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Report No. : |
323559 |
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Report Date : |
27.05.2015 |
IDENTIFICATION DETAILS
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Name : |
NATIONAL CENTRE FOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES |
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Registered
Office : |
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research GKVK Bellary Road, Bangalore
560065, Karnataka |
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Country : |
India |
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Financials (as
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Not Divulged |
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Year of
Establishment : |
1992 |
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Capital
Investment / Paid-up Capital : |
Not Divulged |
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IEC No.: |
Not Available |
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TIN No.: |
Not Available |
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PAN No.: [Permanent Account No.] |
Not Available |
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Legal Form : |
Research Institute |
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Line of Business
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Research Centre specializing in biological science |
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No. of Employees
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Not Divulged |
RATING & COMMENTS
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MIRA’s Rating : |
Ba |
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RATING |
STATUS |
PROPOSED CREDIT LINE |
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41-55 |
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Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal
commitments. |
Satisfactory |
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Status : |
Satisfactory |
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Payment Behaviour : |
Usually correct |
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Litigation : |
Clear |
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Comments : |
Subject is a part of Tata Institute of Fundamentals Research Ms. Sujata Accounts Department denied to provide any information about
the subject It is a research institute specializing in biological research. It
provides with all necessary facilities that a research scientist may need
having a satisfactory track record. Trade relations are reported as fair. Business is active. Payment
terms are usually correct. The institute can be considered normal for business dealings at usual
trade terms and conditions. |
NOTES :
Any query related to this report can be made
on e-mail : infodept@mirainform.com
while quoting report number, name and date.
ECGC Country Risk Classification List – March 31, 2015
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Previous Rating (31.12.2014) |
Current Rating (31.03.2015) |
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India |
A1 |
A1 |
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Risk Category |
ECGC
Classification |
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Insignificant |
A1 |
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Low |
A2 |
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Moderate |
B1 |
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High |
B2 |
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Very High |
C1 |
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Restricted |
C2 |
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Off-credit |
D |
RBI DEFAULTERS’ LIST STATUS
Subject’s name is not enlisted as a defaulter
in the publicly available RBI Defaulters’ list.
EPF (Employee Provident Fund) DEFAULTERS’ LIST STATUS
Subject’s name is not enlisted as a defaulter in
the publicly available EPF (Employee Provident Fund) Defaulters’ list as of
31-03-2014.
INFORMATION DENIED BY
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Name : |
Ms. Sujata |
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Designation : |
Account Department |
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Contact No.: |
91-80-23666001 |
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Date : |
21.05.2015 |
LOCATIONS
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Registered Office : |
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research GKVK Bellary Road, Bangalore
560065, Karnataka, India |
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Tel. No.: |
91-80-23666001/02/23666018/19 |
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Fax No.: |
Not Available |
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Website : |
MANAGEMENT
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The Management
Board is in charge of the overall management of NCBS, and also functions as a
research council : |
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Scientific Advisors
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NCBS & Campus
Committee on Administration and Laboratory Management (N-CALM) : |
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Name : |
Satyajit Mayor |
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Designation : |
NCBS Director |
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Name : |
Upinder S Bhalla |
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Designation : |
Dean, NCBS |
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Name : |
Mukund Thattai |
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Designation : |
Head, Academic Activities |
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Name : |
Savita Ayyar |
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Designation : |
Head, Academic Activities |
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Name : |
V R Rengasamy |
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Head, Infrastructure & Constructions |
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Name : |
K.P. Pandian |
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Head, Administration & Finance |
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Name : |
U B Poornima |
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Designation : |
Head, Architect |
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Name : |
P C Gautam |
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Designation : |
Head, Scientific & Engineering Services |
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Name : |
K V Ramanathan |
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Designation : |
Head, Purchase |
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Scientifc and
Facilities : |
Central Imaging
& flow cytometry facility H Krishnamurthy Computer Facility Prasanta Kumar Baruah (Section Head) K S Rajashekar Instrumentation P C Gautam (Section Head) Jayaprakesh R Animal Care Facility G H Mohan Library Avinash D Chinchure S Umashashi Laboratory Support G Aswathanarayana P P Ranjith S Devakumar |
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Engineering and
Technical Services : |
Electrical Suresh Kumar (Section Head) Mohandas Siddarth S Swain Praveena Air Conditioning H S Venkataramana (Section Head) Baswaraj Jalihal Vipin V Civil and Architect H M Basavaraja Savitha K S T Natarajan K Rakshith Safety and QA/QC Ravindra Munshi (Electrical) P V Narayana Rao (Civil) |
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Administrative /
Auxilliary : |
Establishment/General
Administration S Ashok Rao (Section Head)
Maithly Ramesh N Ramprasad Karthika G Academic N N Shanthakumary (Section Head) K S Vishalakshi Purchase and Stores Prasanth Kumar R N Nagaraj Nirmala K S Lakhmi Priya P Vinod Kumar Services C Prashanth Murthy Seetharam Naik A Anand Raj Accounts H R Uma Thanuja S N. Sujatha Extramural Grants
Projects Accounts P Kamalakar Rao |
KEY EXECUTIVES
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Name : |
Ms. Sujata |
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Designation : |
Account Department |
BUSINESS DETAILS
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Line of Business : |
Research Centre specializing in biological science |
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Products : |
Not Available |
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Brand Names : |
Not Divulged |
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Agencies Held : |
Not Divulged |
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Exports : |
Not Available |
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Imports : |
Not Available |
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Terms : |
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Selling : |
Not Divulged |
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Purchasing : |
Not Divulged |
GENERAL INFORMATION
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No. of Employees : |
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Bankers : |
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Auditors : |
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Name : |
Not Divulged |
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Memberships : |
Not Divulged |
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Collaborators : |
Not Divulged |
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Sister Concern : |
Not Divulged |
CAPITAL STRUCTURE
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Capital Investment : |
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Owned : |
Not Divulged |
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Borrowed : |
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Total : |
Not Divulged |
FINANCIAL DATA
[all figures are
in Rupees Millions]
NOT DIVULGED
The above information has been denied by Ms. Sujata (Accounts
Department)
LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION
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Sr. No. |
Check list by
info agents |
Available in
Report (Yes/No) |
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Year of establishment |
Yes |
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Constitution of the entity -Incorporation
details |
Yes |
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Locality of the entity |
Yes |
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Premises details |
No |
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Buyer visit details |
-- |
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Contact numbers |
Yes |
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Name of the person contacted |
Yes |
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Designation of contact person |
Yes |
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Promoter’s background |
No |
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Date of Birth of Proprietor / Partners /
Directors |
No |
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Pan Card No. of Proprietor / Partners |
No |
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Voter Id Card No. of Proprietor / Partners |
No |
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Type of business |
Yes |
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Line of Business |
Yes |
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Export/import details (if applicable) |
No |
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No. of employees |
No |
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Details of sister concerns |
No |
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Major suppliers |
No |
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Major customers |
No |
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Banking Details |
No |
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Banking facility details |
No |
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Conduct of the banking account |
-- |
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Financials, if provided |
No |
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Capital in the business |
No |
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Last accounts filed at ROC, if applicable |
No |
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Turnover of firm for last three years |
No |
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Reasons for variation <> 20% |
-- |
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Estimation for coming financial year |
No |
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Profitability for last three years |
No |
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Major shareholders, if available |
No |
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External Agency Rating, if available |
No |
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Litigations that the firm/promoter
involved in |
-- |
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Market information |
-- |
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Payments terms |
No |
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Negative Reporting by Auditors in the
Annual Report |
No |
We are a premier research institute with all the necessary facilities that a research scientist may need. Research interests of our faculty lie in the frontier areas of biology. The talent and drive of our students and faculty continues to show us the way to good science.
Research at NCBS (a part of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research ) uses experimental and computational approaches to the study of molecules, cells and organisms. We aim to understand biology at each of these levels to advance an integrated view of life processes.
While the mandate of NCBS is the study of biology, we realize that success
requires research problems to be approached from a variety of directions. We
therefore have recruited, and encourage applications from, researchers with a
variety of backgrounds in the natural sciences, mathematics and computer
science.
Biological problems not only require multiple approaches for their solution,
but also need researchers of varied expertise to collaborate. Collaboration at
every level—within NCBS, within the country and internationally—is strongly
encouraged. Our research groups are small and with specific strengths that make
interactions with complementary groups fruitful.
Our facilities and equipment are accessible, well managed, used optimally and
allow most kinds of modern research in modern biology to be conducted in-
house. Where large- scale facilities are required for specific projects we
encourage the use of national and international resources and collaborative
arrangements. Well- qualified and trained staff manages our facilities and
equipments.
Students, research fellows, and post- doctoral fellows are the strength of our research
community and keep the environment vibrant and young as do a range of
laboratory and lecture courses, seminars, symposia and meetings, with speakers,
teachers and participants from all over the world. Academic programmes can lead
to a Ph.D. or other degrees, awarded by the Tata Institute of Fundamental
Research.
NCBS’s main campus is in Gandhi Krishi Vigyan Kendra (GKVK) on Bellary Road, in
the north of Bangalore. The campus has accommodation for students, visitors and
faculty and facilities for child- care, sports and recreation. Another
campus, close by and which continues to be developed, has additional student
accommodation.
HISTORY
In developing the National Centre for Biological Sciences we were guided by Abraham Flexner when he proposed the creation of the Institute of Advanced Study in Princeton. Flexner pithily expressed his views that the Institute "... should be small, its staff and students or scholars should be few, the administration should be inconspicuous, inexpensive and subordinate; the members of the teaching staff while freed from the waste of time involved in administrative work, should freely participate in decisions involving the quality and direction of its activities; the living conditions should represent a marked improvement over contemporary academic conditions... its subjects should be fundamental in character, and it should develop gradually...". The founder of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research , Homi Bhabha, looked upon the Institute not merely as a place for doing good physics but as an instrument for growing science and scientific culture in India. TIFR’s research activities in physics, mathematics, biology and other areas are well known. Somewhat less known is the fact that it has helped to create a number of other institutions. In the last 15 years alone,
TIFR has directly or indirectly catalyzed the formation of six other
institutions, the National Centre for Software Technology (NCST, Mumbai and
Bangalore), the Society for Applied Microwave Engineering and Electronic
Research (SAMEER, Mumbai and Chennai), the Inter-University Centre for
Astronomy and Astrophysics (Pune), the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education
(Mumbai), the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (Pune) and the National
Centre for Biological Sciences (Bangalore). The last three in the above list
have been set up directly under the umbrella of TIFR and are governed by its
Council of Management.
The idea that TIFR should start a Centre for Biological Research was mooted in 1982, following a suggestion by Prof. S. Ramaseshan, then Director of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, that a joint TIFR-IISc Centre could be located on the IISc campus. This move did not materialize but, in 1984, the Planning Commission of the Government of India agreed to fund a centre for fundamental research in biological sciences at Bangalore. The Centre was to function as "an autonomous unit under the aegis of TIFR and conduct fundamental research and teaching in areas of biology at the frontiers of knowledge". It was to be grown around a group of outstanding individuals and not according to a "rigidly preconceived plan". Its program was to be broad-based, dealing with all levels of biology: cell biology, development of animals and plants, brain research, behavior, ecology and theoretical biology.
Several years were spent in search of a suitable site, until the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) at Bangalore offered an attractive site on their campus. A memorandum of understanding with UAS was finally approved by their Board of Regents and signed in February, 1991. The university agreed to recognize NCBS as an institution of excellence and its members as post-graduate teachers. NCBS, on its part, undertook to help the University strengthen basic research in biology and biotechnology and to extend facilities for research and training to UAS staff and students.
Four years before NCBS formally came into existence, a core group of three members, O. Siddiqi, Gaiti Hasan and K. VijayRaghavan was constituted and search for new staff members was begun. The Council approved a plan to locate NCBS temporarily in the TIFR Centre at IISc in the space occupied by the Radio Astronomy Group which was moving to Pune. Prof. C. N. R. Rao, then Director IISc, readily agreed to this proposal. It was decided to construct additional laboratories for NCBS at Mumbai and at the TIFR Centre in Bangalore so that scientists joining NCBS could begin to work without loss of time.
The first new appointments were made in 1988. J. B. Udgaonkar joined in February 1990. M. Ramaswami and M. K. Mathew came in early 1991, followed by M. M. Panicker and S. Krishna in 1992. The new groups started their work in Mumbai. K. VijayRaghavan moved to Bangalore in August 1991. Sudhir Krishna and Panicker followed in October, 1992. T. M. Sahadevan, who had left for Pune, returned to Bangalore as Administrative Officer. NCBS, thus, began its activities well before it was formally constituted in October, 1991. The first meeting of its Project Management Committee was held on the 27th of July, 1992.
In the five years of its existence, NCBS has grown into a vibrant and lively institution. It has over ten active research groups. The Centre has developed a vigorous program of post-graduate teaching and training. It admits research scholars who work towards a Ph.D. It also has a special program of M.Sc. by research for talented Junior Scholars who join after B.Sc. [This has since been superseded by the integrated Ph.D. programme which admits students after their B.Sc.] Both Ph.D. and M.Sc. students can audit courses taught at the Indian Institute of Science. The emphasis in both programs is on independent research. NCBS Scholars can obtain degrees from Bombay University, Mysore University or the Manipal Academy of Higher Education.
The Campus at UAS has been designed by the well-known architect Raj Rewal. It is spread over an attractive 20-acre plot surrounded by forests and green fields. In the first phase of construction, executed by Mr. Koteshwara Rao and his team of engineers from the Department of Atomic Energy, a laboratory of over 50,000 square feet and some residential buildings including staff housing, hostels and a canteen have been built. It is expected that by the end of 1997, NCBS will begin to function, at least partly, from the new Campus.
The vibrant atmosphere that prevails in NCBS is the creation of those that work for it: students, scientists, administrators and all the other employees. It would be superfluous to thank them. I would however like to acknowledge the help that NCBS has received from its well-wishers and friends. Their support kept the idea of NCBS alive when the proposal was grinding through the mills of government and the going was rough. Among those who lent a strong helping hand are Prof. M. G. K. Menon, Prof. B. V. Sreekantan and Prof. V. Singh, former Directors of TIFR, Mr. J. J. Bhabha, Chairman of the TIFR Council; Prof. R. Ramanna, Dr. P. K. Iyengar, Dr. M. R. Srinivasan and Dr. R. Chidambaram, successive Chairmen of the Atomic Energy Commission; Dr. R. V. Ramakrishna and Dr. K. Krishnamurty, successive vice-chancellors of UAS; Dr. B. S. Keshavmurthi formerly of the UAS; Mr. T. R. Satish Chandran, Mr. K. S. N. Murthy of the Indian Administrative Service; Prof. C. N. R. Rao, and Prof. G. Padmanaban, successive directors of the Indian Institute of Science, Prof. Satish Dhawan, of the Department of Space; Dr. S. Z. Qasim of the Planning Commission; Dr. Manju Sharma of the Department of Biotechnology, Dr. P. J. Lavakare of the Department of Science and Technology and Prof. H. Sharat Chandra of the Indian Institute of Science.
CMT REPORT (Corruption, Money Laundering & Terrorism]
The Public Notice information has been collected from various sources including
but not limited to: The Courts,
1] INFORMATION ON
DESIGNATED PARTY
No exist designating subject or any of its beneficial owners,
controlling shareholders or senior officers as terrorist or terrorist organization
or whom notice had been received that all financial transactions involving
their assets have been blocked or convicted, found guilty or against whom a
judgement or order had been entered in a proceedings for violating
money-laundering, anti-corruption or bribery or international economic or
anti-terrorism sanction laws or whose assets were seized, blocked, frozen or
ordered forfeited for violation of money laundering or international
anti-terrorism laws.
2] Court Declaration :
No exist to suggest that subject is or was
the subject of any formal or informal allegations, prosecutions or other
official proceeding for making any prohibited payments or other improper
payments to government officials for engaging in prohibited transactions or
with designated parties.
3] Asset Declaration :
No records exist to suggest that the property or assets of the subject
are derived from criminal conduct or a prohibited transaction.
4] Record on Financial
Crime :
Charges or conviction registered
against subject: None
5] Records on Violation of
Anti-Corruption Laws :
Charges or
investigation registered against subject: None
6] Records on Int’l
Anti-Money Laundering Laws/Standards :
Charges or
investigation registered against subject: None
7] Criminal Records
No
available information exist that suggest that subject or any of its principals
have been formally charged or convicted by a competent governmental authority
for any financial crime or under any formal investigation by a competent
government authority for any violation of anti-corruption laws or international
anti-money laundering laws or standard.
8] Affiliation with
Government :
No record
exists to suggest that any director or indirect owners, controlling shareholders,
director, officer or employee of the company is a government official or a
family member or close business associate of a Government official.
9] Compensation Package :
Our market survey
revealed that the amount of compensation sought by the subject is fair and
reasonable and comparable to compensation paid to others for similar services.
10] Press Report :
No press reports / filings exists on
the subject.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
MIRA INFORM as part of its Due Diligence do provide comments on
Corporate Governance to identify management and governance. These factors often
have been predictive and in some cases have created vulnerabilities to credit
deterioration.
Our Governance Assessment focuses principally on the interactions
between a company’s management, its Board of Directors, Shareholders and other
financial stakeholders.
CONTRAVENTION
Subject is not known to have contravened any existing local laws,
regulations or policies that prohibit, restrict or otherwise affect the terms
and conditions that could be included in the agreement with the subject.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
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Currency |
Unit
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Indian Rupees |
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US Dollar |
1 |
Rs.63.85 |
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1 |
Rs.98.38 |
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Euro |
1 |
Rs.69.64 |
INFORMATION DETAILS
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Information
Gathered by : |
KMN |
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Analysis Done by
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DIV |
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Report Prepared
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JYTK |
RATING EXPLANATIONS
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RATING |
STATUS |
PROPOSED CREDIT LINE |
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>86 |
Aaa |
Possesses an extremely sound
financial base with the strongest capability for timely payment of interest
and principal sums |
Unlimited |
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71-85 |
Aa |
Possesses adequate
working capital. No caution needed for credit transaction. It has above average
(strong) capability for payment of interest and principal sums |
Large |
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56-70 |
A |
Financial &
operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not
cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal
sums |
Fairly
Large |
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41-55 |
Ba |
Overall operation is
considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments. |
Satisfactory |
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26-40 |
B |
Capability to overcome
financial difficulties seems comparatively below average. |
Small |
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11-25 |
Ca |
Adverse factors are
apparent. Repayment of interest and principal sums in default or expected to
be in default upon maturity |
Limited
with full security |
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<10 |
C |
Absolute credit risk
exists. Caution needed to be exercised |
Credit
not recommended |
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NB |
New
Business |
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