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Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) established in 1942, is an autonomous body and India's largest Research and Development (R&D) organization, with 39 laboratories and 50 field stations or extension centers spread across the nation, with a collective staff of over 17,000. Although CSIR is mainly funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology

Ministry of Science and Technology (India)

The Ministry of Science and Technology is the Indian government ministry charged with formulation and administration of the rules and regulations and laws relating to science and technology in India.The current minister is Shri Vilasrao Deshmukh....

, it operates as an autonomous body registered under the Registration of Societies Act of 1860.

The research and development activities of CSIR includes various fields such as aerospace engineering

Aerospace engineering

Aerospace engineering is the primary branch of engineering concerned with the design, construction and science of aircraft and spacecraft. It is divided into two major and overlapping branches: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering...

, Structural engineering

Structural engineering

Structural engineering is a field of engineering dealing with the analysis and design of structures that support or resist loads. Structural engineering is usually considered a specialty within civil engineering, but it can also be studied in its own right....

, ocean science

Oceanography

Oceanography , also called oceanology or marine science, is the branch of Earth science that studies the ocean...

s, molecular biology

Molecular biology

Molecular biology is the branch of biology that deals with the molecular basis of biological activity. This field overlaps with other areas of biology and chemistry, particularly genetics and biochemistry...

, metallurgy

Metallurgy

Metallurgy is a domain of materials science that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their intermetallic compounds, and their mixtures, which are called alloys. It is also the technology of metals: the way in which science is applied to their practical use...

, chemicals, mining

Mining

Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an ore body, vein or seam. The term also includes the removal of soil. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock...

, food

Food science

Food science is a study concerned with all technical aspects of foods, beginning with harvesting or slaughtering, and ending with its cooking and consumption, an ideology commonly referred to as "from field to fork"...

, petroleum

Petroleum

Petroleum or crude oil is a naturally occurring, flammable liquid consisting of a complex mixture of hydrocarbons of various molecular weights and other liquid organic compounds, that are found in geologic formations beneath the Earth's surface. Petroleum is recovered mostly through oil drilling...

, leather

Leather

Leather is a durable and flexible material created via the tanning of putrescible animal rawhide and skin, primarily cattlehide. It can be produced through different manufacturing processes, ranging from cottage industry to heavy industry.-Forms:...

, and environment

Environmental science

Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical and biological sciences, to the study of the environment, and the solution of environmental problems...

. In December 2006, Director General of CSIR, Raghunath A. Mashelkar

Raghunath Anant Mashelkar

Raghunath Anant Mashelkar is also known as Ramesh Mashelkar. He is the former Director General of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research , a chain of 38 publicly funded industrial research and development institutions in India....

, retired following which M. K. Bhan took over the post, but he was relieved on 7 March 2007. After that T. Ramasami had the additional charge of Director General of CSIR until Samir K. Brahmachari was appointed as the Director General on 13 November 2007.

In late 2007, the Minister of Science and Technology

Ministry of Science and Technology (India)

, Kapil Sibal

Kapil Sibal

Kapil Sibal is an Indian politician and lawyer. He is currently the Minister of Communications and Information Technology. He also held the two ministries Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of Earth Sciences in the First Manmohan Singh Cabinet...

admitted, in a Question Hour

Question Hour

Question Hour is the first hour of a sitting session of India's Lok Sabha devoted to questions that Members of Parliament raise about any aspect of administrative activity. The concerned Minister is obliged to answer to the Parliament, either orally or in writing, depending on the type of question...

session of the Parliament

Lok Sabha

The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...

, that CSIR has developed 1,376 technologies/knowledgebase during the last decade of 20th century.

CSIR Achievements

Achieved the first breakthrough of flowering of Bamboo
Bamboo
Bamboo is a group of perennial evergreens in the true grass family Poaceae, subfamily Bambusoideae, tribe Bambuseae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family....

within weeks as against twenty years in nature.
First to analyze genetic diversity of the indigenous tribes of Andaman
Andaman Islands
The Andaman Islands are a group of Indian Ocean archipelagic islands in the Bay of Bengal between India to the west, and Burma , to the north and east...

and to establish their origin out of Africa 60,000 years ago.
Developed the first transgenic Drosophila
Drosophila
Drosophila is a genus of small flies, belonging to the family Drosophilidae, whose members are often called "fruit flies" or more appropriately pomace flies, vinegar flies, or wine flies, a reference to the characteristic of many species to linger around overripe or rotting fruit...

model for drug screening for cancer
Cancer
Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...

in human
Human
Humans are the only living species in the Homo genus...

s.
First to introduce DNA fingerprinting in India.
Helped India to be the first Pioneer Investor under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea , also called the Law of the Sea Convention or the Law of the Sea treaty, is the international agreement that resulted from the third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea , which took place from 1973 through 1982...

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Invented the first ever only once a week non-steroid
Steroid
A steroid is a type of organic compound that contains a characteristic arrangement of four cycloalkane rings that are joined to each other. Examples of steroids include the dietary fat cholesterol, the sex hormones estradiol and testosterone, and the anti-inflammatory drug dexamethasone.The core...

al family planning pill in the world by the name of Saheli.
Designed India's first ever parallel processing computer Flosolver.
Partnered more than 50,000 companies with turnover ranging from Rs 5 lakhs to Rs 500,000 crores.
Rejuvenated India's one hundred year old refinery at Digboi
Digboi
Digboi is a town and a town area committee in Tinsukia district in the north-eastern part of the state of Assam, IndiaCrude oil was discovered here in late 19th century, in a span of ten years when the discovery of Oil took place in first Oil drilling in the world. Digboi oilfield has the oldest...

using the most modern molecular distillation technology.
Provided the critical technology for the NMP Lube Extraction Plant of capacity of 2,50,000 tonnes per year.
Development of a versatile portable PC-based software 'Bio-Suite' for bioinformatics.
Design of 14 seater plane 'SARAS'.
Established first ever in the world 'Traditional Knowledge Digital Library
Traditional Knowledge Digital Library
Traditional Knowledge Digital Library is an Indian digital knowledge repository of the traditional knowledge, especially about medicinal plants and formulations used in Indian systems of medicine. Set up in 2001, as a collaboration between the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and...

' accessible in in five international languages, English, German, French, Japanese and Spanish.
Remained in Top 3 in the list of PCT patent applications amongst all developing countries.
Topped list of holders of U.S. patents
United States patent law
United States patent law was established "to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;" as provided by the United States Constitution. Congress implemented these...

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Successfully challenged the grant of patent in the USA for use of haldi (turmeric
Turmeric
Turmeric is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant of the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It is native to tropical South Asia and needs temperatures between 20 °C and 30 °C and a considerable amount of annual rainfall to thrive...

) for wound healing and neem
Neem
Azadirachta indica is a tree in the mahogany family Meliaceae. It is one of two species in the genus Azadirachta, and is native to India growing in tropical and semi-tropical regions. Its fruits and seeds are the source of neem oil...

as insecticide
Insecticide
An insecticide is a pesticide used against insects. They include ovicides and larvicides used against the eggs and larvae of insects respectively. Insecticides are used in agriculture, medicine, industry and the household. The use of insecticides is believed to be one of the major factors behind...

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In 2009, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has completed the Human Genome Sequencing.

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology

The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) Prizes are awarded annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for notable and outstanding research, applied or fundamental, in Biological, Chemical, Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary, Engineering, Mathematical, Medical and Physical Sciences.

Research Laboratories under CSIR

AMPRI - Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute, Bhopal
C-MMACS - CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation
CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation
The CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation is a unit of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. The centre is involved in developing modelling approaches for illuminating the structure and evolution of complex systems.-History:In the late 1980s the Council of...

, Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
CBRI - CSIR-Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee
Roorkee
Roorkee is a city and seat of a municipal council in Uttarakhand, in far northern India. It is located on the banks of the Ganges canal on the national highway between Delhi and Dehradun. Roorkee is known for Roorkee Cantonment, one of the country's oldest cantonments, and the headquarters of...

(Visit www.cbri.res.in)
CCMB- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology
Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology
The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology or CCMB is a National level Research laboratory located in Hyderabad, India. CCMB is one of the constituent national laboratories of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research CSIR, the premier multidisciplinary Research & Development...

, Hyderabad
CDRI - Central Drug Research Institute
Central Drug Research Institute
The Central Drug Research Institute is one of the first laboratories to be established in India right after its independence. CDRI is among the thirty nine laboratories that are functioning under the aegis of the council of scientific and Industrial Research CSIR of India...

, Lucknow
Lucknow
Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....
CECRI- Central Electro Chemical Research Institute
Central Electro Chemical Research Institute
Central Electro Chemical Research Institute is one of a chain of forty national laboratories under the aegis of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research in New Delhi. Founded on 25 July 1948 at Karaikudi in Tamilnadu, CECRI came into existence on the January 1953...

, Karaikudi
Karaikudi
Karaikudi is a town in Sivaganga District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.Chettinad literally 'Chetti land' in Tamil, is a collection of 76 villages/towns. Chettinad stretched from Ramnad District and Pudukottai State of 'British' India. The Chettiars, or more properly the Nattukottai...
CEERI - Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute
Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute
Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute , headquartered at Pilani, Rajasthan is a pioneer research institute in India and a constituent laboratory of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research , New Delhi, established in 1953 for advanced research and development in Electronics. Since...

, Pilani
Pilani
Pilani is a small town situated in the Shekhawati region of Rajasthan. It is in the Jhunjhunu district in Rajasthan, India. It notable for being the home of a large number of education institutes for its size.-Etymology:...

http://www.ceeri.res.in/
CFRI - Central Fuel Research Institute, Dhanbad
Dhanbad
Dhanbad features climate that is transitional between a humid subtropical climate and a tropical wet and dry climate. Summer starts from last week of March and ends in mid-June. Peak temperature in summer can reach 47oC. Dhanbad also receives heavy rainfall...
CFTRI - Central Food Technological Research Institute
Central Food Technological Research Institute
India's Central Food Technological Research Institute and was opened on 21 October 1950. It is based in Mysore. A research center branch is also located in Habsiguda, Hyderabad....

, Mysore
CGCRI - Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute
Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute
The Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute , originally proposed to be named as Central Glass & Silicate Research Institute, is one of the first four laboratories decided to be set up under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the other three being the National Chemical...

, Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
CIMAP - Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants is a research institute of CSIR India in Lucknow. It is engaged in the field of science and business of medicinal and aromatic plants. A CIMAP research center in Hyderabad was established from the year 1982....

, Lucknow
Lucknow
Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....
CLRI - Central Leather Research Institute
Central Leather Research Institute
Central Leather Research Institute or CLRI is the world's largest leather research institute. It is located near IIT-M in Adyar, Chennai ....

, Chennai
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
CMERI - Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute
Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute
Central Mechanical Engineering Research InstituteCMERI is an engineering research institute based in Durgapur, West Bengal, India. It was established in February 1958 with the specific task of development of mechanical engineering technology and is funded by the Council of Scientific and Industrial...

, Durgapur
CMRI - Central Mining Research Institute, Dhanbad
Dhanbad
Dhanbad features climate that is transitional between a humid subtropical climate and a tropical wet and dry climate. Summer starts from last week of March and ends in mid-June. Peak temperature in summer can reach 47oC. Dhanbad also receives heavy rainfall...
CRRI - Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
CSIO - Central Scientific Instruments Organisation
Central Scientific Instruments Organisation
Central Scientific Instruments Organization is a national instrumentation research laboratory of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research of the Government of India...

, Chandigarh
Chandigarh
Chandigarh is a union territory of India that serves as the capital of two states, Haryana and Punjab. The name Chandigarh translates as "The Fort of Chandi". The name is from an ancient temple called Chandi Mandir, devoted to the Hindu goddess Chandi, in the city...
CSMCRI - Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute
Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute
Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute is a constituent laboratory of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research . The Institute was opened by Jawahar Lal Nehru on 10 April 1956...

, Bhavnagar
Bhavnagar
-Topography:Bhavnagar is a coastal city in the eastern coast of Saurashtra, also known as Kathiawar, located at . It has an average elevation of 24 metres . It occupies area of 53.30 km². General slope dips in the northeasterly direction at the apex of Gulf of Khambhat...

http://www.csmcri.org
IGIB - Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology
Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology
Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology is a scientific research institute devoted primarily to integrated biological research. It is a part of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research , India....

, Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...

http://www.igib.res.in
IHBT - Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur
Palampur
Palampur is a green hill station and a municipal council in the Kangra Valley in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, surrounded on all sides by tea gardens and pine forests before they merge with the Dhauladhar ranges. Palampur is the tea capital of northwest India but tea is just one aspect that...
IICB - Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
The Indian Institute of Chemical Biology is a unit of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. It was established on January 1, 1935 as the Indian Institute of Medical Research, the name by which the institute was known till 1956...

, Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
IICT - Indian Institute of Chemical Technology
IICT
The Indian Institute of Chemical Technology is a national-level research laboratory located in Hyderabad, India under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research . IICT conducts research in basic & applied chemistry, biochemistry, bioinformatics, chemical engineering and provides science and...

, Hyderabad
IIP - Indian Institute of Petroleum
Indian Institute of Petroleum
The Indian Institute of Petroleum , established in 1960, is one of the constituent laboratories of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research , dedicated to R&D in the hydrocarbon sector....

, Dehradun
Dehradun
- Geography :The Dehradun district has various types of physical geography from Himalayan mountains to Plains. Raiwala is the lowest point at 315 meters above sea level, and the highest points are within the Tiuni hills, rising to 3700 m above sea level...
IMT - Institute of Microbial Technology
Institute of Microbial Technology
The Institute of Microbial Technology , based in Chandigarh, India, is one of the constituent establishments of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research...

, Chandigarh
Chandigarh
Chandigarh is a union territory of India that serves as the capital of two states, Haryana and Punjab. The name Chandigarh translates as "The Fort of Chandi". The name is from an ancient temple called Chandi Mandir, devoted to the Hindu goddess Chandi, in the city...
IITR - Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow
Lucknow
Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....

(Formerly known as Industrial Toxicology Research Centre
Industrial Toxicology Research Centre
Industrial Toxicology Research Centre is now named as Indian Institute of Toxicology Research , Lucknow, India. The institute is engaged in the field of Toxicology having its main campus in Lucknow city and the other Gheru campus, is located near village 'Gheru' at Lucknow-Kanpur highway.It is one...

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NAL - National Aerospace Laboratories
National Aerospace Laboratories
National Aerospace Laboratories , is India's second largest aerospace firm after Hindustan Aeronautics . It was established by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research at Delhi in 1959 and its headquarters was later moved to Bangalore in 1960...

, Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
NBRI - National Botanical Research Institute
National Botanical Research Institute
National Botanical Research Institute is a research institute of CSIR in Lucknow. It is engaged in the field of taxonomy and modern biology.-History:...

, Lucknow
Lucknow
Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....
NCL - National Chemical Laboratory
National Chemical Laboratory
The National Chemical Laboratory is an Indian government laboratory based in Pune, in western India.Popularly known as NCL, a constituent member of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research India, it was established in 1950. There are approximately 200 scientific staff working here...

, Pune
Pune
Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...
NEERI - National Environmental Engineering Research Institute
National Environmental Engineering Research Institute
The National Environmental Engineering Research Institute is a research institute created and funded by Government of India. It was established in Nagpur in 1958 with focus on water supply, sewage disposal, communicable diseases and to some extent on industrial pollution and occupational diseases...

, Nagpur
Nagpur
Nāgpur is a city and winter capital of the state of Maharashtra, the largest city in central India and third largest city in Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune...
NGRI - National Geophysical Research Institute
National Geophysical Research Institute
The National Geophysical Research Institute is a premier geoscientific research organization established under CSIR India in Uppal road, Hyderabad,Andhra Pradesh, India in 1961...

, Hyderabad
NIO - National Institute of Oceanography
National Institute Of Oceanography, India
The National Institute of Oceanography is one of 39 constituent laboratories of the CSIR - Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, an autonomous research organization in India. The institute has its headquarters in the coastal state of Goa, and regional centres in Kochi , Mumbai and...

, Dona Paula
Dona Paula
Dona Paula is a former village, and tourist destination, in the suburbs of Panaji, Goa, India. It is today home to the National Institute of Oceanography, and just alongside it lie the Goa University and the International Centre Goa...
NISCAIR - National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources, New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
NISTADS - National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies
National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies
National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies is an unit of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. It is involved in the studies of various aspects if interaction among science, society and state and researching the interface among science, technology and...

, New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
NML - National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur
NPL - National Physical Laboratory
National Physical Laboratory, India
The National Physical Laboratory of India, situated in New Delhi, is the measurement standards laboratory of India. It maintains standards of SI units in India and calibrates the national standards of weights and measures....

, New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
RRL, Bhubaneshwar - Regional Research Laboratory, Bhubaneshwar http://www.rrlbhu.res.in/ (Now known as Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology-www.immt.res.in)
RRL, Jammu - Regional Research Laboratory, Jammu
Jammu
Jammu , also known as Duggar, is one of the three administrative divisions within Jammu and Kashmir, the northernmost state in India.Jammu city is the largest city in Jammu and the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir...

http://www.rrljammu.org/index1.htm
NEIST (RRL), Jorhat - North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat
North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat
North East Institute of Science and Technology , Jorhat is a constituent establishment of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research , a premier R&D organisation of India, which has a chain of laboratories across the country...

, Jorhat
Jorhat
Jorhat is a city of Assam in India. Jorhat was established as a new capital in the closing years of the 18th century by the declining Tunkhungia Ahom Dynasty. Jorhat, as the name signifies, was just a couple of markets . Two parallel markets namely, Chowkihat and Macharhat, lay on the eastern...

http://jorhat.nic.in/rrl.htm
National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology
Regional Research Laboratory, Thiruvananthapuram
The National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology is a constituent laboratory of CSIR, India, engaged in research and development activities in the field of agroprocessing, chemical sciences, materials and minerals, biotechnology and process engineering and environmental science...

- Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram , formerly known as Trivandrum, is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala and the headquarters of the Thiruvananthapuram District. It is located on the west coast of India near the extreme south of the mainland...
SERC, M - Structural Engineering Research Centre
Structural Engineering Research Centre
Structural Engineering Research Centre , Chennai is one of the 39 constituent laboratories of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research in India. It has been able to build excellent facilities and expertise for analysing, designing and testing structures and structural components...

, Chennai
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...

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CSIR Achievements

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology

Research Laboratories under CSIR

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