Dr. Sandanraj Britto and his group's work on production of semi-synthetic proteins which can have potential applications in medicine and healthcare war covered by Pune Mirror. August 24, 2019. ...

A joint initiative of IISER Pune and National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), the Pune Biotechnology Cluster was recently inaugurated by Department of Biotechnology's Secretary, Dr. Renu Swarup. The Cluster aims to seamlessly integrate high-quality work being done at various research organisations ...

Dr. Anand Krishnan's work shows how song patterns of resident and migratory birds of a region could be used as an indicator of ecological changes. Pune Mirror documented the findings. August 19, 2019. ...

Dr. R. Vaidhyanathan's work on generation of a covalent organic framework which can be used for splitting water molecules has been granted a USA patent. Boswell Times reported. August 18, 2019. ...

Dr. Pushkar Sohoni's book on history of the architecture of Ahemadnagar sutlanate of Deccan was reviewed by the magazine Frontline. July 2019 ...

Disha, a student-led social outreach organisation at IISER Pune mentors underprivileged children from nearby regions and helps them with studies. Akshay Tawale, a student of a PMC school and a beneficiary of Disha's programmes, has secured admission at IISER Tirupati. Times of India, Indian Express...

Dr. Siddhesh Kamat was awarded Indian National Science Academy's (INSA) Young Scientist Medal for 2019. Times of India reported. July 29, 2019. ...

Three winners of the prestigious Prime Minister's Research Fellowship (PMRF) have chosen to pursue their PhD at IISER Pune. Deccan Herald reported. July 22, 2019 ...

Prof. Satish Ogale and his collaborators' work on generation of electricity using mustard seeds was recently reported in Loksatta and Indian Express. July 13, 2019 ...

Loksatta reported that IISERs have been ranked twenty fourth in the world in a normalised ranking of top research institutions in the world published by Nature Index. July 11, 2019. ...

IISER Pune along with NCL was one of the venues for the Grand Finale of Smart India Hackathon 2019 - Hardware Edition. Times of India1 , 2 reported on the inauguration of the event. July 9, 2019 ...

A team of IISER Pune students has won a grant of Rs. 10 lakh from DBT for designing and developing a bio-sensor based tool to detect presence of lead in river water. This project will be a part of the international Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) competition held each year. Indian Express an...

Prof. Jayant Udgaonkar, (Director, IISER Pune) was interviewed on quality of scientific research and education in India and ways of improving it by Hindustan Times. June 21, 2019 ...

Through an industry-academia partnership, IISER Pune would be setting up a Centre of Excellence in Flow Cytometry with support from BD Life Sciences-Biosciences, a segment of Becton, Dickinson and Company. The news was reported by BioSpectrum India and Express Healthcare. June 10, 2019 ...

Pune Mirror reported on Dr. Anand Krishnan and his team's project for understanding roosting patterns and diversity of bats, with an objective to create safe zones for conservation of these creatures. May 20, 2019. ...

CoESME at IISER Pune, through its Science Activity Centre had organised a Pre-workshop for State Teachers' Science Congress in association with Marathi Vidnyan Parishad. Hindustan Times reported. May 14, 2019. ...

IISER Pune is part of a consortium involved in an ambitious new project called MANAV-Human Atlas launched by Department of Biotechnology (DBT) for mapping the human body using macro- and micro-level information about organs, tissues, cells, etc. Economic Times Tech, Indian Express 1 & Indian Expres...

Economic Times reported on a new species of snake-head fish discovered in Kerala. Dr. Neelesh Dahanukar was a member of the team involved in this discovery. May 11, 2019. ...

IISER Pune ranked 23rd in the overall institutes category in NIRF 2019 rankings, published in April. Indian Express reported. April 8, 2019 ...

IISER Pune featured in The Indian Wire's list of top institutions in India to study mathematics at the post-graduate level. March 28, 2019. ...