Water crisis has been documented as an important global risk by the World Economic Forum and rightly so. Fresh water supplies are subjected to constant contamination owing to increasing industrialisation and urbanisation. Studies have identified metal-based oxoanions, such as arsenate, as one of the...

Four PhD students and one Integrated PhD students are among those selected in a recent round of Prime Minister's Research Fellowship (PMRF). The PMRF scheme is aimed at attracting the talent pool of the country to PhD programmes of Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Indian Institutes of Science Edu...

Dr. Moumita Majumdar from the Chemistry department at IISER Pune has been awarded the Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany.   Dr. Moumita Majumdar Humboldt Research Fellowships are granted to outstanding researcher...

Prof. Deepak Dhar, Distinguished Professor Emeritus and NASI-Senior Scientist in the Physics Department at IISER Pune, has been awarded the 2022 R.D. Birla Memorial Award in Physics by the Indian Physics Association (IPA). An announcement by the IPA is here.  The R.D. Birla Award in Physi...

Two teams of undergraduate students from IISER Pune participated in the 2022 iGEM synthetic biology competition this year. Both the teams have won gold medals, as announced during iGEM’s Grand Jamboree event held during October 26-28, 2022 in Paris.  The teams had worked on two separate ...

In an update from September 2022, five scientists from IISER Pune are among a list of top 2% scientists created by a team of researchers led by Prof. John P. A. Ioannidis from Stanford University. The list is based on the career-long citation impact of research papers of scientists.  In...

iRISE (Inspiring India in Research, Innovation and STEM Education) project hosted on IISER Pune campus is working towards improving the quality of classroom teaching in schools, especially in subjects related to science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Reported in the Indian Express, Octobe...

Prof. Sujit Ghosh's group from the department of Chemistry developed an adsorbent metal-organic-framework (MOF) with high capability of extracting uranium. Several news outlets have covered this work during August and September 2022. Find some of them at these links: Nature India, Indian Express, In...

IISER Pune celebrated the 76th Independence Day of India today with a flag hoisting ceremony followed by a cultural programme. Students, staff, and faculty members participated at the event along with their families. Addressing the gathering during the event, Director Prof. Jayant Udgaonkar spoke a...

"Har Ghar Tiranga" is an initiative by the Ministry of Culture to mark 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav', which is an ongoing  celebration to commemorate the 75 glorious years of a progressive independent lndia. As part of this initiative, citizens are encouraged to hoist the National Flag of Ind...

Dr. Venketeswara Pai R., Associate Professor in the Humanities and Social Sciences Department at IISER Pune, has been selected to receive the Mahakavi Kalidas Sanskrit-Vrati National Award in the Young Scholar category for the year 2022. Presented to scholars in recognition of their work towards pr...

Prof. Sujit K. Ghosh, Professor of Chemistry at IISER Pune, has won a Bronze Medal of Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI).CRSI is a premier professional chemical society of India established in 1999 with an aim to facilitate and promote research and education in all branches of chemistry....

Dr. Richa Rikhy, Associate Professor in Biology at IISER Pune, has been selected for the Senior Fellowship awarded by the DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance. Dr. Rikhy is one of the four awardees of IA's Senior Fellowship for 2022 in the category of Basic Biomedical Research.    Funded ...

To observe International Day of Yoga 2022, a free 15-day Yoga workshop was conducted between May 20 to June 6, 2022. Many members of the IISER family including faculty, students, non-teaching staff registered for the workshop and a total of 50 members took part in the event coordinated by the studen...

Honourable Minister of Education and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Shri Dharmendra Pradhan visited IISER Pune today. Shri Pradhan laid the Foundation Stone towards construction of the research and office space for the Department of Data Science, which has been newly established...

In the 9th convocation of IISER Pune held in the evening of May 26, 2022, a total of 197 students received their degrees. This included 21 PhD students, 11 Integrated PhD, and 165 BS-MS students. Prof. P. Balaram, DST-YOS Chair Professor at the NCBS, Bengaluru and former director of Indian Institute...

Computer simulations reveal molecular interactions and ion dynamics in sodium-ion battery electrolytes In a recent series of papers, Prof. Arun Venkatnathan’s group has been studying intermolecular interactions and ion dynamics in sodium battery electrolytes through state-of-the-art computer ...

The annual “Pareeksha pe Charcha” event with Honourable Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi will be held on April 1, 2022, from 11 am onwards. This is a programme that is highly popular with students and teachers wherein Hon’ble PM addresses the questions relating to exam an...

Prof. Deepak Dhar, Distinguished Visiting Professor and NASI-Senior Scientist in the Physics department at IISER Pune, has been selected to receive the prestigious Boltzmann Medal for 2022. He is one of the two physicists selected for the award, the second awardee being Prof. John Hopfield from...

In a recent paper in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, researchers from IISER Pune and Rice University studied a fascinating mechanism for catalysis. Their results offer clues to a more directed approach for designing new catalysts. Catalysts help accelerate a chemica...