Bose Institute


Bose Institute is a public research institute of India and also one of its oldest. The Institute was established in 1917 by Acharya Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose, the founder of modern scientific research in India. Sir JC Bose was its Director for the first twenty years till his demise. Debendra Mohan Bose, who succeeded Nobel Laureate Sir CV Raman as the Palit Professor of Physics at Rajabazar Science College campus of University of Calcutta, was the Director of Bose Institute for the next thirty years.

Academics

Research

Current concentration of research is in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Plant biology, Microbiology, Molecular medicine, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Bioinformatics and Environmental science. The Institute pioneered the concept of inter-disciplinary research in Asia and India in sync with global trends. The Institute has contributed to extremely important discoveries and has been home to internationally renowned researchers like Sambhu Nath De, Debendra Mohan Bose, Gopal Chandra Bhattacharya, Shyamadas Chatterjee etc. The pioneering work of Jagadish Chandra Bose at the dawn of Bose institute on the effect of stimuli in plants was helpful in the establishment of the electrical nature of the conduction of various stimuli in plants.

Museum

himself started the display of his instruments which, as a continuous process, made their way into the present museum in the year 1986-87. The main purpose of this technological museum is to display and maintain some of the instruments designed, made and used by Sir J. C. Bose, his personal belongings and memorabilia. The museum is housed in the main campus at 93/1 A. P. C. road and is open on all weekdays.

Funding

Bose institute is funded by Department of science and technology, Govt of India.

Notable faculty