Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali

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Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Mohali
IISER-Mohali Logo.svg
Motto in English
In Pursuit of Knowledge
Type Public university
Established2006;18 years ago (2006) [1]
Founder Narayanasami Sathyamurthy
Chairman Jhillu Singh Yadav
Director Anil Kumar Tripathi [2]
Academic staff
125 [3]
Students1,668 [3]
Undergraduates 1,085 [3]
583 [3]
Address
IISER Mohali, Knowledge City, Sector -81, Mohali, Punjab.-140306
,
Mohali
,
Punjab
,
India

30°39′49″N76°43′39″E / 30.663611°N 76.7275°E / 30.663611; 76.7275
CampusUrban, 125 acres
AffiliationsAutonomous, Institute of National Importance
Website www.iisermohali.ac.in

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali (IISER Mohali) is an autonomous public research university established in 2007 at Mohali, Punjab, India. It is one of the seven Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs), established by the Ministry of Human Resources and Development, Government of India, to research in frontier areas of science and to provide science education at the undergraduate and postgraduate level. It was established after IISER Pune and IISER Kolkata and is recognized as an Institute of National Importance by the Government of India. Institute focuses on pure research as well as interdisciplinary research in various fields of science.

Contents

IISER Mohali in spring IISER Mohali in Spring 2014.JPG
IISER Mohali in spring

History

The institute was approved by The Planning Commission in New Delhi in July 2006 and land was provided by The Punjab State government. [4] The foundation stone of IISER Mohali was laid on 27 September 2006 by the former Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh. [5] The Computing Facility of IISER Mohali was inaugurated on 3 September 2007 by T. Ramasami (Secretary, Department of Science and Technology). [6] The Earth-breaking ceremony for IISER boundary wall was held on 29 December 2008 at the proposed campus site in Knowledge City, Sector 81, S.A.S. Nagar. The ceremony was performed by N. Sathyamurthy, the founding director of the institute.

C.N.R. Rao inaugurated the Chemistry Research Laboratory on 8 April 2009. The Central Analytical Facility of IISER Mohali has been inaugurated in March 2010. Initially, the institute started its working from a transit campus in Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration (MGSIPA), Chandigarh. In March 2010, the institute started shifting to its permanent campus in The Knowledge City at Sector 81 with the opening of Central Analytical Facility (CAF) and completed the shifting in May 2013 by shutting operations in MGSIPAP complex, Sector 26, Chandigarh.

Academics

Academic Programs

Source: [7] [8]

The institute offers the following programs:

Admissions

Admissions to UG courses in IISERs are done exclusively through the IISER Aptitude Test (IAT) [12]

Reputation and Rankings

University rankings
General – India
NIRF (Overall) (2024) [13] 64
NIRF (Research) (2024) [14] 49

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked it 49 in research and 64 overall in India in 2024. [15]

Organization and administration

Departments

IISER Mohali is currently having six departments:

Facilities

Conferences held

Student life

Amenities

IISER Mohali's stadium (Capacity: >1000) IISER Mohali Stadium.JPG
IISER Mohali's stadium (Capacity: >1000)

National Science Day celebrations

National Science Day celebrations on 28 February are a regular feature at IISER Mohali, every year. [27] Invitations are sent to schools in Mohali, Chandigarh, Panchkula and nearby areas. The focus of the day is on science and mathematics demonstrations prepared by IISER Mohali students and faculty members. A large number of schools send teams for inter-school competitions such as science quizzes, group discussions, treasure hunt, junkyard wars, poster presentation held on this day. Other non-competitive events such as documentary screening, anti-superstition demonstrations, etc. are also held. The day usually ends with a 'panel discussion' in which the school students ask science-related questions to a panel of faculty members of IISER Mohali. Since 2015, the Science Day celebrations have been shifted to 27 September, IISER Mohali's Foundation Day, as this date is more convenient for school students in the region.

Opportunity Cell

The Opportunity Cell was first proposed by the Student Representative Council, in October 2011 as a joint student-faculty body to provide guidance to students about research and job opportunities. In the year 2012−13, the opportunity cell established a summer research and internship programme with National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bangalore, Connexios Life sciences [28] and Lucid Software Limited (Lucid). It also organised various seminars such as "Alternative Careers in Science", "Research Opportunities at University of St Andrews" etc. Currently the cell disseminates information about summer research programmes, PhD positions and research oriented jobs. [29]

Magazine

Manthan, IISER Mohali's student magazine was revived in the summer of 2018 after a long gap. Six editions, along with a lockdown Life in Quarantine edition, have been published since its revival. [30]

Clubs [ citation needed ]

Notable people

Current faculty

Former Faculty

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