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Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science

Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
TypePublic research university
Establishedc. 1876 (1876)
FounderMahendralal Sarkar
Academic affiliation
Budget₹162.49 crore (US$19 million)
(FY2023–24 est.)[1]
PresidentVinod K. Singh
DirectorRanjan Sen
Location
Kolkata
,
West Bengal
,
India

22°29′56.09″N 88°22′7.76″E / 22.4989139°N 88.3688222°E / 22.4989139; 88.3688222
CampusLarge city
LanguageEnglish
NewspaperIndian Journal of Physics
Websitewww.iacs.res.in Edit this at Wikidata
University and College rankings
Global – Overall
CWUR World[citation needed]1092 (2021)[2]
National – Overall
CWUR National[citation needed]19 (2021)[3]

Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS) is a public, deemed, research university for higher education and research in basic sciences under the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India.[4] Established on 29 July 1876 by Mahendralal Sarkar, a private medical practitioner, it focuses on fundamental research in basic sciences.[5] It is Asia's oldest research institute[6][7] located at Jadavpur, South Kolkata near Jadavpur University, Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute and Indian Institute of Chemical Biology. It is spread over a limited area of 9.5 acres[8] and currently in the process of building an advanced SMART campus at Baruipur.[9]

The association is engaged in research in various fields of physics, chemistry, biological sciences, mathematical and computational sciences, materials sciences and various interdisciplinary areas.[10]

  1. ^ "DETAILED DEMANDS FOR GRANTS OF MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR 2023-2024" (PDF). dst.gov.in. 26 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science 2021–2022 Ranking". Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science 2021–2022 Ranking". Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  4. ^ Bernhard Joseph Stern (1978). Science and Society. p. 84.
  5. ^ "Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata". dst.gov.in. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  6. ^ "saha.ac.in". Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science". twas.org. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  8. ^ "About IACS". iacs.res.in. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ Lourdusamy, John Bosco (2003). "The Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science: A Tortuous Tryst with Modern Science". Journal of Science Education and Technology. 12 (4): 381–396. Bibcode:2003JSEdT..12..381L. doi:10.1023/B:JOST.0000006298.23641.2e. ISSN 1059-0145. JSTOR 40188743. S2CID 144345557.

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