Prof. Nirmalya Ballav and Prof. Sujit Kumar Ghosh from the Department of Chemistry have been selected to receive the National Prize for Research in Metal-organic Framework and Porous Materials for the year 2026. This prize is awarded by the C. N. R. Rao Education Foundation. Prof. Nir...

Mental wellbeing has always been recognised as an integral aspect of IISER Pune's wellness programme. Institute members have had the facility of consulting with counsellors on campus. To enhance this facility further, a dedicated space has been inaugurated on January 16, 2026, on the campus, for bot...

Prof. Siddhesh Kamat from the Department of Biology has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (RSB), UK, with effect from January 1, 2026. The Royal Society of Biology, headquartered in the United Kingdom, is a leading professional body representing the biological sciences. Elect...

Dr. Anup Biswas from the Department of Mathematics and Prof. S.G. Srivatsan from the Department of Chemistry have been elected as Fellows of the Indian Academy of Sciences (IASc), Bengaluru. The Academy has announced a total of 38 members elected as Fellows in 2025 from across the country. The affi...

Prof. Richa Rikhy has been awarded the prestigious Anne McLaren Award for Outstanding Women in Developmental Biology by the International Society of Differentiation. The Anne McLaren Award is named after renowned geneticist and reproductive biologist Prof. Dame Anne Laura Dorinthea McLaren.  P...

Dr. Krishanpal Karmodiya from the Department of Biology at IISER Pune has been honoured with ‘Dr. B.N. Singh Memorial Oration Award’ by the Indian Society for Parasitology (ISP). The award was given to Dr. Karmodiya at the 33rd National Congress of Parasitology on Recent Advances in Para...

Prof. Sujit K. Ghosh from the Department of Chemistry has been selected to receive the MRSI Materials Science Annual Prize for the year 2025. This prize is awarded by the Materials Research Society of India (MRSI) and will  be presented to him during the Annual General Meeting of MRSI, to be h...

Prof. Jayant Udgaonkar, Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Biology and Former Director of IISER Pune, has been awarded the prestigious National Science Chair of the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), Government of India. The National Science Chair is one of the highe...

IISER Pune's Smt. Indrani Balan Science Activity Centre (SAC)'s YouTube channel received the Silver Creator Award from YouTube, which is given to channels that have passed 100,000 subscribers.  The award was received on October 17, 2025, and unveiled the same day by Dr. Aparna Deshpande (Facul...

Two faculty members from IISER Pune Dr. Gayathri Pananghat (Biology Department) and Prof. S.G. Srivatsan (Chemistry Department) have been elected as Fellows of the National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI) based in Prayagraj. Founded in 1930, NASI is the oldest science academy in India and support...

Two faculty members from IISER Pune Prof. Sujit K. Ghosh (Professor, Chemistry Department) and Prof. Kalika Prasad (Professor, Biology Department) have been elected as Fellows of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi for the year 2025. A total of 78 fellows have been newly elected a...

Prof. Aloke Das from the Chemistry department at IISER Pune is among the Bronze Medal winners awarded by the Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) for the year 2026. The CRSI is a premier professional chemical society of India established in 1999 with an aim to facilitate and promote research a...

Prof. Pinaki Talukdar, faculty member in the Department of Chemistry, has been selected to receive the prestigious CRS Silver Star Award given by the Chirantan Rasayan Sanstha (CRS). The CRS Silver Star Medal is a prestigious recognition conferred by CRS to honour individuals who have made outstand...

Prof. Shyam Sundar Rai from the Department of Earth and Climate Science at IISER Pune has been selected to receive the prestigious National Geoscience Award for Lifetime Achievement by the Ministry of Mines, Government of India. The National Geoscience Awards are conferred to honour individuals and...

The CMS Collaboration, of which the research groups of Prof. Seema Sharma and Prof. Sourabh Dube from IISER Pune are members, is among the experimental collaborations selected to receive the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, announced earlier this year in April. The Breakthrough Prize...

Dr. Ashish Arora from the Department of Physics has been selected as a member of the Indian National Young Academy of Science (INYAS).  INYAS is a young scientist academy founded by the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) council in 2014. A total of 19 scientists across India have been selec...

Dr. Siddhesh S. Kamat from the Department of Biology has been conferred upon with the prestigious Tarun Tejankit Award for the year 2025.  Instituted by Loksatta, the Marathi daily of the Indian Express Group, the Tarun Tejankit Award is conferred annually to individuals who have made outstand...

Prof. Angshuman Nag, faculty member in the Department of Chemistry at IISER Pune, has been awarded the Distinguished Lectureship Award at the CSJ Asian International Symposium, organised during the 105th Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan at Kansai University, Osaka, Japan (March 2...

Dr. Pushkar Sohoni named ICCR Chair at the University of ViennaMay 22, 2025 Dr. Pushkar Sohoni has been named as the Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) Chair of Indian Studies at the University of Vienna starting May 21, 2025.  Best Paper Award to PhD student Tejashree LakrasMarch ...

Dr. Sreejith G.J. from the Department of Physics received the APJ Abdul Kalam Young Researcher Award from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. The award recognises Dr. Sreejith's contributions to condensed matter physics and statistical mechanics using high-performance computing.  Named after former Pr...