The Council of Scientific and 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 Ministry of Science and Technology.
Although CSIR is mainly funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, 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, 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 Minster of Science and Technology, Kapil Sibal admitted, in a Q&A session of parliament, that CSIR has developed 1,376 technologies/knowledgebase during the last decade of 20th century.
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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 cancer in humans.
- 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.
- 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 holders of U.S. patents.
- Successfully challenged the grant of patent in the USA for use of haldi (turmeric) for wound healing and neem as insecticide.
Research Laboratories under CSIR
- C-MMACS – CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation, Bangalore
- CBRI – Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee
- CCMB- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad
- CDRI – Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow
- CECRI- Central Electro Chemical Research Institute, Karaikudi
- CEERI – Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute, Pilani
- CFRI – Central Fuel Research Institute, Dhanbad
- CFTRI – Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore
- CGCRI – Central Glass and Ceramic research Institute, Calcutta
- CIMAP – Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow
- CLRI – Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai
- CMERI – Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur
- CMRI – Central Mining Research Institute, Dhanbad
- CRRI – Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi
- CSIO – Central Scientific Instruments Organisation, Chandigarh
- CSMCRI – Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar
- IGIB – Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi
- IHBT – Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur
- IICB – Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Calcutta
- IICT – Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad
- IIP – Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun
- IMT – Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh
- IITR – Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow (Formerly known as Industrial Toxicology Research Centre)
- NAL – National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore
- NBRI – National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow
- NCL – National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
- NEERI – National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur
- NGRI – National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad
- NIO – National Institute of Oceanography, Goa
- NISCAIR – National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources, New Delhi
- NISTADS – National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies, New Delhi
- NML – National Mettalurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur
- NPL – National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi
- RRL, Bhopal – Regional Research Laboratory, Bhopal
- RRL, Bhubaneshwar – Regional Research Laboratory, Bhubaneshwar
- RRL, Jammu – Regional Research Laboratory, Jammu
- NEIST (RRL), Jorhat – North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat , Jorhat
- National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology – Thiruvananthapuram
- SERC, M – Structural Engineering Research Centre, Chennai
References
- ^ A report of the Parliament of India
- ^ Section of financial plan for 2005-06 by Finance Ministry
- ^ a b c CSIR Web site
- ^ Minster of S&T claims India made 1,300-odd inventions in a decade
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See also
- Central Electro Chemical Research Institute (CECRI), Karaikudi
- Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore
- Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
- National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore
- National Physical Laboratory (NPL), New Delhi
- Regional Research Laboratory, Thiruvananthapuram
- Telecommunication Engineering Center, New Delhi
- IISER
External links
- Official website
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