In a significant step towards fostering creativity and innovation, Kalpakghar - Community STEM-Tinkering Centre was inaugurated on August 21, 2024 at Pimpri Chinchwad Science Park, Pune. Kalpakghar is a collaborative STEM-tinkering project between IISER Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad Science Park and is ...

In the 11th convocation of IISER Pune held in the morning of May 29, 2024, a total of 346 students received their degrees. This included 72 students graduating with PhD degree, 28 with Master of Science and PhD dual degrees, and 9 with Master of Science degree pursued via the Integrated PhD channel,...

IISER Pune is observing Vigilance Awareness Week from October 30 to November 5, 2023, on the theme of "Say no to Corruption, commit to the Nation." The following events are being held at the institute as part of this.  1) The observance of Vigilance Awareness Week 2023 commenced with the inte...

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-...

As a precursor to the 4th Education G20 Working Group Meeting taking place in Pune during June 19 to 22, 2023, the Department of Higher Education (DoHE), Ministry of Education, Government of India, hosted a 1-day seminar on “Accessible Science: Fostering Collaboration” at IISER Pune on J...

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...

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...

Honourable Union Minister of State for Education Dr. Subhas Sarkar visited IISER Pune today and interacted with some of our institute members to learn about ongoing activities at the institute. Mr. P.K. Singh and Mr. Shuvam from the Minister’s office and Mr. Rajesh Kshirsagar (Deputy Director ...

IISER Pune celebrated the 76th Independence Day of India today with a flag hoisting ceremony followed by a cultural programme. Students, staff, and faculty members participated at the event along with their families. Addressing the gathering during the event, Director Prof. Jayant Udgaonkar spoke a...

"Har Ghar Tiranga" is an initiative by the Ministry of Culture to mark 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav', which is an ongoing  celebration to commemorate the 75 glorious years of a progressive independent lndia. As part of this initiative, citizens are encouraged to hoist the National Flag of Ind...

To observe International Day of Yoga 2022, a free 15-day Yoga workshop was conducted between May 20 to June 6, 2022. Many members of the IISER family including faculty, students, non-teaching staff registered for the workshop and a total of 50 members took part in the event coordinated by the studen...

Honourable Minister of Education and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Shri Dharmendra Pradhan visited IISER Pune today. Shri Pradhan laid the Foundation Stone towards construction of the research and office space for the Department of Data Science, which has been newly established...

In the 9th convocation of IISER Pune held in the evening of May 26, 2022, a total of 197 students received their degrees. This included 21 PhD students, 11 Integrated PhD, and 165 BS-MS students. Prof. P. Balaram, DST-YOS Chair Professor at the NCBS, Bengaluru and former director of Indian Institute...

A joint workshop series aimed towards developing a course on STEM Education by School of Education, University of Glasgow and IISER Pune has been initiated on February 3, 2022. The workshops are a part of the Going Global Exploratory Grant by the British Council awarded to Dr. Gabriella Rodolico (D...

In early September this year, the Sports Club and Sports Committee at IISER Pune initiated the "Step-up Step-in Challenge" where they called out to the institute members to walk, and, as a group, complete within two weeks a collective distance of 3500 kilometers, which corresponds to the approx...

The twenty-20 symposium, jointly organised by IISER Pune and IISc Mathematics departments took place on September 17-18, 2021. We had 40 online short research talks by members of both departments (faculty, post-docs, and advanced PhD students) over 2 days. We are hopeful that this activity would p...

IISER Pune held a valedictory function today (August 13, 2021) where the 2021 outgoing batch of students were congratulated and awardees were felicitated through an online event. A recording of the event is here.  Dean (Academics) Prof. Bhas Bapat and Director and Chairperson of th...

Honourable Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi will address an event on July 29, 2021 to mark one year of the new National Education Policy (NEP).  This event can be attended live here at 4:30 pm on July 29, 2021.  ...

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,...