Harish chandra Research Institute (HRI),Allahabad

The Harish-Chandra Research Institute (HRI) is dedicated to research in mathematics and theoretical physics, located in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was founded in 1975 as the Mehta Research Institute of Mathematics and Mathematical Physics, with an endowment from the B.S. Mehta Trust, Calcutta. It offers masters and doctoral programs in affiliation with the Homi Bhabha National Institute. The institute has a residential campus in Jhusi town in Prayagraj, on the banks of the river Ganga, granted by the Government of Uttar Pradesh in January 1990, with the move completed in 1996. HRI has over 30 faculty, 50 doctoral students, and 25 postdoctoral visiting research fellows and scientists, and is funded by the Department of Atomic Energy of the Government of India. In October 2000, it was renamed in honour of mathematician Harish-Chandra. The Mathematics research group focuses on Algebra, Analysis, Geometry & Topology, and Number Theory, while the Physics group covers Astrophysics, Condensed Matter Physics, High Energy Physics, String Theory, and Quantum Information & Computation. The institute conducts the annual Summer Programme in Mathematics and a Visiting Students Program in Physics. Several faculty members have received the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology.