Harish-Chandra Research Institute
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| Established | 1966 |
|---|---|
| Type | Research Institution |
| Director | Dr. Amitava Raychaudhuri |
| Postgraduates | 40 graduate students and 20 post-doctoral fellows |
| Location | Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Campus | Rural |
| Website | www.mri.ernet.in |
Harish-Chandra Research Institute (HRI) is a research institution, named after the mathematician Harish-Chandra, and is located in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. It is an autonomous institute, funded by the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India. It has over 30 faculty members.
HRI specializes in research on mathematics and theoretical physics.
[edit] History
HRI was founded in 1966, on an endowment from the B.S. Mehta Trust, Calcutta. It was know as the Mehta Research Institute (MRI) until October, 2001. MRI was initially managed by B.N. Prasad, and later, by S.R. Sinha, from the University of Allahabad. The first official Director of the Institute was P.L. Bhatnagar who took charge from S. R. Sinha. After P. L. Bhatnagar, the stewardship of the Institute returned to S. R. Sinha, who was the Director until January 1983. S.S. Shrikhande of Bombay University joined the Institute as the next Director. It was during his tenure dialogue was started with the DAE which ultimately culminated in the Government of Uttar Pradesh agreeing to provide land for the Institute campus, and the DAE promising financial suppot. In 1992, the Institute acquired about 66 acres of land in Jhusi, Allahabad and H.S. Mani took over as the Director from S.S. Shrikande. Currently Amitava Raychaudhuri is the Director of Institute.
[edit] References
- Thomson Honours Leading Indian Scientists Five people receive the "Thomson Citation Laureate Award", including physics professor Ashoke Sen of the Harish-Chandra Research Institute.
- Asian American/Asian Research Institute - One Year in India: An Asian American Experience - A lecture given by Professor Ravi S. Kulkarni at AAARI on June 27, 2002 Explains how he returned to India from the United States to accept a position at the Harish-Chandra Research Institute.
- Frontline - Institutes of excellence States that HRI does "world-class work in mathematics."
- The Hindu, Sunday, January 07, 2001: Stringing together the ultimate law States that Dr. Ashoke Sen of HRI has "made several important contributions to the String Theory".
