Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research

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Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research

Type	Autonomous government institute (deemed university)
Established	1989
Founder	Prof. C.N.R. Rao, Bharat Ratna
President	G. U. Kulkarni
Address	JNCASR, Jakkur, Bangalore-560 064 , Bangalore , Karnataka , India 13°4′5.03″N 77°36′32.02″E / 13.0680639°N 77.6088944°E / 13.0680639; 77.6088944
Website	www.jncasr.ac.in
Location in Karnataka Show map of Karnataka Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (India) Show map of India

The Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) is a multidisciplinary research institute located at Jakkur, Bangalore, India. JNCASR was established by the Department of Science and Technology of the Government of India as a centre for advanced scientific research in India, to mark the birth centenary of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of independent India.^[1] In 2019, JNCASR was ranked #7 among the world's top ten research institutes and universities by Nature journal in a normalised ranking of research institutes and universities with high quality output.^[2][3]