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  • Commemorative Stamp
  • 14 December 2008

Centenary of the Indian Institute of Science

Scientists of the Institute

Scientists of the Institute, one of two stamps for the centenary of the Indian Institute of Science.

Date of issue December 14, 2008
Denomination Rs. 20
Quantity printed 1500000
Printer India Security Press, Nasik
Perforation 13
Watermark No Watermark
Colours Multicolor
Printing process Photo Gravure
Credit Sh. Sankha Samanta
Catalogue codes Michel IN 2327 Stamp Number IN 2293b Yvert et Tellier IN 2089 Stanley Gibbons IN 2549 WADP Numbering System - WNS IN068.2008

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Portraits of scientists and founders associated with the Institute, before its main building, on the ₹20 stamp.

A Hundred Years of the Indian Institute of Science

India Post issued two stamps, ₹5 and ₹20, and a ₹25 miniature sheet on 14 December 2008 for the centenary of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, founded in 1909 with the support of Jamsetji Tata and still known locally as the Tata Institute. It became a deemed university in 1958 and is one of India’s foremost institutions for research in science and engineering. India Post’s brochure for this issue is not online, so this text draws on Wikipedia and on the stamps themselves.

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