In a new partnership that was formalised on November 19, 2018, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune and Tata Technologies will come together to train school teachers towards improving the quality of science and mathematics education in schools, with a key focus on children...

Dr. G.V. Pavan Kumar, Associate Professor in Physics at IISER Pune, has been selected for the Swarnajayanti Fellowship in the area of Physical Sciences for the year 2017-2018. Awarded by the Govt. of India’s Department of Science and Technology to a selected number of young scientists, the Swarnajay...

In a collaborative effort from research groups at IISER Pune (R. Vaidhyanathan, Partha Hazra) and IIT Bombay (Dinesh Kabra), a covalent organic framework (COF) material has been synthesized, which can be used for the coating of white-Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) as an alternative for commerciall...

The IISER Pune Choir led by Dr John Matthew commemorated 100 years of World War I with a performance at the Kirkee War Cemetry. Dr Pushkar Sohoni told the audience about various war memorials and markers of WW-I in the city. Pune Mirror and Indian Express 1, 2 reported. November 11, 2018. ...

Pune Mirror wrote about the heritage walk planned by IISER Pune's Humanities and Social Sciences PhD student Swapna Joshi at the city monument 'Mahadji Shinde Chhatri'. November 8, 2018  ...

IISER Pune is organising a series of popular science talks, Science to Doorsteps of Technocrats aimed to make technocrats aware of the latest developments in scientific research. Times of India reported. November 1, 2018. ...

IISER Pune's Choir led by Dr John Matthew performed at the 150-year-old St. Paul's Church in Pune. Pune Mirror reported. October 28, 2018. ...

Pune Mirror wrote about IISER Pune BS-MS student Kabir Dabholkar who is balancing his academic interests in science with his passion for music and classical guitar October 26, 2018. ...

Exciting Science Group had organised a 'Science and Art' competition for children, which got a great response. Sakal Times and Maharashtra Times reported. October 22, 2018. ...

Research Matters reported Dr. Sutirth Dey and his group's work on various factors that affect fruit flies' tendency to disperse. October 17, 2018 ...

Times of India reported on the activities of Humanities and Social Sciences discipline at IISER Pune, describing how it is to pursue humanities at a primarily science institute. October 9, 2018. ...

Exciting Science Group, with support from CoESME, had organised a hands-on workshop for class XII students. Dr Sutirth Dey and members of his lab conducted the sessions in which students got to extract DNA from bacterial cells and carry out some analysis. Sakal Times and Times of India reported. Oc...

Exciting Science Group, a joint activity of IISER Pune, NCL and Venture Centre, has been conducting science outreach and popularisation activities for students from local, municipal schools for the past ten year. Times of India reported. October 1, 2018. ...

Dr. Thomas Pucadyil is one of the recipients of 2018 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. Dr Pucadyil has been recognised for his outstanding contributions to Biological Science. Indian Express and Pune Mirror and NDTV reported. September 2018. ...

Dr Thomas Pucadyil, Associate Professor in Biology at IISER Pune, has been selected for CSIR's Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in the area of Biological Sciences for the year 2018. Named after founder Director of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) India, the prize recognizes outsta...

IISER Pune-IDeaS Scholarship awardees for Fall 2018 are now announced. The selected students include 10 BS MS students, 4 Integrated PhD students, and 5 PhD students. Congratulations to all the awardees! The selection was based on grades during the first two semesters at IISER Pune and the award...

BS MS student Kartik Nirbhavne chats here with Prof. Satish Ogale whose collaborative work on novel solar devices has recently been awarded the International Newton Prize. The Newton Prize recognizes innovators from around the world who contribute to reducing poverty and aim for developments that wi...

As part of a series profiling women in science,  Firstpost published a podcast with Dr. Suhita Nadkarni, tracing her journey from education in Physics to her current research in the area of Neuroscience. September 19, 2018 ...

Abhijit Gupta and Shubham Singh, both from IISER Pune, have won the first prize at the ‘Python Innovation Day Hackathon’. Kicked off in June 2018 and the first of its kind in India, the online Python Hack fury (Hackathon) was organized by Intel, IISER Pune and Amazon Web services with an aim to m...

Indian Express reported on an Astronomy Q&A session organised by CoESME with IISER Pune scientists and students of a city school. September 9, 2018. ...