The Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) is a multidisciplinary research institute located at Jakkur, Bangalore, India. JNCASR was established by the Department of Science and Technology of the Government of India as a centre for advanced scientific research in India, to mark the birth centenary of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of independent India.[1] In 2019, JNCASR was ranked #7 among the world's top ten research institutes and universities by Nature journal in a normalised ranking of research institutes and universities with high quality output.[2][3]
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, Neuroscience, New Chemistry, Theoretical Sciences, Education Technology and Geodynamics.[4] There are two off-campus units: Chemical Biology and Condensed Matter Theory in JVH, Indian Institute of Science (IISc). 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, Integrated Ph.D. (post-bachelor's degree) and M.Sc. programmes in various disciplines. 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 (SRFP) 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 members
- C. N. R. Rao, FRS, Bharat Ratna, Founder & Honorary President and Professor at New Chemistry Unit
- The late Roddam Narasimha, Padma Vibhushan, Professor at Engineering Mechanics Unit
- The late 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[5]
- 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
- Shobhana Narasimhan Physicist, Professor in the Theoretical Sciences Unit, Fellow of the American Physical Society and International Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- Srikanth Sastry, recipient of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, Professor of Theoretical Sciences, Fellow of the American Physical Society.
- 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
- ^ https://www.jncasr.ac.in/about/overview
- ^ "Bengaluru's JNCASR ranks seventh in Nature's top 10 scientific institutions". 21 June 2019.
- ^ "Leading academic institutions (Normalized) | Nature Index 2019 Annual Tables | Annual Tables | Nature Index".
- ^ "JNCASR made huge impact on science: Rao". Indian Express. Bangalore, India. 9 November 2013. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2010" (PDF).
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