Research at IISER focusses on the following major subjects: Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Climate Science, Mathematics and Physics and also in the interdisciplinary areas that are at the interface of one or more of these areas. More details of the research activities can be accessed from the following links (for publications, please see the link in the panel to your left on this page):
 

• Biology
• Chemistry
• Data Science
• Earth and Climate Sciences
• Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS)
• Mathematics
• Physics

In addition to mainstream research in the above areas, the following advanced research-centres/centres-of-excellence, in selected areas, have been set up in IISER Pune. The following specialised research centres are currently in operation at the institute:

• DBT Centre of Excellence in Epigenetics

• National Facility for Gene Function in Health and Disease

• Centre of Excellence in Science and Mathematics Education (CoESME), under the Ministry of Education's Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission for Teachers and Training (PMMMNMTT)

• Centre for Energy Science established through DST Nanomission

• Centre for Water Research

• CMS Collaboration of CERN

• IndIGO Consortium

See our Centres of Excellence page for further details of present and past centres.