Indian Institute Of Science Education & Research

There is something equivalent to IITs about which a few students know.  This is Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, popularly known as IISER. There are five branches of it across India Bhopal,  Pune,  Kolkata,  Mohali and Thiruvananthapuram.

The Govt. of India (Ministry of Human Resource Development), has established all 5 IISER with 500 Crores each. These all are centres of Scientific and technological innovations.

Admission channels:

• KVPY 

www.kvpy.org.in

Eligibility for applying:
Students qualified in SA /SX /SB / (Year wise) , SP (Passed 10+2 ) – year wise

• IIT JEE 

Eligibility for applying:

Students obtaining a minimum of 60% marks in Class XII and securing a rank in the regular merit list.

• ·State/Central Boards 

Eligibility for applying:

Students qualifying in Class XII in Science Stream.

The cut-off percentage for INSPIRE fellowship of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) to be used for the boards for Class X and XII are given in http://www.inspire-dst.gov.in/Inspire-Advertisement.pdf.

For OBC (non-creamy) a 5% relaxation of the DST cut-off is tenable.

The cut-off for SC/ST is 60% in Class X and Class XII for all boards.

All state/central board students must also qualify in the IISER Science Aptitude Test.

Reservation policy of Government of India will be followed for admission to IISERs.

Important - A student may apply through one or more channels.

Courses  offered :

• 5 year BS-MS dual degree with major in Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics. IISER Kolkata offers major in Earth sciences also.
• Ph.D. degree in all frontier areas of Science and Mathematics
• Integrated Ph.D. program for students after B.Sc. (only at IISER Kolkata, coming up in other IISERs)    

Intake of students :

Each IISER: 100. Total: 500 (as per 2011 data)

KVPY Maximum : 125
IIT-JEE Maximum : 125
State/Central Board : 500 Minus (Total number admitted through KVPY and JEE)

Askiitians IISER program :

Askiitians unique program for IISER helps students crack IIT JEE and KBPY with highest AIR.

• Only Ex-IITians as teachers – The best pool of faculty in India available
• Live online interactive classes – much more efficient than the real classroom environment
• Small batch size – only 9 student per batch, to encourage more interaction
• Comprehensive Study Material – designed by Ex-IITians only
• Test series – Online and offline both
• Daily Practice Papers – 300 DPPs, 75 of each subject with detailed solution
• On Demand Doubt Removal session / Special session – without extra cost

Sample questions? :

Click here to download biology Sample questions.
Click here to download chemistry Sample questions.
Click here to download maths Sample questions.
Click here to download physics Sample questions.

Contact details :

IISER Bhopal
Transit Campus,
ITI (Gas Rahat) Building,
Govindpura,
Bhopal - 462023
www.iiserbhopal.ac.in

IISER Kolkata
Mohanpur Campus,
PO: BCKV Campus Main Office,
Mohanpur-741252,
Nadia, West Bengal
www.iiserkol.ac.in

IISER Mohali
Sector 81, Mohali
Pin-140306
www.iisermohali.ac.in

IISER Pune
Central Tower, Sai Trinity
Garware Circle, Sutarwadi
Pashan Pune 411021
www.iiserpune.ac.in

IISER Thiruvananthapuram
CET Campus,
Thiruvananthapuram - 695016
www.iisertvm.ac.in

Telephone: 0120 – 4616500, 0471-259 7433,

Email – info@askiitians.com