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IISC- Banglore offers science studies.- 26-Feb-2009

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The Indian Institute of Science situated at Bangalore is considered to be the best institution for Postgraduate studies and Researches.

In this institute 2000 students study, 400 teachers serve and 48 departments function. In the year 1893, Jamshed G Tata met Vivekananda. He contemplated then on augmenting an educational institution of international standard to provide higher education in science. For which the then Mysore Maharaja Krishna Raja donated land. Tata took up the responsibility of building the infrastructure of the institution.

In the year 1911, the foundation for IISC was laid. Then the Government of Karnataka also donated land to this institution. At present it functions across the span of 443 acres of land at Bangalore.

The following Departments and special centers are there.

BIOCHEMISTRY
CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL SCIENCE
MICROBIOLOGY AND CELL BIOLOGY
MOLECULAR BIO- PHYSICS UNIT
MOLECULAR REPRODUCTION , DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS
INORGANIC AND PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
MATERIAL RESEARCH CENTER
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
SOLID STATE AND STRUCTURAL CHEMISTRY UNIT
NMR RESEARCH UNIT
CENTER FOR ELECTRONIC DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY
COMPUTER SCIENCE AND AUTOMATION
ELECTRICAL COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
CENTER FOR CRYOGENIC TECHNOLOGY
CENTER FOR HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY STUDIES
INSTRUMENTATION
ASTRONOMY AND ASTRO PHYSICS PROGRAMME
MATHEMATICS
PHYSICS
AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC ENGINEERING
CENTER FOR PRODUCT DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING
CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY
CENTER FOR EARTH SCIENCE
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
CIVIL ENGINEERING
MANAGEMENT STUDIES
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
MATERIAL ENGINEERING
CENTER FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION
J.R.T. TATA MEMORIAL LIBRARY
NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENCE INFORMATION
SUPER COMPUTER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH CENTER
BIOINFORMATICS CENTER
DIGITAL INFORMATION CENTER
ARCHIVES AND PUBLICATION CELL

Within IISC campus 6 canteens, three mess, one hotel and two shopping centers are functioning. There are nine hostels for men and five hostels for girls. Those who want to study M.Tech or ME in IISC must pass GATE examinations. Those who want to study MBA must pass GMAT. However, it is essential to be successful in group discussion and interview.

NASCOM president Sri. Laksmi Narayanan, Atomic Scientist Mr. Chidambaram, Mr. Satish Tawan, the former Director of ISRO were the past students of IISC. Mr. Satish Tawan and Sir. C. V. Raman, the renowned scientist, were the Directors of
IISC.

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