Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is a Premier public institution for scientific and technological research and higher educationlocated in Bangalore, India. It was established in 1909. It acquired the status of a Deemed University in 1958.The IISc campus is located in North Bangalore about 4 kilometers from the Bangalore City Railway Station and bus stand on the way to Yeshwantpur. The Institute is about 35 kilometres from new Bangalore International Airport. A number of other research institutes viz. Raman Research Institute, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Wood Research Institute and Central Power Research Institute (CPRI) are close to IISc.