The Archives at NCBS is a public centre for the history of science in contemporary India. Join us as we launch 80,000+ new archival objects and 4,000+ minutes of audio material across 35+ collections, spanning over 100+ years of scientific practice, imagination, and public life.

This year’s additions expand our holdings across diverse fields of science. The material includes letters, lab and field notebooks, photographs, audio recordings, and more. Among these are stories that challenge and complicate dominant narratives of science in India.

Across these collections, you will encounter not only experiments and discoveries, but also labour, class, gender, politics, humour, institutional tensions, collaborations, and the everyday texture of doing science.

The evening will feature:

- Short talks introducing this year’s collections
- A walkthrough of the Archives
- A visit to our new exhibition launching alongside the collections

We will also present key public-facing projects from the past year, including our school education initiatives, developments in our preservation labs, new digital access tools, exhibitions, talks, and collaborative programs.

The evening concludes at Hortus Garden with refreshments and a preview of Beyond Treatment: Rethinking Conservation in Archives, our latest exhibition by the Archives’ Conservation team.

Join us to meet the team, explore new material, and reflect on how archives shape our understanding of science, memory, and the commons.

Bio of artists:

Sindhu Nagaraja is a conservator and researcher at the Archives at NCBS. She was trained at the INTACH conservation institute in Bangalore and has over 8 years of experience in the field.