Centre For Liquid Crystal Research, Bangalore 

Professor S. Chandrasekhar, Past President of the International Liquid Crystal Society, has founded a Centre for Liquid Crystal Research (CLCR), in Bangalore, thanks to the generous support received from Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), the largest electronics company in the country, and from the Department of Electronics, New Delhi. The Centre was formally opened by the Vice President of India Mr K. R. Narayanan on 3 March, 1995. The activities of the Centre will be focused mainly on basic research, but due attention will be paid to applications as well, in particular, a link will be established between CLCR and BEL in the design and development of different types of LCD devices. CLCR will also be the headquarters of the Indian Liquid Crystal Society.