Prof. Satishchandra B. Ogale has received the India Energy Storage Alliance's "Researcher of the Year" award in an award function held at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi on May 3, 2023 during the 2023 India Energy Storage Week (IESW) .    This is an Industry Excellence Award instituted by th...

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...

On Feb 4, 2023,  the IISER Pune community felicitated Prof. Deepak Dhar and Prof. K.N. Ganesh who are among the list of Padma awardees announced recently by the Government of India on the eve of the 2023 Republic Day.  The felicitation event began with a welcome address by the Director Pr...

In the Padma Awards announced on January 25, 2023, Distinguished Professor Emeritus Prof. Deepak Dhar from the Department of Physics was conferred Padma Bhushan Award, and Former and Founder Director of IISER Pune (currently Director of IISER Tirupati and Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Chemist...

Dr. Ramana Athreya, Associate Professor in the Physics and Biology departments at IISER Pune, has received the Wildlife Service Award for the year 2022 from the Sanctuary Nature Foundation.  Being given out annually since 2000, the Sanctuary Wildlife Awards were instituted by Sanctuary Nature ...

Prof. Deepak Dhar, Distinguished Professor Emeritus and NASI-Senior Scientist in the Physics Department at IISER Pune, has been awarded the 2022 R.D. Birla Memorial Award in Physics by the Indian Physics Association (IPA). An announcement by the IPA is here.  The R.D. Birla Award in Physi...

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...

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. 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 ...