Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram


Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram is an autonomous public research university located in Thiruvananthapuram, India. The institute is one of the seven IISERs established by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, to bridge the gap between research and basic sciences' education at the undergraduate level. The six other IISERs are IISER Bhopal, IISER Kolkata, IISER Mohali, IISER Pune, IISER Tirupati and IISER Berhampur. All IISERs were declared as Institutes of National Importance by the Parliament of India in 2012 through the NIT Amendment Act.
IISER Thiruvananthapuram is an autonomous institution that awards Bachelor of Science & Master of Science dual-degrees, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology. The campus is located at Vithura, about 40 km from Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala state in India.

Background

were established in 2006 through a proclamation of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India to promote quality collegiate education and research in basic sciences. Each IISER is a degree-granting autonomous institution with a prime focus to integrate science education and research. IISERs receive generous funding from the Government of India, and are destined to become science institutes of the highest caliber and reach prestigious positions in the global setting that IISc, IITs, and IIMs presently enjoy.
Soon after MHRD's announcement in 2006, two of these institutes were established at Pune and Kolkata in 2006. This was followed by another institute at Mohali in 2007, and two more at Bhopal and Thiruvananthapuram in 2008. More recently, two more IISERs were established at Tirupati and Berhampur in 2015 and 2016 respectively.

Academic Programs

  1. Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana Basic Science Stream: Students who possess KVPY scholarships in the current admission year
  2. Joint Entrance Examination : Students who secure a place in the common rank list of Joint Entrance Examination for admission to Indian Institutes of Technology
  3. State and Central Boards: Students who secure a specified cut-off percentage in their Higher Secondary Board Exams may be considered for admission after clearing an aptitude test. This is currently done in co-ordination with the other IISERs through a Joint Admission Program.
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram was ranked 80 in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework in overall ranking in 2020. Nature Index ranked IISERs as a whole at 4th in the World's 'Top 30 academic institutions under 30' in high-quality research output. It also ranked IISERs at 37th in its overall list of World's Top 200 rising academic institutions.

Campus

IISER TVM has one of the most beautiful campus in India, in the foothills of Western Ghats mountain ecosystem. Spanning around 200 acres, it is located 40 km from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

Departments

DivisionDepartments, Centers, and Units
School of Biology
  • Cytoskeleton and Cell cycle Laboratory
  • Drosophila Circadian Clock Laboratory
  • Animal Behavior and Ecology Laboratory
  • Genome Stability Laboratory
  • Immunology Laboratory
  • Microbiology Laboratory
  • Molecular Virology Laboratory
  • Plant Molecular Genetics Laboratory
  • Prokaryotic Development Laboratory
  • Stem Cell Laboratory
  • Structural Molecular Biology Laboratory
  • 'Vanasiri'
School of Chemistry
  • Inorganic chemistry
  • Organic chemistry
  • Physical chemistry
  • Theoretical chemistry
    • School of Mathematics
  • Positive Operator Theory
  • Partial differential equation
  • Stochastic process
  • Numerical Functional Analysis
  • Financial Mathematics
  • Control theory
  • Differential games
  • Combinatorial Number Theory
  • Group theory
  • Linear algebra, Commutative algebra and Homological algebra
  • Ramsey theory
    • School of Physics
  • Condensed matter physics
  • High-energy Physics
  • Optics
  • Statistical mechanics
  • Gravitational wave astronomy
  • Nanoscale materials
  • Quantum information theory
  • Solar cells

    • Notable achievements

  • The Gravitational Wave Group at the School of Physics comprising scientists from nine institutions working under the LIGO Scientific Collaboration ), IISER TVM also contributed to historic discovery of gravitational waves.
  • IISER TVM students builds an affordable radio telescope.

    Administration

    • The institute is administered by a Board of Governors with Dr. Madhavan Nair Rajeevan as Chairperson, Prof. S. Murty Srinivasula as Professor incharge Administration, a 13-member Senate, and the director, Prof. Jarugu Narasimha Moorthy. The deans are Prof. M. P. Rajan, Prof. Ramesh Chandra Nath, Prof. Hema Somanathan and Prof. Anil Shaji. Previously, the board of governors was chaired by Tessy Thomas.

    Conferences and Workshops