Dr. Arvind Natu has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Board of Governors of IISER Kolkata, for a second term of 3 years beginning from August 25, 2023. As the apex decision-making body appointed by the Government of India, the role of the Board includes overseeing and approving the decisions ...

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...

Dr. Bejoy Thomas from the Humanities and Social Sciences department was a contributing author to Chapter 18 of IPCC AR6 WG2 report titled "Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability". Some of the past and ongoing research by Dr. Thomas pertains to the topic of climate resilient devel...

Here's a link to a short documentary put out by BBC on "Should we put a price on nature?" that features ideas from Prof. Sharacchandra Lele along with other experts on the topic. December 1, 2022...

Prof. Sara Ahmed is the founder of the Living Waters Museum, a virtual repository on water heritage in India. This article in The Hindu describes the work carried out through this initiative. December 2, 2022...

In an update from September 2022, five scientists from IISER Pune are among a list of top 2% scientists created by a team of researchers led by Prof. John P. A. Ioannidis from Stanford University. The list is based on the career-long citation impact of research papers of scientists.  In...

iRISE (Inspiring India in Research, Innovation and STEM Education) project hosted on IISER Pune campus is working towards improving the quality of classroom teaching in schools, especially in subjects related to science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Reported in the Indian Express, Octobe...

Prof. Sujit Ghosh's group from the department of Chemistry developed an adsorbent metal-organic-framework (MOF) with high capability of extracting uranium. Several news outlets have covered this work during August and September 2022. Find some of them at these links: Nature India, Indian Express, In...

IISER Pune has ranked seventh in the latest rankings of Indian scientific institutes, universities and colleges released by Nature Index. Indian Express reported on the news. July 27, 2021. ...

IISER Pune's Science Activity Centre has been conducting online science demonstration sessions throughout the pandemic period. These widely popular sessions are streamed on their YouTube channel, which recently reached 1.5 million viewers. Hindustan Times reported. July 26, 2021. ...

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. ...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...