IUCAA

IUCAA 37th foundation day: Open lecture and skygazing event on December 29

December 25, 2025 7:38 pm

IUCAA was founded in 1988 under the leadership of the late Professor Jayant Narlikar and other colleagues.

For promoting sci-comm, gender diversity: IUCAA woman prof highlighted in prestigious journal Nature

November 26, 2025 9:21 am

According to Debarati Chatterjee, the well-known “leaky pipeline” model in gender studies shows how the number of women gets depleted as they climb up the career ladder in scientific research.

Aditya-L1 Mission: First set of complete Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope data released

October 29, 2025 4:39 pm

Aditya-L1, launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation on September 2, 2023, carries seven instruments to study the Sun across a wide spectral window ranging from hard X-rays to infrared.

Remembering Jayant Narlikar, the astrophysicist who challenged dominant theories

May 21, 2025 10:26 am

He made science accessible while underlining that there were no shortcuts to excellence

Jayant Narlikar (1938-2025): The North Star in Indian astrophysics, he was ahead of his time — and space

May 21, 2025 7:32 am

Working with legendary Fred Hoyle to setting up IUCAA, Jayant Narlikar nurtured, inspired next generation

In honour of Sir C V Raman, institutions to celebrate National Science Day with various events on Feb 28

February 28, 2025 9:36 am

National Science Day 2025: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, will feature a special talk on quantum technology by Prof Umakant Rapol

Pune: Fergusson College lecture delves into 'mysterious orgin' of gold

February 24, 2025 11:15 pm

On August 17, 2017, for the first time in human history, Gravitational Waves from the merger of neutron stars were detected

IUCAA astronomers part of an international team that measured the 'cosmic dipole effect'

September 03, 2024 11:47 pm

What happened when Isaac Newton’s famous apple tree refused to take root in Pune

August 24, 2024 6:41 pm

IUCAA tried hard to grow a grafted descendant of Isaac Newton’s apple tree at its campus. A statue of the iconic scientist deserved more than the cover of a banyan tree – but the endeavour proved challenging.

Aditya-L1 telescope gives first-ever full disk images of Sun, Pune IUCAA scientists beam in joy

December 11, 2023 1:52 am

SUIT, one of the main payloads of Aditya-L1, was developed by scientists at the IUCAA after tireless efforts for nearly a decade