Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Berhampur
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Berhampur (IISER Berhampur) is a public research and education institute in Berhampur, Odisha, India. It was established by the Ministry of Human Resource Development in order to promote Higher Scientific Learning and Research as well as Scientific Exploration at the Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels of education and to create Scientists and Academicians of the highest quality. IISER Berhampur is recognized an Institute of National Importance by the Government of India. The institute started functioning from 2016–17 academic year in the month of August. It is one of the 7 IISERs in India.
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 2016 |
| Director | Prof. K.V.R. Chary |
| Location | , , 19.310653°N 84.827539°E(transit campus) |
| Nickname | IISER-BPR |
| Website | www |
History
Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs) were created in 2006 through a proclamation of Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, under the category of institutes of national importance, to promote quality education and research in basic sciences. Soon after the announcement, two of these institutes at Pune and Kolkata, respectively, were started in 2006. This was followed by institutes at Mohali (2007), Bhopal and Trivandrum (2008), Tirupati (2015) and Berhampur (2016). Each IISER is a degree granting autonomous institution with a prime focus to integrate science education and research.[1]
Campus
IISER Berhampur is temporarily functioning from its temporary campus at Government ITI Berhampur. The permanent campus is in construction at Laudigam near Berhampur. 19.1998217, 84.8396076