École normale supérieure de Lyon

BIOSANTEXC Research and Academic Mobility Program 2026: the call is open.

As part of the ENS-IISER partnership, Hemal BAPAT, a BS-MS student at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal, joined ENS de Lyon through the BIOSANTEXC program for a three-month research internship at the Developmental Epigenomics Laboratory at IGFL.

As part of the ENS-IISER partnership, Divyan SHARMA, a BS-MS student at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal, joined ENS de Lyon through the BIOSANTEXC program for a three-month research internship at the RDP Laboratory.

Representatives of the BIOSANTEXC network met on 22-23 July 2026 at IISER Thiruvananthapuram to explore new opportunities for scientific collaboration between France and India across several fields of life sciences and health.

As part of the ENS-IISER partnership, Nikita SHARMA, a doctoral student at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, joined ENS de Lyon through the BIOSANTEXC program and completed a three-month internship at the IGFL.

As part of the France–India Year of Innovation 2026, ENS Paris-Saclay hosted the first edition of ENS Beyond Borders, bringing together French and Indian institutions, researchers, and students to highlight the diversity of collaborations developed within the ENS network. The event showcased interdisciplinary partnerships in research and education, including the BIOSANTEXC Franco-Indian Campus in Health coordinated by ENS de Lyon.

As part of the ENS-IISER partnership, Aswathy LATIKA BABU, a doctoral student at the NCCS, joined ENS de Lyon through the BIOSANTEXC program and completed a three-month internship at the IGFL.

As part of the ENS-IISER partnership, Gayatree MISHRA , a doctoral student from IISER Bhopal, joined ENS de Lyon through the BIOSANTEXC program and completed a three-month internship at the IGFL.

The call from India to France is closed. 

On 8 and 9 December 2025, the Franco-Indian Life Sciences and Health Campus brought together more than 80 researchers and institutional stakeholders in Paris for a workshop dedicated to global health. Co-organized by the BIOSANTEXC and IN-HEALTH projects, the event highlighted the major challenges of interdisciplinary research and the prospects for scientific cooperation between France and India.

PhD/Postdoctoral mobility from India to France: the campaign is closed.

As part of the ENS-IISER partnership, Kunal RAJPUT, IISER Mohali student, completed a three-month internship at the IGFL.

The campaign is closed.

As part of the ENS-IISER partnership, Sanika GHADAGE, IISER Bhopal student, completed a three-month internship at the RDP.

As part of the ENS-IISER partnership, Prakhar BHARDWAJ, IISER Tirupati's doctoral student, completed a three-month PhD research stay at RDP.

As part of the ENS-IISER partnership, Kiran PANGHAL, IISER PhD student, completed a three-month PhD stay at the RDP.

As part of the ENS-IISER partnership, Achyusman SAMANTA, IISER Pune student, completed a three-month internship at the IGFL.

As part of the ENS-IISER partnership, Kush GULATI, IISER Mohali's student, focuses his research on analysing single-cell RNA-seq data in skin samples at IGFL.

As part of the ENS-IISER partnership, Naman ARORA, completed his six-month internship at CIRI under the supervision of Saïdi M HOMA SOUDJA in collaboration with Stéphane PAUL’s lab in Saint-Etienne. He is a student at IISER Mohali, and his research focuses on shaping T cell response at homeostasis.

As part of the ENS-IISER partnership, Prisha TANDA, IISER Mohali's student her research focuses on understanding the enigmatic interplays between DNA replication during the S phase and condensin-mediated chromosome assembly during mitosis. She has completed her six-month internship at the Laboratory of Biology and Modeling of the Cell (LBMC).

As part of the ENS-IISER partnership, Nancy, IISER Mohali's student in Virology, has completed her five-month internship at the International Research Center in Infectious Diseases (CIRI).

As part of the ENS-IISER partnership, Mridusmita DAS, IISER Pune student in Drosophilia, has completed her six-month internship at the Laboratory of Biology and Modeling of the Cell (LBMC).

As part of the ENS-IISER partnership, Raghav GALGALI, IISER Bhopal’s student in Biological Sciences, has completed his six-month internship at the Institute of Functional Genomics of Lyon (IGFL) in early 2024.

As part of the ENS-IISER partnership, Ananya CHANDRA, IISER Mohali’s student in Cell Biology, has completed her six-month internship at the Laboratory of Biology and Modeling of the Cell (LBMC) in early 2024.

In the framework of the BIOSANTEXC project, the Office of International Relations of ENS de Lyon hosted a get-together on February 3rd 2025 to welcome interns and PhD students from the IISERs.

On May 28 and 29, 2024, the Franco-Indian life sciences for global health program BIOSANTEXC held its mid-term workshop. The event provided an opportunity to bring all the partners together to discuss the construction of a global Franco-Indian campus, and to present the concrete results of the first collaborations, such as the emergence of a plant biology project which was the subject of its own workshop on May 30 and 31. 

In the framework of the BIOSANTEXC project, the Office of International Affairs of ENS de Lyon hosted a get-together on October 5th to welcome interns and visiting professors from the IISERs.

The 11 consortium partners met from May 23 to 25 at IISER Pune, for the official launch event of the Franco-Indian campus for life sciences for health Biosantexc.

A delegation from ENS de Lyon, composed of the Office of International Affairs and representatives of the four laboratories in life sciences of the ENS de Lyon, will be present at the IISER Pune, where this important moment of the Biosantexc project will take place form May 23 to May 25, 2023.

Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, India
Visiting Professor 2022-23 - March 8 to April 5, 2023
Inviting Professor: Jens Hasserodt

Ashley Suraj Hermon, IISER Bhopal's student in Biological Sciences, has completed his two month internship at the IGFL in mid-2022.

The ENS-IISER partnership encouraged Megha Jacob and Deevitha Balasubramanian, graduate students in biology at IISER Tirupati, to apply for a 6-month internship at ENS de Lyon in 2021.

Integrated Research Oriented Training Network in Life Sciences through Interdisciplinary Approaches.

Selected amongst a shortlist of  8 projects, the final Biosantexc proposal "Integrated research-oriented training network in life sciences through interdisciplinary approaches"  is to be submitted this Friday, September 30.  The consortium consists of the 4 French Écoles Normale Supérieures, the 6 Indian Institutes of Science, Education and Research (IISER) and 4 other Indian research institutes in medicine and life sciences. Results are expected to be announced at the end of October.

On this occasion, the ENS of Lyon represented the four French ENS which were pre-selected in the framework of their project in consortium with the IISER and the NCCS.

The first edition of Knowledge Summit was held in March 2018. It was organized on the occasion of the State visit of the President of the Republic in India and inaugurated by Mrs. Frédérique Vidal, Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation which helped to establish the roadmap for Franco-Indian cooperation for the coming years, in partnership with companies.

Education and human exchange constitute an essential dimension of the partnership between France and India. Collaborations in higher education, research and innovation lead the priorities of the third edition of Bonjour India, which culminates with the first Indo-French Knowledge Summit.

Visit from October 4th to 5th, 2016

Visit to India