The University of Queensland and the Indian Institute for Science Education and Research (Pune) have signalled their intention to create a new Joint Research Centre for Collaborative Impact. A Letter of Intent to this effect has been signed in New Delhi on June 21, 2016 between the two organization...

If you thought Twitter challenges you enough with its character limit, how about this NextGen VOICES survey by Science. In April 2016, the magazine had invited submissions from young researchers to create a story about the life of a scientist using exactly six words. From about 400 responses that...

Dr. Sudarshan Ananth, Associate Professor of Physics at IISER Pune, has been awarded the Buti Foundation Award for excellence in Theoretical Physics by the Indian Physics Association (IPA) for the year 2014. The Buti Foundation award was instituted by Prof. Bimla Buti who was a Professor of Astrophy...

The 2016 edition of IISER Pune’s in-house student magazine Kalpa has won the second runner-up prize in ‘educational institutes’ category at this year’s In-House Communication Excellence (ICE) Awards. The ICE Awards were instituted in 2009 by the Shailaja Nair Foundation to recognise in-house maga...

IISER Pune is on the cusp of its 10th year. As we celebrate this milestone, the time is right for looking back at IISER's evolution from a nascent organization to a research and teaching institute of repute. We bring you a series of blogs by people whose personal journey is intertwined with that ...

Infosys Foundation Endowment Fund to IISER Pune The Infosys Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Infosys, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with IISER Pune to provide opportunities for economically underprivileged students to pursue science degrees in a research-oriented environment ...

Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) has instituted a new blended three-year Bachelors in Science course in collaboration with IISER Pune and University of Melbourne (UoM). The programme was launched on 6thof May by Dr Vasudev Gade (Vice-Chancellor, SPPU),   Prof KN Ganesh (Director, IISER Pune),...

[caption id="attachment_776" align="alignleft" width="146"] Prof Sulabha Kulkarni[/caption] IISER Pune faculty Prof Sulabha Kulkarni has been nominated as member of a Standing Committee constituted by the Ministry for Science and Technology (S&T) for promoting women in the field of science. The Co...

[caption id="attachment_772" align="alignright" width="170"] Dr Seema Sharma[/caption] Dr Seema Sharma, assistant Professor of Physics at IISER Pune, has been elected as Convener of the JetMET Physics Object Group. This working group is a part of the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC...

IISERs are among the top performers in India for research output as per Nature Index’s list that quantifies research productivity of various institutions for the year Feb. 2015 to Jan. 20161. As a measure of research output, the Index uses three different parameters: Article Count (AC), Fractiona...

[caption id="attachment_736" align="alignleft" width="750"] The organizers of this unique endeavour where over 400 students came together to create what has now been declared as the largest warli painting ever. (Left to Right): Suhita Nadkarni, Siddhesh Zadey, Lavanya Lokhande, Divya Singh, Prachi S...

Prof KN Ganesh (Director, IISER Pune) has been awarded the 2015 National Research Award in Nano Science and Technology by Nano Mission of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India.  The award, consisting of a cash prize of Rs. 1 lakh and a citation, is given every year in recogn...

IISER Pune has recently been inducted into the Association of Indian Universities (AIU). The Association is a forum for administrators and academicians of member universities to exchange views and discuss matters of common concern. It acts as a liaison to promote academic cooperation and informatio...

Prof. LS Shashidhara, Dean (Research and Development) and Chair of Biology at IISER Pune, has been elected as the Vice-President of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi. The INSA is a body of Indian scientists established in 1935. Its objective is to promote science in the country ...

Prof. KN Ganesh, Director of Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, has been elected to the Council of Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore as Vice-President for the three-year term from 2016 to 2018. The Indian Academy of Sciences was established in 1934 by Prof.  C. V. ...

Prof. A. Raghuram, Professor and Coordinator (Mathematics) at IISER Pune, has been elected as a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore. The Academy, an association of Indian scientists founded in 1934, is engaged in promotion and dissemination of science through meetings, symposia, pub...

It is a constant challenge for instructors to develop novel approaches of pedagogy, especially for introductory biology (Bio101) for the first year undergraduate students. Every year about 200 students are admitted into the five-year Integrated B.S/M.S program of IISER, out of which at least 60% of ...

A team of undergraduates from IISER Pune has bagged a Bronze Medal at the international Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) contest held at Boston, USA from September 24-28, 2015. iGEM first started in 2003 as an Independent Activity Period (IAP) project of undergraduates at the Massachusetts ...

Bringing together cellular biophysics, non-linear dynamics, reaction-kinetics and details of experimental molecular biology and genetics, is a field often touted as the next biotechnology revolution, namely synthetic biology. The field is exploding as seen in the number of publications with the term...