Ashis Pati

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata (IISER Kolkata) was established in 2006 by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India. IISER Kolkata is designed to reach the prestigious position in the global setting that IISc, IIMs and IITs presently enjoy. IISER Kolkata is an autonomous institution awarding its own degrees. The central theme of the IISER Kolkata is to integrate education with research so that undergraduate teaching as well as doctoral and postdoctoral research work could be carried out in symbiosis. IISER-K has completed more than ten years of its existence and has established excellence in science in form of teaching, publications, both in terms of quality and quantity. Many under graduate students are also engaged in research as a part of their curriculum. IISER-K today has a vibrant campus with strong faculty members of repute and supportive non-teaching staff members. The students pursuing various degrees are among the best in the country and have established a commendable culture. The Institute has a flexible academic programme and hosts state-of-the-art research facilities. Currently, it has five academic departments (Biological Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Earth Sciences, Mathematics & Statistics, Physical Sciences) and several centres of excellence: (1) Center of Excellence in Space Sciences in India (CESSI) supported by Ministry of Human Resource Development, (2) National Centre for High Pressure Studies, supported by the Ministry of Earth Sciences. An institute supported “Centre for Advanced Functional Materials (CAFM)” has also been established recently. Two interdisciplinary centres (1) Centre for Climate and Environmental Studies (CCES) and Centre for Large Scale Computing (CLSC) are being created with the Institute initiative.