Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar: Difference between revisions

'''Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar''' ({{lang-or|[[:or:ପଦାର୍ଥ ବିଜ୍ଞାନ ଅନୁଷ୍ଠାନ|'''ପଦାର୍ଥ ବିଜ୍ଞାନ ଅନୁଷ୍ଠାନ''']]}}) is an autonomous research institution of the [[Department of Atomic Energy (India)|Department of Atomic Energy]] (DAE), Government of [[India]].<ref name=dae>{{cite web|url=http://www.dae.gov.in/ni/nisep02/iop.htm|title=Institute of Physics: A Profile|author=Dr. R. K. Chaudhary|accessdate=2009-10-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080927060753/http://www.dae.gov.in/ni/nisep02/iop.htm|archive-date=27 September 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Institute was founded by Professor [[Bidhu Bhusan Das]], who was Director of Public Instruction, Odisha, at that time. Das set up the institute in 1972, supported by the Government of [[Odisha]] under the patronage of Odisha's education minister Banamali Patnaik, and chose Dr. Trilochan Pradhan as its first director, when the Institute started theoretical research programs in the various branches of physics.<ref name=dae/> Other notable physicists in the Institute's early days included Prof. T. P. Das, of [[SUNY]], Albany, New York, USA and Prof. Jagdish Mohanty of the Indian Institute of Technology, [[IIT Kanpur]] and [[Australian National University]], Canberra. In 1981, the Institute moved to its present campus near Chandrasekharpur, [[Bhubaneswar]]. It was taken over by the [[Department of Atomic Energy]], India on 25 March 1985 and started functioning as an autonomous body.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iopb.res.in/overview.php|title=Overview|accessdate=2009-10-25}}</ref>