Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research

The Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER; ), and the related National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) are a group of premier institutes being created by the Government of India, through the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), 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 (Rs 5 billion) for the first five years. The NISER is being set up in Bhubaneswar for a slightly higher outlay of Rs 800 crores (Rs 8 billion).

The IISERs at Kolkata, Pune, Mohali, Bhopal and Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) have started functioning from the Kolkata Extension Centre of IIT Kharagpur, NCL Pune campus, MGSIPA complex in Sector 26 Chandigarh, ITI Gas Rahat Building Govindpura Bhopal and College of Engineering, Trivandrum campus respectively. In future they will function from their own campuses. The Campus of IISER Pune is under construction on of land at Pashan, Pune. The Campus of IISER Kolkata is coming up over 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...
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