A collaborative work between scientists from institutions across India and abroad, including IISER Pune, and the University of Colorado-Boulder (USA), studied the sediment records of human-made lakes, referred to as talavs, to understand the effects of past climate extremes. Faculty member Dr. Sudip...

Prof. Shyam Sundar Rai from the Department of Earth and Climate Science at IISER Pune has been selected to receive the prestigious National Geoscience Award for Lifetime Achievement by the Ministry of Mines, Government of India. The National Geoscience Awards are conferred to honour individuals and...

A new industry-academia collaboration initiative, the Centre for Intelligent Solutions, was inaugurated  during the 2024 Industry Conclave event that took place on September 14, 2024. Since the event brought together professionals from the industry and IISER Pune faculty, postdocs, and students...

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...

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...

Variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus pose a major challenge as some of these may have altered virulence, transmissibility, the potential to cause re-infections, and even breakthrough infections in the fully vaccinated. It is essential in this scenario to identify virus variants rapidly, at scale, along ...

Economic richness drives fossil richness: The impact of socio-economic factors and colonial history on the study of fossils A team of seven paleontologists from Germany, the UK, South Africa, Brazil, and India, investigated how colonial history and socio-economic factors affect the global distribut...

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...

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. Shyam S. Rai, Professor Emeritus, Department of Earth and Climate Science has received the Raja Ramanna Fellowship for this year. The fellowship, initiated in the year 2000 by the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), recognises senior scientists, engineers and technologists involved in ...

Dr. Devapriya Chattopadhyay's career story was published by SheThePeople, an online magazine that highlights the achievements of women in various fields. August 25, 2020. ...

Prof. Shyam Rai is involved in a study that is trying to use analysis of seismic waves in earth's crust to locate diamond mines. The Print reported. February 21, 2020 ...

Dr. Argha Banerjee's work on effect of increasing rainfall and reducing snowfall on the mass of Himalayan glaciers was reported by Pune Mirror. January 21, 2020 ...

Dr. Argha Banerjee's (Earth and Climate Science, IISER Pune) research on changes in length of Himalayan glaciers and its implications for climate change was referenced in an article on Scroll.in's Climate Watch series and in an article in The Pioneer on environmental disaster. ...

Dr. Argha Banerjee's (Earth and Climate Science, IISER Pune) work on how the Himalayas continue to grow taller defying erosion, was covered by the Times of India and Brighter Kashmir. June 20, 2018. ...

Dr Argha Banerjee's findings that a blanketing of debris does not seem to protect Himalayan glaciers from ice loss due to global warming were reported by the Times of India. September 24, 2017. ...

Prof. Raghu Murtugudde's (Visiting faculty, Earth and Climate Science) views on El Nino, Global Warming, and impact on Monsoon were reported by newspapers and websites; August/September, 2015. The Telegraph; Live Science; The Wire ...