IISER Thiruvananthapuram celebrates 14th Foundation Day

NEW DELHI: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Thiruvananthapuram celebrated its 14th foundation day on October 31, 2022. Four directors of IISER Mohali, Pune, Bhopal and Tirupati were present during the occasion.

Arvind A Natu, chairperson, Board of Governors, IISER Thiruvananthapuram and IISER Kolkata; Narayanasami Sathyamurthy, founding director, IISER Mohali; Krishna N Ganesh, founding director, IISER Pune and IISER Tirupati; Tavarekere Kalliah Chandrashekar, founding director, NISER Bhubaneswar, and Padma Shri Vinod Kumar Singh, founding director, IISER Bhopal, were the guests of the event.

Speaking during the occasion, JN Moorthy, IISER director Thiruvananthapuram said: “I am delighted to host 4 founding directors of IISERs and NISER on the 14th Foundation Day of IISER TVM. The significance of Foundation Day should be to identify the challenges we have faced and strategize to overcome those challenges and become a better version of ourselves. IISER TVM is making steady progress in training students, increasing the faculty strength, and launching new programs and academic centres.

“The Institute launched the BS MS i2 Sciences program in 2020, the 2 yr MSc program in 2021along with 2 new centres, the centre for High Performance Computing (HPC) and the Centre for Advanced Materials Research with International Engagement (CAMRIE). Further, the Institute plans to introduce the new School of Earth, Atmospheric, and Ocean Sciences in the near future. The Institute will continue to work towards the betterment of the community and society at large. I thank all the faculty, staff and students for their collective efforts in making and building a positive image of IISER TVM globally,” he said.

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The highlight of the celebrations were the intimate accounts of the chairperson Arvind A Natu, and other founding directors of the IISERs and NISER, on the theme ‘Journey with IISERs: Reflections and Lessons for All’. The event was followed by a flute recital by the Grammy nominated Maestro Shri Shashank Subramanyam, a exponent of bamboo flute.

During his address Arvind A Natu said, “IISERs are one of the best academic institutions with a focus on research. From an IISER,students can expect true academic ambience, the real meaning of interdisciplinary training, understand conceptualizations, planning and execution of problems, and get an opportunity to work in practically all the departments for an all-round knowledge and growth. I thank IISER TVM for inviting me and sharing my thoughts and experience with you all.”