The 21st century has been marked by rapid progress in virtually every field of Science and Technology. As a result, practitioners in both industry and academia are often left to tackle modern problems with out-dated concepts and skill-sets. This not only hampers the career progress of individua...

On background of the launch of a new smartphone model that has a supercapacitor charged stylus, First Post spoke to Dr. Nirmalya Ballav about his research on supercapacitors. August 22, 2018. ...

Dr. Sutirth Dey and group's finding that even a native species can turn invasve in the same ecosystem under certain conditions was reported by The Hindu. August 4, 2018. ...

This article is contributed by Aakrati Agarwal and Mythri S., who were participants at a science writing workshop conducted by Vigyan Prasar at IISER Pune during October 2017. In 2015, the Mathematics Cosmetic Committee of Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) in Pune threw ...

News about installation of high-performance computing facilities at IISER Pune under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) was reported by Indian Express, Beebom and  Top500. July 23, 2018 ...

Three IISER Pune members have been selected as Fulbright-Nehru Fellows for the year 2018-19. Congratulations to all three! Mr. Prabhat Prakash, a PhD student with Dr. Arun Venkatnathan has been selected for a Fulbright-Nehru Doctoral Research Fellowship. Using modeling and simulations, his work...

Prof. M. Jayakannan and Dr. Nagaraj Balasubramaian collaborated to design drug carriers that can target breast cancer cells. Pune Mirror, BioSpectrum and The Hindu reported on their research. July 13, 2018 ...

PhD student Swapna Joshi has just completed a short project as a Sahapedia-UNESCO Fellow on pyaavs (drinking water fountains) of Mumbai. Swapna's study traces the history of pyaavs from their inception in colonial Bombay to the recent efforts to restore and conserve the pyaavs. [gallery ids="1511...

Dr. Argha Banerjee's (Earth and Climate Science, IISER Pune) research on changes in length of Himalayan glaciers and its implications for climate change was referenced in an article on Scroll.in's Climate Watch series and in an article in The Pioneer on environmental disaster. ...

IISER Pune has received an endowment fund of Rs. 5.0 lakhs from Integrated Decisions and Systems (India) Private Limited (IDeaS), an information technology company at Cyber City, Pune. The fund has been given under their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Programme and will be used to give schola...

Dr. Sutirth Dey and his group's research on how adaptability of bacteria increases when exposed to complex environments was covered by The Hindu. June 27, 2018 ...

Dr. Sutirth Dey's work on the environmental factors that influence the dispersal pattern of species in the fruit fly Drosophila was covered by Research Matters. June 21, 2018. ...

Dr. Neelesh Dahanukar was a part of the team that has discovered a new species of fish in the rivers of Western Ghats. Bangalore Mirror reported the news. June 21, 2018. ...

Dr. Argha Banerjee's (Earth and Climate Science, IISER Pune) work on how the Himalayas continue to grow taller defying erosion, was covered by the Times of India and Brighter Kashmir. June 20, 2018. ...

Dr. Siddhesh Kamat and his collaborators from TIFR Mumbai and IISc Bengaluru are trying to decipher the mechanism through which liver secretes fat into the blood. Indian Express reported. June 19, 2018.  ...

Dr. G. V. Pavan Kumar, Associate Professor (Physics) at IISER Pune, has been elected as a Senior Member of Optical Society (OSA). The Optical Society is an international organisation for promotion of optics and photonics with a mission to unite and educate scientists, engineers, educators, and ot...

Dr. Arvind Natu (Chemistry, IISER Pune) has been honoured by the German Government with the prestigious ‘Cross of Merit’. Cross of Merit is one of the highest tributes paid to a foreign national by the Government of Germany and is a part of the Order of Merit. It is given to German or foreign nat...

Dr. A. A. Natu was conferred the 'Cross of Merit' by the German Government for his contributions to strengthening Indo-German relations. Times of India reported the news. June 12, 2018. ...

Prof. L.S. Shashidhara was elected an Associate Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), making him only the third Indian to do so. Times of India and reported the news. May 16, 2018. ...

The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) has announced election of 62 life scientists from across 24 countries to its membership. Prof. L.S. Shashidhara of IISER Pune has been elected an EMBO Associate Member, making him the third scientist from India to join a group of about 1800 research...