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Science and Technology Research Players in India
The structure of Indian S&T sector is pictorially represented as below.
Source: FICCI-Battelle-India Knowledge Paper-Global R&D Summit 2013-Destination India.
Abbreviations: UGC-University Grant Commission; AICTE-All Indian Council for Technical Education; IIT-Indian Institute
of Technology; IISc-Indian Institute of Science; ICFRD- Indian Council of Forestry Research & Development; ICMR- Indian
Council for Medical Research; DRDO- Defence Research & Development Organization; DBT- Department of Biotechnology;
DST- Department of Science & technology; DSIR-Department of Scientific & Industrial Research; CSIR-Council of Scientific
& Industrial Research; DeiTY-Department of Electronics & Information Technology (erstwhile DIT): ICAR-Indian Council of
Agricultural Research; DAE- Department of Atomic Energy; ISRO – Indian Space Research Organization.
As an example two prominent Research Councils under this category - CSIR and DRDO are
described below. These institutions are explained further in the detailed sectoral profiling
chapters that follow.
i. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is India’s largest R&D organisation
with 39 laboratories and 50 field stations. CSIR had over 1,872 active patents in India, 813
in the US, 328 in the EU, 147 in Japan and 829 in other countries in 2012. CSIR engaged in
cross sectoral, scientific industrial R&D that brings economic, environmental and societal
benefits for the country. Its research areas span across aerospace, biotechnology,
chemical, energy, food, information dissemination, leather and metals, minerals and
manufacturing etc.
ii. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is engaged in design and
development of weapon systems and equipment in accordance with the requirements
of the military services. DRDO has a network of 50 labs, over 5,000 scientists and 25,000
other scientific, technical and supporting personnel (until 2012). Research areas of
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