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IACS, KOLKATA
BASIC INFORMATION:
BRIEF HISTORY:
- • Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
• IACS’s motto is “Do the work with intention not because of compulsion".
• The amount of students is more than 1000
- • Established on 29 July, 1876 by Dr Mahendra Lal Sircar.
• It is the oldest research institute of India.
UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS AND MINORS:
- • BS-MS in various fields. Ex: Physics, Mathematics, Chemical
Sciences, Earth Sciences, Biology, etc.
SOME FAMOUS ALUMNI:
- • Sir C.V. Raman (Bharat Ratna)
• Prof. C.N.R. Rao (Bharat Ratna and Padma Vibhushan)
• K S Krishnan (Padma Bhusan)
• M. M. Sharma (Padma Vibhushan)
• Vinod K. Singh (Padma Shri)
• L Srivastava (Indian Scientist)
NOBEL LAUREATE:
This was the place where Sir C V Raman did his monumental work, on Physical Optics leading to
the discovery of the celebrated Effect which bears his name and won for him and India the first
Nobel Prize in Science.
CAMPUS INFO:
- • The campus covers an area of about 9.5 acres.
• Six Major Schools including- School of Applied and Interdisciplinary Sciences (SAIS)
-School of Biological Sciences (SBS)
-School of Chemical Sciences (SCS)
-School of Materials Sciences (SMS)
-School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences (SMCS)
-School of Physical Sciences (SPS)
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