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IND-IIA-F173-I09 · Item · 25-08-1982
Part of M.K.Vainu Bappu's newspaper clippings

The item was about the rich tributes paid to the noted Indian astronomer M. K. Vainu Bappu. Scientists of Bombay at a condolence meeting held at the Nehru Planetarium on August 22. The director of TIFR said M. K. Vainu Bappu was a giant among astronomers and also suggested that the famous 90-inch telescope should be renamed after him. It also speaks on the M. K. Vainu Bappu-Wilson effect and also the first Indian to discover a comet that had been named after him.

Vainu Bappu, M. K.
IND-IIA-F173-I08 · Item · 19-08-1982
Part of M.K.Vainu Bappu's newspaper clippings

The item was about M. K. Vainu Bappu's death that reported at Munich hospital, where he underwent a major bypass heart surgery. His condition became serious following kidney failure. It also reiterates M. K. Vainu Bappu's achievement not only from his own country but also from international astronomical fraternity.

Vainu Bappu, M. K.
IND-IIA-F173-I06 · Item · 17-01-1982
Part of M.K.Vainu Bappu's newspaper clippings

The item was about the astronomy progress in India and the world. The evolution of astronomy in India and the world, particularly in the 18th and 19th centuries, and the development during the British era in India. Madras Observatory Genesis started navigation support for East India Company. Later, it evolved into one of the finest observatories. M. K. Vainu Bappu also spoke on how astronomy is a subject in Indian universities when it comes to the world's most developed countries in sciences.

Vainu Bappu, M. K.
IND-IIA-F173 · Fond · 1979-1983

This fond contain newspaper clippings related to M. K. Vainu Bappu durin 1979 to 1983

Vainu Bappu, M. K.