Indian Institute of Science

The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is a premier post-graduate institution of research and higher learning located in Bangalore, India. It offers postgraduate and doctoral research programmes to over 2,000 active researchers working in 37 specialized departments -- ranging from aerospace engineering to molecular biophysics. IISc is the best in India in terms of research output (citation and impact factor) by the journal Current Science. It also ranks first among Indian universities (and South Asian universities) in the "Academic ranking of world universities"[1] conducted by the SJTU, China. It was in the news recently when India's finance minister, P. Chidambaram provided for a grant of a billion rupees ($25m) for the institute in the national budget - 2005.