csirlogo.gif (6380 bytes)Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), India was constituted in 1942 as an autonomous body under the provision of the Registration of Societies  Act   XXI of  1860. After independence, the need for bettering the living standards of the common man by promoting industry and for helping the industry to solve its problems through stimulus of scientific research was greatly stressed. The Council, through its constituent laboratories, has helped the country in increasing the economic growth and industrialization.

The Council has also helped the creation of new schools of research and in enlarging facilities for research by means of grants, training of research personnel, etc.  The main functions of the Council are :

  • Promotion, guidance and coordination of scientific and industrial research in India including other institutions and financing the specific research activities.

  • Scientific study of problems affecting industries and trade.

  • Award of Research Fellowships.

  • Utilization of the results of researches conducted under the Council towards the development of industries in India.

  • The establishment, maintenance and management of laboratories, workshops and organizations to further scientific and industrial research.

  • The collection and dissemination of information in regard not only to research but also to industrial matters generally.

  • Publication of scientific papers.

  • Other activities to promote generally the objects of resolution.

 Council of Scientific & Industrial Research ( CSIR ), India is perhaps among the world's largest publicly funded R&D organisation. Its chain of 38 world class R&D establishments with their 80 field stations spread across India are manned by 10,000 highly qualified scientists and engineers, besides 13,000 auxiliary and other staff. Its range of activities cover practically the entire spectrum of industrial R&D ranging from aerospace to mining to microelectronics to metallurgy and so on. CSIR is truly a global R&D resource as its patrons and partners hail from over 50 countries.

CSIR – Diamond  Jubilee  Celebration                    

The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) enters into its Diamond Jubilee year completing 60 years on 26 September, 2002.   Occasions like the Diamond Jubilee are a time, both to look back and to look forward – for both celebration and soul-searching. The past achievements encourage to do better in the future and review what has not been able to achieve.

Established in 1942, with the primary objective of advancement of scientific knowledge and sustained industrial development of the country, CSIR has over the years created a base for scientific capability and excellence spanning a wide spectrum of areas. CSIR has not only provided to the nation a strong scientific base, it has also been helping in creation of a pool of trained S&T manpower through support to research, popularizing science and helping in the inculcation of scientific temper in the country.  

The CSIR today has grown into a well-knit and action oriented network of 39-laboratories spread throughout the country with activities ranging from Molecular biology to mining, medicine plants to mechanical engineering, mathematical modeling to metrology, chemicals to coals, aerospace, petroleum, leather processing and so on, during the 60-year journey of CSIR. Its laboratories have generated new knowledge and new products, processes and technologies in sectors ranging from healthcare to aeronautics. India’s largest research and development organization, with an annual turnover in excess of Rs. 400 crores, today employs more than 22,000 persons.  

And now, with increasing globalization and entry of multinationals into the country, the CSIR is revamping itself to meet the new challenges. It is striving to make the country a global contributor of innovative technology from merely being a consumer of technology.  

The main Diamond Jubilee function of CSIR was held in Vigiyan Bhavan New Delhi on 26 September, 2002. Prime Minister Sh. Atal Bihari Bajpai, and Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Science & Technology and Ocean Development Dr. Murli Manohar joshi, addressed the Galaxy of Scientists & Technologists on this occasion. A year long Diamond Jubilee celebration is being organised in all constituent laboratories of CSIR in the country.

List of National Research Labs of CSIR