Organization:Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai

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The Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Institute of Mathematical Sciences logo.png
TypePublic
Established1962; 62 years ago (1962)
DirectorV. Ravindran
Location
Chennai
,
Tamil Nadu
,
India

[ ⚑ ] : 12°59′39″N 80°14′49″E / 12.994219°N 80.247075°E / 12.994219; 80.247075
CampusUrban
Websitewww.imsc.res.in

The Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc) (sometimes also referred to as Matscience) is a research centre located in Chennai, India.[1][2] It is a constituent institute of the Homi Bhabha National Institute.[3]

IMSc is a national institute for fundamental research in frontier disciplines of the mathematical and physical sciences: theoretical computer science, mathematics, theoretical physics, and computational biology. It is funded mainly by the Department of Atomic Energy.[4] The institute operates the Kabru supercomputer.[5]

History

The institute was founded by Alladi Ramakrishnan in 1962 in Chennai.[6] It is modelled after the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, United States. It went through a phase of expansion when E. C. G. Sudarshan in the 1980s and R. Ramachandran in 1990s were the directors. The current director of the institute is V.Ravindran.[7]

Academics

The institute has a graduate research program to which a group of students are admitted each year to work towards a Ph.D. degree. IMSc hosts scientists at the post-doctoral level and supports a visiting scientist program in areas of research in the institute.[1]

Campus

Main Building, Taramani, campus

Located in South Chennai, in the Adyar-Taramani area, the institute is on the Central Institutes of Technology (CIT) campus.[7] The institute maintains a student hostel, flatlets for long-term visitors, married students and post-doctoral fellows, and the institute guest house.[7] IMSc has its own faculty housing in Tiruvanmiyur near the seashore.[7]

Notable people

  • Ramachandran Balasubramanian, mathematician[8]
  • Ganapathy Baskaran, physicist[9]
  • Indumathi D., physicist[10]
  • Rajiah Simon, physicist[11]
  • Radha Balakrishnan, physicist

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 R. Jagannathan, The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Resonance (January 1999) vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 89-92, Complete Article.
  2. ↑ Muthiah, S. (23 May 2005). "Ekamra Nivas to university". The Hindu. http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2005/05/23/stories/2005052300180300.htm. 
  3. ↑ "HBNI - The Beginning". http://www.hbni.ac.in/TheBeginning.html. 
  4. ↑ http://www.imsc.res.in/~office/officeinfo/ Official disclosure under RTI Act (2005).
  5. ↑ "TOP500 List - June 2004". June 2004. https://www.top500.org/list/2004/06/?page=3. 
  6. ↑ "Alladi Ramakrishnan centenary conference in December" (in en-IN). The Hindu. 2023-08-30. ISSN 0971-751X. https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/alladi-ramakrishnan-centenary-conference-in-december/article67250968.ece. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "About IMSc | The Institute of Mathematical Sciences". https://www.imsc.res.in/about_imsc. 
  8. ↑ "PM honours 4 N-scientists with lifetime achievement awards". rediff.com. 15 January 2013. http://www.rediff.com/news/report/pm-honours-four-n-scientists-with-lifetime-achievement-awards/20130115.htm. 
  9. ↑ Lambert, Lisa. "Eight New Distinguished Research Chairs Join PI". Perimeter Institute. http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/News/In_The_Media/Eight_New_Distinguished_Research_Chairs_Join_PI/. 
  10. ↑ Freidog, Nandita Jayaraj, Aashima. "Meet the Indian scientist who wants to capture one of the universe's smallest particles" (in en). https://qz.com/india/1695846/the-woman-scientist-behind-indias-proposed-neutrino-observatory/. 
  11. ↑ "Fellow: Professor Rajiah Simon". http://insaindia.res.in/detail/N99-1261. 

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