The three major groups of research areas are Mathematics, Physics and Theoretical Computer Science. The institute is funded by the Department of Atomic Energy and the Government of Tamil Nadu. News Phone Numbers IMSc Phone numbers have changed from 1 December 2000 and the new numbers are given at the top right in the home page. Lecture notes of the lectures of Prof K R Parthasarathy is available here as a .ps file. This file is for local access only.
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The Members section has a list of the academic members of the institue and their phone numbers. The Library section has an online catalogue of the library and links to some popular science magazines, book shops and more. The Indian Websites section has a list of some Indian research Institutes and other useful websites. The Webstuff has some html authoring material for reference. The Getting Here section has directions to come to the Institute of Mathematical Sciences.