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INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE
BASIC INFORMATION:
BRIEF HISTORY:
Located in Bengaluru, Karnataka
IISC's motto is“Discover and Innovate; Transform and Transcend; Serve and Lead''
The amount of students is approximately 6,000
The student-faculty ratio is 13:1
Established on 27 May 1909, as one of the largest research institutes in India
IISC, Bengaluru was founded by Jamsetji Tata
It is also known as ''Tata Institute'', locally.
UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS AND MINORS:
Bachelor of Science in Research in various fields. Ex: Physics, Mathematics, Chemical
Sciences, Earth Sciences, Biology, etc.
B.Tech in Mathematics and Computing
SOME FAMOUS ALUMNI:
VK Aatre (Former head of DRDO)
Anuranjan Anand (Molecular Biologist and Author)
Sudha Murthy (Author and Former Chairperson of Infosys Foundation)
Rajendra Prasad Roy (Biochemist and Scientist at the National Institute of Immunology)
Shri A.S. Kiran Kumar (Dept. of Space, Chairman, ISRO,2015)
P. S. Goel (Former director of the Indian Space Research Organization)
CAMPUS INFO:
The campus covers an area of about 440 acres.
Several other research institutes, Raman Research Institute, Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO), Wood Research Institute and Central Power Research Institute (CPRI), are close to IISc.
The campus features six canteens (cafeterias), a gymnasium and sports complex, a football ground and a cricket ground, five dining messes (halls), and one multi-cuisine restaurant.
It also includes 9 men’s and 5 women’s hostels (dormitories).
The IISc campus harbours both exotic and indigenous plant species with about 110 species of woody plants.
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