Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru, 75 Years

The Raman Research Institute (RRI) is a premier research institution in India, pursuing cutting edge fundamental research in select frontier areas of Physics under contemporary research themes. Founded by Indian Science Nobel Laureate Sir CV Raman in 1948, the Institue was established on a plot of land gifted by then Maharaja of Mysore, Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV. Raman served as the Insititue’s Director, carrying on his personal research until his demise in 1970.

In 1971, RRI became the first autonomous institution to be founded by the then newly formed Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. The Institute has, since then, carried forward the legacy of it’s founder and embarked on several research activities of national importance.

The institute is exploring opportunities to ink fresh collaborations with the space agency, and shoulder work in emerging research areas, namely developing terahertz detector technology, initiating millimeter to sub-millimeter-band Astronomy in India from both ground and space, among others. RRI also encourage well-planned, promising and challenging initiatives with path-breaking science goals, such as the ongoing experimental efforts to detect the subtle global signals from the Cosmic Dawn, Known as the Epoch of Reionization, or the long-term developments targeting the cosmic recombination lines of hydrogen from the early Universe and likewise.

The Institute maintain its tradition of actively promoting individual research excellence, coupled with technological capabilities that are developed in-house, thus aligning to the ‘Make in India’ initiative of becoming self-reliant towards enabling frontier research in all the above-mentioned fields.

RRI strive to make useful contributions towards mega science projects like the SKA in radio astronomy alongside being ambitious to assume leadership roles, both in the current and upcoming mega science projects, such as LIGO-India, the third of the LIGO detectors, being built on Indian soil.

The Department of Posts is delighted to release Commemorative Postage Stamp on the occasion of Platinum Jubilee of Raman Research Institute and salutes its contribution in India’s advancement in science and technology.