National Metallurgical laboratory (NMl) is set to celebrate the 73rd CSIR foundation on Saturday. T Ramasami, former secretary of Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India will be the chief guest of the function.
The Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) - the premier industrial R&D organisation in India was established on 26 September 1942 as an autonomous body funded by the Government of India.
During its inception, CSIR had defined its functions as promotion, guidance and co-ordination of scientific and industrial research, and setting up laboratories to spur R&D for the growth of industry.
Then, the industrial scenario in India was limited to agro-based industries like sugar, oils jute, and so on, which were largely driven by foreign-based technology.
N G Goswami, chief scientist & head of Information Management & Dissemination Centre CSIR-National Metallurgical laboratory (NMl) said that CSIR pervades all aspects - social, economic and quality life.
CSIR has been associated with a variety of tasks that touched Indian lives - from manufacturing baby food (Amul) to bringing out the non-steroid contraceptive (Saheli); from extracting poly-metallic nodules from the entrails of the Indian ocean to flying light combat aircraft in the Indian skies, from defining the genetic configuration of cholera bacterium to providing recipes for instant gulab jamoon, sambar, idli and dosa.
CSIR, currently with its 38 laboratories and 39 field stations, spread all across the country.
Manned by around 3634 highly qualified scientists and engineers, and 9924 technical / supporting personnel, these world-class research establishments of CSIR provide globally competitive R&D inputs and high-quality science-based services.
Many problems of industry, and even of pure science, are multi-disciplinary in character, and require for their solutions the knowledge and techniques of more than one branch of science and call for teamwork.
CSIR laboratories provide facilities for such teamwork. CSIR today symbolises a culture that links science with society through technology and industrial manufacture.
As the nation's largest holder of intellectual property rights (IPR) on patents, CSIR leads the way for protecting traditional knowledge while adding to the new IPR capital.