Correspondence commenting on Statement on Scientific Temper. It also contains commentary by Shyam Benegal.

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.

This file contains correspondence inviting PM Bhargava to a four day International Conference on the 'Human Centred Sustainable Development Paradigm' to mark MS Swaminathan's 80th birthday, which was organized by MSSRF in Chennai, India, from 7 - 10 August, 2005. Includes brochures. Also refer to 'Book of abstracts of the four-day International Conference on 'Human Centred Sustainable Development Paradigm'.

Inviting PM Bhargava to be a part of the faculty for the Indo-French Congress on Gynecologic Endoscopy which was held at Varanasi on 23 - 26 November, 2006.

This file contains correspondence inviting PM Bhargava to attend the 'Humanism in South Asia' conference, which was jointly held by the International Humanist and Ethical Union and the Centre for the Study of Social Change on July 16 - 17, 2005 in Mumbai.

This file contains correspondence regarding PM Bhargava's invitation to participate as a key member of the 'Biotechnology and India's Development' conference, scheduled for Chennai in January 2004.

This file contains correspondence relating to the invitation given to PM Bhargava to deliver a speech at the two-day National Conference themed 'Biopiracy: a Threat to the National Wealth of Biological Resources' held on 22 - 23 March, 2005 at Osmania University in association with Jana Vignana Vedika.

This file contains correspondence of the invitation given to PM Bhargava to participate in a conference themed as 'Ecology, Culture and Knowledge' and the conference titled as 'Defending People's Rights to Resources' during the Asian Social Forum in 2 - 7 January, 2003 to be held in Hyderabad. The Asian Social Forum is a follow up of two successful World Social Forum events organized in Porto Alegre and the decision to have regional and thematic events. Additional related documents can be found in the file titled 'Documentation about the World Social Forum and Asian Social Forum'

This file contains correspondence related to inviting PM Bhargava to be a part of the faculty for ISAR South Zone focused conference on 'Endometrium' held at Bangalore dated 8 - 9 September, 2007.

This file contains correspondence related to the invitation given to PM Bhargava to the workshop titled 'Intellectual Property Rights in Biotechnology' organized by the Centre For Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad from 10 - 11 October, 2001.

This file contains correspondence regarding PM Bhargava's invitation to attend and participate in a two-day symposium on the theme 'The Challenges to Democracy in India' on 13 - 14 September 2003, jointly organized by the Indian Academy of Social Sciences-A.P. Centre and the Indian Council of Social Science Research - Southern Regional Centre at the ICSSR-SRC Conference Hall, Osmania University Campus, Hyderabad.

This file contains correspondence related to invitation of PM Bhargava and other dignitaries to the National Academy of Medical Science's (NAMS) Symposium on 'Recent advances in prevention and management of Cancer', which was held at National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, on 28 - 29 October, 2006. The file also contains minutes of the joint meeting on advisory, organizing and scientific communities held on August 26, 2006. Additional related file to the symposium can be found in the file titled 'Programme details of the National Academy of Medical Sciences Symposium'.

This file contains communication regarding PM Bhargava's invitation to chair the reception committee for the annual conference organized by Jana Vignana Vedika on 8 - 9 May, 2004 in Hyderabad. Additional conference-related files can be found in the files marked 'Magazine for the Jana Vignana Vedika's annual conference', 'Brochure and pamphlets for the Jana Vignana Vedika's annual conference' and 'Newspapers related to the Jana Vignana Vedika annual conference'.

This file contains correspondence between PM Bhargava and the organizers of KM-MCEME (Knowledge Management - Military College of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering), inviting PM Bhargava to deliver the theme address at the AMSB Seminar on Knowledge Management, which took place at MCEME Secunderabad from 14 - 15 November, 2007. Additional related files to the seminar can be found in the file titled 'Brochures and a booklets of the AMSB Knowledge Management Seminar'.

This file contains communication regarding PM Bhargava's invitation to attend the seminar on the theme 'Radical Enlightenment and the Socialist Alternative' organized by the Alam Khundmiri Foundation from 14 - 16 January, 2009. The seminar took place at the English and Foreign Languages University in Hyderabad.

This file contains communications between PM Bhargava and Shakti Maira regarding their plans to invite Richard Dawkins, Semir Seki, Roanne Dods, and other distinguished scientists to the proposed seminar titled 'Science, Art, and Beauty,' scheduled for 26 November, 2012. Additional documents pertaining to the proposed seminar are continued in files titled "Correspondence related to a proposal for a seminar titled 'Science, Art, and Beauty,' - file 1 and file 2, Correspondence discussing the framing of questions for the proposed seminar titled 'Science, Art, and Beauty,' - file 1 and file 2, Correspondence on the invitation of renowned scientists for the proposed seminar themed 'Science, Art, and Beauty' - file 2 and file 3."

This file contains communications between PM Bhargava and Shakti Maira regarding their plans to invite Richard Dawkins, Semir Seki, Roanne Dods, and other distinguished scientists to the proposed seminar titled 'Science, Art, and Beauty,' scheduled for 26 November, 2012. Additional documents pertaining to the proposed seminar are continued in files titled "Correspondence related to a proposal for a seminar titled 'Science, Art, and Beauty,' - file 1 and file 2, Correspondence discussing the framing of questions for the proposed seminar titled 'Science, Art, and Beauty' - file 1 and file 2, Correspondence on the invitation of renowned scientists for the proposed seminar themed 'Science, Art, and Beauty' - file 1 and file 3."

This file contains communications between PM Bhargava, Shakti Maira, Raja Menon, Sonal Mansingh and Anjolie Menon amongst others who are the invited participants for the 26 November, 2012, evening symposium on 'Art and science'. Additional documents pertaining to the proposed seminar are continued in files titled "Correspondence related to a proposal for a seminar titled 'Science, Art, and Beauty,' - file 1 and file 2, Correspondence discussing the framing of questions for the proposed seminar titled 'Science, Art, and Beauty' - file 1 and file 2, Correspondence on the invitation of renowned scientists for the proposed seminar themed 'Science, Art, and Beauty' - file 1 and file 2."

This contains correspondence on the polio vaccine in India and polio eradication and immunization programmes. This also has 2 newspaper clippings.

This contains correspondence on the polio vaccine in India and polio eradication and immunisation programmes. This also has 3 newspaper clippings.

This contains correspondence on the polio vaccine in India and polio eradication and immunization programmes. It also has a final draft of 'Global Polio Eradication Initiative in India - 1995-2006'

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'.

This contains correspondence on the Twelfth Indian Social Science Congress. These letters are arranged from people with the initials A to B. This also contains one pamphlet, one notice, one programme details, and a handwritten note.

This contains correspondence on the Twelfth Indian Social Science Congress between PM Bhargava and NP Chaubey. This also contains a draft note on 'Indian Society at the turn of the century: objectives and strategies'. Along with this, there is one membership form, one list of invitees, and one tentative programme list.

This contains correspondence on the Twelfth Indian Social Science Congress. These letters are from personalities having initials D to H. This also contains two lists of invitees.

This contains correspondence on the Twelfth Indian Social Science Congress between PM Bhargava and Ashok Jain. This also contains one telegram, one list of invitees, and one list of invited speakers. This includes a few photocopies of handwritten notes, too.

This contains correspondence on the Twelfth Indian Social Science Congress. These letters are from personalities having initials K to M. This also contains 3 telegrams, 1 handwritten letter, and 1 map.

This contains correspondence on the Twelfth Indian Social Science Congress. These letters are from personalities having initials K to Q. This also contains two telegrams.

This contains correspondence on the Twelfth Indian Social Science Congress. These letters are from personalities having the initials R. This includes an undated letter. This also contains three telegrams, one list of addressees, one list of invitees, and a few handwritten notes.

This contains correspondence on the Twelfth Indian Social Science Congress. These letters are from people with the initials S and Y. This also contains a photocopy of a telegram.

Letters exchanged between Chandana Chakrabarti and JV Narlikar, list of participants, abstract of paper by PM Bhargava and Chandana Chakrabarti, and paper by Altaf Ahmad Azmi.

This file contains the programme schedule of 'World Congress for the Synthesis of Science and Religion', and brochure of the programme. It includes letters exchanged between PM Bhargava, JN Baruah regarding seminar on 'Frontier Areas in Chemical and Bio Sciences'.

This file consists of a letter addressed to RA Mashelkar, Director General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, by PM Bhargava. This letter was written with the intention of acquiring financial support for attending the first conference held during the 'International Conference on Ethics, Science and Moral Philosophy of Assisted Human Reproduction' in London, UK, from 29 September - 1 October, 2004. This letter is from August 2004. This letter also has four annexures, which are retained as found.

This file contains correspondence pertaining to attendance at the first 'International Conference on Ethics, Science and Moral Philosophy of Assisted Human Reproduction' at London, UK, held from 29 September - 1 October, 2004. All the letters and printouts of emails are from August to September 2004. This contains letters or printouts of emails either addressed to or written by NC Saxena, Deputy Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Science, Bob G Edwards, Chief Editor of Reproductive BioMedicine Online, UK, and many more. A few letters in this file have enclosures, which are retained as found. One of the enclosure is a hotel booking form. Two copies of the same letter are preserved since they have different annotations on them. This also has a small handwritten note.

This file contains correspondence pertaining to attendance at the first 'International Conference on Ethics, Science, and Moral Philosophy of Assisted Human Reproduction' in London, UK, held from 29 September - 1 October, 2004. All the letters and printouts of emails are from July to August 2004. This contains letters or printouts of emails either addressed to or written by NK Ganguly, Director-General of the Indian Council of Medical Research, NC Saxena, Deputy Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Science, and many more. A few letters in this file have enclosures, which are retained as found. The correspondence addressed to NK Ganguly is appended to the letter to NC Saxena; nevertheless, it is preserved in its original chronological sequence and not as an attachment. Two copies of the same letter are preserved since they have different annotations on them.

This file contains correspondence pertaining to attendance at the first conference held during the 'International Conference on Ethics, Science and Moral Philosophy of Assisted Human Reproduction' at London, UK, from 29 September to 1 October, 2004. All the letters and printouts of emails are from November to December 2004. This contains letters or printouts of emails either addressed to or written by Hrishikesh Pai and Robert G Edwards, Chief Editor of Reproductive BioMedicine Online, UK. Three copies of the same letter are preserved since they have different annotations on them. One of them is in the form of an enclosure. This letter mentions the second and third conferences on 'Ethics, Science, and Moral Philosophy of ART in India'. This file includes a few handwritten notes. An undated document titled, 'Objectives of the Trust Proposed to be Set Up by Dr Hrishikesh Pai', is retained in this file since it was found along with these letters addressed to Hrishikesh Pai. Though this file is organized chronologically, there is a collection of documents dated 15 December, 2004, stored in files labelled Documents pertaining to reimbursement for attending first 'International Conference on Ethics, Science and Moral Philosophy of Assisted Human Reproduction' from 2004 - December - file 1 to file 3. This file also has a few handwritten notes.

This file contains correspondence pertaining to attendance at the first 'International Conference on Ethics, Science, and Moral Philosophy of Assisted Human Reproduction' in London, UK, held from 29 September - 1 October, 2004. All the letters and printouts of emails are from October 2004. This contains letters or printouts of emails either addressed to or written by RC Srivastava, Scientist 'G' of the Department of Science and Technology, India, SV Sarma, Under Secretary of the Head of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, and many more. A few letters in this file have enclosures, which are retained as found. The letter addressed to RC Srivastava also has an 'Application for Travel Support' as an attachment. This also has a letter from Eric Scott Sills and Gianpiero D Palermo asking PM Bhargava to consider submitting a manuscript for their Journal of Experimental and Clinical Assisted Reproduction.

This file contains correspondence pertaining to attendance at the first 'International Conference on Ethics, Science, and Moral Philosophy of Assisted Human Reproduction' in London, UK, held from 29 September - 1 October 2004. All the letters and printouts of emails are from September 2004. This contains letters or printouts of emails either addressed to or written by SC Kalra, Under Secretary, Director General's Secretariat of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Colin Blakemore, Chief Executive of the Medical Research Council, and many more. This also contains a letter addressed to Anil Sharma of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, in which PM Bhargava has listed a summary of the amount he would need to attend this conference. This also contains a few handwritten notes, which are retained as found.

This file contains correspondence pertaining to attendance at the second and third 'International Conference on Ethics, Science, and Moral Philosophy of Assisted Human Reproduction' held in April 2006 and 19 - 20 November, 2006, in Istanbul and Bombay, respectively. The letters and printouts of emails in this file are from October to December 2005. All letters or printouts of emails in this file are either addressed to or written by Robert G Edwards, Chief Editor, Reproductive BioMedicine Online. Two letters have almost similar enclosures, which are both retained since one of the enclosures has an annotation and the other is the fair copy. The last few letters in this file are about the second 'International Conference on Ethics, Science, and Moral Philosophy of Assisted Human Reproduction'.

This file contains correspondence pertaining to attendance at the second and third 'International Conference on Ethics, Science, and Moral Philosophy of Assisted Human Reproduction' held in April 2006 and 19 and 20, November 2006, in Istanbul and Bombay, respectively. All the letters and printouts of emails in this file are from January 2006. The letters or printouts of emails in this file are either addressed to or written by Robert G Edwards, Chief Editor, Reproductive BioMedicine Online, Amar Jesani from Centre for Studies in Ethics and Rights, and many more. This file includes a document titled 'Statement of expenses incurred by Dr PM Bhargava for the visits to Mumbai for the meeting regarding the 2006 National Conference' which had photocopies of the tickets submitted for reimbursement. This file also has a handwritten note from November 2006, and the remaining handwritten notes are undated; however, these are retained as found.

This file contains correspondence pertaining to attendance at the second 'International Conference on Ethics, Science, and Moral Philosophy of Assisted Human Reproduction' held in April 2006 in Istanbul. The letters and printouts of emails in this file are from December 2005. All letters or printouts of emails in this file are either addressed to or written by Robert G Edwards, Chief Editor, Reproductive BioMedicine Online, and Hrishikesh D. Pai, Member of the European Society of Human Reproduction. This file contains letters and printouts with enclosures, which are retained as found.

This file contains correspondence pertaining to attendance at the third 'International Conference on Ethics, Science, and Moral Philosophy of Assisted Human Reproduction' at Bombay, India, held on 19 - 20 November, 2006. All the letters and printouts of emails are from January to February 2005. This contains letters or printouts of emails either addressed to or written by Hrishikesh D Pai, Member of the European Society of Human Reproduction, Robert G Edwards, Chief Editor, Reproductive BioMedicine Online, and many more. A few letters in this file have enclosures, which are retained as found; one of the letters has documents from 2004 as enclosures. Two copies of the same letter are preserved since they have different annotations on them.

This file contains correspondence pertaining to attendance at the third 'International Conference on Ethics, Science, and Moral Philosophy of Assisted Human Reproduction' at Bombay, India, held on 19 - 20 November, 2006. All the letters and printouts of emails are from June to August 2005. This contains letters or printouts of emails either addressed to or written by Kaushal Kadam, Scientific Director of the Rotunda—The Centre for Human Reproduction, Robert G Edwards, Chief Editor, Reproductive BioMedicine Online, and many more. A few letters in this file have enclosures, and one of the enclosures is titled 'Share Your Visions'. A few letters in this file have enclosures. This file has a CD, which is stored separately for better preservation.  This file also includes a few handwritten notes.

This file contains correspondence pertaining to attendance at the third 'International Conference on Ethics, Science, and Moral Philosophy of Assisted Human Reproduction' at Bombay, India, held on 19 - 20 November, 2006. All the letters and printouts of emails are from March to April 2005. This contains letters or printouts of emails either addressed to or written by S Ulmann, Pay and Account Officer, Department of Science and Technology, and many more. A few letters in this file have enclosures. This file has a letter written by Ashish Modi, Managing Director of Shivani Scientific Industries, that has a booklet as an enclosure, and it also has an envelope, which was found along with it and is thus retained as found. Two copies of the same letter are preserved since they have different annotations on them.

This file contains correspondence pertaining to attendance at the third 'International Conference on Ethics, Science, and Moral Philosophy of Assisted Human Reproduction' at Bombay, India, held on 19 - 20 November, 2006. All the letters and printouts of emails are from September 2005. All letters or printouts of emails in this file are either addressed to or written by Robert G Edwards, Chief Editor, Reproductive BioMedicine Online. The first letter has many enclosures, which are retained as found. This file also includes a small handwritten note.

This file contains correspondence pertaining to attendance at the third 'International Conference on Ethics, Science, and Moral Philosophy of Assisted Human Reproduction' at Bombay, India, held on 19 to 20 November, 2006. Most of the letters or printouts of emails in this file are either addressed to or written by Robert G Edwards, Chief Editor, Reproductive BioMedicine Online. This file contains letters and printouts with enclosures, which are retained as found. Two copies of the same letter are preserved since they have different annotations on them.

This file consists of correspondence pertaining to the attendance of 'The World Philosophers Meet', which was held in Pune from 24 to 30 November , 1996,  on the occasion of the 700th death anniversary of Sanjeevan Samadhi of Saint Jnaneshwara. This file consists of correspondence from March to April of 1996. This file contains letters either addressed to or written by SS Barlingay, Executive Adviser of the organizing committee of the meet and Professor Emeritus of Pune University, KM Abhyankar, Executive Secretary to the director of the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, and many more. Two copies of the document 'Ther World Philosophers meet : publication -1 (24th November, 1996 - 30th November, 1996): Some Information about Saint Jnaneshwara' is retained, as both are part of enclosures for different letters.

This file consists of correspondence pertaining to the attendance of 'The World Philosophers Meet', which was held in Pune from 24 to 30 November, 1996, on the occasion of the 700th death anniversary of Sanjeevan Samadhi of Saint Jnaneshwara. This file consists of correspondence from May 1996. This file contains letters either addressed to or written by SS Barlingay, Executive Adviser of the meeting's organizing committee and Professor Emeritus of Pune University, RS Mashelkar, Director General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, and many others. We have retained all the enclosures in their original form. The final letter in the file includes an attachment of PM Bhargava's biodata. Two copies of the same letter is preserved since one is original and other original faded fax.

This file consists of correspondence pertaining to the attendance of 'The World Philosophers Meet', which was held in Pune from 24 to 30 November, 1996, on the occasion of the 700th death anniversary of Sanjeevan Samadhi of Saint Jnaneshwara. This file consists of correspondence from May to August 1996. This file contains letters either addressed to or written by SS Barlingay, Executive Adviser of the meeting's organizing committee, Professor Emeritus of Pune University, Jayant V Narlikar, Director of the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, and many others. We have retained all the enclosures in their original form. This file also contains a faded faxed letter with annotations and a short handwritten note.

This file consists of correspondence pertaining to the attendance of 'The World Philosophers Meet', which was held in Pune from 24 to 30 November, 1996, on the occasion of the 700th death anniversary of Sanjeevan Samadhi of Saint Jnaneshwara. This file consists of correspondence from October to November 1996. This file contains letters either addressed to or written by the Manager of the Hotel Damji's Pvt. Ltd., SS Barlingay, Executive Adviser of the meeting's organizing committee, Professor Emeritus of Pune University, and many others. We have retained all the enclosures in their original form. This file also contains a faded faxed letter.