 1984–85, respectively. This bound book also has administrative documents that mention the projects or achievements of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB). Though this is in bound book form, it is divided into parts for better preservation of the documents. Hence, files from 'Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Hyderabad - 500 009 : Annual Plan 1984 - 85, Project Budget RE 1983 - 84 and BE 1984-85 - file 1' to 'Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Hyderabad - 500 009 : Annual Plan 1984 - 85, Project Budget RE 1983 - 84 and BE 1984-85 - file 8' along with the 'Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Hyderabad - 500 009 : Annual Plan 1984 - 85, Project Budget RE 1983 - 84 and BE 1984-85 - oversized records' should be treated as originally part of a single-bound book.

This file consists of the oversized records of the bound book titled 'Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Hyderabad - 500 009 : Annual Plan 1984 - 85, Project Budget RE 1983 - 84 and BE 1984-85 file 1 to file 8'. These eight files along with the oversized records, should be treated as originally part of a single bound book. 

This file contains details of correspondence held between CCMB and M/s Vijayam Bros, Madras, regarding the supply, installation, testing, and commissioning of the gas plant at CCMB.

This file consists of a compilation of all the budget estimates for the financial years 1983–1984 and 1984–1985. This has a contents page that contains all the information that is to be found in this compiled book. This compiled book also has some annotations inside it. This file includes two loose, oversized documents titled 'Approved Services P-5 (ii)' and 'P-5 (ii) Services for which Approval is Awaited' that are stored in 'Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Hyderabad - 500 009 : Budget Revised Estimates for 1983 - 84 and Budget Estimates for 1984 - 85 - oversized records'. This has a small handwritten note too. File titled 'Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Hyderabad - 500 009 : Budget Revised Estimates for 1983 - 84 and Budget Estimates for 1984 - 85 - file 2' is a copy of this file. However, it is retained since it has additional annotations on it.

This file is the first part of a bound book. This bound book consists of all annual plans, revised estimates, and budget estimates of projects for the years 1983–84 and 1984–85, respectively. This bound book also has administrative documents that mention the projects or achievements of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB). Though this is in bound book form, it is divided into eight parts for better preservation of the documents. Hence, files from 'Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Hyderabad - 500 009 : Annual Plan 1984 - 85, Project Budget RE 1983 - 84 and BE 1984-85 - file 1' to 'Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Hyderabad - 500 009 : Annual Plan 1984 - 85, Project Budget RE 1983 - 84 and BE 1984-85 - file 8' along with the 'Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Hyderabad - 500 009 : Annual Plan 1984 - 85, Project Budget RE 1983 - 84 and BE 1984-85 - oversized records' should be treated as originally part of a single-bound book. This file also contains the cover that covered the book; this is retained since it contains some annotations.

This file is the second part of a bound book. This bound book consists of all annual plans, revised estimates, and budget estimates of projects for the years 1983–84 and 1984–85, respectively. This bound book also has administrative documents that mention the projects or achievements of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB). Though this is in bound book form, it is divided into parts for better preservation of the documents. Hence, files from 'Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Hyderabad - 500 009 : Annual Plan 1984 - 85, Project Budget RE 1983 - 84 and BE 1984-85 - file 1' to 'Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Hyderabad - 500 009 : Annual Plan 1984 - 85, Project Budget RE 1983 - 84 and BE 1984-85 - file 8' along with the 'Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Hyderabad - 500 009 : Annual Plan 1984 - 85, Project Budget RE 1983 - 84 and BE 1984-85 - oversized records' should be treated as originally part of a single-bound book.

This file is the seventh part of a bound book. This bound book consists of all annual plans, revised estimates, and budget estimates of projects for the years 1983–84 and 1984–85, respectively. This bound book also has administrative documents that mention the projects or achievements of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB). Though this is in bound book form, it is divided into parts for better preservation of the documents. Hence, files from 'Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Hyderabad - 500 009 : Annual Plan 1984 - 85, Project Budget RE 1983 - 84 and BE 1984-85 - file 1' to 'Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Hyderabad - 500 009 : Annual Plan 1984 - 85, Project Budget RE 1983 - 84 and BE 1984-85 - file 8' along with the 'Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Hyderabad - 500 009 : Annual Plan 1984 - 85, Project Budget RE 1983 - 84 and BE 1984-85 - oversized records' should be treated as originally part of a single-bound book.

This file is the eighth part of a bound book. This bound book consists of all annual plans, revised estimates, and budget estimates of projects for the years 1983–84 and 1984–85, respectively. This bound book also has administrative documents that mention the projects or achievements of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB). Though this is in bound book form, it is divided into parts for better preservation of the documents. Hence, files from 'Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Hyderabad - 500 009 : Annual Plan 1984 - 85, Project Budget RE 1983 - 84 and BE 1984-85 - file 1' to 'Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Hyderabad - 500 009 : Annual Plan 1984 - 85, Project Budget RE 1983 - 84 and BE 1984-85 - file 8' along with the 'Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Hyderabad - 500 009 : Annual Plan 1984 - 85, Project Budget RE 1983 - 84 and BE 1984-85 - oversized records' should be treated as originally part of a single-bound book.

This contains letters pertaining to Films Division documentation from 1982 to 1987. These letters are arranged alphabetically then chronologically. This file contains correspondence with VB Chandra, Daphne deRebello and YN Engineer.

This file consists of a compilation of all the budget estimates for the financial years 1982–1983 and 1983–1984. This also has a contents page that contains all the information that is to be found in this compiled book.

This file is a compilation of all annual plans, revised estimates, and budget estimates of projects for the years 1983–84, 1982–83, and 1983–84, respectively. These also have administrative documents that mention the projects or achievements of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB). These contain a few annexures. Though this was in bound book form, it is divided into two parts for better preservation of the documents. 'Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Hyderabad - 500 009 : Annual Plan 1983 - 84, Project Budget RE 1982 - 83 and BE 1983 - 84 - file 1' should be considered as the first part of a single bound book.

This file consists of a compilation that is in bound book form. This document includes a more in-depth report on the committee that the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) governing body appointed to make suggestions regarding the plans of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB). This bound book includes a contents page, a diagram, and thirteen appendices. 'Report of the Committee Appointed by the Governing Body of CSIR : to Review - and Make Recommendations in Regard to - the Plans of the CCMB - file 2' is the same as this file. However, both copies are preserved since both have different annotations on the cover.

This file is a compilation of all annual plans, revised estimates, and budget estimates of projects for the years 1983–84, 1982–83, and 1983–84, respectively. These also have administrative documents that mention the projects or achievements of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB). This file also contains budgetary details. Though this was in bound book form, it is divided into two parts for better preservation of the documents. 'Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Hyderabad - 500 009 : Annual Plan 1983 - 84, Project Budget RE 1982 - 83 and BE 1983 - 84 - file 2' should be considered as the second part of a single bound book. 

This file consists of a compilation that is in bound book form. This document includes a more in-depth report on the committee that the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) governing body appointed to make suggestions regarding the plans of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB). This bound book includes a contents page, a diagram, and thirteen appendices. 'Report of the Committee Appointed by the Governing Body of CSIR : to Review - and Make Recommendations in Regard to - the Plans of the CCMB - file 1' is the same as this file. However, both copies are preserved since both have different annotations on the cover.

The archivist has put together this file. This file mostly contains minutes and agendas of meetings pertaining to the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB). There are two minutes of meetings titled 'Minutes of the meeting held on December 31, 1982 regarding common facilities between the NGRI and CCMB' and 'Record note of decisions taken at the meeting between Dr Vinod Gaur and Dr PM Bhargava on 15th May, 1983'. This file also has an agenda document titled '101st Meeting of the Governing Body to be held on Wednesday, the 2nd May, 1984 - Supplementary Agenda.'

This file contains newspaper articles on scientific temper by Vivek Monteiro, Gautam Adhikari, and Vasantha Surya, among others. Includes a clipping on the importance of Mahalayam and two cover letters.

This contains letters pertaining to Films Division documentation from 1981 to 1986 (Gambhir to Lavakare). These letters are arranged alphabetically then chronologically. This file contains correspondence with Anita Gambhir, SS Gill, SA Khan and PJ Lavakare and many more. All the enclosures are retained as found.

This contains letters pertaining to Films Division documentation from 1981 to 1986 (Muralikrishna to Singh). These letters are arranged alphabetically then chronologically. This file contains correspondence with A Muralikrishna, MA Sethu Rao, NK Sehgal and Rattan Singh and many more.

Though these loose documents are part of 'Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Hyderabad - 500 009 : Annual Plan 1982 - 83, Project Budget RE 1981 - 82 and BE 1982 - 83 - file 1' they belong to the year 1981. These are mostly administrative and budgetary records pertaining to the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB). All the enclosures are retained as found. This file also includes a handwritten note.

This file contains correspondence that had architectural drawings enclosed with them. It contains correspondence about the architectural drawings of the 'Layout plan of the campus,' 'floor plan of all the buildings,' 'Canteen first floor at CCMB,' 'proposed canteen block elevation' and 'Master plan of CCMB colony'. Two letters dated 4 February 1985 and 21 February 1984 respectively are enclosed.

Letters exchanged with PM Bhargava.

This contains letters pertaining to Films Division documentation from 1981 to 1986 (Thapa to Vaidya). These letters are arranged alphabetically then chronologically. This file contains correspondence with NS Thapa and Girish Vaidya.

This file contains a compilation of all the revised estimates and budget estimates for the financial years 1981–1982 and 1982–1983. This also has a contents page that contains all the information that is to be found in this compiled book.

This file is a compilation of all annual plans, revised estimates, and budget estimates of projects for the years 1982–83, 1981–82, and 1982–84, respectively. These administrative documents also include projects or achievements of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB). This has a contents page that contains all the information that is to be found in this compiled book. Along with this file were a few loose pages containing budget estimates and correspondence, which were placed in files 'Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Hyderabad - 500 009 : Annual Plan 1982 - 83, Project Budget RE 1981 - 82 and BE 1982 - 83 - file 2' and 'Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Hyderabad - 500 009 : Annual Plan 1982 - 83, Project Budget RE 1981 - 82 and BE 1982 - 83 - file 3' due to their fragile condition.

Though these loose documents are part of 'Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Hyderabad - 500 009 : Annual Plan 1982 - 83, Project Budget RE 1981 - 82 and BE 1982 - 83 - file 1' they belong to year 1980. These are mostly administrative and budgetary records pertaining to the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB). Both copies of 'Statement 1 : Sub-headwise break-up of SE 1980 - 91 RE  1980 - 81 and BE 1981 -82' are retained since one is original and the other has annotations on it. Enclosures are retained as found.

This contains letters pertaining to Helen Haldane's estate. All these letters are from people with last names arranged alphabetically from S to T. This also contains a few handwritten notes and one envelope.

This file contains documents pertaining to accounts for the Method of Science Exhibition for the period from October 1981 to 1984. It includes receipts and letters.

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 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 includes documents pertaining to the collaboration between the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for conducting life science experiments on NASA's Spacelab. The majority of the letters in this file pertain to the Advisory Committee on Space Sciences (ADCOS). This file contains letters and telegrams from December 1981 to May 1982. This file contains letters either written by or addressed to RR Daniel, Chairman, ADCOS, and Senior Professor of Physics at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, UR Rao, Director of ISRO, and many more.

This file comprises documents related to the preparation of the Method of Science Exhibition that took place in Hyderabad. This includes notices, a list of pending jobs and work to be done for the exhibition.

This file contains September 1980 to January 1985 issues of 'The Method of Science' by PM Bhargava published in Science Today. The articles are arranged chronologically but many issues are missing. It also contains an annotated page and an original page from 1985 January issue.

This file contains newspaper articles from 1980 to 1985 regarding the Method of Science Exhibition. These are newspaper clippings. This file includes articles from The Hindu, The Indian Express, and many more. This file has a letter sent to PM Bhargava by SD Thirumala Rao, which had a newspaper clipping titled 'Good deal of ballhoo' enclosed with it. This also has a few handwritten notes.

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.

This file includes documents pertaining to the collaboration between the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for conducting life science experiments on NASA's Spacelab. The majority of the letters in this file pertain to the first meeting of the Advisory Committee on Space Sciences (ADCOS) that took place in Bangalore on 15 July, 1980. This file contains letters from April 1979 to August 1980. The letters in this file are either addressed to or written by RR Daniel, RR Daniel, Chairman, ADCOS, and Senior Professor of Physics at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, SC Chakravarthy, Scientist of ISRO, and many more.

This contains letters pertaining to Helen Haldane's estate. All these letters are from people with last names arranged alphabetically from N to R. This also contains a handwritten letter and two telegrams.

This file contains photocopies of articles pertinent to the Method of Science Exhibition. These articles were published in magazines, but the photocopies are retained since the originals have not been found.