Correspondence relating to Pontecorvo's research trips to India in 1979 and 1982
- Date:
- Apr 1978-Mar 1984
- Reference:
- UGC 198/5/3
- Part of:
- Papers of Guido Pellegrino Arrigo Pontecorvo, geneticist, Professor of Genetics, University of Glasgow, Scotland
- Archives and manuscripts
Collection contents
About this work
Publication/Creation
Apr 1978-Mar 1984
Physical description
33 files and 25 items
Arrangement
Chronological
Biographical note
Pontecorvo visited India between 20 May-26 June 1979, and again between December 1982- February 1983.
In 1979, Pontecorvo was invited by Professor Obaid Siddiqi, of the Tata Institute, Bombay, to give nine lectures on somatic cell genetics and high altitude botany at a variety of Universities and Research Institutes across India, and to conduct field work with Indian Botanists in three areas of the Himalayas. On his second visit, between 1982-83, Pontecorvo was awarded the Raman Professorship by the Indian Academy of Sciences. He participated at the 70th Session of the Indian Science Congress and divided his time between Bombay and Bangalore.
Terms of use
Open and available at Glasgow University Archives Service.
Location of duplicates
A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.
Where to find it
Location of original
The original material is held at Glasgow University Archive Services. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.