In the introductory solid state physics courses, lattice vibrations in a crystal are typically introduced by considering first a hypothetical one-dimensional chain of atoms, which can be solved fully making it easier to grasp the idea of phonons (quanta of lattice waves) without really worrying abou...

In contrast to the mundane classical world we experience in our daily life, the quantum world is known to be both elusive and strange - like the Shroedinger's cat that can be both alive and dead at the same time. Clearly, it requires considerable effort to maintain such delicate quantumness from fal...

Dr Chaitanya Athale's article about his group's work on development of an image analysis tool for live cell microscopy was published in 'From the Lab' feature of Indian Express, April 17, 2017. ...

2012 batch BS-MS student of IISER Pune, Yaikhomba Mutum, has won the prestigious Gates Scholarship to study at St. John's College in Cambridge University, UK The Gates Cambridge scholarship was instituted in the year 2000 through a US$ 210 million donation from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation...

IISER Pune BS-MS student Yaikhomba Mutum won the Gates Cambridge scholarship to pursue his PhD at University of Cambridge, UK. Hindustan Times, Imphal Free Press and Imphal Times reported the news. April 12, 2017. ...

IISER PUNE celebrated its annual Math Day -  a perfect amalgamation of mathematics and fun, on the 11th of March, 2017, the Saturday closest to Pi (3.14) day. As a prelude to the event a symposium titled : "An App called Math" was organized on the 4th of March. It consisted of a series of thought...

In a recent article, Dr. Sutirth Dey from IISER Pune, along with researchers from JNCASR, Bangalore and IISER Mohali, have critically analysed the literature on the idea of niche construction (NC) in evolutionary biology and have questioned several claims of the proponents of NC. Niche constructi...

On 11th February 2016, physicists announced the first ever direct observation of gravitational waves, propagating distortions of the fabric of space and time that travel billions of light years. The discovery set the scientific world abuzz and was regarded as the final proof for Einstein’s theory of...

Abhishek Swarnkar, Integrated PhD student at the institute has been selected to participate in the 67th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting taking place from June 25 to 30, 2017 in Lindau, Germany. He is one of the 400 young scientists from around the globe who have been offered this opportunity to experi...

A recent review that figured among the top most-read articles over the last month on Altmetrics, Dr. Sutirth Dey along with researchers from JNCASR, Bangalore and IISER Mohali follow the development of the niche construction idea in evolutionary biology. Eminent evolutionary biologist Prof. Jerry C...

IISER Pune has been selected by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Govt. of India, for support and installation of a High Performance Computer system. Times of India covered the news. March 10, 2017. ...

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune has been selected by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Govt. of India, for support and installation of a 500 TeraFLOP High Performance Computer system. The official statement regarding this was made today ...

The  announcement about Mathematics Day celebrations at IISER Pune were carried by Pune Mirror. March 8, 2017. ...

Bajaj Auto Ltd. announced a generous endowment to IISER Pune towards construction of a hostel for women research scholars. Indian Express reported. February 25, 2017 ...

IISER Pune is pleased to announce a generous endowment from Bajaj Auto Ltd. towards construction of a hostel for women research scholars at the institute. This facility would help IISER Pune take forward its commitment toward encouraging education of women and inducting them to research in a support...

Air pollution with carbon dioxide from industrial processes can be tackled in one of these ways: capture the greenhouse gas prior to combustion (separate carbon dioxide mixed with H2 to facilitate clean coal technology); or capture it from the smoking chimneys of power plants (post-combustion) befor...

Prof KN Ganesh, Director, IISER Pune, has been awarded an honorary doctorate in science by Vidyasagar University. [caption id="attachment_1018" align="alignleft" width="410"] Prof Ganesh receives the D.Sc. degree from Mr KN Tripathi, Governor of West Bengal[/caption] The University, located in P...

Dr R. Vaidhyanathan's work on development of Metal Organic Framework (MOF) for capture and removal carbon dioxide was covered by the Indian Express. February 6, 2017. ...

Dr Nixon Abraham, faculty member at IISER Pune, has received the 2017 Pfizer Research Prize in a ceremony held on January 26, 2017 in Switzerland. He shares this Prize with Dr Olivier Gschwend (University of Geneva) and Prof Alan Carleton (University of Geneva) for their work in the area of neurosci...

The IISER Pune contigent has won the maximum number of medals at the 5th Inter IISER Sports Meet (IISM)-2016 held at IISER Kolkata during December 8-13, 2016 and were declared the overall champions. Breaking the trend of the host IISER winning the championship, the IISER Pune team won prizes and ...