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Archives at NCBSTata Institute of Fundamental ResearchMS-023https://cat.milli.link/repositories/2/resources/78T. S., Balakrishnan, 1928-2018R., AdityaT S Balakrishnan Papers1950 - 20162 Linear Feet; 5 Hollinger Archives box + 1 Oversize CabinetThe collection is in a good condition. Some of the maps and books are fragile and care has to be exercised while handling them. The photographs are also in a fragile condition and have to be handled with care.engLatnThe intellectual arrangement strives to preserve provenance and original order of the papers. Where an original order could not be found, the Archives has applied an order, and folders within sub-series are arranged usually in chronological or alphabetical order. See Scope and Content section for details.Series one contains correspondence which has been arranged chronologically. Series two contains material related to research. It includes project report at ONGC, lectures, published articles and maps made by Balakrishnan. Series three contains photographs of Balakrishnan at meetings, events and conferences. It also includes some personal photographs from travels around India. Series four contains collectables, mostly maps and atlases which Balakrishnan used to collect.TS Balakrishnan was a geologist who the former director of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC). He was a member of the Geological Society of India. Balakrishnan was trained in MSc Physics from Allahabad Univeristy and worked as a researcher in CV Raman's lab at IISc. He joined ONGC in 1955 and had spent time in USA training in offshore oil exploration. At ONGC, Balakrishnan was in charge of offshore venture in the Gulf of Cambay and initiated ONGC’s first offshore drilling project in 1970-71. In 1982 he became the Director of Geophysics at the Bombay Offshore Project and worked there until his retirement in 1986. Post retirement, he continued working on his tectonic maps and published the ‘Tectonic map of India and contiguous region’ in 2009. Collection is open for access unless mentioned in specific folders of the finding aid.Copyright may not have been assigned to Archives, National Centre for Biological Sciences. Permission for reproduction or distribution must be obtained in writing from the Archives at NCBS (archives@ncbs.res.in). The Archives at NCBS makes no representation that it is the copyright owner in all of its collections. The user must obtain all necessary rights and clearances before use of material and material may only be reproduced for academic and non-commercial use.GeologyNatural GasNatural Gas -- GeologyPetroleum -- GeologyOil well drillingCartography