This item refers letter from Dr.(Mrs.) Madhuri R.Shah, Chairman, UGC regarding the Hari Om Ashram Trust Award to late Dr.M. K. Vainu Bappu, includes folder containing citation and certificate, One D.D. for Rs.10,000/- drawn on the SBI, New Delhi and receipt proforma for Rs.10,000/- to be returned to the UGC duly signed on the revenue stamp.

This letter was to inform Dr.Vainu Bappu that Indian National Science Academdy has to decided to award S. N. Bose medal to M. K. Vainu Bappu for the year 1983.

This letter was sent to Dr.M. K. Vainu Bappu on Hari Om Ashram Trust Awards in Science saying that he was selected for Meghnad Saha Award for the year 1977. The award is of the value of Rs.10,000/-.

This letter was conveying Dr.M. K. Vainu Bappu to congratulating him on the government's decision to award him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for his contributions to physical sciences in 1970.

The item was a petition submitted by P. R. Chidambara Ayer to The Secretary to the Government of India, Revenue and Agricultural Department, about his salary. The facts of the case have been stated very clearly in the petition. The letter was sent to The Director General of Observatories and the Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories in 1920.