Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science

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{{Short description|Research University in Kolkata}}
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{{Infobox university
| name = Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
| image = Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science Logo.svg
| image_upright = .7
| caption = Official [[Emblem]] of IACS
| motto = {{lang|sa|tanvama apāvṛśā}}
| mottoeng = Unveil the self
| budget = {{INRConvert|258.73|c|1|lk=on}}<br />{{small|(2025{{ndash}}26)}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 26, 2023 |title=DETAILED DEMANDS FOR GRANTS OF MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR 2025-2026 |url=https://iacs.res.in/IACS%20Annual%20Report%2023-24.pdf |access-date=April 26, 2023 |website=dst.gov.in}}</ref>
| established = {{circa|{{start date and age|df=yes|1876}}}}
| founder = [[Mahendralal Sarkar]]
| type = [[Public university|Public]] [[research university]]
| academic_affiliation = {{hlist|[[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]]|[[Association of Indian Universities|AIU]]}}
| president = [[Renu Swarup]]
| director = [[Kalobaran Maiti]]
| city = [[Kolkata]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| country = India
| coordinates = {{coord|22|29|55.53|N|88|22|1.52|E|region:IN-WB_type:edu|display=inline,title}}
| campus = [[Metropolis]]
| free_label = Journal
| free = ''[[Indian Journal of Physics]]''
| language = English
| website = {{Official URL}}
| logo = [[File:Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science Wordmark logo.svg|250px]]
}}
{{Infobox university rankings|type=University and College|CWUR_W=1092 (2021)<ref>{{cite web|title=Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science 2021–2022 Ranking|url=https://cwur.org/2021-22/Indian-Association-for-the-Cultivation-of-Science.php|access-date=27 July 2021}}</ref>|CWUR_N=19 (2021)<ref>{{cite web|title=Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science 2021–2022 Ranking|url=https://cwur.org/2021-22/Indian-Association-for-the-Cultivation-of-Science.php|access-date=27 July 2021|archive-date=27 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727160759/https://cwur.org/2021-22/Indian-Association-for-the-Cultivation-of-Science.php|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
[[File:Indian Association for the Cultivation Of Science (New Gate).png|thumb|IACS main entrance in Jadavpur, Kolkata.]]
'''Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science''' ('''IACS''') is a [[Public university|public]], [[Deemed university|deemed]], [[research university]] for higher education and research in [[basic sciences]] under the [[Department of Science and Technology (India)|Department of Science & Technology, Government of India]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Bernhard Joseph Stern|title=Science and Society|year=1978|page=84|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IQZ2ni_Bn5sC&q=Indian+Association+for+the+Cultivation+of+Science&pg=PA85}}</ref> Established on 29 July 1876 by [[Mahendra Lal Sarkar|Mahendralal Sarkar]], a private medical practitioner, it focuses on fundamental research in basic sciences.<ref>{{cite web|title=Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata|url=http://www.dst.gov.in/autonomous/iacs.htm|work=dst.gov.in|access-date=19 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529225344/http://dst.gov.in/autonomous/iacs.htm|archive-date=29 May 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is India's oldest [[research institute]]<ref>{{cite web|title=saha.ac.in|url=http://www.saha.ac.in/web/founder/founder-life-works?showall=&start=10|access-date=8 October 2017|archive-date=9 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009093311/http://www.saha.ac.in/web/founder/founder-life-works?showall=&start=10|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science|url=http://twas.org/partner/indian-association-cultivation-science|work=twas.org|access-date=19 April 2014|archive-date=18 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418220758/http://twas.org/partner/indian-association-cultivation-science|url-status=live}}</ref> 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 [[acre]]s<ref name="iacs1">{{cite web|title=About IACS|url=http://iacs.res.in/about-us.html|access-date=19 April 2014|work=iacs.res.in|archive-date=11 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011101827/http://iacs.res.in/about-us.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and currently in the process of building an advanced SMART campus at [[Baruipur]].<ref name=":0" />

The association is engaged in research in various fields of [[physical sciences]], [[chemical sciences]], [[biological sciences]], [[Mathematics|mathematical]] and [[computational science]]s, [[materials science]]s and various [[Applied science|applied]] and [[Interdisciplinary science|interdisciplinary sciences]] areas.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lourdusamy |first=John Bosco |date=2003 |title=The Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science: A Tortuous Tryst with Modern Science |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40188743 |journal=Journal of Science Education and Technology |volume=12 |issue=4 |pages=381–396 |doi=10.1023/B:JOST.0000006298.23641.2e |jstor=40188743 |bibcode=2003JSEdT..12..381L |s2cid=144345557 |issn=1059-0145 |access-date=1 December 2022 |archive-date=1 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201145100/https://www.jstor.org/stable/40188743 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

== Indian Journal of Physics (IJP) ==
''[[Indian Journal of Physics]]'' was founded in 1926. It is published monthly.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Indian Journal of Physics|url=https://www.springer.com/journal/12648|access-date=2021-06-05|website=Springer|language=en|archive-date=6 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606191024/https://www.springer.com/journal/12648|url-status=live}}</ref> Springer distributes print version of the Journal worldwide. The present chief editor of the journal is Prof. Subham Majumdar, who is a senior professor in the School of Physical Sciences, IACS.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Indian Journal of Physics |url=http://iacs.res.in/indian-journal-physics.html |access-date=2022-12-01 |website=iacs.res.in |archive-date=8 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308134223/http://iacs.res.in/indian-journal-physics.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Second Campus (Offshore Campus at Baruipur)==
On September 13, 2018, Dr. [[Harsh Vardhan (Delhi politician)|Harsh Vardhan]], the [[Minister of Science and Technology (India)|Union Minister of Science and Technology]], unveiled the foundation stone of the ''Syamaprasad Mukherjee Advanced Research and Training'' (SMART) campus of the IACS at [[Baruipur]], Kolkata.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |url=http://www.uniindia.com/dr-harsh-vardhan-unveils-foundation-stone-of-shyamaprasad-mookerjee-advance-research-and-training-campus/states/news/1350018.html |title=Dr.Harsh Vardhan unveils foundation stone of shyamaprasad mookerjee advance research and training campus |date=13 September 2018 |access-date=12 October 2018 |newspaper=United News of India |archive-date=12 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012134813/http://www.uniindia.com/dr-harsh-vardhan-unveils-foundation-stone-of-shyamaprasad-mookerjee-advance-research-and-training-campus/states/news/1350018.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The SMART campus is envisioned as a [[State of the art|state-of-the-art]] facility dedicated to fostering cutting-edge research and training across [[multidisciplinary research]], including [[Fundamental sciences]], [[Engineering sciences]], [[Medical sciences]], Named after [[Syama Prasad Mookerjee|Syamaprasad Mukherjee]], a notable Indian politician and academic, this campus aims to serve as a hub for [[innovation]] and scientific advancement in India.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/second-campus-for-science-hub/cid/1668467 |title=Second campus for science hub |date=14 September 2018 |access-date=12 October 2018 |newspaper=The Telegraph |archive-date=6 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406203320/https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/second-campus-for-science-hub/cid/1668467 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Union Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan unveils the foundation stone of the Shyamaprasad Mookerjee advance research and training campus of IACS in Kolkata |url=https://pib.gov.in/pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1546078 |access-date=2022-12-01 |website=pib.gov.in}}</ref>

== Academic Divisions ==
Starting from 2018, after being declared as a deemed university by MHRD, for academic purposes, departments and centres in the Institute are broadly assigned to six major schools, each headed by a Chairperson (School Chair):

* School of Applied and Interdisciplinary Sciences (SAIS)
* School of Biological Sciences (SBS)
* School of Chemical Sciences (SCS)
* School of Materials Sciences (SMS)
* School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences (SMCS)
* School of Physical Sciences (SPS)

Apart from these six major schools, there are a few centers, designed to perform specific and cutting-edge research, by the institute administration:

* Centre for Computer Research, Education and Services (CCRES)
* Director's Research Unit (DRU)
* Technical Research Center (TRC)
* Central Scientific Services (CSS)
* Raman Centre of Atomic, Molecular & Optical Sciences
* Polymer Structural Unit
* Energy Research Unit

==Administration==
[[File:Indian_Association_for_Cultivation_of_Science.jpg|thumb|Office c. 1907|305x305px]]
At its inception, the IACS was headed by a president, with the Honorary Secretary responsible for the day-to-day running of the Society. Until 1911, the office of President was ''de facto'' held by the [[List of governors of Bengal|Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal]], when the Lieutenant-Governor (Governor from 1912) became the co-patron of the Society alongside the [[Viceroy of India]], whose office-holders were automatically Patrons of the Society until 1947.<ref name="IACS_admin_15">{{cite book|pages=144|title=Report of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science for the Year 1915 |publisher=Anglo-Sanskrit Press|year=1915}}</ref><ref name="president" group="note">With the exceptions of Sir (later Lord) [[Antony MacDonnell, 1st Baron MacDonnell|Antony MacDonnell]] (Lieutenant-Governor 1893-1895), Sir [[Charles Cecil Stevens]] (Lieutenant-Governor 1897-1898), [[James Bourdillon]] (Lieutenant-Governor 1902-1903), Sir [[Lancelot Hare]] (Lieutenant-Governor 1906) and [[Francis Slacke]] (Lieutenant-Governor 1906-1908).</ref> Following India's independence in 1947, the administration of the IACS was reconstituted, with the designation of "Honorary Director" substituted for "Honorary Secretary."<ref name="IACS_admin_47">{{cite book|pages=25–26|title=The Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science: Annual Report for 1947-1948 |year=1948}}</ref> The Director's prefix of ''"Honorary"'' was dropped in 1953.<ref name="IACS_5253"/> Post 1947, according to '''Article 12''' of the [[Constitution of India]] status of the institute has changed.<ref>{{Cite news |last=KM |first=Ashok |date=16 Feb 2023 |title=Indian Association For The Cultivation Of Science (IACS) Is A 'State' U/Article 12 : Supreme Court |url=https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/supreme-court-iacs-indian-association-cultivation-science-state-pushan-majumdar-vs-union-of-india-2023-livelaw-sc-115-221742 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319172346/https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/supreme-court-iacs-indian-association-cultivation-science-state-pushan-majumdar-vs-union-of-india-2023-livelaw-sc-115-221742 |archive-date=19 March 2023 |access-date=16 Feb 2023 |work=LiveLaw.in |location=[[Kolkata]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Mitra |first=Dipawali |date=16 Feb 2023 |title=SC: IACS not an autonomous body |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/sc-iacs-not-an-autonomous-body/articleshow/97965571.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250624134725/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/sc-iacs-not-an-autonomous-body/articleshowprint/97965571.cms |archive-date=24 June 2025 |access-date=16 Feb 2023 |work=[[The Times of India]] Feb 16, 2023, 08.07 AM IST |location=[[Kolkata]]}}</ref>

===Presidents of the IACS (1876-present)===
*[[Sir Richard Temple, 1st Baronet]] [[Royal Society|FRS]] (1876-1877)
*[[File:Mahendra Sarobar, IACS.jpg|thumb|307x307px|Mahendra Sarobar, IACS]][[The Hon.]] [[Sir]] [[Ashley Eden]] [[The Asiatic Society|FASB]] (1877-1882)
*Sir [[Augustus Rivers Thompson]] (1882-1887)
*Sir [[Steuart Bayley]] (1887-1890)
*[[File:Meghnad Saha stat.jpg|thumb|Prof. Meghnad Saha, first director of IACS|378x378px]]Sir [[Charles Alfred Elliott]] FASB (1890-1895)
*Sir [[Alexander Mackenzie (civil servant)|Alexander Mackenzie]] (1895-1898)
*Sir [[John Woodburn (Bengal governor)|John Woodburn]] (1898-1903)
*Sir [[Andrew Henderson Leith Fraser]] FASB (1903-1909)
*Sir [[Edward Norman Baker]] (1909-1911)
*[[Raja]] Pyare Mohan Mukherjee FASB (1911-1922)<ref name="IACS_admin_23">{{cite book|pages=11|title=Report of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science for the Year 1923 |publisher=Anglo-Sanskrit Press|year=1923}}</ref>
*Hon. Justice Sir [[Ashutosh Mukherjee]] FASB, [[Royal Society of Edinburgh|FRSE]], [[Fellows of The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland|FRAS]], [[Royal Irish Academy|MRIA]] (1922-1924)<ref>{{cite web|title=IACS - Annual Report for the Year 1924|url=http://arxiv.iacs.res.in:8080/jspui/bitstream/10821/434/1/ANNUAL%20REPORT-1924.pdf|website=Archive - IACS|access-date=7 October 2017|archive-date=3 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003075800/http://arxiv.iacs.res.in:8080/jspui/bitstream/10821/434/1/ANNUAL%20REPORT-1924.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
*Sir [[Rajendra Nath Mookerjee]] FASB (1924-1934?)<ref name="IACS_admin_35">{{cite book|pages=1|title=Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science: Annual Report for the Year 1935 |year=1935}}</ref>
*Sir [[Nilratan Sircar]] (1934-1942)<ref name="Raman_IACS"/>
*Prof. [[Rai Bahadur]] Sir [[Upendranath Brahmachari]] [[Indian National Science Academy|FNI]], FASB (1942-1946)<ref name="IACS_admin_42">{{cite book|pages=20|title=Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science: Annual Report for the Year 1942 |year=1942}}</ref><ref name="IACS_admin_46">{{cite book|pages=1|title=Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science: Annual Report for the Year 1946 |year=1946}}</ref>
*Prof. [[Meghnad Saha]] FNI, FASB, FRS (1946-1951)<ref name="IACS_admin_46"/><ref name="IACS_admin_50">{{cite web|title=The Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science: Annual Report for 1950-51|url=http://arxiv.iacs.res.in:8080/jspui/bitstream/10821/459/1/ANNUAL%20REPORT-1950-51.pdf|website=Archive - IACS|access-date=7 October 2017}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*Prof. Sir [[Jnan Chandra Ghosh]] FNI (1951-1954)<ref name="IACS_admin_51">{{cite web|title=The Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science: Annual Report for 1951-52|url=http://arxiv.iacs.res.in:8080/jspui/bitstream/10821/464/1/ANNUAL%20REPORT-1951-52.pdf|website=Archive - IACS|access-date=7 October 2017|archive-date=8 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008030746/http://arxiv.iacs.res.in:8080/jspui/bitstream/10821/464/1/ANNUAL%20REPORT-1951-52.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="IACS_admin_53">{{cite journal|pages=495–496|title=Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science: Annual Report for 1953-54 |journal=Nature |year=1954|volume=174 |issue=4428 |doi=10.1038/174495a0 |bibcode=1954Natur.174..495. |s2cid=4203443 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
*Hon. Justice [[Charu Chandra Biswas]] (1954-1957)<ref name="IACS_admin_55">{{cite book|pages=2|title=Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science: Annual Report for 1955-56 |year=1956}}</ref>
*Hon. Chief Justice Phani Bhusan Chakravartti (1957-1958)<ref name="IACS_admin_57">{{cite book|pages=2|title=Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science: Annual Report for 1957-58 |year=1958}}</ref>
*Prof. [[Satyendra Nath Bose]] FNI, FRS (1958-1962)<ref name="IACS_admin_58">{{cite book|pages=2|title=Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science: Annual Report for 1958-59 |year=1959}}</ref><ref name="IACS_admin_61"/>
*Hon. Justice Rama Prasad Mookerjee (1962-1965)<ref name="IACS_admin_61">{{cite book|pages=2|title=Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science: Annual Report for 1961-62 |year=1962}}</ref>
*Prof. [[Jnanendra Nath Mukherjee]] FNI, [[Royal Society of Chemistry|FCS]] (1965-1968)<ref name="IACS_admin_65">{{cite book|pages=2–4|title=Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science: Annual Report for 1965-66 |year=1966}}</ref>
*Prof. [[Basanti Dulal Nagchaudhuri]] FNA (first term, 1968–1970)<ref name="IACS_admin_68">{{cite book|pages=1|title=Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science: Annual Report for 1968-69 |year=1969}}</ref><ref name="INSA" group="note">Prior to 1970, the [[Indian National Science Academy]] was named the "National Institute of Sciences of India", and its fellows bore the post-nominal "FNI". The post-nominal became "FNA" in 1970 when the association adopted its present name.</ref>
*Prof. [[Sushil Kumar Mukherjee]] [[Indian National Science Academy|FNA]] (first term, 1970–1973)<ref name="IACS_admin_70">{{cite book|pages=1|title=Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science: Annual Report for 1970-71 |year=1971}}</ref><ref name="IACS_admin_73">{{cite book|pages=1|title=Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science: Annual Report for 1973-74 |year=1974}}</ref>
*Prof. Sukumar Chandra Sirkar FNA (1973-1974)<ref name="IACS_admin_73"/>
*Prof. Basanti Dulal Nagchaudhuri FNA (second term, 1974–1977)<ref name="IACS_admin_74">{{cite book|pages=1|title=Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science: Annual Report for 1974-75 |year=1975}}</ref><ref name="IACS_admin_77">{{cite book|pages=1|title=Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science: Annual Report for 1977-78 |year=1978}}</ref>
*Prof. [[Bimal Kumar Bachhawat]] FNA (1977-1983)<ref name="IACS_admin_77"/>
*Prof. Sushil Kumar Mukherjee FNA (second term, 1983–1997)<ref name="IACS_admin_82">{{cite book|pages=1–4|title=Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science: Annual Report for 1982-83 |year=1983}}</ref><ref name="IACS_admin_97">{{cite book|pages=3|title=Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science: Annual Report for 1997-98 |publisher=IACS|year=1998}}</ref>
*Prof. [[Arun Kumar Sharma]] FNA, FASc (1997-2000)<ref name="IACS_admin_97"/>

* Prof. M. M. Chakraborty (2000-2003)<ref name="IACS_admin_2000">{{cite book|pages=3|title=Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science: Annual Report for 2000-2001 |publisher=IACS|year=2001}}</ref><ref name="IACS_admin_2002">{{cite book|pages=6|title=Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science: Annual Report for 2002-2003 |publisher=IACS|year=2003}}</ref>
[[File:Independence Day celebration at IACS.jpg|thumb|Independence Day celebration at IACS (15 August 2019)|408x408px]]
* Prof. [[Ashesh Prosad Mitra]] FNA, FASc, FRS (2003-2007)<ref name="IACS_admin_2003">{{cite book|pages=1|title=Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science: Annual Report for 2003-2004 |publisher=IACS|year=2004}}</ref>
*Prof. [[Shri Krishna Joshi]] FNA, FASc (2007-2014)<ref name="IACS_admin_2007">{{cite book|pages=8–11|title=Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science: Annual Report for 2007-2008 |publisher=IACS|year=2008}}</ref>
*Prof. [[Man Mohan Sharma]] FNA, FASc, FRS, [[FREng]] (2014–2021)<ref name="IACS_admin_2014">{{cite book|pages=11|title=Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science: Annual Report for 2014-15 |publisher=IACS|year=2015}}</ref>
*Prof. [[Srivari Chandrasekhar]], FNA, FASc (2021 – 2022)
*Prof. [[Vinod K. Singh]], FNA, FASc, FNASc, FTWAS (2022–present)

===Secretaries and Directors of the IACS===
====Honorary Secretaries of the IACS (1876-1947)====

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! Name
! Period in office
! Duration in office
|-
| [[Mahendralal Sarkar]] (Founder)
| 15 January 1876 – 23 February 1904<ref name=IACS_1904>{{cite web |url=https://hdl.handle.net/10821/610 |title=Report of the Twenty Seventh Annual Meeting of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 1904 |author= |date=June 1904 |publisher=IACS |hdl=10821/610 |access-date=15 April 2022}}</ref>
| {{Age in years, months and days|1876|1|15|1904|2|23}}
|-
| Amritalal Sarkar
| 16 June 1904 – 8 September 1919<ref name=IACS_1904/><ref name="Raman_IACS">{{cite web|title=Raman, Krishnan and the IACS Episodes of the 1930s|url=http://www.insa.nic.in/writereaddata/UpLoadedFiles/IJHS/Vol48_1_3_AKBiswas.pdf|website=INSA - Indian Journal of History of Science|access-date=7 October 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808193914/http://www.insa.nic.in/writereaddata/UpLoadedFiles/IJHS/Vol48_1_3_AKBiswas.pdf|archive-date=8 August 2017}}</ref>
| {{Age in years, months and days|1904|6|16|1919|9|8}}
|-
| [[C. V. Raman]]
| 18 September 1919 – 31 March 1933<ref name="Raman_IACS"/><ref>{{cite book|pages=21|title=The Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science: Annual Report for the Year 1920 |year=1920}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Viswamitra |first1=M. A. |date=November 1988 |title= Professor C. V. Raman and the Department of Physics, IISc, 1933-1948 |url=http://hdl.handle.net/2289/6268 |journal=J. Indian Inst. Sci. |volume=68 |issue= |pages=445–447 |doi= |hdl=2289/6268 |access-date=15 April 2022}}</ref>
| {{Age in years, months and days|1919|9|18|1933|3|31}}
|-
| [[K. S. Krishnan]]
| 31 March 1933 – 19 June 1934<ref name="Raman_IACS"/>
| {{Age in years, months and days|1933|3|31|1934|6|19}}
|-
| [[Sisir Kumar Mitra]]
| 19 June 1934–November 1935<ref name="Raman_IACS"/>
| 1 year, 5 months
|-
| [[Jnanendra Nath Mukherjee]]
| November 1935–31 December 1943<ref name="Raman_IACS"/><ref name="IACS_1943">{{cite web |url=https://hdl.handle.net/10821/458 |title=Report of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science for the Year 1943 |author= |date=31 December 1943 |publisher=IACS |hdl=10821/458 |access-date=16 April 2022}}</ref>
| 8 years, 1 month
|-
| [[Meghnad Saha]]
| 31 December 1943–October 1944<ref name="IACS_1943"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://hdl.handle.net/10821/458 |title=Report of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science for the Year 1943 |author= |date=31 December 1943 |publisher=IACS |hdl=10821/458 |access-date=16 April 2022}}</ref>
| 9 months
|-
| ''[[Priyadaranjan Ray]] (acting)''
| ''October–31 December 1944''<ref name="IACS_1943"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://hdl.handle.net/10821/461 |title=Report of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science for the Year 1944 |author= |date=31 December 1944 |publisher=IACS |hdl=10821/461 |access-date=16 April 2022}}</ref>
| 2 months
|-
| [[Priyadaranjan Ray]]
| 1 January 1945 – 1 October 1947<ref>{{cite web |url=https://hdl.handle.net/10821/455 |title=Report of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science for the Year 1945 |author= |date=31 December 1945 |publisher=IACS |hdl=10821/455 |access-date=16 April 2022}}</ref><ref name="IACS_4748">{{cite web |url=https://hdl.handle.net/10821/463 |title=Report of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science for the Year 1947–48 |author= |date=31 March 1948 |publisher=IACS |hdl=10821/463 |access-date=16 April 2022}}</ref>
| {{Age in years, months and days|1945|1|1|1947|10|1}}
|-
|}

[[File:Front garden, IACS.jpg|thumb|303x303px]]

====Honorary Directors of the IACS (1947-1953)====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Period in office
! Duration in office
|-
| Priyadaranjan Ray
| 1 October 1947 – 1 January 1953<ref name="IACS_4748"/><ref name="IACS_5253">{{cite web |url=https://hdl.handle.net/10821/462 |title=Report of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science for the Year 1952–53 |author= |date=31 March 1953 |publisher=IACS |hdl=10821/462 |access-date=16 April 2022}}</ref>
| {{Age in years, months and days|1947|10|1|1953|1|1}}
|-
|}

====Directors of the IACS (1953-present)====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Period in office
! Duration in office
|-
| Meghnad Saha
| 1 January 1953 – 16 February 1956<ref name="IACS_5253"/><ref name="IACS_5556">{{cite web |url=https://hdl.handle.net/10821/611 |title=Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science: Annual Report for 1955-56 |author= |date=1 April 1956 |publisher=IACS |hdl=10821/611 |access-date=16 April 2022}}</ref>
| {{Age in years, months and days|1953|1|1|1956|2|16}}
|-
| ''Priyadaranjan Ray (officiating)''
| ''4 March 1956 – 2 December 1958''<ref name="IACS_5556"/><ref name="IACS_5859">{{cite web |url=https://hdl.handle.net/10821/613 |title=Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science: Annual Report for 1958-59 |author= |date=1 April 1959 |publisher=IACS |hdl=10821/613 |access-date=16 April 2022}}</ref>
| {{Age in years, months and days|1956|3|4|1958|12|2}}
|-
| ''Sukumar Chandra Sirkar (acting)''
| ''8 December 1958 – 10 December 1959''<ref name="IACS_5859"/><ref name="IACS_5960">{{cite web |url=https://hdl.handle.net/10821/614 |title=Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science: Annual Report for 1959-60 |author= |date=1 April 1960 |publisher=IACS |hdl=10821/614 |access-date=16 April 2022}}</ref>
| {{Age in years, months and days|1958|12|8|1959|12|10}}
|-
| [[Kedareswar Banerjee]]
| 11 December 1959 – 1 October 1965<ref name="IACS_5960"/><ref name="IACS_6566">{{cite web |url=https://hdl.handle.net/10821/621 |title=Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science: Annual Report for 1965-66 |author= |date=1 April 1966 |publisher=IACS |hdl=10821/621 |access-date=16 April 2022}}</ref>
| {{Age in years, months and days|1959|12|11|1965|10|1}}
|-
| ''Bishwambhar Nath Srivastava (acting)''
| ''1 October 1965 – 31 December 1968''<ref name="IACS_6566"/><ref name="IACS_6869">{{cite web |url=https://hdl.handle.net/10821/622 |title=Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science: Annual Report for 1968-69 |author= |date=1 April 1969 |publisher=IACS |hdl=10821/622 |access-date=16 April 2022}}</ref>
| {{Age in years, months and days|1965|10|1|1968|12|31}}
|-
| Debidas Basu
| 1 January 1969 – 31 August 1980<ref name="IACS_6869"/><ref name="IACS_8081">{{cite web |url=https://hdl.handle.net/10821/970 |title=Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science: Annual Report for 1980-81 |author= |date=1 April 1981 |publisher=IACS |hdl=10821/970 |access-date=16 April 2022}}</ref>
| {{Age in years, months and days|1969|1|1|1980|8|31}}
|-
| ''G. S. Banerjee [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] (acting)''
| ''19 September 1980 – 8 March 1981''<ref name="IACS_8081"/>
| {{Age in years, months and days|1980|9|19|1981|3|8}}
|-
| [[Sadhan Basu]]
| 9 March 1981 – 14 July 1982<ref name="sbasu" group="note">On medical leave from 14 July 1982, resigned with effect from 24 August.</ref><ref name="IACS_8081"/><ref name="IACS_8283">{{cite web |url=https://hdl.handle.net/10821/972 |title=Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science: Annual Report for 1982-83 |author= |date=1 April 1983 |publisher=IACS |hdl=10821/972 |access-date=16 April 2022}}</ref>
| {{Age in years, months and days|1981|3|9|1982|7|14}}
|-
| ''G. S. Banerjee IAS (acting)''
| ''14 July–8 December 1982''<ref name="IACS_8081"/><ref name="IACS_8283"/>
| {{Age in years, months and days|1982|7|14|1982|12|8}}
|-
| ''[[Asok Kumar Barua]] (acting)''
| ''9–30 December 1982''<ref name="IACS_8283"/>
| {{Age in years, months and days|1982|12|9|1982|12|30}}
|-
| Asok Kumar Barua
| 31 December 1982 – 1989<ref name="IACS_8283"/><ref name="IACS_8990">{{cite web |url=https://hdl.handle.net/10821/978 |title=Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science: Annual Report for 1989-90 |author= |date=1 April 1990 |publisher=IACS |hdl=10821/978 |access-date=16 April 2022}}</ref>
| 6 years
|-
| [[Usha Ranjan Ghatak]]
| 1989–1993<ref name="IACS_8990"/>
| 4 years
|-
| Dipankar Chakravorty
| 1993–9 September 1999<ref>{{cite web |url=https://hdl.handle.net/10821/981 |title=Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science: Annual Report for 1992-93 |author= |date=1 April 1993 |publisher=IACS |hdl=10821/981 |access-date=16 April 2022}}</ref><ref name="IACS_9900">{{cite web |url=https://hdl.handle.net/10821/987|title=Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science: Annual Report for 1999-2000 |author= |date=1 April 2000 |publisher=IACS |hdl=10821/987 |access-date=16 April 2022}}</ref>
| 6 years
|-
| [[Debashis Mukherjee]]
| 10 September 1999 – 31 March 2009<ref name="IACS_9900"/>
| {{Age in years, months and days|1999|9|10|2009|3|31}}
|-
| [[Kankan Bhattacharyya]]
| 1 April 2009 – 10 February 2013<ref name="IACS_0809">{{cite web |url=http://iacs.res.in/waterways/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/IACS_ANNUAL_REPORT_2008-2009.pdf |title=Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science: Annual Report 2008-2009 |author= |date=1 April 2009 |publisher=IACS |access-date=17 April 2022 |archive-date=3 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703075406/http://iacs.res.in/waterways/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/IACS_ANNUAL_REPORT_2008-2009.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="IACS_1213">{{cite web |url=http://iacs.res.in/waterways/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/IACS_Annual_Report_Eng_2012-2013.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621010053/http://iacs.res.in/waterways/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/IACS_Annual_Report_Eng_2012-2013.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 June 2017 |title=Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science: Annual Report 2012-2013 |author= |date=1 April 2013 |publisher=IACS |access-date=17 April 2022 }}</ref>
| {{Age in years, months and days|2009|4|1|2013|2|10}}
|-
| ''Subhas Chandra Roy (acting)''
| ''10 February–11 September 2013''<ref name="IACS_1213"/><ref name="IACS_1314">{{cite web |url=http://iacs.res.in/waterways/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/IACS_Annual_Report_Eng_2013-2014.pdf |title=Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science: Annual Report 2013-2014 |author= |date=1 April 2014 |publisher=IACS |access-date=17 April 2022 |archive-date=3 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703082908/http://iacs.res.in/waterways/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/IACS_Annual_Report_Eng_2013-2014.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| {{Age in years, months and days|2013|2|10|2013|9|11}}
|-
| ''[[Deb Shankar Ray]] (acting)''
| ''11 September 2013 – 21 April 2015''<ref name="IACS_1314"/><ref name="IACS_1415">{{cite web |url=http://iacs.res.in/waterways/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/IACS_ANNUAL_REPORT_English-2014-15.pdf |title=Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science: Annual Report 2014-2015 |author= |date=1 April 2015 |publisher=IACS |access-date=17 April 2022 |archive-date=17 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417133300/http://iacs.res.in/waterways/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/IACS_ANNUAL_REPORT_English-2014-15.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{Age in years, months and days|2013|9|11|2015|4|21}}
|-
| [[Santanu Bhattacharya]]
| 22 April 2015 – 23 April 2021<ref name="IACS_1415"/>
| {{Age in years, months and days|2015|4|22|2021|4|23}}
|-
| ''Tapas Chakraborty (acting, additional charge)''
| ''24 April 2021–6 April 2023''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Director|url=http://iacs.res.in/directors.html|access-date=2021-07-19|website=iacs.res.in|archive-date=6 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606072058/http://iacs.res.in/directors.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| {{Age in years, months and days|2021|4|23|2023|4|6}}
|-
|[[Ranjan Sen]]
|6 April 2023 – 15 April 2024
|1 year and 9 days
|-
|''Arindam Banerjee (acting, additional charge)''
|15 April 2024 – 19 March 2025
|11 months and 4 days
|-
|[[Kalobaran Maiti]]
|19 March 2025 – Present
|{{Age in years months and days|2025|March|19}}
|}

== Notable alumni and associates ==

Source:<ref>{{Cite book|title=Annual Report, 2019-'20|year=2020|url=http://iacs.res.in/waterways/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/Annual%20report%20Eng-2019-20(1).pdf|access-date=14 October 2021|archive-date=3 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003105341/http://iacs.res.in/waterways/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/Annual%20report%20Eng-2019-20(1).pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Nobel Laureate ===

* [[C. V. Raman|Sir C.V. Raman]], FRS, Former Faculty of IACS<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nobel Prize|url=http://iacs.res.in/nobel-prize.html|access-date=2021-10-14|website=iacs.res.in|archive-date=22 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022221800/http://iacs.res.in/nobel-prize.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Bharat Ratna (Highest Civil Honor in India) ===

* [[C. V. Raman|Sir C.V. Raman]], FRS, Former Faculty of IACS
* [[C. N. R. Rao|Prof. C.N.R. Rao]], FRS, Former Chairman of Review Committee of IACS

=== Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS), London ===

* [[Jagadish Chandra Bose|Sir J. C. Bose]], former faculty of IACS
* [[C. V. Raman|Sir C. V. Raman]], former faculty of IACS
* [[Mahendranath Roy|Babu Mahendranath Roy]], [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]], one of the earliest faculty members of IACS
* [[Meghnad Saha|Prof. Meghnad Saha]], former faculty and Director of IACS
* [[K. S. Krishnan]], alumnus, former faculty of IACS
* [[Satyendra Nath Bose|S. N. Bose]], former faculty of IACS
* [[Ashesh Prosad Mitra|A. P. Mitra]], former Chairman of the IACS Council
* [[C. N. R. Rao]], former Chairman of the Review Committee of IACS and IACS Fellow
* [[Man Mohan Sharma|M. M. Sharma]], former Chairman of the IACS Governing Council and IACS Fellow
* [[T. V. Ramakrishnan|TV Ramakrishnan]] (IACS Fellow)
* [[Ajay K. Sood|Ajay Sood]] (IACS Fellow)

=== Padma Vibhushan (Civil Honor in India) ===

* [[C. N. R. Rao]], former Chairman of the Review Committee of IACS and IACS Fellow
* [[Man Mohan Sharma|M. M. Sharma]], former Chairman of the IACS Governing Council and IACS Fellow

=== Padma Bhusan (Civil Honor in India) ===

* [[K. S. Krishnan]], alumnus, former faculty of IACS
'''<big>Padma Shri (Civil Honor in India)</big>'''

* [[Vinod K. Singh]], Chairman of Governing Council, IACS

=== TWAS Prize ===

Source:<ref>{{Cite web|title=TWAS Prize|url=http://iacs.res.in/twas-prize.html|access-date=2021-10-14|website=iacs.res.in|archive-date=22 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022221759/http://iacs.res.in/twas-prize.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

* [[C. N. R. Rao]], former Chairman of the Review Committee of IACS and IACS Fellow
* [[Animesh Chakravorty]], former faculty of IACS
* [[Kankan Bhattacharyya]], former student, faculty and Director of IACS
* [[Santanu Bhattacharya]], former Director of IACS
*D. D. Sharma, former faculty member, IACS

=== Alexander von Humboldt Research Award ===

* [[Debashis Mukherjee|D. Mukherjee]], former student, faculty and Director of IACS

=== Fellow of the World Academy of Sciences (FTWAS) ===

* [[C. N. R. Rao]], former Chairman of the Review Committee of IACS and IACS Fellow
* [[Debashis Mukherjee|D. Mukherjee]], former student, faculty and Director of IACS
* [[Kankan Bhattacharyya]], former student, faculty and Director of IACS
* [[Santanu Bhattacharya]], former Director of IACS
* [[Tanusri Saha-Dasgupta|T. Saha-Dasgupta]], former Faculty of IACS

=== Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) Prize ===

* [[K. S. Krishnan]], alumnus, former faculty of IACS
* [[Sadhan Basu|S. Basu]], received in 1965, former faculty of IACS
* [[C. N. R. Rao]], former Chairman of the Review Committee of IACS and IACS Fellow
* [[Usha Ranjan Ghatak|U. R. Ghatak]], former Director and faculty of IACS
* [[Animesh Chakravorty]], former faculty of IACS
* [[Mihir Chowdhury]], former faculty of IACS
* [[Debashis Mukherjee|D. Mukherjee]], former student, faculty and Director of IACS
* [[Kankan Bhattacharyya]], former student, faculty and Director of IACS
* [[Akhil Ranjan Chakravarty|Akhil R. Chakravarty]], former Student of IACS
* [[Deb Shankar Ray|D. S. Ray]], former student and faculty of IACS
* [[Sourav Pal]], former student of IACS
* [[Santanu Bhattacharya]], former Director of IACS
* [[Samaresh Bhattacharya]], former Student of IACS
* [[Krishnendu Sengupta]], present faculty member, IACS
* [[Pradyut Ghosh]], present faculty member, IACS
* [[Partha Sarathi Mukherjee|P. S. Mukherjee]], former Student of IACS
* [[Jyotirmayee Dash]], present faculty member, IACS<ref>{{Cite web|title=SS Bhatnagar Prize|url=http://iacs.res.in/ss-bhatnagar-prize.html|access-date=2021-10-08|website=iacs.res.in|archive-date=8 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008160425/http://iacs.res.in/ss-bhatnagar-prize.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Notable research works ==
Nobel laureate [[C. V. Raman|Sir C. V. Raman]] conducted his work on the [[Raman scattering|Raman effect]] in this institute.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sir Venkata Raman - Biographical|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1930/raman-bio.html|access-date=19 April 2014|work=nobelprize.org|archive-date=10 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131010213424/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1930/raman-bio.html|url-status=live}}</ref> His work was first published in the ''[[Indian Journal of Physics]]'', which is published by IACS.<ref>{{cite web|title=Indian Journal of Physics|url=https://www.springer.com/physics/journal/12648|access-date=19 April 2014|work=springer.com|archive-date=24 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424115125/http://www.springer.com/physics/journal/12648|url-status=live}}</ref>

At the university, [[Debashis Mukherjee]] developed the Mk-MRCC method to account for electron correlations in molecular systems.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Mukherjee |first=Debashis |last2=Datta |first2=Barnali |last3=Sinha Mahapatra |first3=Uttam |date=1 April 1999 |title=A size-consistent state-specific multireference coupled cluster theory: Formal developments and molecular applications |url=https://pubs.aip.org/aip/jcp/article-abstract/110/13/6171/476029/A-size-consistent-state-specific-multireference?redirectedFrom=fulltext |journal=[[The Journal of Chemical Physics]] |volume=110 |issue=13 |pages=6091-6584 |via=[[ American Institute of Physics]] |article-number=6171–6188 (1999)}}</ref> Another important discovery has been in the area of solvation dynamics of molecules and in particular the dynamics of water molecules around the surfaces of membranes. These experiments performed by Professor [[Kankan Bhattacharyya]] provided an insight into the behavior of water near biological surfaces and led to his coining of the phrase "biological water".{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}

Scientists at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS) in Kolkata found a new way to target cancer cells, focusing on how they repair DNA during division. This could lead to better treatments, especially for patients resistant to current drugs.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Das |first=Benu Brata |last2=Paul Chowdhuri |first2=Srijita |date=16 July 2024 |title=TDP1 phosphorylation by CDK1 in mitosis promotes MUS81-dependent repair of trapped Top1-DNA covalent complexes |url=https://www.embopress.org/doi/full/10.1038/s44318-024-00169-3 |journal=[[EMBO Press]] |volume=43 |issue=17 |pages=3710 - 3732 |via=[[The EMBO Journal]] |article-number=(2024)43: 3710 - 3732}}</ref>

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