JNCASR: the autonomous centre set up for the Nehru birth centenary, with C. N. R. Rao as founding President

Background

The Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research is an autonomous institution established in 1989 by the Department of Science and Technology to commemorate the birth centenary year of Jawaharlal Nehru.
Prof. C. N. R. Rao, FRS, was the founding President of the Centre.
The Centre was registered as a society with Dr. Raja Ramanna, the eminent physicist and former Chairman of the Department of Atomic Energy, as its first Chairman.
It was recognised as an Institution Deemed to be University by the University Grants Commission in 2002.
Research is carried out in Units such as Chemistry and Physics of Materials, Engineering Mechanics, Evolutionary and Organismal Biology, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Theoretical Sciences, New Chemistry, Geodynamics, Neurosciences and Education Technology.
The International Centre for Materials Science at the Centre was established with funding from the Department of Science and Technology.
The Centre has been accredited with NAAC A++ grade, scoring 3.76 out of 4 points, and its campus is at Jakkur, Bengaluru.