Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Bengaluru The Indian Institute of Astrophysics is a premier institute devoted to research in astronomy, astrophysics and related physics. In the year 1971, the Kodaikanal Observatory became an autonomous society, the Indian Institute of Astrophysics. The headquarters were shifted to Bengaluru into its present campus in Koramangala in 1975. It is funded by the Department of Science and Technology, the Institute ranks as a premier institution in the country. The main observing facilities of the Institute are located at Kodaikanal, Kavalur, Gauribidanur and Hanle.