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| Type | Research Institution |
|---|---|
| Established | 1972 |
| Founder | Bidhu Bhusan Das |
| Affiliation | Homi Bhabha National Institute, Department of Atomic Energy |
| Director | Prof. Karuna Kar Nanda |
| Location | , , |
| Campus | Urban |
| Acronym | IOP, Bhubaneswar |
| Website | www |
Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar (Odia: ପଦାର୍ଥ ବିଜ୍ଞାନ ଅନୁଷ୍ଠାନ) is an autonomous research institution of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India.[1] The institute was founded by Professor Bidhu Bhusan Das, who was Director of Public Instruction, Odisha, at that time. Das set up the institute in 1972, supported by the Government of Odisha under the patronage of Odisha's education minister Banamali Patnaik, and chose Dr. Trilochan Pradhan as its first director, when the Institute started theoretical research programs in the various branches of physics.[1] Other notable physicists in the institute's early days included Prof. T. P. Das, of SUNY, Albany, New York, USA and Prof. Jagdish Mohanty of IIT Kanpur and Australian National University, Canberra. In 1981, the Institute moved to its present campus near Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar. It was taken over by the Department of Atomic Energy, India on 25 March 1985 and started functioning as an autonomous body.[2]
- ^ a b Dr. R. K. Chaudhary. "Institute of Physics: A Profile". Archived from the original on 27 September 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2009. Archived 27 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Overview". Retrieved 25 October 2009.