Devashish Dwivedi's Review On Indian Institute Of Science Education And Research - [IISER], Mohali

I chose this college over the other colleges that I applied to, because it is a national level institute that is excellent in academics, and a boon for people who want to do research. Also, it was nearest to my home than the other colleges. The admission process of IISER Mohali is through 3 channels - JEE-Advanced channel, KVPY channel and IAT channel. Most of the students come through the IAT channel, in which there is a computer based test consisting of Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics. Then according to the students' marks, the merit list is prepared after which the counseling process takes place jointly for all the IISERs in the country. For the detailed cutoffs, you can visit the website of iiser admission. The overall admission experience was pretty good. Apart from IISER, I had applied for PAU Ludhiana BSc Hons Agriculture and PGI Chandigarh Nursing and Paramedical. I got admission in all of them but as I wanted to do research, I chose IISER Mohali over the others....Read More

There were three main admission channels: through JEE, KVPY and SCB. I wrote the KVPY exam in 11th grade. The cut-off for interview was 67/100, after which an interview was conducted, where they asked you questions based on a form you fill up before the exam listing your interests....Read More

The fact that you are able to decide your major is important if you wish to pursue research in a particular field of one of the sciences (physics, chemistry or biology), or mathematics, but if you are interested in interdisciplinary research, no major system of mohali is better....Read More

It's best college in central India for pursuing research activities. The facilities and world class research and faculties are very nice. International exposure of students are some of the factors due to which I take admission in IISER Mohali....Read More

I want to pursue career in science. The future depends on knowledge creation. It is going to be a knowledge based society and IISER do the same job. I want to contribute to our country's Research department and this was the main motive of me in selecting IISER....Read More

Good exposure to different subjects, State of the art labs, well equipped and large library, autonomous Institute of National Importance, outreach activities with top notch research institutes both national and foreign...Read More