The Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, appears the favourite destination among budding Indian research scientists, going by the choice of institutions students have made under a top research programme. IISc Bangalore, the Indian Institutes of Technology, and the Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research have selected 119 candidates for doctoral programmes under the Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship this June. Of these students, 50 have chosen IISc Bangalore. Three students have been selected for IISER Pune while IISER Bhopal and IISER Thiruvananthapuram have admitted one each. Former IISc director Padmanabhan Balaram attributed the students’ preference for the Bangalore institute to its long tradition in research.

Source: The Telegraph July 21, 2019 21:13 UTC