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Introduction
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research or CSIR is a self-governing entity that has grown to become India’s leading research and development establishment. The Govt. of India founded the CSIR in September 1942. It is primarily sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology, and it functions independently under the Societies Registration Act of 1860. Subsequently aerospace engineering, ocean science, biological sciences, metallurgy, chemistry, mines, food, oil, leather, and the environment science are among the CSIR’s research and development operations. In relation to IP, the CSIR holds 2971 worldwide patents and 1592 Indian patents. Moreover, since its founding, the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research has been granted over 14000 patents around the world.
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Organization
- The president of CSIR is the PM of India
- The Science and Technology union minister is the Vice President of the CSIR
- The Director-General is the chief of the governing authority
- The finance secretary is the added ex-officio fellow of the CSIR
- The period of the other members is a term of 3 years
- The advisory board of CSIR consists of 15 members who are the prominent members in the area of science as well as technology, their tenure is 3 years and they give their opinion related to the field of science to the governing authority
Vision of the CSIR
Pursue science which endeavors for world-wide impact, the technology that allows innovation-driven industry and nurtures trans-disciplinary leadership which thereby catalyze the inclusive economic development for the Indian people. The Council of Scientific & Industrial Research’s objective remains centered on the people and the nation in research, technology, and societal endeavors. As the nation’s goals and aspirations grow, so does the nation’s expectation of the CSIR and other publicly financed organisations. Not only is the speed of scientific and technological progress, as well as the desire for higher living standards, visible today, but many long-held economic and growth myths have been refuted, such as the shift from manufacturing to services; funds, national needs to global opportunities, and so on. The new situation has prompted the CSIR in the following-
- Leadership in engineering as well as science
- Technology solutions that are innovative
- Crowdsourcing and open innovation
- Talent development in cross-disciplinary fields
- Entrepreneurship based on science
- S&T intervention for socioeconomic transformation
Objective of the CSIR
- The goal of the CSIR is to conduct national-level scientific and industrial/applied research. So, the activity comprises the promotion, direction, and the coordination of scientific and industrial research in India, including the establishment and funding of certain researchers.
- Establishment of various institutions or the department of established institutions for the scientific research of problems impacting certain industries and trades, as well as giving aid to these institutions.
- Research studentships and scholarships are established and awarded.
- Application of the findings of research undertaken under the Council’s auspices to the growth of the country’s industry.
- Payment of a share of royalties emerging from the development of research results to people who are deemed to have contributed to the pursuit of the research.
- To enhance the scientific and industrial research the laboratories, workshops, institutes, and organisations are established, maintained, and managed.
- Information gathering and distribution in relation to not only research but also industry problems in general.
- Scientific papers and an industry research and development journal are also published.
Initiative of the CSIR
- The CSIR has established five technology verticals to handle the emerging pandemic situation. They are to surveillance by two means- digital means and molecular means, then the Diagnostic that are both quick and cost-effective, drug repurposing, vaccines, and convalescent plasma therapy, PPE and assistive devices in the Hospital and the last is supply chains and the logistic support systems.
- It created an indigenous Head-Up Display (HUD) for the Tejas, an Indian Light Combat Aircraft. The pilot uses the HUD to help him navigate the plane and perform essential flight maneuvers like weapon pointing.
- Establishment of a solar tree in the energy and environment sector that uses the least amount of area possible to generate clean energy.
- The first lithium ion battery fabrication factory in India has been constructed, using indigenous innovative materials to produce 4.0 V/14 h standard cells.
- The creation of the Ksheer-scanner which is a novel technical development by the CSIR and CEERI that detects the amount of adulteration of the milk and the adulterants in just 45 seconds for 10 paise, putting milk adulteration on notice.
- The CSIR has established a programme named as GOMED (Genomics and other omics technology for Enabling Medical Decisions) that gives a framework for disease genomics to address clinical challenges.
- The CSIR has created and tested a double-enriched salt, which is a salt that is fortified with iron and iodine that has better qualities for treating anemia in individuals.
- The development of a whitefly-resistant transgenic cotton line.
- JD Vaccine for the animals of the farm: Vaccine produced and sold to immunise Sheep, Goat, Cow, and Buffalo against Johne’s disease (JD) in order to improve milk and meat output.
- The CSIR has been connecting with society through numerous programmes, and one of the most recent is the “JIGYASA” which connects the student and the scientist. The goal of this programme is to connect school kids with scientists so that students’ classroom learning can be supplemented by well-planned research laboratory learning.
- The CSIR has created the world’s first Digital Library of traditional knowledge which is available in five different languages around the world. The languages are English, French, German, Japanese and lastly Spanish.
Conclusion
In the fields of aeronautical engineering, structural engineering, ocean sciences, life sciences, chemical, mines, food, oilfield, leather, and environmental science, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research has conducted research. It has also taken a number of scientific and technological endeavours.
