Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
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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]
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Type | Public research university |
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Established | c. 1876; 148 years ago (1876) |
Founder | Mahendralal Sarkar |
Academic affiliation | |
Budget | ₹162.49 crore (US$20 million) (FY2023–24 est.)[1] |
President | Vinod K. Singh |
Director | Ranjan Sen |
Location | , , India 22°29′56.09″N 88°22′7.76″E |
Campus | Large city |
Language | English |
Newspaper | Indian Journal of Physics |
Website | www |
University and College rankings | |
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Global – Overall | |
CWUR World[citation needed] | 1092 (2021)[2] |
National – Overall | |
CWUR National[citation needed] | 19 (2021)[3] |
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]