Dr. Sudarshan Ananth has been selected as an Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore. Gaurav Sawant (M.S. student, 2008 batch) has been selected to participate in the Lindau meeting to meet Chemistry Nobel laureates. Madhuresh Sumit  (M.S. student, 2006 batch) has been awarded a fellowship by the University of Wisconsin under the Khorana program. Meeting on Classification of Algebraic Groups was held from March 9-12, 2009 National Science Day celebrations on 28th February, 2009 - details here. Dr. Sudarshan Ananth has been chosen to head the Partner Group of the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, in Quantum Field Theory, to be hosted by IISER Pune. Prof. L. S. Shashidhara and his research were featured in the Hindustan Times - Article Link Dr. V. G. Anand has been chosen to serve on the international advisory board of the new journal Macroheterocycles launched from Russia. Prime Minister launches INSPIRE programme for IISER students Madhur Mangalam, a second-year student at IISER Pune, has won the Spirit of Invention award at Concepto-2008 held at NCL, Pune.