Dr. Siddhesh Kamat, a faculty member in the Department of Biology at IISER Pune, has been awarded the 2024 Infosys Prize in the Life Sciences category. The announcement was made today by the Infosys Science Foundation at an event in Bengaluru. The award citation to Dr. Kamat reads as follows: The I...

A new industry-academia collaboration initiative, the Centre for Intelligent Solutions, was inaugurated  during the 2024 Industry Conclave event that took place on September 14, 2024. Since the event brought together professionals from the industry and IISER Pune faculty, postdocs, and students...

Dr. Kalika Prasad from the Department of Biology has been elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI). Founded in 1930, NASI is the oldest science academy in India and supports scientific excellence across all disciplines. Election as a Fellow of NASI is a prestigious hono...

IISER Pune expresses its deepest condolences on the demise of Shri Ratan Tata, a visionary leader and philanthropist.  Shri Ratan Tata (Photo: tata.com) Several outreach initiatives at IISER Pune have had support from the Tata Group of companies, including Tata Technologies Ltd., TCS Foun...

Dr. Venketeswara R. Pai from the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences has been honoured with the Satish Bhatnagar Award for the year 2024 by the Indian Mathematical Society (IMS). The Satish Bhatnagar Award has been instituted by the Indian Mathematical Society to recognise the best researc...

Dr. Siddhesh Kamat, a faculty member in the Department of Biology at IISER Pune, has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, U.K.  A professional body for chemical scientists and one of the oldest chemical societies in the world, the Royal Society of Chemistry supports and ...

Prof. Angshuman Nag, faculty member in the Department of Chemistry at IISER Pune, has been awarded the National Prize for Research in Chemical Physics for the year 2024 by the C.N.R. Rao Education Foundation. The award ceremony was held at JNCASR, Bengaluru on September 25, 2024.  C.N.R. ...

Prof. Anjan Banerjee from the Department of Biology and Prof. Pinaki Talukdar from the Department of Chemistry have been elected as Fellows of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi. A total of 63 fellows have been newly elected as Fellows this year from across various science instit...

Prof. Sujit K. Ghosh from the Department of Chemistry is among those selected for the Society for Materials Chemistry (SMC) Silver Medal-2024 Award for the year 2024. The SMC Awards 2024 will be conferred at the 10th  DAE – BRNS Interdisciplinary Symposium on Materials Chemistry (ISMC2024...

Prof. Srinivas Hotha, faculty member in the department of Chemistry at IISER Pune, is among the recipients of the 2024 National Awards to Teachers in Higher Educational Institutions by the Ministry of Education, Government of India.  The awards were presented by the President of India Droupadi...

In a significant step towards fostering creativity and innovation, Kalpakghar - Community STEM-Tinkering Centre was inaugurated on August 21, 2024 at Pimpri Chinchwad Science Park, Pune. Kalpakghar is a collaborative STEM-tinkering project between IISER Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad Science Park and is ...

Prof. Jayant B. Udgaonkar from the Department of Biology is among those selected for the Vigyan Shri Award for the year 2024 announced here yesterday. This is part of the new Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar awards initiated by the Government of India to honour exceptional contributions to the fields of sc...

Three members from IISER Pune have been selected for prestigious awards by the Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) for the year 2025. The Founding Director of IISER Pune Prof. K. N. Ganesh (presently at JNCASR, Bengaluru), has been selected for the CRSI Gold Medal. This prestigious honour ref...

In a recent paper published in the journal ACS Omega, Prof. Sudha Rajamani’s group explored how life may have originated on early Earth by testing if a nucleotide analogue made of barbituric acid could be used to make RNA. What they found prompted them to propose that barbituric acid could hav...

Ignite Life Science Foundation, with support from IndianOil Corporation and Teekays Foundation, funded the acquisition of a multi-mode plate reader to enable high throughput research at IISER Pune.   Multi-mode plate readers are used in various fields such as biochemistry, molecular biolo...

Faculty member Prof. Sujit K. Ghosh from the Chemistry department has been selected to receive Dr. P.N. Pathak Memorial Award for the year 2024. This award has been instituted by the Association of Separation Scientists and Technologists (ASSET) in honour of the late Dr. P.N. Pathak (1970-2014), a ...

The Governor of Maharashtra Shri Ramesh Bais released a book titled 'Gateways to the Sea: Historic Ports and Docks of Mumbai Region' at Raj Bhavan, Mumbai on June 22, 2024. The book has been published by the Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India.  ...

In the 11th convocation of IISER Pune held in the morning of May 29, 2024, a total of 346 students received their degrees. This included 72 students graduating with PhD degree, 28 with Master of Science and PhD dual degrees, and 9 with Master of Science degree pursued via the Integrated PhD channel,...

With the launch of the National Quantum Mission, there is a pressing need for a skilled workforce in Quantum Technologies. With this goal in mind, IISER Pune is pleased to announce the launch of a new Masters programme in Quantum Technology.  This two-year programme will equip students with th...

Faculty member Dr. Srabanti Chaudhury from the Chemistry department has been awarded the DAAD Scholarship for Research Stays for University Academics and Scientists, 2024. The scholarship aims at supporting short-term research stays and exchange of experience and networking amongst colleagues i...