Our Collection
At present, the Archives houses close to 2026 files, among them the majority are of TIFR Faculty, Administration and papers from scientific groups. The Homi Bhabha papers include correspondence with scientists such as Albert Einstein, P.A.M. Dirac, Meghnad Saha as well as with philanthropists like J.R.D. Tata and statesmen like Jawaharlal Nehru.
The Archives also has the Srinivasa Ramanujam Papers and the Harish Chandra papers.
The Archives also has the Srinivasa Ramanujam Papers and the Harish Chandra papers.
The Archives has a collection of around 1500 photographs of images of the Institute's history.
The Archives has 46 digitized recordings of lectures given by distinguished
visitors to the Institute.
These include : Patrick Blackett, Cecil Powell, Sidney Brenner, Bart Bok,
Phillip Morrison, Michael Atiyah, and Hans Bethe to name a few.
These include : Patrick Blackett, Cecil Powell, Sidney Brenner, Bart Bok,
Phillip Morrison, Michael Atiyah, and Hans Bethe to name a few.
From 2002, the Archives started an oral history programme centred on the TIFR community and its distinguished scientists. The Archives has multi-session interviews with 41 scientists, mathematicians and administrators who belonged to the TIFR. Some of these interviews are available for research. The oral history project is ongoing.
The Archives has a catalogue of the Institute's collection of Modern Indian Art.
The Art and Archives Committee of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
launched a film by Mini Menon on the TIFR Art Collection titled ‘TIFR’s Art Legacy’.
At the Homi Bhabha Auditorium, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, on the 19th
of January 2019. The film-screening was followed by a panel discussion The Indian
Moderns and their influence: A conversation across generations. Noted art writer
Meera Menezes conversed with the eminent artists Nalini Malani and Prajakta Potnis.
1.) Video 1
2.) Video 2
1.) Video 1
2.) Video 2