IISER Bhopal Facilities

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal (Also known as: IISER Bhopal)

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal (IISER Bhopal) has the facilities of the central library, computer centre, central instrumentation facility, hostel, health centres and e-classrooms. In short IISER Bhopal is equipped with all the modern facilities:

• IISER Bhopal Central Library- The central library of the institute has about 10,000 books, subscription to 410 e-journals. It has documents in Computer Science, History of Science, light reading materials, fictions, stories, general books, encyclopedias and dictionaries, magazines etc. Library operations are automated using KOHA Library Management Software. All library collection can be accessed through Web-OPAC.
• Computer Centre: It provides seamless gigabit network connectivity to the entire campus. Internet access is provided by a dedicated Internet link of 1 Gbps and 720 Mbps from two different ISPs. There are two InfiniBand Linux clusters in which Tier-2 data Centre host a 132 compute nodes of Infiniband cluster with login and management nodes where each node has 2 Intel Xeon E5-2670 2.6 GHz processors with 64GB RAM along with a 100 TB SAS-based storage system that provides compute performance up to 44 TFLOPS.
• Central Instrumentation Facility: It provides state-of-the-art equipment and instruments required for research. Facilities include NMR facility with Bruker AVANCE-III 500 MHz and 400 MHz FT NMR spectrometers, a Bruker microTOF QII high-resolution mass spectrometer which is coupled to Waters Acquity UPLC system, single crystal X-ray Diffractometer (3-circle) having low temperature facility, high-resolution field emission scanning electron microscope, ultrafast laser system, an agilent PL-GPC50 Plus Integrated SEC/GPC system with triple detectors, Beckman Coulter Delso Nano C instrument, Thermogravimetric analyser, Isothermal Titration Calorimeter, Differential Scanning Calorimeter, CHNSO Analyzer etc.
• Visitors' Hostel:  IISER Bhopal hostel has been established for the visitors of the college. Excellent accommodation, dining and conference facilities have been provided in visitors' hostel. It has single rooms, double rooms, suites and studio apartments.
• Health Center:  IISER Bhopal Health Center is equipped with Automated external defibrillator for emergency situations. Emergency services are available round the clock with routine OPD services. One ambulance is always there for emergency referral cases. Medical officers and nurses are available all the time.
• Pre-school and Creche: Pre-school and Creche have been established in the institute for pre-school children of the institute community who are getting ready for schooling and after-school kids. It has an audio-visual room, library, sleeping area, play area, and classrooms. 
• E-Classrooms: IISER Bhopal has a virtual classroom, which was established with an advance learning environment with a seating capacity of 94. It has high-speed internet, supplicated video conferencing devices, and other technologies to help in classroom teaching. It facilitates modern and interactive learning and teaching.