IISER Pune Campus Facilities: Hostel Fees, Infrastructure, Address

IISER Pune is now located on a 98-acre land, generously made available by CSIR-NCL. The campus has 37,000 sq. mt of academic space and 80,000 sq. mt of residential space. It is modern, with green, energy efficient and environmental friendly buildings, conforming to GRIHA 4 star rating. In addition to a modern lecture hall complex, research laboratories and main academic building, the campus houses a 128-room guesthouse - cum - mini convention centre, students’ hostels, guest rooms, and a central dining place. A modern outdoor and indoor sports complex, and faculty & staff housing are under construction.

Introduction- It is widely understood that, the educational success of a residential programme strongly depends on the campus environment and comfortable living conditions given to the students. This can be possible by provisioning a wide range of facilities, moral and other support to the students. A comprehensive Hostel Management system is the key factor of student’s success. IISER, Pune has the following systems and set up of Hostel Management:-

Management Authority- includes Administrative Officer & staff, Warden & Hostel Manager, Faculty and a group of students.

Accommodation-

• Location - IISER, Pune is located at a prominent place of Pune having mixed taste of perfect living in rural & urban locality.
• Building - Two sets of nine storied buildings, well spread area, perfect view points areconstructed & endowed with modern amenities. Buildings have a 24X7 water & electricity supply and fire control system. Separate floors are given to boys & girls.
• Living rooms- Properly constructed and well ventilated, supplied with full set of furniture, bed, mattress etc.
• Toilet & Bathroom- Common type, with hot & normal water available.
• Common Room/TV Room/Assembly Room – These rooms are located on different floors convenient to the students. Rooms are well equipped. Common rooms are provided with internet/WiFi facility.
• Others – Sufficient drinking RO/packaged water is made available on each floor. Each floor has washing machine and cloth drying space & stands.

Food & Refreshment - Outsourced caterers provide food & refreshment. Proper rate contracts are done. Functioning of Mess is monitored by a group of staff from Administration, Faculty, and students by forming “Mess monitoring committee”.  Refreshments are available almost round the clock.

SPICMACAY@IISER is a chapter of the Society for Promotion of Indian Classical Music And Culture Amongst Youth. Started in India in 1977 by Dr. Kiran Seth at IIT, Delhi SPICMACAY now has over 300 chapters all over India and the world. SPICMACAY organizes concerts, lecture-demonstrations, Baithaks (informal talks), workshops and seminars on Indian classical music, classical dance, folk music, dance and art. In doing so, not only does SPICMACAY@IISER bring renowned masters of Indian music and dance to IISER and Pune, but it also supports talented upcoming artists, giving them a platform to perform on a national stage. 

Prarambh is a small volunteer-run non-profit organization started 6 years ago with a mission to improve the lives of less privileged children by helping them with basic life education. Prarambh hopes to give these children what is currently missing in their schools and home. This includes not only basic education but also individual attention to help them become educated and responsible citizens of their community.  Prarambh was started by a group of young professionals in 2005. Prarambh, after being run for 6 years from a corporation school in Parihar Chowk, moved to IISER Pune in 2011. Two of the founding members Ashish Srivastava and Kranti Karandikar continue to be actively associated with the program. This program happens every Sunday (starting 10am) in the IISER new campus.  Most of the children attending Prarambh live in bastis around Ambedkar Chowk. They attend  municipal schools in the area, but are in many cases lacking in English and math skills that Prarambh focuses on. Prarambh is run entirely by volunteers, guided by a core team of volunteers. 

Aakashganga is the students' Astronomy and Astrophysics club at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune. The club was started by a bunch of enthusiasts interested in Observational and Theoretical Astronomy and Astrophysics. Aakashganga aims to create an interest in Astronomy among the students of IISER Pune and at the same time provide a platform to the students who wish to pursue Astronomy and Astrophysics as a research career. 

Events

• General Talks by faculties and research scholars from IISER Pune, IUCAA, NCRA and other institutes.
• Colloquiums/Seminars by faculties and research scholars from IISER Pune, IUCAA, NCRA and other institutes.
• Sky watching sessions on Saturday Nights.

“If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music." Albert Einstein

Activities

Aaroha members regularly interact with each and have musical rendezvous in our music room. A lot of concerts and activities are often organized  on campus and we receive enthusiastic participation. There is an active budding  Acapella group in IISER that is managed by Vrushali Rao and Parijat Banerjee who are BS-MS students and coordinators of the club. (Please contact them for further details).

Disha is a voluntary organization of IISER Pune students working for a social cause. The primary goal of Disha is to promote “thinking beyond self” among the entire student community through actually working at the grassroots for bringing about change in the society. The work so far has really provided a very different perspective to a lot of us and inspired us to be active contributors, and not passive observers (or critics) in this process. Disha aims at generating trigger points for its volunteers- through work- to inspire and create such leaders who will have the courage to take up the real challenges of the society on their shoulders, work hard to find the real solutions and bring their dreams to reality.  Disha, which started around five years back informally by a few IISER students in the form of teaching a few kids from Someshwarwadi (a settlement nearby IISER campus), has now attained a certain organizational structure within IISER. Working at slums and villages nearby Pune, all Disha activities are primarily aimed at children with “education” (not just conventional school education but in a broader sense) at the center. The regular activities include helping the kids with the school curriculum, teaching in innovative ways using hands-on activities and games, conducting projects involving learning of new skills and also self- employment generating activities. Each place where Disha is working has different objectives and activities planned accordingly, based on the situation there. These activities are coordinated and conducted entirely by the students of IISER Pune, who form the team of Disha. Disha aims to build a strong, robust and sustainable network of such groups across the youth, who would like to use their energy and intellect to effectively respond to various social challenges and bring about change. We believe that every youth does have the fire in him/her to do good for the society, nation, world and essentially everyone. The lack of vision of the way probably hinders the active contribution by most of us. This is hence an appeal to that fire- the purest part of a human being- within everyone of us to be a part of this process!

The Drama Club over the years:

Drama club was instituted by the very first batch of IISER BS-MS program (2006 batch). It made progress in its own right and went on to win the Stage Play competition in Oasis – Cultural Fest BITS Pilani in the year 2009. This  benchmark has been maintained over the years. Drama club has given regular performances in the Karavaan Showcase every year. A couple of years ago, we introduced the concept of “Mad-ads” in the Karavaan Showcase which went on to become viral on youtube. Last year, we performed out very first mime act inspired by the world famous Charlie Chaplin and our first Street Play to be out in the open.? 

Past one year:

We have grown and progressed a lot in the past one year and expanded in diversity and creativity alike. Through our street plays we have tried to address issues related to the 'sab chalta hai' attitude of Indians, social and sexual taboos existing in the Indian society, and most recently student life at IISER (especially for the newbies ;) ). 'The New Radiation' was our very first stage play in the Dr C V Raman auditorium. Through it, the audience witnessed the unraveling of the Raman effect, an important scientific discovery that still inspires and motivates us all. 'Ummeed', an entirely first years' production was a huge success, too. Well, why won't it be? The 2014 batch nails it when it comes to acting! We didn't stop here. An enthralling, vibrant and realistic silent play was showcased during 'Sea Minor', a cultural festival at IISER-P that celebrated confluence of dance, drama and music. Ever seen mathematics being incorporated in an act? The π-day saw a blend of drama and the thrill of mathematics.

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Cell of IISER Pune aims to encourage budding student entrepreneurs by providing them with required information, building confidence through activities, and nurturing their skills by conducting workshops and events.  Moreover it also aims to build a vibrant student entrepreneurial community and arrange for required resources for startups.

ACTIVITIES

EIC plans to develop entrepreneurial skills by conducting workshops and competitions. It will also provide resources in form of mentors, guidance and networking opportunities. The outcome of the EIC will be to create innovative startups that would be useful to society, generate wealth and enhance science by transforming knowledge into action.

VISION

EIC aims to commit to the economic development of the country by supporting the student entrepreneurs. The vision of EIC is to become one of the biggest Entrepreneurship Cell of the Nation and create startups that work on International Platform.

Mission:

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Cell (EIC) is a student-run organization that aims to develop entrepreneurial and innovative environment in the institute. EIC will raise awareness, provide support to student-based startups and work for creating a community of young entrepreneurs in our institute.

VALUE PROPOSITION

The activities of EIC at IISER Pune will be customized to the needs of the students. The platform offered by IISER Pune will help us in collaborating with other organisations of National and International reputation. Moreover, we have an excellent scientific community which will act as a powerful tool in solving various technological problems through innovation and research.

Activities

ANTAKSHARI:

Coordinators :
Devesh Verma , 08600325696

E-mail : devesh.verma@students.iiserpune.ac.in

This event will be a team event. There will be 4 participant in each team. On the spot registration will not be allowed. The last date of registration by team head will be 13th September till 6:00 pm. Hoping participation in large numbers. 

Poetry:

Coordinator :
Tushar Gopalka , 07038874919

E-mail : tushar.gopalka@students.iiserpune.ac.in

The poetry should be self-written, i.e. it should not be anybody else’s poetry. Selected poems will be read during the main event.

The last date of submissions will be 12th of September till 12:00 midnight.

Entries to be sent through E-mail to the co-ordinator. 

Letter Writting:

Coordinator :
Utkarsh Shrivastava , 09561938599

E-mail : utkarsh.shrivastava@students.iiserpune.ac.in

Date : 12th September 2016

Time: 6 - 7 pm 

Venue: To be Declared

The topic will be provided on the day of the event. One hour time will be provided for the writing. Selected letters may be read during the main event. The last date of registration will be 11th of September(Sunday) till 12:00 midnight.  

Do panktiyaan meri bhi :

Coordinator : Aakash kumar , 09822920653

E-mail : akash.kumar@students.iiserpune.ac.in

You will have to write 2 liners(in HINDI) on any of the following topics :-

1) IISER internet

2) Mess food

3) Hostel Life

4) Pune city

5) Classroom Attendence system

Send your entries before midnight of 12th Septermber, 2016.

The last date of registration will be 11th of September(Sunday) till 12:00 midnight. 

Entries to be sent through E-mail to the co-ordinator. 

Chitrakala :-

Co-ordinator : Mahendra patel, 08600646981

E-mail : mahendra.patel@students.iiserpune.ac.in

Date : 12th September 2016

Time: 6 - 7 pm 

Venue: To be Declared

The topic will be provided on the day of the event. One hour time will be provided. Necessary painting items will be provided.

The last date of registration will be 11th of September(Sunday) till 12:00 midnight.     

IISER Pune Linux Users Group (Iplug) is the youngest of all student groups in our institute. As the name suggests it deals with the Linux operating system. Don't think that its a group for people who uses Linux, its a group which is also meant for people who would like to know about the Linux Operating System. The IISER Pune Linux Users Group (Iplug), aims at introducing people to the world of free and opensource softwares. Iplug was formed on 2nd of February 2014 with help and support of Dr.Suhita Nadkarni.We believe that computing should be available free for everyone.We help anyone to install the Linux operating system and teach to make the most out of it. There will be Iplug meetings on every possible sundays at 6:00 PM at LHC. The first programme conducted by Iplug was the “Linux installation drive” on 23rd March 2014. We will hopefully conduct “Linux installation drive 2” this semester. We believe that everyone should at least get a glimpse of the art of scientific computing. So Iplug is planning to conduct introductory tutorials on programming in python. The Faculty coordinator of Iplug is Dr.Suhita Nadkarni. The current student coordinator of Iplug is Visakh Narayanan who is a student of IISER-P batch 2012. 

The Literary Club was started in the Fall Semester of 2013, by the BS-MS batch of 2012.It has held several interesting and creative activities since. They also played an active part in Karavaan, organising two Inter-college events (Pot-pourri and JAM followed by BOL). This year we will look to continue the same, and also incorporate bright, new ideas. 

Mimamsa is a National level annual Science Quiz organized by the students of IISER Pune for students at the undergraduate level. It is a two-stage event : the Prelims - a written exam with sections from the 4 major disciplines of Science, takes place in January at several centres across India. The top 4 teams selected through the Prelims qualify for the Mains - which is comprised of brain-racking quizzing sessions spread over a pleasant February weekend. The questions are designed to investigate, rather than to simply have an answer, and specifically to promote debate and discussion among teams and the judges.Mimamsa is arguably one of the toughest Science Quizzes at the Undergraduate Level, and tests the concepts of its participants, rather than simply facts, leading its witnesses to go back to the basics and unravel the science behind the science we study. Mimamsa was conceptualised and founded by Dr. Sutirth Dey - a faculty member in the Biology Department at IISER Pune. The underlying philosophy behind the quiz lies in putting forth arguments and counter-arguments; to arrive at an answer based on deduction and logic, and to debate upon the answers given by other teams. The belief is that questions in science do not demand “correct” answers - they require original thinking. The first edition of Mimamsa was organised on January 10, 2009, in Pune, as a small inter-college event. We have come a long way since then, and evolved considerably over time. The 2016 edition of the Prelims saw a participation of 231 teams in 10 centres across India – Pune, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Bhopal and Tirupati. The 2017 chapter will have a total of 12 centers across India - Pune, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bhopal, Tirupati, Vadodara, Bhubaneshwar and Kochi.

Rules & Guidelines for participants

• A college may send any number of teams consisting of four students per team.
• All members of a team must be students of the same college.
• Since the competition will involve questions from different disciplines of science viz. Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology, it is suggested that the teams be chosen to ensure diversity in terms of expertise.
• Team members must be from 1st, 2nd or 3rd year of B.Sc., B.Tech., MBBS, Integrated Masters or equivalent programmes. M.Sc. students or 4th year and above students of any integrated course including B.Tech and other 4 year courses are not allowed.
• Teams can decide their choice of centres at the time of registration. For all centres prelims will take place only if at least ten teams choose that center. Although efforts shall be made to allot teams to the centre of their choice, IISER-Pune reserves the right of assigning a team to a centre that is different from the one mentioned during registration. However, in all such cases, the teams shall be informed well in advance.
• There is no entry fee for participating in Mimamsa.
• All participants need to carry their college ID cards for verification.
• At the venue of the Prelims, teams must produce completely filled bona fide forms, which can be downloaded from the website at the time of registration.
• Participants are allowed to use (non-graphing) Scientific Calculators during the prelims.
• All participants in the prelims will be awarded participation certificates.
• Top team from each centre (barring the finalists) will also receive a Centre Topper certificate.

Prutha was started by the batch of 2010 and is a group of people interested in increasing awareness about our impact on the environment, and making IISER Pune in general more eco-friendly. Join us! There's a lot to do, and we'll have fun along the way. PRUTHA is a group of people at IISER Pune who are interested in environmental activities, primarily in making the campus more eco-friendly and increasing awareness about green issues. It was begun by members of the 2008 and 2010 batch who felt that the importance given to the environment needs to be further emphasized, and that it is essential to be conscious of the effect we have on it. Since then, Prutha has carried out several awareness activities and attempted to implement ideas on campus aimed at reducing the waste generated.

Past Activities

Here's a list of things Prutha has done or is doing:

1. Spreading the Mug Bug: We've sold custom-designed mugs in association with IISER Pune's esrtwhile newsletter, Sentience, to discourage the use of paper cups.

2. ESR Participation: We participated in the Environment Status report of Ward 10 (Pashan) done in the first few months of 2013. An Environment Status Report (ESR) is a survey/ analysis report that is made every few years to evaluate the grade of the environment and used to make further layouts for the city plan. IISER students, organised by Prutha volunteers, counted traffic of different kinds on Pashan road in slots of one hour as part of this project, which was organised by residents of Panchavati and the Centre for Development Studies and Activities. Students who participated received a certificate for their effort from the CDSA, and got the chance to listen to Dr. Aneeta Benninger, a noted geologist, speak.

3. Clean-up Drives: We've held two on campus (and collected unbelievable amounts of garbage!), and one at Sinhagad Fort so far.

4. Scavenger Hunt: About 40 people participated in this event, held in April 2014, at Panchavati. In teams of three, they scoured the hill for garbage, and, unfortunately, did not have to look very far. We collected more than 100 kg of trash that was sent to be recycled, and much more that we removed from the hill. Prizes were given to three teams that had collected the most trash. 

5. Paper Waste Collection: This is ongoing. We collect paper waste from all over campus, sort them into one-sided (reusable) and two-sided (recyclable) sections, and sell the latter to a paper vendor.

The Quiz Club at IISER Pune, since its inception in 2013, has been conducting quizzes on Monday nights on various topics ranging from sports and media to music and technology. The major events it hosted last year was the Karavaan Quiz in the Fall Semester and the Quiz League in the Spring Semester whose final event was conducted by the Boat Club Quiz Club from College of Engineering, Pune. The club presently has Dr. Anisa Chorwadwala as its faculty coordinator and 13 student members from the 2012 and 2013 batches. The Quiz Club achieved the most voluntarily participation among all the clubs; nearly about 100 participants in one of its Monday Night Quizzes. The club runs on the voluntary participation of the IISER students who willingly come up to conduct quizzes. We are looking forward to see you all in large numbers soon!

The science club of IISER Pune complements the vision of IISER Pune by promoting science outside the classroom. The important club activities include Nobel Laureate Talks, Colloquiums, workshops and field trips. Everyone is invited to the weekly meetings. You will be notified via emails and posters.

Karavaan had its humble beginnings in 2008 as an intra-college cultural fest of IISER Pune. In the last eight years, Karavaan has grown by leaps and bounds to become a major student run inter collegiate fest in Pune. Broadening its scope in 2015, Karavaan incorporated social and scientific programmes along with cultural ones. A wide variety of events such as Pronite, Showcase, Leadership Conclave, science workshops and social awareness drives are all part of the rich extravaganza that is Karavaan Lewis Carroll"s "Alice"s Adventures in Wonderland" opened the door to a magnificent world of children"s literature. Though nonsensical and illogical, it has never ceased to amaze people of all ages. Taking on " Adventures in Wonderland" as the theme this year, K"16 aspires to recreate memorable elements from the tale and put forth a unique rendition of the evergreen fantasy fable. We thus assure you that the journey down the rabbit hole at K"16 will be an enchanting and peppy adventure for all. Ever since its conception in 2008, Karavaan boasts of Pronite, a grand event that attract attention and participation from all over the country. Likewise, Showcase and Informals provide a wonderful opportunity for students to exhibit their skills. Numerous art and literary events, workshops and competitions are also an integral part of Karavaan.Ever since its conception in 2008, Karavaan boasts of Pronite, a grand event that attract attention and participation from all over the country. Likewise, Showcase and Informals provide a wonderful opportunity for students to exhibit their skills. Numerous art and literary events, workshops and competitions are also an integral part of Karavaan.