Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is situated in New Delhi and 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 centres spread across the nation, with a collective staff of over 17,000. It is an autonomous body registered under the Registration of Societies Act of 1860.CSIR aims to provide industrial competitiveness, social welfare, strong S&T base for strategic sectors and advancement of fundamental knowledge.
The Strategic Road Map designed for CSIR as it stepped into the new Millennium envisaged:
- Re-engineering the organisational structure;
- Linking research to marketspace;
- Mobilising and Optimising the resource base;
- Creating an enabling infrastructure; and
- Investing in high quality science that will be the harbinger of future technologies.
The research and development activities of CSIR includes various fields such as aerospace engineering, Structural engineering, ocean sciences, molecular biology, metallurgy, chemicals, mining, food, petroleum, leather, and environment. In December 2006, Director General of CSIR, Raghunath A. Mashelkar, retired following which M. K. Bhan took over the post, but he was relieved on March 7, 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 November 13, 2007. In late 2007, the Minister of Science and Technology, Kapil Sibal admitted, in a Q&A session of the Parliament, that CSIR has developed 1,376 technologies/knowledgebase during the last decade of 20th century.
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
1. Biological Sciences
• Centre For Biochemical Technology (CBT), Delhi
• Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad
• Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow
• Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysore
• Central Institute of Medicinal & Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), Lucknow
• Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB), Calcutta
• Institute of Microbial Technology (IMT), Chandigarh
• Industrial Toxicology Research Centre (ITRC), Lucknow
• National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI), Lucknow
• Regional Research Laboratory (RRL,JM), Jammu Tawi
• Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technolonogy (IHBT), Palampur
2. Chemical Sciences
• Central Electrochemical Research (CECRI), Karaikudi
• Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI), Madras
• Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSMCRI), Bhavnagar
• Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad
• Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP), Dehradun
• National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune
• Regional Research Laboratory (RRL,JOR), P.O. Jorhat
3. Engineering Sciences
• Central Mining Research Institute (CMRI), Dhanbad
• Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), New Delhi
• National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), Bangalore
• National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur
• National Metallurgical Laboratory (NML), Jamshedpur
• Regional Research Laboratory (RRL,BHO), Bhopal
• Regional Research Laboratory (RRL,BHU), Bhubaneshwar
• Regional Research Laboratory (RRL,TVM), Triuvananthapuram
• Structural Engineering Research Centre (SERC-G), Ghaziabad
• Structural Engineering Research Centre (SERC-C), Madras
• Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee
• Central Fuel Research Institute (CFRI), Dhanbad
• Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute (CGCRI), Calcutta
• Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI), Durgapur
4. Information Sciences
• National Institute of Science Communication & Information Resources (NISCAIR), New Delhi
• National Institute of Science Technology and Development Studies (NISTADS), New Delhi
5. Physical Sciences
• Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute (CEERI) Pilani
• Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIO), Chandigarh
• National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), Hyderabad
• National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Goa
• National Physical Laboratory (NPL), New Delhi
Contact Us:
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
Telefax : 011-23713011, 011-23736842 (Head, PPD), 011-26968819 (Head, IPMD)
Fax : 011-23710618 (DG's Office), 011-23714788 (JS(A) Office), 011-25840887 (Head, HRDG)
Email :
Director General's Office: dgcsir@csir.res.in, dg@csir.res.in
General Queries: itweb@csir.res.in
Website: http://www.csir.res.in, http://csirhrdg.res.in, http://csirhrdc.res.in
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