CSIR To Start Incubation Centres in Over 30 Labs

CSIR has decided to promote Start ups and commercially exploit technologies developed in its laboratories, country's premier science institution CSIR has decided to start incubation centres in over 30 different labs across the country.

"At the CSIR, we develop different technologies and take patent for it. But then it has to be taken forward to a larger audience. So we have decide to have incubation centers in our laboratories that will help Start ups. "If one looks at Start ups, the maximum emphasis is given to IT Start ups. The focus of these incubation centers will be to encourage Start ups in other fields and also take the technology to the masses," said Girish Sahni, Director General of the CSIR.

The CSIR currently has some 38-odd labs. Incubation centers have already been opened in last six months at the Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) Mysuru, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB)-Kolkata, Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI)-Chennai, Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CiMap)-Lucknow, National Metallurgical Laboratory (NML)-Jamshepur, Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTEC)-Chandigarh while preparations are on to extend it other labs.

The decision on this was taken at a meeting of the Directors of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) held recently here. The CSIR has over 38 laboratories across the country doing research on an array of topics ranging from medicines to leather industry and from marine research to farm technologies.

Source: Rahul Pandey, City Journalist - Lucknow, CollegeDekho