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In
the area of Economics, Social Sciences etc lots
of premier institutions (for example, Institute
of Economic growth setup in New Delhi in 1958,
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research
(IGIDR) setup in Mumbai in 1987, Institute for
Studies in Industrial Development (ISID) in New
Delhi, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, setup
in Mumbai in 1936, Centre for Development
Studies affiliated to JNU was setup in 1971 at
Trivandrum, Institute for Social and Economic
Change established in 1972, at Bangalore) have
been set up who are consistently engaged in
interdisciplinary research and teaching in
social development problems, agriculture,
industry, poverty, health, economics etc.
Besides this, there are other institutes also
like Delhi School of Economics, Madras School of
Economics, Gokhale Institute of Politics and
Economics (Pune) who do teaching and research in
the area of economics and social sciences.
Among well-known institutions catering to
information technology is IIIT Bangalore, IIIT
Allahabad, Atal Bihari Vajpayee IIITM Gwalior,
IIITM Trivandrum. These are the institution of
excellence in education, research, development,
and training in basic and applied Information
Technology and Management. Other noteworthy
institutes in the field of information
technology, computing and related field is the
Centre for Development in Advance Computing (C-DAC)
established in 1988. C-DAC, currently is engaged
in various teaching and research programme which
includes Software technologies, Enterprise
System Management (ESM), Geomatics, VLSI
designs, Digital Multimedia, and the Programme
for Advancing Computer Education - PACE. C-DAC
has centre spread all over the India namely at
Pune, Bangalore, New Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad,
Trivandrum and Chennai.
India has also witnessed setup and running
institutions in the area of Astronomy,
Astrophysics, Theoretical physics, Physical and
Life Sciences, Material Sciences, Plasma
Research, Laser and their application,
Theoretical Computer Science, Experimental and
Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics etc. These
are, for example, Aryabhatta Research Institute
of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital,
Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA),
Bangalore, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy
and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, Physical
Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad, Raman
Research Institute (RRI), Bangalore, S. N. Bose
National Centre for Basic Sciences (SNBNCBS),
Kolkata, Centre for Advanced Technology (CAT),
Indore, Harish-Chandra Research Institute (HRI),
Allahabad, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic
Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam, Institute of
Physics (IOP), Bhubaneswar, Institute for Plasma
Research (IPR), Gandhinagar, Saha Institute of
Nuclear Physics (SINP), Kolkata, The Institute
of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc),
Chennai,Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (VECC),
Kolkata, and Indian Institute of Science (IISC),
Bangalore. The dynamism and the research
capabilities shown by these institutes and their
laboratory in their respective fields are known
to every one.
Since, independence the creation and setup of
Central Universities has gained momentum. There
are 18 Central Universities at present under the
purview of the MHRD, which have been set up by
Acts of Parliament. 4 out of 18 are in Delhi
itself, 4 are in UP, 2 are in Hyderabad,
North-Eastern (including Kolkata) region has 6
central universities and the two others are at
Wardha and Pondicherry respectively.
India has also witness, Institutions and
Universities in the area of Legal and Law coming
up. Some of the law universities for example
Gujarat National Law University (GNLU)
Gandhinagar, NLU Jodhpur, NALSAR University
Hyderabad, NLSUI Bangalore, National University
of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata, Tamil Nadu Dr.
Ambedkar Law University, Chennai, Hidyatullah
National Law University, Raipur, National
University for Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi
have done fairly well in terms of teaching and
research in laws, cyber laws etc. Besides there
are other important areas like dairy,
agriculture, etc which needs special discussion.
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