In the News
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Dr. Suman De Sarkar, Department of Chemical Sciences, has been selected to receive the CRSI Bronze Medal for the year 2025 in recognition of his research contributions in chemistry.
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We congratulate Dr. Neelanjana Sengupta for receiving CRSI Bronze Medal at the 33rd CRSI National Symposium (July 4-6), organized this time by Dr. Reddy's Laboratories in their campus in Hyderabad.
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Prof. Priyadarsi De, Department of Chemical Sciences has been elected as a Fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences 2024. Congratulations to Prof. De.
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Dr. Tapabrato Sarkar, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Earth Sciences, has been elected as an Associate of the West Bengal Academy of Science & Technology (WAST) for the next five years. Congratulations to Dr. Sarkar.
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Prof. Punyasloke Bhadury from the Dept of Biological Sciences and Centre for Climate & Environmental Studies of IISER Kolkata will represent IAEA, Communities of Ocean Action and India in the United Nations Meeting 'From Lisbon to Nice: Implementing SDG 14 with the Communities of Ocean Action' in Incheon, Republic of Korea from 14-15 November, 2023.
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Dr. Sumit Sen Santara, Dept. of Biological Sciences, have been selected to attend the INSA-ACS Faculty Leadership Summit, scheduled from Nov 3-5 in New Delhi, India.
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Dr. Radhika Venkatesan, Dept. of Biological Sciences, have been nominated to be featured in the “She is - 75 Women in Chemistry” project that will highlight the contribution of 75 women in the field of Chemistry. This book project is in collaboration with the Royal Society of Chemistry and The Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India.
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We are glad to share that Prof. Swadhin Kumar Mandal, Dept. of Chemical Sciences, has been elected as Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy. Hearty Congratulations to Prof. Mandal.
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We are glad to share that Prof. Sayam Sen Gupta being selected for National Awards to Teachers 2023. The award ceremony is scheduled to be held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on 5th September, 2023. It is heartening to note that he shares this prestigious award with 12 other academicians from all parts of India. Congratulations Prof. Sayam, you have made the IISER fraternity proud.
- Prof. Jayasri Das Sarma, Department of Biological Sciences, has been selected for the Short Research Trip to France (SRTF) 2023 funding programme of the French Institute in India (IFI) / the Embassy of France in India. The selections for SRTF-2023 are done based on the excellence of the research project proposed and its importance for bilateral scientific cooperation, reputation of the French and Indian Higher Education and Research Institutions involved.
- Prof. Jayasri Das Sarma, Dept. of Biological Sciences, has been selected for the INSA-NCGG Leadership in Science & Technology (LEADS) Programme 2023, to be held during 12-18 July 2023 in INSA, New Delhi.
- Hearty Congratulations, Prof. Alakesh Bisai, Dept. of Chemical Sciences for his proposal acceptance under the 'STARS' (https://stars.iisc.ac.in/) on ‘Accessing Antiviral Indolosesquiterpene Alkaloids of Marine Sources’. Scheme for Transformational and Advanced Research in Sciences (STARS) for promoting translational, India-centric research in Sciences and are highly demanding and very much competitive for transformational and advanced research in Sciences.
- Prof. Ashwani Tiwari, Dept. of Chemical Sciences has been invited to deliver a Talk on 'Dynamics of CH4 and H2O Dissociation on Metal Alloy Surfaces' during Dynamics at Surfaces, Gordon Research Conference (GRC), to be held between July 23 -28, 2023.
- Our Faculty Members, Dr. Anindita Bhadra and Dr. Neelanjana Sengupta of Dept. of Biological Sciences are among the 35 young women featured as Future Hopes in this compendium published by Vigyan Prasar on 75 women trailblazers of Indian Science. Congratulations to both Dr. Bhadra and Dr. Sengupta.
- Prof. Alakesh Bisai of IISER Kolkata has been invited by the President of the RSC to become a 'Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry' (2023) through the ‘Leaders in the Field’ Scheme, based on research contributions in the field of Natural Product Synthesis [research highlights in 'Organic Chemistry Portal' as 'The Bisai Synthesis of (-)-Physovenine’ and ‘The Bisai Synthesis of Lycoramine’]
- Prof. A. Srikrishna Memorial Lecture' for the year 2023 of the 'ASK Charitable Trust' (established in 2013) for recognizing the outstanding contribution in 'Synthetic Organic Chemistry & Natural Product Synthesis' has been delivered by Prof. Alakesh Bisai, IISER Kolkata along with Prof. Varinder K. Aggarwal, Univ. of Bristol, UK and Prof. S. Baskaran, IIT Madras at the Univ. of Hyderabad (UoH) on 20th January 2023.
- 'Prof. D. Nasipuri Memorial Lecture Award' of the Indian Chemical Society (ICS, established in 1924) for year 2022 for recognizing the outstanding contribution in 'Synthetic Organic Chemistry & Asymmetric Synthesis' has been given to Prof. Alakesh Bisai of IISER Kolkata. Many Congratulations, Prof. Alakesh Bisai.
- Dr. Ananda Dasgupta, Department of Physical Sciences has been awarded with the INSA Teacher Award 2022. Many Congratulations, Dr. Dasgupta.
- Dr. Subhronil Mondal, Department of Earth Sciences, has been awarded with the INSA Medal for Young Scientists 2022. Many Congratulations, Dr. Mondal.
- Dr. Radhika Venkatesan of Department of Biological Sciences has been awarded with the Humboldt Fellowship for Experienced Researchers. Congratulations, Dr. Radhika Venkatesan.
- Congratulations to Prof. Nirmalya Ghosh of Department of Physical Sciences for being elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI)
- Prof. Koushik Dutta has become an Associate of Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy. Congratulations Prof. Koushik Dutta
- Prof. Dibyendu Das and Prof. Prasun Mandal of Department of Chemical Sciences have been selected for Bronze Medals of the Chemical Research Society of India.
- Prof. Dibyendu Das, Dept. of Chemical Sciences, has figured in the list published by DST, containing the names of 75 distinguished science performers of age under 50 years.
- Prof. Alakesh Bisai of IISER Kolkata and Dr. S. S. V. Ramasastry of IISER Mohali, has jointly received the CDRI Award for the Excellence in Drug Research from the Chemical Sciences category for the year 2022.
- Vivek Jyoti Samman Lifetime Achievement Award was conferred on Prof Dr. Sourav Pal , Director IISER, Kolkata by honorable Vice Chancellor of Swami Vivekananda University , Prof Dr. Subrata Kumar Dey. This award is being conferred on eminent personalities for their excellent service towards the society.
- Prof. Sukanta Dey of Dept. of Earth Sciences have been elected as Fellows of West Bengal Academy of Science & Technology (WAST) for the year 2021.
- Dr. Biplab Maji of Dept. of Chemical Sciences has been selected as the winner of the "2021 Young Investigator Award " Sponsored by Molecules. Congratulations Dr. Biplab Maji.
- Dr. Radhika Venkatesan of Dept. of Biological Sciences has been elected Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society, London. Congratulations Dr. Venkatesan.
- Prof. Jayasri Das Sarma, Dept. of Biological Sciences and Prof. Nirmalya Ghosh, Dept. of Physical Sciences have been elected Fellows of the Indian Academy of Sciences. Hearty Congratulations to both Prof. Sarma and Prof. Ghosh.
- Prof. Jayasri Das Sarma has been elected Fellow of Indian Academy of Neurosciences.
- Congratulations to Prof. Jayasri Das Sarma and Prof. C. Malla Reddy for being elected to the Fellowship of the National Academy of Sciences, India.
- Congratulations to Dr. Biplab Maji for receiving the Merck Young Scientist Award (Runner-up), 2021 in Chemical Science.
- Dr. Biplab Maji of Department of Chemical Sciences has been selected for INSA Medal for Young Scientists - 2021 for his significant contributions to greener and sustainable organic synthesis using earth abundant metal catalysts.
- Prof. Dibyendu Nandi of Dept. of Physical Sciences has been elected Vice President of the newly established Inter-Division Commission E4 of the International Astronomical Union.
- Dr. Golam Mortuza Hossain has been selected for Visiting Associate of the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune. Congratulations to Dr. Golam.
- Congratulations to Prof. Dibyendu Nandi of The Center of Excellence in Space Sciences India (CESSI) who has been elected to the Editorial Advisory Board of the journal Solar Physics, published by Springer Nature.
- Prof. Ashwani Tiwari has become a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC). Cogratulations to Prof. Tiwari.
- Dr. Biplab Maji of Department of Chemical Sciences has been selected as an Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences. Congratulations Dr. Maji!
- Dr. Anindita Bhadra of Dept. of Biological Sciences, has become part of the Inter-Academy Panel on Women in STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering Mathematics and Medicine). Her participation will surely strengthen the cause of women scientists in the country.
- Professor Dhananjay Nandi of Dept. of Physical Sciences has been elected as President of "Indian Society of Atomic and Molecular Physics (ISAMP)" for the period (2021-2023).
- Dr. Dibyendu Das of Dept. of Chemical Sciences has received this year's Indian Peptide Society Young Scientist Award.
- Dr. Rituparna Sinha Roy of Dept. of Biological Sciences has been awarded the SERB-POWER Fellowship as outstanding woman researcher.
- Dr. Anindita Bhadra of Dept. of Biological Sciences has received the J. Ammal National Women Bioscientist Award 2020-21. Congratulations Dr. Bhadra!
- Dr. Purba Mukherjee of Dept. of Biological Sciences has been selected for the Har Govind Khorana Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award, 2020. Congratulations Dr. Purba!
- Dr. Rahul Banerjee and Prof. Swadhin Mandal have been elected to the Fellowship of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore.
- Dr. Biplab Maji has received the NASI-Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award (2020) in Chemical Sciences.
- The proposal of Prof. Alakesh Bisai of Dept. of Chemical Sciences has been chosen by SERB for the prestigious SERB-STAR Award (SERB - Science and Technology Award for Research) in recognition of his outstanding performance as a PI of SERB projects.
- Professor Nirmalya Ghosh of Dept. of Physical Sciences has been selected by SPIE, the International Society for Optics and Photonics, for the G.G. Stokes Award 2021.
- Dr. Rituparna Sinha Roy of Dept. of Biological Sciences has been awarded the prestigious Women Scientist Award (2020) from the Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India. Congratulations Dr. Rituparna Sinha Roy.
- Prof. Swadhin Mandal has been elected for the prestigious Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award, by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany. Congratulations Prof. Swadhin!
- Dr. Dibyendu Das, Department of Chemical Sciences, has won the Swarnajayanti Award. Congratulations Dr. Dibyendu Das.
- Congratulations Prof Swadhin Mandal of DCS for being invited to join the Advisory Board of the journal, Chemical Science, published by the RSC.
- Professor Supriyo Mitra of Dept. of Earth Sciences has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society.
- Professor Sourav Pal, Director, IISER Kolkata, has got the Professor A. K. Chandra Memorial Award of the Indian Chemical Society, in recognition of his scholastic contribution to the field of chemical sciences.
- Dr. Md. Ali Zinna, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, has been awarded the prestigious INSA Young Scientist Medal (2020).
- Prof. Dhananjay Nandi of DPS, has become an "Adjunct Member" of the recently established "Center for Atomic, Molecular & Optical Sciences & Technologies (CAMOST)", a joint research initiative of IIT & IISER Tirupati.
- Prof. Sourav Pal, Director, IISER Kolkata, has been nominated to be on the first Executive Board of newly constituted Federation of Commonwealth Chemical Sciences
- Prof Dibyendu Nandi was formally conferred with the Young Career Award in Solar Physics on 4 February at the Asia Pacific Solar Physics Meeting being hosted by IUCAA and IISER Pune. His award and contents of the award lecture including work done at IISER Kolkata have been prominently highlighted in the press.
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Prof. Pradipta Purkayastha of Dept. of Chemical Sciences and Prof. Supriyo Mitra of Dept. of Earth Sciences have been elected as Fellows of West Bengal Academy of Science & Technology (WAST) for the year 2019.
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Dr. Susmita Roy of Dept. of Chemical Sciences has been selected for the prestigious "Har Govind Khorana-Innovative Young Scientist Award" from DBT, Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India.
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Prof. Raja Shunmugam from DCS has been awarded the prestigious "NASI-Reliance Industries Platinum Jubilee Award for Application Oriented Innovations in Physical Sciences" for the year 2019. Congratulations Prof. Shunmugam.
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Dr. Ashwani Tiwari of Department of Chemical Sciences has been awarded CRSI-Bronze Medal. Congratulations Dr. Ashwani.
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Dr. Dibyendu Das of Department of Chemical Sciences has been selected as an Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences (IASc) 2019. Congratulations Dr. Dibyendu!
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Congratulations to Prof. Malla Reddy Chilla and his group on their design of a crystal that is 'harder than steel yet flexible like a rubber band'.
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Prof. Arabinda Chaudhuri of Department of Chemical Sciences has been awarded this year's Professor J. N. Mukherjee Memorial Award of Indian Chemical Society. Congratulations Prof. Chaudhuri.
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Dr. Anirvan Chakraborty of Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics has been selected for the "INSA Medal for Young Scientist Award-2019".Many Congratulations Dr. Anirvan Chakraborty.
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Prof. Dibyendu Nandi of Dept. of Physical Sciences received ASI Laxminarayana & Nagalaxmi Modali Award for 2018 during the 37th Annual Meeting of ASI held at Christ (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru on 19 February 2019.
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Dr. Raja Shunmugam of Dept. of Chemical Sciences received 8th National Innovation award for developing New polymers for Drug Delivery on 23 January 2019. Honorable Vice President of India and Honorable Governor of Tamil Nadu were the Chief Guests.
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SERB has sanctioned the project of Prof. Prasanta Sanyal of Dept. of Earth Sciences to build up a National Facility for carrying out research on Isotope enabled Organic Geochemistry at IISER Kolkata.
- Prof. Jayasri Das Sarma of Dept. of Biological Sciences been elected as a Fellow of West Bengal Academy of Science & Technology (WAST) for the year 2018.
- Prof. Prasanta Panigrahi featured amongst the top ten "Science Personality 2017" in "Scientific India".
- Vigyan Prasar has highlighted the CESSI, IISER Kolkata Solar Cycle prediction work as one of the 2018 achievements of Indian Science.
- The Research on Sunspot Cycle by Prof. Dibyendu Nandi and his student Ms Prantika Bhowmik is published in Nature Communication and is reported in several News Papers.
- Prof. Priyadarshi De of Dept. of Chemical Sciences gets the "Kaushal "Kishore Award, 2018" of the Society for Polymer Science (India).
- Prof. Punyasloke Bhadury of Department of Biological Sciences has been awarded the prestigious SwarnaJayanti Fellowship Award (2017-18) in the discipline of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.
- Dr. Swadhin Mandal and Dr. Rahul Banerjee, from the Department of Chemical Sciences, have been awarded the Shantiswarup Bhatnagar Award of CSIR for 2018.
- Dr. Swadhin Mandal of DCS has been awarded the CRSI (Chemical Research Society of India) Bronze Medal in recognition of his contributions to research in Chemistry.
- Dr. Rahul Banerjee of DCS has received an industry (From GAIL) project titled "Bulk Synthesis and discovery of porous COF materials with remarkable chemical stability for Methane storage" with a sponsor value of Rs. 1.2 Croes.
- News Coverage on Plasma jets inside Sun may help predict erratic space storms: [The Times of Indian] [Phys.Org]
- Dr. Dibyendu Nandi of Dept. of Physical Sciences has been awarded a Swedish Wenner-Gren Foundation Guest Professorship at the Nordic Institute of Theoretical Physics (NORDITA, Stockholm)
- Mrs. Bhaswati Bhowmik, PRO has been awarded with a fellowship under Malaysia Technical Cooperation Programme (MTCP) to pursue a course on "PPP & Infrastructure Development: The Malaysian Experience" at the Public Private Partnership Unit, Ministry of Finance, Malaysia during 29 July - 4 August 2018.
- Congratulations to Dr. Swadhin Mandal of Dept. of Chemical Sciences on being invited to be a Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry
- Dr Swadhin Mandal's research group publishes their new findings on metal free coupling catalysis in the prestigious Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS)
- Dr. Soumyajit Roy's work on Soft-oxometalate based active matter for cleaning of waste water is highlighted by the newspaper, The Hindu.
- Dr Swadhin Mandal has received the SERB Distinguished Investigator Award.
- Dr. Sayan Bhattacharyya of DCS and his group work on paper based flexible electrodes published in Nature Communications. Article "Paper-based electrodes show superior water-splitting efficiency" published in New Paper, The Hindu on 26th May 2018.
- A Press Meet was held on 16th May 2018 in presence of Prof. Sourav Pal (Director, IISER Kolkata) and Dr. T. Ramaswami (Ex-Secretary DST)
- A Comprehensive News Story on the recent findings of Dr. Robert John Chandran of DBS and his student Ms. Radhika Kanade
- Dr. Raja Shunmugam of DCS, IISER Kolkata along with ADO Additives MFG PVT. LTD. has developed a complete solution regarding detection and removal of Arsenic from water and subsequent disposal of Arsenic Contaminated remover.
- Prof. Supriyo Mitra of DES has been selected as a 'Regular Associate' of The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) for a period of 5 years (2019-2024)
- Congratulations to Dr. Soumyajit Roy on becoming Associate Editor for the Journal Frontiers in Chemistry
- Dr. Pradipta Purkayastha of DCS has been selected as an OUTSTANDING FACULTY IN SCIENCE by the Venus International Faculty Awards -VIFA 2018
- Prof. Somnath Dasgupta (DES) has been awarded the Darashaw Nosherwanji Wadia Medal (2018) by the Indian National Science Academy
- RSC IISER-K Student Chapter First event-"Spectacular Chemistry" held on 16th April 2018
- Congratulations to Prof. Prasanta Sanyal for receiving the Coordinated Research Project (CRP) grant from the International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna
- Research findings of Dr Annagiri Sumana published - The Hindu Anandabazar Mathrubhumi
- Comprehensive News Story of IISER Kolkata's Success towards Start-up and Incubation Center: Telegraph India Today Business Standard
- Congratulations to Dr. Swadhin Mandal on receiving an industry project (Invictus Oncology) amounting Rs 1 crore for three years
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IISER Kolkata is Ranked overall No 25 and No 1 among all IISERs in the NIRF 2018
IISERs IISER Kolkata IISER Pune IISER Mohali IISER Bhopal IISER Tiruvananthapuram NIRF Rank 2018 25 32 55 56 58 - IISER Kolkata Lecture Series by Icons of Modern Science of India
- A Multinational Project under the BRICS Program has been Sanctioned where Dr Swadhin Mandal of DCS is PI from India. This Project is a Collaborative one between India, China and Russia.
- CESSI, IISER Kolkata and Science City Presents Nilanjan P Choudhury's "The Square Root of a Sonnet", 23rd and 24th March 2018.
- News Coverage of recent findings of Dr. Annagiri Sumana and her student Mr. Bishwarup Paul, 'Tricks & Risks of Thieving Ants'
- CESSI in News
- Dr. Ayan Banerjee and Dr. Soumyajit Roy's research findings has been listed as a highlight in "Success stories" in the MHRD Webpage.
- Dr. Rajesh Kumble Nayak and his student Anuradha Samajdar contributions in detection of Gravitational Waves has been listed as highlight in "Success stories" in the MHRD Webpage.
- Dr. Balaram Mukhopadhyay has been awarded H. C. Srivastava Young Scientist Award-2017 by the Association of Carbohydrate Chemists and Technologists India (ACCTI) during the recent Conference of the Association at IIT Kharagpur
- Dr Swadhin Mandal joined the Editorial Board of Journal "J. Chem. Sci." for three years.
- Anandabazar Patrika took interview of Mr. Soumyajit Seth, Research Scholar, about IISER Kolkata Campus Radio 16th December 2017 and it has been published in the news paper on 20th December 2017.
- Professor Supriyo Mitra has been selected for the INSA Bilateral Exchange programme under the International Collaboration/Exchange programme 2018 to visit Germany (GFZ Potsdam) for collaborative research.
- Comprehensive news story on National Mega Science projects appeared in all editions of the Hindustan Time which among others, also covers the Aditya L1 space mission - in which CESSI is involved.
- Dr. Dibyendu Nandy edited the book "Living Around Active Stars" which is published by Cambridge University Press.
- RSC Salters Chemistry Camp, 19-21 December 2017 | Press Write-up
- Felicitation of Prof. Sourav Pal, Director, IISER Kolkata by Dr. Subramanian Swamy in Outreach event organized by Janparishad in Bhopal
- Interview of Prof. Ada Yonath, Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 2009 by Campus Radio Team, IISER Kolkata
- Dr. Debasish Haldar's Research on Cleaning Oil Spills and Removing Fluoride and Metal Ions from Drinking Water has appeared in The Hindu.
News: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/cleaning-up-oil-spills/article21011310.ece
Blog:https://journosdiary.com/2017/11/28/iiser-kolkatas-drinking-water-filter-fluoride/
This has also been highlighted in the video by Chemical & Engineering News, American Chemical Society, released today entitled "Modified sponge mops up oil but not water": https://cen.acs.org/articles/95/web/2017/11/Modified-sponge-mops-oil-water.html
- Professor Sourav Pal (Director) appointed as a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of The Journal of Physical Chemistry (JPC) for a period of 3 years (2018-2020) starting from 1st January 2018.
- Prof. Sourav Pal, Director elected as a 'Member of the Council of the Indian National Science Academy'.
- Interview of Prof. Bruce Alberts, a renowned Biologist, by Campus Radio Team, IISER Kolkata: [Episode-1] [Episode-2]
- Hearty Congratulations Dr. Nayak and Miss Samajdar
- IISER Kolkata welcomes Prof. Sourav Pal on his joining as Director of the institute on 12th October 2017
- Press Release: PREDICTION OF THE SUN’s CORONAL STRUCTURE BY SCIENTISTS FROM CESSI, IISER KOLKATA - The Great American Solar Eclipse on 21 August 2017
- Indians contribute to detection of Cosmic fireworks and strike gold
- Cosmic gold factories -- in the news
- Indian Scientists (led by Dr. Ayan Banerjee and Dr. Soumyajit Roy) uses tiny bubbles to draw circuits
- IISER Kolkata fourth among top Scientific Institutions
- IISER-Kolkata has been selected for the "Karyalaya Deep Smriti Award 2015" by the Rajbhasha Sansthan, New Delhi [Click Here].
- The July of 'The CIMMYT Informa' reports Dr. Shree P. Pandey and his group's work on spot blotch disease', for more details Click Here
- Media Coverage of 1st Convocation of IISER Kolkata held on 8th July 2013.
- The July 2012 issue of Business Economics magazine carries the article "Creating top-notch research infrastructure", by Prof. R N Mukherjee, Director IISER Kolkata. The news clipping is available here.
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The June 2012 (current) issue of PHYSICS TODAY magazine carries an invited review by Dibyendu Nandi of the popular science book "The Sun’s Heartbeat: And Other Stories from the Life of the Star That Powers Our Planet". The Original link is here.
- The 12th June issue of The Telegraph reports Dr. Dibyendu Nandi and his groups work on solar activities. The news clipping is available here. The original link is here.
- The 22 January 2011 issue of the national magazine, The Week, carries a cover story on major scientific news of the past year, which includes comments by faculty of IISER Kolkata and an interview of A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. An abridged version is available [ here ].
- MPG-DST partner group headed by Shree P. Pandey launched at IISER-Kolkata [ pdf file ]
- New Home for Science Institute (Times of India, March 25, 2008) [ pdf file ]
- IISER, a school of basic sciences, will shhift out of IIT,Kharagpur's Salt Lake centre in... ( JPG file )