French Institute of Pondicherry

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11°56′13″N 79°50′10″E / 11.937025°N 79.836131°E / 11.937025; 79.836131

Institut français de Pondichéry

Type	French Research Institute
Established	21 March 1955
Director	Dr. Blandine Ripert
Location	Pondicherry , Puducherry , India
Campus	Urban
Website	French Institute of Pondicherry

The French Institute of Pondicherry (French: Institut français de Pondichéry) UMIFRE 21 is a French research centre in Puducherry, India, under the joint supervision of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). It is the largest of the 26 research centres under this dual umbrella. It is also part of the research unit 3330 "Savoirs et Mondes Indiens" of the CNRS, along with the Centre de Sciences Humaines (CSH) in New Delhi.