TY - BOOK AU - Sathyamurthy,N. AU - Bandyopadhyay,R. TI - Institution building: the story of IISERs PY - 2018/// CY - Bengaluru PB - Indian Academy of Sciences KW - Indian Institute of Science Education and Research KW - India KW - Institutes of National Importance KW - Education, Higher -- India KW - Universities and colleges -- India N2 - "Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram (abbreviated as IISER Thiruvananthapuram or IISER-TVM) is an autonomous public university located in Thiruvananthapuram, India. The institute is one of the seven IISERs established by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, to bridge the gap between research and basic sciences' education at the undergraduate level. The six other IISERs are IISER Bhopal, IISER Kolkata, IISER Mohali, IISER Pune, IISER Tirupati and IISER Berhampur. All IISERs were declared as Institutes of National Importance by the Parliament of India in 2012 through the NIT Amendment Act."-- UR - https://www.ias.ac.in/public/Resources/Other_Publications/e-Publications/008/The_Story_of_IISERs.pdf ER -