Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences

▪️  It is an autonomous research institute under the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India.

▪️  DST provides core support to the Centre in the form of a grant-in-aid for conducting basic and applied research in nano and soft matter sciences.

▪️  CeNS is located at Jalahalli, Bengaluru.

▪️  It is being mentored by Nano-Mission of the Government of India.

▪️  It is engaged in materials research at all relevant length scales.

▪️  The current activities are focussed on a variety of metal and semiconductor nanostructures, liquid crystals, gels, membranes and hybrid materials.

▪️  The Centre was established in 1991 by an eminent liquid crystal scientist, Prof. S. Chandrasekhar, FRS. After years of expansion and name changes, in 2014, it became the Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS).