Prof. Siddhesh Kamat from the Department of Biology has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (RSB), UK, with effect from January 1, 2026. The Royal Society of Biology, headquartered in the United Kingdom, is a leading professional body representing the biological sciences. Elect...

Dr. Anup Biswas from the Department of Mathematics and Prof. S.G. Srivatsan from the Department of Chemistry have been elected as Fellows of the Indian Academy of Sciences (IASc), Bengaluru. The Academy has announced a total of 38 members elected as Fellows in 2025 from across the country. The affi...

In an article published on the Editorial Page of the Indian Express (December 31, 2025), PhD student Bharathi Kannan and faculty member in the Physics Department Prof. M.S. Santhanam highlighted the early discoveries that led to quantum physics and that laid the foundations for the emerging quantum ...

Prof. Richa Rikhy has been awarded the prestigious Anne McLaren Award for Outstanding Women in Developmental Biology by the International Society of Differentiation. The Anne McLaren Award is named after renowned geneticist and reproductive biologist Prof. Dame Anne Laura Dorinthea McLaren.  P...

A new study published in the British Ecological Society’s journal People and Nature brings together two otherwise disparate disciplines in an effort to conserve biodiversity. IISER Pune PhD student Digvijay Patil collaborated with ecologist Dr. Ashish Nerlekar to study the savanna grasslands o...

Dr. Krishanpal Karmodiya from the Department of Biology at IISER Pune has been honoured with ‘Dr. B.N. Singh Memorial Oration Award’ by the Indian Society for Parasitology (ISP). The award was given to Dr. Karmodiya at the 33rd National Congress of Parasitology on Recent Advances in Para...

Every year, 26th November is celebrated as Constitution Day to commemorate the adoption of the Constitution of India. On 26 November 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India adopted the Constitution of India, and it came into effect on 26 January 1950.  On the occasion of Constitution Day, ac...

Prof. Sujit K. Ghosh from the Department of Chemistry has been selected to receive the MRSI Materials Science Annual Prize for the year 2025. This prize is awarded by the Materials Research Society of India (MRSI) and will  be presented to him during the Annual General Meeting of MRSI, to be h...

Prof. Jayant Udgaonkar, Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Biology and Former Director of IISER Pune, has been awarded the prestigious National Science Chair of the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), Government of India. The National Science Chair is one of the highe...

A collaborative work between scientists from institutions across India and abroad, including IISER Pune, and the University of Colorado-Boulder (USA), studied the sediment records of human-made lakes, referred to as talavs, to understand the effects of past climate extremes. Faculty member Dr. Sudip...

IISER Pune's Smt. Indrani Balan Science Activity Centre (SAC)'s YouTube channel received the Silver Creator Award from YouTube, which is given to channels that have passed 100,000 subscribers.  The award was received on October 17, 2025, and unveiled the same day by Dr. Aparna Deshpande (Facul...

In a study published in the journal Science Advances, Dr. Nixon Abraham’s group from the Biology Department of IISER Pune showed in a mouse model that the nose can sense wind speed in addition to smells, and that chemical and mechanical inputs together constitute the olfactory (sense of smell)...

Two faculty members from IISER Pune Dr. Gayathri Pananghat (Biology Department) and Prof. S.G. Srivatsan (Chemistry Department) have been elected as Fellows of the National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI) based in Prayagraj. Founded in 1930, NASI is the oldest science academy in India and support...

A book by Dr. Venketeswara R. Pai and co-authors on Bhaskaracharya's Siddhāntaśiromaṇi was released by the  Hon'ble Union Minister for External Affairs, Dr. S. Jaishankar at the India International Centre, New Delhi, during a conference on Mathematical Practices in South Asia.  At the b...

Two faculty members from IISER Pune Prof. Sujit K. Ghosh (Professor, Chemistry Department) and Prof. Kalika Prasad (Professor, Biology Department) have been elected as Fellows of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi for the year 2025. A total of 78 fellows have been newly elected a...

IISER Pune researchers in collaboration with IIT-B developed a scalable, cost-effective method for producing high-density and low-dispersity metal nanoparticles. Their research approach provides a straightforward route for fabricating metal nanoparticles through a simple confined-dewetting method, w...

'Har Ghar Tiranga (HGT)' is a campaign that started in 2022 under the aegis of Azdi Ka Aamrit Mahotsav, to encourage people to bring India's national flag (Tiranga) home and to hoist it to mark India's independence. Over the last few years since the launch of the campaign, the Tiranga is being promi...

Drug abuse remains one of the most pressing public health and safety challenges facing our nation today. While law enforcement and rehabilitation efforts play a critical role, a proactive, large-scale media campaign serves as a powerful tool to prevent drug abuse by raising awareness, changing perce...

Prof. Aloke Das from the Chemistry department at IISER Pune is among the Bronze Medal winners awarded by the Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) for the year 2026. The CRSI is a premier professional chemical society of India established in 1999 with an aim to facilitate and promote research a...

The prestigious Chemical Research Society of India awarded three IISER Pune faculty members.  Faculty members in the Chemistry department Prof. Pinaki Talukdar was awarded the C.N.R. Rao National Prize,  and Prof. Nirmalya Ballav was awarded the CRSI Bronze Medal. Prof. K.N. Ganesh (Forme...