Indian Association of Cultivation Sciences
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Kolkata, West Bengal
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1876
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UGC
Kolkata, West Bengal
1876
UGC
ndian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS) is a public, deemed, research university for higher education and research in basic sciences under the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, situated at the heart of the Cultural capital of India.[3][4] Established in 1876 by Mahendra Lal Sircar, a private medical practitioner, it focuses on fundamental research in basic sciences.[5] It is Asia's oldest research institute[6][7] Located at Jadavpur, South Kolkata near Jadavpur University, Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute and Indian Institute of Chemical Biology. It is spread over a limited area of 9.5 acres[8] and currently in the process of building a super-advanced SMART campus at Baruipur.
To cultivate Science in all its departments with a view to its advancement by original research and with a view to its varied application to the arts and comforts of life.
Is a national institution for higher learning whose primary purpose is to foster high quality fundamental research in frontier disciplines of the basic sciences.
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