Entry to visitors from CFTRI North Gate

Mysuru:The parent organisation of CFTRI, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Ministry of Science & Technology, will be organising a Capsule Exhibition from Sept. 18 to Sept.20 in city as part of the CSIR Platinum Jubilee Celebrations to make the students, researchers and the general public get familiarised with the contributions of CSIR in various fields.

The expo will be inaugurated by Prof. Ram Rajasekharan, Director, CFTRI, tomorrow at  10 am in the CFTRI Campus. The first two days will be limited to students of Schools and Colleges whereas public can visit on the last day of the exhibition between 10 am and 5 pm. The entry and exit of the visitors will be from CFTRI North Gate (opposite Akashavani).

CSIR has a network of 38 laboratories with pan-India presence dedicated to diverse fields such as Radio and Space Physics, Oceanography, Geophysics, Chemicals, Drugs, Genomics, Mining, Instrumentation, Environmental Engineering, Aeronautics, Food Technology and so on.

CSIR has been ranked ninth in the world as the best public R&D organisation out of 1,207 government institutions, according to Scimago Institutions ranking World Report-2017. The exhibition will comprise exhibits on the achievements of CSIR in the areas of social intervention, nurturing human resources, intellectual property and entrepreneurship, chemical and petrochemical, water, ecology and environment, leather, materials and minerals, energy, healthcare & generics, aerospace & strategic sector, engineering and infrastructure, agriculture and floriculture, and food and nutrition.