Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

TIFR is a National Centre of the Government of India, under the umbrella of the Department of Atomic Energy, as well as a deemed University awarding degrees for master's and doctoral programs. The Institute was founded in 1945 with support from the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust under the vision of Dr. Homi Bhabha. At TIFR, we carry out basic research in physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, computer science and science education. Our main campus is located in Mumbai, with centres at Pune, Bengaluru and Hyderabad.

Spotlight

Upgraded GMRT measures the mass of hydrogen in distant galaxies

A team of astronomers from the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA-TIFR) in Pune, and the Raman Research Institute (RRI), in Bengaluru, has used the upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope [...Read More]

Junaid Majeed Bhat
Awarded the pan-TIFR Prof S Naranan Memorial Research Award

SINGLET EXCITON FISSION in Organic Materials
Multiexciton generation in organic materials promises to overhaul the [...Read More]

Junaid Majeed Bhat
Awarded the pan-TIFR Prof S Naranan Memorial Research Award

SINGLET EXCITON FISSION in Organic Materials
Multiexciton generation in organic materials promises to overhaul the [...Read More]

Mumbai-wide Sero-Survey for COVID-19 Prevalence
A pilot project was launched on 29 June 2020 to understand the extent [...Read More]

COVID test in 30 minutes
TIFR scientists at Hyderabad have standardised a colour-based assay [...Read More]

Engineering next generation solar powered batteries
T. N. Narayanan's group from TIFR Hyderabad has assembled a compact [...Read More]

Prof. Anish Ghosh
Anish Ghosh was awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award in the [...Read More]

Dr. Atul Joshi
Awarded the Harper Prize by the British Ecological Society for the paper [...Read More]

Press release - National Analytical Facility for Nutrition and Metabolism Research
India is plagued by both maternal and childhood [...Read More]