Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune (IISER Pune) is an autonomous public research university established in 2006. It is one of the seven Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research, and was one of the first IISERs to be established along with IISER Kolkata.[4]It is located in Pune, Maharashtra.

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune
MottoWhere Tomorrow’s Science Begins Today
TypePublic research university
Established2006 (2006)
ChairmanT. V. Ramakrishnan
DirectorJayant B. Udgaonkar[1]
Academic staff
136[2]
Students1,435[2]
Undergraduates937[2]
498[2]
Location
Pune
,
Maharashtra
,
India
Campus98 acres[3]
Websitewww.iiserpune.ac.in

Academics

IISER Pune offers integrated masters programmes (BS-MS), an integrated doctoral programme (Int. PhD) and a doctoral programme (PhD).

Admission to the master's degree is through the IISER joint admission process which provides three channels for admission: Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana, Joint Entrance Examination – Advanced and state and central boards candidates, which require an additional IISER Aptitude Test.[5] Admission to the various PhD programmes is either with a master's degree in science or with a bachelor's degree, for the integrated PhD programme. Candidates are screened by interviews.[6] In addition to that candidates should have qualified a national level entrance exam for PhD program in science (like GATE)

The faculty is organised by various disciplines such as Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Climate Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences, Mathematics, and Physics. Interdisciplinary research is encouraged across disciplines.[7] The first batch of students graduated in 2012.[8]

Rankings
University rankings
General – India
NIRF (Overall) (2020)[9]25

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune was ranked 25 overall in India by National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2020.[9]

In the 2020 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, IISER Pune is ranked among the top 800 globally and ranked 10 in India.[10]

Research centres

IISER-Pune houses the following advanced research centres/ centres of excellence:

  • Centre for Integrative Studies (CIS)
  • DBT Centre of Excellence in Epigenetics
  • DST Unit on Nanoscience
  • Max-Planck Partner Group in Quantum Field Theory
  • Max-Planck Partner Group in Glyco-nanotechnology

Campus
View of one of the upcoming nine-storey hostel blocks from the current Hall of Residence 4 (HR-4) lawns.

The construction of the final campus was completed in 2012.[11][12] The campus is of 98 acres.

Student activities

The majority of the student activities at IISER-P are conducted by various clubs.[13]

Mimamsa is an intercollegiate science challenge conducted by the students of IISER-P. The aim of the organizers is to make it the most conceptually challenging competition at the national level for science students. It is a two-stage affair. The first stage is a written exam with 60 subjective questions from all disciplines of science. The top four colleges selected through this round move into the finals.

There is also a very active SPIC MACAY sub-chapter, which organizes events jointly with National Chemical Laboratory, and the SPIC MACAY Pune Chapter.

In the last week of October or first week of November, IISER Pune organises its college fest, Karavaan. The fest attracts students from colleges all across Pune, as well as national institutes all over India.[14]

See also

References
  1. "Director". www.iiserpune.ac.in. IISER Pune. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  2. "NIRF 2020" (PDF). IISER Pune.
  3. "Location". Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  4. http://www.iiserpune.ac.in/iisersystem/header/the-iiser-system
  5. "Eligibility". iiseradmission.in. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  6. "Admissions". www.iiserpune.ac.in. IISER Pune. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  7. Nair, Ardhra. "Where Physics mixes with Film". Pune: The Times of India. p. 4.
  8. "88 IISER students presented degreesFirst batch of IISER, Pune get degrees". The Times of India. 5 August 2012.
  9. "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2020 (Overall)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Human Resource Development. 11 June 2020.
  10. "Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune". Times Higher Education (THE). 9 September 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  11. "Campus Info". Campus. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  12. "How to reach IISER, Pune". Directions. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  13. "Institute intranet guide to student organisations". Student organisations. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  14. "Karavaan IISER Pune, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune, Pune (2019)". www.glunis.com. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
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