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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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