the international centre for theoretical sciences (icts), a centre of the tata institute of fundamental research, is a research institute based in bengaluru, india. founded in 2007, icts has grown from a fledgling institution to a global centre of activity in various areas of science. prof. spenta r. wadia was the founding director of the institute and served till 2015, after which he was succeeded by rajesh gopakumar as the director.