Indian Journal of Physics was founded in 1926. It is published monthly.[11] Springer distributes print version of the Journal worldwide. The present chief editor of the journal is Prof. Subham Majumdar, who is a senior professor in the School of Physical Sciences, IACS.[12]
Starting from 2018, after being declared as a deemed university by MHRD, for academic purposes, departments and centres in the Institute are broadly assigned to six major schools, each headed by a Chairperson (School Chair):
School of Applied and Interdisciplinary Sciences (SAIS)
School of Biological Sciences (SBS)
School of Chemical Sciences (SCS)
School of Materials Sciences (SMS)
School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences (SMCS)
School of Physical Sciences (SPS)
Apart from these six major schools, there are a few centers, designed to perform specific and cutting-edge research, by the institute administration:
Centre for Computer Research, Education and Services (CCRES)
Director's Research Unit (DRU)
Technical Research Center (TRC)
Central Scientific Services (CSS)
Raman Centre of Atomic, Molecular & Optical Sciences
Polymer Structural Unit
Energy Research Unit
Administration
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Office c. 1907
At its inception, the IACS was headed by a president, with the Honorary Secretary responsible for the day-to-day running of the Society. Until 1911, the office of President was de facto held by the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, when the Lieutenant-Governor (Governor from 1912) became the co-patron of the Society alongside the Viceroy of India, whose office-holders were automatically Patrons of the Society until 1947.[15][note 1] Following India's independence in 1947, the administration of the IACS was reconstituted, with the designation of "Honorary Director" substituted for "Honorary Secretary."[16] The Director's prefix of "Honorary" was dropped in 1953.[17] Post 1947, according to Article 12 of the Constitution of India status of the institute has changed.[18][19]
At the university, Debashis Mukherjee developed the Mk-MRCC method to account for electron correlations in molecular systems.[75] Another important discovery has been in the area of solvation dynamics of molecules and in particular the dynamics of water molecules around the surfaces of membranes. These experiments performed by Professor Kankan Bhattacharyya provided an insight into the behavior of water near biological surfaces and led to his coining of the phrase "biological water".[citation needed]
Scientists at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS) in Kolkata found a new way to target cancer cells, focusing on how they repair DNA during division. This could lead to better treatments, especially for patients resistant to current drugs.[76]
Prior to 1970, the Indian National Science Academy was named the "National Institute of Sciences of India", and its fellows bore the post-nominal "FNI". The post-nominal became "FNA" in 1970 when the association adopted its present name.
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