IISER Pune and C-DAC are jointly involved in the National Mission on Quantum Technologies and Applications. Times of India reported on the proposed plans of the project. February 2, 2020. ...

Cipla Foundation funded a Centre for Chemistry Education and Research on the IISER Pune campus. The Centre was inaugurated on January 29 by Dr. Yusuf K. Hameid, Non-Executive Chairman, Cipla Ltd. BioSpectrum India, India Education Diary, and Medical Dialogues, reported. January 31, 2020 ...

Dr. Argha Banerjee's work on effect of increasing rainfall and reducing snowfall on the mass of Himalayan glaciers was reported by Pune Mirror. January 21, 2020 ...

Dr. Pushkar Sohoni gave a talk at INTACH on his work related to the history of Jews in India, and in particular in the Deccan region. The Hindu reported on the talk. January 16, 2020. ...

A hostel for women research scholars at IISER Pune has been built through a generous endowment from Bajaj Auto Ltd. This Hall of Residence was inaugurated by Dr. Raghunath A. Mashelkar in the presence Shri. Rahul Bajaj. Shri. Bajaj announced supporting three Chair Professorships and one Distinguish...

Dr. Siddhesh Kamat won the Merck Young Scientist Award 2019, along with researchers from NCL Pune; IGIB New Delhi; IIT Kanpur, etc. The Print, Hindu Business Line; reported the news. January 9, 2020 ...

IISER Pune feature in Nature Index's "Top 50 Young Universities in Chemistry" list, along with IISER Bhopal, IIT Guwahati and five other Indian institutions.  The Telegraph; NDTV.com published the news. January 8, 2020 ...

IISER Pune had organised the 5th Asia Pacific Drosophila Research Conference (APDRC5) and the Indian Drosophila Research Conference from January 6-10, 2020. Many eminent scientists from the Asia-Pacific region and two Nobel Laureates attended the meeting. Hindustan Times; The Hindu; Times of India;...

Dr. Nirmalya Ballav and his group's research on developing a modified version of graphene which can be produced at substantially lower costs was reported by Pune Mirror  and  Inc42. December 17, 2019 ...

Dr. M. S. Madhusudhan and group's work on identifying drug targets for Nipah virus was reported by Hindu Business Line LiveMint, and Research Matters. December 15, 2019 ...

Dr. S. G. Srivatsan received CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) award. Indus Dictum reported November 25, 2019 ...

An advance in vivo imaging facility supported by Perkin Elmer was opened at IISER Pune. BioSpectrum and Business Wire reported. November 21, 2019 ...

On occasion of Children's Day, IISER Pune had organised an open science exhibition for students and citizens. Several models and hands-on experiments were displayed, and there were talks, a drawing competition and other activities. The exhibition received a huge response, and was reported by Sakal ...

Dr. Siddhesh Kamat was selected as a European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) Young Investigator. Research Matters reported the news. November 15, 2019 ...

IISER Pune was ranked 20th by Nature Index Rankings in the list of top 50 'young' institutions in the world. The Print reported. October 30, 2019 ...

The Indian Express interviewed IISER Pune Director, Prof. Jayant Udgaonkar about the institute's philosophy, activities, its growth since inception, and upcoming initiatives. October 28, 2019 ...

The Hindu, Indus Dictum, and Hindu Business Line covered Dr. Harinath Chakrapani and his group's work on finding novel target proteins for potential drugs against antibiotic-resistant strains of the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus. October 13, 2019. ...

Swapna Joshi, PhD student in Humanities and Social Sciences led a heritage walk about the woodwork and paintings in old Maratha architecture and monuments. Pune Mirror and Indian Express reported. October 7, 2019 ...

Dr. Sujit Ghosh and team's work on a building a photocatalyst to degrade organic pollutants using a stabilised form of the mineral perovskite was reported by The Hindu. October 5, 2019. ...

CoESME, IISER Pune (in collaboration with Sakal NIE) is organising a series of workshops on hands-on science toys for students and teachers. Sakal covered the workshops that took place in September, 2017, February, 2018, April, 2018; June 2018(1) and (2).; September 2018, July 2019, September 2019 ...