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The
Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla
The Indian
Institute of Advanced
 Study
was set up by the Ministry of Education, Government of India as a
Society under the Societies Registration act XXI of 1860, with
effect from 6th October 1964.
The Institute started functioning at Shimla on 20th October,1965
when it was formally inaugurated by the then President of India,
Professor S. Radhakrishnan.
The Institute aims at free and creative enquiry into the fundamental
themes
 and
problems of life and thought. It is a residential centre for
research and encourages promotion of creative thought in areas which
have deep human significance, and provides.an environment suitable
for academic research, particularly in selected subjects in the
Humanities, Indian Culture, Comparative Religion, Social and Natural
Sciences and such other areas as the Institute may, from time to
time, decide. The Institute provides facilities for advanced
consultations and collaboration besides library and documentation
facilities.
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HISTORY :
The First building to strike the eye when one comes
up to Shimla by rail is The Viceregal Lodge
 or
better known today as The Indian Institute of
Advanced Study. The Building which had witnessed
the most turbulent phase in Indian history-the slow
coming of the Viceroys, their cloaks and ermine
tippets to their their sudden and swift departure.
It saw the change in its inmates from politicians
and generals to professors and scholars.
The Institute which was housed in the
building on 6th October 1964 grew to become 'an
internationally recognized centre of high creativity
and excellence'. It had its years of dormancy but
after that it grew and is still growing to achieve
new vistas and conquering new horizons.
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