Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 17-12-2003 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 cassette
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Badanaval Venkatasubba Sreekantan, a pioneering cosmic-ray physicist and a member of Homi Bhabha’s team of scientists, who played an important role in the development of post-colonial Indian science, died at his home in Bangalore on 27 October 2019.
Repository
Archival history
The collection was transferred from IIA library to IIA Archives
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The collection was acquired from IIA library
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The cassette contains a 10 minutes lecture delivered by Prof. Sreekantan
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
The cassette is well preserved
Accruals
Further accruals are expected
System of arrangement
Arranged roughly by events
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Researchers must sign IIA Archival access agreement
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright is retained by IIA Archives
Language of material
English
Script of material
Latin
Language and script notes
The cassette is recorded in english
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
The cassettes are well preserved without any scratches, providing transparent access to the stored data in the cassettes
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
The originals were located in IIA Archives
Existence and location of copies
The original files are transferred to Bangalore campus, then processed and archived
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Sreekantan, B. V. (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Archival description is based on ISAD(G), second edition.
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
English
Script(s)
Latin
Sources
Archivist's note
Processed by IIA Archives