Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

In News 

  • Senior electrochemical scientist Nallathamby Kalaiselvi has become the first woman director general of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.

About Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR

  • It is known for its cutting edge R&D knowledge base in diverse S&T areas, 
  • It is a contemporary R&D organisation. 
  • It has a dynamic network of 37 national laboratories, 39 outreach centres, 3 Innovation Complexes, and five units with a pan-India presence. 
  • Coverage 
    • It covers a wide spectrum of science and technology – from oceanography, geophysics, chemicals, drugs, genomics, biotechnology and nanotechnology to mining, aeronautics, instrumentation, environmental engineering and information technology. 
    • It provides significant technological intervention in many areas concerning societal efforts, which include environment, health, drinking water, food, housing, energy, farm and non-farm sectors. 

Source:BS