Director’s Message

The AcSIR was established as an Institution of National Importance by an Act of Parliament in 2010 (by a resolution of GOI on July 17, 2010) and formalized vide The Gazette of India (dated February 7, 2012) which was notified on April 3, 2012.

AcSIR has been set-up based on a ‘Hub and Spoke’ model where the hub (AcSIR-HQ at Ghaziabad) is responsible for centralized administrative functions. The spokes are located in the 80 AcSIR Associated Research Institutes spread along the length and breadth of India, which act as the academic campuses of AcSIR. In addition, AcSIR has collaborative academic programs with several national and international educational institutions.

The AcSIR has been mandated to undertake high quality teaching and research in frontier areas of Science and Technology. This mission is to be achieved through Its students, who are engaged in research in the broad areas of Biological Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Engineering Sciences, Mathematical & Information Sciences, Physical Sciences, Medical Research, Agrilcultural Sciences and other Inter- & trans-disciplinary areas of study. AcSIR has students enrolled in different academic programs, including, Ph.D, Integrated Dual Degree Program (M.Tech+Ph.D), Integrated M.Sc-Ph.D, , M.Sc., M.Tech, M.P.H and PG Diploma.

AcSIR is the largest Academic Institution for doctoral research in India having awarded 831 PhD degrees in 2024 and with more than ~6500 students currently registered for PhD. Presently, AcSIR is ranked 11th by “Scimago Institutions Ranking” (2024), 12th by “Nature index” (2022), 9th by “CWUR”(2024) and 11th by “NIRF (2024) in the Research Category, among the academic institutions in India.

Prof. Manoj Kumar Dhar,

Director, AcSIR