The Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) is an autonomous research institute located in Jakkur, Bangalore, India. It is an institution of national importance under the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. It was established in 1989 by the Government of India, in memory of India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. The centre is dedicated to research in frontier areas of science and engineering. JNCASR has several divisions of research, including biology, chemistry, materials science and engineering, mathematics, physics, and interdisciplinary sciences. The institute also has several research centres, such as the Centre for Nano Science and Engineering, Centre for Sustainable Technologies, Centre for Theoretical Studies, and Centre for Earth Sciences. The institute also has several advanced facilities, including a high-performance computing facility, a synchrotron radiation facility, and a nanofabrication facility.
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| Type | Autonomous government institute (deemed university) |
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| Established | 1989 |
| Founder | Prof. C. N. R. Rao, Bharat Ratna, Honorary President at JNCASR |
| President | G U KULKARNI |
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JNCASR, Jakkur, Bangalore-560 064
, Bangalore
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| Website | www.jncasr.ac.in |
The Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) is a multidisciplinary research institute located at Jakkur, Bangalore, India. It was established by the Department of Science and Technology of the Government of India, to mark the birth centenary of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of independent India. It is considered one of the most prestigious research institutes in India. In 2019, JNCASR was ranked #7 among the world’s top ten research institutes by Nature journal in a normalised ranking of small research institutes with high quality output.
Academics
Researchers at the centre are divided into seven units: Chemistry and Physics of Materials, Engineering Mechanics, Evolutionary and Organismal Biology, Molecular biology and Genetics, New Chemistry, Theoretical Sciences, Education Technology and Geodynamics. There are two off-campus units: Chemical Biology and Condensed Matter Theory. JNCASR has a faculty-to-student ratio of about 1:4 and state-of-the-art experimental, computational and infrastructural facilities. It offers Ph.D. programmes, as well as an Integrated Ph.D. (post-bachelor’s degree) programme in Materials Science. The small size of the institute (currently about 53 faculty members and ~300 students) fosters interdisciplinary collaborations. It is a “deemed university”, i.e., it awards its own degrees. Apart from training its own students through a wide spectrum of courses, the centre’s Summer Research Fellowship programme hosts some of the brightest undergraduates in the country; the Educational Technology Unit produces teaching aids and educational material, the centre organises and teaches short-term courses at universities across India, and trains promising young chemists and biologists as part of the programmes of Project-Oriented-Chemical-Education (POCE) and Project-Oriented-Biological-Education (POBE).
Notable faculty
- C. N. R. Rao, FRS, Bharat Ratna, Founder & Honorary President and Professor at New Chemistry Unit
- Roddam Narasimha, Padma Vibhushan, Professor at Engineering Mechanics Unit
- Khadg Singh Valdiya, Padma Bhushan, Professor at Geodynamics Unit
- M. R. S. Rao, Padma Shri, Former President (2003-2013) and DST-Year of Science Professor at Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit
- V. Nagaraja, Recipient of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, Former President, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore
- Umesh Waghmare, Physicist Infosys Prize Laureate, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award
- Maneesha S. Inamdar, Professor at the Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit and Director at DBT-Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine (inStem), Bangalore
- G. U. Kulkarni, received the B. M. Birla Science Prize. President, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore
- T Govindaraju, Recipient of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for chemical sciences and Professor at New Chemistry Unit
- Rama Govindarajan one of the recipient of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award
- Swapan Kumar Pati, recipient of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award
- Amitabh Joshi, evolutionary biologist, geneticist . Recipient of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, 2006
- Tapas Kumar Kundu, recipient of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, Professor at Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit, and Former Director, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow
- Srikanth Sastry, recipient of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, Professor of Physics
- Kaustuv Sanyal, molecular biologist, mycologist and Professor at the Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit,
- Balasubramanian Sundaram recipient the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award
- Chandrabhas Narayana, Professor at Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit, and Director, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram
- Tapas Kumar Maji, recipient the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award
References
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- Indian Institute of Geomagnetism
- International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials, Hyderabad
- Institute of Nano Science and Technology
- Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
- Indian Institute of Astrophysics
- National Innovation Foundation – India
- Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
- Raman Research Institute
- Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum
- S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences
- The Institute of Advanced Study in Science & Technology, Guwahati
- Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC)
- Technology Development Board
- North East Centre for Technology Application and Reach
- Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology
- Vigyan Prasar, New Delhi
- National Atlas & Thematic Mapping Organisation, Kolkata
- Survey of India, Dehradun
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