Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

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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 founded on 26 September 1942, by a resolution of the then Central Legislative Assembly. It is funded mainly by the India Ministry of Science and Technology. [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 Director General of CSIR Dr. Raghunath A. Mashelkar retired in December 2006. After that Dr. M. K. Bhan had taken the additional charge, but he was relieved on March 7, 2007. After that Dr. T. Ramasami had the additional charge of director general of CSIR.

Presently Prof. Samir K. Brahmachari is the Director-General of CSIR since November 13, 2007.

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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 Instruments 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. IITR - Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow (Formerly known as Industrial Toxicology Research Centre)
  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. NERIST(RRL), Jorhat - Regional Research Laboratory, Jorhat [7]
  38. National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology - 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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