Welcome to HRI

The Harish-Chandra Research Institute (HRI) was established in 1975, under the name Mehta Research Institute, as a result of a generous benefaction from the Mehta Trust. In its early years the institute operated as a small centre for fostering research in the Mathematical Sciences. A major turn took place in 1992 when the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) of the Government of India decided to fund the institute, and activities began to expand at a rapid pace. In the short span since then, HRI has emerged as one of the leading institutes in India for research and post-graduate training in Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. At present the institute has around 30 permanent faculty members, around 30 postdoctoral fellows, and 150 Ph.D students at any given time. The Physics research at HRI focuses on astrophysics, condensed matter, high energy physics, quantum information, and string theory. The Mathematics research is mainly on algebra, analysis, geometry, and number theory.

Location

Academic Building

HRI Prayagraj

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Travel Information

Air travel to Prayagraj

The nearest, well-connected, international airport to Prayagraj (Allahabad) is Delhi. The closer, Varanasi airport has few international flights.

Prayagraj (Allahabad) Airport (IXD)

The nearest airport to HRI is Bamrauli Domestic Airport, Prayagraj (Allahabad). Indigo operates several flights from here to Bangalore, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Dehradun, Delhi, Gorakhpur, Indore, Lucknow, Mumbai, Pune and Raipur

Varanasi Airport (VNS)

One can also fly to Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport,Babatpur, Varanasi and drive to HRI, which takes about 3 hours. There are many daily flights from Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore etc operated by Indigo .

Rail travel to Prayagraj

Prayagraj (Allahabad) is well connected by trains to all major cities in India. are many trains every day between Prayagraj (Allahabad) and Delhi, Kolkata (Calcutta), Mumbai (Bombay), and Chennai (Madras) operated by Indian Railways. Please note that there are different railway stations like Prayagraj Junction, Prayagraj Chheoki, Prayagraj Rambag etc.

Arriving at HRI Campus

In Prayagraj (Allahabad), Harish-Chandra Research Institute is known as HRI. The Institute campus is 13 Kms away from Prayagraj (Allahabad) junction railway Station. There are two ways to get to the campus from the railway station.

CAB

One can take a taxi (normal or Uber/Ola) from any station to the HRI campus.

Institute Bus

The institute runs a regular bus service between the railway station and the campus. To avail this service exit the station in the civil lines side of the station. The bus stop is close to the car parking lot. HRI buses are white in colour, medium sized and have the institute name written on them. At night they have a bright green LED display on the front which says H R I . The bus service is free for visitors and their accompanying family members. The bus timetable can be found here.

HRI Campus and Beyond

Campus facilities

Campus facilities include Bank, Post office, Medical facilities and Sports facilities. For details please check the following link.

Life Beyond Campus

Prayagraj

For life beyond the campus including the tourist attractions in the city Prayagraj, you can have a look at the following link

Varanasi

Varanasi, one of the oldest cities in the world is only 120 kms away. A one-day trip is highly recommended.