Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University


Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University is a constituent institute of Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India which offers courses in Zoology, Botany, Biochemistry, Computer science, Geography, Mathematics, Physics, Geology, Geophysics, Chemistry, Statistics.

History

Faculty of Science was established in 1916 and in the month of December 2015 it was upgraded to Institute of Science.

Organization

Institute of Science's administrative head is a Director. The Director is responsible for all aspects of the Institute's operations, including budgets, administration, planning, support services, institute appointments, curricula and student affairs. The Director is appointed by an executive body and reports to the Vice-Chancellor of the university.
The Institute of Science keeps itself alive with regular academic activities like seminars, workshops, conferences. It is equipped with advanced and sophisticated laboratories. Faculty members have liaison with research institutions of repute in India and abroad. A large number of the teachers of the Institute have received distinctions and honors like Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship, FICCI Award,TIFR Fellowship etc. and several are fellows of the various academies.
There are six Centers and thirteen different Departments of which many are centres of advanced study and research in the Institute of Science that offer Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Doctoral Degrees in all the field of modern science.

Research Centres

Departments

Courses

The institute offers Undergraduate, Post graduate and Ph.D courses in various courses under the departments and centres in the institute.Also, it offers M.Sc. in Geophysics and MCA as well.

Hostels

There are ten hostels to accommodate students of institute:
Aakanksha is the annual cultural fest of Institute organize every year in the month of February and SANGANAN is its annual technical festival.

Notable alumni