 Sir JC Bose was its Director for the first twenty years till his demise.Debendra Mohan Bose, who succeeded Nobel Laureate Sir CV Raman as the Palit Professor of Physics at Rajabazar Science College campus of University of Calcutta, was the Director of Bose Institute for the next thirty years.Current concentration of research is in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Plant biology, Microbiology, Molecular medicine, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Bioinformatics and Environmental science.