The Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata has announced its Summer Research Program for 2025, offering students a unique opportunity to gain hands-on research experience. This program is designed for students from B.Sc., M.Sc., B.S., M.S., B.Tech., and B.E. backgrounds, providing them with a platform to engage in cutting-edge research under the guidance of esteemed faculty members.
The primary goal of the IISER Kolkata Summer Research Program is to provide undergraduate and postgraduate students with:
To apply for the IISER Kolkata Summer Research Program 2025, students must meet the following eligibility requirements:
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| Application portal opens | February 28, 2025 |
| Last date to apply | April 9, 2025 (Midnight) |
| Announcement of selected candidates | April 19, 2025 |
| Program duration | May 19, 2025 – July 18, 2025 (60 Days) |
IISER Kolkata offers research opportunities in multiple disciplines. Below are some of the departments and faculty members participating in the Summer Research Program 2025:
Interested faculty members for Summer Research Programme 2025 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sl No. | Faculty Name | Email Id | Department |
| 1. | Dwaipayan Roy | dwaipayan.roy@iiserkol.ac.in | Computational and Data Sciences |
| 2. | Kripabandhu Ghosh | kripaghosh@iiserkol.ac.in | Computational and Data Sciences |
| 3. | Monidipa Das | monidipa@iiserkol.ac.in | Computational and Data Sciences |
| 4. | Saptarshi Pyne | spyne@iiserkol.ac.in | Computational and Data Sciences |
| 5. | Amirul Islam Mallick | amallick@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Biological Sciences |
| 6. | Anindita Bhadra | abhadra@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Biological Sciences |
| 7. | Annagiri Sumana | sumana@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Biological Sciences |
| 8. | Anuradha Bhat | anuradhabhat@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Biological Sciences |
| 9. | Babu Sudhamalla | s.babu@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Biological Sciences |
| 10. | Bidisha Sinha | bidisha.sinha@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Biological Sciences |
| 11. | Jayasri Das Sarma | dassarmaj@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Biological Sciences |
| 12. | Malancha Ta | malancha.ta@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Biological Sciences |
| 13. | Neelanjana Sengupta | n.sengupta@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Biological Sciences |
| 14. | Punyasloke Bhadury | pbhadury@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Biological Sciences |
| 15. | Radhika Venkatesan | rv@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Biological Sciences |
| 16. | Robert John Chandran | robert.john@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Biological Sciences |
| 17. | Rupak Datta | rupakdatta@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Biological Sciences |
| 18. | Sankar Maiti | spm@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Biological Sciences |
| 19. | Sreeramaiah N Gangappa | ngsreeram@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Biological Sciences |
| 20. | Sunil Kumar Khare | skkhare@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Biological Sciences |
| 21. | Supratim Datta | supratim@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Biological Sciences |
| 22. | Alakesh Bisai | alakesh@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Chemical Sciences |
| 23. | Amitava Das | amitava@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Chemical Sciences |
| 24. | Amlan Kusum Roy | akroy@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Chemical Sciences |
| 25. | Arindam Mukherjee | a.mukherjee@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Chemical Sciences |
| 26. | Ashwani Kumar Tiwari | ashwani@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Chemical Sciences |
| 27. | Balaram Mukhopadhyay | mbalaram@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Chemical Sciences |
| 28. | Biplab Maji | bm@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Chemical Sciences |
| 29. | Debansu Chaudhuri | dchaudhuri@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Chemical Sciences |
| 30. | Debasis Koley | koley@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Chemical Sciences |
| 31. | Debasish Haldar | deba_h76@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Chemical Sciences |
| 32. | Dibyendu Das | dasd@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Chemical Sciences |
| 33. | Mousumi Das | mousumi@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Chemical Sciences |
| 34. | Parna Gupta | parna@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Chemical Sciences |
| 35. | Pradip Kumar Tarafdar | tarafdar@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Chemical Sciences |
| 36. | Pradipta Purkayastha | ppurkayastha@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Chemical Sciences |
| 37. | Prasun Kumar Mandal | prasunchem@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Chemical Sciences |
| 38. | Priyadarsi De | p_de@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Chemical Sciences |
| 39. | Raja Shunmugam | sraja@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Chemical Sciences |
| 40. | Ratheesh K Vijayaraghavan | ratheesh@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Chemical Sciences |
| 41. | Sangita Sen | sangita.sen@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Chemical Sciences |
| 42. | Sanjio S. Zade | sanjiozade@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Chemical Sciences |
| 43. | Sayam Sen Gupta | sayam.sengupta@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Chemical Sciences |
| 44. | Sayan Bhattacharyya | sayanb@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Chemical Sciences |
| 45. | Siuli Das | siuli.das@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Chemical Sciences |
| 46. | Soumyajit Roy | s.roy@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Chemical Sciences |
| 47. | Suman De Sarkar | sds@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Chemical Sciences |
| 48. | Sumit Khanra | sumit.khanra@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Chemical Sciences |
| 49. | Supratim Banerjee | supratim.banerjee@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Chemical Sciences |
| 50. | Sureshkumar Devarajulu | suresh@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Chemical Sciences |
| 51. | Susmita Roy | susmita.roy@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Chemical Sciences |
| 52. | Swadhin Kumar Mandal | swadhin.mandal@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Chemical Sciences |
| 53. | Venkataramanan Mahalingam | mvenkat@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Chemical Sciences |
| 54. | Kajaljyoti Borah | kajal.borah@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Earth Sciences |
| 55. | Kathakali Bhattacharyya | kathakali@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Earth Sciences |
| 56. | Prasanta Sanyal | psanyal@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Earth Sciences |
| 57. | Sanjay Kumar Mandal | sanjaykm@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Earth Sciences |
| 58. | Subhronil Mondal | subhronil.m@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Earth Sciences |
| 59. | Supriyo Mitra | supriyomitra@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Earth Sciences |
| 60. | Tapabrato Sarkar | tapabrato@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Earth Sciences |
| 61. | Tarun Kumar Dalai | dalai@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Earth Sciences |
| 62. | Anirban Banerjee | anirban.banerjee@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Mathematics and Statistics |
| 63. | Koel Das | koel.das@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Mathematics and Statistics |
| 64. | Subrata Shyam Roy | ssroy@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Mathematics and Statistics |
| 65. | Sushil Gorai | sushil.gorai@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Mathematics and Statistics |
| 66. | Amit Ghosal | ghosal@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Physical Sciences |
| 67. | Arindam Kundagrami | arindam@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Physical Sciences |
| 68. | Ayan Banerjee | ayan@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Physical Sciences |
| 69. | Bhavtosh Bansal | bhavtosh@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Physical Sciences |
| 70. | Chiranjib Mitra | chiranjib@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Physical Sciences |
| 71. | Dibyendu Nandi | dnandi@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Physical Sciences |
| 72. | Kamaraju Natarajan | nkamaraju@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Physical Sciences |
| 73. | Nirmalya Ghosh | nghosh@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Physical Sciences |
| 74. | Partha Mitra | pmitra@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Physical Sciences |
| 75. | Raghunath Ghara | raghunath@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Physical Sciences |
| 76. | Rajesh Kumble Nayak | rajesh@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Physical Sciences |
| 77. | Rangeet Bhattacharyya | rangeet@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Physical Sciences |
| 78. | Ritesh Kumar Singh | ritesh.singh@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Physical Sciences |
| 79. | Rumi De | rumi.de@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Physical Sciences |
| 80. | Satyabrata Raj | raj@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Physical Sciences |
| 81. | Soumitro Banerjee | soumitro@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Physical Sciences |
| 82. | Sourin Das | sourin@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Physical Sciences |
| 83. | Sudip Kumar Garain | sgarain@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Physical Sciences |
| 84. | Supratim Sengupta | supratim.sen@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Physical Sciences |
| 85. | Tushar Kanti Nandi | tushar@iiserkol.ac.in | Department of Humanities and Social Sciences |
No, IISER Kolkata does not provide any stipend or fellowship for the Summer Research Program 2025.
Yes, students from any recognized institution worldwide can apply.
Yes, hostel accommodation is available on a chargeable basis and is subject to availability.
Students must dedicate 5 to 6 hours daily for a period of 60 days.
Upon successful completion of the project and approval from the supervisor, the certificate will be sent via email.
Yes, you can select multiple faculty members, but ensure you click “OK” after selecting each supervisor.
You can email your queries to: summer.research@iiserkol.ac.in
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