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Departments under the Ministry of Science and Technology – DBT, DST, DSIR

Department of Biotechnology(DBT):

Department of Biotechnology(DBT) is responsible for identifying and supporting specific Research and development programs in biotechnology and biotechnology-related product manufacture.
DBT also supports training of young scientists in the field of biotechnology at various universities and institutes.

List of autonomous institutions under the department of Biotechnology:

1. Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD), Hyderabad
2. Institute of Bio resources and Sustainable development (IBSD), Imphal.
3. Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneshwar
4. National Institute of Immunology (NII), New Delhi
5. National Institute for Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), JNU, New Delhi
6. National Brain Research Centre (NBRC), Gurgaon
7. National Centre for Cell Sciences (NCCS), Pune
8. Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology Institution (RGCB), Thiruvananthapuram
9. National Agri-food Biotechnology Institution (NABI), Mohali
10. National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (NAIB), Hyderabad

There are two PSUs under the administrative control of Department of Biotechnology namely,

1. Bharat Immunologicals and Biologicals Corporation Limited, Bulandshahar
2. Biotech Consortium India Limited (BCIL), New Delhi
3. Indian Vaccines Corporation Limited, Gurgaon

Department of Science and Technology (DST):

Department of Science and Technology (DST) is primarily entrusted with the responsibility of formulation of S&t policies and their implementation, identification, and promotion of thrust areas of research in different sectors of Science & Technology(S&T); technology information, forecasting and assessment; international collaboration, promotion of science & society programmes and coordination of S&T activities in our country.

The list of autonomous Science and Technology Institutions:

1. Agharkar Research Institute, Pune
2. Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences, Nainital
3. Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow
4. Bose Institute, Kolkata
5. Centre for Liquid Crystal Research, Bengaluru
6. Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata
7. International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials, Hyderabad
8. Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru
9. Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Mumbai
10. Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru
11. National Accreditation Board for Testing & Calibration Laboratories, New Delhi
12. Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru
13. S.N Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata
14. Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology, Thiruvananthapuram
15. Technology Information, Forecasting & Assessment Council (TIFAC), New Delhi
16. Vigyan Prasar, New Delhi
17. Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun
18. Institute for Advanced Studies in Science Technology, Guwahati

Department of Science and Industrial Research (DSIR):

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Consultancy Development Centre (CDC) are the two autonomous institutes which work under Department of Science and Industrial Research (DSIR).

The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), with its 39 laboratories dedicated to research and development in well-defined areas and around 50 field stations, is the major organization under DSIR.

Among the other Programmes of DSIR are to Research and Development by Industry, programs aimed at technological self-reliance, schemes to enhance the efficacy of transfer of technology and a National Information System for Science and Technology (NISSAT).

The list of CSIR Laboratories is as follows:

1. Centre For Biochemical Technology (CBT), Delhi
2. Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad
3. Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow
4. Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysore
5. Central Institute of Medicinal & Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), Lucknow
6. Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB), Calcutta
7. Institute of Microbial Technology (IMT), Chandigarh
8. Industrial Toxicology Research Centre (ITRC), Lucknow
9. National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI), Lucknow
10. Regional Research Laboratory (RRL,JM), Jammu Tawi
11. Institute of Himalayan Bio resource Technology (IHBT), Palampur
12. Central Electrochemical Research (CECRI), Karaikudi
13. Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI), Madras
14. Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSMCRI), Bhavnagar
15. Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad
16. Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP), Dehradun
17. National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune
18. Regional Research Laboratory (RRL,JOR), Jorhat
19. Central Mining Research Institute (CMRI), Dhanbad
20. Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), New Delhi
21. National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), Bangalore
22. National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI)
23. National Metallurgical Laboratory (NML), Jamshedpur
24. Regional Research Laboratory (RRL,BHO), Bhopal
25. Regional Research Laboratory (RRL,BHU), Bhubaneshwar
26. Regional Research Laboratory (RRL,TVM), Thiruvananthapuram
27. Structural Engineering Research Centre (SERC-G), Ghaziabad
28. Structural Engineering Research Centre (SERC-C), Madras
29. Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee
30. Central Fuel Research Institute (CFRI), Dhanbad
31. Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute (CGCRI), Calcutta
32. Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI), Durgapur
33. National Institute of Science Communication & Information Resources (NISCAIR), New Delhi
34. National Institute of Science Technology and Development Studies (NISTADS), New Delhi
35. Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute (CEERI) Pilani
36. Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIO), Chandigarh
37. National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), Hyderabad
38. National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Goa
39. National Physical Laboratory (NPL), New Delhi