MANAV Human Atlas Initiative, a project jointly undertaken by IISER Pune, NCCS and Persistent Systems, conducted a 3-day online workshop on Science in Action in collaboration with DAV College and Panjab University. Times of India reported. July 14, 2020. ...

The Solar Water Bottle Distillation set up developed by the Science Activity Centre was published by Times of India in their Newspapers in Education (NIE) edition. July 9, 2020. ...

Dr. Siddhesh Kamat and his group's work was highlighted by the India Alliance in their Research News Bulletin for June 2020. June 2020. ...

Dr. Neelesh Dahanukar and his collaborators discovered a new genus and species of a new Maharaja barb fish from the Western Ghats. The species has been named after an esteemed fish taxonomist from Manipur, Dr. Vishwanath Waikhom. India Education Diary, Indian Express, Times of India I, II reported ...

IISER Pune's Dr. Aurnab Ghose and team, with Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), SP Pune University and others, announced the initiation of Pune city's first epidemiological survey for COVID-19. Hindustan Times, Careers360 and Indian Express reported the news. June 21, 2020. ...

During the lockdown period, Science Activity Centre has initiated a series demonstrations of hands-on science activities, which is live-streamed on their YouTube channel every Sunday. Hindustan Times reported on this. Hindustan Times also reported on the special live session that was held on the oc...

Dr Angshuman Nag’s work has found a way to improve the stability of perovskite (mineral form of calcium titanate, used widely in household appliances) nanocrystals, while maintaining high light emission intensity and electronic connectivity of the nanocrystals. Sakal covered the new finding. June 1...

In response to the growing COVID-19 crisis and the need to ramp up testing, IISER Pune came forward to set up a testing centre on the campus. The Centre began its activities from May 21, 2020. Hindustan Times reported. May 22, 2020. Savitribai Phule Pune University joined hands with IISER Pune to f...

Dr. Nixon Abraham in association with Sassoon Hospital is trying to assess if early detection of smell disruption can be used to screen for COVID-19, in light of the observation that loss of smell is one of the symptoms of the disease. Hindustan Times reported. June 02, 2020. ...

Dr. Aurnab Ghose and his collaborators found that spectrin molecules, which are present in neurons, protect them from mechanical shocks and stretch-induced damage. The research was published in the journal eLife and was covered by India Education Diary. May 28, 2020. ...

Science Activity Centre encouraged people to observe Zero Shadow Day in Pune on May 13 at 12:31 pm through write ups, photos and videos posted on their site. Many students and teachers experienced this phenomenon. Sakal reported. May 16, 2020 ...

Dr. Neelesh Dahanukar and his collaborators have discovered three new species of filament barbs, a type of fish found in the Western Ghats. The Hindu, Times of India, Deccan Herald reported. May 11, 2020. ...

Dr. Umakant Rapol, Dr. Sunil Nair, Mr. Nilesh Dumbre and team have developed a low-cost ventilator, inspired by the Bharucha ventilator, which can be put together with readily available and easily source-able parts. Careers360, Hindustan Times, Sakal,  HT Pune reported. May 04, 2020. ...

Prof. Sutirth Dey and his team's work has showed that population size affects what type of evolutionary fitness trade-offs bacterial populations will adopt. The Hindu reported on the findings. March 29, 2020. ...

Prof. Pinaki Talukdar's work on developing approaches for overcoming drug resistance in cancer cells was covered by Swarajya Mag, The Indian Express. March 12, 2020 ...

IISER Pune received a grant of Rs. 25 crore for working on the processor of a quantum computer being developed as a part of the National Mission on Quantum Technologies and Applications. Times of India, Yahoo News,  reported. February 29, 2020. ...

Prof. Shyam Rai is involved in a study that is trying to use analysis of seismic waves in earth's crust to locate diamond mines. The Print reported. February 21, 2020 ...

IISER Pune was among the top 10 institutes in India as per research output, in the Nature Index Rankings. Hindu Business Line, Indus Dictum, and Campus Varta reported. February 19, 2020 ...

Dr. Neelesh Dahanukar was involved in discovery of the world's largest cave fish species in Meghalaya. The Indian Express, Yahoo News reported the finding. February 18, 2020 ...

Dr. Harinath Chakrapani was among the scientists invited to speak about their research at Science at the Sabha popular science talk series organised by The Music Academy in Chennai. The Hindu reported. February 17, 2020 ...