Annexure-I

List of CSIR Laboratories and their important programmes

Sno Name of CSIR Major Programmes/Thrust Areas Website

Laboratory
1 Advanced Materials and Design and development of light alloys, metal matrix & www.ampri.res.in
Processes Research polymetric composites; Sisal Fibre
Institute (AMPRI), based technologies for eco-friendly wood
Bhopal, Madhya substitute; Industrial waste utilization technologies;
Pradesh Water resource exploration, assessment and
management; CAE-CAD-CAM, Integration and
intelligent processing of engineering
components; Disaster/Accident related materials and
modeling; Development and characterization of
low cost building materials/components; Micro
fluidics & fuel cells; Mineral processing & equipment
design.
2 Central Building Providing S&T back-up to the problems of buildings www.cbri.org;
Research and construction industries in the areas of housing, www.cbri.in
Institute (CBRI), building materials, geotechnical & structural
Roorkee, engineering, building physics and fire research &
Uttarakhand testing.
3 Centre for Cellular and In basic research, the areas are- Biotechnology www.ccmb.res.in
Molecular Biology and Biomedicine, Genetics, Molecular
(CCMB), Biology, Biochemistry & Biophysics, Genomics,
Hyderabad, Bioinformatics;
Telangana
Under socially relevant research, the areas are-
DNA Fingerprinting, Conservation of endangered
animals (wildlife), Molecular Diagnosis
(Chromosome & DNA), Genetic diversity in tribal
population in India.
4 Central Drug Research The institute’s basic objective is discovery and www.cdriindia.org
Institute (CDRI), development of new drugs and contraceptive
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh agents, and development of innovative, economic
and environment friendly process technologies for
known drugs and drug intermediates. The thrust of
research is on tropical diseases, cardiovascular
disorders, metabolic diseases, and some other
problems such as ulcers. Synthetic routes as well as
natural products are explored to obtain drugs. Natural
products explored include terrestrial plants including
Indian traditional remedies, and marine flora and
fauna for search of novel molecules for drug
development. The institute is equipped with latest
facilities, infrastructure and expertise to utilize both
conventional as well as target- based molecular
approaches utilizing inputs of molecular and
structural biology, genomics, proteomics,
bioinformatics, etc. and by utilizing high throughput
technologies.
5 Central Electrochemical Fundamentals and Applied Research in the field of www.cecri.res.in
Research Institute electrochemical power systems comprising batteries
(CECRI), Karaikudi, and fuel cells, corrosion science and engineering,
Tamil electrochemicals, electrochemical material science,
Nadu electrochemical instrumentations, electrodics and
biosensors,industrial metal finishing and
electrochemical pollution control.
6 Central Electronics and Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) and www.ceeri.res.in
 Engineering Research Sensors, Photonic Components and Sub-system,
Institute (CEERI), Special Electron Tubes, Electronics for Society,
Pilani, Rajasthan Environment and Industry, Nano-Electronics.
7 Central Food and Development of food products and processes for www.cftri.com
Technological Research optimal utilization of country’s agricultural
Institute (CFTRI), produce; Value added convenience products;
Mysore, Karnataka upgradation of traditional food technology &
development of appropriate technologies for
reducing/eliminating post-harvest losses and shelf-
life studies, biotechnology; basic research related
to food additives, flavours, colorants, pre and
probiotics, physical properties of foods,
micronutrients, food toxicity and safety, food
microbiology, food chemistry, enzymatic and
molecular biology, bioactive materials, food
packaging, GM food analysis and nutrigenomics.
8 Central Glass & Development of different varieties of specialty glasses www.cgcri.res.in
Ceramics including optical glass, optical materials, engineering
Research Institute and high temperature materials, ceramics for health
(CGCRI), Kolkata, West care, ceramics for energy and environment, ceramic
Bengal membrane technology, composites, low-cost building
materials and traditional ceramics.
9 Central Institute of Conservation and utilization of genetic resources of www.cimap.res.in
Medicinal and Aromatic medicinal and aromatic plants; Bioprospection and
Plants (CIMAP), development of technologies for therapeutic,
Lucknow, Uttar nutraceutical, agrichemical and health care products;
Pradesh Bio-village approach for mission programme on
technology dissemination in geranium, rose, mints,
rosemary and Cymbopogon grasses; Development of
improved varieties and their agrotechnologies for
priority plants.

Development and up-scaling of processing

technologies for in-demand and value added products;
plant genomics and biotechnological improvements in
Catharanthus, Withania and Mentha species; Plant
tissue culture technology for developing high
throughput regeneration and secondary metabolite
production; Integrated nutrient and pest management
strategies leading to near organic farming; Basic
research in selected medicinal and aromatic plants for
future exploitation. State-of-the-art research facility
for biotechnology, quality and analytical testing.
10 Central Institute for Development and adaptation of mass production www.cimfr.nic.in
Mining & Fuel Research technology in underground mining for safe and
(CIMFR), economic extraction of thick and/or steep seams.
Dhanbad, Mines safety: Monitoring for gas and fire;
Jharkhand Development of wireless multimedia communication
for Indian mines; Application of 'Robots' in difficult
and risky situations; Detection and mapping of old
and unapproachable workings and stabilization of
unstable areas; Providing scientific support to
'Disaster Management' specially in underground coal
mines.
Environmental issues: Utilisation and disposal of fly
ash; Developing a numerical-cum-statistical model for
projecting environmental impacts of mining
operation; Wasteland management in mining areas.
Alternative energy sources: Coal Bed Methane
(CBM); Underground Coal Gasification (UCG).
 Perfecting ground control technology for tunneling &
underground caverns; Augmentation of better
indigenous reductant for steel making and other
metallurgical purposes for inferior coals;

Design and development of energy efficient coke

oven including power generation from waste heat;
Development of coal-based value added carbons of
varied specification; Reduce dependence on petroleum
feed stocks through conversion of coal or organic
wastes into synthetic fuel and other chemicals/feed
stocks.
11 Central Leather TDS control in leather processing, value Addition and www.clri.org;
Research cost control, Eco Benign leather processing, www.clri.nic.in
Institute (CLRI), Material optimization, standardization and
Chennai, Tamil Nadu productivity enhancement studies, IT Enabled
solutions for the leather products sector, New
materials with improved properties product
development and adaptation studies, Design, Trend
forecasting and industrialization of traditional art
based products.

Technological application for management of

solidwastes from tanneries and effluent treatment
plants and bioenergy generation. Study on
econometric on environmental compliance of SMEs.
Development of new methodologies and routes for
organic synthesis and studies on better utilization of
natural products. Development of newer tanning
systems and leather processing methodologies.
Biomaterials development and testing. IPR
Management and tools and techniques for in-house
IP acquisition & business processing, Tools and
techniques for in-house applications of project
management, Academic education and vocational
training programmes in capacity building,
Innovation & design of new training programmes.

Technology Standardization of Bioresources for &

from leather, Environment Friendly Leather
Processing, Development of specialty polymers-
Leather Composites, Industrial Waste Minimization
and cleanup - Parchment like leather material from
chrome shavings.
12 Central Mechanical Robotics and Mechatronics, Advanced Manufacturing www.cmeri.res.in
Engineering Research Technology, Rapid Prototyping and Tooling, Energy
Institute (CMERI), and Process Plants, Farm Machinery and Post Harvest
Durgapur, West Bengal Technology; Life Assessment Studies.

13 Central Road Research Characterisation and development of pavement www.crridom.gov.in

Institute (CRRI), Delhi materials, Pavement design and analysis, Pavement
performance and maintenance management,
Geotechnical investigation and ground improvement,
Use of waste and marginal materials, Natural hazard
management (landslide), High performance materials
for roads and bridges, Bridges design and evaluation
(including prestressed and cable stayed), Corrosion
studies for bridges, Instrumented monitoring of
bridges, Bridge maintenance management system,
Bridge inspection and rehabilitation, Highway
 planning and asset management, Rural road network
planning, GIS and remote sensing applications to
highway planning and traffic engineering, Travel
demand analysis and modeling, Road traffic safety
and capacity, Transport economics and project
appraisal, Social and environmental impact
assessment, Intelligent transport system, Air quality
modelling and source apportionment, GHG emission
inventory and analysis, Development of
instrumentation for highways and bridges.
14 Central Scientific Opto-Electronics (including Coherent Optics); Agri- http://csio.res.in;
Instruments Electronic Instrumentation; Instrumentation for Geo- http://csio.gov.in
Organization Science & Disaster Mitigation;
(CSIO), Chandigarh Medical Instrumentation; Micro Electro
Mechanical Systems (MEMS) and Sensors for
Diverse Applications; Instrumentation for Energy
Management, Condition Monitoring and Quality
Control;

Biomolecular Electronics & Nanotechnology;

Environmental Monitoring Instrumentation;
Analytical Instrumentation; Plant & Machinery
for Railway Safety; Services (Services &
Maintenance of Instruments, Special Manpower
Training, Testing & Calibration of
Instruments/Components, Energy Audit, etc.);
Networked Programmes for CSIR including
Electronics for Societal Purposes; development of
Key Technologies for Photonics and Opto-
Electronics; Custom Tailored Special Materials etc.
15 Central Salt and Marine Inorganic chemicals: (i) Development of www.csmcri.org
Chemical Research technologies for recovery of common salt, industrial
Institute salt, iodized salt, low sodium salt, and marine
(CSMCRI), chemicals like potash, bromine, and magnesium
Bhavnagar, chemicals. Design and layout of salt farm including
Gujarat salt engineering. Proto type device for improvement
and quality control of salt. (ii) Development of
technologies for specialty siliceous
chemicals, zeolites, clays waste utilization for
value added products, recovery of metals from solid
wastes. Polymer and Membrane Science:
Preparation of reverse osmosis and electrodialysis
membrane for safe drinking water. Devices for
domestic water purification, concentrating aqueous
herbal extracts, animal powdered desalination units.
Development of spiral elements for large-scale
sewage water treatment plants. Developments of
resins for brine purifications, resins for nitrate,
arsenic and fluoride removal.

Bio-salinity: (i)Identification and cultivation of

commercially important seaweeds, development of
an innovative techniques for simultaneous
preparation of carrageenam and liquid fertilizer,
quality agarose, bacteriological grade agar, C-
phycocyanin (Bio- pigment). Studies on
environmental audit and marine impact assessment
for scheduled Industry.

(ii) Restoration of ecology of wastelands and saline

lands. Basic research on plant physiology,
 biochemistry, molecular biology, agriculture
chemistry and genetics. Assessment and performance
of desert economic and halophytes plants.
16 Institute of Genomics Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Genomics and www.igib.res.in
and Molecular Medicine, Gene Expression Profiling
Integrative Biology & Comparative Genomics, Genome Informatics,
(IGIB), Proteomics and Structural Biology, Environmental
Delhi Biotechnology, Bioactive molecules and
Technology Development Unit, Design and
Synthesis of Nucleic Acid and Peptides.
17 Institute of Himalayan Floriculture tea sciences, biotechnologies and natural www.ihbt.res.in
Bioresources Techology plant product Conservation Biology Cell and Tissue
(IHBT), Palampur, Culture, Genomics, Proteomics, Natural Products
Himachal Pradesh Chemistry, Agro-Chemicals, Chemical Engineering,
Plant Virology, Pesticide Residues, Diagnostics.
18 Indian Institute of Natural products of medicinal, biological and www.iicb.res.in
Chemical Biology industrial value and synthetic duplication of
(IICB), products of interest; development of innovative
Kolkata, West Bengal immunoassay techniques; gene regulation of
hormones and their actions, genetic polymorph
isms in pathology in Indian population,
understanding the basis of parasitism and
development of biotechnologies applicable to the
diagnosis and chemotherapy of visceral
leishmaniasis; investigation of the molecule basis of
pathogenicity of Vibrio cholerae and development of
novel approaches towards fertility control and
regulation; delineation of the cellular and molecular
basis of brain development and genesis and therapy
of neurological diseases; investigation of gastric
physiology; development of tissue-targeted drug-
delivery systems; investigation of the molecular
mechanism of biocatalysis; studies on
carbohydrates, development of radiopharmaceuticals
for myocardial imaging and renal and hepatobiliary
studies; protein engineering models for self
organizational phenomena in living systems,
bioinformatics, molecular modeling and development
of novel herbal medicines for common diseases.
19 Indian Institute of Development of technologies for Pesticides, Drugs, www.iictindia.org
Chemical Technology Pharmaceuticals, Organic Intermediates, Speciality
(IICT), Hyderabad, and Fine Chemicals, Fluoro Organics. The major
Telangana areas of interest to lICT are Natural Products
Chemistry, Integrated Pest Management, Coal
and Energy, Bioinformatics, Biology and
Biotechnology, Gas-based Technologies.

Nanotechnologies, Molecular Modelling and

Combinatorial Chemistry, Lipid Sciences and
Technologies, Organic Coatings and Polymers,
Supramolecular Chemistry, Peptidomimetics, Non-
viral gene Delivery Systems, Bio-chemical and
Environmental Engineering Sciences, Bio-
transformations, Chemical and Engineering
Sciences, Mechanical Engineering and Design,
Chemical and Bio-evaluation, Simulation,
Optimization and Control, Hazard and Risk Analysis
Studies, Inorganic and Physical Chemistry,
Pharmacology, Chemical and Instrumental Analysis,
Catalysis and Material Sciences, Clean and Green
Technologies with excellent infrastructure facilities,
 instrumental facilities, Pilot Plant facilities and
Computer Centre.
20 Indian Institute of Agrotechnology of medicinal & aromatic plants, www.rrljammu.org
Integrative Medicine identification /authentication of medicinal plants,
(IIIM), Jammu, J&K synthetic (chiral) and natural product
chemistry, herbal drugs, selected biological
screening, bioprospecting microbial biodiversity for
industrially useful enzymes, molecular biology &
gene cloning,fermentation technology, quality
control and standardization of herbal drugs,
establishment of gene bank, bioinformatics,
pharmacology phytochemicals/herbal
drugs/nutraceuticals research. Chemical
Engineering & Design backup for packaging of
technologies.
21 Indian Institute of Petroleum Refining technology, development of www.iip.res.in
Petroleum (IIP), separation processes, conversion processes,
Dehradun, Uttarakhand petroleum products applications, development of
chemicals and biotechnology.
22 Indian Institute of Neurotoxicology, environmental health, www.iitrindia.org
Toxicological Research ecotoxicology, phototoxicology, epidemiology,
(IITR), Lucknow, Uttar immunotoxicology, developmental toxicology,
Pradesh cardiovascular toxicology, pulmonary toxicology,
environmental carcinogenesis, environmental
monitoring and environmental biotechnology heavy
metals, industrial dusts and fibres, plastics and
polymers, hydrocarbons, pesticides, detergents, dyes
and food additives.
23 Institute of Minerals & Mineral Processing Technology, Extractive www.immt.res.in
Materials Technology Metallurgy, preparation of Special Materials
(IMMT), and alloys, Design & Project engineering,
Bhubaneswar, preparation of Inorganic and Organic chemicals,
Orissa Energy & Environment management, Cultivation &
Utilization of aromatic, medicinal and other
economic plants; and development of new analytical
methods.
24 Institute of Microbial Molecular biology and Microbial Genetics; protein www.imtech.res.in
Technology (IMTECH), science and engineering; Fermentation
Chandigarh technology including applied microbiology; cell
biology and immunology; Operation and
maintenance of Microbial Type Culture Collection
and Gene Bank - International Depositary Authority,
National facilities on Biochemical Engineering
Research and Process Development Centre and
Bioinformatics Centre on Protein Engineering.
25 National Aerospace Advanced Flow diagnostics, High pressure wind www.nal.res.in
Laboratory tunnel
(NAL), testing, Jet acoustics, Computational flow solutions
Bangalore, and techniques for aero and space vehicles,
Karnataka
Aerodynamics research on micro air vehicles as well as
space vehicles;

Developing airport instrumentation, advanced avionics

systems, Control laws for aircraft, Aircraft parameter
identification and flight simulator, Aero elastic
testing; development of powered glider engines,
Combustion engine development for unmanned air
vehicle, High speed combustion for hypersonic
vehicles, Fuel Cells;
 Computational electromagnetic research,
Development of parallel super computing platform,
Acoustics studies on space vehicles and satellites,
Surface modification techniques including Nano
technology: development & application to aerospace
as well as non aerospace areas (non-renewable energy
viz., solar), Wind turbine development;

Failure analysis and Aircraft Accident Investigation,

Full scale aircraft fatigue testing and ground vibration
testing, Composite materials characterisation and
fabrication, industrial carbon fibre facility, Autoclave
development, structural health monitoring, Smart
material research and development;

Design and development of micro air vehicles, General

Aviation aircraft and Civil aircraft.
26 National Botanical Conservation and conversion of non-crop plant www.nbri-lko.org
Research Institute genetic resources into economic wealth
(NBRI), with appropriate S&T intervention. Development of
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh value added products. Plant-based Herbal
Formulations, Pharmacognosy, Ethnopharmacology,
Nutraceuticals, Plant Biotechnology Plant Molecular
Biology & Genetic Engineering, Environmental
Sciences Biofuel Eco-Restoration, Tree Biology,
Biomass Biology, Biodiversity, Biofertilizer,
Rehabilitation of degraded soils, mined sites,
Agrotechnologies for economically important plants
wasteland utilization, Conservation Biology,
Floriculture, Medicinal Plants, Eco- education,
Bioinformatics, Taxonomy, Biology of Lower Plants,
Environmental Monitoring, Phytochemistry,
Entomology, Genetics.
27 National Chemical Catalysis, biotechnology, organic chemical www.ncl-india.org
Laboratory (NCL), Pune, technology, and polymers and other high
Maharashtra performance materials. Basic research in hemistry
and biochemistry.
28 National Environmental Pollution monitoring & mitigation systems and www.neeri.res.in
Engineering Research devices; Industrial waste minimization and
Institute (NEERI), cleanup; Developing green technologies for
Nagpur, Maharashtra environment; Environmental impact and risk
assessment and audit; Molecular environmental
nanotechnology; Environmental nanotechnology;
Genomics enabled environmental biotechnology;
Predictive modeling of multimedia environmental
quality; Quantification of environmental
complexity; Vulnerability of water
resources.
29 North-East Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, Natural Products Chemistry, www.rrljorhat.res.in;
Science and Technology Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Biotechnology, www.neist.res.in
(NEIST), Jorhat, Assam Medicinal, Aromatic & Economic Plants,
Geosciences, petroleum & Natural Gas, Material
Science, Coal, Applied Civil Engineering, Chemical
Engineering, Cellulose Pulp & Paper and Utilization
of Mineral Resources.
30 National Geographical Seismology, lithosphere, earth's interior and www.ngri.org.in
Research Institute environment, groundwater, geophysical exploration
(NGRI), Hyderabad, and geophysical instrumentation.
Andhra
Pradesh
31 National Institute of Chemistry of Natural products, agro-processing and www.niist.res.in
Interdisciplinary Science specialty agrochemicals related to spices and oil
& seeds, Bioactive compounds from natural sources,
Technology (NIIST), Biochemicals and related products through enzyme
Thiruvanthapuram, engineering, materials processing for value addition
Kerala of clays and beach sand minerals, oxide fine
ceramics, metal alloys and composites, simulation of
processes, photochemical systems including solar
energy conversion, low cost building materials from
agro and industrial wastes, calibration of procedures
for analysis of toxic pollutants and waste water
technology.
32 National Institute of International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme, www.nio.org
Oceanography (NIO), surveys for polymetallic nodules,
Goa oceanographic studies of the Antarctic waters, island
development programme, coastal zone management,
resources and parameters mapping of the EEZ of
India, air-sea interaction studies, drugs from the sea,
marine biotechnology, biofouling and corrosion
studies, technologies for rural development,
development of marine instruments, and
development of acoustic and remote sensing
techniques for monitoring the oceans.
33 National Institute of Three major Network Programmes- Traditional www.niscair.res.in
Science Knowledge Digital Library to protect against
Communication and biopiracy, National Science Digital Library
Information Resources to provide on-line S&T curriculum books to
(NISCAIR), Delhi college students and E-Journals Consortia to provide
research journals at the scientists desk in all CSIR
laboratories; Dissemination of S & T information
to Scientific Community; Popularization of
Science amongst school children and general
public; Spreading IT literacy; Information
Resources; Information Products and Services; and
Training Programs.
34 National Institute of IPR: IPR & development studies; ITBT: Information http://nistads.res.in
Science and Technology technology and biotechnology: Policy matters and
Development Studies ethical concerns; Innovation policy; INKS:
(NISTADS), Delhi Innovation & knowledge society; TIARA:
Technology & integrated assistance to rural artisans;.
SD: Sustainable development

STEVS: Science-technology-education valuation

studies; HPS: History & philosophy of science/Public
awareness of science.
35 National Metallurgical Minerals & Metals: Bio-mineral processing for www.nmlindia.org
Laboratory (NML), extraction of metal values from
Jamshedpur, Jharkhand ores/concentrates/wastes, Developing capabilities In
Advanced Manufacturing Technologies,
Processing of Polymetallic sea nodules for recovery
of valuable metals, Development of an eco-friendly
cokeless cupola, Peritectic transformation in multi
component iron based alloys during continuous
casting, Coal characterization and resource quality
assessment, Indigenous technology for optimizing
Blast Furnace performance, Mechanical activation in
improving the blended cement processing,
Developing novel cements based on mechanically
activated slag, fuel cells based on hydrogen,
innovative technology for titanium extraction, and
 development of titanium
alloys.

Materials: Development of coatings for improved

corrosion resistance of steel reinforcement bars
Fabrication of oxidation & wear coating by spray
technique for aerospace application, ceramic-
cereamic/metal brazing alloys, nano-structure for
novel electronics, magnetic and optical applications,
Fabrication of super hard coatings, Bio-mimetic
synthesis for bio material for implants and super
paramagnetic particles for diagnostic applications,

Ecology and Environment: Comprehensive

assessment of water quality, Reduction in green house
emission in metallurgical sector, Development of
cleaner processes/technologies for metallurgical
industries.
36 National Physical Measurements, standards and calibration, electronic & www.nplindia.org
Laboratory (NPL), Delhi engineering materials, radio and atmospheric physics,
cryogenics and superconductivity, applied projects
like thin films, optical coatings, xeroradiography,
high-pressure metal forming & high-powered
ultrasonic systems, and underwater acoustic devices,
non-conventional energy devices, and theoretical
condensed matter physics.
37 Structural Engineering Structural dynamics, including studies on vibration, www.sercm.org
Research Centre blast and impact, earthquake engineering, bridge
(SERC), Chennai, engineering, steel structures, experimental mechanics,
Tamil Nadu wind engineering, computer-aided analysis and design
of structures, fatigue and fracture, structural concretes
and concrete composites, towers and towerlike
structures, health monitoring and safety audit, and
repair, retrofit and rehabilitation of, structures.
38 CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling for Climate, Environmental www.cmmacs.ernet.in
Mathematical and Engineering Problems, Long-range Monsoon
Modeling & Computer Forecasting, Advance Forecasting of Cyclones,
Simulation Multi-scale Environmental Modeling
(CMMACS),
Bangalore, Ocean Primary Productivity and Chemistry, Global
Karnataka Ocean Modeling, Earthquake Hazard Monitoring and
Modeling, GPS Measurements,

Computational Structural Mechanics, Industrial Fluid

Flow, Modeling and Analysis of Complex, Physical
and Industrial Systems, Network Security and High
Performance Computing