Type Public Affiliation UGC Founded 1916 Chancellor Karan Singh | Established 1916 (1916) Director Prof. Bachcha Singh Motto Science is Worship Parent institution Banaras Hindu University | |
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Vice-Chancellor Girish Chandra Tripathi Location Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India Address RR 6, Ajagara, Banaras Hindu University Campus, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221005 Similar Banaras Hindu University, Faculty of Education - Banaras, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Commerce - Banaras, Indian Institute of Technolo | ||
Institute of Science, ( 'विज्ञान संस्थान' ) (a.k.a. Science Institute) is one of the pioneering institute , in the field of science, of Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India which offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Zoology, Botany, Biochemistry, Computer science, Geography, Mathematics, Physics , Geology , Geophysics , Chemistry, Statistics.
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History
Faculty of Science was established in 1916 and in the month of December 2015 it was upgraded to Institute of Science.
Organization
Institute of Science's administrative head is a Director. The Director is responsible for all aspects of the Institute's operations, including budgets, administration, planning, support services, institute appointments, curricula and student affairs. The Director is appointed by an executive body and reports to the Vice-Chancellor of the university. The Institute of Science keeps itself alive with regular academic activities like seminars, workshops, conferences. It is equipped with advanced and sophisticated laboratories. Faculty members have liaison with research institutions of repute in India and abroad. A large number of the teachers of the Institute have received distinctions and honors like Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship, FICCI Award, etc. and several are fellows of the various academies.
There are six Centers and thirteen different Departments in the Institute of Science that offer Undergraduate (UG), Postgraduate (PG) and Doctoral Degrees in all the field of modern science.
Research Centres
Courses
The institute offers Undergraduate (B.Sc), Post graduate (M.Sc) and Ph.D courses in various courses under the departments and centres in the institute.Also, it offers M.Sc. (tech) in Geophysics and MCA as well.
Hostels
There are ten hostels to accommodate students of institute:
Cultural Festival
Aakanksha is the annual cultural fest of Institute organize every year in the month of February.