Tata Institute of Fundamental Research: Statistics
| Rank | Ranking |
|---|---|
| #801 of 14,131 | In the World |
| #159 of 5,830 | In Asia |
| #9 of 876 | In India |
| #2 of 53 | In Maharashtra |
| #2 of 12 | In Mumbai |
| #35 of 1,004 | For Theoretical Physics |
| Top50% | For 23 other topics |
Quick Review
- Acceptance rate
- 2%
- Enrollment
- 125
- Type
- Non-profit
- Funding
- Public-private
partnership - Highest Degree
- Doctorate
- Website
- tifr.res.in
Acceptance rate & Admissions
| Acceptance Rate | 2% |
|---|---|
| Admissions Requirements | Yes, based on entrance examinations |
| Enrollment | 125 |
| Full time employee | 250 |
Publications & Citations
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research majors
by publication & citation count
Annual publication & citation counts
| Year | Publications | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 236 | 2853 |
| 1992 | 250 | 2981 |
| 1993 | 276 | 2978 |
| 1994 | 251 | 3006 |
| 1995 | 312 | 3743 |
| 1996 | 362 | 4293 |
| 1997 | 326 | 4734 |
| 1998 | 343 | 4782 |
| 1999 | 376 | 5704 |
| 2000 | 466 | 6475 |
| 2001 | 405 | 8057 |
| 2002 | 474 | 9393 |
| 2003 | 391 | 10723 |
| 2004 | 435 | 11934 |
| 2005 | 510 | 12877 |
| 2006 | 479 | 14418 |
| 2007 | 523 | 16480 |
| 2008 | 601 | 18526 |
| 2009 | 622 | 22290 |
| 2010 | 646 | 23384 |
| 2011 | 620 | 27063 |
| 2012 | 669 | 29089 |
| 2013 | 759 | 31867 |
| 2014 | 788 | 31678 |
| 2015 | 844 | 35105 |
| 2016 | 925 | 36851 |
| 2017 | 950 | 39725 |
| 2018 | 984 | 49658 |
| 2019 | 1082 | 50734 |
| 2020 | 1036 | 55718 |
| 2021 | 929 | 53964 |
Tuition
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research has financial aid programs and on-campus housing.
Programs and Degrees
| Programs | Associate's degree | Bachelor's | Master's | Doctoral |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Design | Arts | Humanities | – | – | – | – |
| Business | Politics | Social Sciences | – | – | – | – |
| Languages | Culture | Linguistics | – | – | – | – |
| Nursing | Health | Pharmacy | Medicine | – | – | – | – |
| Engineering | IT | – | – | – | – |
| Maths | Natural Sciences | – | – | – | + |
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research alumni
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Ashok Khemka
- Occupations
- civil servant
- Biography
-
Ashok Khemka is an Indian civil service bureaucrat. He is an Indian Administrative Service officer of 1991 batch. He is best known for cancelling the mutation of Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra's illegal land deal in Gurgaon. As of October 2021, he has been transferred 54 times in 29 years by state governments after he exposed corruption in the departments he was posted in. He is a whistleblower of several scams that took place under Bhupinder Hooda's regime, including the Robert Vadra DLF land grab scam, Sonepat-Kharkhoda IMT land scam case and Garhi Sampla Uddar Gagan land scam. Ashok Khemka is Haryana's second-most transferred bureaucrat, after another retired IAS officer Pradeep Kasni, who had been transferred 71 times in 35 years.
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Atul Gurtu
- Occupations
- physicist
- Biography
-
Atul Gurtu is a high energy physicist in India. He joined the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, in 1971, and retired in 2011 as a senior professor, after a career spanning four decades in particle physics research.
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Thanu Padmanabhan
- Enrolled in Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
- 1979-1992 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- physicistastronomeruniversity teacher
- Biography
-
Thanu Padmanabhan was an Indian theoretical physicist and cosmologist whose research spanned a wide variety of topics in gravitation, structure formation in the universe and quantum gravity. He published nearly 300 papers and reviews in international journals and ten books in these areas. He made several contributions related to the analysis and modelling of dark energy in the universe and the interpretation of gravity as an emergent phenomenon. He was a Distinguished Professor at the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) at Pune, India.
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K. VijayRaghavan
- Years
- 1954-.. (age 68)
- Occupations
- biologistgeneticistresearcher
- Biography
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Dr. Krishnaswamy VijayRaghavan FRS is an emeritus professor and former director of the National Centre for Biological Sciences. On 26 March 2018, the Government of India appointed him as the principal scientific adviser to succeed Dr. R Chidamabaram. His term as Principal Scientific Adviser ended on April 2, 2022. In 2012, he was elected a fellow of The Royal Society and in April 2014 he was elected as a foreign associate of the US National Academy of Sciences. He was conferred the Padma Shri on 26 January 2013 and is also a recipient of the Infosys Prize in the life sciences category in 2009.
General info
| Alternative names | TIFR |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1945 |
| Accreditation | University Grants Commission |
| Academic structure | School of Natural Sciences School of Mathematics School of Technology and Computer Science |
| Affiliations and memberships | Department of Atomic Energy |
Location and Contacts
| Address | Homi Bhabha Road, Navy Nagar, Colaba Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400 005 India |
|---|---|
| City population | 15,414,000 |
| Phone | +91 (22) 2278 2000 |
| Fax | +91 (22) 2280 4610 |