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IISER Kolkata Professor Accused Of Researcher’s Subhadip Roy’s Suicide

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…


IISER Kolkata Researcher Found Dead Inside Physics Laboratory

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,…


Nature Index Rated IISER-Kolkata As The 4th Topmost Institute In India

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…


IISER Kolkata To Introduce Study And Research Scopes On ‘Humanities’

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…


Theatre At IISER-K Against Misinterpretation of Science And Superstition

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…


Be Disciplined And Work Now To Make India Powerful: Narayan Murthy

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…


First Industry-Academia Meet At IISER-Kolkata

Mohanpur, Feb. 8: With an objective to facilitate a direct interaction between the academic community and the industry, the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research-Kolkata (IISER-K) organised ‘Industry-Academia’ meet, a first of its kind held at its campus in Mohanpur. The two day meet concluded on Thursday. Industrial giants like…


IISER-Kolkata Hosts Salters’ Chemistry Camp For Class-9 Students

Mohanpur, Dec. 19: A residential “Chemistry camp” for the students of class IX today begins at the Indian Institute of Science Education-Kolkata’s campus in Nadia’s Mohanpur with an objective to develop appreciation and understanding about the subject among the students belong to different background. The camp titled “Salters’ Chemistry Camps…


Newton-Bhabha Workshop Begins For Collaborative Researches

Mohanpur, Dec.14:  In an endeavor to develop an international partnership bringing together young researchers from the UK and India for industry friendly research output, a researchers link workshop under the aegis of Newton–Bhaba Fund began today at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research-Kolkata’s (IISER-K) campus in Nadia’s Mohanpur. The…


Science Camp At IISER-K To Find Out Tomorrow’s Researchers

Mohanpur, Dec. 10: In a bid to fascinate students at the higher secondary level to motivate them for pursuing basic science courses and research career in science, a dedicated three day long National science camp commenced today at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Resear-Kolkata (IISER-K) campus in Nadia’s…