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 ...

Prof LS Shashidhara, Chair of Biology at IISER Pune was interviewed about his research on Eureka programme of Rajya Sabha TV. November 20, 2016. He also spoke to Living Science about importance of science in society, science research, education and pedagogy, December, 2016. ...

Prof. Satishchandra Ogale's work on a making a flexible nanogenerator was reported in The Hindu. November 13, 2016. ...

Dr. Prasad Subramanian's work in collaboration with TIFR Mumbai on effect of June 2015's solar ejections on Earth’s magnetic field was reported by Sakal Times. November 5, 2016  ...

Creative games that help team-building, played at the IISER Pune student fest Karvaan were mentioned in an article about the subject in The Times of India. November 2, 2016. ...

Dr Nirmalya Ballav and group's work on synthesis of insulating Metal Organic Frameworks that can be used as semiconductors was covered by The Hindu. November 1, 2016 ...

A joint, high-end microscopy centre for micro and super-resolution imaging by IISER Pune and Leica was recently inaugurated. Sakal Times and Pune Mirror reported the news. October, 2016 ...

Prof. K.N. Ganesh's address at the international conference on ‘Advanced Polymers for Science and Technology’ at VIT University was covered by The Hindu. October 24, 2016 ...

Integrated PhD student Abhishek Swarnkar's work on solar cells made with phase-stable quantum dots was published in the renowned journal Science. Indian Express, The Hindu and Maharashtra Times reported on the news. October, 2016 ...

In their quest for better ways to harness solar energy, researchers from India and USA have now developed a phase-stable, all-inorganic quantum dot based solar cell and demonstrated its potential utility in opto-electronic devices. This is of great significance to the field of solar cell research wh...

Dr. R. Vaidhyanathan and group's work on synthesis of a new crystalline polymer with applications in the process of electrochemical splitting of water was covered by Pune Mirror. September 25, 2016. ...

Researchers at IISER Pune have developed new crystalline organic polymers that when used with electrocatalysts can tilt the kinetics favorably to split water and produce hydrogen and oxygen. Separating water into its constituent molecules requires one to overcome the forces holding the molecules ...

Prof Satish Ogale and his lab have devised a simple, cost-effective and quick process to convert sugarcane bagasse into a conducting, activated carbon material for use in Li-ion batteries. This research was reported by The Hindu. September 22, 2016. ...

Dr Mayurika Lahiri was interviewed by the website The Life of Science on her experiences as chairperson of the Day-care facility at IISER Pune and on her research on cancer biology. September 12, 2016 ...

Dr Sujit Ghosh's (Assistant Professor in Chemistry, IISER Pune) group works on developing novel crystalline organic frameworks. The media reported on their various potential applications in fuel cells (Nature Asia & The Hindu) and oil-spills (SakalTimes and Sakal e-paper). August, 2016 ...

Prof AA Natu and three others led a team of Indian students at the 48th International Chemistry Olympiad held Tbilisi, Georgia. The team bagged two gold and two silver medals. Indian Express reported the news. August 5, 2016 ...

Prof Shyam S Rai (Chair, Earth & Climate Science, IISER Pune) has been conferred with the "National Award in Geoscience and Technology" for 2016 by the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India. The prestigious award was presented to him in New Delhi on July 27 which was celebrated as the 10th ann...