IISER Pune received a grant of Rs. 25 crore for working on the processor of a quantum computer being developed as a part of the National Mission on Quantum Technologies and Applications. Times of India, Yahoo News,  reported. February 29, 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 ...

IISER Pune was among the top 10 institutes in India as per research output, in the Nature Index Rankings. Hindu Business Line, Indus Dictum, and Campus Varta reported. February 19, 2020 ...

Dr. Neelesh Dahanukar was involved in discovery of the world's largest cave fish species in Meghalaya. The Indian Express, Yahoo News reported the finding. February 18, 2020 ...

Dr. Harinath Chakrapani was among the scientists invited to speak about their research at Science at the Sabha popular science talk series organised by The Music Academy in Chennai. The Hindu reported. February 17, 2020 ...

IISER Pune and C-DAC are jointly involved in the National Mission on Quantum Technologies and Applications. Times of India reported on the proposed plans of the project. February 2, 2020. ...

Cipla Foundation funded a Centre for Chemistry Education and Research on the IISER Pune campus. The Centre was inaugurated on January 29 by Dr. Yusuf K. Hameid, Non-Executive Chairman, Cipla Ltd. BioSpectrum India, India Education Diary, and Medical Dialogues, reported. January 31, 2020 ...

[gallery ids="1753,1752,1751,1754,1750" type="slideshow"] Cipla Foundation-IISER Pune Centre for Chemistry Education and Research on the IISER Pune campus has been inaugurated today by Dr. Yusuf K. Hamied, Non-Executive Chairman, Cipla Ltd. He was accompanied by Mrs. Farida Hamied and Ms. Rumana Ha...

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. Pushkar Sohoni gave a talk at INTACH on his work related to the history of Jews in India, and in particular in the Deccan region. The Hindu reported on the talk. January 16, 2020. ...

A hostel for women research scholars at IISER Pune has been built through a generous endowment from Bajaj Auto Ltd. This Hall of Residence was inaugurated by Dr. Raghunath A. Mashelkar in the presence Shri. Rahul Bajaj. Shri. Bajaj announced supporting three Chair Professorships and one Distinguish...

Through a generous endowment from Bajaj Auto Ltd., a hostel for women research scholars at IISER Pune was announced in 2017. The construction of this multi-storied building has now been completed and has been opened to research scholars. The inauguration ceremony of this Hall of Residence was held ...

Dr. Siddhesh Kamat won the Merck Young Scientist Award 2019, along with researchers from NCL Pune; IGIB New Delhi; IIT Kanpur, etc. The Print, Hindu Business Line; reported the news. January 9, 2020 ...

IISER Pune feature in Nature Index's "Top 50 Young Universities in Chemistry" list, along with IISER Bhopal, IIT Guwahati and five other Indian institutions.  The Telegraph; NDTV.com published the news. January 8, 2020 ...

Dr. Siddhesh Kamat (Assistant Professor in Biology at IISER Pune) has received this year’s Merck Young Scientist Award. This award recognises excellence in research among scientists with less than 10 years of post-PhD experience and considers applications from all research/academic institutions acr...

IISER Pune had organised the 5th Asia Pacific Drosophila Research Conference (APDRC5) and the Indian Drosophila Research Conference from January 6-10, 2020. Many eminent scientists from the Asia-Pacific region and two Nobel Laureates attended the meeting. Hindustan Times; The Hindu; Times of India;...

Dr. Nirmalya Ballav and his group's research on developing a modified version of graphene which can be produced at substantially lower costs was reported by Pune Mirror  and  Inc42. December 17, 2019 ...

Dr. M. S. Madhusudhan and group's work on identifying drug targets for Nipah virus was reported by Hindu Business Line LiveMint, and Research Matters. December 15, 2019 ...

Dr Saikrishnan Kayarat, Associate Professor in Biology at IISER Pune, has won Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India’s S. Ramachandran National Bioscience Award for Career Development for the year 2019. The award is given each year by the DBT to scientists below 45 years of age engaged...

Dr. S. G. Srivatsan received CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) award. Indus Dictum reported November 25, 2019 ...