History gallery

The Institute anthem was composed by Rabindranath Tagore in 1917
Sister Nivedita ardently supported Sir JC Bose. Her influence is reflected in the emblem of Bose Institute (Vajra). Correspondence of Bose with Josephine MacLeod in 1911
Earliest available photograph of Bose Institute (1920)
Sir JC Bose's residence (left) and Bose Institute (right) in its early days
The wooden door at the entrance of Bose Institute is adorned by intricate Hindu-Buddhist motifs
Vinayak Pandurang Karmakar's relief on Sister Nivedita at Bose Institute. This was modelled on Nandalal Bose’s painting of Nivedita - Lady with the lamp
Bose Institute lecture hall was modelled along Royal Institution, London where Sir JC Bose had lectured many times
The frescos on the ceiling of Bose Institute lecture hall were designed by the great artist Nandalal Bose and executed by Suren Kar
Research facility for scholars in the early days of Bose Institute
Sir JC Bose demonstrating the working of his instruments at Bose Institute Grounds (1926)
Manifesto by Rabindranath Tagore for Sir JC Bose's 70'th birthday celebrations at Bose Institute (1928)
Seventieth Birthday of Sir JC Bose being celebrated at Bose Institute (1928)
Sir JC Bose with his pupils(a who's who of Indian science) at Bose Institute in 1928. Back from left: NC Nag, JC Ghosh, JC Bose, MN Saha, S Dutta. Front: NR Sen, JN Mukherjee, SN Bose, DM Bose
Prof. DM Bose and Dr. B Chowdhury first estimated mass of the mu-meson at Bose Institute (Nature, 1941)
President of USSR, Leonid Brezhnev at Bose institute (Mar. 1959)
From left: CM Dr. BC Roy, Prof. DM Bose, PM Nehru & Gov. P Naidu at Bose Institute Museum on Sir J.C. Bose's birth centenary (Nov. 1958)
VP S. Radhakrishnan delivering the JC Bose Memorial Lecture at Bose Institute on his birth centenary. Others from left: Gov. P. Naidu Prof. H. Kabir, Prof. DM Bose, CM Dr. BC Roy (Nov. 1958)
Nobel Laureate Prof. Niels Bohr at Bose Institute (Jan. 1960)
Prime Minister Morarji Desai at Bose Institute (May 1979)
Dr. SN De's seminal work on Cholera toxin was done at Bose Institute, for which he was nominated for the Nobel Prize by Nobel Laureate Joshua Lederberg
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh laying the foundation of Unified Academic Campus of Bose Institute (Jun. 2012)
President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurating Unified Academic Campus of Bose Institute (Jun. 2017)