India's premier institute of science and engineering research, in Bengaluru, celebrated across physics, chemistry, materials, engineering, computer science and AI, mathematics, the biological sciences, and climate science.
24 professors and academic leaders celebrated so far, cited on every card. In pursuit of every professor, everywhere.
Director of IISc and Professor of Mathematics
Department of Mathematics
As IISc's Director and a longtime mathematics professor, he guides one of India's foremost research institutions while studying nonlinear dynamics and chaos.
Professor
Department of Physics
His lab explores electrons in atomically thin materials, and his work on graphene and 2D devices earned him the Infosys Prize and the Bhatnagar Prize.
Professor
Department of Mathematics
He works in low-dimensional topology and geometry, and explores how machines can help do and verify mathematics.
National Science Chair and Honorary Professor
Department of Physics
For four decades he has illuminated turbulence and statistical physics at IISc, from fluid flows to the electrical waves that drive the heart.
Honorary Professor
Centre for High Energy Physics
He works at the frontier of condensed matter theory and quantum field theory, from topological insulators to how quantum systems respond to periodic driving.
Professor
Centre for Nano Science and Engineering
He builds magnetically steered nanorobots small enough to move through living tissue, work recognized by the Bhatnagar Prize and the Tata Transformation Prize.
Professor and Dean, Division of Interdisciplinary Sciences
Centre for Nano Science and Engineering
His point-of-care biosensors bring affordable diabetes and health diagnostics to patients, growing from IISc research into the PathShodh venture.
Professor
Department of Organic Chemistry
His supramolecular chemistry turns bile-salt building blocks into luminescent gels and paper-based sensors for biomolecules and disease.
Honorary Professor
Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit
A pioneer of chemical crystallography in India, he has spent decades revealing the nature of chemical bonding through high-resolution X-ray diffraction.
Professor
Department of Materials Engineering
He decodes the crystal structures behind ferroelectric and piezoelectric materials, advancing lead-free functional ceramics.
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
His work on compliant mechanisms, topology optimization, and MEMS spans microrobots to biomedical devices, recognized with the Bhatnagar Prize.
Associate Professor
Department of Aerospace Engineering
He leads a turbulent shear-flow laboratory in aerospace engineering, studying the physics of flows that shape flight and energy systems.
Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
He models how climate change reshapes water resources and urban flooding, blending hydrology with uncertainty and systems analysis.
Professor
Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
His climate modeling on the carbon cycle and land-climate feedbacks has contributed to multiple IPCC assessment reports.
Professor and Dean, Division of EECS
Department of Electrical Communication Engineering
As Dean of EECS he studies decision-making over networks and cyber-social systems, applying data-driven models to public-health response.
Professor
Department of Computer Science and Automation
He advances the foundations of machine learning and optimization and their use on real industrial problems, elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Engineering.
Distinguished Emeritus Professor
Department of Electrical Communication Engineering
His coding-theory research shaped sequences used in 3G cellular standards and modern distributed storage, honored with an emeritus professorship at IISc.
Honorary Professor
Department of Computer Science and Automation
He brought game theory and mechanism design to Indian computer science, mentoring dozens of doctoral students in auctions, markets, and AI.
Professor
Molecular Biophysics Unit
His biophysics lab decodes how proteins fold and stay stable, and designs immunogens toward vaccines for HIV, influenza, and RSV.
Professor
Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology
He studies how RNA viruses hijack human cells, from hepatitis C to dengue and SARS-CoV-2, to find new points of intervention.
Professor
Department of Biochemistry
His immunology research probes how the body responds to infection and stress, from inflammation and sepsis to antibiotic resistance.
Professor
Department of Bioengineering
She unravels the cyclic-nucleotide signaling that governs gut physiology and cellular communication, and has led IISc's bioengineering department.
Founding Director, Centre for Brain Research
Centre for Neuroscience
As founding director of the Centre for Brain Research she leads long-term studies of aging and dementia to protect memory as people grow older.
Honorary Professor
Centre for Ecological Sciences
His pioneering studies of Asian elephants and human-wildlife conflict have shaped conservation science and policy across India and beyond.
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