Inter IISER Sports Meet is the annual sports tournament of the 7 IISERs, NISER, Indian Institute of Science and UM-DAE CEBS Mumbai. It is organized in December. It is the Inter-collegiate meet where research institutes participate, having been held since 2012. Last year (2025), the event was held at NISER Bhubaneswar.
Sports and participating institutes Tournaments are held in 15 different sports, namely: Athletics Badminton Basketball Cricket Chess Carrom Kho kho Kabaddi Football Lawn tennis Table tennis Volleyball
All the instittes participating in the Inter-IISER Sports Meet: Indian Institute of Science Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Tirupati Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Berhampur National Institute of Science Education and Research UM-DAE CEBS Mumbai
History The first IISM was conducted in 2012 and was hosted by IISER Kolkata and included teams from IISER Kolkata, Pune, Bhopal, TVM and Mohali. Over the years, IISER Tirupati and Brahmapur, have joined the team. IISM has expanded further to include NISER, IISc and CEBS. The privilege to host the IISM comes on a rotation basis and is usually conducted in December each year.
Teams from 10 national institutes compete in 12 sporting events – Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Chess, Cricket, Football, Kabaddi, Kho Kho, Lawn Tennis, Table Tennis, Carrom and Volleyball for the Championship Trophy. The team that gets the maximum number of medals walks home with the Trophy
History and winners
Edition Year Held at Duration Champions Runners up 1 2012IISER Kolkata IISER KolkataIISER TVM 2 2013IISER Pune10-14 DecIISER PuneIISER TVM 3 2014IISER Mohali 11-14 DecIISER MohaliIISER Bhopal 4 2015IISER Bhopal15-21 DecIISER BhopalIISER Pune 5 2016IISER Kolkata08-13 DecIISER PuneIISER Kolkata 6 2017IISER Mohali18-21 DecIISER MohaliIISER Bhopal 7 2018NISER Bhubaneswar15-20 DecIISER Bhopal 8 2019IISER Pune10-14 DecIISER BhopalIISER Pune ---2020Cancelled due to COVID ---2021Cancelled due to COVID 9 2022IISER Bhopal21-26 DecIISER Bhopal 10 2023IISER TVM23-29 DecIISER BhopalIISc Bengaluru 11 2024IISER Pune17-23 DecIISER BhopalIISER Pune 12 2025NISER Bhubaneswar23-29 DecIISER BhopalIISc Bengaluru
Institutes with most overall wins Institute First win Last win Wins in last 5 editions Total wins IISER Bhopal2015202557 IISER Pune2013201602 IISER Mohali2014201702 IISER Kolkata2012201201
Recent championships 12th Inter IISER Sports Meet 2025 The Annual Inter-IISER Sports Meet (IISM) 2025 was hosted by NISER Bhubaneswar and held from 23 December to 29 December 2025. IISER Bhopal was the overall champion for the sixth consecutive time, having won the event since 2018. IISc Bengaluru remained overall runners-up.
11th Inter IISER Sports Meet 2024 The Annual Inter-IISER Sports Meet (IISM) 2024 was hosted by IISER Pune and held from 17 December to 23 December 2024. IISER Bhopal was the overall champion for the fifth consecutive time, having won the event since 2018. IISER Pune remained overall runners-up.
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The IISER System IISER Bhopal IISER Pune IISER Mohali IISER Thiruvananthapuram IISER Kolkata IISER Tirupati IISER Berhampur IISc Bengaluru NISER Bhubaneswar