Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE), TIFR
Arnab Bhattacharya is the Center Director at the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE) under the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) since July 2021. With a long-standing commitment to science communication, Arnab serves as the Chair for Science Popularization and Public Outreach at TIFR, where efforts focus on engaging school and college students, including founding the "Chai and Why?" science cafe series in Mumbai. Previous experience includes roles as a Scientist at the Ferdinand Braun Institut fuer Hoechstfrequenztechnik and a Research Assistant at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Educational qualifications encompass a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a B.Tech. in Engineering Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, complemented by a Chevening Fellowship for Science and Innovation Leadership from the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.
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Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE), TIFR
Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE) is a National Centre of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai. The broad goals of the Centre are to promote equity and excellence in science and mathematics education from primary school to undergraduate college level, and encourage the growth of scientific literacy in the country. Activities : To these ends it carries out a wide spectrum of inter-related activities, which may be viewed under three broad categories: Research and Development Teacher Education and Science Popularisation Olympiads, NIUS and other Students' Nurture Programmes. HBCSE is the premier institution in the country for research and development in science, technology and mathematics education. It is India's nodal centre for Olympiad programmes in mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy and junior science. Graduate School HBCSE (TIFR) runs a Graduate School in Science Education. Students admitted to HBCSE Graduate School work towards the Ph.D. degree of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) which is a Deemed University. Our social Media Presence can be found on: https://linktr.ee/hbcse_tifr