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TIFR Computer Centre

TIFR Computer Centre is responsible for providing computing and networking facilities to TIFR users and groups. Computing has become an essential tool for almost all scientific research. At TIFR, computers are extensively used both in scientific computation as well as in preparation and publication of scientific papers. Scientific data and papers on research carried out by the TIFR members are archived on computers, often in a form accessible over the network. Moreover, most scientists make a heavy use of Internet and email facilities for scientific literature access and collaboration. TIFR also uses computers for processing of administrative and accounting data.

TIFR LAN

TIFR local area network consists of about 1200 workstations and servers interconnected by a backbone of fiber optic cable that interconnects switches in various institutes blocks. These block switches are connected by 100 mbps UTP cable to department switches from where UTP connections are provided to individual machines. The workstations are mainly used for scientific computing, web and email access and for scientific publication. Servers provide access to scientific data and papers. Institute's Administrative Data Processing cell has machines that keep institutes accounting and administrative data. TIFR library runs a server providing online access to library catalogs and electronically subscribed journals. TIFR LAN provides the interconnectivity between these machines.

Internet Connectivity

TIFR LAN is connected to Internet by a 34Mbits/sec link to ISP Tata Communications. The connection is through a WAN router which also connects remote centres of TIFR such as the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education and National Centre for Radio Astronomy through leased telephone links. This provides full Internet access to TIFR members.

Central Computing Facility

The central computing facility consists of some general purpose computing machines as well as some machines dedicated to providing high end computing facilities. With the advent of cheap and powerful workstations, many groups and users in TIFR have their own facilities for computing.

Servers

A centralized mailhost (mailhost.tifr.res.in) receives and stores/forwards emails which may be accessed via POP or IMAP servers. A webmail service allowing access to email via web browsers is also available. A dedicated web server (www.tifr.res.in) provides a platform for hosting institute, departmental and personal web pages. Many departments/groups run their own web/mail servers. The integrity and security of TIFR network has become a concern and a firewall restricts access from outside to machines within TIFR LAN.

Members

Legend: (o)-office; (a)-alternate; (r)-residence; (f)-fax; (d)-direct; (m)-mobile. STD code for Mumbai is 022. International code for India is 91.
Name	Office	Phones	E-mail
Auchare Rahul	CG 18	[o] 22782390 [a] 22782328	rahul @ tifr . res . in
Jain R	CG 18	[o] 22782264 [a] 22782263 [r] 22783328	jain @ tifr . res . in
Karle Narayan	CG 36	[o] 22782516 [a] 22782000
Kausalya Srinivas	A 220	[o] 22782826 [a] 22782263 [a] 22782342 [m] 9987490332 [r] 9004789919 [f] 22804610	ksri @ tifr . res . in
Kyadari Santosh	CG 18	[o] 22782263 [a] 22782264	santoshk @ tifr . res . in
Lad Vinod	CG 18	[o] 22782263 [a] 22782328 [a] 22782763
Malvankar Swapnil	CG 18	[o] 22782264 [a] 22782763 [a] 22782263
Naik Anilkumar	A 220	[o] 22782342 [a] 22782826 [a] 22782763 [m] 9869418810 [f] 22804610	anilkumar @ tifr . res . in
Naik Arvind	CG 18	[o] 22782328 [a] 22782390 [m] 9969444852 [r] 02512881603	abnaik @ tifr . res . in
Naik Vijay	CG 36	[o] 22782516 [a] 22782000 [m] 9987260966	vnaik @ tifr . res . in
Raghavan H	A 236	[o] 22782507 [a] 22782763 [a] 22782750 [m] 9987260955 [r] 22804694 [r] 22783507 [f] 22804610	hraghav @ tifr . res . in
Raut Siddhesh	CG 18	[o] 22782750 [a] 22782763	siddhesh @ tifr . res . in
Shirodkar Kiran	CG 36	[o] 22782516 [a] 22782234 [a] 22782268 [m] 9324905477
Vaidya Chandrakant	CG 18	[o] 22782763 [a] 22782750 [a] 22782263 [m] 9869390198	vaidya @ tifr . res . in

टाटा मूलभूत अनुसंधान संस्थान Tata Institute of Fundamental Research