IISc SPICMACAY – Hindustani Classical Rudra Veena Concert at J N Tata Auditorium@ 6pm

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IISc Professor Elevated to IEEE Fellow (Class of 2026)

09/12/2025 @ 12:00 am - We congratulate Prof Mayank Shrivastava on being elevated to the prestigious grade of IEEE Fellow, effective 1 January 2026. This honour recognises Prof Shrivastava’s outstanding contributions to the field of electronic devices and semiconductor technologies. This distinction is one of the highest professional recognitions awarded by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), reserved [...]

Condolence note on the passing of Prof Vaidyeswaran Rajaraman

16/11/2025 @ 12:00 am - Prof. Vaidyeswaran Rajaraman, legendary father-figure of Indian computing, passed away on November 8, 2025, at the age of 92. Remarkably, he was technically active right up to the end, penning just last year a historical book on 72 seminal events in the evolution of modern computer science. This was the latest in a series of [...]

IISc SPICMACAY – Carnatic Vocal Classical Concert at 5.30pm at J N Tata Auditorium

09/11/2025 @ 12:00 am -

Advanced corrosion assessment using AI-powered imaging technology

23/07/2025 @ 12:00 am - 23 July 2025 Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the Qatar Science and Technology Research Center (QSRTC) have developed a new automated method to assess corrosion in industrial equipment using advanced machine learning and image analysis. Published in npj Materials Degradation, the study describes a novel machine learning algorithm that can analyse [...]

Unlocking cosmic secrets of stellar birth: First glimpse of magnetism near an infant massive star

17/07/2025 @ 12:00 am - 17 July 2025 Schematic of circular polarisation being detected in radio waves from a massive protostar surrounded by a disk and driving a bipolar jet. This is an artistic image, not drawn to scale.  Credit: AG Cheriyan, IIST An international team led by astronomers from the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram, [...]

Low-cost, highly sensitive medical diagnostic assays inspired by hair dye chemistry

Condolence note on the passing of Prof Anil Kumar

13/11/2024 @ 12:00 am - Prof Anil Kumar completed his PhD from IIT Kanpur in 1969 and MSc (first class) in 1961 from Meerut College. He joined the Department of Physics at IISc in January 1977 as a Senior Scientific Officer. He then became Assistant Professor in 1982, Associate Professor in 1984 and Professor from 1990 until 2003. He also [...]

Self shocks turn crystal to glass at ultralow power density

06/11/2024 @ 12:00 am - 06 November 2024 In breakthrough collaborative work published today in Nature, researchers show that a material called indium selenide can “shock” itself to transform from a crystalline to glassy phase using very low power. This transformation lies at the heart of memory storage in devices like CDs and computer RAMs. It consumes a billion times less [...]

Condolence note on the passing of Prof Rohini Godbole

25/10/2024 @ 12:00 am - 25 October 2024 With great sadness, we deeply mourn the passing of Prof Rohini Godbole. She passed away peacefully early this morning in her sleep. In addition to being a great scientist, she was a great leader, guide, colleague, and friend. She was a champion of women in science. She won many accolades and awards [...]

AIAA Announces its Class of 2025 Associate Fellows

24/09/2024 @ 12:00 am - Prof. Santosh Hemachandra is elected by American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics as an Associate Fellow. Please click the link below for the details https://www.aiaa.org/news/news/2024/09/23/aiaa-announces-its-class-of-2025-associate-fellows

Novel method for mass production of recombinant proteins

30/05/2024 @ 12:00 am - 30 May 2024 – Pratibha Gopalakrishna Illustration of the new process developed by PN Rangarajan’s lab (Image courtesy: Neetu Rajak) Mass production of recombinant proteins using yeast cell “factories” needs methanol, a compound that requires safe handling, carries the risk of catching fire, and sometimes produces harmful byproducts. Researchers at the Department of Biochemistry (BC), [...]

Electrons exhibit glassy behaviour in a good metal

Four faculty selected as associates of the Indian Academy of Sciences 2023

22/08/2023 @ 12:00 am - Congratulations to faculty members Duvvuri Subrahmanyam, Ankur Chauhan, Shaunak Vilas Deo and Akshay Singh on their selection as associates of the Indian Academy of Sciences 2023!

Enabling mass production of microneedles for drug delivery

IISc-SPICMACAY Hindustani Classical Vocal Concert by Pt Venkatesh Kumar

22/02/2023 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm -

Learning 2D magnetism from massive Monte-Carlo simulations 

Once thought impossible to exist, the recent discovery of 2D magnetism has the potential to transform information technology. The magnetic order of these 2D magnetic materials fluctuates as the temperature rises. When the temperature reaches a critical point – known as the Curie temperature (TC) – the material stops acting like a magnet. Majority of […]

Generating green hydrogen from biomass, an abundant renewable energy source

12/07/2022 - 19/07/2022 @ 12:00 am - 12th July 2022 The oxy-steam gasification system at the Combustion, Gasification and Propulsion laboratory (CGPL), IISc  An innovative technology to produce hydrogen from biomass has been developed by a team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc). The team was led by S Dasappa, Professor at the Centre for Sustainable Technologies, and Chair [...]

IISc- SPICMACAY Carnatic Classic Vocal Concert by Vidwan Sikkil Gurucharan

26/02/2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm -

IISc- SPICMACAY Western Classical Piano Concert by Mr. Balazs Fulesi @7pm

25/12/2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm -

Tracking the movement of the Indian plate since the last mass extinction

65 million years ago, there was a turning point in the Earth’s evolution. It was around this time that reptiles such as dinosaurs, which dominated the surface of the Earth, became extinct. Some hypotheses suggest that a supervolcano (a mantle plume) erupted at around 65 Ma (each Ma or mega annum represents one million years), […]

TBI CPDMED invites all of Departments and associates of Departments for testing their electronic equipment or circuits to check if they meet Pre-Compliance norms as per standards.

02/10/2021 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm -

Hindi Prabodh, Praveen, Pragya and Parangat classes at the Institute to train the permanent employees in Official Language.

भारतीय विज्ञान संस्थान INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE बेंगलूर/BANGALORE – 500 012 राजभाषा एकक/OFFICIAL LANGUAGE UNIT  सं/No:हिशियो-HTS/राभाए-OLU/2020 दिनांक/Date: 03.08.2020 परिपत्र/CIRCULAR  It is proposed to conduct July – November 2020 session of Hindi Prabodh, Praveen, Pragya and Parangat classes at the Institute to train the permanent employees in Official Language. The classes will commence from 10.08.2020. Eligibility […]

Hierarchical structures, strain-assisted nanofabrication, and optoelectronic spectral shaping

Hierarchically structured materials, comprising of structuring at multiple length scales, allow unusual modes of optical transport which are not possible in simpler structures. These processes can allow interesting ways to tailor and improve optoelectronic performances of solar cells, photodetectors etc. Here, a multidisciplinary team of researchers from Materials Engineering, BioSystems Science and Engineering, and Aerospace […]

Vaishnavi Ananthanarayanan, R Venkatesh, K Geetharani, Mayank Shrivastava and V R Supradeepa are new associates of Indian Academy of Sciences

04/01/2019 - 11/01/2019 @ 12:00 am - Dr. Vaishnavi Ananthanarayanan,  Assistant Professor,  Centre for BioSystems Science and Engineering, Dr. R Venkatesh, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Dr. K Geetharani, Assistant Professor, Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry,  Dr. Mayank Shrivastava, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronic Systems Engineering and Dr. V R Supradeepa, Assistant Professor, Centre for Nano Science and Engineering are new associates of Indian [...]

Prof. Saptarshi Basu has been elected as Associate Fellow-Class of 2019 in the AIAA

30/08/2018 - 05/09/2018 @ 12:00 am - Prof. Saptarshi Basu, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical engineering, has been elected as Associate Fellow-Class of 2019 in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).

Ambassador Nirupama Menon Rao visited Institute on 6th June 2018

08/06/2018 - 15/06/2018 @ 12:00 am - [metaslider id=17580] Photo Credits : Mr. Haridasan Ambassador Nirupama Menon Rao was in Institute to give Sir Vithal N. Chandavarkar Memorial Lecture. Click here for the details about the lecture.

Sir Vithal N. Chandavarkar Memorial Lecture by Ambassador Nirupama Rao

06/06/2018 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm - Title : Asian Geopolitics today (Click here for the poster) Abstract : India has a multi-layered geography, it is the natural place of arrival for Asia, it conjoins both East and West, those famous twins of history. Asian geopolitics today concerns India because India is omnidirectional, facing west and east, north and south, it is both a [...]

Bronze Shower Tree – Cassia moschata.

Heralding the onset of Summer @ IISc. This showy handsome tree blooms in the months of February and March every year heralding the onset of summer. The spectacular tree has bunches of pendant like flowers or unique profuse blooms that are brilliant orange-copper-yellow colored that cascade downwards, hence the name Bronze Shower Tree. The cassia […]

Study at IISc shows that glasses can be topological insulators

Usual materials come in two varieties. One, which will give you a shock if you connect it to the power socket — these are “metals”. Another, which will save you from the same shock — these are “insulators”. Aluminium, copper, iron are some common examples of the former kind. Rubber, wood belong to the latter […]

IISc researchers uncover new avenues for finding unique class of insulators

24/07/2017 - 31/07/2017 @ 12:00 am - For the last decade, scientists have been hunting for unique materials called topological insulators, which are insulating on the inside but conduct current on their surface. Although first predicted around 2005, very few real examples have been found to date. Topological insulators are expected to have wide-ranging applications — from energy-efficient electronics to quantum computing [...]

Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (LCMS) Facility

The LCMS facility provides high resolution mass spectrometry applications to researchers. It is located on the first floor of New Biological Sciences Building, IISc. The facility runs with minimum down-time. We encourage researchers to make good use of the facility. To know more about the instruments, sample submission procedure and contact details, see below. Instruments […]

Class of 2016: Fulfilling the promise

10/06/2016 @ All Day - (Anshuman Swain) As they depart from the nest that has nurtured them for the last four years, CONNECT takes a closer look at where students from the second batch of the BSc (Research) course are headed SUBHAYAN SAHU* Come September, Suhas Mahesh, currently a senior undergraduate (UG) student in IISc, will be joining Oxford University [...]

Internal Committee Against Sexual Harassment (ICASH)

The Government of India (GoI) has enacted the Protection of Women from Sexual Harassment at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act (the SH Act), 2013. For details, see: http://www.shebox.nic.in (SHe-Box – Ministry of Women & Child Development) ICASH Policy Sexual harassment includes such unwelcome sexually determined behaviour (whether directly or by implication) as: Physical contact and advances […]

All Tenders

Civil & Electrical contractors Click here for Registration in IISc Global Tender for a robotic-assisted orthopaedic surgical system (18/06/2026) Global Tender for a SPECT–CT system (18/06/2026) Global Tender for a Endoscopic Neurosurgery and Spine Surgery Visualization System (18/06/2026) Global Tender for a High Frequency Chest Wall Oscillation (HFCWO) Airway Clearance System (18/06/2026) Local Tender for […]

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Stream-dwelling frogs in the Western Ghats form groups based on species size

IISc team wins IEEE TCSC SCALE Challenge 2026 for city-scale, real-time traffic analytics across edge-cloud fabrics

01/06/2026 @ 12:00 am - The IISc interdisciplinary AIM@IISc team with the IEEE TCSC SCALE Challenge 2026 award A team from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, has won the IEEE Technical Community on Scalable Computing (TCSC) SCALE Challenge 2026, held alongside the IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud, and Internet Computing (CCGrid) in Sydney in May 2026. The [...]

Strengthening India’s quantum and deep-tech innovation ecosystem with launch of Wadhwani-IISc Innovation Centre

27/05/2026 @ 12:00 am - Quantum Pitch Fest 2026 and InQubate platform also spotlight India’s growing quantum entrepreneurship ecosystem The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) marked a significant milestone in India’s innovation journey with the inauguration of the Wadhwani-IISc Innovation Centre and the successful hosting of Quantum Pitch Fest 2026, reinforcing the institute’s commitment to advancing deep-tech research, translational innovation, [...]

ChemXDyn: New framework to capture true chemistry behind complex reactive systems

A Eureka machine that thinks like nature and explores what AI cannot

Two IISc Faculty Members Receive Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam HPC & AI Awards 2026

21/05/2026 @ 12:00 am - Congratulations to the following IISc faculty members who have received the 9th Annual Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam HPC & AI Awards (2026): Prof. Yogesh Simmhan (Computational and Data Sciences): Researcher–R&D in HPC Systems (Hardware & Software) For contributions to hardware-aware software platform design for parallel and distributed systems, and scalable data analytics and AI. Dr. [...]

Upcycling of red mud to catalyst

Peers over the past

Three IISc faculty selected as INSA Young Associates 2026

15/05/2026 @ 12:00 am - Congratulations to Prof Veerabhadrarao Kaliginedi, Prof Susmita Dash, and Prof Debabrata Laha on being selected as the INSA Young Associates 2026! Prof Veerabhadrarao Kaliginedi advances molecular electronics by developing cutting-edge junction techniques to probe charge and heat transport, enabling single-molecule actuation, interfacial chemistry insights, and electric-field and light–matter control of molecular properties. Website: https://ipc.iisc.ac.in/vk.php Prof [...]

Prof Swarnendu Sil has been selected as an INSA Associate Fellow

15/05/2026 @ 12:00 am - Congratulations to Prof Swarnendu Sil on being selected as an INSA Associate Fellow! 🎉 Prof Swarnendu Sil’s research contributions are in calculus of variation, partial differential equations and geometric analysis. Some of his important contributions are in developing tools of direct methods in calculus of variation in the context of differential forms, developing approximation results [...]

Silicon meets tunable oxides

Insect repurposes oocytes to transmit beneficial bacteria

Workshop for Young Researchers

04/08/2026 - 07/08/2026 @ 12:00 am - The Divecha Centre for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore will organize a four day workshop for young researchers (3rd year Undergraduates and above) introducing Climate Change and Energy Policy with talks from experts in the field, and hands-on workshops on data sources, visualization and basic energy modelling. Who can Apply: Undergraduates (3rd year [...]

Carbon-free ferrocene alternative opens up new possibilities for future materials

05/05/2026 @ 12:00 am - 5 May 2026 About 75 years ago, scientists accidentally synthesised a compound called ferrocene in which the iron (Fe) atom is sandwiched between two C5H5 rings – (C5H5)Fe(C5H5). This compound opened up a new era in transition metal chemistry, and became an important reagent in catalysis, materials, biology, and medicine. For a long time, researchers [...]

High-resolution imaging shines light on nanoscale nuclear organisation

24/04/2026 @ 12:00 am - 24 April 2026   Nanoscale organisation of many different proteins in a mammalian nucleus obtained with DNA-PAINT imaging (Credit: Mahipal Ganji lab) Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have implemented an advanced microscopy technique to visualise multiple biomolecules inside the nucleus of a cancer cell simultaneously at incredibly high resolution. The biomolecules they [...]

Polymer-controlled heat-triggered glow

Uncovering the atomic origin of bright quantum emitters in silicon nitride

Steering droplet motion with light

High-energy neutrinos from the Sun may shed light on dark matter

Achieving wafer-scale growth of 2D magnetic materials

16/04/2026 @ 12:00 am - 16 April 2026 - Shreya Vashista In a major advance, researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have devised a method to grow high-quality 2D magnetic materials (2D-MMs) over centimetre-scale wafers. Earlier approaches in the field were limited to growing micrometre-sized flakes. This advance paves the way for their integration into next-generation electronics and [...]

Institute Colloquium at Faculty Hall @ 4pm

23/04/2026 @ 12:00 am -

Inauguration of National Facility for Compo-Rheo Die Casting

13/04/2026 @ 12:00 am - 13 April 2026 On 11 April 2026, Dr Samir V Kamat, Secretary, Department of Defence R&D (DDR&D) and Chairman, DRDO, inaugurated the National Facility for Compo-Rheo Die Casting (CRDC) in the presence of Prof Govindan Rangarajan, Director, IISc, on campus. The event also marked the formal handover of project deliverables matured under the joint research [...]

Decoding quantum transport in disordered systems

IISc student receives “Excellence in Physics – Distinguished Student Award 2026”

02/04/2026 @ 12:00 am - Congratulations to Sneha Chaudhary on receiving the “Excellence in Physics – Distinguished Student Award” from the Forum on International Physics of the American Physical Society! Sneha is a PhD candidate at the Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics at the Indian Institute of Science, working under the guidance of Prof. Sanjiv Sambandan. The award was [...]

13th RNA India Meeting (RIM2026) at A V Rama Rao Auditorium

27/04/2026 - 29/04/2026 @ 12:00 am -

Quantum sensors on the move

24/03/2026 @ 12:00 am - 24 March 2026 - Sindhu M Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have developed a technique to precisely manoeuvre quantum sensors through highly viscous biological environments, such as the interior of living cells, using magnetic microbots. This opens up possibilities for real-time, minimally invasive measurement of parameters like local viscosity and temperature inside [...]

Strengthening soils sustainably with bio-based stabilisers

Institute Colloquium at Faculty Hall at 4pm

02/04/2026 @ 12:00 am -

Convocation 2026

10/07/2026 @ 12:00 am - The Convocation for the year 2026 is scheduled to be held on Friday, 10th July 2026. Please click here for the list of medal winners for the year 2025. This list will be updated subsequently to include UG and Concurrent Degree Medal Awardees. Please click here for the list of degree awardees recommended for award of degree [...]

IISc SPICMACAY – Bharatanatyam Dance Drama at J N Tata Auditorium at 5.30pm

29/03/2026 @ 12:00 am -

Meditation strengthens gamma oscillations in the brain

Honorary faculty member awarded Ewald Prize of the International Union of Crystallography

09/03/2026 @ 12:00 am - We congratulate Honorary Professor Gautam R Desiraju from the Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit on being awarded the 14th Ewald Prize of the International Union of Crystallography. Website: https://desiraju.in/

IISc launches “Moonshot” project on Brain Co-processors supported by Pratiksha Trust

04/03/2026 @ 12:00 am - 04 March 2026 The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) today launched an ambitious “moonshot” project to develop brain co-processors that combine neuromorphic hardware and AI algorithms to enhance or restore brain function. The project is generously funded by the Pratiksha Trust, founded by Mr Senapathy ‘Kris’ Gopalakrishnan and Mrs Sudha Gopalakrishnan. An MoU formalising the [...]

Efficient quantum-safe crypto chip for IoT security

When DNA’s traffic jam turns dangerous

Founder’s Day 2026

03/03/2026 @ 12:00 am - Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, the industrialist and philanthropist who conceived of IISc and donated his wealth to set up the Institute, was born on 3 March 1839 in Navsari, Gujarat. In the late 1800s, Tata envisioned establishing a research university that would work for the benefit of India. He set up a provisional committee under the [...]

Fluorescent molecules could throw light on Alzheimer’s

Unveiling the elliptical nature of hydrogen bonds

Fourth Annual Symposium on Big Data Algorithms for Biology (BDBio 2026)

04/06/2026 - 06/06/2026 @ 12:00 am - Event dates: June 04 – June 06, 2026 Venue: Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Last Date for Early Registration: April 25, 2026 See event website for more details: https://www.bdbio.in

Worming out molecular secrets behind collective behaviour

25/02/2026 @ 12:00 am - 25 February 2026 - Souptika Das Studying social behaviour is crucial for understanding how certain neuromodulatory pathways – like the serotonin pathway, which influences mood and social interactions – are regulated. Kavita Babu, Professor at the Centre for Neuroscience (CNS), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), and her lab have been investigating these signalling mechanisms using [...]

Institute Colloquium @ 4pm at Faculty Hall

26/02/2026 @ 12:00 am -

How the brain suppresses itch during stress

23/02/2026 @ 12:00 am - 23 February 2026 - Amrapali Datta Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have mapped a neural circuit in the brain involved in the complex relationship between itch and stress. Their findings, published in Cell Reports, reveal how specific neurons activated during stress can directly regulate itch. Itch and pain are both unpleasant sensations [...]

M. Tech. and M. Des. Programmes 2025-26

M. Mgt. Programme 2025-26

M.Tech through CFTI Mode 2025-26

Joint M. Tech in Semiconductor Technology  2025-26

Integrated Ph. D. Programmes 2025-26

M.Tech. (Research) and Ph.D. Programmes 2025-26

M Sc Programmes 2025-26

IISc faculty elected to deliver Prof JV Bhat Endowment Oration 2025

16/02/2026 @ 12:00 am - We are delighted to share that Dr Dipshikha Chakravortty, Professor, Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, will deliver the Prof JV Bhat Endowment Oration 2025 at Manipal Academy of Higher Education on 3 March 2026. The oration honours the legacy of legendary microbiologist Prof JV Bhat and marks 19 years of scientific excellence. Website: https://mcb.iisc.ac.in/research-single/dipshikha-chakravortty

Are human super-predators always “super-scary” to wildlife?

17/02/2026 @ 12:00 am - 17 February 2026 - Ashmita Gupta Humans have climbed to the top of the food chain by skillfully hunting, trapping, and fishing for other animals at scales that far exceed other predators, altering how the animals behave and earning the tag of a “super-predator”. But a new study led by the Centre for Ecological Sciences, [...]

Accurately predicting ionic migration using machine learning

Cipla Foundation partners with Tata IISc Medical School to set up Centre for Pulmonary Medicine to Advance Respiratory Care & Research

11/02/2026 @ 12:00 am - 11 February 2026 Cipla Foundation today announced its partnership with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) to support the establishment of a state-of-the-art Cipla Foundation Centre for Pulmonary Medicine at the Tata IISc Medical School in Bengaluru. The Centre will offer diagnostics, outpatient and inpatient services, a dedicated ICU, and high-dependency units to deliver cutting-edge [...]

OoC-IISc invites you to a talk on, “Beyond the Finish Line”, @ 4 pm; Faculty Hall, IISc

16/02/2026 @ 12:00 am - Paraspar, an initiative of the Office of Communications (OoC) at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), is a platform for conversations about knowledge systems, particularly science. PARASPAR Invites you to a talk on Beyond The Finish Line   Abstract: Ashwini Nachappa is an acclaimed Indian Olympian and Arjuna Awardee whose remarkable journey spans athletics, cinema, governance, and social [...]

Redefining GaN power devices for adoption in EVs and data centres

10/02/2026 @ 12:00 am - 10 February 2026 Mayank Shrivastava (third from right) holding a representative power device 8” wafer, with some of his PhD students who work on various aspects of GaN Power and RF technology, in ESE, IISc (Credit: Mayank Shrivastava) Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have uncovered fundamental insights into designing gallium nitride (GaN) [...]

IISc faculty member appointed Chair in the international American Society for Microbiology

10/02/2026 @ 12:00 am - We are delighted to share that Dipshikha Chakravortty, Professor, Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, has been appointed Chair, ASM India Country Advisory Council (CAC). She is now the first Indian Chair in the international American Society for Microbiology (ASM). Website: https://mcb.iisc.ac.in/research-single/dipshikha-chakravortty

7 IISc faculty members awarded the JC Bose Grant 2025

09/02/2026 @ 12:00 am - Congratulations to the IISc faculty members who won the JC Bose Grant 2025! Aloke Paul, Professor, Department of Materials Engineering Saumitra Das, Professor, Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology Saptarshi Basu, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering Dipshikha Chakravortty, Professor, Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology Prabal K Maiti, Professor, Department of Physics Bikramjit Basu, Professor, [...]

How brick-building bacteria react to toxic chemical in Martian soil

30/01/2026 @ 12:00 am - 30 January 2026 - Rohini Subrahmanyam Bacteria that thrive on Earth may not make it in the alien lands of Mars. A potential deterrent is perchlorate, a toxic chlorine-containing chemical discovered in Martian soil during various space missions. Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) recently investigated how bacteria that can mould Martian soil [...]

IISc faculty awarded the Ganit Ratna Award 2025-26

27/01/2026 @ 12:00 am - We congratulate Prof Vamsi Pritham Pingali on winning the Ganit Ratna Award 2025-26! Award letter

Republic Day 2026

26/01/2026 @ 12:00 am - REPUBLIC DAY 2026 The National Flag will be unfurled by the Dean, Division of EECS at 8.30 am on Monday, 26th January, 2026 in front of the Main Building of the Institute. The Chair, Heads of the Departments / Sections / Laboratories / Units / Centres, Staff and Students are requested to assemble in the [...]

AI for Engineering-Workshop at AR Auditorium, Department of Mechanical Engineering

01/05/2026 - 03/05/2026 @ 12:00 am - Registration is now open for a cutting-edge 3-day workshop at IISc that bridges AI with various sectors including manufacturing, healthcare, defense, material science, and propulsion. Early registration is encouraged for discounts. Register here: https://lnkd.in/dsbusm5t Sponsorship [Gold and Pinnacle] requests should be directed to sbasu@iisc.ac.in and chaitra@fsid-iisc.in This workshop combines pedagogy with advanced domain-specific research trends [...]

How actin aids T cell action

16/01/2026 @ 12:00 am - 16 January 2026 - Shravani Deoghare Actin cytoskeleton and the T cell receptor, pseudocoloured to highlight different cells (Image: Aheria Dey) Every time our body encounters a new disease-causing agent, a crucial defence system called adaptive immunity comes into play. T cells, the top agents in this system, survey the internal environment of infected cells [...]

Training program and Workshop Announcement

13/03/2026 - 14/03/2026 @ 12:00 am - Two-day Training Program and Workshop on Climate Change and Health Promotion from 13th-14th March 2026. Please click the link below for the details. http://dccc.iisc.ac.in/assets/pdf/seminar/Health_Training_Program_2026.pdf.

Inauguration of upgraded Open Circuit Wind Tunnel

15/01/2026 @ 12:00 am - The Open Circuit Wind Tunnel (OCWT) at the Department of Aerospace engineering, IISc, is the oldest and largest wind tunnel facility in India with a test section size of 14ft x 9ft. Operational since 1959, this facility has played a key role in aerodynamic testing for leading aerospace development programmes in the country. The tunnel [...]

Events during the cell membrane lysis by toxins

Tuning electron viscosity with light

Institute Colloquium at 4pm at Faculty Hall

29/01/2026 @ 12:00 am -

M.A. Govinda Rau Memorial Lecture at 4pm at Faculty Hall

22/01/2026 @ 12:00 am -

Seasonal omnivore: a spiny tale of balancing nutrition

IISc faculty member elected as Associate of Indian Academy of Sciences

09/01/2026 @ 12:00 am - Congratulations to Prof Arka Mallick on being elected as an Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences! https://www.ias.ac.in/application/Associates_2025.pdf

IISc faculty members elected as Fellows of Indian Academy of Sciences

08/01/2026 @ 12:00 am - Congratulations to the IISc faculty members elected as Fellows of Indian Academy of Sciences! Saptarshi Basu, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering Anindya Das, Professor, Department of Physics Sekhar Muddu, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering Supratim Ray, Professor & Chair, Centre for Neuroscience Vamsi Pritham Pingali, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics P Thilagar, Professor, Department of [...]

How Mtb safeguards itself from foreign DNA

09/01/2026 @ 12:00 am - 09 January 2026 - Keshav R Menon Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), with collaborators from the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), have discovered how a key protein in the tuberculosis bacterium helps protect it from the influence of foreign DNA inserted into its genome. Understanding how this protein – called Lsr2 – [...]

Remembering Prof Madhav Gadgil (1942-2026)

08/01/2026 @ 12:00 am - Prof Madhav Gadgil passed away in Pune after a brief illness on 7 January 2026. After completing a PhD in 1969 from Harvard University, he taught there for two years before returning to India, and served for a further two years at the Agharkar Research Institute at Pune. In 1973, he joined the Indian Institute [...]

Cooperation: A costly affair in bacterial social behaviour?

07/01/2026 @ 12:00 am - 7 January 2026 Kavi Bharathi R Microbes often display cooperative behaviour in which individual cells put in work and sacrifice resources to collectively benefit the group. But sometimes, “cheater” cells in the group may reap the benefits of this cooperation without incurring any cost themselves. Scientists have suggested that in such cases, population bottlenecks – [...]

Pushing OLEDs beyond the diffraction limit

Manorama and Sitharama Iyengar Lecture Series in Interdisciplinary Science

31/12/2025 @ 12:00 am -       IISc has established the Manorama and Sitharama Iyengar Lecture Series in Interdisciplinary Science, instituted by Prof Sundaraja Sitharama Iyengar, eminent Indian-American computer scientist, IISc Distinguished Alumnus (2001), and alumnus of the ME programme at IISc (1970). The lecture series was inaugurated by Prof Iyengar himself through an inaugural lecture titled “AI-Driven Computing, [...]

Encoding adaptive intelligence in molecular matter by design

30/12/2025 @ 12:00 am - For more than 50 years, scientists have sought to find alternatives to silicon to build molecular electronics. The vision was elegant; the reality proved far more complex. Within a device, molecules behave not as orderly textbook entities but as densely interacting systems where electrons flow, ions redistribute, interfaces evolve, and even subtle structural variations can [...]

Tenders from January 2024 to December 2024

IISc faculty selected to join the EMBO Investigator Network

18/12/2025 @ 12:00 am - Congratulations to IISc faculty members Arnab Barik and Saravanan Palani on being selected to join the EMBO Global Investigator Network, a community of more than 800 researchers advancing research in the life sciences! Saravanan Palani's lab at the Department of Biochemistry, IISc will work on understanding cytoskeletal architecture and cell division across the domains of [...]

Ministry of Education establishes AI Centre of Excellence for Healthcare, TANUH, at IISc

12/12/2025 @ 12:00 am - 12 December 2025 MoU signing between TANUH and CPMU, 30 November 2025 In line with the Government of India’s vision of “Make AI in India and Make AI Work for India,” the Ministry of Education has set up four Centres of Excellences in Artificial Intelligence (AI-CoEs), each hosted by a premier academic institution in India. [...]

Prof. C N R Rao Endowment Lecture at 4pm at Faculty Hall

22/12/2025 @ 12:00 am -

“Do Drones 2025” Workshop

09/12/2025 - 13/12/2025 @ 12:00 am - Do Drones 2025 is a 5-day immersive UAV workshop hosted at IISc from 09–13 December 2025, supported by MeitY, with certification in collaboration with HAL Skill Development Centre, and proudly partnered with Artpark and Hexagon. The programme takes participants from first principles to first flight on both multirotor and fixed-wing platforms, covering aerodynamics, configuration, assembly, [...]

How Ramanujan’s formulae for pi connect to modern high energy physics

03/12/2025 @ 12:00 am - 3 December 2025 - Rohini Subrahmanyam Most of us first hear about the irrational number π (pi) – rounded off as 3.14, with an infinite number of decimal digits – in school, where we learn about its use in the context of a circle. More recently, scientists have developed supercomputers that can estimate up to [...]

Institute Lecture at 4pm at Faculty Hall

15/12/2025 @ 12:00 am -

High-throughput screening of novel defects for quantum technologies

GEETANJALI IISc Music10th anniversary concert at 5pm at J N Tata Auditorium

07/12/2025 @ 12:00 am -

IISc and Henry Royce Institute agree on Strategic Bioprinting Partnership to Advance Global Research and Innovation

26/11/2025 @ 12:00 am - The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the Henry Royce Institute at The University of Manchester (Royce) have signed a Letter of intent (Loi) for a major new agreement to collaborate on cutting-edge research in 3D bioprinting, biofabrication, and materials science. The partnership is a step forward in uniting UK and Indian scientific strengths under [...]

Institute Colloquium at 4 pm at Faculty Hall

27/11/2025 @ 12:00 am -

Indian scientists identify fundamental genetic switch that enables pregnancy to begin

20/11/2025 @ 12:00 am - 20 November 2025 For a pregnancy to begin, the embryo must first attach and embed itself into the lining of the uterus – a process called implantation. Failure of implantation is one of the leading causes of infertility and early pregnancy loss and IVF failures, yet the molecular mechanisms that allow the uterus to become [...]

Two faculty members win Tata Transformation Prize 2025

19/11/2025 @ 12:00 am - Faculty members Balasubramanian Gopal (MBU) and Ambarish Ghosh (CeNSE) have received the prestigious 2025 Tata Transformation Prize in the Sustainability and Healthcare categories, respectively. Established by Tata Sons and powered by the New York Academy of Sciences, the Tata Transformation Prize recognises high-risk, high-reward scientific breakthroughs that address India’s most pressing needs in Food Security, [...]

IISc and IIT Gandhinagar join hands to foster unique academic exchange

17/11/2025 @ 12:00 am - 17 November 2025 The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to foster unique academic and research collaborations. The partnership will enable students and researchers at both institutes to pursue joint research projects in areas of mutual interest, organise joint symposia and [...]

AIM @ IISc announces public release of UVH-26 dataset and vision models for Indian urban traffic

14/11/2025 @ 12:00 am - 14 November 2025 The AI for Integrated Mobility (AIM@IISc) initiative at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) announces the public release of UVH-26, a large-scale traffic image dataset and a suite of fine-tuned object detection models designed for Indian urban traffic scenarios. UVH-26 comprises 26,646 high-resolution traffic images from Bengaluru’s Safe City project, annotated with [...]

UG students win Gold Medal and Best SDG Impact Nomination at iGEM 2025

14/11/2025 @ 12:00 am - We are thrilled to share that iGEM IISc UG Team has won a Gold Medal and received a Nomination for Best Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Impact at the prestigious iGEM Grand Jamboree 2025! The 15 student-team tackled the critical issue of nitrate leaching – the loss of nitrogen from soil due to rainfall or irrigation, [...]

Anthropogenic changes threaten survival of Eastern Himalayan birds

12/11/2025 @ 12:00 am - 12 November 2025 - Kavi Bharathi R Insectivorous birds found in the understorey of the Eastern Himalayas are under threat due to habitat degradation, a new study from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has found. Researchers at the Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES) studied how changes in forest microclimates after selective logging influence the [...]

How groundwater affects the carbon cycle

How variability in sugar structures shields HIV

IISc faculty receives Wolfram Innovator Award 2025

10/11/2025 @ 12:00 am - Congratulations to Prof Aninda Sinha on receiving the Wolfram Innovator Award 2025! This award recognises leaders in top organisations and institutions who have played a major role in using computational intelligence, and are pushing the boundaries of how the Wolfram technology stack is leveraged for innovation across fields and disciplines. https://blog.wolfram.com/2025/11/07/announcing-the-2025-innovator-award-winners/

Journal of the Indian Institute of Science Volume 105,issue 1

A sticky solution for enhanced pesticide deposition

04/11/2025 @ 12:00 am - 4 November 2025 - Sayooj P Water droplets can slide down or bounce off a leaf’s surface because it has a waxy hydrophobic (water-repellent) coating. However, this poses a challenge to farmers when pesticides are sprayed, as the droplets can bounce off plants without sticking to them, and contaminate soil and water. “Around 50% of [...]

A high-performance biocatalytic platform for green hydrocarbon production

31/10/2025 @ 12:00 am - 31 October 2025 - Kredai Raaman Image: Subhashini Murugan Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have developed a highly efficient cell-free enzyme system that converts fatty acids into 1-alkenes – versatile hydrocarbons that can serve as “drop-in” biofuels, polymer feedstocks, or pharmaceutical precursors. The team leveraged a membrane-bound bacterial enzyme called UndB and [...]

Prof. S. Ramaseshan Memorial Lecture at Faculty Hall @ 4pm

13/11/2025 @ 12:00 am -

How rising temperatures can destabilise ecosystems

IISc Distinguished Alumnus/Alumna Awards and Young Alumnus/Alumna Medals 2025

29/10/2025 @ 12:00 am - 29 October 2025 Eight outstanding scientists and engineers have been selected to receive IISc’s Distinguished Alumnus/Alumna Awards and Young Alumnus/Alumna Medals for the year 2025. The awards recognise exceptional contributions made by IISc alumni/ae to their profession, society, and the Institute. The nominations received are evaluated by a committee chaired by the Director, IISc. This [...]

IISc faculty receives Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar 2025

28/10/2025 @ 12:00 am - Arkaprava Basu, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Automation

Institute Colloquium @ 4pm at Faculty Hall

30/10/2025 @ 12:00 am -

Can yeast survive on Mars?

24/10/2025 @ 12:00 am - 24 October 2025 - Ashmita Gupta Baker’s yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) is an indispensable ingredient in making bread, beer, and biotechnology products. But this humble organism also holds clues to something more cosmic – how life could survive in extraterrestrial conditions. In a new study, researchers in the Department of Biochemistry (BC), Indian Institute of Science [...]

Fishing for a better future: New process to recycle plastic waste

22/10/2025 @ 12:00 am - 22 October 2025 - Kedhar R Thyagarajan A new study from the Department of Materials Engineering (MatE), Indian Institute of Science (IISc) describes a rapid method to recycle a commonly used plastic while preserving its desirable properties. In the study, published in the Chemical Engineering Journal, researchers used a novel chemical process to recycle waste [...]

IISc Faculty elected as NASI Fellows 2025

17/10/2025 @ 12:00 am - Suryasarathi Bose, Professor, Department of Materials Engineering Utpal S Tatu, Professor, Department of Biochemistry Uday Maitra, Honorary Professor, Department of Organic Chemistry

To Be, or Knot To Be: RNA Pseudoknots Allow Toxin-Antitoxin Assembly

IISc Wins ‘Best Education Institute Exhibit of the Year’ for AI-based Oral Cancer Screening Tool Aarogya Aarohan at India Mobile Congress 2025

16/10/2025 @ 12:00 am - The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has been awarded the Best Education Institute Exhibit of the Year for its innovative AI-based oral cancer screening tool – Aarogya Aarohan at the India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2025, held from 8 to 11 October 2025 at Yashobhoomi, New Delhi. The award was presented by Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani, [...]

Making quantum computers using a packet of light

How cancer cell plasticity shapes adaptive therapy outcomes

Two-week Training Program on Climate Change and Forests

08/12/2025 - 19/12/2025 @ 12:00 am - Two-week Training Program on Climate Change and Forests: An Interactive Approach to Science and Governance. Please click the link below for the details http://dccc.iisc.ac.in/assets/pdf/seminar/Brochure_Forests_Training_Program_2025.pdf The deadline for the application: 24th October 2025.

Gandhi Jayanti 2025 celebrations

02/10/2025 @ 12:00 am -     

Faculty members selected as INAE Fellows and Young Associates 2025

03/10/2025 @ 12:00 am - Four IISc faculty members elected as INAE Fellows   Six IISc faculty members elected as INAE Young Associates

Building strong “highways” at the cellular scale

Building better batteries with amorphous materials and machine learning

29/09/2025 @ 12:00 am - 29 September 2025 - Rohini Subrahmanyam Lithium-ion batteries power most electronics, but they have limited energy density – they can store only a certain amount of energy per mass or volume of the battery. “In order to store even more energy with the same mass or volume, you will have to explore alternative energy storage [...]

Short Term Course on ‘Measurement Techniques for Drops and Sprays’

10/11/2025 - 12/11/2025 @ 12:00 am - Click here for the details  

Institute Lecture @4pm at Faculty Hall

07/10/2025 @ 12:00 am -

How key enzyme shapes nucleus formation in cell division

22/09/2025 @ 12:00 am - 22 September 2025 - Ashmita Gupta Every time a eukaryotic cell divides, it faces a monumental challenge: It must carefully duplicate and divide its genetic material (chromosomes) equally, and then rebuild the nuclear envelope around the separated halves. If this process goes wrong, the resulting nuclei can be misshapen or disorganised – features often seen [...]

Novel fast charging solution for electric vehicles

19/09/2025 @ 12:00 am - 19 September 2025 - Kavi Bharathi With surging popularity for Electric Vehicles (EVs), rapid charging is a challenge as it requires power delivery exceeding 1 MW (which can power about 1,000 homes). Conventional charging stations rely on bulky line frequency transformers (LFTs), which are expensive due to extensive use of copper and iron. These stations [...]

OoC-IISc invites you to a talk on “A Journey from Coding to Composing”; 4 pm; SV Narasaiah Auditorium, IAP, IISc

22/09/2025 @ 12:00 am - PARASPAR Invites you to a talk on A Journey from Coding to Composing                                                                           ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstract: In this talk, [...]

Institute Colloquium at Faculty Hall at 4 pm

25/09/2025 @ 12:00 am -

Tiny breaks on silent X, large consequences

IISc Awards for Excellence in Teaching 2025

09/09/2025 @ 12:00 am - To commemorate Teacher’s Day, several faculty members received the IISc Awards for Excellence in Teaching 2025 in recognition of their efforts towards fostering a meaningful and engaging learning environment for students. A special programme was held at the Faculty Hall on 8 September 2025 to felicitate the awardees. The awardees for 2025 are: Anoop Thomas [...]

IISc Centenary Lecture at Faculty Hall @ 4pm

10/10/2025 @ 12:00 am -

Prior Announcements for AUGUST-DECEMBER 2025 TERM

Segment Anything Model (SAM)-powered spotting of lacunes in brain

Cracking graphene’s quantum code

01/09/2025 @ 12:00 am - 1 September 2025 For several decades, a central puzzle in quantum physics has remained unsolved: Could electrons behave like a perfect, frictionless fluid with electrical properties described by a universal quantum number? This unique property of electrons has been extremely difficult to detect in any material so far because of the presence of atomic defects, [...]

IISc-SPICMACAY program-Gurbani Kirtan by Dr Alankar Singh at 6.30pm at J N Tata Auditorium

11/09/2025 @ 12:00 am -

Journal of the Indian Institute of Science Volume 104 issue 4

IISc faculty felicitated  

22/08/2025 @ 12:00 am - IISc faculty Pradipta Biswas (Associate Professor, Department of Design and Manufacturing) and Sandeep M Eswarappa (Associate professor, Department of Biochemistry) were honoured by the Indian Space Research Organisation chairman Dr V Narayanan during the felicitation programme for Gaganyatri and Axiom-04 mission team, held in New Delhi on Thursday (Aug 21). Prof Biswas and Prof Eswarappa [...]

Cognisance Arena Competitions

04/12/2025 - 05/12/2025 @ 12:00 am - The Cognisance Arena Competitions, as a part of the upcoming India Japan International Conference 2025 -  "Innovative Solutions for India–Japan Synergy", to be held on 4–5 December 2025 at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, in collaboration with Keio University, Japan.

Untangling glucose traffic jams in Type 2 diabetes

18/08/2025 @ 12:00 am - 18 August 2025 - Ashmita Gupta A pancreatic beta cell that shows puncta in the form of GLUT transporters in green and insulin granules in red, the nucleus of the cell in blue, taken in super-resolution under Zeiss-Elyra (Image: Anuma Pallavi) Just as smart traffic management ensures smooth vehicular movement during peak hours, our body [...]

Ancient clues to modern cytoskeleton development

14/08/2025 @ 12:00 am - 14 August 2025 How did ancient filaments shape modern eukaryotic cells? (Credit: Saravanan Palani lab, made using BioRender) How did life leap from simple microbial cells to the complex, structured cells that make up animals, plants, and fungi? A new study in The EMBO Journal by researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) offers [...]

WORKSHOP ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN PRECISION MEDICINE

11/09/2025 - 12/09/2025 @ 12:00 am - Date: 11-12 September, 2025 Location: SERC Auditorium, Indian Institute of Science The workshop aims to foster a deeper understanding of ongoing research in both Industry and Academia by bringing together leaders from both. We hope to provide a comprehensive overview of recent advancements in precision medicine, and also explore its wide-ranging applications. For more information, [...]

Tracing the evolution of the H5N1 virus

12/08/2025 @ 12:00 am - 12 August 2025 - Anjaney J Pandey Image: Kesavardhana lab In recent years, there has been growing concern over the H5N1 influenza virus. It was first identified in birds three decades ago and has now gradually found its way to humans. H5N1 is a strain of the influenza virus harbouring type 5 haemagglutinin (H5) and [...]

Magnetically guided nanobots for tooth sensitivity relief

11/08/2025 @ 12:00 am - 11 August 2025 - Shruti Sharma Sensitive teeth need tough toothpaste, but technology can also help. Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in collaboration with deep-tech startup Theranautilus have now engineered CalBots – magnetic nanobots that can penetrate deep into dentinal tubules, which are tiny tunnels in teeth that lead to nerve endings. [...]

Tuning Nanopore Shapes in 2D Materials via the Chemical Environment

How reward modulates attention in humans

05/08/2025 @ 12:00 am - 05 August 2025 - Aishwarya Segu Have you ever noticed how animals instinctively choose the ripest fruits in a tree? This behaviour, of seeking out the most rewarding option, offers a fascinating glimpse into the workings of the brain. Animals not only focus their attention on the most rewarding target (the location of the ripest [...]

Prof. Roddam Narasimha Endowment Lecture at Faculty Hall at 4pm

29/08/2025 @ 12:00 am -

Uncovering an ancient mechanism of growth and development in land plants

31/07/2025 @ 12:00 am - 31 July 2025 - Mohit Nikalje Researchers at the Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), have uncovered a long-sought mechanism employed by primitive land plants such as bryophytes (including mosses and liverwort) to regulate plant growth – a mechanism that is conserved in more recently evolved flowering plants. Published in Nature Chemical Biology, [...]

OoC-IISc invites you to a talk on “Can development and sustainability dwell on the same page?”; 4 pm; SV Narasaiah Auditorium, IAP, IISc

04/08/2025 @ 12:00 am - PARASPAR Invites you to a talk on Can development and sustainability dwell on the same page? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstract: Development fundamentally is about choices — choice for every individual to access and afford a better life, and as Amartya Sen puts it, a ‘capability to be and do what one wants’. Sustainability is about an environment [...]

PS Narayanan Centenary Memorial Lecture at Faculty Hall @ 4pm

30/07/2025 @ 12:00 am -

Monsoon Melodies by Geetanjali at 6 pm at J N Tata Auditorium

23/07/2025 @ 12:00 am -

How Bacterial Toxins Punch Holes in Membranes

M J THIRUMALACHAR & M J NARASIMHAN ENDOWMENT LECTURE @ Faculty Hall at 11:30am

23/07/2025 @ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm -

Unlocking branch selectivity mystery in photosynthesis

16/07/2025 @ 12:00 am - 16 July 2025 Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have solved a long-standing mystery involving the first steps of photosynthesis, the fundamental process in which plants, algae, and some bacteria trap energy from sunlight to produce oxygen and chemical energy. The team has shown why initial [...]

International Conference at J N Tata Auditorium

20/05/2026 - 22/05/2026 @ 12:00 am - Please click the link below for the e-poster ENU4 | International conference on "Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Deep-Tech Startups: Role of Entrepreneurial Universities"

Post-Doctoral Fellowship

Nanomaterial adsorbent cleans up nuclear waste

Terbium’s green glow: A simple sensor for liver cancer

30/06/2025 @ 12:00 am - 30 June 2025 - Divyanshu Bhatt Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have developed a unique luminescent probe that uses terbium, a rare earth metal, to sense the presence of an enzyme called β-glucuronidase, which can potentially aid in the detection of liver cancer. β-glucuronidase is an evolutionarily conserved enzyme found across life [...]

Celebrating Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla’s historic space journey

26/06/2025 @ 12:00 am - We are deeply proud of Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla's historic achievement in becoming the first Indian astronaut to head to the International Space Station, and the second Indian astronaut in space. We were privileged to host him last year as an MTech student at IISc, and we look forward to the outcomes of the experiments [...]

IISc SPICMACAY-Carnatic Violin Concert at 6pm at J N Tata Auditorium

08/07/2025 @ 12:00 am -

WSSTL-2025

25/06/2025 @ 12:00 am -   The Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, is delighted to announce that the inaugural ceremony of the 1st World Symposium on Sustainable Transport and Livability (WSSTL-2025, Home: WSSTL-2025) on 25th June 2025, at J N Tata Auditorium, IISc Campus, will be graced by, Shri Manohar Lal Khattar, Hon’ble Minister of Housing and [...]

IISc announces partnership with Tufts University

23/06/2025 @ 12:00 am - 23 June 2025 The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Tufts University to foster academic and research collaborations, specifically in the area of nutrition science and medicine. The agreement, signed on 23 June 2025 in the presence of Sunil Kumar, Tufts University President and Govindan Rangarajan, Director of IISc, [...]

Biocompatible, light-responsive nanofibers for smart scaffolds

A physical way to control chemical interactions

Copper-sensitive hydrogel for targeted drug delivery

CUDA-METRO: Scalable spin texture simulator

A fungal origin for coveted lac pigment

17/06/2025 @ 12:00 am - 17 June 2025 - Ranjini Raghunath Lac insects surrounded by their resin seen attached on their host plant (Photo: Sourajyoti Pal) The colourful pigment extracted from the lac insect may actually be produced by a symbiotic yeast-like organism living inside the insect, a new study by researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has [...]

OoC-IISc invites you to a conversation on “The Moving of Mountains”; at SV Narasaiah Auditorium, IAP at 4pm

20/06/2025 @ 12:00 am - Paraspar, an initiative of the Office of Communications (OoC) at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), is a platform for conversations about knowledge systems, particularly science. PARASPAR Invites you to a conversation on The Moving of Mountains The book The Moving of Mountains traces the 25-year journey of the Agastya International Foundation, one of the [...]

EM 2025: Internet Course

02/09/2025 - 07/12/2025 @ 12:00 am - EM 2025: Internet Course - Environmental Management (2+1), 23rd Session @ CCE, IISc, [2nd Sept 2025 to 7th December 2025] Details at https://cce.iisc.ac.in/self-support-courses/environmental-management-sep-2025/, https://wgbis.ces.iisc.ac.in This course provides an overview of the key concepts and principles in environmental management, areas of global and national environmental concern, and strategies and tools for effective environmental management. Attempt to [...]

Faculty member Debasis Das awarded 2025 ACS Catalysis Lectureship

16/06/2025 @ 12:00 am -     Debasis Das, Associate Professor in the Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry at IISc, has been awarded the 2025 ACS Catalysis Lectureship for the Advancement of Catalytic Science in Biocatalysis. The award recognises his team’s pioneering work in elucidating a hydrocarbon-producing metalloenzyme and exploring its potential for green energy applications. Das’s research is [...]