Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research

The Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER) are a group of premier institutes being created by the Government of India to promote education and research in the sciences. Five IISER's have been currently planned across the country in the following locations -- Kolkata in West Bengal, Pune in Maharashtra, Mohali in Punjab, Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh and Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala. [http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=23139 PIB Press Release ] ] The financial outlay for each IISER is around Rs 500 crore for the first five years.

The IISERs at Kolkata, Pune, Mohali and Thiruvananthapuram have started functioning from the Kolkata Extension Centre of IIT Kharagpur, NCL Pune campus, MGSPIA complex in Sector 26 Chandigarh and College of Engineering, Trivandrum campus respectively. In future they will function from their own campuses. The Campus of IISER Kolkata is coming up over convert|250|acre|km2 of land at Haringhata, Kalyani near Kolkata. The first set of admissions through IIT-JEE and KVPY have been done and the teaching program at IISER Mohali has commenced from August 2007.

IISER Mohali will ultimately be located in Mohali, Punjab. The foundation stone of IISER, Kolkata was laid on July 11th, 2006 and that of IISER Mohali in September, 2006 by the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh.

Land for IISER Thiruvananthapuram (about 200 acres) is also being identified at Vithura, a picturesque town at the foothills of the Western Ghats. Vithura is located within 30 km from the city and is near to the famous tourist spot Ponmudi. The Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), a new institute of the Department of Space, Govt, of India, will be within few kilometers from IISER.

Admissions

The first batch of around 80 students for integrated MS courses have already been admitted to the institutes at Kolkata and Pune. Almost double number of students were admitted in the second batch. These students were selected through the highly competitive IIT-JEE exam. Furthermore, some students were selected from the IISc's KVPY and the Olympiad student list. [http://www.iiserpune.ac.in/files/admission/images/IISER%20ADMISSION%202006_6%20students.PDF] Students qualifying any of the following examinations will be eligible for admission-
#Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY)
#Stage II - Indian National Olympiad Examination [http://www.hbcse.tifr.res.in/olympiads HBCSE site]
#IITJEE - Those who feature in the regular and extended merit lists

See also

* IISER Mohali
* IISER Pune
* IISER Kolkata
* IISER Bhopal
* Homi Bhabha National Institute
* NISER Bhubaneswar

External links

* [http://www.iiserpune.ac.in/ IISER Pune: official site]
* [http://www.iiserkol.ac.in/ IISER Kolkata: official site]
* [http://www.iisermohali.ac.in/ IISER Mohali: official site]
* [http://compchem.in/iisertvm/ IISER Thiruvananthapuram: official site]
* [http://www.iiserkol.ac.in/admission-2007 IISER Admissions]
* [http://www.iiserk.net/ IISER Kolkata: Unofficial Student's site]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/iiserk IISER Kolkata: Discussion Forum on Google Groups]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/iiserpune IISER Pune : Discussion Forum on Google Groups]
* [http://www.iiser-admissions.in/ IISER Admissions 2008] (Online Application and Counseling system development by [http://www.sritechnocrat.com/ Sri Technocrat]
* [http://www.tribiz.in/ TRIVANDRUM DEVELOPMENT FORUM]

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