<P> At the time of the inception of IISc in 1909 , Morris Travers , Sir William Ramsay 's co-worker in the discovery of the noble gases , became its first Director . For Travers , this was a natural continuation of his work on the Institute , since he had played a role in its founding . The first Indian Director was the Nobel Laureate Sir C.V. Raman . Raman was the Indian Science - based Nobel Laureate . The current Director is Anurag Kumar . </P>
<P> At the time of the inception of IISc in 1909 , Morris Travers , Sir William Ramsay 's co-worker in the discovery of the noble gases , became its first Director . For Travers , this was a natural continuation of his work on the Institute , since he had played a role in its founding . The first Indian Director was the Nobel Laureate Sir C.V. Raman . Raman was the Indian Science - based Nobel Laureate . The current Director is Anurag Kumar . </P>
when was iisc named to its current name
when was iisc named to its current name
1909
1909