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Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune

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Indian Institute Science Education and Research, Pune
MottoWhere Tomorrow's Science Begins Today
TypePublic university
Established2006; 18 years ago (2006)
ChairmanT. V. Ramakrishnan
DirectorProf. Sunil Bhagwat[1]
Academic staff
136[2]
Students1,435[2]
Undergraduates937[2]
498[2]
Location
Pune
,
Maharashtra
,
India
Campus98 acres[3]
Websitewww.iiserpune.ac.in

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune (IISER Pune) is an autonomous public 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 the city of Pune, India.

Campus

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The construction of the final campus was completed in 2012.[5][6] The campus is of 98 acres.

Academics

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Academic programmes

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

Admission to the BS-MS programme is exclusively through the IISER Aptitude Test (IAT) from 2024. JEE Advanced and KVPY are no longer valid channels for admission.[7]

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.[8] 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.[9] The first batch of students graduated in 2012.[10]

Rankings

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University rankings
General – India
NIRF (Overall) (2024)[11]42
NIRF (Research) (2024)[12]29


In the 2020 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, IISER Pune is ranked among the top 800 globally and ranked 10 in India.[13]

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) by the MoE ranked IISER Pune 42nd overall and 29th in research in India in 2024.[14]

Research centres

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IISER-Pune houses the following advanced research centres/ centres of excellence:[15][16][17]

  • 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
  • National facility for gene function in Health and Disease
  • Centre of Excellence in Science and Mathematics Education (CoESME)
  • Centre for Energy Science

Student life

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The majority of the student activities at IISER-P are conducted by various clubs.[18]

Mimamsa is an intercollegiate science challenge conducted by the students of IISER-P, with the aim to make the quiz 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.[19]

Administrative Officials

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  • Director: Prof. Sunil S. Bhagwat
  • Registrar (In-charge): Prof. M. S. Santhanam
  • Sr. Asst. Registrar(Administration): Santosh Nevse

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Director". iiserpune.ac.in. IISER Pune. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d "NIRF 2020" (PDF). IISER Pune.
  3. ^ "About Campus". Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  4. ^ "IISER Pune".
  5. ^ "Campus Info". Campus. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  6. ^ "How to reach IISER, Pune". Directions. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  7. ^ "IISERs will not accept JEE score, science institutes to conduct their own entrance test". 20 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Admissions". www.iiserpune.ac.in. IISER Pune. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  9. ^ Nair, Ardhra. "Where Physics mixes with Film". The Times of India. Pune. p. 4.
  10. ^ "88 IISER students presented degreesFirst batch of IISER, Pune get degrees". The Times of India. 5 August 2012.
  11. ^ "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2024 (Overall)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 12 August 2024.
  12. ^ "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2024 (Research)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 12 August 2024.
  13. ^ "Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune". Times Higher Education (THE). 9 September 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  14. ^ "NIRF 2024" (PDF).
  15. ^ "Centres for Excellence". IISER Pune.
  16. ^ "We want students to learn skills that will be useful for rest of their lives". The Indian Express. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  17. ^ "PerkinElmer Opens Advanced in Vivo Imaging Facility at IISER Pune". www.businesswireindia.com. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  18. ^ "Institute intranet guide to student organisations". Student organisations. Retrieved 15 February 2012.[permanent dead link‍]
  19. ^ "Karavaan IISER Pune, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune, Pune (2019)". www.glunis.com. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
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