Prof. Deepak Dhar, Distinguished Visiting Professor and NASI-Senior Scientist in the Physics department at IISER Pune, has been selected to receive the prestigious Boltzmann Medal for 2022. He is one of the two physicists selected for the award; the second awardee was Prof. John Hopfield from P...

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. ...

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 ...

Prof. Sanjeev Galande and Dr. Shivaprasad Patil's research paper on the unique somersaulting ability of the tiny freshwater animal, hydra was reported by The Wire, News18. and Research Blaze. April 4, 2021. ...

In recognition of their contribution to the respective areas of research, three scientists at IISER Pune, Prof. Anjan Banerjee (Professor, Biology), Dr. Thomas Pucadyil (Associate Professor, Biology) and Dr. Seema Sharma (Associate Professor, Physics) are among those elected as Fellows of the Indi...

Dr. Angshuman Nag, Dr. Anup Biswas and Dr. Rejish Nath are among those selected for the Department of Science and Technology (DST)’s Swarnajayanti Fellowships for 2019-20. Indian Express, NDTV Education, Times of India, Times of India-2 reported. November 8, 2020. ...

Dr. Umakant Rapol and team have joined hands with counterparts in Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune to build India's first two optical atomic clocks. The Wire reported. September 1, 2020. ...

IISER Pune signed an MoU with Accurate Gauging & Instruments Pvt. Ltd. for technology transfer for regulatory approvals and production of the low-cost ICU ventilator developed earlier by Dr. Sunil Nair, Dr. Umakant Rapol and team. Indian Express reported. August 7, 2020. ...

Dr. Umakant Rapol, Dr. Sunil Nair, Mr. Nilesh Dumbre and team have developed a low-cost ventilator, inspired by the Bharucha ventilator, which can be put together with readily available and easily source-able parts. Careers360, Hindustan Times, Sakal,  HT Pune reported. May 04, 2020. ...

Prof. Satish Ogale and his collaborators' work on generation of electricity using mustard seeds was recently reported in Loksatta and Indian Express. July 13, 2019 ...

Dr. Ramana Athreya's discovery of a new bird in Arunachal Pradesh, followed by his efforts to get the local Bugun community involved in conservation through ecotourism was reported by the Wire and the international conservation magazine Mongabay (also see related article). December 2018. ...

Prof. Satishchandra Ogale and team's work on developing a new anode for Lithium-ion batteries with reduced charging time and increased storage capacity was covered in an article in The Hindu. December 1, 2018 ...

Dr. G.V. Pavan Kumar was selected for DST (Govt. of India)'s Swarnajayanti Fellowship in Physical Science, and featured in an Indian Express article on Swarnajayanti Fellows of 2017-18. November 23, 2018 ...

Dr G V Pavan Kumar’s group has experimentally shown for the first time, that Raman and fluorescence components of scattered light behave differently when confined to a plasmonic nano-cavity - a finding that may have applications in several fields. The news was reported by Sakal Times and Indian Exp...

Prof. Satish Ogale and his student's research on use of walnut shells as  battery material was covered by Greater Kashmir. December 21, 2017 ...

Dr R. Vaidhyanathan and Prof. Satish Ogale's research on development of a covalent organic framework that can greatly boost storage capacity of a Li-ion battery was reported by The Hindu, Indian Express, and Peer Scientist. December 5, 2017. ...

The multi-institutional DST-APEX project on solar energy, in which one of the partners is IISER Pune's Prof. Satishchandra Ogale, was awarded the prestigious Newton Prize for 2017. The Times of India and WorldNews reported. November 4, 2017. ...

Dr Atikur Rahman and group's findings on use of nanomaterials to reduce reflections from the surface of glass were reported by News18. November 1, 2017. ...

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