The 2026 Foundation Day celebrations at IISER Pune were held today on campus with Dr. Naushad Forbes, Co-chairperson of Forbes Marshall as the Chief Guest. At the outset, IISERPune Director Prof. Bhagwat gave the institute report highlighting the activities and achievements of the institute members. This was followed by the Foundation Day Lecture by Dr. Naushad Forbes.
In his lecture, Dr. Forbes spoke about research and development across the world and India. The students that institutes graduate are the key output of the higher education system, and this is why institutes such as IISERs that combine research and teaching matter so much, he said. Dr. Forbes advocated for industry and academia to discover more opportunities to collaborate and innovate together.
As has been the tradition of Foundation Day celebrations, awards were given out to recognise the academic excellence of our students, teaching excellence of our faculty members, and exllence in their respective domains of work of our staff members. We convey our best wishes to all the awardees and our gratitude to Dr. Naushad Forbes for an inspiring Foundation Day Lecture.