The Aditya-L1 mission of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is scheduled for September 2, 2023. Prof. Bhas Bapat from IISER Pune has been involved with this work since his earlier tenure at Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad and continues to be part of the team. He contributed in a m...

Two faculty members from the Mathematics department, Dr. Moumanti Podder (Assistant Professor) and Dr. Haripada Sau (Assistant Professor) have been selected as Associates of the Indian Academy of Sciences (IAS), Bengaluru for the year 2023.  Dr. Moum...

Faculty member Prof. Sujit K. Ghosh from the Chemistry department has received the Distinguished Lectureship Award of  the Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ) for the year 2023. This award recognises Prof. Ghosh's work in the area of coordination chemistry. The Lectureship Award is awarded to youn...

Faculty member Prof. Partha Hazra from the Chemistry department has received the JSPS Invitational Fellowship for Research in Japan (Short Term) for the Financial Year 2023 by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). The JSPS carries out programmes that provide excellent researchers f...

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between IISER Pune and India Meteorological Department, Government of India on August 4, 2023. At the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between IISER Pune and India Meteorological Department: (Left to Right): Dr. Gyana Ranjan Tripathy (Chairperson...

IISER Pune participated at the Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Samagam (ABSS) held during July 29-30, 2023 at New Delhi. This event was jointly organised by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship as part of the 3rd Anniversary of the National Education Policy-...

Dr. Mridula Nambiar and Dr. Gayathri Pananghat, from the Biology department, have been awarded DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance Intermediate and Senior Fellowships, respectively, for the June 2023 round, in the category of Basic Biomedical Research. In this round of selection, a total of five Inter...

Prof. Pinaki Talukdar, faculty member in the department of Chemistry at IISER Pune, has been selected to receive the 2023 National Prize for Bio-physical Chemistry Research. This award is given out by C.N.R. Rao Education Foundation. Prof. Pinaki Talukdar is one of the two awardees selected this yea...

Dr. Moumita Majumdar from the Chemistry department at IISER Pune has  won a Bronze Medal of Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI). CRSI is a premier professional chemical society of India established in 1999 with an aim to facilitate and promote research and education in all branches of ch...

Dr. Sagar Pandit, faculty member in the department of Biology at IISER Pune, has been named a DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Research Ambassador for a period of three years, from 2022 to 2025. Dr. Sagar Pandit DAAD Research Ambassadors are academicians and scientists...

In the 10th convocation of IISER Pune held in the morning of May 31, 2023, a total of 308 students received their degrees. This included 45 students graduating with PhD degree, 25 with Master’s and PhD dual degrees, 14 with Master’s degree, 207 with BS and MS dual degrees, and 17 with BS...

In a paper published in the journal Nature Materials, Prof. Arun Venkatnathan’s group at IISER Pune studied the properties of lithium-ion battery materials at a molecular level using powerful computer simulation techniques. This work was carried out in collaboration with researchers from Templ...

iRISE's Teacher Development programme: Phase-II workshop for teachers from Bihar The iRISE project has been conducting teacher development workshops across the state of Maharashtra, and more recently in the state of Bihar. Currently, iRISE is building a cadre of Innovation Champions (ICs) to conduc...

Impact adds to the existing channels that disseminate news about IISER Pune, which include the institute website and social media pages on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube. Through Impact, we hope to highlight some of the content p...

Prof. Satishchandra B. Ogale has received the India Energy Storage Alliance's "Researcher of the Year" award in an award function held at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi on May 3, 2023 during the 2023 India Energy Storage Week (IESW) .    This is an Industry Excellence Award instituted by th...

Prof. Pinaki Talukdar, faculty member in the department of Chemistry at IISER Pune, has been named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, U.K. He received an invitation to be a Fellow through the 'Leaders in the Field’ scheme of the Society.  Prof. Pinaki Talukdar ...

Effective today, April 22, 2023, Prof. Sunil S. Bhagwat has taken charge as the Director of IISER Pune. Prior to joining IISER Pune, Prof. Bhagwat was at the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, popularly known as the UDCT, for its former name as the University Department of Chemical Technology...

IISER Pune is delighted to announce the appointment of Prof. Sunil Bhagwat from the Institute of Chemical Technology-Mumbai as the next Director of IISER Pune. Prof. Bhagwat will be the third Director since the founding of IISER Pune in 2006, and will succeed Prof. Jayant Udgaonkar who has led IISER...

The "Vigyan Vidushi", resource book published under the aegis of Vigyan Prasar, has acknowledged the scientific contributions of four of our outstanding women faculty colleagues, namely, Dr. Seema Sharma (Physics), Dr. Devapriya Chattopadhyay (Earth and Climate Sciences), Dr. Srabanti Chaudhury (Che...

In a new paper in the journal Current Research in Neurobiology, Dr. Nixon Abraham’s group from the Biology department at IISER Pune reported on persistent olfactory learning deficits during and post-COVID-19 infection. This work was carried out in collaboration with researchers from BJ Governm...