The Harish-Chandra Research Institute is an institution dedicated to research in Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, located in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh in India. Established in 1965, HRI offers a doctoral program in affiliation...
See More with the Homi Bhabha National Institute.HRI has a residential campus in Jhusi town near Allahabad on the banks of the River Ganges. The institute has over 30 faculty, 50 doctoral students and 25 post-doctoral visiting research fellows and scientists. HRI is funded by the Department of Atomic Energy of the Government of India.HistoryThe institute was founded as the Mehta Research Institute of Mathematics and Mathematical Physics in 1965, with an endowment from the B.S. Mehta Trust, Calcutta. The institute was initially managed by Prof. Badri Nath Prasad and following his death in January 1966 by Prof. S.R. Sinha, both from the Allahabad University. The first official Director of the Institute was Prof. Prabhu Lal Bhatnagar in 1975 when it became truly operational. He was followed by Prof. S.R. Sinha again.On 29 November 1975 Dr. B. Devadas Acharya joined the Mehta Research Institute (MRI) as its first Post-Doctoral Fellow and on 1 January 1980 was appointed as the first Assistant Professor of Mathematics at MRI.