Papers regarding Waddington's visit to the University of Delhi and other Indian institutions, October-November 1968, 1968
Scope and Contents
Includes a typescript agreement 'Liaison between the Biology Departments of the University of Edinburgh and the Department of Zoology, University of Delhi', and Waddington's 'Report on Visit to India - Autumn 1968'.
Dates
- Creation: 1968
Creator
- From the Series: Waddington, Conrad Hal, 1905-1975 (embryologist and professor of animal genetics, University of Edinburgh) (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open, subject to the researcher completing a Data Protection undertaking form wherever noted. A small amount of the material has been redacted, pending a future review.
Biographical / Historical
Waddington visited India at the invitation of the Indian Grants Commission and the British Council between October and November 1968. The main purpose of the visit was to arrange a co-operative relationship between the departments of biology in the Faculty of Science in Edinburgh and the Department of Zoology in the University of Delhi, designated by the Indian University Grants Commission as a Centre for Advanced Studies. Waddington delivered five lectures in Delhi and one in Chandigarh, and visited the Centre for Advanced Studies in Biology at Porto Novo and the Department of Zoology, University of the Punjab, Chandigarh.
Full Extent
1 folder
Physical Location
CLX-A-1068
Subject
- University of Delhi (1922-:) (Organization)
Repository Details
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