Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST) is a premier scientific research organization in the north-east region. IASST was conceived and nurtured by the Assam Science Society in its initial years and was inaugurated by Nobel Laureate Dorothy C. Hodgkin on 3rd November 1979. Subsequently, it was supported by the state govt. as its autonomous R&D institute till March 2009. The institute was taken over by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, in March 2009, as one of its autonomous R&D Institutes.
The Institute is engaged in multidisciplinary research activities, both in fundamental and applied, across frontier areas of science and technology such as Plasma Physics, Polymer Sciences, Biochemistry, Drug Design & Development, Nano-science, Medicinal Plants, Seri Biotechnology, Microbial Biotechnology, Environmental Sciences, etc.
The vision of the Institute is to emerge as a center of excellence in frontier research areas of physical and life sciences, with international visibility, and to build human resources towards advanced scientific knowledge for societal development.
Plasma Research at IASST, Guwahati
The Basic and Applied Plasma Physics (BAPP) Program at IASST is focused on two broad areas: 1) Basic Plasma Science, which mainly includes the study of waves and instabilities, and 2) Applied Plasma Science. The thrust areas of basic research are waves and instabilities in linear plasma devices and in dusty plasmas. Very low-density plasma with near-ionospheric plasma conditions has also been experimentally realized using a magnetic filter. In applied plasma, research is conducted on the biomedical applications of Cold Atmospheric Pressure Plasma (CAP), i.e., inactivation of multidrug-resistant microbes, inflammation treatment, skin cancer treatment, etc. CAP has been utilized for various applications, including the deposition of composite polymer films with selective properties on metal surfaces as well as water purification. A liquid plasma discharge reactor has been developed and utilized for the synthesis of nanomaterials in water/ionic liquid. Research is also being carried out on the development of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) and efficient electrode assembly with the incorporation of nanostructured catalyst using plasma. An emerging direction focuses on CAP-driven supramolecular assembly of biomolecules, enabling fabrication of functional biomaterials and CAP for biomedical applications with environmental remediation.
The distance of IASST, Guwahati, from key spots in Guwahati:
15 km from LGBI Airport, Guwahati
11 km from Kamakhya Railway Station, Guwahati
17 km from Paltan Bazar Railway Station, Guwahati
5.5 km from the Inter-State Bus Terminus, Guwahati