The Council of Scientific & Industrial Research [CSIR] established in 1942, is an autonomous organization registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, under the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. It is Nation's premier Scientific Industrial R&D Organization and has a network of 37 Laboratories/ Institutes across the country. CSIR in pursuit of its mandate to develop and nurture S&T manpower in the country, envisages a transformed work culture with young and dynamic knowledge workforce that would facilitate and support multifarious initiatives that have been taken up in the CSIR. For more details about CSIR and its various Laboratories/Institutes, kindly refer to website www.csir.res.in.