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| Motto | तन्वम अपावृशा |
|---|---|
| Type | Public research university |
| Established | c. 1876 |
| Founder | Mahendralal Sarkar |
Academic affiliation | |
| Budget | ₹162.49 crore (US$19 million) (FY2023–24 est.)[1] |
| President | Vinod K. Singh |
| Director | Arindam Banerjee |
| Location | , , India 22°29′56.09″N 88°22′7.76″E / 22.4989139°N 88.3688222°E |
| Campus | Large city |
| Language | English |
| Newspaper | Indian Journal of Physics |
| Website | www |
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| 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]
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:0was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ 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. Archived from the original on 1 December 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.