It was launched in the centenary year of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. The principal mission of IIScPress is to bring quality books at affordable price for helping Indian post-graduate education in science and engineering. The first 20 books of IIScPress are of different kinds: collected works of distinguished scientists, research monographs, textbooks, biographies, popular sc
ience books, and general books. More information about these books is available under respective heads. ICLS: IISc Centenary Lectures Series
IRMS: IISc Research Monographs Series
ICLS: IISc Lecture Notes Series
IPSS: IISc Popular Science Series
Other books: biographies and general books
IIScPress publishes some books on its own and co-publishes other books in partnership with other publishers. Several books were published in collaboration with World Scientific Publishing Company (WSPC) from 2008 and 2013. WSPC was established in 1981. It is a leading publishing company in science, technology, and medicine, with its world headquarters in Singapore. In 2013, IIScPress signed a co-publishing agreement with Cambridge University Press (CUP). CUP, established in 1584, is the world's oldest publisher and the second largest university press. It publishes about 2500 books and 200 journals every year. See the following link for information about collaborative agreement between IIScPress and CUP.
