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Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is a public university for scientific research and higher education located in Bangalore, India. Established in 1909 with active support from Jamsetji Tata it is also locally known as the ''"Tata Institute"''. It acquired the status of a Deemed University in 1958. IISc is widely regarded as India's finest institution in its field,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=QS World University Rankings 2013 | Top Universities )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=QS World University Rankings® 2014/15 | Top Universities )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Global Employability University Ranking 2014 results | Times Higher Education )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Global Employability University Ranking 2013 | Times Higher Education )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=QS University Rankings: Asia 2015 | Top Universities )〕 and has been ranked at number 11 and 18 worldwide (and ranked 3rd and 6th in Asia) when considering the criteria of Citations per Faculty in 2014 and 2015 respectively.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=QS World University Rankings® 2015/16 | Top Universities )〕 IISc has been ranked number 1 and 4 in the BRICS and Asian region respectively while considering the criteria of Papers per Faculty in 2015.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=QS University Rankings: BRICS 2015 | Top Universities )〕 IISc has made significant contribution to advanced computing, space, and nuclear technologies. ==History== After an accidental meeting between Jamsedji N. Tata and Swami Vivekananda on a ship in 1893 where they discussed Tata's plan of bringing the steel industry to India, Tata wrote to Vivekananda five years later "I trust, you remember me as a fellow-traveller on your voyage from Japan to Chicago. I very much recall at this moment your views on the growth of the ascetic spirit in India... I recall these ideas in connection with my scheme of Research Institute of Science for India, of which you have doubtless heard or read."〔 〕 Impressed by Vivekananda's views on science and leadership abilities, Tata wanted him to guide his campaign. Vivekananda endorsed the project with enthusiasm, and Tata, with the aim of advancing the scientific capabilities of the country, constituted a Provisional Committee to prepare a plan for setting up of an Institute of research and higher education. The committee presented a draft proposal to Lord Curzon on 31 December 1898.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=A Historical Perspective )〕 Subsequently, Prof. Sir William Ramsay, a Nobel Laureate, was called on to propose a suitable place for such an institution who suggested Bangalore as the best location. The land and other facilities for the institution were donated by H.H. Sir Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV, the Maharaja of Mysore (a Princely State now called State of Karnataka), and Tata himself. The Maharaja donated about 〔() 〕 of land. Tata gave several buildings towards the creation of IISc.〔 〕 The constitution of the Institute was approved by the Viceroy, Lord Minto, and the necessary Vesting Order to enable it to function was signed on 27 May 1909. Early in 1911, the Maharaja of Mysore laid the foundation stone of the Institute, and on 24 July, the first batch of students were admitted in the Departments of General and Applied Chemistry under Norman Rudolf and Electro-Technology under Alferd Hay. Within two months, the Department of Organic Chemistry was opened. With the establishment of the University Grants Commission in 1956, the Institute came under its purview as a deemed university. At the time of the inception of IISc in 1909, Morris Travers, Sir William Ramsay's co-worker in the discovery of the noble gases, became its first Director. For Travers, this was a natural continuation of his work on the Institute, since he had played a role in its founding. The first Indian Director was the Nobel Laureate Sir C.V. Raman. Raman was the Indian Science-based Nobel Laureate.〔 The current Director is Anurag Kumar. The Institute was the first to introduce masters programmes in engineering. It has also started integrated Ph.D. programmes in Biological, Chemical, Physical and Mathematical Sciences for science graduates.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Indian Institute of Science」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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