National Academy of Sciences, India


The National Academy of Sciences, India, also known as NASI, was established in 1930 and is the oldest science academy of India. It is located in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. Prof. Meghnad Saha was the founder president.

Fellows

  • Suddhasatwa Basu
  • Sudha Bhattacharya
  • Chittoor Mohammed Habeebullah
  • Vinod Krishan
  • Suhas S. Joshi
  • Neelam Sangwan
  • Rajender Singh Sangwan
  • Ram Parikshan Roy

    Publications

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India was a peer-review scientific journal established in 1930. It split in two parts in 1942.
The academy also publishes National Academy Science Letters.
NASI published the Proceedings of NASI, Sec. A & B, each in IV parts and National Academy Science Letters in VI parts, in collaboration with the Springer Nature, every year.
National Academy Science Letters received Impact Factor as 1.2 in 2023-24 from Thomson Reuters; about 1200 papers were received from thirty countries/regions every year.
PNASI, Sec. A received Impact Factor as 0.80 in 2023-24 from Thomson Reuters; and about 450 papers were received from twenty-five countries/regions every year.
The PNASI, Sec. B received Cite Score as 2.4 in 2023-24 from Scopus; and about 600 papers were received from thirty seven countries/regions every year.
Many special publications were released  at New Delhi on the occasion of the “Closing Ceremony of the Anniversary Celebrations of ‘Ba & Bapu’ and Prof. Meghnad Saha”. These were the collection of the Lectures delivered by the distinguished persons in different parts of the country.
Special Issue on “Remote Sensing”, which most downloaded journal of the physics in the world,2017. Published in PNASI, Sec-A.  
An important book on “Vector Biology and Control” was also published.

Major Accomplishments (in past few years)

The Academy also created two galleries on the rivers Brahmaputra and Cauvery respectively at Guwahati and Mysuru, during the years of the report. NASI also undertook several projects on water; and scientifically rejuvenated the baolies at Bundelkhand area of MP with the scientific support of MPCOST, Bhopal and the BARC, Mumbai. All these facilities have been dedicated to the Nation.