News about Dr. Siddhesh Kamat and group's work discovering a new function of the gene ABHD12, to show linkages between oxidative stress and neurological disorders featured in India Science Wire, Biotech Times, Down to Earth, and Hindu Business Line. January 23, 2019. ...

IISER Pune featured for the first time in the Times Higher Education Emerging Economies University Rankings. Zee Business reported. January 17, 21019. ...

An article in Times of India mentioned Dr. Sudha Rajamani and her group's research on chemical origins of life on earth, in the context of a new masters course in Astrobiology that SP Pune University is starting. January 15, 2019. ...

[caption id="attachment_1567" align="alignleft" width="610"] G.V. Pavan Kumar (Photo Credit: Keerthi Raj, B.S.)[/caption] A landmark paper in Nano Letters, senior membership of the Optical Society (OSA), and DST’s Swarnajayanti Fellowship: the year 2018 turned out to be remarkable for Dr. G.V. Pa...

IISER Pune is a part of an International Science Council funded project Trans-disciplinary Research Oriented Pedagogy for Improving Climate Studies and Understanding, which is working towards generating awareness about Climate Change by incorporating climate-related examples in teaching core curric...

A series of workshops on Science Administration & Management and Science Journalism were conducted by CoESME IISER Pune for women professionals. Deccan Herald wrote an article documenting the workshops and experiences of some participants. December 20, 2018. ...

Dr. Sutirth Dey and group's work on building a model for how bacterial colonies evolve was reported by The Hindu. December 15, 2018. ...

Science Activity Centre at IISER Pune hosted a science exhibition that was the culmination of a state-wide model making competition conducted by Agastya International Foundation. Sakal Times and Sakal reported. December 15, 2018. ...

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. Sanjeev Galande and group's research on devising a test for early detection of colorectal cancer was reported in an article by the Indian Express. December 3, 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 ...

IISER Pune is one of the three centres in the country where a supercomputer will be housed as a part of the National Super Computing Mission. Indian Express Tech; Economic Times Tech;  EET India; Indian Express reported. November 26-28, 2018 ...

IISER Pune received an endowment from Tata Technologies to carry out a series of workshops for school science teachers to train them to make and use hands-on toys for teaching science. Maharashtra Times, Sakal Times, Times of India, Pune Mirror, Indian Express, and Sakal November 24, 2018 ...

Dr. G.V. Pavan Kumar was selected for DST (Govt. of India)'s Swarnajayanti Fellowship in Physical Science, and featured in an Indian Express article on Swarnajayanti Fellows of 2017-18. November 23, 2018 ...

In a new partnership that was formalised on November 19, 2018, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune and Tata Technologies will come together to train school teachers towards improving the quality of science and mathematics education in schools, with a key focus on children...

Dr. G.V. Pavan Kumar, Associate Professor in Physics at IISER Pune, has been selected for the Swarnajayanti Fellowship in the area of Physical Sciences for the year 2017-2018. Awarded by the Govt. of India’s Department of Science and Technology to a selected number of young scientists, the Swarnajay...

In a collaborative effort from research groups at IISER Pune (R. Vaidhyanathan, Partha Hazra) and IIT Bombay (Dinesh Kabra), a covalent organic framework (COF) material has been synthesized, which can be used for the coating of white-Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) as an alternative for commerciall...

The IISER Pune Choir led by Dr John Matthew commemorated 100 years of World War I with a performance at the Kirkee War Cemetry. Dr Pushkar Sohoni told the audience about various war memorials and markers of WW-I in the city. Pune Mirror and Indian Express 1, 2 reported. November 11, 2018. ...

Pune Mirror wrote about the heritage walk planned by IISER Pune's Humanities and Social Sciences PhD student Swapna Joshi at the city monument 'Mahadji Shinde Chhatri'. November 8, 2018  ...

IISER Pune is organising a series of popular science talks, Science to Doorsteps of Technocrats aimed to make technocrats aware of the latest developments in scientific research. Times of India reported. November 1, 2018. ...