Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata (IISER-K or IISER Kolkata)
IISER-Kolkata is an autonomous public university in science and education field located in Mohanpur near the town of Kalyani in Nadia district, West Bengal, India. It was established by the Ministry of Human Resource Development in 2006 and promoted to the status of Institute of National Importance in 2012 vide the NIT Amendment Act. It is one of seven Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research, and was the first of the IISERs to be established along with IISER Pune. It is considered to be one of the leading institutes of India in terms of research output, and was ranked fifth in the country by the Nature Index (compiled by Nature Research). Bidhan Chandra KrishiViswavidyalaya (BCKV) & MAKAUT are other nearby Institutions.