Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Coordinates: 18°54′27″N 72°48′22″E / 18.90757°N 72.80601°E / 18.90757; 72.80601 (TIFR)
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Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
TypePublic Deemed university
Established1 June 1945; 78 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

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) is an Indian Research Institute under the Department of Atomic Energy of the Government of India. It is a public deemed university located at Navy Nagar, Colaba in Mumbai. It also has 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, the biological sciences and theoretical computer science.[2]

History

In 1944,

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

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

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

Condensed Matter Physics. The department worked on the major advances in this period such as Quantum Field Theory, string theory, and superconductivity.[2] The current faculty includes Sandip Trivedi, Shiraz Minwalla, Abhijit Gadde, and Gautam Mandal. Several early faculty members at the institution were renowned in their fields. These include Ashoke Sen, who conducted seminal work on String Theory, specifically S-Duality, while at this institution. Other distinguished members were Spenta Wadia, Sunil Mukhi, Deepak Dhar and Nandini Trivedi
.

The Department of

gravitational waves and cosmology. TIFR is involved in building India's first gravity wave detector.[11]
The
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 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

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  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
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  5. ^ Raychaudhari, Oindrilla. "History of TIFR". 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. 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. ^ "About TIFR". University Cell, TIFR. Archived from the original on 31 August 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
  10. 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. Archived from the original on 14 November 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  14. ^ "Deceased fellow-Kapahi". Indian National Science Academy. 2017. Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 14 November 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. Archived from the original on 3 October 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  17. ^ "Indian fellow - Swarup". Indian National Science Academy. 2016. Archived from the original on 11 October 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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