Box Box 10

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Comments by Palamadai S. Lokanathan, Department of Economics, University of Madras, on H. Venkatasubbiah's book, 'The Structural Basis of Indian Economy'

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Offer from Krishna Nehru Hutheesing to forward a copy of H Venkatasubbiah's book to her brother (Jawaharlal Nehru)

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H.J. Shah, Hon. Gen. Secretary, National Planning Committee, thanks H. Venkatasubbiah for his book, 'Structural basis of Indian Economy', and expresses uncertainty about the work being taken up by the organisation's sub-committee.

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P. Paul (name not verified) writes from Anand Bhawan, Allahabad, on behalf of Jawaharlal Nehru to H. Venkatasubbiah, conveying that Venkatasubbiah's book, 'Structural Basis of Indian Economy' and letter were received by Nehru in prison.

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Thanking H. Venkatasubbiah for his letter of Jan 28, 1943, and his offer to review books.

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M.N. Roy, editor, The Marxian Way, Dehradun ("a quarterly journal devoted to enquiry and learning") thanks H. Venkatasubbiah for agreeing to modifications to his article, 'Social evolution in India', and informs that it will go to press for the "first issue of the second volume".

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Private secretary of Board of Trade, Millbank, U.K. writes to H. Venkatasubbiah saying the President of the board thanks him for his book, 'The Foreign Trade of India 1900-1940".

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F. Debyser, Director, Bibliotheque de Documentation Internationale Contemporarine, Paris, requests for a copy of H. Venkatasubbiah's book, 'Asia in the modern world' - prepared for the Asian relations conference 1947.

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V.L. D'Souza, Vice-President of Maharaja's College, Mysore, invites H. Venkatasubbiah to speak "on the Alma Mater or any aspect of her rich and varied life" at the Centenary Celebrations of the college on Jan 20, 1951.

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Henry A. Kissinger, Executive Director, Harvard University International Seminar, expresses regret in not including H. Venkatasubbiah in that year's International Seminar. Conveys that there were over 700 applicants for 40 places.

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Invitation from Chester Bowles, Ambassador to India, United States of America (USA) to visit the USA on a grant under the Educational and Cultural Program, to "observe the operation of newspapers in America and to confer with colleagues in your fields of interest". Venkatasubbiah is Economic Correspondent, The Hindu, at this time. Includes details of invitation and a follow-up letter from Robert D. Murphy, Cultural Affairs Officer, United States Information Service, New Delhi.

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Sehri J. Saklatvala, (for) Education & Scientific Advisor, High Commission of India, United Kingdom (U.K.) suggests two funding bodies for V. Siddhartha to complete his M.Sc. degree in the U.K. Follow-up letters offering grants from M.P. Mistry, Hon. Sec., Northbrook Society, and David Hardman, Secretary, Edwina Mountbatten Grants to Commonwealth Students.

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Reflections on marriage

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M.N. Srinivas, Department of Sociology, University of Delhi, thanks Ravi (nickname or family name of V Siddhartha) for his Feb 7, 1968 letter, and regrets delay in his response. Srinivas is a family friend of V. Siddhartha. He expresses that he is in "a terrible rate race living from lecture to lecture and meeting to meeting". Appreciates Siddhartha's interest in sociology and article written by Siddhartha.

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Letter to "Ravi" (V Siddhartha) from Elisabeth Gauba, founder of the Elisabeth Gauba Preparatory School (later named Shiv Niketan School), Hailey Road, New Delhi. Siddhartha went to this school briefly in his childhood. Letter includes updates on personal friends and family of Gauba and Siddhartha, Shiv Niketan Society board meeting, theatre and story of 'Ashok and the women of Kalinga'.

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On personal health, relocation in a new city and associated reflections and frustrations, post-doctoral work, personal relations, common friends.

Scope and Contents Discussion regarding salary while at United Nations office, Geneva; with banks in India regarding finances for allotment of scooter, with government authorities regarding foreign exchange and encashing of Kenyan currency (10 Shillings) and Swiss currency (10 Francs) from international professional visit. Includes Kenyan currency that was not encashed and copy of Siddhartha's letter to Enforcement Directorate stating "My attempts to encash the Kenyan Shilling has not been successful as nobody...

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Malhoutra writes from London to V Siddhartha, when the latter was working at ISRO. Includes reference to Pokhran test of 1974 - "All the papers here assume that your organisation must be frightfully busy after the Rajasthan explosion", queries on bureaucracy.

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Notes from Gabrielle P. (Siddhartha's annotation: "ex UNEP", likely United Nations Environment Programme) on colleagues and friends that she and Siddhartha knew, from his time in Geneva.

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Writer's name not decipherable. handwritten letter on V Siddhartha's move to Bangalore, writer's childhood in the city and current exploration of job prospects and further academic work. References to Ashok Khosla and Desai.

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Malhoutra writes from London to V Siddhartha. Catch up on common acquaintances, including "AK". Includes quote "The news from India gets progressively more alarming. The papers here give the impression that flash point is not far off".

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Regarding leaving the University of Singapore, and looking for future research or industry opportunities. Darshan Pandya seeks V Siddhartha's assistance in finding Pandya a position as a visiting research fellow for 3-6 months at places like IIT Kanpur, IIT Madras, IISc, specifically a research centre with sufficient computing facilities.

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Writer's last name not available. "George" writes to V Siddhartha about common acquaintances and colleagues from their work together in Geneva (UNEP), discusses shutting down of the DEVSIS study team.

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Letter to "Ravi" (V Siddhartha) from Elisabeth Gauba. Includes discussion on visit to Tibetan children's village, workshops on teaching methods at Rajghat, Central Institute of Teachers, workshop at Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, releasing of Nazruddin (spelling not verified) from Tihar Jail.

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Type-written letter from David Michael Horsburgh, Neel Bagh school, Kolar District, Karnataka. Letter includes notes on help in buying and shipping mathematics textbooks published in England; meeting Nalini Dhawan.

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Updates from Vishnu Mohan (SPRU, University of Sussex) on mutual acquaintances, including K. Subrahmanyam, Bhupendra Jasani, Thyagarajan, Geoff Oldham. Notes on space technology, ITU.

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T.R. Satish Chandran thanks V Siddhartha for his wishes on Satish Chandran's appointment as Governor of Goa. Was filed in 'personal' folder by V Siddhartha.

Content Description From the Collection:

Archival material from Venkatasubbiah Siddhartha's papers, covering intersections of science and technology policy in India, security and international policy, from circa 1966 to circa 2005. Including material relating to ISRO, National Committee on Science and Technology, Scientific Advisory Committee to the Cabinet. Almost all material is in the form of loose sheets/paper or thin, bound reports.

Content Description From the Collection:

Archival material from Venkatasubbiah Siddhartha's papers, covering intersections of science and technology policy in India, security and international policy, from circa 1966 to circa 2005. Including material relating to ISRO, National Committee on Science and Technology, Scientific Advisory Committee to the Cabinet. Almost all material is in the form of loose sheets/paper or thin, bound reports.

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Request from M.N. Srinivas to V Siddhartha regarding a personal family matter.

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M.N. Srinivas shares a copy of an article, 'Swadhyaya: A Movement of the Spirit', by Gopal Krishna, stating "it is attracting the middle classes in Maharashtra and Gujarat. The founder of the movement seems to be a fine person". Also includes Srinivas' copy of a review by Daniel Pipes, of 'Why I am not a Muslim' by Ibn Warraq (pseud).

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Personal letters from V Siddhartha's father, H. Venkatasubbiah

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Personal letters from V Siddhartha's father, H. Venkatasubbiah

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Personal letters from V Siddhartha's father, H. Venkatasubbiah

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Personal letters from V Siddhartha's father, H. Venkatasubbiah

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Personal letters from V Siddhartha's father, H. Venkatasubbiah