Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science

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, situated at the heart of the Cultural capital of India.[3][4] Established in 1876 by Mahendra Lal Sircar, 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 a super-advanced SMART campus at Baruipur.[9]

Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
Seal of IACS
Other name
IACS Kolkata
MottoTo cultivate Science in all its departments with a view to its advancement by original research and with a view to its varied application to the arts and comforts of life.
TypeDeemed University
Established29 July 1876 (29 July 1876)
FounderDr. Mahendra Lal Sircar
AffiliationUGC
PresidentSrivari Chandrasekhar
DirectorTapas Chakraborty
Location
2A & 2B Raja S C Mullick Road Kolkata-700032, West Bengal, India

22.4983°N 88.3686°E / 22.4983; 88.3686
CampusUrban
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.iacs.res.in
University and College rankings
Global – Overall
CWUR World1092 (2021)[1]
National – Overall
CWUR National19 (2021))[2]
Indian Association for the Cultivation Of Science (Raman Gate)

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

Indian Journal of Physics (IJP)

Indian Journal of Physics was founded in 1926. It is published monthly.[10] Springer distributes print version of the Journal worldwide. The present chief editor of the journal is Prof. Subham Majumdar, who is a senior professor in the School of Physical Sciences, IACS.

Second Campus (Offshore Campus at Baruipur)

Union Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Harsha Vardhan unveiled the foundation stone of the Syamaprasad Mookerjee Advanced Research and Training (SMART)[9] campus of Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science(IACS) at Baruipur. It will have the facilities for cutting-edge research in multiple disciplines such as fundamental sciences, engineering sciences and medical sciences.[11]

Academic Divisions

Starting from 2018, after being declared as a deemed university by MHRD, for academic purposes, departments and centres in the Institute are broadly assigned to six major schools, each headed by a Chairperson (School Chair):

  1. School of Applied and Interdisciplinary Sciences (SAIS)
  2. School of Biological Sciences (SBS)
  3. School of Chemical Sciences (SCS)
  4. School of Materials Sciences (SMS)
  5. School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences (SMCS)
  6. School of Physical Sciences (SPS)

Apart from these 6 major schools, there are a few centers, designed to perform specific and cutting-edge research, by the institute administration:

  1. Centre for Computer Research, Education and Services (CCRES)
  2. Director's Research Unit (DRU)
  3. Technical Research Center (TRC)
  4. Central Scientific Services (CSS)
  5. Raman Centre of Atomic, Molecular & Optical Sciences
  6. Polymer Structural Unit
  7. Energy Research Unit
  • Former president of India, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam at IACS
  • Front garden of IACS
  • Canteen at IACS
  • Mahendra Sarobar at IACS
  • Connector between Centenary Building and Main building of IACS

Administration
Office c. 1907

At its inception, the IACS was headed by a President, with the Honorary Secretary responsible for the day-to-day running of the Society. Until 1911, the office of President was de facto held by the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, when the Lieutenant-Governor (Governor from 1912) became the co-patron of the Society alongside the Viceroy of India, whose office-holders were automatically Patrons of the Society until 1947.[12][note 1] Following India's independence in 1947, the administration of the IACS was reconstituted, with the designation of "Honorary Director" substituted for "Honorary Secretary."[13] The Director's prefix of "Honorary" was dropped in 1953.[14]

Presidents of the IACS (1876-present)

Honorary Secretaries of the IACS (1876-1947)

Honorary Directors of the IACS (1947-1953)
  • Prof. Priyadaranjan Ray FNI (1947-1953)[13][14]

Directors of the IACS (1953-present)

Notable alumni and associates[54]

Nobel Laureate[55]

Bharat Ratna (Highest Civil Honor in India)

Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS), London

Padma Vibhushan (Civil Honor in India)
  • C. N. R. Rao, former Chairman of the Review Committee of IACS and IACS Fellow
  • M. M. Sharma, former Chairman of the IACS Governing Council and IACS Fellow

Padma Bhusan (Civil Honor in India)

TWAS Prize[56]

Alexander von Humboldt Research Award

Fellow of the World Academy of Sciences (FTWAS)

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) Prize

Notable research works

Nobel laureate Sir C. V. Raman conducted his work on the Raman effect in this institute.[58] His work was first published in the Indian Journal of Physics, which is published by IACS.[59]

At the university, Debashis Mukherjee developed the Mk-MRCC method to account for electron correlations in molecular systems. Another important discovery has been in the area of solvation dynamics of molecules and particular the dynamics of water molecules around the surfaces of membranes. These experiments performed by Professor Kankan Bhattacharyya provided a insight into the behavior of water near biological surfaces and led to his coining of the word "biological water".

Notes
  1. With the exceptions of Sir (later Lord) Antony MacDonnell (Lieutenant-Governor 1893-1895), Sir Charles Cecil Stevens (Lieutenant-Governor 1897-1898), James Bourdillon (Lieutenant-Governor 1902-1903), Sir Lancelot Hare (Lieutenant-Governor 1906) and Francis Slacke (Lieutenant-Governor 1906-1908).
  2. Prior to 1970, the Indian National Science Academy was named the "National Institute of Sciences of India", and its fellows bore the post-nominal "FNI". The post-nominal became "FNA" in 1970 when the association adopted its present name.

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