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{{Infobox university
|name = Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
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|image_name = JNCASR Logo.tif
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|established = 1989
|type        = Autonomous government institute ([[List of deemed universities|deemed university]])
|founder= Prof. [[C. N. R. Rao]], Bharat Ratna, Honorary President at JNCASR
|president= [[G U KULKARNI]]
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|campus=  |
|city =  Bangalore
|state = [[Karnataka]]
|country     = [[India]]
|address = JNCASR, Jakkur, Bangalore-560 064 |
|website     = [http://www.jncasr.ac.in www.jncasr.ac.in]
}}

The '''Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research''' (JNCASR) is a multidisciplinary research institute located at Jakkur, [[Bangalore]], [[India]]. It was established by the Department of Science and Technology of the [[Government of India]], to mark the birth centenary of [[Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru]], the first prime minister of independent [[India]].

==Academics==
Researchers at the centre are divided into seven units: Chemistry and Physics of Materials, Engineering Mechanics, Evolutionary and Organismal Biology, [[Molecular biology]] and Genetics, New Chemistry, Theoretical Sciences, Education Technology and [[Geodynamics]].<ref name="jncasr">{{cite news|title=JNCASR made huge impact on Science: Rao|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bangalore/JNCASR-made-huge-impact-on-Science-Rao/2013/11/09/article1880778.ece#.UzqePhCO6GU|newspaper=Indian Express|date=9 November 2013|location=Bangalore, India}}</ref> There are two off-campus units: Chemical Biology and Condensed Matter Theory.

JNCASR has a faculty-to-student ratio of about 1:4 and state-of-the-art experimental, computational and infrastructural facilities. It offers Ph.D. programmes, as well as an Integrated Ph.D. (post-bachelor's degree) programme in Materials Science. It is a "deemed university", i.e., it awards its own degrees.

Apart from training its own students through a wide spectrum of courses, the centre's Summer Research Fellowship programme hosts some of the brightest undergraduates in the country; the Educational Technology Unit produces teaching aids and educational material, the centre   organises and teaches short-term courses at universities across India, and trains promising young chemists and biologists as part of the programmes of Project-Oriented-Chemical-Education (POCE) and Project-Oriented-Biological-Education (POBE).

===Collaboration and research===
The small size of the institute (currently about 53 faculty members and ~300 students)  fosters interdisciplinary collaborations.

[[File:Buckyball, JNCASR, Bangalore, India.JPG|thumb|Buckyball in Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit (MBGU) building, JNCASR]]

==Notable faculty==
* [[Anuranjan Anand]]   Outstanding Research Award from the [[Department of Atomic Energy (India)]], 
* [[Rama Govindarajan]]  one of the recipient of [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award]].
* [[Swapan Kumar Pati]], recipient of [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award]],
* [[Maneesha S. Inamdar]],  Professor at the Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit, awarded the [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development]] in 2011.<ref name="Maneesha Inamdar - Academic profile">{{Cite web |url=http://www.jncasr.ac.in/inamdar/index.php?menu_id=2&user_id=18&page_id=739 |title=Maneesha Inamdar - Academic profile |date=2018-01-29 |website=www.jncasr.ac.in |access-date=2018-01-29}}</ref>
* [[Amitabh Joshi]], evolutionary biologist, geneticist . Recipient of [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], 2006 
* G. U. Kulkarni, received the B. M. Birla Science Prize. 
* [[Tapas Kumar Kundu]], Recipient of [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], Professor at Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit,  
* [[Roddam Narasimha]], [[Padma Vibhushan]], Professor at Engineering Mechanics Unit, 
* [[V. Nagaraja]], Recipient of [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], Former President, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore
* [[C. N. R. Rao]], FRS, [[Bharat Ratna]], Founder & Honorary President and Professor at New Chemistry Unit
* [[M. R. S. Rao]], [[Padma Shri]], Professor at Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit 
* [[Srikanth Sastry]], Recipient of [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]],  Physicist  
* [[Kaustuv Sanyal]], molecular biologist, mycologist and Professor at the Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit,
* [[Balasubramanian Sundaram]] received the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award, 
* [[Khadg Singh Valdiya]], [[Padma Bhushan]], Professor at Geodynamics Unit,
* [[Umesh Waghmare]],   Physicist [[Infosys Prize]] Laureate,  [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://csirhrdg.res.in/ssb_awardlist_10.pdf|title=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2010}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.jncasr.ac.in JNCASR website]
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