Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research

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Kolkata
Pune
Mohali
Bhopal
Thiruvananthapuram
Location of IISER's

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.[1] The financial outlay for each IISER is around Rs 500 crore for the first five years.

The IISERs at Kolkata and Pune have started functioning from the Kolkata Extension Centre of IIT Kharagpur and NCL campus respectively. In future they will function from their own campuses. The Campus of IISER Kolkata is coming up over 250 acres (1.0 km²) of land at Haringhata, Kalyani near Kolkata. IISER Mohali has now been established and is functioning from a transit campus located in the Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration (MGSPIA) complex in Sector 26 Chandigarh. 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.

Apart from these three IISER's, ‘in-principle’ approval of the Planning Commission has been received for setting up the IISERs at Bhopal and Thiruvananthapuram. There is no other proposal presently under consideration of the Government to set up more IISERs in the country.[2]


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[edit] 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.[3] Students qualifying any of the following examinations will be eligible for admission-

  1. Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY)
  2. Stage II - Indian National Olympiad Examination HBCSE site
  3. IITJEE - Those who feature in the regular and extended merit lists

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  1. ^ PIB Press Release
  2. ^ PIB Press Release
  3. ^ http://www.iiserpune.ac.in/files/admission/images/IISER%20ADMISSION%202006_6%20students.PDF