Institute for Plasma Research

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Institute for Plasma Research

Established	1986 (38 years ago) (1986)
Research type	Theoretical & Applied research
Field of research	Plasma Physics
Director	Dr. Shashank Chaturvedi
Staff	700 (app.) (200 Scientists & Engineers)
Location	Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India 23°05′52″N 72°37′34″E / 23.09778°N 72.62611°E / 23.09778; 72.62611
ZIP code	382428
Affiliations	Department of Atomic Energy
Website	www.ipr.res.in

The Institute for Plasma Research (IPR) is an autonomous physics research institute in India. The institute conducts research in plasma science, including basic plasma physics, research on magnetically confined hot plasmas, and plasma technologies for industrial applications. It is a leading plasma physics organization. The institute is mainly funded by the Department of Atomic Energy. IPR plays a major scientific and technical role in Indian partnership in the international fusion energy initiative ITER. It is part of the IndiGO consortium for research on gravitational waves.^[1]