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         Statue of Dr Mahendra Lal Sircar at the main building of IACS
PIONEERING A NEW FUTURE   39
  VISION
The vision of IACS has been to pursue pure science to the topmost level to empower
the nation to become a global leader in knowledge generation and developing state- of-the-art technology for creating values for the humanity at large.
OBJECTIVES
To cultivate science in all its departments both with a view to its advancement
by original research and to its varied applications to the arts and comforts of life.
MISSION
Old Campus of IACS at Bowbazar
 Although IACS continues to be a flagship research and educational institution and primarily pursues research in fundamental sciences, in the recent years, there is a paradigm shift in the thrust areas and
a culture of interdisciplinary sciences and translational research has grown. With the generous support of the DST, IACS has ventured into the new areas of application in advanced materials, biotechnology, chemical biology, energy, environment, medicine, nanoscience
and nanotechnology, polymers and others through the granting of Technical Research Centre and would espand further in the SMART Campus, with specific focus on STEM with translational values.
Main Gate named after Sir CV Raman displays a replica of the Nobel Prize received
 Union Minister of Science and Technology to
be instituted at the second campus of Baruipur. The SMART campus is an ambitious mission to build up an International Centre of Excellence in the name of one of the greatest statesmen of the country, focusing on cutting-edge multidisciplinary research in natural, engineering, and medical sciences in addition to developing international and industrial linkages.
CONTRIBUTIONS
One of the brightest chapters in the history of Indian Science was under Sir CV Raman. His discovery
of the ‘Raman Effect’ is well known, but apart from that, he significantly contributed in developing the academic structure of the institution. Under his guidance, many bright minds were trained who later on became pioneers in their respective independent fields. For instance, his former students, like Sir Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan flourished
in magnetic anisotropy, and Prof. Kedareshwar Banerjee earned international acclaim in crystallography. Under the leadership of Professor Meghnad Saha, the managing committee formulated a plan to expand the infrastructural facilities of the association and build a new campus to house IACS at Jadavpur. Apart from being the first Director
of IACS, he was a renowned physicist, a teacher,
a social thinker, and a reformer. He is known for developing the theory of thermal ionization of elements that led him to formulate the famous ‘Saha Ionization equation’. Professor Bishwambhar Nath Srivastava of the Department of General Physics and X-rays made extensive contributions to the study of thermal ionization and thermal dissociation in the earlier days.
          












































































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