Srinivasa Ramanujan Institute of Basic Sciences is an institute set up

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, in

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as an R&D institution under

Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE) is an autonomous body constituted by the Government of Kerala in November 2002 to encourage and promote science and technology-related activities in Kerala State. Prior to the ...

(KSCSTE) for the promotion research in basic sciences. The decision to create the institution was taken by Government of Kerala as part of the 125th birth anniversary celebrations of the legendary Indian mathematical genius

Srinivasa Ramanujan Srinivasa Ramanujan (; born Srinivasa Ramanujan Aiyangar, ; 22 December 188726 April 1920) was an Indian mathematician. Though he had almost no formal training in pure mathematics, he made substantial contributions to mathematical analysis ...

and the formation of the institute was announced by

Oommen Chandy Oommen Chandy, , (born 31 October 1943) is an Indian politician and statesman who served as the Chief Minister of Kerala for two terms, from 2004 to 2006 and again from 2011 to 2016. He was also Leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Legislative ...

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, on 13 January 2012. The institute was formally inaugurated on 7 February 2013. It is currently functioning in the campus of

Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology (RIT) (Government Engineering College), Kottayam, India is a state government-owned engineering college in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Located 14 km away from Kottayam, Kerala, India, near Pamp ...

, Kerala. An Advisory Board chaired by E.C.G. Sudarshan helps the institute in shaping its academic activities. Since its inception, the institute has been organising various academic programmes like colloquia and workshops on a regular basis.

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