Kalyani, Aug. 12: In a significant institutional response following the suicide of senior research fellow Anamitra Roy, the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata on Tuesday has initiated a series of sweeping changes to its anti-ragging and student welfare mechanisms. Roy, a scholar in the Department of…
Kalyani, Aug. 9: Students at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata on Saturday demanded a probe against members of the institute’s anti-ragging committee, alleging that they failed to reach out to research scholar Anamitra Roy, who had lodged a complaint before ending his life inside a…
Kalyani, Aug. 8: A senior research fellow of IISER Kolkata allegedly committed suicide inside the campus due to repeated bullying and ragging by a senior scholar with an alleged indulgence by their supervisor for his autistic problems that he had been suffering from childhood. The student, Anamitra Roy, reportedly died…
Mohanpur (Nadia), June 20: The Indian Institute of Science Education and Research-Kolkata (IISER-K) has embarked on a plan to explore disease management through interdisciplinary projects in collaboration with other organizations. Amid the challenges posed by the Covid pandemic, IISER-K aims to address critical issues by fostering inter-disciplinary and collaborative research….
Mohanpur (Nadia), April 6: Police have begun a probe against a professor of IISER-Kolkata’s Physical Science Department for abetting a research scholar to commit suicide. On Wednesday police brought charges against Professor Chiranjib Mitra based on a complaint lodged by Ranjana Roy, mother of the deceased research-scholar Subhadip Roy, in…
Mohonpur(Nadia), April 4: A final year researcher of integrated Ph.D. attached to the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research – Kolkata (IISER-K) was found dead inside a physics laboratory at the institute’s Mohonpur campus on Monday afternoon. The body of Subhadip Roy, 29, who was working on solid-state physics,…
Mohanpur, July 22: The prestigious Nature index annual table 2021 has rated the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research – Kolkata (IISER-Kolkata) as the 4th among the topmost academic institutions in the country. Last year the Bengal-based premier institute ranked 5th in the category. At the same time, the Mohanpur based…
Mohanpur: The Indian Institute of Science Education and Research-Kolkata (IISER-K) is all set to introduce “Humanities” as a independent department at its Mohanpur campus so that students can properly study different subjects under it as their elective subjects while undergoing their BS-MS dual degree course at the institute. The senate…
Kalyani, Jan. 16:In an effort to convey a clear message to its students and teachers who often suffer from conflict between science and religious superstitions, the IISER-K on Wednesday evening invited a group of scientists, who formed a theatre group ‘Kalyani Mukhosh’, to stage a play that projects sheer hypocrisy of…
Mohanpur, June 13: Eminent IT industrialist and Infosys co-founder N.R.Narayan Murthy on Wednesday told the graduating students and researchers at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research -Kolkata to be “disciplined” enough in their endeavor to make life better for people around them.The pioneer of Indian IT industry, who…