[3] Established in 1975, HRI offers masters and doctoral program in affiliation with the Homi Bhabha National Institute.
HRI has a residential campus in Jhusi town in Prayagraj on the banks of the river Ganga.
The institute has over 30 faculty, 50 doctoral students and 25 post-doctoral visiting research fellows and scientists.
[citation needed] Sharadchandra Shankar Shrikhande joined the institute as its director in January 1983.
[citation needed] In October 2000, the institute was renamed in honour of renowned Indian mathematician Harish-Chandra.
[1] The HRI Mathematics research group has four teams with focus on Algebra, Analysis, Geometry & Topology and Number Theory.
[6] Prominent HRI faculty members in the area of String Theory include Ashoke Sen and Rajesh Gopakumar.