Dr. Venketeswara Pai R., Associate Professor in the Humanities and Social Sciences Department at IISER Pune, has been selected to receive the Mahakavi Kalidas Sanskrit-Vrati National Award in the Young Scholar category for the year 2022. Presented to scholars in recognition of their work towards pr...

Prof. Sujit K. Ghosh, Professor of Chemistry at IISER Pune, has won a Bronze Medal of Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI).CRSI is a premier professional chemical society of India established in 1999 with an aim to facilitate and promote research and education in all branches of chemistry....

Dr. Richa Rikhy, Associate Professor in Biology at IISER Pune, has been selected for the Senior Fellowship awarded by the DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance. Dr. Rikhy is one of the four awardees of IA's Senior Fellowship for 2022 in the category of Basic Biomedical Research.    Funded ...

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 being Prof. John Hopfield from...

Prof. Srinivas Hotha and Dr. R. Vaidhyanathan, faculty members in the department of Chemistry at IISER Pune, have recently been named Fellows of the Royal Society of Chemistry, U.K.      A professional body for chemical scientists and one of the oldest chemical societ...

Dr. Ramanathan Vaidhyanathan has been appointed as an Associate Editor of the journal Chemistry of Materials. Published by the American Chemical Society, Chemistry of Materials is a peer-reviewed scientific journal with a focus on research at the interface of chemistry, chemical engineering, and mat...

Prof.  Sutirth Dey and Prof. R. Boomi Shankar are among those selected to receive the SERB-STAR award for 2021. A total of 19 researchers from research institutions across India have been selected for this Award for the year 2021.  The Science and Technology Award for Research (STAR) ...

Dr. Nishad Matange, Assistant Professor in Biology and DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance Intermediate Fellow, is among those selected for the 2021 eLife Ben Barres Spotlight Award.    Dr. Matange is one of the ten winners selected this year. The award will support the research and career...

Two faculty members at IISER Pune, Dr. Mousomi Bhakta (Associate Professor, Mathematics Department) and Dr. Siddhesh Kamat (Associate Professor, Biology Department), are among those selected for the Department of Science and Technology (DST)’s SwarnaJayanti Fellowships for 2020-21.  ...

The Balan Group and IISER Pune have signed a Memorandum of Understanding towards building a dedicated space for science outreach on the institute campus. At the MoU signing between IISER Pune and Balan Group: (Left to Right) Dr. Aparna Deshpande, Dr. Sourabh Dube, Col (Retd.) G. Raja Sekhar,&nbsp...

Prof. Rajesh Gokhale, Professor in Biology at IISER Pune, has been appointed as the Secretary of the Department of Biotechnology. He will succeed Dr. Renu Swarup who has been in this role since 2018. Prof. Gokhale's appointment will be for a period of two years. To wish Prof. Gokhale on this occasi...

The Maharashtra State Faculty Development Academy (MSFDA), Mumbai and IISER Pune, will jointly work to develop and implement capacity-building workshops for faculty members of universities and affiliated colleges under the Department of Higher and Technical Education, Government of Maharashtra. The...

Dr. Srabanti Chaudhury and Prof. R. Boomi Shankar are among those selected to receive the Bronze Medals of the Chemical Research Society of India for 2022. The Bronze Medal of CRSI honors young researchers for their contributions to research in chemistry. The CRSI, a premier professional chemical s...

July 29, 2021 Gyana Tripathy is invited to deliver lecture in Jadavpur University (India) titled “Re-Os geochronology of organic-rich sedimentary rocks” July 16, 2021 Devapriya Chattopadhyay delivers an invited talk titled “Paleontological research inthe Indian subcontinent: at ...

Dr. Sudipta Sarkar (Assistant Professor, Earth and Climate Science) has been elected a Fellow of Geological Society of London. Dr. Sudipta Sarkar The Geological Society of London is the oldest professional body of geologists in the world, founded in 1807. The Society works to improve know...

Dr. Ramanathan Vaidhyanathan, Associate Professor in Chemistry at IISER Pune, has been selected for the Prof. C. N. R. Rao Award for Research in Inorganic and Physical Chemistry for the year 2021. The award is given by the C. N. R. Rao Foundation and Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...