Type Research Institution Location Mumbai, India Website www.hbcse.tifr.res.in Phone 022 2556 2132 | Established 1974 Campus Urban Director Krishnaswami Subrahmanyam Founded 1974 | |
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Founder Dr.Raghunath G. Lagu, V. G. Kulkarni Address VN Purav Marg, Olympiad Block, Mankhurd, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400088 Similar Tata Institute of Fundame, Homi Bhabha National I, Centre for Excellence in Basic S, Bhaskaracharya Pratishthana, National Centre for Radio Ast | ||
National science day visit to homi bhabha centre for science education
Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE) is a National Centre of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, India. The broad goals of the institute are to promote equity and excellence in science and mathematics education from primary school to undergraduate college level, and encourage the growth of scientific literacy in the country. To these ends it carries out a wide spectrum of inter-related activities, which may be viewed under three broad categories:
Three decades after its inception, HBCSE has emerged as the premier institution in the country for research and development in science, technology and mathematics education. It is India's nodal centre for Olympiad programmes in mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology and astronomy. Another major program of HBCSE is the National Initiative on Undergraduate Science (NIUS).
HBCSE runs a graduate school in science and mathematics education. Students admitted to HBCSE Graduate School work for the degree of Ph.D. in Science Education, which is a degree of TIFR (Deemed University).