Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
The
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) is among the most highly selective Indian institutions for higher education. It is widely regarded as the premier research institute in
India. It was established in
1945 under the direction of
Homi J. Bhabha and was given the status of
deemed university in June
2003.
The institute performs fundamental research in the fields of
chemistry,
mathematics,
computer science,
public health,
biology,
physics and
science education.
Research at the Tata Institute is categorized into three major schools:
* The School of Mathematics,
* The School of Natural Sciences and
* The School of Technology and Computer Science.
The Tata Institute also includes institutes outside its main campus in
Colaba and
Mumbai. This includes The
Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education at
Deonar, Mumbai; The National Centre for Radio Astrophysics at
Pune; and The
National Centre for Biological Sciences and The
TIFR Centre for Mathematics at
Bangalore.
The institute does work in many core fields like
algebra,
algebraic geometry,
lie groups,
representation theory and
quantum groups,
number theory,
combinatorics,
differential geometry,
topology,
mathematical physics,
Condensed Matter Physics,
astronomy and
astrophysics,
structural biology,
molecular biophysics,
molecular biology,
nuclear &
atomic physics, and
theoretical physics, among many others.
Scientists from the Tata Institute built some of the first underground
neutrino detectors at the
Kolar Gold Fields in
Karnataka,
India.
As PhD student : Annual entrance tests and interviews. Also look into its Visiting Students Research Program (VSRP).
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Tata Institute home page.
