The Systems Research Institute (S.R.I.),
Pune
Pune (; ; also known as Poona, (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name from 1818 until 1978) is one of the most important industrial and educational hubs of India, with an estimated population of 7.4 million ...
was established by Prof.
Jaswant Krishnayya, formerly
IIM Ahmedabad, in 1974 as a non-profit body in response to the need in
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
today for places where the problems associated with development can be approached in an integrated multidisciplinary way. It is registered as a Society and as a Public Trust.
The institute has pioneered
Informatics
Informatics is the study of computational systems, especially those for data storage and retrieval. According to ACM ''Europe and'' ''Informatics Europe'', informatics is synonymous with computer science and computing as a profession, in which ...
,
Decision Making
In psychology, decision-making (also spelled decision making and decisionmaking) is regarded as the cognitive process resulting in the selection of a belief or a course of action among several possible alternative options. It could be either rati ...
using
computer models and
GIS
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in India.
Notable alumni
Notable Alumni of SRI include
N. R. Narayana Murthy,
Anupam Saraph
Anupam Saraph is an innovator and polymath who has been an advisor in governance, informatics and strategic planning. Anupam Saraph obtained a PhD from the University of Groningen, Netherlands in Informatics while working with the IMAGE team at ...
,
Anand Deshpande, Air Marshal
S. S. Ramdas, Dr.
KNS Nair,
Girish Sant
Girish Sant was a noted energy analyst held in high esteem as an energy policy commentator from India. He co-founded the non-governmental organisation Prayas in Pune, India. His analytical inputs helped shape India's energy policy over the decade ...
and Prof. N.
Vinod Chandra Menon.
External links
Official Website of the Systems Research Institute
Non-profit organisations based in India
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