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| established = 1975<ref name=hri-ar2011>{{cite web|url=http://www.hri.res.in/~anlweb/annualreport2010-11.pdf|title=Academic Report 2010-2011|publisher=Harish-Chandra Research Institute|access-date=12 June 2012}}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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| director = Prof. [[Pinaki Majumdar]]<ref name=hri-admin>{{cite web|url=http://www.hri.res.in/news/|title=Recent News|publisher=Harish-Chandra Research Institute|access-date=12 June 2012}}</ref><ref name=hri-physicsfaculty>{{cite web|url=http://www.hri.res.in/people/Physics/pinaki|title=Physics Faculty|publisher=Harish-Chandra Research Institute|access-date=12 June 2012}}</ref>
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| city = [[Allahabad]] (officially Prayagraj)
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The '''Harish-Chandra Research Institute (HRI)''' is an institution dedicated to research in [[mathematics]] and [[theoretical physics]], located in [[Allahabad]] (officially Prayagraj), [[Uttar Pradesh]] in [[India]].<ref name=hri-home>{{cite web|url=http://www.hri.res.in/|title=Home|publisher=Harish-Chandra Research Institute|access-date=12 June 2012}}</ref> Established in 1965, HRI offers a doctoral program in affiliation with the [[Homi Bhabha National Institute]].

HRI has a residential campus in [[Jhusi]] town near Allahabad on the banks of the River [[Ganges]]. The institute has over 30 faculty, 50 doctoral students and 25 post-doctoral visiting research fellows and scientists. HRI is funded by the [[Department of Atomic Energy (India)|Department of Atomic Energy]] (DAE) of the [[Government of India]].

==History==
The institute was founded as the '''Mehta Research Institute of Mathematics and Mathematical Physics''' in 1965, with an endowment from the B.S. Mehta Trust, [[Calcutta]]. The institute was initially managed by Prof. Badri Nath Prasad and following his death in January 1966 by Prof. S.R. Sinha, both from the [[Allahabad University]]. The first official Director of the Institute was Prof. [[Prabhu Lal Bhatnagar]] in 1975 when it became truly operational. He was followed by Prof. S.R. Sinha again.<ref name=hri-history>{{cite web|url=http://www.hri.res.in/hri_history.html|title=History|publisher=Harish-Chandra Research Institute|access-date=12 June 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218024946/http://www.hri.res.in/hri_history.html|archive-date=18 February 2013}}</ref>

On 29 November 1975 Dr. B. Devadas Acharya joined the Mehta Research Institute (MRI) as its first Post-Doctoral Fellow and on 1 January 1980 was appointed as the first Assistant Professor of Mathematics at MRI. During his research work between 1975 and 1984 he gave many talks on Graph Theory and its applications in computing. In one of his talks to international audiences, he envisioned a computing engine based on matrices which would be much more powerful.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

Prof. [[Sharadchandra Shankar Shrikhande]] joined the Institute as its Director in January 1983. The institute was facing financial difficulties, and Prof Shrikhande sought DAE support for the institute. Following the recommendations of the DAE review committee, the [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]] committed to provide a campus for HRI, while the DAE committed to provide full funding for all operational expenses.<ref name="hri-history" />

In January 1990, the Institute was granted about {{convert|66|acre|m2}} in [[Jhusi]] town of [[Allahabad district]] and Prof. H.S. Mani took over as Director. The institute moved to its present campus in 1996. Since then, the institute has grown in facilities, scope of research as well as number of faculty and students.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

In October 2000, the institute was renamed in honor of renowned Indian mathematician, [[Harish-Chandra]].

Prof. [[Ravi S. Kulkarni]] succeeded Prof. Mani as the director in August 2001 and was followed by Prof. [[Amitava Raychaudhuri]] in July 2005. Prof. Jayanta Kumar Bhattacharjee followed in May 2011.<ref name=hri-ar2011/>

==Research activities==
The HRI Mathematics research group has four teams with focus on [[Algebra]], [[Harmonic analysis|Analysis]], [[Topology|Geometry & Topology]] and [[Number Theory]].<ref name=hri-math-research>{{cite web|url=http://www.hri.res.in/~math/math_research.html|title=Mathematics Research at HRI|publisher=Harish-Chandra Research Institute|access-date=22 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130828170353/http://www.hri.res.in/~math/math_research.html|archive-date=28 August 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> The HRI Physics research group consists of teams focused on [[Astrophysics]], [[Condensed Matter Physics]], [[High Energy Physics]], [[String Theory]] and [[Quantum Information|Quantum Information & Computation]].<ref name=hri-physics-research>{{cite web|url=http://www.hri.res.in/~physics/phys_research.html|title=Physics Research at HRI|publisher=Harish-Chandra Research Institute|access-date=22 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130828170301/http://www.hri.res.in/~physics/phys_research.html|archive-date=28 August 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Prominent HRI faculty members in the area of String Theory include [[Ashoke Sen]] and [[Rajesh Gopakumar]].<ref name=hindu-stringing>{{cite news|url=http://hindu.com/2001/01/07/stories/0207000o.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913054321/http://hindu.com/2001/01/07/stories/0207000o.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 September 2012|title=Stringing together the ultimate law|date=7 January 2001|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=22 June 2012}}</ref> HRI faculty member in the area of Quantum Information and Computation includes [[Arun K. Pati]].

Besides its research, the Mathematics group is known for conducting the annual ''Summer Programme in Mathematics'' (SPIM), a highly popular scheme that invites interested undergraduates from across India for an intensive month-long immersive program in advanced mathematics.<ref name=hri-spim>{{cite web|url=http://www.hri.res.in/~spim/|title=Summer Programme in Mathematics|publisher=Harish-Chandra Research Institute|access-date=22 June 2012}}</ref><ref name=ideology-hri-spim>{{cite web|url=http://ideologyspeaks.blogspot.com/2012/03/harish-chandra-research-institute-hri.html|title=Harish-Chandra Research Institute (HRI) - Summer Programme in Mathematics|publisher=Ideology Speaks|access-date=22 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304122241/http://ideologyspeaks.blogspot.com/2012/03/harish-chandra-research-institute-hri.html|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Physics group has also started ''Visiting Students Program'' (VSP) in Physics to motivate students for higher studies in Physics.<ref name=physvsp>{{cite web|url=http://www.hri.res.in/~physvsp/index.html/|title=The Graduate Program in Physics at HRI|publisher=Harish-Chandra Research Institute|access-date=6 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130828135348/http://www.hri.res.in/~physvsp/index.html|archive-date=28 August 2013}}</ref><ref name=updatemoi-hri-physvsp>{{cite web|url=http://www.updatemoi.asia/2013/01/summer-project-internship-2013-at-hri-allahabad/|title=Summer Project/Internship 2013 at HRI Allahabad|publisher=UpdateMoi|access-date=6 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123125042/http://www.updatemoi.asia/2013/01/summer-project-internship-2013-at-hri-allahabad/|archive-date=23 January 2013}}</ref>

===Awards===
HRI faculty members have received numerous research awards. The following faculty members of the institute have received the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]]:

* [[Ashoke Sen]] (1994)
* [[Amitava Raychaudhuri]] (1997)
* [[Biswarup Mukhopadhyaya]] (2003)
* [[Pinaki Majumdar]] (2007)
* [[Rajesh Gopakumar]] (2009)
* [[Aditi De]] (2018)
Prof. Ashoke Sen received the prestigious [[Infosys Prize]] in 2009<ref name=hri-ar2011/> and [[Fundamental Physics Prize]] in July 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fundamentalphysicsprize.org/laureates.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=1 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803143303/http://www.fundamentalphysicsprize.org/laureates.html |archive-date=3 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/allahabad-physicist-ashoke-sen-wins-prize-crorepati-17194.html Allahabad physicist Ashoke Sen wins prize, becomes crorepati overnight]. Indiatvnews.com (1 August 2012). Retrieved on 2013-12-06.</ref> He was also awarded the prestigious civilian award [[Padma Bhushan]] by President of India in April 2013. Prof. Rajesh Gopakumar received the [[International Centre for Theoretical Physics]] Prize in 2006.

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