Dr Argha Banerjee's findings that a blanketing of debris does not seem to protect Himalayan glaciers from ice loss due to global warming were reported by the Times of India. September 24, 2017. ...

Scroll.in published an article on a book co-authored by Dr Pushkar Sohoni on the history of Bene Israeli Jews in India and in Maharashtra in particular. September 22, 2017 ...

The Centre of Excellence in Science and Mathematics Education (CoESME) at IISER Pune conducts teacher training programmes and educational outreach activities. COESME member Ashok Rupner develops science toys from easily available materials. COESME activities and one of the toys were covered by the ...

IISER Pune and University of Edinburgh, UK jointly organised a four-day workshop to discuss innovative scientific solutions on clean energy research for rural India. Hindustan Times reported. September 7, 2017 ...

Dr. Richa Rikhy’s work on the organization and function of mitochondria in the context of early embryonic development in fruit flies was covered on Research Matters. August 28, 2017. ...

Cipla Foundation is supporting the construction of an undergraduate chemistry laboratory at IISER Pune. The news was covered by the Times of India, Hindustan Times. August 28, 2017. ...

An advanced Instrumentation facility for life science research set up by PerkinElmer was inaugurated at IISER Pune. Hindu Business Line, Indian Express, Times of India, ...

Disha, a volunteer student group of IISER Pune, conducts educational outreach for underprivileged children around the Pashan area. The activities at one of their study centres in Lamani Vasti were covered by the Times of India. August 8, 2017. ...

Modelling studies detailed in Prof Milind Watve's recent research paper suggest that glucose and insulin may not be central to type 2 diabetes. The Hindu Business Line , BioSpectrum, Research Matters and Pune Mirror covered the news. August 8, 2017. ...

IISER Pune and IUCAA signed a Memorandum of Understanding for setting up a new Centre for Gravitational Physics and Astronomy. The news was covered by the Times of India and Indian Express. August 2, 2017 ...

PhD student Shishir Sankhyan's contribution in the discovery of a supercluster of galaxies, named Saraswati, was covered widely by the press. Indian Express; The Hindu; Hindustan Times, LiveMint; Huffington Post India; The Hindu Businessline; Sakal Times,; The Indian Wire; Phys.org. July 14, 2017. ...

Dr. Pinaki Talukdar, Associate Professor of Chemistry, won the Bronze Medal of Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI). The Indian Express and Hindustan Times reported. July 24, 2017. ...

Karishma Bansal, an IISER Pune alumnus, is part of a team of researchers that detected for the first time, two supermassive black holes orbiting each other, in a galaxy about 750 million light years away from Earth. Times of India reported. July 8, 2017 ...

Dr Neelesh Dahanukar was involved in the discovery and classification of a new species of burrowing frog from Maharashtra. Hindustan Times covered the news. June 28, 2017. ...

Dr. Sudipta Basu and Dr. Nirmalya Ballav have developed a novel cancer drug-delivery system using graphene oxide nanoparticles. Science Chronicle and The Hindu reported. June 24, 2017. ...

Dr Thomas Pucadyil was recently named HHMI International Scholar, the only Indian scientist among 41 biomedical researchers from sixteen countries. Indian Express reported the news. June 14, 2017. ...

Dr Harinath Chakrapani's group developed a small molecule that is being tested for reversing bacterial drug resistance. The Hindu and Journosdiary (a blog) covered the news. May 6, 2017. ...

Dr Chaitanya Athale's article about his group's work on development of an image analysis tool for live cell microscopy was published in 'From the Lab' feature of Indian Express, April 17, 2017. ...

IISER Pune BS-MS student Yaikhomba Mutum won the Gates Cambridge scholarship to pursue his PhD at University of Cambridge, UK. Hindustan Times, Imphal Free Press and Imphal Times reported the news. April 12, 2017. ...

A recent review that figured among the top most-read articles over the last month on Altmetrics, Dr. Sutirth Dey along with researchers from JNCASR, Bangalore and IISER Mohali follow the development of the niche construction idea in evolutionary biology. Eminent evolutionary biologist Prof. Jerry C...