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Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

March 12, 2023

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) is a public deemed research university located in Mumbai, India that is dedicated to basic research in mathematics and the sciences. It is a Deemed University and works under the umbrella of the Department of Atomic Energy of the Government of India. It is located at Navy Nagar, Colaba, Mumbai, with a campus in Bangalore, International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS), and an affiliated campus in Serilingampally near Hyderabad. TIFR conducts research primarily in the natural sciences, mathematics, the biological sciences and theoretical computer science.[2]

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
TypePublic research university
Established1 June 1945; 77 years ago (1 June 1945)
DirectorJayaram N Chengalur
Academic staff
268[1]
Students696[1]
Postgraduates45[1]
651[1]
Location
Mumbai
,
Maharashtra
,
India
CampusUrban
Websitewww.tifr.res.in

History

In 1944, Homi J. Bhabha, known for his role in the development of the Indian atomic energy programme, wrote to the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust requesting financial assistance to set up a scientific research institute.[3] With support from J.R.D. Tata, then chairman of the Tata Group, TIFR was founded on 1 June 1945, and Homi Bhabha was appointed its first director.[4] The institute initially operated within the campus of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore before relocating to Mumbai later that year. TIFR's new campus in Colaba was designed by Chicago-based architect Helmuth Bartsch and was inaugurated by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on 15 January 1962.[5]

Shortly after Indian Independence, in 1949, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) designated TIFR to be the centre for all large-scale projects in nuclear research.[6][7] The first theoretical physics group was set up by Bhabha's students B.M. Udgaonkar and K.S. Singhvi.[8] In December 1950, Bhabha organised an international conference at TIFR on elementary particle physics. Several world-renowned scientists attended the conference, including Rudolf Peierls, Léon Rosenfeld, William Fowler as well as Meghnad Saha, Vikram Sarabhai and others providing expertise from India.[8] In the 1950s, TIFR gained prominence in the field of cosmic ray physics, with the setting up of research facilities in Ooty and in the Kolar gold mines.

In 1957, India's first digital computer, TIFRAC was built in TIFR.[3] Acting on the suggestions of British physiologist Archibald Hill, Bhabha invited Obaid Siddiqi to set up a research group in molecular biology. This ultimately resulted in the establishment of the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bangalore twenty years later. In 1970, TIFR started research in radio astronomy with the setting up of the Ooty Radio Telescope. Encouraged by the success of ORT, Govind Swarup persuaded J. R. D. Tata to help set up the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope near Pune, India[8]

TIFR attained the official deemed university status in June 2002.[9] To meet the ever-growing demand of space needed for research labs and accommodation institute is coming up with a new campus at Hyderabad.[10]

Research

Research at TIFR is distributed across three schools, working over the mathematical sciences, natural sciences, technology and computer science.

School of Mathematics

Since its birth in the 1950s, several contributions to mathematics have come from TIFR School of Mathematics. Notable contributions from TIFR mathematicians include Raghavan Narasimhan's proof of the embedding of open Riemann surfaces in  , C. S. Seshadri's work on projective modules over polynomial rings and M. S. Narasimhan's results in the theory of pseudo differential operators.[8]

Narasimhan and Seshadri wrote a seminal paper on stable vector bundles, work which has been recognised as one of the most influential articles in the area.[8] M. S. Raghunathan started research at TIFR on algebraic and discrete groups, and was recognised for his work on rigidity.

School of Natural Sciences

The School of Natural Sciences is further split into seven departments working in several areas of physics, chemistry and biology.

Within physics, the Department of Theoretical Physics was set up by Bhabha, who conducted research in high energy physics and Condensed Matter Physics. The department worked on the major advances in this period such as gauge theories, string theory, renormalisation and superconductivity.[2] The Department of Astrophysics works in areas like stellar binaries, gravitational waves and cosmology. TIFR is involved in building India's first gravity wave detector.[11] The High Energy Physics Department, TIFR has been involved in major accelerator projects like the KEK, Tevatron, LEP and the LHC. TIFR also runs the Pelletron particle accelerator facility.[12] Bhabha's motivation resulted in the development of an NMR spectrometer for solid state studies. The Department of Condensed Matter Physics and Material Sciences also conducts experimental research in high-temperature superconductivity, nanoelectronics and nanophotonics.

School of Technology and Computer Science

The School of Technology and Computer Science grew out of early activities carried out at TIFR for building digital computers. Today, its activities cover areas such as Algorithms, Complexity Theory, Formal Method, Applied Probability, Learning Theory, Mathematical Finance, Information Theory, Communications, etc.

Department of Biological Sciences

The Department Of Biological Sciences was set up by Obaid Siddiqi in early 1960s as a molecular biology group.[citation needed] Over the years has expanded to encompass various other branches of modern biology. The department has fourteen labs covering various aspects of modern molecular and cell biology.

Notable alumni

Affiliated research institutes

TIFR also includes institutes outside its main campus in Colaba and Mumbai:

Visiting Students Research Programme

The Visiting Students Research Programme (VSRP) is a summer programme conducted annually during the summer season by the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. VSRP is offered in the subjects Physics and Astronomy, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology and Computer Science.[21]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "NIRF 2020" (PDF). Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.
  2. ^ a b Special Correspondent (November 2005). . Frontline. 22 (23). Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
  3. ^ a b Bhattacharya, Shobo. . Tata sons Ltd. Archived from the original on 10 May 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
  4. ^ Lala, R. M. (29 July 2005). . Business Line. Archived from the original on 17 April 2010. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
  5. ^ Raychaudhari, Oindrilla. . Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. Archived from the original on 23 September 2010. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
  6. ^ U.P.I. (2 February 1949). "Tata Institute to be centre of nuclear research". The Indian Express. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
  7. ^ "NPIHP Partners Release New Documents on Indian Nuclear History". Nuclear Proliferation International History Project. Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Center. 11 April 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  8. ^ a b c d e Sreekantan, B. V. (March 2006). "Sixty years of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research 1945–2005" (PDF). Current Science. 90 (5). Retrieved 29 November 2010.
  9. ^ . University Cell, TIFR. Archived from the original on 31 August 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
  10. ^ "TIFR Hyderabad-bound for Bhabha b'day". Indianexpress.com. 21 November 2008. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
  11. ^ "TIFR approves the construction of a 3-meter prototype interferometer". Indigo. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
  12. ^ "14 MV BARC-TIFR Pelletron Accelerator located at TIFR, Mumbai". TIFR. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
  13. ^ "Deceased Fellow:Rajan Roy Daniel". Indian National Science Academy. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  14. ^ "Deceased fellow-Kapahi". Indian National Science Academy. 2017.
  15. ^ P. C. Agarwal (May 2015). "A versatile and humane scientist" (PDF). Current Science. 108 (9).
  16. ^ "Indian Fellow - Easwaran". Indian National Science Academy. 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  17. ^ "Indian fellow - Swarup". Indian National Science Academy. 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  18. ^ "Bhamidipati Lakshmidhara Kanakadri Somayajulu (1937–2016)" (PDF). Current Science. 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  19. ^ "Biographical Information - Naresh Patwari". Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  20. ^ "Maneesha Inamdar - Academic profile". www.jncasr.ac.in. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  21. ^ "Visiting Students Research Programme".

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Tata Institute of Fundamental Research TIFR is a public deemed research university located in Mumbai India that is dedicated to basic research in mathematics and the sciences It is a Deemed University and works under the umbrella of the Department of Atomic Energy of the Government of India It is located at Navy Nagar Colaba Mumbai with a campus in Bangalore International Centre for Theoretical Sciences ICTS and an affiliated campus in Serilingampally near Hyderabad TIFR conducts research primarily in the natural sciences mathematics the biological sciences and theoretical computer science 2 Tata Institute of Fundamental ResearchTypePublic research universityEstablished1 June 1945 77 years ago 1 June 1945 DirectorJayaram N ChengalurAcademic staff268 1 Students696 1 Postgraduates45 1 Doctoral students651 1 LocationMumbai Maharashtra IndiaCampusUrbanWebsitewww wbr tifr wbr res wbr in Contents 1 History 2 Research 2 1 School of Mathematics 2 2 School of Natural Sciences 2 3 School of Technology and Computer Science 2 4 Department of Biological Sciences 3 Notable alumni 4 Affiliated research institutes 5 Visiting Students Research Programme 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksHistory EditIn 1944 Homi J Bhabha known for his role in the development of the Indian atomic energy programme wrote to the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust requesting financial assistance to set up a scientific research institute 3 With support from J R D Tata then chairman of the Tata Group TIFR was founded on 1 June 1945 and Homi Bhabha was appointed its first director 4 The institute initially operated within the campus of the Indian Institute of Science Bangalore before relocating to Mumbai later that year TIFR s new campus in Colaba was designed by Chicago based architect Helmuth Bartsch and was inaugurated by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on 15 January 1962 5 Shortly after Indian Independence in 1949 the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research CSIR designated TIFR to be the centre for all large scale projects in nuclear research 6 7 The first theoretical physics group was set up by Bhabha s students B M Udgaonkar and K S Singhvi 8 In December 1950 Bhabha organised an international conference at TIFR on elementary particle physics Several world renowned scientists attended the conference including Rudolf Peierls Leon Rosenfeld William Fowler as well as Meghnad Saha Vikram Sarabhai and others providing expertise from India 8 In the 1950s TIFR gained prominence in the field of cosmic ray physics with the setting up of research facilities in Ooty and in the Kolar gold mines In 1957 India s first digital computer TIFRAC was built in TIFR 3 Acting on the suggestions of British physiologist Archibald Hill Bhabha invited Obaid Siddiqi to set up a research group in molecular biology This ultimately resulted in the establishment of the National Centre for Biological Sciences NCBS Bangalore twenty years later In 1970 TIFR started research in radio astronomy with the setting up of the Ooty Radio Telescope Encouraged by the success of ORT Govind Swarup persuaded J R D Tata to help set up the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope near Pune India 8 TIFR attained the official deemed university status in June 2002 9 To meet the ever growing demand of space needed for research labs and accommodation institute is coming up with a new campus at Hyderabad 10 Research EditResearch at TIFR is distributed across three schools working over the mathematical sciences natural sciences technology and computer science School of Mathematics Edit Since its birth in the 1950s several contributions to mathematics have come from TIFR School of Mathematics Notable contributions from TIFR mathematicians include Raghavan Narasimhan s proof of the embedding of open Riemann surfaces in C 3 displaystyle mathbb C 3 C S Seshadri s work on projective modules over polynomial rings and M S Narasimhan s results in the theory of pseudo differential operators 8 Narasimhan and Seshadri wrote a seminal paper on stable vector bundles work which has been recognised as one of the most influential articles in the area 8 M S Raghunathan started research at TIFR on algebraic and discrete groups and was recognised for his work on rigidity School of Natural Sciences Edit The School of Natural Sciences is further split into seven departments working in several areas of physics chemistry and biology Within physics the Department of Theoretical Physics was set up by Bhabha who conducted research in high energy physics and Condensed Matter Physics The department worked on the major advances in this period such as gauge theories string theory renormalisation and superconductivity 2 The Department of Astrophysics works in areas like stellar binaries gravitational waves and cosmology TIFR is involved in building India s first gravity wave detector 11 The High Energy Physics Department TIFR has been involved in major accelerator projects like the KEK Tevatron LEP and the LHC TIFR also runs the Pelletron particle accelerator facility 12 Bhabha s motivation resulted in the development of an NMR spectrometer for solid state studies The Department of Condensed Matter Physics and Material Sciences also conducts experimental research in high temperature superconductivity nanoelectronics and nanophotonics School of Technology and Computer Science Edit The School of Technology and Computer Science grew out of early activities carried out at TIFR for building digital computers Today its activities cover areas such as Algorithms Complexity Theory Formal Method Applied Probability Learning Theory Mathematical Finance Information Theory Communications etc Department of Biological Sciences Edit The Department Of Biological Sciences was set up by Obaid Siddiqi in early 1960s as a molecular biology group citation needed Over the years has expanded to encompass various other branches of modern biology The department has fourteen labs covering various aspects of modern molecular and cell biology Notable alumni EditThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed March 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message Rohini Balakrishnan professor animal communication Harish Chandra mathematician Ranjan Roy Daniel 1923 2005 former Deputy Director of TIFR and recipient of Padma Bhushan 13 Jitendra Nath Goswami chief scientist Chandrayaan 2 Vijay Kumar Kapahi astrophysicist Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate 14 Ashok Khemka civil servant M G K Menon cosmic ray physicist N Mukunda theoretical physicist M S Narasimhan Fellow of the Royal Society FRS mathematician Jayant Narlikar astrophysicist Thanu Padmanabhan astrophysicist Yash Pal science educator M S Raghunathan FRS mathematician Veronica Rodrigues biologist Ashoke Sen FRS string theorist C S Seshadri FRS mathematician Shobhona Sharma professor Obaid Siddiqi biologist and recipient of Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan B V Sreekantan astrophysicist and Padma Bhushan recipient 15 E C G Sudarshan theoretical physicist Govind Swarup FRS radio astronomer K R K Easwaran molecular biophysicist Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize laureate 16 Ghanshyam Swarup molecular biologist Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate 17 B L K Somayajulu geochemist Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate 18 G Naresh Patwari chemist Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate 19 Maneesha S Inamdar stem cell biologist N Bios laureate 20 K VijayRaghavan PSA to the Government of India Areas of research Developmental Biology Genetics and Neurogenetics Spenta R Wadia Founding Director Infosys Homi Bhabha Chair Professor and Professor Emeritus ICTS TIFR Areas of research String Theory Quantum Gravity Statistical MechanicsAffiliated research institutes EditTIFR also includes institutes outside its main campus in Colaba and Mumbai Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education at Deonar Mumbai International Centre for Theoretical Sciences at Bangalore National Centre for Biological Sciences at Bangalore National Centre for Radio Astrophysics at Pune National Balloon Facility at Hyderabad TIFR Centre for Applicable Mathematics Bangalore for Mathematics TIFR HyderabadVisiting Students Research Programme EditThe Visiting Students Research Programme VSRP is a summer programme conducted annually during the summer season by the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research VSRP is offered in the subjects Physics and Astronomy Chemistry Mathematics Biology and Computer Science 21 See also EditIndian Institute of Science TIFRAC the first computer built indigenously in IndiaReferences Edit a b c d NIRF 2020 PDF Tata Institute of Fundamental Research a b Special Correspondent November 2005 Making bright ideas happen Frontline 22 23 Archived from the original on 16 May 2011 Retrieved 29 November 2010 a b Bhattacharya Shobo Fanning the spirit of frontier science Tata sons Ltd Archived from the original on 10 May 2011 Retrieved 29 November 2010 Lala R M 29 July 2005 JRD The builder of modern Tatas Business Line Archived from the original on 17 April 2010 Retrieved 29 November 2010 Raychaudhari Oindrilla History of TIFR Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Archived from the original on 23 September 2010 Retrieved 29 November 2010 U P I 2 February 1949 Tata Institute to be centre of nuclear research The Indian Express Retrieved 29 November 2010 NPIHP Partners Release New Documents on Indian Nuclear History Nuclear Proliferation International History Project Washington D C Woodrow Wilson Center 11 April 2012 Retrieved 3 February 2014 a b c d e Sreekantan B V March 2006 Sixty years of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research 1945 2005 PDF Current Science 90 5 Retrieved 29 November 2010 About TIFR University Cell TIFR Archived from the original on 31 August 2011 Retrieved 24 November 2010 TIFR Hyderabad bound for Bhabha b day Indianexpress com 21 November 2008 Retrieved 24 November 2010 TIFR approves the construction of a 3 meter prototype interferometer Indigo Retrieved 29 November 2010 14 MV BARC TIFR Pelletron Accelerator located at TIFR Mumbai TIFR Retrieved 29 November 2010 Deceased Fellow Rajan Roy Daniel Indian National Science Academy Retrieved 4 February 2013 Deceased fellow Kapahi Indian National Science Academy 2017 P C Agarwal May 2015 A versatile and humane scientist PDF Current Science 108 9 Indian Fellow Easwaran Indian National Science Academy 2016 Retrieved 30 September 2016 Indian fellow Swarup Indian National Science Academy 2016 Retrieved 6 October 2016 Bhamidipati Lakshmidhara Kanakadri Somayajulu 1937 2016 PDF Current Science 2017 Retrieved 14 November 2017 Biographical Information Naresh Patwari Indian Institute of Technology Bombay 9 November 2017 Retrieved 9 November 2017 Maneesha Inamdar Academic profile www jncasr ac in 29 January 2018 Retrieved 29 January 2018 Visiting Students Research Programme External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to 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