Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research

About Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research

According to Wikipedia, Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research are prestigious centrally funded institutes in India. The institutes were established by the Government of India through the Ministry of Education to provide collegiate education in Basic sciences coupled with research at the undergraduate level. The institutes were formally established by the Parliament of India through the Science Education and Research Act, 2010. Seven IISERs have been established across the country, namely IISER Pune in Maharashtra, IISER Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, IISER Mohali in Punjab, IISER Kolkata in West Bengal, IISER Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, IISER Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh, and IISER Berhampur in Odisha. All IISERs were declared as Institutes of National Importance by the Parliament of India in 2012, to promote them as leading institutions in the country in the field of basic sciences along with its sister institutes like Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. The financial outlay for each IISER is around for the first five years of establishment.