<P> The land and other facilities for the institution were donated by H.H. Sir Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV, the Maharaja of Mysore (a Princely State now called State of Karnataka), and Tata himself . The Maharaja donated about 371 acres (1.50 km) of land . Tata gave several buildings towards the creation of IISc . </P> <P> The constitution of the Institute was approved by the Viceroy, Lord Minto, and the necessary Vesting Order to enable it to function was signed on 27 May 1909 . Early in 1911, the Maharaja of Mysore laid the foundation stone of the Institute, and on 24 July, the first batch of students were admitted to the Departments of General and Applied Chemistry under Norman Rudolf and Electro - Technology under Alferd Hay . Within two months, the Department of Organic Chemistry was opened . In 1958 the institute was granted the deemed university status by the UGC . </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> <P> The Institute was the first to introduce Masters programs in Engineering . It has also started integrated doctoral programs in Biological, Chemical, Physical and Mathematical Sciences for natural science graduates . </P>

When was iisc named to its current name