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

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

The institute is autonomous and has its own syllabus which is available in the institute website. The students are usually tested on their knowledge, not on how much information they can cram up. Companies come to promote start-ups. Conferences and seminars, both academic and industrial, are held. The faculty here is dedicated, although the student has to show his or her own dedication and hard work in order to extract extra exposure from the faculty.

Companies don't usually visit our institute too frequently. The last year it was the first time when companies actually visited the institute. The response was good. Many alumni work in international companies and they communicate with their juniors. They refer international labs or companies to work in. One alumnus started making an enzyme as a startup and our institute buys them from the startup. It costs half the price than it would if it was purchased from foreign.

A big festival called INSOMNIA is annually held here. There are different clubs ranging from maths to arts to quiz to cricket or football to camping. They are usually active. Different regional festivals like the Punjabi festivals, Ganesh chaturthi, Pongal, Onam, Saraswati Puja, etc are held.

KVPY not offered by IISER Mohali but by MHRD. INSPIRE fellowship is also offered by the MHRD and some students over here (in every batch) do get that scholarship.

Strong campus Wi-Fi is available, library is large and well equipped. Labs are also well equipped with state of the art instruments. Sports facilities are good. Here there is a large stadium. Also facilities for badminton, volleyball, basketball, lawn tennis, table tennis, etc are available.

In hostel there are single rooms. In first two years the rooms are shared (they are assigned by the authorities), then one can get their own rooms based on availability. One has to personally contact the person who is going to leave a room after his or her last year (PhD or MS) and has to make one's own arrangements for a new room after the first two years. Basic needs are mostly available, though one needs to lodge complaints to the caretaker for getting things repaired. The caretakers are usually prompt in their action.