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Indian Institute of
Science Education and
Research Pune(IISER)
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.
The financial outlay for
each IISER is around Rs 500
crore for the first five
years.
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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 250
acres (1.0 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 has been 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.
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. Students qualifying any of
the following examinations will
be eligible for admission-
Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan
Yojana (KVPY)
Stage II - Indian National
Olympiad Examination HBCSE site
IITJEE - Those who feature in
the regular and extended merit
lists
As of 2009 Admissions, the
IISERs will not be accepting
students who qualify through the
olympiad route. Intake will only
be through KVPY and IIT-JEE, for
the batch of 2009.
From 2010 onwards IISER's will
have their own entrance exams.
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