The Indian Institute of Science Education Research (IISER) Mohali has been established as an autonomous academic institution in 2007 by the Ministry of Human Resources and Development, Government of India, New Delhi, to research in frontier areas of science and provide science education at the undergraduate and postgraduate level. The institute believes in the philosophy of integration of science streams (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology) in order to create scientists and hence offers various interdisciplinary courses during all its 5 year Int. M.S. and also during its PhD programme.

Milestones

Foundation stone of IISER, Mohali was laid on 27th Sept, 2006 by the Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh.

The Computing Facility of IISER Mohali was inaugurated on 3 September 2007 by Dr Thirumalachari Ramasami (Secretary, DST). Dr. Ramasami also interacted with IISER students and faculty on the occasion and delivered a colloquium.

The Earth-breaking ceremony for IISER boundary wall was held on 29 December 2008 at the proposed campus site in Knowlegde City, Sector 81, S.A.S Nagar. The Ceremony was performed by Prof. N. Sathyamurthy, Director IISER.

Prof. C.N.R. Rao inaugurated the Chemistry Research Laboratory on 8 April 2009 at IISER Mohali.

IISER Mohali is presently functioning from a transit campus in Chandigarh. The Institute is currently located in the Academic Block of the Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration (MGSIPA), Sector 26, Chandigarh. IISER Mohali's fully residential campus will ultimately be located in Mohali, and hopefully it will move to the Mohali campus by 2010.

Objectives

• To create a world class institution for undergraduate and postgraduate education in science with an intellectually alive atmosphere of research.
• To create a unique research institution in the country in which education will be totally integrated with state-of-the-art research.
• To create a cadre of high calibre internationally well-known faculty members devoted to teaching as well as research in science.

Academic Programs

• Integrated Master's level (M.S.): Admission to this program is after 10+2 years of school training and is currently on the basis of performance in the IIT-JEE. Further, Kishore Vigyan Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) scholars as well as Olympiad students will also be considered for admission.
• Doctoral Program (Ph.D.): Admission to the doctoral program is after a Master's degree in science. Besides the students of the Integrated Master's program, Postgraduate students with a Master's degree in science from other Universities/Institutes will also be admitted to the doctoral program. The program will involve course work, a qualifying examination, a state of the art seminar, thesis work, open seminar and a thesis examination, leading to the award of a PhD degree. The quantum of course work will vary depending on the background of the student. Besides individual research, students will be involved in several professional activities such as seminars, workshops, presentations and review meetings. All doctoral students will assist faculty members in teaching during the course of the doctoral program.
• Integrated Doctoral Program (Int. Ph.D.): Admission to this program is after a B.Sc. degree in any of the basic sciences. This program is currently not being offered by IISER Mohali, but is expected to begin in the near future.

See also

• IISc Bangalore
• IISER
• IISER Bhopal
• NISER Bhubaneswar

• IISER Kolkata
• IISER Pune
• IISER Thiruvananthapuram
• IIST Thiruvananthapuram

References

External links

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• IISER Mohali
• IISER Pune
• IISER Kolkata