The 2016 edition of IISER Pune’s in-house student magazine Kalpa has won the second runner-up prize in ‘educational institutes’ category at this year’s In-House Communication Excellence (ICE) Awards. The ICE Awards were instituted in 2009 by the Shailaja Nair Foundation to recognise in-house maga...

IISER Pune is on the cusp of its 10th year. As we celebrate this milestone, the time is right for looking back at IISER's evolution from a nascent organization to a research and teaching institute of repute. We bring you a series of blogs by people whose personal journey is intertwined with that ...

In collaboration with IISER Pune and University of Melbourne (UoM), SP Pune University launched a new blended three-year BSc course on May 6, 2016. University of Melbourne announced the launch on their website. June 1, 2016 ...

From social to neuronal, networks are omnipresent in our day-to-day lives. Networks such as transportation, power grids, web-pages, facebook, internet etc are complex systems built up of a collection of similar objects with an underlying pattern in their interactions or relations. "This is true for ...

Seventy two BS MS students and 33 PhD students walked away with their degrees on the fifth convocation of IISER Pune held on May 28, 2016. The ceremony began with the academic procession led by the Registrar Col Raja Sekhar taking their spots on the podium and the Chairperson of the Board of Govern...

Times of India recently reported on the IISER Pune's academic programmes, with focus on the integrated BS-MS course structure and admission process. May 23, 2016. ...

Infosys Foundation Endowment Fund to IISER Pune The Infosys Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Infosys, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with IISER Pune to provide opportunities for economically underprivileged students to pursue science degrees in a research-oriented environment ...

IISER Pune received generous endowment grants from Infosys Foundation to help meritorious and underprivileged students and from Balan Group for setting up a science outreach centre on campus. Indian Express, Times of India, India Infoline, Economic Times and others reported the news. May 2016. ...

Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) has instituted a new blended three-year Bachelors in Science course in collaboration with IISER Pune and University of Melbourne (UoM). The programme was launched on 6thof May by Dr Vasudev Gade (Vice-Chancellor, SPPU),   Prof KN Ganesh (Director, IISER Pune),...

[caption id="attachment_776" align="alignleft" width="146"] Prof Sulabha Kulkarni[/caption] IISER Pune faculty Prof Sulabha Kulkarni has been nominated as member of a Standing Committee constituted by the Ministry for Science and Technology (S&T) for promoting women in the field of science. The Co...

[caption id="attachment_772" align="alignright" width="170"] Dr Seema Sharma[/caption] Dr Seema Sharma, assistant Professor of Physics at IISER Pune, has been elected as Convener of the JetMET Physics Object Group. This working group is a part of the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC...

IISERs are among the top performers in India for research output as per Nature Index’s list that quantifies research productivity of various institutions for the year Feb. 2015 to Jan. 20161. As a measure of research output, the Index uses three different parameters: Article Count (AC), Fractiona...

Prof. Sulabha Kulkarni was selected as a member of the Government's 18-member Standing Committee for promoting women in science. The Times of India and PharmaBiz covered the news. April 19, 2016. ...

A delegation from ENS-Lyon, France visited IISER Pune to discuss the modalities for academic cooperation and exchange. Sakal Times covered the visit. The Times of India also reported on the visit and on IISER Pune's courses in the humanities. April 13, 2016. ...

[caption id="attachment_736" align="alignleft" width="750"] The organizers of this unique endeavour where over 400 students came together to create what has now been declared as the largest warli painting ever. (Left to Right): Suhita Nadkarni, Siddhesh Zadey, Lavanya Lokhande, Divya Singh, Prachi S...

The Centre of Excellence in Science and Mathematics Education, the outreach centre at IISER Pune conducted a seminar on Science Policy for Women Scientists. Sakal Times reported. March 31, 2016 ...

Prof KN Ganesh (Director, IISER Pune) was recently appointed as a Chief Editor of a new open-access journal of the American Chemical Society called ACS Omega. The news of the journal's launch was covered by various science fora like the AAAS news portal EurekaAlert and IISc faculty member Giridhar ...

Dr. Ashutosh Kotwal (Fritz London Professor at Duke University, USA) recently wrote an article in the leading Marathi daily Sakal wherein he mentions IISER Pune Physicists' contribution to international scientific projects. March 2016. ...

Mathematics Day (Pi Day) celebrations at IISER Pune were covered by Sakal Times. March 15, 2016. ...