IISER KOLKATA
भारतीय विज्ञान शिक्षा एवं अनुसंधान संस्थान कोलकाता
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH KOLKATA
... towards excellence in science
An Autonomous Institution, Ministry of Education, Govt. of India
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Inviting feedback / suggestions on the outline of Implementation Plan on National Education Policy, 2020 || IISER Kolkata ranked 29th in the overall category of National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2020
Research Highlights
CD4 deficiency causes poliomyelitis and axonal blebbing in murine coronavirus induced neuroinflammation.
Electron Microscopy exhibits that Lack of CD4+ T cells causes murine beta-coronavirus -induced severe axonopathy and myelinopathy in the CNS, in the form of swollen myelin sheaths with loss of axoplasm, along with cluster of degenerating axon with collapsed myelin sheath. (Chakravarty, D., F. Saadi, S. Kundu, A. Bose, R. Khan, K. Dine, L. C. Kenyon, K. S. Shindler and J. Das Sarma (2020).
Recent study of earthquake wave propagation and its decay across eastern India.
Recent study of earthquake wave propagation and its decay across eastern India, Himalaya and southern Tibet, reveal (a) strong frequency dependence and (b) lateral variations dependent on the heterogeneity in the underlying crustal structure.
Manganese-Catalyzed Direct Olefination of Methyl-Substituted Heteroarenes With Primary Alcohols.
Barman, Milan K.; Waiba, Satyadeep; and Maji, Biplab. 2018. “Manganese-Catalyzed Direct Olefination of Methyl-Substituted Heteroarenes With Primary Alcohols” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 57, 9126-9130
The First-order Mott Transition in V2O3 has Traits of Second Order Transitions.
This work shows that the strongly hysteretic first-order phase transition in V2O3, and possibly other similar materials with long-ranged interactions, can have features usually associated with second-order transitions
Director's Message
IISER-K today has a vibrant campus with strong faculty members of repute and supportive non-teaching staff members. The students pursuing various degrees are among the best in the country and have established a commendable culture.
The Institute has a flexible academic programme and hosts state-of-the-art research facilities. Currently, it has five academic departments (Biological Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Earth Sciences, Mathematics & Statistics, Physical Sciences) and several centres of excellence.
News & Achievements
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Dr. Md. Ali Zinna, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, has been awarded the prestigious INSA Young Scientist Medal (2020).
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Following students from various departments have been selected for the prestigious PMRF fellowship: Archita Rana (DES), Jiten Kumbhakar (DMS), Sudip Sinha (DPS), Sayan Kumar Jana (DCS), Abinash Padhy (DCS)
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Mr. Amit Bera, BS-MS student (15MS batch), Department of Earth Sciences (worked with Prof. Supriyo Mitra for my MS dissertation) have received the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Virtual Berkner Travel Fellowship to participate in the 2020 Fall meeting.
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Vijayananda Sarangi (14RS028) and Ajay (17IP023) working under the supervision of Professor Prasanta Sanyal, have received the prestigious American Geophysical Union (AGU) Berkner Travel Grant to participate virtually in the 2020 Fall meeting.
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Institute Alumni, Dr. Somen Mondal has received the prestigious Royal Society Newton International Fellowship. He did his Ph.D from Professor Pradipta Purkayastha, DCS.
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Institute Alumni, Dr. Sayak Basu has received this year's prestigious INSA medal for Young Scientist. Dr. Basu did his Ph.D under the supervision of Prof. Prasanta Sanyal, DES.
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Online Applications for National Fellowship and National Overseas Scholarship have been Opened by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs for the Academic Year 2020-21: National Fellowship || National Overseas Scholarship
- CRSI - National Symposium in Chemistry - 2020: Postponed for one year.