Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research

Berhampur
Mohali
Kolkata
Pune
Bhopal
Thiruvananthapuram
Tirupati
Location of the 7 IISERs offering admission in 2018.[1]

The Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISERs) are a group of premier science education and research institutes in India. These institutions have been declared by an Act of Parliament as Institutes of National Importance,[2] and are intended to be the leading institutes in the country in the field of basic sciences. The institutes were created by the Government of India, through the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), under The National Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2010 (an amendment of the National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007), which was passed by the Rajya Sabha on 30 April 2012.[3][4] Seven IISERs have been established across the country, namely IISER Kolkata in West Bengal, IISER Pune in Maharashtra, IISER Mohali in Punjab, IISER Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, IISER Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, IISER Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh and IISER Berhampur in Odisha.[5][6] Together with the IISER at Berhampur, Odisha that commenced in 2016, another IISER in Nagaland was also announced in the 2015 Budget.[7][8] The financial outlay for each IISER is around ₹5 billion (US$70 million) for the first five years. IISERs are envisioned to be the IITs of Basics Sciences.

Institutes

The IISERs are located in:

IISERs and locations, sorted alphabetically
NamePhotoShort NameEstablishedCity/TownState/UTWebsite
IISER BerhampurIISER-BPR2016BerhampurOdishawww.iiserbpr.ac.in
IISER BhopalIISER-B2008BhopalMadhya Pradeshwww.iiserb.ac.in
IISER KolkataIISER-K2006KalyaniWest Bengalwww.iiserkol.ac.in
IISER MohaliIISER-M2007MohaliPunjabwww.iisermohali.ac.in
IISER PuneIISER-P2006PuneMaharashtrawww.iiserpune.ac.in
IISER ThiruvananthapuramIISER-TVM2008ThiruvananthapuramKeralawww.iisertvm.ac.in
IISER TirupatiIISER-T2015TirupatiAndhra Pradeshwww.iisertirupati.ac.in

Future institutes

  • IISER Nagaland. A new IISER in Nagaland was announced in the 2015-16 budget.[9] But it seems the Nagaland government would prefer a different institute (SPA - School of Planning and Architecture) instead of an IISER.[10]. Until Nagaland Assembly Elections, 2018, state government has not shown any interest in opening the institute. There is also no public demand for the institute in Nagaland. It is very likely that the institute may never come up in Nagaland due to lack of interest among stakeholders.

Locations

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata was functioning from the temporary campus at Mohanpur, a temporary arrangement within the campus of Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya previously and now almost all the labs have been shifted to its permanent campus, over 250 acres (1.0 km2) of land at Haringhata, Kalyani near Kolkata.[11]

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune has started functioning from the National Chemical Laboratory Pune campus. Its campus has mostly been developed. The labs, lecture hall complexes, main buildings, and the hostels have been set up in the permanent campus.

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali has started functioning from the Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration complex in Sector 26 Chandigarh. The foundation stone for its permanent campus was laid in September 2006 by the Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh. It started functioning at its permanent campus at Sector 81, Mohali.

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal started functioning from the ITI Gas Rahat Building Govindpura Bhopal. The Institute was moved to its main campus in Bhauri in August 2012.[12]

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram started functioning recently from its own permanent campus at Vithura, which is 40 km from Thiruvananthapuram city. Earlier, it was functioning from a temporary campus at the College of Engineering, Trivandrum.

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Tirupati started functioning from a transient campus at Mangalam, Tirupati about 7km from the city in 2015. The permanent campus has been planned to be constructed at Yerpedu, about a half-an-hour away from the city in a plot of 250 acres(1 sq.km) near the foothills of the Saptagiri ranges and Phase-1 of the construction is to expected to be completed by 2019.

IISER Berhampur. An Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) at Berhampur, Odisha commenced in 2016.[13] It is functioning from a transit campus from 2016.[14]

Academics and admission

IISERs admit about 1200 students in total for their dual degree BS-MS Programme. Students qualifying any of the following criteria will be eligible for admission

  1. Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY)
  2. IITJEE – Those who feature in the regular merit list.
  3. Students from State and Central Boards, scoring top 1% in their respective boards in class 12th examinations, will be shortlisted to appear for IISER Aptitude test. Their performance in this aptitude test will determine their final selection.

References

  1. ↑ "IISER Admission 2018". Iiseradmission.in. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "University And Higher Education - Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development". Mhrd.gov.in.
  3. ↑ "Rajya Sabha passes to key education bills". Zeenews.india.com. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  4. ↑ "THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF TECHNOLOGY, SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2013" (PDF). Prsindia.org. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "PIB Press Release". Pib.nic.in.
  6. ↑ "IISER Admission 2016". Iiseradmission.in. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "Budget Speech in Word Format". Indiabudget.nic.in. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "Full text of Budget 2015-16 speech". Thehindu.com. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  9. ↑ "Institute spree fans brand debate". Telegraphindia.com.
  10. ↑ "Cloud on IISER Nagaland". Telegraphindia.com.
  11. ↑ "IISER Kolkata – Campus". Iiserkol.ac.in. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  12. ↑ "{title}". Archived from the original on 28 August 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  13. ↑ "Odisha govt announces IISER will be set up in Berhampur". Business Standard. 1 August 2015.
  14. ↑ "IISER likely to begin by next year: Smriti : Nagaland Post". Nagalandpost.com.
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