News stories about IISER Pune

1. IISER Pune and Durham University, UK signed a memorandum of understanding to collaboratively develop modules for training science teachers on effective pedagogy. Indian Express reported. September 25, 2021

2. IISER Pune ranked 24^th in the overall institutes category in NIRF 2021 rankings and featured at 16^th position in the top 50 institutes for research. Times of India reported. September 10, 2021.

3. IISER Pune is a part of a consortium enabled by the office of Principal Scientific Advisor to the government of India and supported by HUL to track the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines. United News of India and  BW Healthcare reported. September 08, 2021.

4. A team of students from IISER Pune has developed a novel method for manufacturing chemicals without using fossil fuels, as their entry for the international Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) contest. Hindustan Times, Punekar News and Times of India covered the news. August 28, 2021

5. IISER Pune announced plans to set up a dedicated department of Science Education for conducting research in education, and developing and disseminating effective teaching approaches. Indian Express reported the news. August 23, 2021.

6. IISER Pune has ranked seventh in the latest rankings of Indian scientific institutes, universities and colleges released by Nature Index. Indian Express reported on the news. July 27, 2021.

7. IISER Pune's Science Activity Centre has been conducting online science demonstration sessions throughout the pandemic period. These widely popular sessions are streamed on their YouTube channel, which recently reached 1.5 million viewers. Hindustan Times reported. July 26, 2021.

8. An epidemiological study of the COVID-19 pandemic by a group of scientists from various institutes, including Dr. Joy Monteiro of IISER Pune, has indicated that the case fatality ratio in Pune city has been dropping as the pandemic progressed. Indian Express reported. July 5, 2021.

9. Prof. MS Santhanam and his team created a mathematical modeling based "hazard map" of Indian cities and towns to identify areas from where infectious diseases can rapidly spread. The news was covered by Times of India 1, 2, 3,  Indian Express, News 18. June 12, 2021.

10. IISER Pune is a part of a consortium of institutions who would be carrying out genomic surveillance of the SARS-COV2 virus to track changes in its genome. This was reported by Indian Express, Times of India. June 11, 2021

11. IISER Pune and other premier research institutions entered into a partnership with IBM, with access to IBM's quantum computers on cloud to develop teaching-learning and research resources on quantum computing education and research. Business Today, HCP Wire, Edex Live, Digital Learning, Gadgets NDTV, and India Today reported. May 25, 2021.

12. Times of India, News 18 and IANS Live reported the news that IISER Pune and Shiv Nadar University at Delhi-NCR have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborations for scientific research and faculty and student mobility and exchanges. May 18, 2021

13. IISER Pune has ranked 22^nd among Indian institutions and also features in the top 2000 institutions across the world, in the Centre for World University Rankings (CWUR) 2021-22. Indian Express, Hindustan Times reported the news. May 4, 2021.

14. Prof. Srinivas Hotha, Dr. Umakant Rapol and Dr. Sunil Nair have been conducting experiments to produce portable and affordable oxygen using easily available chemicals. Indian Express reported. April 27, 2021.

15. A technology innovation hub by the name I-Hub Quantum Technology Foundation (I-Hub QTF) has been set up at IISER Pune as a consortium of various institutes, with funding support from Department of Science and Technology (DST). Indian Express, Swarajya Mag and Greater Kashmir covered the story. April 17, 2021

16. Dr. Anand Krishnan and his group are studying the birds in the north-eastern states, and have recorded some rare and vulnerable species in Arunachal Pradesh. Arunachal24 and Arunachal Times reported. April 15, 2021.

17. An Atal Incubation Centre was established at IISER Pune to support and incubate start-ups was inaugurated at IISER Pune. Indian Express reported. April 9. 2021.

18. Advances in India's supercomputing mission and the role of institutes like IISER Pune in this was reported by The Statesman and India Education Diary. April 8, 2021.

19. Prof. Sanjeev Galande and Dr. Shivaprasad Patil's research paper on the unique somersaulting ability of the tiny freshwater animal, hydra was reported by The Wire, News18. and Research Blaze. April 4, 2021.

20. IISER Pune and Finland's Aalto University are entering into a partnership to build a quantum computer. Analytics India covered the news. March 22, 2021

21. Indian Express reported the news that Dr. Shabana Khan, faculty member in Chemistry at IISER Pune, received the DST SERB Power Fellowship for 2021. March 19, 2021

22. Prof. Sutirth Dey's research on evolution of dispersal in fruit flies using a locally developed table-top set up was elaborated in an article by Prof. Raghavendra Gadagkar. The Wire. March 17, 2021.

23. A new outreach initiative planned by IISER Pune which aims to train school teachers from various states of India on use of hands-on and activity based methods of teaching science was reported on, by Hindustan Times February 28, 2021.

24. IISER Pune through its Science Activity Centre, celebrated National Science Day 2021 in an online mode in view of the pandemic. Interactions with scientists, film screening, panel discussion, science demonstrations and a showcase of science toys developed by students were organised. Times of India, Hindustan Times, Nyooz, Indian Express, reported before and Indian Express, Maharashtra Times and Sakal reported after the event. February 28, 2021.

25. IISER Pune is part of a multi-institutional grant proposal to track immune response after vaccination for COVID-19. Times of India reported. January 30, 2021.

26. IISER Pune and the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Regional Station, Pune (IARI-RS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for academic collaboration. Indian Express reported. January 28, 2021.

27. The Science Activity Centre at IISER Pune conducted a series of online demonstration sessions of hands-on activities in Marathi for school teachers and students of Maharashtra. The sessions received a great response. Times of India reported. December 18, 2020

28. A team of 14 students from IISER Pune won a gold medal at the international Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) contest held virtually in November 2020, for their entry on developing a multi-faceted approach towards eradicating Malaria. Indian Express and Times of India covered the news. November 25, 2020

29. In a follow-up analysis of the first serological and epidemiological survey for COVID-19 in Pune city, Dr. Aurnab Ghose and his colleagues found that 85% of the set of COVID-19 positive samples analysed in the study showed the presence of neutralising antibodies. Times of India, Hindustan Times reported. November 21, 2020

30. Dr. Angshuman Nag, Dr. Anup Biswas and Dr. Rejish Nath are among those selected for the Department of Science and Technology (DST)’s Swarnajayanti Fellowships for 2019-20. Indian Express, NDTV Education, Times of India, Times of India-2 reported. November 8, 2020.

31. Prof. Sujit Ghosh’s group has developed a hybrid material that can purify water by removing a wide range of toxic ions such as arsenic, selenium, chromium, etc. from it. Times of India reported the news. October 27, 2020.

32. Nine IISER Pune students were selected for the prestigious Prime Minister's Research Fellowship (PMRF) this year. Times of India reported. October 24, 2020.

33. Various online activities initiated during the pandemic-induced lockdown by the Science Activity Centre to motivate teachers and students about science, with simple hands-on toys was reported by Sakal (Akola). October 24, 2020.

34. IISER Pune is one of the centres where a high-performance computing facility is being set up as part of the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM). The progress of NSM towards indigenously developed supercomputers was reported by Outlook India, EET India, Weather Channel, Express Computer, Newsgram October 22, 2020.

35. IISER Pune and Prashanti Cancer Care Mission are part of the Centre for Translational Cancer Research which would be sequencing the genomes of 1,200 individuals from four Maharashtrian communities in an effort to document the genetic diversity in Indian populations. Indian Express reported. October 20, 2020.

36. Dr. Nixon Abraham and his team found that by accurately measuring the ability to smell, one could detect an asymptomatic COVID-19 infection caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus. The research was published in The Lancet’s EClinicalMedicine. Pune Mirror, The Print, EET India reported. October 17, 2020

37. Fourteen BS-MS students of IISER Pune have developed a diagnostic kit for malaria as a part of their entry in the international Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) contest which is held in the USA every year. eSakal Pune, Sakal, and Pune Mirror reported their achievements. October 10, 2020

38. Dr. Neelesh Dahanukar was a part of the team involved in the discovery of an unusual family of bony fish found in Western Ghats. Hindustan Times, Indian Express, Times of India I, II, The Tribune reported. October 4, 2020.

39. Science Activity Centre at IISER Pune, in association with Maharashtra State Council of Education Research and Training (MSCERT) Pune, has initiated a series of online workshops in Marathi for school teachers. The series inauguration was covered by Maharashtra Times, Sakal, Times of India. October 3, 2020.

40. Work done by Prof Sutirth Dey during his PhD at JNCASR with Dr. Amitabh Joshi's group was featured in the book Conceptual Breakthroughs in Evolutionary Ecology by Laurence Mueller that traces the history of evolutionary ecology in its 65 chapters. Udaipur Kiran and India Education Diary reported the news. September 23, 2020.

41. IISER Pune was ranked among the top Indian institutes by the Times Higher Education world university rankings. Mint, Money Control reported. September 4, 2020.

42. Dr. Umakant Rapol and team have joined hands with counterparts in Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune to build India's first two optical atomic clocks. The Wire reported. September 1, 2020.

43. Science Activity Centre is collaborating with IIT Gandhinagar and the Central Board of School Education (CBSE) to bring forth 30-30 STEM, a series of thirty online workshops for school students and teachers on experiential learning of science. India Education Diary, Indian Express, Campus Varta reported. August 24, 2020. The series has received a great response and was covered by Ahemedabad Mirror, Times of India. Tribune India India Education Diary September 24, 2020

44. Dr. Nagaraj Balasubramanian and his team's recently published work on the protein fibulin, which interacts with EGFR cellular receptors in cancer cells, was reported by Sakal. August 25, 2020.

45. Dr. Devapriya Chattopadhyay's career story was published by SheThePeople, an online magazine that highlights the achievements of women in various fields. August 25, 2020.

46. Dr. Aurnab Ghose and team from IISER Pune, with Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), SP Pune University (SPPU) and other partners, undertook an epidemiological and serological survey for COVID-19 in selected high-incidence areas of Pune city. Findings of the survey were reported extensively by local and national media - Business World, Deccan Herald, India New England, NE Now, News Today, Fortune, NDTV, Indian Express, News AIR and Frontline. August 20, 2020. Times of India and Hindustan Times also covered the follow-up plans and the outcome analysis of the sero-survey and Dr. Aurnab Ghose was interviewed by Rajya Sabha TV. August 20, 2020 onward.

47. The COVID-19 Testing Centre at IISER Pune received financial support from ICICI Lombard's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Funds to augment its testing capacity. India Education Diary, India CSR, Times of India reported. August 18, 2020.

48. IISER Pune signed an MoU with Accurate Gauging & Instruments Pvt. Ltd. for technology transfer for regulatory approvals and production of the low-cost ICU ventilator developed earlier by Dr. Sunil Nair, Dr. Umakant Rapol and team. Indian Express reported. August 7, 2020.

49. Times of India, Hindustan Times, Sakal, and Industry Global News reported plans for a second serolgical survey of COVID-19 in Pune city's health workers and general population, which is to be initiated by B. J. Medical College, Pune Municipal Corporation, SP Pune University and IISER Pune, and others. August 4, 2020.

50. Prof. Sutirth Dey and team's research on evolution of dispersal patterns of fruit fly populations and factors affecting it was recently published in the prestigious journal Evolution. The Hindu and Indian Express published a report on the findings. August 3, 2020.

51. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, IISER Pune decided to move its classes online till December 2020, with various measures taken for inclusive learning - including providing dongles with data plan to students who lack access. Pune Mirror reported. The institute also initiated the process to gradually bring back PhD students whose research depends on laboratories, with all necessary precautionary measures, reported by the Indian Express. August 2, 3 2020.

52. Dr. Apurva Barve, Coordinator of the Centre of Excellence in Science and Mathematics Education (CoESME) at IISER Pune, was invited to give a webinar on Alternative Careers in Life Sciences by JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysore. Mysore Star reported. July 26, 2020.

53. MANAV Human Atlas Initiative, a project jointly undertaken by IISER Pune, NCCS and Persistent Systems, conducted a 3-day online workshop on Science in Action in collaboration with DAV College and Panjab University. Times of India reported. July 14, 2020.

54. The Solar Water Bottle Distillation set up developed by the Science Activity Centre was published by Times of India in their Newspapers in Education (NIE) edition. July 9, 2020.

55. Dr. Neelesh Dahanukar and his collaborators discovered a new genus and species of a new Maharaja barb fish from the Western Ghats. The species has been named after an esteemed fish taxonomist from Manipur, Dr. Vishwanath Waikhom. India Education Diary, Indian Express, Times of India I, II reported the news. July 1, 2020.

56. Dr. Siddhesh Kamat and his group's work was highlighted by the India Alliance in their Research News Bulletin for June 2020. June 2020.

57. IISER Pune's Dr. Aurnab Ghose and team, with Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), SP Pune University and others, announced the initiation of Pune city's first epidemiological survey for COVID-19. Hindustan Times, Careers360 and Indian Express reported the news. June 21, 2020.

58. During the lockdown period, Science Activity Centre has initiated a series demonstrations of hands-on science activities, which is live-streamed on their YouTube channel every Sunday. Hindustan Times reported on this. Hindustan Times also reported on the special live session that was held on the occasion of solar eclipse that took place on June 21. June 2020.

59. Dr Angshuman Nag’s work has found a way to improve the stability of perovskite (mineral form of calcium titanate, used widely in household appliances) nanocrystals, while maintaining high light emission intensity and electronic connectivity of the nanocrystals. Sakal covered the new finding. June 16, 2020

60. Dr. Nixon Abraham in association with Sassoon Hospital is trying to assess if early detection of smell disruption can be used to screen for COVID-19, in light of the observation that loss of smell is one of the symptoms of the disease. Hindustan Times reported. June 02, 2020.

61. Dr. Aurnab Ghose and his collaborators found that spectrin molecules, which are present in neurons, protect them from mechanical shocks and stretch-induced damage. The research was published in the journal eLife and was covered by India Education Diary. May 28, 2020.

62. In response to the growing COVID-19 crisis and the need to ramp up testing, IISER Pune came forward to set up a testing centre on the campus. The Centre began its activities from May 21, 2020. Hindustan Times reported. May 22, 2020. Savitribai Phule Pune University joined hands with IISER Pune to further augment the capacity of the COVID-19 Testing Centre. Times of India and Pune Mirror reported. June 15, 2020.

63. Science Activity Centre encouraged people to observe Zero Shadow Day in Pune on May 13 at 12:31 pm through write ups, photos and videos posted on their site. Many students and teachers experienced this phenomenon. Sakal reported. May 16, 2020

64. Dr. Neelesh Dahanukar and his collaborators have discovered three new species of filament barbs, a type of fish found in the Western Ghats. The Hindu, Times of India, Deccan Herald reported. May 11, 2020.

65. Dr. Umakant Rapol, Dr. Sunil Nair, Mr. Nilesh Dumbre and team have developed a low-cost ventilator, inspired by the Bharucha ventilator, which can be put together with readily available and easily source-able parts. Careers360, Hindustan Times, Sakal,  HT Pune reported. May 04, 2020.

66. Prof. Sutirth Dey and his team's work has showed that population size affects what type of evolutionary fitness trade-offs bacterial populations will adopt. The Hindu reported on the findings. March 29, 2020.

67. Prof. Pinaki Talukdar's work on developing approaches for overcoming drug resistance in cancer cells was covered by Swarajya Mag, The Indian Express. March 12, 2020

68. IISER Pune received a grant of Rs. 25 crore for working on the processor of a quantum computer being developed as a part of the National Mission on Quantum Technologies and Applications. Times of India, Yahoo News,  reported. February 29, 2020.

69. Prof. Shyam Rai is involved in a study that is trying to use analysis of seismic waves in earth's crust to locate diamond mines. The Print reported. February 21, 2020

70. IISER Pune was among the top 10 institutes in India as per research output, in the Nature Index Rankings. Hindu Business Line, Indus Dictum, and Campus Varta reported. February 19, 2020

71. Dr. Neelesh Dahanukar was involved in discovery of the world's largest cave fish species in Meghalaya. The Indian Express, Yahoo News reported the finding. February 18, 2020

72. Dr. Harinath Chakrapani was among the scientists invited to speak about their research at Science at the Sabha popular science talk series organised by The Music Academy in Chennai. The Hindu reported. February 17, 2020

73. IISER Pune and C-DAC are jointly involved in the National Mission on Quantum Technologies and Applications. Times of India reported on the proposed plans of the project. February 2, 2020.

74. Cipla Foundation funded a Centre for Chemistry Education and Research on the IISER Pune campus. The Centre was inaugurated on January 29 by Dr. Yusuf K. Hameid, Non-Executive Chairman, Cipla Ltd. BioSpectrum India, India Education Diary, and Medical Dialogues, reported. January 31, 2020

75. Dr. Argha Banerjee's work on effect of increasing rainfall and reducing snowfall on the mass of Himalayan glaciers was reported by Pune Mirror. January 21, 2020

76. Dr. Pushkar Sohoni gave a talk at INTACH on his work related to the history of Jews in India, and in particular in the Deccan region. The Hindu reported on the talk. January 16, 2020.

77. A hostel for women research scholars at IISER Pune has been built through a generous endowment from Bajaj Auto Ltd. This Hall of Residence was inaugurated by Dr. Raghunath A. Mashelkar in the presence Shri. Rahul Bajaj. Shri. Bajaj announced supporting three Chair Professorships and one Distinguished Professorship at IISER Pune on this occasion. Times of India reported. January 15, 2020.

78. Dr. Siddhesh Kamat won the Merck Young Scientist Award 2019, along with researchers from NCL Pune; IGIB New Delhi; IIT Kanpur, etc. The Print, Hindu Business Line; reported the news. January 9, 2020

79. IISER Pune feature in Nature Index's "Top 50 Young Universities in Chemistry" list, along with IISER Bhopal, IIT Guwahati and five other Indian institutions.  The Telegraph; NDTV.com published the news. January 8, 2020

80. IISER Pune had organised the 5^th Asia Pacific Drosophila Research Conference (APDRC5) and the Indian Drosophila Research Conference from January 6-10, 2020. Many eminent scientists from the Asia-Pacific region and two Nobel Laureates attended the meeting. Hindustan Times; The Hindu; Times of India; Hindustan Times covered the news of the event. January 2, 2020.

81. Dr. Nirmalya Ballav and his group's research on developing a modified version of graphene which can be produced at substantially lower costs was reported by Pune Mirror  and  Inc42. December 17, 2019

82. Dr. M. S. Madhusudhan and group's work on identifying drug targets for Nipah virus was reported by Hindu Business Line LiveMint, and Research Matters. December 15, 2019

83. Hon. Prime Minister Shri. Narendra Modi visited IISER Pune research facilities (including supercomputer facility PARAM Brahma being deployed at IISER Pune by C-DAC through the National Supercomputing Mission) and interacted with faculty members & students, during his visit to the institute for the Annual Police Conference. Indus Dictum, Xinhuanet, Press Information Bureau, Your Story reported. December 9, 2019

84. The Annual DG-IG Police Conference was held at IISER Pune from December 6-8, 2019. Along with senior police officials, it was also attended by Home Minister Shri. Amit Shah and Prime Minister Shri. Narendra Modi, and was widely reported in the media (Indian Express, The Hindu, Economic Times, Hindustan Times). December 6, 2019

85. An advance in vivo imaging facility supported by Perkin Elmer was opened at IISER Pune. BioSpectrum and Business Wire reported. November 21, 2019

86. On occasion of Children's Day, IISER Pune had organised an open science exhibition for students and citizens. Several models and hands-on experiments were displayed, and there were talks, a drawing competition and other activities. The exhibition received a huge response, and was reported by Sakal News, Maharashtra Times and Hindustan Times. November 17, 2019

87. Dr. S. G. Srivatsan received CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) award. Indus Dictum reported November 25, 2019

88. Dr. Siddhesh Kamat was selected as a European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) Young Investigator. Research Matters reported the news. November 15, 2019

89. IISER Pune was ranked 20th by Nature Index Rankings in the list of top 50 'young' institutions in the world. The Print reported. October 30, 2019

90. The Indian Express interviewed IISER Pune Director, Prof. Jayant Udgaonkar about the institute's philosophy, activities, its growth since inception, and upcoming initiatives. October 28, 2019

91. The Hindu, Indus Dictum, and Hindu Business Line covered Dr. Harinath Chakrapani and his group's work on finding novel target proteins for potential drugs against antibiotic-resistant strains of the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus. October 13, 2019.

92. Swapna Joshi, PhD student in Humanities and Social Sciences led a heritage walk about the woodwork and paintings in old Maratha architecture and monuments. Pune Mirror and Indian Express reported. October 7, 2019

93. Dr. Sujit Ghosh and team's work on a building a photocatalyst to degrade organic pollutants using a stabilised form of the mineral perovskite was reported by The Hindu. October 5, 2019.

94. CoESME, IISER Pune (in collaboration with Sakal NIE) is organising a series of workshops on hands-on science toys for students and teachers. Sakal covered the workshops that took place in September, 2017, February, 2018, April, 2018; June 2018(1) and (2).; September 2018, July 2019, September 2019 1, 2

95. Dr. Saikrishnan Kayarat was among the recipients of 2019 CSIR-Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award. Research Matters, Pune Mirror reported. September 27, 2019

96. IISER Pune, Persistent Systems and Prashanti Cancer Care Mission together organised a conference and workshop to initiate The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) project's India chapter. EtTech, Digit reported. September 25, 2019

97. Hindustan Times and Indian Express reported on the supercomputer being set up as part of the National Supercomputing Mission at IISER Pune.

98. Dr. Nirmalya Ballav and his group's work on developing viable alternatives to silicone diodes was reported in the The Hindu. September 14, 2019

99. A recent paper from Dr. Saikrishnan Kayarat's group has determined the atomic structure of McrBC, a bacterial protein which helps prevent viral infections in a bacterial cell and functions as a molecular scissor. The Hindu reported. August 26, 2019

100. Dr. Sandanraj Britto and his group's work on production of semi-synthetic proteins which can have potential applications in medicine and healthcare war covered by Pune Mirror. August 24, 2019.

101. A joint initiative of IISER Pune and National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), the Pune Biotechnology Cluster was recently inaugurated by Department of Biotechnology's Secretary, Dr. Renu Swarup. The Cluster aims to seamlessly integrate high-quality work being done at various research organisations in the field of Biology, especially those addressing human disease biology. Times of India1, 2, Indian Express, Pune Mirror, BioSpectrum, and Hindustan Times reported. August 23, 2019.

102. Dr. Anand Krishnan's work shows how song patterns of resident and migratory birds of a region could be used as an indicator of ecological changes. Pune Mirror documented the findings. August 19, 2019.

103. Dr. R. Vaidhyanathan's work on generation of a covalent organic framework which can be used for splitting water molecules has been granted a USA patent. Boswell Times reported. August 18, 2019.

104. Disha, a student-led social outreach organisation at IISER Pune mentors underprivileged children from nearby regions and helps them with studies. Akshay Tawale, a student of a PMC school and a beneficiary of Disha's programmes, has secured admission at IISER Tirupati. Times of India, Indian Express and Jagran Josh reported. July 31, 2019

105. Dr. Siddhesh Kamat was awarded Indian National Science Academy's (INSA) Young Scientist Medal for 2019. Times of India reported. July 29, 2019.

106. Three winners of the prestigious Prime Minister's Research Fellowship (PMRF) have chosen to pursue their PhD at IISER Pune. Deccan Herald reported. July 22, 2019

107. Dr. Pushkar Sohoni's book on history of the architecture of Ahemadnagar sutlanate of Deccan was reviewed by the magazine Frontline. July 2019

108. Prof. Satish Ogale and his collaborators' work on generation of electricity using mustard seeds was recently reported in Loksatta and Indian Express. July 13, 2019

109. IISER Pune along with NCL was one of the venues for the Grand Finale of Smart India Hackathon 2019 - Hardware Edition. Times of India1 , 2 reported on the inauguration of the event. July 9, 2019

110. Loksatta reported that IISERs have been ranked twenty fourth in the world in a normalised ranking of top research institutions in the world published by Nature Index. July 11, 2019.

111. A team of IISER Pune students has won a grant of Rs. 10 lakh from DBT for designing and developing a bio-sensor based tool to detect presence of lead in river water. This project will be a part of the international Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) competition held each year. Indian Express and Pune Mirror reported. June 24, 2019

112. Prof. Jayant Udgaonkar, (Director, IISER Pune) was interviewed on quality of scientific research and education in India and ways of improving it by Hindustan Times. June 21, 2019

113. Through an industry-academia partnership, IISER Pune would be setting up a Centre of Excellence in Flow Cytometry with support from BD Life Sciences-Biosciences, a segment of Becton, Dickinson and Company. The news was reported by BioSpectrum India and Express Healthcare. June 10, 2019

114. Pune Mirror reported on Dr. Anand Krishnan and his team's project for understanding roosting patterns and diversity of bats, with an objective to create safe zones for conservation of these creatures. May 20, 2019.

115. CoESME at IISER Pune, through its Science Activity Centre had organised a Pre-workshop for State Teachers' Science Congress in association with Marathi Vidnyan Parishad. Hindustan Times reported. May 14, 2019.

116. IISER Pune is part of a consortium involved in an ambitious new project called MANAV-Human Atlas launched by Department of Biotechnology (DBT) for mapping the human body using macro- and micro-level information about organs, tissues, cells, etc. Economic Times Tech, Indian Express 1 & Indian Express 2, Express Pharma, reported. May 11, 2019.

117. Economic Times reported on a new species of snake-head fish discovered in Kerala. Dr. Nilesh Dahanukar was a member of the team involved in this discovery. May 11, 2019.

118. IISER Pune ranked 23^rd in the overall institutes category in NIRF 2019 rankings, published in April. Indian Express reported. April 8, 2019

119. IISER Pune featured in The Indian Wire's list of top institutions in India to study mathematics at the post-graduate level. March 28, 2019.

120. MHRD supported National Resource Centre at IISER Pune produced a MOOC course on Climate Change for undergraduate teachers. The course is a part of series of courses being produced by various MHRD centres as refresher courses for college teachers. Pune Mirror reported. March 25, 2019.

121. IISER Pune's inputs in helping a city girls' school set up a mathematics laboratory to make the subject accessible and fun, was reported by Pune Mirror. March 18, 2019.

122. Indian Express reported on IISER Pune's plans of revising its BS-MS curriculum. March 5, 2019.

123. Dr. Pushkar Sohoni's work on history of the monuments and forts of the Nizamshahs of Ahmednagar featured on the website Live History India. February 2019.

124. News about a potential knowledge and biotechnology clusters being set up in Pune, with participation of IISER Pune was reported by Swarajya and Indian Express. February 5, 2019.

125. Dr. Deepak Barua and his team's study showing that mango trees in the city are more tolerant to high temperature whereas teak trees are most vulnerable was reported by Pune Mirror. January 28, 2019.

126. 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.

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

128. 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.

129. 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.

130. 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 curriculum. IISER Pune also hosts an MHRD-funded National Resource Centre for developing e-courses for teachers on the topic of Climate Change. Pune Mirror reported. December 20, 2019

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131. 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.

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

133. 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.

134. 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.

135. 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

136. 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

137. 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

138. 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

139. 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.

140. 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 

141. 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.

142. IISER Pune's Choir led by Dr John Matthew performed at the 150-year-old St. Paul's Church in Pune. Pune Mirror reported. October 28, 2018.

143. Pune Mirror wrote about IISER Pune BS-MS student Kabir Dabholkar who is balancing his academic interests in science with his passion for music and classical guitar October 26, 2018.

144. Exciting Science Group had organised a 'Science and Art' competition for children, which got a great response. Sakal Times and Maharashtra Times reported. October 22, 2018.

145. Research Matters reported Dr. Sutirth Dey and his group's work on various factors that affect fruit flies' tendency to disperse. October 17, 2018

146. Times of India reported on the activities of Humanities and Social Sciences discipline at IISER Pune, describing how it is to pursue humanities at a primarily science institute. October 9, 2018.

147. Exciting Science Group, with support from CoESME, had organised a hands-on workshop for class XII students. Dr Sutirth Dey and members of his lab conducted the sessions in which students got to extract DNA from bacterial cells and carry out some analysis. Sakal Times and Times of India reported. October 8, 2018.

148. Exciting Science Group, a joint activity of IISER Pune, NCL and Venture Centre, has been conducting science outreach and popularisation activities for students from local, municipal schools for the past ten year. Times of India reported. October 1, 2018.

149. Dr. Thomas Pucadyil is one of the recipients of 2018 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. Dr Pucadyil has been recognised for his outstanding contributions to Biological Science. Indian Express and Pune Mirror and NDTV reported. September 2018.

150. As part of a series profiling women in science,  Firstpost published a podcast with Dr. Suhita Nadkarni, tracing her journey from education in Physics to her current research in the area of Neuroscience. September 19, 2018

151. Indian Express reported on an Astronomy Q&A session organised by CoESME with IISER Pune scientists and students of a city school. September 9, 2018.

152. On background of the launch of a new smartphone model that has a supercapacitor charged stylus, First Post spoke to Dr. Nirmalya Ballav about his research on supercapacitors. August 22, 2018.

153. Dr. Sutirth Dey and group's finding that even a native species can turn invasve in the same ecosystem under certain conditions was reported by The Hindu. August 4, 2018.

154. News about installation of high-performance computing facilities at IISER Pune under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) was reported by Indian Express, Beebom and  Top500. July 23, 2018

155. Prof. M. Jayakannan and Dr. Nagaraj Balasubramaian collaborated to design drug carriers that can target breast cancer cells. Pune Mirror, BioSpectrum and The Hindu reported on their research. July 13, 2018

156. Dr. Sutirth Dey and his group's research on how adaptability of bacteria increases when exposed to complex environments was covered by The Hindu. June 27, 2018

157. Dr. Sutirth Dey's work on the environmental factors that influence the dispersal pattern of species in the fruit fly Drosophila was covered by Research Matters. June 21, 2018.

158. Dr. Neelesh Dahanukar was a part of the team that has discovered a new species of fish in the rivers of Western Ghats. Bangalore Mirror reported the news. June 21, 2018.

159. Dr. Argha Banerjee's (Earth and Climate Science, IISER Pune) work on how the Himalayas continue to grow taller defying erosion, was covered by the Times of India and Brighter Kashmir. June 20, 2018.

160. Dr. Siddhesh Kamat and his collaborators from TIFR Mumbai and IISc Bengaluru are trying to decipher the mechanism through which liver secretes fat into the blood. Indian Express reported. June 19, 2018. 

161. Dr. A. A. Natu was conferred the 'Cross of Merit' by the German Government for his contributions to strengthening Indo-German relations. Times of India reported the news. June 12, 2018.

162. Dr. Argha Banerjee's (Earth and Climate Science, IISER Pune) research on changes in length of Himalayan glaciers and its implications for climate change was referenced in an article on Scroll.in's Climate Watch series and in an article in The Pioneer on environmental disaster.

163. Prof. L.S. Shashidhara was elected an Associate Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), making him only the third Indian to do so. Times of India and reported the news. May 16, 2018.

164. IISER Pune is organising a 3-week orientation camp for girls from rural Maharashtra studying in Class XI under DST's Vigyan Jyoti scheme. Indian Express and Hindustan Times reported. May 10, 2018.

165. India Science Wire and APNLive reported on a workshop on Research Management that was held at IISER Pune under the aegis of IRMI, an initiative of the Wellcome-DBT India Alliance. May 5, 2018.

166. Dr. Mousomi Bhakta received INSA Young Scientist Medal for 2018. The news was reported by The Times of India. May 3, 2018.

167. Dr. Arun Venkatnathan and his group, in collaboration with researchers from Temple University, USA, are working on ways to make mobile phone batteries safer and preventing their explosion. Sakal Times and Hindustan Times wrote about their findings. April, 2018.

168. Dr. Deepak Barua's work on the relationship between leaf traits and thermotolerance of plants was reported by Research Matters. April 16, 2018.

169. Dr. Anand Krishnan's research on how Egyptian fruit bats navigate was covered by Research Matters. April 3, 2018

170. Dr. Suhita Nadkarni's career journey and research on neuroscience was profiled by Firstpost as part of their series on Indian Women in Science. March 22, 2018

171. Dr. Pushkar Sohoni led a Heritage Walk at an old church in Pune. Pune Mirror reported. March 21, 2018.

172. Dr G V Pavan Kumar’s group has experimentally shown for the first time, that Raman and fluorescence components of scattered light behave differently when confined to a plasmonic nano-cavity - a finding that may have applications in several fields. The news was reported by Sakal Times and Indian Express. February 5, 2018.

173. Prof A. A. Natu was nominated by the Chancellor as member of the Academic Council of SP Pune University till August 2022. A Marathi Daily covered the news. January 31, 2018.

174. Dr. Kundan Sengupta and team's work on nuclear protein lamin B2 showed for the first time that it is involved in determination of morphology and function of the nucleolus. The Hindu reported the news. January 29, 2018.

175. Dr Mayurika Lahiri and group have found that a DNA-dependent protein kinase that is involved in DNA repair, plays a role in transformation of normal cells to cancerous cells. The Hindu covered the news. The article was also cited on Science Chronicle (a science blog). January 22, 2018.

176. IISER Pune plans to initiate an international Ph.D. programme for nationals of countries other than India from the next academic year. Indian Express reported. January 20, 2018.

177. IISER Pune and Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel jointly organised a conference on chemical biology from January 17-19, 2018 to promote collaborations and academic exchange between scientists from the two countries. Sakal Times reported on the meeting. January 20, 2018.

178. Dr Sudha Rajamani's group researches chemical origins of life on earth. She was part of the NASA-Spaceward Bound Expedition to Ladakh. The Intersection did a podcast on the expedition and interviewed Dr Sudha (see 7:14 onward). Rajya Sabha TV also covered the project in their programme Science Monitor (see 1:04 onward). See here an official video on the expedition. January 17, 2018

179. Prof G. Ambika's research on analysing ECG signals using elements from the mathematical concept of fractals was recently published. Hindustan Times and The Indian Express reported the news. January 7, 2018.

180. Prof. Satish Ogale and his student's research on use of walnut shells as  battery material was covered by Greater Kashmir. December 21, 2017

181. A fitness centre for behavioural deficiencies was inaugurated at Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital, Pune, based on principles arising from Prof. Milind Watve's work at IISER Pune. Pune Mirror covered the news. December 17, 2017.

182. Dr Pushkar Sohoni's talk about the heritage of Jews in Maharashtra in the popular science talk series 'Vidnyan Gappa' organised by IISER Pune in association with Marathi Vidnyan Parishad was covered by Indian Express. December 11, 2017

183. Dr R. Vaidhyanathan and Prof. Satish Ogale's research on development of a covalent organic framework that can greatly boost storage capacity of a Li-ion battery was reported by The Hindu, Indian Express, and Peer Scientist. December 5, 2017.

184. IISER Pune and University of Glasgow signed an agreement for a mobility scheme to allow exchange of researchers and students. Times of India, Hindustan Times and Indian Express reported. December 5, 2017

185. IISER Pune hosted the France-India 24H Chrono Entrepreneurship Challenge for PhD and Masters students. Hindustan Times reported on the event. December 18, 2017

186. IISER Pune had organised a science exhibition for general public on occasion of Children's Day. About 4000 children, teachers and parents visited the exhibition. Sakal covered the event. November 20, 2017

187. IISER Pune BS-MS student Kabir Dabholkar won Young Musician award of the year. He was shortlisted as one of seven candidates and triumphed, playing classical guitar. Times of India published an article on Kabir's accomplishments. November 12, 2017

188. IISER Pune won the Clarivate Analytics India Research Excellence - Citation Award 2017 in the category ‘Institutions Established Within 15 Years’. The Hindu Business Line and BusinessWire India covered the news. November 4, 2017.

189. The multi-institutional DST-APEX project on solar energy, in which one of the partners is IISER Pune's Prof. Satishchandra Ogale, was awarded the prestigious Newton Prize for 2017. The Times of India and WorldNews reported. November 4, 2017.

190. Prof Jayant B. Udgaonkar took over as the new Director of IISER Pune on November 1, 2017. This news and his views on various topics were widely covered by Hindustan Times, Times of India, Indian Express, and local press. November 2, 2017.

191. Dr Atikur Rahman and group's findings on use of nanomaterials to reduce reflections from the surface of glass were reported by News18. November 1, 2017.

192. Dr Nirmalya Ballav's work on development of graphene supercapacitors that could be used to provide greater power and sustained energy was covered by the Times of India. October 30, 2017.

193. A musical play scripted by Dr John Matthew with an ensemble cast of IISER Pune students and staff was performed on campus. Pune Mirror reported on it. October 22, 2017.

194. Training workshops for college teachers organised by CoESME, IISER Pune at Pt. Ravi Shankar Shukla University, Raipur and Sacred Heart College, Kochi received a good response. The Hitavada, Times of India reported. October 7, 2017

195. Dr Argha Banerjee's findings that a blanketing of debris does not seem to protect Himalayan glaciers from ice loss due to global warming were reported by the Times of India. September 24, 2017.

196. Scroll.in published an article on a book co-authored by Dr Pushkar Sohoni on the history of Bene Israeli Jews in India and in Maharashtra in particular. September 22, 2017

197. The Centre of Excellence in Science and Mathematics Education (CoESME) at IISER Pune conducts teacher training programmes and educational outreach activities. COESME member Ashok Rupner develops science toys from easily available materials. COESME activities and one of the toys were covered by the Indian Express. September 9, 2017.

198. IISER Pune and University of Edinburgh, UK jointly organised a four-day workshop to discuss innovative scientific solutions on clean energy research for rural India. Hindustan Times reported. September 7, 2017

199. Dr. Richa Rikhy’s work on the organization and function of mitochondria in the context of early embryonic development in fruit flies was covered on Research Matters. August 28, 2017.

200. Cipla Foundation is supporting the construction of an undergraduate chemistry laboratory at IISER Pune. The news was covered by the Times of India, Hindustan Times. August 28, 2017.

201. An advanced Instrumentation facility for life science research set up by PerkinElmer was inaugurated at IISER Pune. Hindu Business Line, Indian Express, Times of India,

202. Disha, a volunteer student group of IISER Pune, conducts educational outreach for underprivileged children around the Pashan area. The activities at one of their study centres in Lamani Vasti were covered by the Times of India. August 8, 2017.

203. Modelling studies detailed in Prof Milind Watve's recent research paper suggest that glucose and insulin may not be central to type 2 diabetes. The Hindu Business Line , BioSpectrum, Research Matters and Pune Mirror covered the news. August 8, 2017.

204. IISER Pune and IUCAA signed a Memorandum of Understanding for setting up a new Centre for Gravitational Physics and Astronomy. The news was covered by the Times of India and Indian Express. August 2, 2017

205. PhD student Shishir Sankhyan's contribution in the discovery of a supercluster of galaxies, named Saraswati, was covered widely by the press. Indian Express; The Hindu; Hindustan Times, LiveMint; Huffington Post India; The Hindu Businessline; Sakal Times,; The Indian Wire; Phys.org. July 14, 2017. Rajya Sabha TV Hindi and English also covered the discovery. July 29, 2017.

206. Dr. Pinaki Talukdar, Associate Professor of Chemistry, won the Bronze Medal of Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI). The Indian Express and Hindustan Times reported. July 24, 2017.

207. Karishma Bansal, an IISER Pune alumnus, is part of a team of researchers that detected for the first time, two supermassive black holes orbiting each other, in a galaxy about 750 million light years away from Earth. Times of India reported. July 8, 2017

208. Dr Neelesh Dahanukar was involved in the discovery and classification of a new species of burrowing frog from Maharashtra. Hindustan Times covered the news. June 28, 2017.

209. Dr. Sudipta Basu and Dr. Nirmalya Ballav have developed a novel cancer drug-delivery system using graphene oxide nanoparticles. Science Chronicle and The Hindu reported. June 24, 2017.

210. Dr Thomas Pucadyil was recently named HHMI International Scholar, the only Indian scientist among 41 biomedical researchers from sixteen countries. Indian Express reported the news. June 14, 2017.

211. Dr Harinath Chakrapani's group developed a small molecule that is being tested for reversing bacterial drug resistance. The Hindu and Journosdiary (a blog) covered the news. May 6, 2017.

212. Dr Chaitanya Athale's article about his group's work on development of an image analysis tool for live cell microscopy was published in 'From the Lab' feature of Indian Express, April 17, 2017.

213. IISER Pune BS-MS student Yaikhomba Mutum won the Gates Cambridge scholarship to pursue his PhD at University of Cambridge, UK. Hindustan Times, Imphal Free Press and Imphal Times reported the news. April 12, 2017.

214. A recent review that figured among the top most-read articles over the last month on Altmetrics, Dr. Sutirth Dey along with researchers from JNCASR, Bangalore and IISER Mohali follow the development of the niche construction idea in evolutionary biology. Eminent evolutionary biologist Prof. Jerry Coyne walks us through the review on his blog. The Hindu also covered it. March, 2017

215. IISER Pune has been selected by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Govt. of India, for support and installation of a High Performance Computer system. Times of India covered the news. March 10, 2017.

216. The  announcement about Mathematics Day celebrations at IISER Pune were carried by Pune Mirror. March 8, 2017.

217. Bajaj Auto Ltd. announced a generous endowment to IISER Pune towards construction of a hostel for women research scholars. Indian Express reported. February 25, 2017

218. Dr R. Vaidhyanathan's work on development of Metal Organic Framework (MOF) for capture and removal carbon dioxide was covered by the Indian Express. February 6, 2017.

219. Prof LS Shashidhara, Chair of Biology at IISER Pune was interviewed about his research on Eureka programme of Rajya Sabha TV. November 20, 2016. He also spoke to Living Science about importance of science in society, science research, education and pedagogy, December, 2016.

220. Prof. Satishchandra Ogale's work on a making a flexible nanogenerator was reported in The Hindu. November 13, 2016.

221. Dr. Prasad Subramanian's work in collaboration with TIFR Mumbai on effect of June 2015's solar ejections on Earth’s magnetic field was reported by Sakal Times. November 5, 2016 

222. Creative games that help team-building, played at the IISER Pune student fest Karvaan were mentioned in an article about the subject in The Times of India. November 2, 2016.

223. Dr Nirmalya Ballav and group's work on synthesis of insulating Metal Organic Frameworks that can be used as semiconductors was covered by The Hindu. November 1, 2016

224. Prof. K.N. Ganesh's address at the international conference on ‘Advanced Polymers for Science and Technology’ at VIT University was covered by The Hindu. October 24, 2016

225. A joint, high-end microscopy centre for micro and super-resolution imaging by IISER Pune and Leica was recently inaugurated. Sakal Times and Pune Mirror reported the news. October, 2016

226. Integrated PhD student Abhishek Swarnkar's work on solar cells made with phase-stable quantum dots was published in the renowned journal Science. Indian Express, The Hindu and Maharashtra Times reported on the news. October, 2016

227. Dr. R. Vaidhyanathan and group's work on synthesis of a new crystalline polymer with applications in the process of electrochemical splitting of water was covered by Pune Mirror. September 25, 2016.

228. Prof Satish Ogale and his lab have devised a simple, cost-effective and quick process to convert sugarcane bagasse into a conducting, activated carbon material for use in Li-ion batteries. This research was reported by The Hindu. September 22, 2016.

229. Dr Mayurika Lahiri was interviewed by the website The Life of Science on her experiences as chairperson of the Day-care facility at IISER Pune and on her research on cancer biology. September 12, 2016

230. Dr Sujit Ghosh's (Assistant Professor in Chemistry, IISER Pune) group works on developing novel crystalline organic frameworks. The media reported on their various potential applications in fuel cells (Nature Asia & The Hindu) and oil-spills (SakalTimes and Sakal e-paper). August, 2016

231. Prof AA Natu and three others led a team of Indian students at the 48^th International Chemistry Olympiad held Tbilisi, Georgia. The team bagged two gold and two silver medals. Indian Express reported the news. August 5, 2016

232. 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

233. 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.

234. 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.

235. 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.

236. 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.

237. 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

238. 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 Madras' blog and science resource blog Knowledge Speak. Prof Ganesh's appointment was also covered by the Times of India, March 28, 2016

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

240. 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.

241. Disha is a voluntary organization of IISER Pune students that for the social cause of helping underprivileged children with education. The good work they are doing was covered by a local weekly The Golden Sparrow. February 26, 2016.

242. 'Science and Beyond' is a lecture series organized by IISER Pune jointly with British Council to mark its tenth year of existence. Prof. Iain Stewart's talk in the series on communication of the geoscience was covered by Pune Mirror and The Indian Express. January 29-31, 2016.

243. IISER Pune and ENS-Lyon signed an MoU for academic cooperation. The MoU documents were exchanged in the presence of the Prime Minister of India and the President of France. The new was covered by Sakal Times, The New Indian Express, and ENS-Lyon. Video coverage by Zee News. January 25, 2016.

244. The Hindu, Sakal Times and a German Science and Technology forum, Wissenschaft aktuell (translation) covered Dr. R. Vaidhyanathan's latest paper in Science Advances on a new Metal Organic Framework (MOF) for capture and removal carbon dioxide from gaseous mixtures. December 20, 2015.

245. Prof. Sanjeev Galande and group's recent paper on Genome Sequencing and Analysis of the Asian elephant was covered by The Economic Times, The Hindu and Yahoo! News among others. December 2015.

246. Thomas Pucadyil: Piecing together membrane fission, November 23, 2015. The prestigious Journal of Cell Biology interviewed Dr. Thomas Pucadyil for their feature 'People & Ideas'.

247. India, Nasa to engage students for research, October 19, 2015. The Times of India reported on an educational initiative in which IISER Pune is involved, called 'Spaceward Bound India 2016'.

248. Pune Mirror and The Times of India reported Dr. Neelesh Dahanukar and group's work on frog species of Southern India and a fungus that's killing them. September / October, 2015.

249. Prof. Raghu Murtugudde's (Visiting faculty, Earth and Climate Science) views on El Nino, Global Warming, and impact on Monsoon were reported by newspapers and websites; August/September, 2015. The Telegraph; Live Science; The Wire

250. IISER to study solar flares with Glasgow Unive; July 31, 2015. Business Standard  and Pune Mirror reported on Physics faculty Dr. Prasad Subramanian's collaboration with University of Glasgow.

251. Aiming high. The news of the Cambridge University's Dr. Manmohan Singh Scholarship to IISER Pune BS-MS student Arya Thampi was covered by The Hindu, The New Indian Express, Manorama

252. “Photon-based optical circuits may lead to greater operational speeds”; July 7, 2015. An interview in Sakal Times of Dr. G.V. Pavan Kumar who recently won the NASI-Scopus Young Scientist award in Physics.

253. G.D. Birla award for Sanjeev Galande; July 2, 2015. The news of Dr. Sanjeev Galande’s G. D. Birla Award was covered by various local and national newspapers such as The Hindu; Business Standard; The Economic Times; Pune Mirror; The Times of India, Hindustan Times

254. In-house summer school hosted by IISER Pune; June 09, 2015. The Times of India reported on the Summer School programme “Joy of Learning”, conducted by IISER Pune for students of Class IX-XII.

255. 87 students from the 2010 batch graduate from IISER Pune; May 29, 2015. IISER Pune's fourth Covocation Ceremony was covered by The Times of India.

256. IISER Pune scientists win Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award (IYBA) award; May 17, 2015. The Times of India covered the news of the IYBA Award won by Dr. Akanksha Chaturvedi and Dr. Krishanpal Karmodiya.

257. India, Nature Index; March, 2015. The scientific journal Nature Index published a ranking of scientific institutes in India. The group of five IISERs ranked fourth in the country.

258. The King and the playwright; February 25, 2015. The Hindu featured an article about Dr. John Matthew’s work.

259. Classical Conglomerate; February 17, 2015. The Indian Express reported on the Indo-Polish music concert that took place at IISER Pune.

260. Warli painting the size of a football field; November 02, 2014. IISER Pune students created a gigantic Warli painting in an attempt to enter the Limca Book of Records. Local media such as Pune Mirror and The Indian Express reported the news.

261. Pune scientists find new frog species near Amboli; October 01, 2014. The Times of India covered the discovery of a new leaping frog species in Western Ghats region by Dr. Neelesh Dahanukar and team.

262. President Pranab Mukherjee’s visit to IISER Pune on the occasion of its 3^rd Convocation Ceremony garnered wide media coverage in The Times of India, IBN Live, Business Standard, ANI News; June 15, 2014.

263. Unique projects dominate ‘Innovative Ideas 2014’; March 16, 2014. Sakal Times reported on ‘Innovative Ideas 2014’ competition organized by the Exciting Science group of NCL and IISER Pune.

264. Vulture conservation: Resolutions passed to restrict mining, quarrying near habitats; February 13, 2014. The Times of India covered the Asian Raptor Conference held at IISER Pune.

265. Visualising the genius of Srinivasa Ramanujan; March 09, 2013; Prof. A. Raghuram was involved in the making of a film about the great mathematician. The Indian Express reported on the film.

266. India Rising: Science in India; February 24, 2012. The IISERs featured in an article in Science.

Articles contributed by IISER Pune faculty in the press:

1. Taming the Monsoons Tougher Now. Prof. M. S. Santhanam wrote an article in The New Indian Express on the physics of weather prediction and implications of climate change for the Indian monsoon. September 3, 2019

2. A revolution without resistance. Prof. M. S. Santhanam wrote an article in The New Indian Express on history and significance of the recent discovery of superconductivity at low temperatures by scientists at IISc. Bengaluru. June 15, 2019

3. Scientists take on markets. Prof. M.S. Santhanam's article on how Albert Einstein's theory of relativity aids investors in the stock market was published in The New Indian Express. May 23, 2019

4. Pushkar Sohoni (Humanities and Social Sciences, IISER Pune) writes a column in Pune Mirror called 'By the Wayside' about architectural structures or places in the city that have a historic significance, but are not well known. Here are some of the pieces in the series: 7 July 2018; 12 May 2018; 27 April 2018; 31 March 2018; 17 March 2018; 3 March 2018; 16 February 2018; 3 February 2018; 14 January 2018; 30 December 2017; 2 December 2017; 18 November 2017; 4 November 2017; 7 October 2017; 16 September 2017; 2 September 2017; 19 August 2017; 29 July 2017; 15 July 2017; 1 July 1, 2017; 21 July, 2018

5. PhD student Harshini Tekur wrote an article for the institute website on fellow IISER Pune student Shishir Sankhyan's contribution to the discovery of Saraswati Supercluster and Giant Radio Galaxies. Khagol Vishwa, a magazine dedicated to astronomy republished Harshini's article.

6. Origins of Life from Chemistry to Biology. Dr Sudha Rajamani and her group's article on origins of life on earth and the lab's work in this domain was published in Azim Premji University's six-monthly magazine iWonder; February 2017

7. Preventing Violent Extremism through Education. Prof KP Mohanan's opinion piece on how rationality and critical thinking imparted in education can help curb extremism, was published on the UNESCO-MGIEP's online magazine, The Blue Dot; January 2017

8. Back to Basics. Prof Sunil Mukhi's article on importance and impact of basic, curiosity-driven research was published in The Hindu; February 7, 2017.

9. The musical route to literature. An article in The Hindu by Dr. MS Santhanam about how popular music and other modern trends can be invoked as a means to introduce the new generation to our rich, old literary and cultural heritage; June 2016

10. Goals, models, frameworks and the scientific method. Prof. Sunil Mukhi expressed his opinion on scientific method in Current Science; September 2015.

11. Connect Research with Education. Prof. K. N. Ganesh expressed his views in an article on Priorities for Indian Science in the scientific magazine, Nature; May 2015

12. Indian science and higher education: the way forward. Guest Editorial in Current Science by Prof. K. N. Ganesh, Director, IISER Pune; June 2015.

13. Women Leaders in Indian Science. Guest Editorial in Current Science by Dr. Sudarshan Ananth; November 2014.

14. Who are 'people of genius'? Guest Editorial in Current Science by Prof. L. S. Shashidhara; September 2014.

15. Accommodating Outliers in Indian Science. Guest Editorial in Current Science by Dr. Sudarshan Ananth; April 2014.

16. Diversity of the Science Ecosystem. Guest Editorial in Current Science by Prof. Sunil Mukhi; October 2013.