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Your CeNSE Journey Begins Here – Welcome August 2025 Batch!
We are delighted to welcome you to the Centre for Nano Science and Engineering at IISc. As you begin this exciting new chapter, know that you are now part of a vibrant, interdisciplinary community driven by curiosity, innovation, and collaboration. At CeNSE, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from leading researchers, explore cutting-edge technologies, and contribute to impactful science. We look forward to seeing the ideas you bring, the questions you ask, and the discoveries you make. Here’s to a fulfilling and inspiring journey ahead!
CeNSE, IISc and BITS Pilani join hands to advance research and academic excellence
We’re excited to announce a landmark MoU between two of India’s premier institutions—BITS Pilani and IISc, Bengaluru. This strategic partnership will foster collaborative research, academic exchanges, and innovation across disciplines.
The MoU outlines joint research projects, symposia, student and faculty exchanges, and access to world-class facilities like Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE) at IISc, aimed at addressing critical scientific and technological challenges.
With a shared vision of nurturing future innovators, this partnership sets a strong precedent for institutional collaboration in India’s higher education and research landscape.
CeNSE, IISc partners with Lam Research to Lam Research to launch a foundational course in semiconductor equipment design
Lam Research, in partnership with the Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE) at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), launched a foundational course in semiconductor equipment design and engineering to help students grasp the fundamentals of our rapidly evolving industry. Through this academic partnership, Lam Research is proud to bring its proven internal workforce training materials to academic classrooms.
This initiative is supplementary to Lam’s ongoing partnership with IISc, with a goal of training up to 60,000 Indian engineers in semiconductor manufacturing technologies via a nationwide rollout of Lam’s Semiverse® Solutions, a set of industry leading virtualised computational platforms for semiconductor manufacturing.
Sanket Jugade wins the Best Poster Award
Congratulations to Sanket Jugade, PhD, CeNSE, IISc on winning the Best Poster Presentation Award at the 3rd Conference on Force Spectroscopy and Microscopy (ConForce-2025), held from 15th-18th June at Casuarina Resort, Kurunji!
Poster Title: Dynamic Scanning Force Microscopy for Nanoscale Imaging of Ultrathin Graphene on Liquid Interface
The conference brought together a vibrant community of researchers, including pioneers in Atomic Force Microscopy, nanomechanical measurements, single-molecule force spectroscopy, and optical/magnetic tweezers applied to polymers, membranes, nanomaterials, biomolecules, and soft matter.