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. ...

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. 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. ...

IISER Pune and Finland's Aalto University are entering into a partnership to build a quantum computer. Analytics India covered the news. March 22, 2021 ...

Indian Express reported the news that Dr. Shabana Khan, faculty member in Chemistry at IISER Pune, received the DST SERB Power Fellowship for 2021. March 19, 2021 ...

Prof. Sutirth Dey's research on evolution of dispersal in fruit flies using a locally developed table-top set up was elaborated in an article by Prof. Raghavendra Gadagkar. The Wire. March 17, 2021. ...