Work from Dr. Ismaiel's group from the Earth and Climate Science department published in the Journal of Earth System Science has been covered in the following media outlets: Research Matters, Times of India...

A press conference was held at IISER Pune on April 20, 2026 on the occasion of IISER Pune completing 20 years of being established.  Director Prof. Sunil Bhagwat gave a summary of some of the important highlights from the institute and a few recent updates. He said that the main achievements o...

Research work from Dr. Atikur Rahman's group on flexible electronics has been covered by DD Sahyadri News aired on April 12, 2026. This can be viewed on their YouTube channel at this link (at 1:00 to 5:45 timestamp). Learn more details here....

Links to some of the news articles that have appeared in the media on this work: Hindustan Times, Phys.org,  Pudhari (PDF 1.6 MB), Free Press Journal In a paper published in the journal Small, a team of physicists from IISER Pune developed tiny electronic devices from a special semiconductor m...

Links to some of the news articles that have appeared in the media on this work: Hindustan Times, Indian Express,  Navrashtra, Navbharat, Pudhari, Times of India, Pune Pulse, Free Press Journal The research paper has appeared on the Cover Page of the Feb 10, 2026 issue and covered in a Comment...

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 ...

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...

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...

Dr. Arvind Natu has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Board of Governors of IISER Kolkata, for a second term of 3 years beginning from August 25, 2023. As the apex decision-making body appointed by the Government of India, the role of the Board includes overseeing and approving the decisions ...

The "Vigyan Vidushi", resource book published under the aegis of Vigyan Prasar, has acknowledged the scientific contributions of four of our outstanding women faculty colleagues, namely, Dr. Seema Sharma (Physics), Dr. Devapriya Chattopadhyay (Earth and Climate Sciences), Dr. Srabanti Chaudhury (Che...

Dr. Bejoy Thomas from the Humanities and Social Sciences department was a contributing author to Chapter 18 of IPCC AR6 WG2 report titled "Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability". Some of the past and ongoing research by Dr. Thomas pertains to the topic of climate resilient devel...

Here's a link to a short documentary put out by BBC on "Should we put a price on nature?" that features ideas from Prof. Sharacchandra Lele along with other experts on the topic. December 1, 2022...

Prof. Sara Ahmed is the founder of the Living Waters Museum, a virtual repository on water heritage in India. This article in The Hindu describes the work carried out through this initiative. December 2, 2022...

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 has ranked seventh in the latest rankings of Indian scientific institutes, universities and colleges released by Nature Index. Indian Express reported on the news. July 27, 2021. ...

IISER Pune's Science Activity Centre has been conducting online science demonstration sessions throughout the pandemic period. These widely popular sessions are streamed on their YouTube channel, which recently reached 1.5 million viewers. Hindustan Times reported. July 26, 2021. ...

An epidemiological study of the COVID-19 pandemic by a group of scientists from various institutes, including Dr. Joy Monteiro of IISER Pune, has indicated that the case fatality ratio in Pune city has been dropping as the pandemic progressed. Indian Express reported. July 5, 2021. ...

Prof. MS Santhanam and his team created a mathematical modeling based "hazard map" of Indian cities and towns to identify areas from where infectious diseases can rapidly spread. The news was covered by Times of India 1, 2, 3,  Indian Express, News 18. June 12, 2021. ...