Indian Institute of Science

The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is one of the premier post-graduate institutions of research and higher learning located in Bangalore, India. It offers postgraduate and doctoral research programmes to over 2,000 active researchers working in 37 specialized departments -- ranging from aerospace engineering to molecular biophysics. IISc was ranked No. 1 in India in terms of research output (citation and impact factor) by the journal Current Science. It also ranks first among Indian universities (and south Asian universities) in the "Academic ranking of world universities" conducted by the SJTU, China. It was in the news recently when India's finance minister, P. Chidambaram made a grant of Rupees 100 crores to it in the national budget - 2005.

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Bangalore - India - Postgraduate - Doctoral research - P. Chidambaram - Budget - 2005

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