Dr Shekhar C. Mande, DG, CSIR bestowed with the HK Firodia Memorial award for his contributions to science.

While we are now past the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic, some new ideas of the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 have begun to emerge. Some are still being debated.

CSIR recently launched a Webinar Series in Indian languages to reach out to the citizens in a language they can easily understand and identify with.

Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health, Science & Technology and Earth Sciences and Vice President of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) released a compendium of “CSIR Technologies for COVID-19 Mitigation” which gives insights into the technologies, innovations and products developed and deployed by CSIR. 

The Council of Scientific & Industrial Research introduced, in 1987, a scheme of awards for Young Scientists in the CSIR system in order to promote excellence in various fields of science and technology. 

The MoU seeks to promote collaborative research and information dissemination in the area of food and nutrition.

CSIR has been keeping a close watch on the dynamics, spread and distribution of the SARS-CoV-2 virus

Three young scientists from various CSIR laboratories have received the INAE (Indian National Academy of Award Engineering) Young Engineer Award.

Clarifying doubts and queries in the minds of the general public about the various issues and concerns related to treatment and testing for COVID-19.

The series of workshops focused mainly on CSIR’s thematic research and the ambitions of Govt of India to fulfil the energy needs of the Nation.

“It is indeed a privilege to be associated with CSIR in any capacity and you all have the great privilege of working for CSIR” — says Dr Harsh Vardhan

This collaboration would entail work across key areas of CO₂ capture, utilisation and storage.

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology was instituted in the year 1957, in the memory of late Dr (Sir) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar, FRS, the founder-director of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR). 

CSIR announced Diamond Jubilee Invention Award for School Children on 26 April 2002 in order to enhance creativity amongst school children.

This marks a significant achievement for the Indian scientific community, moving from R&D to a high-accuracy, scalable and reliable test in less than 100 days. The ‘Made in India’ test achieves accuracy levels of traditional RT-PCR tests

This will augment CSIR-FPI’s capacity as the leading research and development organisation in the country to provide world-class high-performance computational facilities to the research community

Hon'ble Minister of S&T, Dr Harsh Vardhan launched clinical trials website called "CUReD: CSIR Ushered Repurposed Drugs".

CSIR Technology Awards seek to foster and encourage multi-disciplinary in-house team efforts and external interaction for technology development, transfer and commercialization.

CSIR instituted a Gold Medal in 2004 in the fond memory of Prof. G N Ramachandran, a pioneer of protein chemistry & the founding father of structural biology in India, for recognizing excellence in the interdisciplinary field of Biological Sciences and Technology.

Minister of S&T, Health & Family Welfare and Earth Sciences, Dr Harsh Vardhan inaugurated the curtain raiser of the virtual mega science event, IISF 2020.

Council of Scientific & Industrial Research has been awarded the Clarivate Analytics India Innovation Award 2018 in the Government Research Organizations Category.

Science and Technology are incomplete unless its benefits percolate to the Society: Prime Minister