Year-End Review-2021- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

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Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has taken several steps in the year 2021.

Initiatives taken by CSIR

National Metrology Conclave

CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories(NAL)’s “Octacopter” drone

Swasth Vayu

CSIR Aroma Mission

India’s First Indigenous Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus: India’s first indigenously developed and manufactured Hydrogen fuel cell bus was launched in Pune.

Hydroxyurea in Sickle Cell Anaemia treatment: The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) approved the use of Hydroxyurea in the treatment of Sickle Cell Anaemia (SCA). 

UV-C Disinfection Technology

Saline gargle RT-PCR Technique

CSIR Jigyasa programme

Hansa New Generation (NG) aircraft 

Sustainable Aviation Fuel: CSIR’s Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP), Dehradun, and IndiGo have signed an agreement to manufacture and deploy Sustainable Aviation Fuel(SAF) (SAF are renewable or waste-derived aviation fuels that meet sustainability criteria).

​​Covaxin

Heli-Borne Survey

Indian Bio-jet fuel Technology

Mechanized Scavenging System

Traditional Knowledge Digital Library(TKDL): It is an initiative under the joint collaboration of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Sowa Rigpa and Homoeopathy (AYUSH), to prevent exploitation and to protect Indian traditional knowledge at Patent Offices worldwide. 

Source: This post is based on the articleYear-End Review-2021- Council of Scientific and Industrial Researchpublished in PIB on 25th January 2022.

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