An epidemiological study of the COVID-19 pandemic by a group of scientists from various institutes, including Dr. Joy Monteiro of IISER Pune, has indicated that the case fatality ratio in Pune city has been dropping as the pandemic progressed. Indian Express reported. July 5, 2021. ...

Creating spaces for defined chemical interactions: a new phosphorus-based supramolecule to spot chirality In a recent paper in the journal Angewandte Chemie, Prof. R. Boomi Shankar’s group at IISER Pune described the design and synthesis of an amino-phosphonium supramolecule for the chiral re...

Dr. Raghav Rajan, Assistant Professor in Biology at IISER Pune, has been selected for the Senior Fellowship awarded by the DBT-Wellcome Trust India Alliance for the year 2020-2021. The Alliance, funded by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) of Government of India and Wellcome Trust of UK, support...

Prof. MS Santhanam and his team created a mathematical modeling based "hazard map" of Indian cities and towns to identify areas from where infectious diseases can rapidly spread. The news was covered by Times of India 1, 2, 3,  Indian Express, News 18. June 12, 2021. ...

IISER Pune is a part of a consortium of institutions who would be carrying out genomic surveillance of the SARS-COV2 virus to track changes in its genome. This was reported by Indian Express, Times of India. June 11, 2021 ...

Dr. Sagar Pandit (Assistant Professor, Biology) has been elected as a Life Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society, UK. Founded in 1833, the Royal Entomological Society works towards development and promotion of entomology. It facilitates international collaboration, research and publications rel...

Recognizing the universal appeal of Yoga, in December 2014, the United Nations proclaimed 21 June as the International Day of Yoga. The aim of the celebration is to raise awareness on the many benefits of practicing yoga. As part of the 2021 Yoga Day, in view of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic,...

IISER Pune and other premier research institutions entered into a partnership with IBM, with access to IBM's quantum computers on cloud to develop teaching-learning and research resources on quantum computing education and research. Business Today, HCP Wire, Edex Live, Digital Learning and India To...

IISER Pune is ranked in the top 5.7% universities worldwide by the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR). The 2021-22 edition of CWUR’s Global 2000 List ranked IISER Pune 1124 in the world out of 19,788 universities worldwide. The list also ranks IISER Pune at 22 nationally and at 330 i...

Times of India, News 18 and IANS Live reported the news that IISER Pune and Shiv Nadar University at Delhi-NCR have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborations for scientific research and faculty and student mobility and exchanges. May 18, 2021 ...

There is a time and pace for everything, cytokinesis is no different! In a paper in e-Life, integrated PhD student Swati Sharma and faculty member Dr. Richa Rikhy study the process of cell division and describe how a protein named GRAF regulates the time and pace of actin ring constriction, a pheno...

IISER Pune has ranked 22nd among Indian institutions and also features in the top 2000 institutions across the world, in the Centre for World University Rankings (CWUR) 2021-22. Indian Express, Hindustan Times reported the news. May 4, 2021. ...

Prof. Srinivas Hotha, Dr. Umakant Rapol and Dr. Sunil Nair have been conducting experiments to produce portable and affordable oxygen using easily available chemicals. Indian Express reported. April 27, 2021. ...

The Department of Science and Technology (DST) and IISER Pune have set up a Technology Innovation Hub on Quantum Technologies. Named as the I-Hub Quantum Technology Foundation (I-Hub QTF), the technology hub has now been set up as a Section-8 company at IISER Pune. The I-Hub QTF will aim to develop ...

A technology innovation hub by the name I-Hub Quantum Technology Foundation (I-Hub QTF) has been set up at IISER Pune as a consortium of various institutes, with funding support from Department of Science and Technology (DST). Indian Express, Swarajya Mag and Greater Kashmir covered the story. Apri...

Dr. Anand Krishnan and his group are studying the birds in the north-eastern states, and have recorded some rare and vulnerable species in Arunachal Pradesh. Arunachal24 and Arunachal Times reported. April 15, 2021. ...

The online inauguration and formal virtual launch of IISER Pune's technology business incubator, Atal Incubation Centre (AIC) - IISER Pune SEED Foundation (AIC-SEED) was held today. A recording of the inauguration event is here.  Dr. R.A. Mashelkar, FRS, National Research Professor, and emi...

An Atal Incubation Centre was established at IISER Pune to support and incubate start-ups was inaugurated at IISER Pune. Indian Express reported. April 9. 2021. ...

Advances in India's supercomputing mission and the role of institutes like IISER Pune in this was reported by The Statesman and India Education Diary. April 8, 2021. ...

Prof. Shyam S. Rai, Professor Emeritus, Department of Earth and Climate Science has received the Raja Ramanna Fellowship for this year. The fellowship, initiated in the year 2000 by the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), recognises senior scientists, engineers and technologists involved in ...