[Urban South Asia] Bangalore

[Jahnavi Phalkey]

Hello

I am new to the list, work on contemporary history and politics of India,
and specifically tilted towards history of science and technology.  And this
posting concerns my interest in Bangalore.

I have begun studying the establishment of aeronautics research and
education in India, and Bangalore is the centre of this activity. While I am
aware of the works by Janaki Nair, James Heitzman and Smriti Srinivas - but
I have yet to come across a sustained historical analysis or study of
Bangalore concerning its laboratories and big science and technology
projects *that are NOT related to IT* or the software industry. I wanted to
know if some of us are aware of other works/ papers/ or even scholars
interested in this aspect of Bangalore.

The other question I have is about the significant German presence in the
Mysore state around mid-twentieth century. I was once fleetingly informed of
a work by Geeta Rajan, but I have not managed to track that down, but I
would be equally happy to know of related/ other works that tackle this
question.

Needless to say, I will be very happy to hear more on these questions, and/
or discuss my project with interested colleagues.

Thank you
Best,

Jahnavi


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