Continuing with its tradition of providing state-of-art infrastructure to the institutes ofexcellence, Tata Steel has constructed the new complex for Institute of Mathematics andApplications. The new campus complex designed by noted architect Mr Karan Grover wasinaugurated by the Orissa Chief Minister of Orissa Shri Naveen Patnaik in the presence ofHon'ble Minister for Planning & Co-ordination, Science and Technology, Shi Duryodhan Majhi, Hon'ble Member of Orissa Legislative Assembly, Shri Sarat Paikaray, Managing Director of TataSteel, Shri B Muthuraman, Director Institute of Mathematics and Applications, Shri SwadhinPattnaik, Vice-President of Tata Steel, Shri B K Singh, Vice-President of Tata Steel, Shri ParthaSengupta other distinguished guests from Government of Orissa and the faculties and studentsof Institute of Mathematics and Applications today at Bhubaneswar.

Speaking on the occasion Hon'ble Chief Minister of Orissa Shri Naveen Patnaik, said the promiseto build IMA as a world class institution is being fulfilled. He thanked Shri Ratan Tata and Shri BMuthuraman for the progressive gesture to build the institute responding to OrissaGovernment's call which he said other corporate should emulate. The State Government iscommitted to promote the institute as a centre of excellence, he added.

The Managing Director of Tata Steel, Shri B Muthuraman said Tata Steel is not just an industry."It is a state of mind". Tata Steel has won laurels as a corporate citizen of the world and it is thecompany's urge to give back to people is what has led to building the IMA campus."You canalways build plants, roads and infrastructure but it is equally important to create education andan ambience for education to help people in their long term ambition".

He cited the example of JN Tata Technical Education at Goplapur and said each student of itsfirst batch is well-placed now. Mr Muthuraman also said that Tata Steel will continue to supportsuch projects in Orissa in future.

The new facility of Institute of Mathematics and Applications was constructed by Tata Steel Ltdin a total plot area of 23 acres with an investment of Rs 14 crores. Mr Karan Grover, the designerof the master-plan for this campus, has synthesized ideas from the worlds of mathematics andarchitecture. The vision for this campus is based on concepts of traditional Indian architecturemodified to suit the needs of a modern educational institute. Energy efficiency and sustainablearchitecture are of prime importance to the design of this campus. The layout of the institute isgenerated from the spiral lines of the "Golden Rectangle", universally acclaimed proportionsintegrated into the project and to the local climatic conditions, to create an appropriatearchitectural vocabulary consisting of buildings interspersed with courtyards and connectedwith semi-open walkways.

This kind of architecture enables formal and informal interactions between students, teachersand visitors. Gatherings of varying scales are encouraged through creation of semi-open spacesof different sizes.

The arrangement and orientation of the buildings and courtyards ensures maximum climaticefficiency. All classrooms are oriented so that the north and south facing walls are long, whilethe east and west facing walls which receive harsh sun-light are shorter. This allows maximumnorth-light in the classrooms while the southern sun is cut down by corridors. Earth-bermsprovide insulation on the east and west walls. The construction technique of the jack-arch roof isnot only, low-cost and easy to execute, but also contributes to climatic efficiency and thearchitectural beauty of the buildings.

This facility would house 96 students from across the country who would undertake activitieslike higher research in mathematics. Apart from hostel, this 7000 sq meter institute will also havefacilities like computer labs, class rooms, library rooms as well as residential accommodations forthe faculty and researchers.

The Institute of Mathematics and Applications Complex is not the first such educationinfrastructure by Tata Steel in Bhubaneswar. Earlier it had facilitated the complexes of PathaniSamanata Planetarium and XIMB in Bhubaneswar in addition to 200 numbers of schools andcolleges that it had facilitated in the state of Orissa over last ten years.

Tata Steel in Orissa
Tata Steel's community outreach program touches the lives of more than 25,000 needy families in500 villages in Orissa bringing in health care, education, livelihoods and rural infrastructure.Project Sikshya of the Company is driving the education in rural Orissa. It has built educationinfrastructure for more than 200 schools over a period of last 15 years.

The company has lend support to premier institutions like XIMB, Pathani Samanta Planetarium, Nabakrushna Choudhry Center for Development Studies, J N Tata Technical Education Centre,Science block at Sukinda College, Joda Women's College amongst others. The most recent majorinitiative is constructing the Institute of Advanced Mathematics and Applications inBhubaneswar. Because at Tata Steel, sustainable development of Community is not just amission statement, but a living tradition. And will remain so forever.

About Tata Steel
Established in 1907 as Asia's first integrated private sector steel company, Tata Steel today is theworld's sixth largest steel producer with geographic footprints in India, South East Asia, UK andEurope. With the recent acquisition of Corus Limited, the combined enterprise has a crude steelcapacity of 28.1 million tonnes with over 84,000 employees across four continents. For furtherinformation, please visit www.tatasteel.com