Since 2004 when this repository was initiated more than 5,418 records have been
uploaded.
However, there is a lot more which might be of interest to science historians that will
need to be uploaded. Hand written manuscripts of C V Raman; his correspondences;
lectures delivered elsewhere by RRI faculty and students; records of in-house meetings;
lectures; colloquia; conferences; seminars etc. are the other sources of information
which need to be digitized and uploaded onto the repository. A photo gallery of Raman
and events held at RRI will be the other valuable components of this repository. Photo
gallery has commenced, however there are lot more records to be added to this
repository. This is one of the facets of “digital data dissemination” and this is a live
project continuing to grow.