Lok Sabha Question No. 4800 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-23
Subject: IISER
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Nama Nageswara Rao

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4800 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2020

## IISER

## 4800. SHRI NAMA NAGESWARA RAO. :

## Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  number  of  Indian  Institutes  of  Science  Education  and  Research  (IISER) functioning in the country, State and location-wise;
- (b) the norms followed by the Government in establishing IISER in various parts of the country;
- (c) whether the Government has received any request from the State Government of Telangana for establishing IISER in Hyderabad, if so, the details thereof including the steps taken for establishing IISER in Hyderabad; and
- (d) if not, the reasons for not accepting the request of setting IISER in Hyderabad?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

- (a) :      There are seven IISERs functioning in our country(India). The details are as under:
- (b) :  The norms generally considered by this Ministry in establishing IISERs in various parts of the country  are-  availability  of  adequate  financial  and  sustained  resources  with  Government  of  India, geographical  locations  that  are  unserved  by  quality  science  education,  large  unserved  states  with potential  science  students  demand,  availability  of  location/land  close  to  National  Laboratories  for synergy and not more than 30 km from airports and adequate area of land made available by States for setting up of an IISER.

|   S.No | Name of Institute        | State and location-wise                                                                                         |
|--------|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      1 | IISER Pune               | Maharashtra, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Ward No. 8, NCL Colony, Pashan, Pune, 411008.                                |
|      2 | IISER Kolkata            | West Bengal, Campus Rd, Mohanpur, 741246                                                                        |
|      3 | IISER Mohali             | Punjab, Knowledge city, Sector 81, Manauli PO, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, 140306                               |
|      4 | IISER Bhopal             | Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal Bypass Rd, Bhauri, 462066                                                                |
|      5 | IISER Thiruvananthapuram | Kerala, Maruthamala PO, Vithura, 695551                                                                         |
|      6 | IISER Tirupati           | Andhra Pradesh, Karakambadi Rd, Opp Sree Rama Engineering College, Rami Reddy Nagar, Mangalam, Tirupati, 517507 |
|      7 | IISER Berhampur          | Odisha, Khodasingi, Brahmapur, 760010                                                                           |

(c)  and  (d):        Yes,  This  Ministry  had  received  a  letter  from  Shri  K.  Chandrasekhar  Rao,  Chief Minister of Telangana, addressed to the Hon'ble Prime Minister for sanctioning an Indian Institute of  Science  Education  &  Research  (IISER)  in  Hyderabad,  State  of  Telangana.  Consideration  of setting up new IISERs in the country is a continuous process in the Ministry.

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