Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University

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Seal of the institute
Other name
ISc-BHU
Motto
Science is Worship/Service
Type Public
Established1916 (1916)
Parent institution
 Banaras Hindu University
Affiliation UGC
Dean Sukh Mahendra Singh
DirectorSanjay Kumar
Location
Varanasi
,
Uttar Pradesh
,
India

25°16′06″N82°59′34″E / 25.268469°N 82.992875°E / 25.268469; 82.992875
Website Official website

Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University (ISc-BHU) is a constituent institute of Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India which offers courses in Zoology, Botany, Biochemistry, Computer science, Geography, Mathematics, Physics, Geology, Geophysics, Chemistry, Statistics. [1] [2]

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History

Faculty of Science was established in 1916 and in the month of December 2015 it was upgraded to Institute of Science. [1] [3]

Organization

Institute of Science's administrative head is a director. The director is responsible for all aspects of the Institute's operations, including budgets, administration, planning, support services, institute appointments, curricula and student affairs. The director is appointed by an executive body and reports to the vice-chancellor of the university. The Institute of Science keeps itself alive with regular academic activities like seminars, workshops, conferences. It is equipped with advanced and sophisticated laboratories. Faculty members have liaison with research institutions of repute in India and abroad. [2] A large number of the teachers of the Institute have received distinctions and honors like Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship, FICCI Award, TIFR Fellowship etc. and several are fellows of the various academies. The Institute is currently headed at the director level by Sanjay Kumar, and previously by Anil Kumar Tripathi. [4] [5] Sukh Mahendra Singh is the Dean of the faculty of science. [6] [7]

There are six Centers and thirteen different Departments of which many are centres of advanced study and research in the Institute of Science that offer Undergraduate (UG), Postgraduate (PG) and Doctoral Degrees in all the field of modern science. [1]

Courses

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Institute of Science Seminar Complex

The institute offers Undergraduate (B.Sc), Post graduate (M.Sc) and Newly added BCA course, Ph.D courses [8] in various courses under the departments and centres in the institute. Also, it offers M.Sc. (tech) in Geophysics and MCA as well.

Research Centres

Journal of Scientific Research of the Banaras Hindu University

Notable alumni

See also

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