Lok Sabha Question No. 4359 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-18
Subject: CSIR Laboratories
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Shri Giridhari Yadav

## DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4359

(ANSWERED ON 18.03.2026)

## CSIR LABORATORIES

## 4359. Shri Giridhari Yadav:

## Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  places  where  the  CSIR  labs  are  established  at present in the country;
- (b) whether there is still not a single CSIR laboratory in Bihar, despite being the third-largest State in the country;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to establish a CSIR lab in Bihar to ensure the future of young students of the State and to prevent students' migration; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCES

(DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

- (a) The  list of constituent  laboratories/institutes of the Council  of  Scientific  and  Industrial  Research  (CSIR) established across the country, along with their current location, is at Annexure - I.
- (b) &  Industrial Research  (CSIR), Metallurgical Laboratory (CSIR-NML), (established in 1950), CSIR-Central Fuel Research Institute,
- Three constituent laboratories of the Council of Scientific namely  CSIR-National Jamshedpur erstwhile  CSIR-Central  Mining Research  Institute,  Dhanbad  (established  in  1956),  and Dhanbad (established in 1946), were earlier located in Bihar only.

However, when Jharkhand was carved out of the southern portion of Bihar on 15th November 2000, Jamshedpur and Dhanbad  Districts  were  made  part  of  Jharkhand,  and accordingly,  these  labs  were  considered  part  of  the Jharkhand State. Thereafter, in April 2007, CSIR-Central Institute of Mining and  Fuel  Research (CSIR-CIMFR),  Dhanbad,  was  carved out by integrating the core competencies of the erstwhile CSIR-Central  Mining  Research  Institute,  Dhanbad,  and CSIR-Central Fuel Research Institute, Dhanbad. (c)&(d) Presently, there is no plan to establish an R&D Lab by CSIR in any state of the country, including Bihar.

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## CSIR National Laboratories/ Institutes

|   Sl.No. | Laboratory/Institute                                                            |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | CSIR-Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute (CSIR-AMPRI), Bhopal   |
|        2 | CSIR-Central Building Research Institute (CSIR-CBRI), Roorkee                   |
|        3 | CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (CSIR-CDRI), Lucknow                       |
|        4 | CSIR-Centre for Cellular Molecular Biology (CSIR-CCMB), Hyderabad               |
|        5 | CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CSIR- CECRI), Karaikudi        |
|        6 | CSIR-Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-CEERI), Pilani    |
|        7 | CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CSIR- CFTRI), Mysore        |
|        8 | CSIR-Central Glass Ceramic Research Institute (CSIR-CGCRI), Kolkata             |
|        9 | CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal Aromatic Plants (CSIR- CIMAP), Lucknow      |
|       10 | CSIR-Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research (CSIR- CIMFR) Dhanbad        |
|       11 | CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute (CSIR-CLRI), Chennai                    |
|       12 | CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-CMERI), Durgapur   |
|       13 | CSIR-Central Road Research Institute (CSIR-CRRI), New Delhi                     |
|       14 | CSIR-Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIR-CSIO), Chandigarh        |
|       15 | CSIR-Central Salt Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSIR- CSMCRI), Bhavnagar |
|       16 | CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (CSIR- IGIB), Delhi          |
|       17 | CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR- IHBT), Palampur       |
|       18 | CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (CSIR-IICB), Kolkata                  |
|       19 | CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT), Hyderabad             |

|   20. | CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (CSIR-IIIM), Jammu                                      |
|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    21 | CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum (CSIR-IIP), Dehradun                                               |
|    22 | CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), Lucknow                                     |
|    23 | CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (CSIR- IMMT), Bhubaneswar                         |
|    24 | CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology (CSIR-IMT), Chandigarh                                         |
|    25 | CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories (CSIR-NAL), Bengaluru                                            |
|    26 | CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute (CSIR-NBRI), Lucknow                                       |
|    27 | CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Pune                                                    |
|    28 | CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI), Nagpur                       |
|    29 | CSIR-North - East Institute of Science and Technology (CSIR- NEIST), Jorhat                           |
|    30 | CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute (CSIR-NGRI), Hyderabad                                   |
|    31 | CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR-NIIST), Thiruvananthapuram |
|    32 | CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR-NIO), Goa                                               |
|    33 | CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research (CSIR-NIScPR), New Delhi         |
|    34 | CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory (CSIR-NML), Jamshedpur                                         |
|    35 | CSIR-National Physical Laboratory (CSIR-NPL), New Delhi                                               |
|    36 | CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre (CSIR-SERC), Chennai                                      |
|    37 | CSIR-Fourth Paradigm Institute (CSIR-4PI), Bengaluru                                                  |