CSIR India

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The Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) is the premier industrial research and development (R&D) organization in India. It was formed in 1942 by a resolution of the then Central Legislative Assembly. It is funded mainly by the Science and Technology Ministry of India [1][2] and it is one of the world’s largest publicly funded (R&D) organisations, having linkages to academia, other R&D organisations and industry.[3]

Although CSIR is mainly funded by Science and Technology Ministry, it operates as an autonomous body registered under the Registration of Societies Act of 1860.[3]

The R & D activities of CSIR includes various fields such as aerospace engineering, Structural engineering, ocean sciences, molecular biology, metallurgy, chemicals, mining, food, petroleum, leather, and environment.[3] The current Director General of CSIR is Dr. Raghunath A. Mashelkar. CSIR celebrates its Foundation Day on 26th September.

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[edit] CSIR Achievements

  • Achieved the first breakthrough of flowering of Bamboo within weeks as against twenty years in nature.
  • First to analyze genetic diversity of the indigenous tribes of Andaman and to establish their origin out of Africa 60,000 years ago.
  • Developed the first transgenic Drosophila model for drug screening for Human Cancer.
  • First to introduce DNA fingerprinting in India.
  • Helped India to be the first Pioneer Investor under the UN law of Sea Treaty.
  • Invented the first ever only once a week non-steroidal 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 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' accessible in 8 international languages.
  • Remained in Top 3 in the list of PCT patent applications amongst all developing countries.
  • Topped list of USA patents holders.
  • Successfully challenged the grant of patent in the USA for use of haldi(turmeric)for wound healing and neem as insecticide.

[edit] Research Laboratories under CSIR

  1. C-MMACS - CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation, Bangalore
  2. CBRI - Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee
  3. CCMB- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad
  4. CDRI - Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow
  5. CECRI- Central Electro Chemical Research Institute, Karaikudi
  6. CEERI - Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute, Pilani [1]
  7. CFRI - Central Fuel Research Institute, Dhanbad
  8. CFTRI - Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore
  9. CGCRI - Central Glass and Ceramic research Institute, Calcutta
  10. CIMAP - Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow
  11. CLRI - Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai
  12. CMERI - Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur
  13. CMRI - Central Mining Research Institute, Dhanbad
  14. CRRI - Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi
  15. CSIO - Central Scientific Intruments Organisation, Chandigarh
  16. CSMCRI - Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar [2]
  17. IGIB - Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi [3]
  18. IHBT - Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur
  19. IICB - Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Calcutta
  20. IICT - Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad
  21. IIP - Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun
  22. IMT - Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh
  23. ITRC - Industrial Toxicology Research Centre, Lucknow
  24. NAL - National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore
  25. NBRI - National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow
  26. NCL - National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
  27. NEERI - National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur
  28. NGRI - National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad
  29. NIO - National Institute of Oceanography, Goa
  30. NISCAIR - National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources, New Delhi
  31. NISTADS - National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies, New Delhi
  32. NML - National Mettalurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur
  33. NPL - National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi
  34. RRL, Bhopal - Regional Research Laboratory, Bhopal [4]
  35. RRL, Bhubaneshwar - Regional Research Laboratory, Bhubaneshwar [5]
  36. RRL, Jammu - Regional Research Laboratory, Jammu [6]
  37. RRL, Jorhat - Regional Research Laboratory, Jorhat [7]
  38. RRL, Thiruvananthapuram - Regional Research Laboratory, Thiruvananthapuram
  39. SERC, M - Structural Engineering Research Centre, Chennai

[edit] References

  1. ^ A report of the Parliament of India
  2. ^ Section of financial plan for 2005-06 by Finance Ministry
  3. ^ a b c CSIR Web site

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[edit] External links

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