Indian Institute of Science Education And Research Kolkata

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Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata (IISER Kolkata) was established in 2006 by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India. IISER Kolkata is designed to reach the prestigious position in the global setting that IISc, IIMs and IITs presently enjoy. IISER Kolkata is an autonomous institution awarding its own degrees. The central theme of the IISER... Kolkata is to integrate education with research so that undergraduate teaching as well as doctoral and postdoctoral research work could be carried out in symbiosis.
The basic idea of IISER is to create research Universities of the highest calibre in which teaching and education will be totally integrated with the state of the art research. These Universities are devoted to Undergraduate and Postgraduate teaching in sciences in an intellectually vibrant atmosphere of research. One of the important objectives of creating these Universities is to make education and careers in basic sciences more attractive by providing opportunities in integrative teaching and learning of sciences and break the barriers of traditional disciplines.
IISER-K has completed more than ten years of its existence and has established excellence in science in form of teaching, publications, both in terms of quality and quantity. Many under graduate students are also engaged in research as a part of their curriculum.
IISER-K today has a vibrant campus with strong faculty members of repute and supportive non-teaching staff members. The students pursuing various degrees are among the best in the country and have established a commendable culture.
As on date (11.10.2017), IISER-K has total 1331 students (876 BS-MS, 1 MS-by-Research, 3 MS in Space Physics, 157 Integrated PhD and 294 other PhD students) pursuing various academic programs. A large number of alumni are pursuing their higher studies in some of the best research institutes in India and abroad. A few are already well placed in some organizations and institutes of repute. We are sure a similar trend will continue in the years ahead. The Institute has 43 post-doctoral fellows, supported by external funding agencies. IISER-K is also engaged in various outreach activities and the faculty and students must be complimented for this.
Presently, the state-of-the-art Lecture Hall Complex provides well equipped classrooms for teaching and student activities. The Research Complex and Teaching and Research Complex house various state-of-the-art research laboratories and the facilities. The Academic-cum-administrative building is almost ready for occupation and will provide more space necessary for cutting edge research in different departments. The Institute has established mutual partnership with various national and international Universities/Institutes for exchange of students and faculty and research collaborations.
The National Knowledge Commission under the Govt. of India has initiated an effort to inter-connect all institutions of higher learning in the country. As a part of this efforts, IISER Kolkata has been connected to National Knowledge Network (NKN) through optical fiber link. As an application to use this high-speed connection provided through National Knowledge Network, a Virtual Classroom or an e-Classroom has been set up at IISER Kolkata. This Virtual Classroom facility is meant to bridge the physical distance between teachers and students who are at different physical locations. For example, students at IISER Kolkata can attend a class that is being held at IISER Pune and ask live questions to the teacher present there and vice-versa.
The Virtual Classroom facility which has been christened as Ramanujan Virtual Classroom is capable of transmitting and receiving interactive high-definition video classes across the globe through internet. This room is also equipped with campus LAN and Wi-Fi facility.