Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education


Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education is a National Centre of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India. The broad goals of the institute 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. To these ends it carries out a wide spectrum of inter-related activities, which may be viewed under three broad categories:
Three decades after its inception, HBCSE has emerged as 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 and astronomy. Another major program of HBCSE is the National Initiative on Undergraduate Science.
HBCSE runs a graduate school in science and mathematics education. Students admitted to HBCSE Graduate School work for the degree of Ph.D. in Science Education, which is a degree of TIFR.

Notable staff

TermMemberNotes
1974-1994V. G. Kulkarni, began his career in 1953 at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
1994-2008Arvind Kumar, from Maharashtra, India, won the Padma Shri Award in 2011 for his contributions in the field of literature and education
2008-2011Dr. Hemchandra Chintamani Pradhan, since July 2012, Pradhan has been associated, as a Raja Ramanna Fellow of the Department of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India
2011-2016Jayashree Ramadas
2016K. Subramaniam