Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Tirupati
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Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Tirupati commonly referred as IISER Tirupati, is an autonomous public university in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India. It has been established by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, now the Ministry of Education, in order to promote Higher Scientific Learning and Research as well as Scientific Exploration at the Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels of education. Broadly, IISER TIrupati aligns its vision with other six IISERs in order to create young Scientists who will be well equipped to lead the new generation of intellectuals in the future.
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| Motto | Creating infinite possibilities |
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| Type | Public university |
| Established | March 28, 2015 |
| Chairperson | Jhillu Singh Yadav |
| Director | Santanu Bhattacharya |
| Location | , , |
| Campus | Spread over 250 acres (1.0 km2) |
| Acronym | IISER Tirupati |
| Website | www |
IISER Tirupati is recognized as an Institute of National Importance by the Government of India. It started functioning in the 2015-2016 academic year, with the new batch arriving in the month of August. IISER Pune mentored this institute till the new director was appointed.[1]
History
The institute was allocated to state of Andhra Pradesh as part of the AP bifurcation bill.[2] The foundation stone of IISER Tirupati was laid on 28 March 2015 by the Union human resources minister, Smriti Irani & Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, N. Chandrababu Naidu. [3]
Initially, the institute had started functioning from a transit campus in the Sree Rama Educational Society, Tirupati. The Andhra Pradesh government has allocated a piece of land of over 250 acres for the permanent campus in Yerpedu. Ground breaking ceremony of IISER Tirupati Main Campus building at Janaganapalli, Yerpedu Mandal, Chittoor District was done on 1 October 2020 and the construction was started.The permanent campus was constructed and has been operating there since 2024.
Academic programs
- IISER Tirupati is initially offering Integrated Master's level (B.S.-M.S.): Admission to this program is after 10+2 years of school training and is currently done in co-ordination with the other IISERs through the IISER Aptitude Test. Both JEE Advanced and KVPY were earlier modes of admission, which is now discontinued.
Four years BS in Economics and Statistical Science will be offered from August 2025 .
Facilities
IISER TIRUPATI has the following facilities . A gym with high end work out equipment. There is a TV room, a student activity room, a canteen, a library with a variety of books, a computer lab, a outdoor as well as indoor basketball court, cricket ground, football ground ,badminton court(both outdoor and indoor), Squash court , Table Tennis room, Chess room also.
Clubs
The college apart from its academics has different clubs looking into different matters. The clubs are usually led by teachers and the tasks are undertaken by students. The different clubs are - Prakriti club, Creative Filming club, Movie club, Sports club, PaCODEah the Tech Club,Shemushi or the quiz club, Bio-wissen club, Math club, Literary club Physics club, Chemistry club, Math club, Fovea photography club and CELESTIC (official Astronomy club).
See also
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