TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH

TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH

TIFR is a National Centre of the Government of India, under the umbrella of the Department of Atomic Energy, as well as a deemed university. The TIFR logo is minimalist and modern. It admits a variety of interpretations. Three tapering bands curve clockwise and enclose a solid circle. The eye is led to imagine an enclosing rectangle. Waves rise up out of the sea and sweep dramatically upward to the sun, representing soaring aspiration while highlighting the sea-face location of TIFR's main campus. But the circle could also represent the moon of truth or the earth raised up on the swell of scientific knowledge. In a mathematical perspective the bands pass tangentially to the most perfect geometrical figure and perhaps converge at infinity. In a physical view the logo may represent wave-particle duality. Equally it may suggest quantum levels in chemistry or planetary orbits in astronomy or flagella in biology. It can depict the three schools of TIFR - Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Technology and Computer Science, merging into a common entity. The logo in blue colour has been designed by Mr. Montosh Lall.