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West Bengal, traditionally rich in human resources,
has long been the cultural and intellectual
capital of the country. The state has given
the world four noble laureates, a number of
scientists, entrepreneurs and a host of academicians.
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Kolkata – City of Knowledge
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| Bose
Institute: In the service of the
nation for the last 75 years through
its pursuit of advancement of knowledge
in science and technology and by producing
efficient and skilled scientific manpower
that the country needs for its development. |
| Indian
Association for the Cultivation of
Science: Oldest (established in
1876) institute in India devoted to
the pursuit of fundamental research
in the frontier areas of the basic
sciences. It is here that Prof. C
V Raman discovered the ‘Raman
Effect’ for which he was awarded
Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930. |
| Indian
Statistical Institute: A unique
institution devoted to the research,
teaching and application of statistics,
natural sciences and social sciences.
Founded by Professor P.C. Mahalanobis
in Kolkata in 1931, the institute
gained the status of an Institution
of National Importance by an act of
the Indian Parliament in 1959 |
| Saha
Institute of Nuclear Physics:
Founded as the Institute of Nuclear
Physics by Prof. Meghnad Saha, this
is one of the Pioneering Research
Institutes of India in fundamental
Physics and allied disciplines and
is involved in basic research in a
number of areas of Physics, both theory
and experiment. |
| Indian
Institute of Chemical Biology:
Premiere institute engaged in research
in biological sciences for seeking
solutions to medical and biological
problems faced by the country and
utilize the results for biotechnological
and biomedical applications. |
| Variable
Energy Cyclotron Centre: A research
and development unit under the Department
of Atomic Energy. The 224 cm. giant
Cyclotron, first of its kind in India,
was built in 1977. VECC has been operating
the machine to provide proton, deuteron
and alpha particle beams of various
energies to various user institutions
all over the country. |
| Central
Glass & Ceramic Research Institute:
Involved in fundamental and applied
research in fields of glass, ceramics,
refractories, vitreous enamels, composites
and allied materials and in developing
appropriate technologies relevant
to the country's defence, economic,
industrial, and social needs. |
| Mining,
Geological and Metallurgical Institute
of India: The oldest institute
of its kind in Asia. |
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