Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science

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higher education institution public research university research institute

The Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science is one of India’s oldest premier research institutions, renowned for pioneering work in fundamental sciences and for being the place where C. V. Raman conducted his Nobel Prize–winning research on the Raman effect.

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Label	Occurrences
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science canonical	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	higher education institution ⓘ public research university ⓘ research institute ⓘ
affiliation	Deemed-to-be University under University Grants Commission of India ⓘ
campusType	urban campus ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
fieldOfWork	biological sciences ⓘ chemistry ⓘ energy research ⓘ materials science ⓘ physics ⓘ theoretical sciences ⓘ
foundedBy	Mahendralal Sarkar ⓘ
funding	Department of Science and Technology of India ⓘ surface form: Department of Science and Technology, Government of India Government of India ⓘ
governingBody	Council of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science ⓘ
hasPart	School of Applied and Interdisciplinary Sciences ⓘ School of Biological Sciences ⓘ School of Chemical Sciences ⓘ School of Energy Research ⓘ School of Humanities and Social Sciences ⓘ School of Materials Science ⓘ School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences ⓘ School of Physical Sciences ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.iacs.res.in/ ⓘ
inception	1876 ⓘ
languageOfInstruction	English ⓘ
locatedIn	India ⓘ Calcutta ⓘ surface form: Kolkata West Bengal ⓘ
motto	Jñānam Paramam Bhūṣaṇam ⓘ
mottoEnglish	Knowledge is the Supreme Ornament ⓘ
mottoLanguage	Sanskrit ⓘ
namedAfter	cultivation of science in India ⓘ
notableAchievement	site of Nobel Prize–winning research on the Raman effect ⓘ
notableScientist	Amartya Sen ⓘ C. V. Raman ⓘ K. S. Krishnan ⓘ Meghnad Saha ⓘ Satyendra Nath Bose ⓘ
offersDegree	Integrated BS-MS ⓘ MS ⓘ PhD ⓘ
recognizedAs	one of the oldest scientific research institutions in India ⓘ
researchFocus	fundamental sciences ⓘ interdisciplinary sciences ⓘ
significantEvent	C. V. Raman’s experimental work on light scattering ⓘ discovery of the Raman effect ⓘ

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Subject: Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
Description of subject: The Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science is one of India’s oldest premier research institutions, renowned for pioneering work in fundamental sciences and for being the place where C. V. Raman conducted his Nobel Prize–winning research on the Raman effect.

Referenced by (2)

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C. V. Raman → employer → Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science ⓘ

Meghnad Saha (collaborator and contemporary Indian physicist) → employer → Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science ⓘ

subject surface form: Meghnad Saha