Inter IISER Sports Meet

Inter IISER Sports Meet
Tournament information
LocationIndia
Established2012
AdministratorIndian Institutes of Science Education and Research
Participants1500 athletes
WebsiteIISM 2025
Current champion
IISER Bhopal (2025)

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:

  1. Athletics
  2. Badminton
  3. Basketball
  4. Cricket
  5. Chess
  6. Carrom
  7. Kho kho
  8. Kabaddi
  9. Football
  10. Lawn tennis
  11. Table tennis
  12. Volleyball

All the instittes participating in the Inter-IISER Sports Meet:

  1. Indian Institute of Science
  2. Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal
  3. Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune
  4. Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata
  5. Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali
  6. Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram
  7. Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Tirupati
  8. Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Berhampur
  9. National Institute of Science Education and Research
  10. 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

EditionYearHeld atDurationChampionsRunners up
12012IISER KolkataIISER KolkataIISER TVM
22013IISER Pune10-14 DecIISER Pune[1]IISER TVM
32014IISER Mohali [2]11-14 DecIISER MohaliIISER Bhopal
42015IISER Bhopal15-21 DecIISER BhopalIISER Pune
52016IISER Kolkata08-13 DecIISER Pune[3]IISER Kolkata
62017IISER Mohali18-21 DecIISER MohaliIISER Bhopal
72018NISER Bhubaneswar15-20 DecIISER Bhopal
82019IISER Pune10-14 DecIISER BhopalIISER Pune
---2020Cancelled due to COVID
---2021Cancelled due to COVID
92022IISER Bhopal21-26 DecIISER Bhopal
102023IISER TVM[4]23-29 DecIISER BhopalIISc Bengaluru [5]
112024IISER Pune17-23 DecIISER Bhopal[6]IISER Pune
122025NISER Bhubaneswar[7]23-29 DecIISER BhopalIISc Bengaluru

Institutes with most overall wins

InstituteFirst winLast winWins in last 5 editionsTotal 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.

References

  1. ↑ "Athletics & Team Games" (PDF). www.iisermohali.ac.in.
  2. ↑ "IISM (Inter IISER Sports Meet)".
  3. ↑ "IISER Pune students excel at the 5th Inter IISER Sports Meet - News". 22 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "IISM2023 | Winners". students.iisertvm.ac.in.
  5. ↑ "Indian Institute of Science".
  6. ↑ "#iiserb #iiserbhopal #champions #iism2024 #iiserpune #interiisersportsmeet2024 #sports #iisers | IISER Bhopal".
  7. ↑ "IISM 2025 – Live Results - Leaderboard". www.niser.ac.in. Archived from the original on 26 December 2025.
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