Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER), Kolkata,

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata (IISERK) is a public autonomous research institute located in Mohanpur near Kalyani, in Nadia district, West Bengal, India. Established on 11 July 2006 by the Ministry of Education, Government of India, it was among the first IISERs, alongside IISER Pune, and was granted Institute of National Importance status in 2012 under the NIT Amendment Act. The institute originated from a 2005 recommendation by the Prime Minister's Science Advisory Council, chaired by Prof. C. N. R. Rao, aiming to integrate research and education in basic sciences. It initially operated from temporary campuses before moving to its permanent 201-acre campus in Mohanpur, about 50 kilometers north of Kolkata. The campus includes three student hostels, research laboratories, and specialized centres such as the Center of Excellence in Space Sciences India (CESSI), the Centre for Advanced Functional Materials, and the National Centre for High Pressure Studies. It also hosts the Dirac Supercomputer, launched in 2019, delivering 78.8 teraflops of computing power. In 2022, IISER Kolkata was ranked fourth among Indian academic institutions by the Nature Index. The current director is Prof. Sunil Kumar Khare. The institute offers undergraduate and postgraduate programs integrating education and research, including a newly launched BS-MS program in Computational and Data Sciences in 2025.