The Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc) is a research centre located in Chennai

Chennai

Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

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IMSc is a national institute for fundamental research in frontier disciplines of the mathematical and physical sciences: theoretical computer science

Theoretical computer science

Theoretical computer science is a division or subset of general computer science and mathematics which focuses on more abstract or mathematical aspects of computing....

, mathematics

Mathematics

Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...

, and theoretical physics

Theoretical physics

Theoretical physics is a branch of physics which employs mathematical models and abstractions of physics to rationalize, explain and predict natural phenomena...

. It is funded mainly by the Department of Atomic Energy.

History

The institute was founded by Alladi Ramakrishnan

Alladi Ramakrishnan

Alladi Ramakrishnan was an Indian physicist and the founder of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences in Chennai. He made seminal contributions to Stochastic Process, Particle Physics, Matrix Algebra, Special Theory of Relativity and Quantum Mechanics.- Early life :Ramakrishnan was born on 9...

 in 1962. Its motivation has been the Institute for Advanced Study

Institute for Advanced Study

The Institute for Advanced Study, located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States, is an independent postgraduate center for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. It was founded in 1930 by Abraham Flexner...

, Princeton, New Jersey

Princeton, New Jersey

Princeton is a community located in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. It is best known as the location of Princeton University, which has been sited in the community since 1756...

, USA. It went through a phase of expansion in the 1980s when E. C. G. Sudarshan worked as the Director. The Director of the institute is R. Balasubramanian

Ramachandran Balasubramanian

Ramachandran Balasubramanian is an Indian mathematician and is currently the Director of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences in Chennai, India...

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Academics

The institute has a graduate research program to which a group of students are admitted each year to work towards a Ph.D. degree. IMSc hosts scientists at the post-doctoral level and supports a visiting scientist program.

The Institute hosts national and international scientific meetings every year.

Campus

Located in South Chennai, in the Adyar-Taramani area, the institute is on the Central Institutes of Technology (CIT) campus. The Institute maintains a student hostel, flatlets for long-term visitors, married students and post-doctoral fellows, and the institute guest house. IMSc has its own faculty housing in Tiruvanmiyur near the seashore.