The Institute was located in a bungalow on Pedder Road in Bombay called Kenilworth.[2] On December 19, 1945, Bombay Governor Sir John Colville officially opened it. As the Institute expanded in 1949, it moved into the Old Yacht Club Building, which had previously housed the Royal Bombay Yacht Club, close to Gateway of India. The first to begin operation was the Cosmic Ray Group. In 1953, the Nuclear Emulsion and Electron Magnetism Group was established. The first pilot machine was put into service in 1956 after work in computer science and technology began in 1954. In February 1960, the full-scale device—later dubbed the TIFRAC—was put into service.
In 1954, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru laid the foundation stone for the main building on the Colaba campus.[2] Currently, this serves as the Institute's primary campus. Chicago architect Helmuth Bartsch created the contemporary structure on the waterfront with gardens, lawns, and a promenade. On January 15, 1962, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru officially opened the structure.
Tripartite Agreement
The Government of Bombay, the Government of India, and the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust entered into a Tripartite Agreement at the Institute in 1955–1956.[2] The Tripartite Agreement called for the Government of India to provide substantial financial support in exchange for a larger and more permanent representation on the Council of Management. The Indian government now covers almost 99% of the Institute's expenses. All grants are channeled through the Department of Atomic Energy, which oversees the Institute.
Director of TIFR
The Institute's founder and director, Homi Bhabha, perished in an aircraft accident in 1966.[2] Professor M.G.K. Menon succeeded him as the Institute's director. In 1975, Professor B.V. Sreekantan succeeded him. In 1987, Professor Virendra Singh was appointed Director; in 1997, Professor S.S. Jha took over. In 2002, Professor S. Bhattacharya was appointed Director; in 2007, Professor M. Barma; in 2015, Professor Sandip P. Trivedi; and in 2020, Professor S. Ramakrishnan. In July 2022, Professor Jayaram N. Chengalur became the current director.
Qualitative and quantitative properties of solutions of differential equations
Elliptic and Parabolic PDE
Hyperbolic Equations and Conservation Laws
Euler and Navier-Stokes equations
Inverse problems
Geometry and analysis
Optimal transportation problems
Control theory problems of fluid flows
Probability Theory and Related Areas
Stochastic differential equations
Probability theory
Ergodic Theory and dynamical systems
Rough path theory, stochastic analysis
Random Geometry, point processes
Complex Analysis and Related Areas
Complex analysis
Potential theory
Several complex variables
Computational Science
Numerical Analysis of differential equations
Computational fluid dynamics
Scientific computing and machine learning
Geophysical fluid flows
Consulting
The centre offers consulting at the individual and institutional levels in applying theory to engineering-related problems and in exposition of underlying mathematics.[1]
Education and programs
The centre has had an active role in training students in areas of applicable mathematics through the IISc-TIFR Joint Programme. Following the deemed university status of TIFR, the TIFR Centre has offered its own programs since 2004, which are:[1]
Among its other doctoral programs, the center has an integrated PhD program in mathematics.[4][unreliable source?] Eligible students for this program receive a monthly fellowship of Rs 21000 for the first year.[4][unreliable source?].[5]
The centre has a program to invite visiting professors, both for disseminating new topics through lecture courses and for research collaboration.[1]
In September 2015, together with Ritabrata Munshi (from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research), K. Sandeep (from the TIFR Centre for Applied Mathematics) obtained the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in the field of mathematical sciences.[6]
