Xytel India Private Limited has given a one-time endowment of Rupees Thirty lakh ten thousand to IISER Pune, to be used for giving awards to the best PhD and Masters theses every year. Xytel India, a premier project and process engineering organisation, has given this endowment under the aegis of...

Dr Pinaki Talukdar, Associate Professor in Chemistry at IISER Pune, has won the ‘National Bioscience Award’ given by Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India. The award consists of a cash prize, citation and a research contingency grant for a period of three years. It is given by the DBT  ...

IISER Pune and Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP), France have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a dual degree programme (DDP) in Solid Earth Science for students pursuing BS-MS at IISER Pune. This will be a part of the IPGP Master of Research programme. One to two student...

Dr G V Pavan Kumar’s group has experimentally shown for the first time, that Raman and fluorescence components of scattered light behave differently when confined to a plasmonic nano-cavity - a finding that may have applications in several fields. The news was reported by Sakal Times and Indian Exp...

Prof A. A. Natu was nominated by the Chancellor as member of the Academic Council of SP Pune University till August 2022. A Marathi Daily covered the news. January 31, 2018. ...

Dr G V Pavan Kumar’s group at IISER Pune, in collaboration with researchers at Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, USA, have experimentally shown for the first time, that Raman and fluorescence components of scattered light behave differently when confined to a plasmonic nan...

Dr. Kundan Sengupta and team's work on nuclear protein lamin B2 showed for the first time that it is involved in determination of morphology and function of the nucleolus. The Hindu reported the news. January 29, 2018. ...

Dr Mayurika Lahiri and group have found that a DNA-dependent protein kinase that is involved in DNA repair, plays a role in transformation of normal cells to cancerous cells. The Hindu covered the news. The article was also cited on Science Chronicle (a science blog). January 22, 2018. ...

IISER Pune plans to initiate an international Ph.D. programme for nationals of countries other than India from the next academic year. Indian Express reported. January 20, 2018. ...

IISER Pune and Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel jointly organised a conference on chemical biology from January 17-19, 2018 to promote collaborations and academic exchange between scientists from the two countries. Sakal Times reported on the meeting. January 20, 2018. ...

IISER Pune is hosting a delegation of 24 scientists and students from Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel. This is the first time in history of IISER Pune that such a large delegation has visited the institute with the intent of developing academic and research collaboration. Researchers from the ...

Dr. Murari Mohan Jana is a rose specialist and is IISER Pune's very own horticulturist, a doctor and nurturer to the ever increasing vegetation covering the sprawling 98 acre campus. BS MS student Lokahith Agasthya sat down with him for tete-a-tete to learn about Dr. Jana’s career and work, horticul...

Dr Sudha Rajamani's group researches chemical origins of life on earth. She was part of the NASA-Spaceward Bound Expedition to Ladakh. The Intersection did a podcast on the expedition and interviewed Dr Sudha (see 7:14 onward). Rajya Sabha TV also covered the project in their programme Science Moni...

Prof G. Ambika's research on analysing ECG signals using elements from the mathematical concept of fractals was recently published. Hindustan Times and The Indian Express reported the news. January 7, 2018. ...

Researchers at IISER Pune have developed a covalent organic framework, a new porous material that can boost storage capacity of a Li-ion battery to nearly twice that of commercially available ones. Lithium-ion batteries are used in devices such as cell phones and laptops. They last long and are r...

Researchers at IISER Pune have developed a novel way to analyze heart dynamics that could potentially be used in the diagnosis of abnormalities of the heart. The analysis is based on the mathematical concept of fractals, which are repeating patterns that are similar at any scale. Fractals are...

Prof. Satish Ogale and his student's research on use of walnut shells as  battery material was covered by Greater Kashmir. December 21, 2017 ...

IISER Pune hosted the France-India 24H Chrono Entrepreneurship Challenge for PhD and Masters students. Hindustan Times reported on the event. December 18, 2017 ...

A fitness centre for behavioural deficiencies was inaugurated at Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital, Pune, based on principles arising from Prof. Milind Watve's work at IISER Pune. Pune Mirror covered the news. December 17, 2017. ...

In this series, IISER Pune students bring us glimpses of various facets of the institute such as teaching, research, administration, and campus planning through their interviews with people behind the scenes. INTERVIEW BY Meenakshi Pardasani and Soumya Bhattacharyya “I am a botanist at heart. ...