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Volume 66 No 9 amp 10 May 2016website httpwwwcsirresin

I n T h i s I s s u e

ISSN 0409-7467

Newsletter of the CouNCil of sCieNtifiC amp iNdustrial researCh

DR HARSH VARDHAN Union Minister for Science amp Technology and Earth Sciences called upon the CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (IITR) Lucknow to strive towards becoming a one-stop solution for the country against environment and health related problems The Honrsquoble Minister was addressing a distinguished gathering at the CSIR-IITR where he appreciated the quality of work done by the Institute in the context of environment and human health and in the areas of food safety and water quality

Dr Harsh Vardhan emphasized on the need to develop robust and cost effective technologies for the masses that are easily deployable so as to improve their quality of life He said that India is a vast nation with diverse

In The News

ldquoCSIR-IITR Should Become One-stop Solution for Environment amp

Health Problems Facing the Countryrdquo Dr Harsh Vardhan

97 In The Newsbull ldquoCSIR-IITR Should Become

One-stop Solution for Environment amp Health Problems Facing the Countryrdquo Dr Harsh Vardhan

bull CSIR to Start Incubation Centres to Promote Technology Start-ups

bull CSIR-NBRI Develops Low-arsenic Rice Grain

bull Dr Harsh Vardhan Launches lsquoCSIR-NBRI Herbarium Onlinersquo

119 Forthcoming Events

110 Workshops

Laboratory Celebrations110

117 Book Shelf

115

101 RampD Highlights

Honours amp Awards

120 Appointments

109 Conferences

108 MoUs

CSIR News

CSIR NewsMAY 201698

In The News CR Krishnamurthy Seminar Hallrespectively in honour of the first twodirectors of the Institute He alsodedicated an Advanced Imaging Facilityof the Institute to the nation for beingused in the area of nanomaterialtoxicology and released the institutersquosmagazine Vishvigyan Sandesh

Dr Harsh Vardhan was also takenaround an exhibition showcasing theInstitutersquos RampD activities and significanttechnologies such as CD Strip andArgemone detection kit for the detectionof adulterants in mustard oil portablewater analysis kit Bact-O-Kill for onlinedisinfection of water etc He also tookkeen interest in the environmentalmonitoring approaches and safetyaspects of plastic products carried outby the institute

Director CSIR-IITR Professor AlokDhawan made a detailed presentationto the Minister regarding the ongoingprojects and the road map indicatingCSIRndashIITRrsquos role in public privatestrategic and social goods He informedthat the activities of the institute arealigned to the National Missions likeSwachh Bharat Swasth Bharat SkillIndia Namami Gange and Make in India

The Council of Scientific and IndustrialResearch (CSIR) one of the largestnetworks of scientific laboratoriesanywhere in the world is now set to givethe governmentrsquos ldquoStartup Indiardquo missiona big push by setting up incubationcentres in over 30 of its laboratoriesspread across the country The moveinvolves identifying technologies from theCSIRrsquos laboratories that can becommercialized on a large scale

Until now startups have been moreor less confined to the Information

CSIR to Start Incubation Centres to PromoteTechnology Startups

Technology sector CSIR plans toconsiderably expand the startup spaceWith a network of 38 laboratories acrossthe country doing research on an arrayof topics ranging from medicines tochemicals far m technologies tomedicinal plants minerals to materialsand molecular biology to biotechnologyCSIR is granted 90 of the US patentsgranted to any Indian publicly fundedRampD organization The proposedincubation centres will help spin-offtechnologies rolling off the precincts of

Release of CSIR-IITRrsquos Magazine

requirements and hence tailor-madesolutions are the need of the hour Thegovernment is committed to the peoplefor transferring technological benefitsthrough enhanced RampD Exhortingeveryone to have a dream Dr HarshVardhan said that the joy and satisfactionthat comes from witnessing the fulfillmentof a dream is beyond words and citedhis own experience with the Polioeradication programme

The Minister unveiled a plaque toname the main building of the CSIRndashIITR as lsquoVishvigyan Bhawanrsquo to markthe milestone of the institute celebratingits Golden Jubilee He named theAuditorium and Seminar Hall of theinstitute as the Professor Sibte HassanZaidi Auditorium and Professor

CSIR News MAY 2016 99

the CSIR laboratories into TechnologyStartups that will be able to reach a muchwider audience

Incubation centers have already beenopened during the last six months at theCentral Food Technological ResearchInstitute (CFTRI) Mysuru IndianInstitute of Chemical Biology (IICB)Kolkata Central Leather ResearchInstitute (CLRI) Chennai CentralInstitute of Medicinal and AromaticPlants (CIMAP) Lucknow NationalMetallurgical Laboratory (NML)Jamshedpur and Institute of MicrobialTechnology (IMTEC) Chandigarh

The task of identifying technologiesdeveloped in CSIR laboratories whichcan be commercially exploited has alreadybegun Some of these include advancedclinical trials of TB vaccine takingforward certain drugs for large-scale usehybrid solar and wind generationequipment The incubation centres beingset up in CSIR laboratories are likely to

generate employmentThe first incubation centre is likely

to come up at the CSIR-CIMAPLucknow The Technology Business andIncubation Center (TBIC) would caterto manufacturing of herbal products Itwill guide entrepreneurs who want tostart a business without the risk ofinvesting in machinery infrastructure andtechnology The entrepreneur would alsobe given marketing rights and no licencefee for CIMAP herbal productstechnology would be charged They willbe free to decide the MRP of the productand also have the option to select fromCIMAPrsquos herbal products or come up withtheir own idea of new herbal products

While the first production unit willmanufacture liquid and semi-liquidproducts such as herbal face washesshampoo and hair and pain relief oil thesecond production unit wouldmanufacture herbal creams balms andgels

CSIR-NBRI Develops Low-arsenic Rice GrainRice is a much favoured crop in mostparts of the country But arseniccontamination in rice has been posingserious health risks like kidney diseasecancer and skin problems Riding on 10years of intensive research the CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute(NBRI) has developed lsquotransgenic ricersquothat will reduce arsenic accumulation andcontamination in rice grains

Arsenic contamination is mostrampant in parts of Uttar Pradesh suchas Ballia (most prone) followed byBahraich Rae Bareli GorakhpurGhazipur Meerut and Chandoli It isalso a major problem in West BengalBihar Jharkhand and Odisha Arsenicpresent in the groundwater percolatesdown into the soil during irrigation and

contaminates rice Chronic arsenic exposurethrough groundwater contamination affectsmillions of people in the Ganga Meghnaand Brahmputra areas Rice is mostsusceptible to absorbing arsenic duringcultivation Cultivating rice varieties thataccumulate less amount of arsenic cantackle the challenge of exposure tocarcinogens (cancer causing elements)

The new variety of rice developed byscientists of the CSIR-NBRI has lsquoarsenicmethyl transferasersquo a gene isolated froma fungus that accumulates less arsenic andwould be less toxic The variety is readyfor field trials The team that worked onthe new rice variety published its findingsrecently in an international journalMetallomics published by the Royal Societyof Chemistry

CSIR NewsMAY 2016100

In The News

Union Minister for Science amp Technologyamp Earth Sciences Dr Harsh Vardhanlaunched the ldquoCSIR-NBRI HerbariumOnlinerdquo on the CSIR-NBRI website(wwwnbriresin) thus making one lakhherbarium collections accessibleworldwide He also released a flyerldquoCSIR-NBRI Herbarium Onlinerdquo on theoccasion

The Minister tookkeen interest inreviewing the detailedfeatures of the newwebsite like mechanismto enter specimenlabel data taxonomicupgradation datadescriptors GPS Dataamp Specimen Images amp

Video Images and Link to GenomicsData and GIS Maps He applauded theefforts put in by the Bioinformatics groupand advised that there should also be aprovision for the availability of the dataon uses information useful to generalpublic (especially students teachersresearchers environmentalists etc) likedistribution landscaping geographicaloccurrences so that it becomes a uniqueknowledge resource of the country forevery citizen

It was also informed that digitizationof one lakh specimens of higher plantshas been completed thus making it aunique database of India in terms ofData Profile In the future the databasecan also be linked to the other 95Herbaria of India

Addressing a gathering of SeniorScientists Entrepreneurs IndustrialistsOfficials and Farmers at NBRILucknow the Minister said that Scientistsshould think out of the box and worktowards development on innovation-

driven research He stressed upon the ideathat CSIR sister labs should worktogether in synergy in networking modeby sharing of ideas coordinated planningand carrying forward the initiatives ofthe Government of India Encouragingeach Scientist to have a dream totransform the lives of the commonmasses of India by developing plantbased products he emphasized on theneed for optimal utilization of resourcesprovided to the CSIR labs in terms ofmanpower and RampD infrastructure

Director CSIR-NBRI Dr CSNautiyal gave a brief presentation onthe RampD activities public interactionsand novel products developed by theInstitute He also presented a briefaccount of the national facilities of theInstitute viz National Herbarium andabout three lakh holdings in the sameBotanical Garden and its theme gardensand the recently created Bonsai HouseJurassic Gallery along with some plantvariet ies newly developed by theInstitute Apart from the nationalfacilities the Directorrsquos presentation alsoincluded three short-term deliverables ndashAnacardic acid Thebaine rich OpiumPoppy lines and Low grain arsenic ricevariety ndash and Mission Mode Projectsplanned by CSIR-NBRI for the next fewyears to come The Director alsoinformed the Minister about aninternational project awarded by GEFUNIDO to CSIR-NBRI This projectinvolves development of Neem-basedpesticides to eliminate the use of DDTfrom India

Dr Harsh Vardhan specificallydirected CSIR-NBRI to take up on anurgent basis the work of scaling up oflsquoHerbi Chewrsquo as a potentially usefulproduct to replace the cancer-causing

Dr Harsh Vardhan Launches lsquoCSIR-NBRIHerbarium Onlinersquo


tobacco-based gutka currently available inthe market He was very happy to learnabout the progress in the developmentof lsquoMuktashreersquo a low-arsenic uptakevariety of rice developed by CSIR-NBRIand Department of Agriculture WestBengal and envisaged earliest release ofthis variety for the benefit of citizensliving in arsenic-affected areas

The Minister appreciated the effortof scaling up of CSIR-NBRI and CSIR-CIMAP (Central Institute of Medicinaland Aromatic Plants Lucknow) jointproduct BGR-34 the countryrsquos first anti-diabetic ayurvedic drug designed forType-2 diabetes mellitus He noted thatthere is an overwhelming response to thisdrug among Diabetes Type-II patientsthroughout India

The Minister was also apprised aboutthe important contributions of CSIR-

NBRI in promoting Floriculturetechnology by a progressive farmer fromBarabanki who said that CSIR-NBRItechnology has helped to increase hisincome by several folds

RampD Highlights

Mercury-free Plasma UV-lamp (MFP UV-LAMP)for Water Purification Developed byCSIR-CEERI

Safe drinking water is the basic need ofall human beings Generally water iscontaminated with bacteria virusessalts and various organic compoundsThis impure water causes many water-borne diseases killing over 3 millionpeople and causing serious illness inhundreds of millions each yearworldwide (See WHO website httpwwwwhoint)

Existing technologies for waterpurification include mechanicalfiltrat ion reverse osmosis (RO)distillation ultraviolet (UV) disinfectionchlorination and ozonation Each ofthese technologies suffers from variouslimitations Out of the existing waterpurification technologies UV

disinfection has been known to be themost efficient method

In the existing UV-lampsenvironmentally hazardous mercury isused for generation of UV light radiationat peak germicidal wavelength (254 nm)CSIR-CEERI has developed a mercury-free VUVUV lamp with a novelstructural design and an optimised gasmixture (Fig 1) that produces strongspectral bands peaking at wavelengths

Honrsquoble Minister launchingCSIR-NBRI Herbarium Online

Fig 1 MEP UV-Lamp developed at CSIR-CEERI


RampD Highlights

Fig 2 Observed UV light from the MFP UV-LAMP(a) UV-C range (b) VUV range

Table 1 E coli deactivation resultsfor control 375x105 CFUml

Sample Treat Time (sec) CFUml (E Coli)

Control NIL 375x105

E 1 5 No growthE 2 10 No growthE 3 20 No growthE 4 60 No growthE 5 600 No growth

of 253 nm and 172 nm along with a weakband peaking at wavelength 265nmwhich are highly useful for watersterilization (Fig 2) This inventionalleviates the problems of mercury lampsby virtue of its unique design and thecomposition of active dischargeelements As a result it is able to producethe desired VUVUV wavelengths forthe deactivation of bacteria and viruses

most efficiently (without the use ofmercury)

Features Mercury-free Medium pressure lamp Filamentless light source No end sleeves Negligible start-up time Scalable in dimensions Easily repairable Wide wavelength coverage due to

dimer (or molecular) radiations Electrical to optical conversion

efficiency as high as ~25 Electrical input per unit arc length

~ 01 Wcm Operational time for complete

deactivation with 5 log reduction ofE coli bacteria ~ 10 seconds (undertest conditions)

The lamp is a superior alternative forthe present mercury-based UV lamps inwater disinfection systems The resultsof the E coli bacteria deactivation in ahousehold container (Fig 3) are shownin Fig 4 (aampb) and are tabulated inTable 1 and Table 2 On-timeperformance results of E coli bacteriadeactivation are shown in Table 3 at afixed distance of 1 cm from thelamp surface for a commercialUV-lamp and MFP UV-Lamp developedat CSIR-CEERI

253 nm

265 nm

240 240 245 250 255 260 265 270 275Wavelength (nm)

Inte

nsity

(cou

nts)

106

104

102

145 150 155 160 165 170 175 180 185Wavelength (nm)

Inte

nsity

(cou

nts)

180

172 nm160

140

120

100

80

60

40

20

0

(a)

(b)


Fig 3 E coli bacteria deactivation in a household container using MFP UV-LAMP

Fig 4 (a) Control (without UV treatment) showingyellow coloured E coli colonies on

m-EC agar medium

Fig 4 (b) After UV treatment 100 reduction inE coli bacteria counts

Steven H Clarke TIP US Army Public Heath Command 31-006-0211 (2011)

Bacteria deactivation testingwas carried out at CSIR-NEERINagpur and Birla Institute ofScientific Research (BISR) Jaipurunder CSIR-Network and DST grant-in-aid projects Technical featurescomparison of the MFP UV-Lampwith the existing UV-Lamp are givenin Table 4

Table 2 E coli deactivation results forcontrol 16x106 CFUml


Control NIL 16x106

E 1 4 1720

E 2 6 No growth

E 3 8 No growth

E 4 10 No growth

Table 3 On-time performance results of E coli bacteria deactivation fora commercial UV-lamp and MFP UV-Lamp at a fixed distance of 1 cm

from the lamp surface

Turbidity (NTU) Required on-time exposure Required on-time exposureKaoline Powder time for deactivation of E-coli time for deactivation of E-coli

bacteria (Commercial tube) bacteria (MFP UV-Lamp)

025 124 sec 6 sec

50 128 sec 6 sec

100 139 sec 8 sec

200 150 sec 8 sec


RampD Highlights

MFP UV-Lamp technology can replaceUV light sources used in Household water purifier systems Storagesewagewaste water

treatment plants Municipality water treatment plants Portable water purifiers for soldiers

outdoorsmen farmers etc

Table 4 Comparative features of the MFP UV-Lampwith mercury-based UV-Lamps

Globally tumour-like anomalies (TLA)in copepods and the critical assessmentof their possible causes are rare The exactcausat ive factor and ecologicalconsequences of TLA in copepods arestill unclear and there is no quantitativedata available so far to proveconclusively the mechanism involved indeveloping TLA in copepods

TLA in copepods are considered asa potential threat to the well-being ofthe aquatic food web which promptedus to assess these abnormalities inIndian marine waters and assess thepossible etiological agents We carriedout a focused study on copepodscollected from 10 estuarine inlets and fivecoastal waters of India using aFlowCAM advanced microscopes and

Tumour-like Anomaly of CopepodsmdashAnEvaluation of the Possible Causes in IndianMarine Waters by CSIR-NIO Scientists

laboratory-incubated observations Theanalysis confirmed the presence of TLAin copepods with varying percentage ofincidence in different environments

TLA was recorded in 24 species ofcopepods which constituted ~1ndash15 of the community in differentenvironments TLA was encounteredmore frequently in dominant copepodsand exhibited diverse morphology~60 was round dark and granularwhereas ~20 was roundovaltransparent and non-granular TLA wasmostly found in the dorsal and lateralregions of the prosome of copepods

The three suggested reasonsassumptions about the causes of TLAsuch as ecto-parasitism (Ellobiopsisinfection) endo-parasitism (Blasto-

Application-specific systems can befurther developed for sterilisation offood medical equipment surfaces ill skinconditions air-conditioners and air-fresheners for hospitals titanium coatedtoilet sterilisation in trains water supplyin trains and buses

Parameters Mercury based Mercury-Free UV lamp Plasma UV-Lamp

Type Monochromatic Polychromatic Polychromatic(LPHO) (High Pressure) (Medium Pressure)

Operating Pressure ~10-3 mbar ~400 mbar-1bar 100-400 mbar

Operating Temperature 1000C 6000C ~ Room Temperature

Electrical Input (minimum) ~05 Wcm ~25 Wcm ~01 Wcm

Electrical to UV efficiency 30-35 10-20 25

Start-up time 5-7 minutes 6-10 minutes Instantaneous


dinium infection) and epibiont infections(Zoothamnium and Acineta) wereassessed in the present study We did findinfections of endo-parasite Blasto-dinium ecto-parasite Ellobiopsis andepibiont Zoothamnium and Acineta incopepods but these infectiouspercentages were found lt15 to thetotal density and most of them are speciesspecific

Detailed microscopical observationsof the samples collected and the resultsof the incubation experiments of infected

copepods revealed that ecto-parasitismendo-parasitism and epibiont infectionshave less relevance to the formation ofTLA in copepods On the other handthese studies corroborated the view thatwounds on the exoskeleton caused bypartial predation as the potential reasonfor the TLA of copepods in IndianwatersJagadeesan L Jyothibabu RCitation Environmental Monitoring and Assessmentvol 188(4) 2016 no 244 doi 101007s10661-016-5230-6

Intraseasonal Variability of Mixed Layer Depthin the Tropical Indian OceanmdashA Study by CSIR-NIO Scientists

We used an observational dataset builtfrom Argo in situ profiles to describe themain large-scale patterns of intraseasonalmixed layer depth (MLD) variations inthe Indian Ocean An eddy permitting(025deg) regional ocean model thatgenerally agrees well with those observedestimates was then used to investigate themechanisms that drive MLDintraseasonal variations and to assess theirpotential impact on the related SSTresponse

During summer intraseasonalMLD variations in the Bay of Bengaland eastern equatorial Indian Oceanprimarily respond to activebreakconvective phases of the summermonsoon In the southern Arabian Seasummer MLD variations are largelydriven by seemingly-independentintraseasonal fluctuations of theFindlater jet intensity

During winter the MaddenndashJulianOscillation drives most of theintraseasonal MLD variability in theeastern equatorial Indian Ocean Largewinter MLD signals in northern Arabian

Sea can on the other hand be related toadvection of continental temperatureanomalies from the northern end of thebasin In all the aforementioned regionspeak-to-peak MLD variations usuallyreach 10 m but can exceed 20 m for thelargest events

Buoyancy flux and wind stirringcontribute to intraseasonal MLDfluctuations in roughly equal proportionsexcept for the Northern Arabian Seain winter where buoyancy fluxesdominate

A simple slab ocean analysis finallysuggested that the impact of these MLDfluctuations on intraseasonal sea surfacetemperature variability is probably ratherweak because of the compensatingeffects of thermal capacity and sunlightpenetration a thin mixed-layer is moreefficiently warmed at the surface by heatfluxes but loses more solar flux throughits lower baseKeerthi MG Lengaigne M DrushkaK Vialard J de Boyer MC Pous SLevy M Muraleedharan PMCitation Climate Dynamics vol46(7) 20162633-2655


RampD Highlights

Nature is a treasure trove of potentialdrugs The human world is thriving withdiseases and applications of every kindHow do we mix and match Where dowe begin our search We could forexample start with 100s of different celllines and begin our test in a systematicmanner cataloging them as we go Orwe could take a bag full of tissues andexpose them to the drugs all at once Andhere the zebrafish screen lends a helpinghand

A whole organism screen withhundreds of transparent larvae wherethe tissues are tagged with fluorescentproteins so you can visually inspect theirsize shape growth and death Zebrafishembryos offer a first-stop-screening formany organ systems at once Can we usezebrafish and go rummaging in thenatural world for more and more drugs

Let us take the example of thewonder-drug Taxol (now Paclitaxel) ahighly successful treatment for variouskinds of cancer Taxol was discovered inthe 1960s as part of a US governmentinitiative to find treatments for cancerfrom the natural world So where wasthe problem Taxol came from the barkof the Pacific yew tree not a commonlyfound species and 12 trees had to bekilled to yield 1 gm of Taxol

So what is the alternative What ifwe could synthesize compounds foundin nature Not as easy as it sounds thoughThe chemical space that is currently beingexplored by synthetic routes for drugdiscovery is but a tiny one Naturalproducts are complex multi-ringedstructures very intractable to synthesisin the laboratory But by bringing thepossibility of synthesis to structuresinspired by nature we could find a middle

Fishing in Naturersquos Molecular Pools

ground to playAs part of efforts that started nine

years ago at bringing together chemistsand biologists scientists at the CSIR-Institute of Genomics and IntegrativeBiology (IGIB) New Delhi recentlyembarked on this project with thesynthetic chemist Dr D Srinivasa Reddyfrom CSIR-NCL Dr Reddyrsquos lab offeredus a bag full or rather box full of vialswith synthetic products inspired from thenatural world CSIR-IGIB had its ownmulti-well plates full of zebrafish larvaecolour-coded for heart and liver andvasculature When the fish met thecompounds many ended in tragedy Buta very small number showed veryinteresting and tantalizing phenotypes

Of these one had a very potentinhibitory affect on the sprouting of newblood vessels a process calledangiogenesis Angiogenesis is a criticalprocess for development of the organismsince blood vessels are important for thetransport of nutrients and oxygen to therapidly dividing embryonic cells It is alsocritical for the other rapidly dividing celltype that wreaks havoc in our bodies thecancer cells

CSIR-IGIB scientists xenograftedhuman cancer cells into the fish embryoto test if the inhibitor would impede theirgrowth Early fish embryos do not rejectsuch grafts because their adaptiveimmunity is still developing Thesegrafted cells secrete growth factors thatseduce blood vessels to abandon theirstraight and narrow path and steertowards the hungry cancer cellsTreatment with our nature-inspiredsynthetic molecule could stop them intheir tracks which could lead to tumourgrowth arrest eventually


Perhaps by using a combination ofnatural product resource syntheticorganic chemistry and zebrafishembryonic assays we may be able to diveinto naturersquos treasure trove repeatedly andcome up with powerful molecules for thedrug cabinet

Identification of noreremophilane-based inhibitors of angiogenesis using

zebrafish assays Muthukumarasamy KMHandore KL Kakade DN Shinde MVRanjan S Kumar N Sehrawat SSachidanandan C Reddy DS Org BiomolChem 2016 Jan 2714(5)1569-78 doi1Sob01594d

By S Ramachandran Scientist CSIR-IGIB (Courtesy Pulse CSIR-IGIB DigitalMagazine March 2016)

Heart disease is the leading cause ofdeath in men and women Early detectionof heart attacks can help save many lives

In a collaborative work DeepikaBhatnagar and her colleagues at CSIR-Institute of Genomics and IntegrativeBiology (IGIB) New Delhi havedeveloped a sensor to detect the antigencardiac-Troponin I (cTnI) The techniqueuses Graphene quantum dots conjugatedto antibody anti-cardiac Troponin Iand fluorescence resonance energytransfer (FRET) The sensor is highlyspecific and shows negligible response to

Sensor Developed at CSIR-IGIB for EarlyDetection of Heart Attack in Humans

non-specific antigens The sensordisplayed a linear response to cTnI from0001 to 1000 ngmL with a limit ofdetection of 0192 pgmL

Bhatnagar D Kumar V Kumar AKaur I Graphene quantum dots FRETbased sensor for early detection of heartattack in human Biosens Bioelectron 2016May 1579495-9 doi 101016jbios201512083 Epub 2015 Dec 25PubMed PMID 26748366By S Ramachandran Scientist CSIR-IGIB (Courtesy Pulse CSIR-IGIB DigitalMagazine March 2016)

In order to ascertain the effect ofgeomorphic and tectonic domains on theformation enrichment and ascension ofthe ridge axis melt structural andpetrological data from a nearly 300 kmlong axial stretch along the slow tointermediate spreading (40-60 mmyr)Southern Central Indian Ridge (SCIR)was studied The stretch approximatelybetween 20deg30rsquoS and 23deg07rsquoS was

Morphotectonic and Petrological VariationsAlong the Southern Central Indian Ridge

disturbed by two major tectonic features-Egeria Transform Fault (ETF) in thenorth and the Gemino Fracture Zone(GFZ) in the south- besides eight otherdiscontinuities of variable dimensionsThis stretch was chosen to test thepetrological variations and mechanismsof magma supply in four distinctgeomorphic and tectonic regimes a RidgeCrest-Flank-Valley (RCFV) a Neo-


MoUs

CSIR-IICT Signs Agreements with Industries

The CSIR-Indian Institute of ChemicalTechnology (IICT) Hyderabad signed anagreement with Marico India Limited totransfer technology for refining rice branwax The Solvent Extractors Associationof India too signed an MoU with thepremier institute for making use of thefacilities at the Centre for Lipid Research

Director Incharge of CSIR-IICT DrUSN Murthy informed that CSIR-IICThas state-of-the-art facilities and isopening its door to the industry to makeuse of the facilities at nominal rates Heinformed that industries had startedapproaching CSIR-IICT for technologytransfer He said that at present the cruderice bran wax is used in cosmetics candlemaking and boot polishing industry Thewax is imported and the research at thecentre will help in reducing the importsby almost 50 per cent He has alsocomplimented Solvent ExtractorsrsquoAssociation of India for signing the MoU

with IICT for making use of the facilitiesof the Centre for Lipid Research atCSIR-IICT The Centre for LipidResearch has developed technologies inthe field of processing value addition toby-products nutraceuticals bio-lubricants and surfactants

Dr BLA Prabhavathy Deviprincipal scientist at the Centre for LipidResearch said ldquoThe centrehas developed technologies relatedto vegetable oils for nutraceuticalsand transferred the technology to21 industr ies which help inrefining and reducing consumption ofwater

The IICT has been offering itsservices and facilities to the MSME sectorat subsidised rates and during the pastmore than 10 years the Institute hastransferred at least 20 technologies tomore than 50 industries all over thecountry

Volcanic Zone (NVZ) a LargeTransform Discontinuity (LTD) and anOverlapping Spreading Center (OSC)The major and trace elementgeochemistry of 44 glass and 47 wholerocks extent and depth of melting (Na8and Fe8 respectively) and melt pristinity(Mg) of the magma indicate that rocksalong this stretch were probably sourcedfrom a reasonably primitive meltgenerated at a relatively greater depthand later got accumulated in pockets at ashallower level before eruptionPetrochemical analysis and isotopiccomposition and ratios suggest that in

contrast to largely N-MORB type ofrocks at RCFV and OSC areas the rocksfrom LTD and NVZ locations showsignatures of enrichment to transitional(T) and enriched (E) type basalts A modelexplaining possible processes ofenrichment and ascending framework ofthe melt at different tectonic regimesalong SCIR are discussed in the paper

Mukhopadhyay R Iyer SD Ray DwijeshKarisiddaiah SM Drolia RK CSIR-NIOCitation International Journal of EarthSciences (Geol Rundsch) vol105(3)2016 905-920

MoUsConferences


The CSIR-National Institute ofOceanography Dona Paula Goa alongwith the Ministry of Earth Sciences(MoES) organised a three-day nationalconference on ldquoQuaternary ClimateRecent Findings and Future Challengesrdquoduring 28ndash30April 2016

The conference was inaugurated byProf SN Bhalla Professor (Retd)Geology Aligarh Muslim University andProf Talat Ahmad Scientist andProfessor at the Department ofGeology University of Delhi on 28th

April at 930 am in Qasim Hall (NIOauditorium) along with Dr SWA NaqviDirector CSIR-NIO This was followedby an inaugural lecture by Dr RajivNigam Chief Scientist CSIR-NIO onldquoEnvironmental implicat ions ofmicrofossils of the Indian Watersrdquo

Prof Bhalla and Prof Talat stressedupon the importance of climate changesin the Quaternary period on glaciationsea level changes and humancivilization Earlier Dr Naqviwelcomed the gathering and mentionedthe importance of reconstruction ofQuaternary climate which is an

Climate Change Conference at CSIR-NIO

important area of research to understandthe anthropogenic influence on earthrsquosclimate

The conference included invitedlectures by eminent scientists providingan in-depth review of the status ofQuaternary climate reconstructionThere was also a poster session toprovide insight into the recentunderstanding of the Quaternary climateand evaluation of proxies to reconstructpast climates A special session was alsodedicated to the role of climatic changesin shaping ancient civilizations ProfBhalla also released an abstract volumecontaining all the papers that werepresented during the three-day meet

Prior to the lecture programme DrRajiv Nigam was felicitated at the handsof Prof Bhalla for his dedicatedservices rendered to the study ofpaleoceanography at CSIR-NIO Dr NKhare Scientist F MoES and the co-convener of the conference stressed onthe objective of the conference and DrRajeev Saraswat Senior Scientist CSIRNIO convener of the conferenceproposed the vote of thanks

Prof Bhalla releasing the abstract volume

Conferences


High-Throughput Next-GenerationSequencing (NGS) has become anintegral part of modern biologicalresearch A number of open sourceapplications are available to theresearchers to analyze such vastamounts of data Use of appropriatepipeline and parameters therein is the keyto success

A three-and-a-half day workshopwas conducted during 2-5 March 2016to provide the participants a hands-onexperience in Advanced data analysis

Workshops

Instructional Workshop on ComputationalAnalysis of Genomes Transcriptome ampMetagenomes Organised by CSIR-IGIB

methodologies Latest analyticalapproaches in the area of NextGeneration Sequencing (NGS) andVisualization techniques for highthroughput NGS data Preconfiguredlaptops were provided for practicalsessions during the workshopThe topics covered were GenomeExome Sequence Analysis Transcriptome Analysis (RNA seq

sRNA seq) Metagenomics (Bacterial Community

Analysis)

Laboratory Celebrations

CSIR-CBRI celebrates its Foundation Day

Dignitaries on the dais

The CSIR-Central Building ResearchInstitute (CBRI) Roorkee celebrated its70th Foundation Day on 10 February2016 The function was organized in theRabindra Nath Tagore Auditorium

Dr Ashwini Kumar Director

General Indian Council of ForestryResearch amp Education (ICFRE)Dehradun and Vice-Chancellor FRI ampColleges Dehradun was the ChiefGuest and Mr Pramod AdlakhaManaging Director MS AdhlakhaAssociates Private Limited Delhi wasthe Guest of Honor Mr YadvendraPandey Acting Director CSIR-CBRIpresided over the function

Mr Yadvendra Pandey whileaddressing the gathering highlighted theglorious past of CSIR-CBRI which wasestablished on 10 February 1947 Sincethen it has been contributing to thedevelopment of the country and carryingout RampD on all aspects of housing andassisting the building industry in solvingproblems of planning designingfoundations materials and constructionincluding disaster mitigation in all kinds

WorkshopsLaboratoryCelebrations


of buildings environment preservationand energy conservation

Mr Pandey informed that CBRI hasprovided assistance in rehabilitationafter the Chamoli earthquake damageassessment of education and healthbuildings in earthquake-affectedUttarkashi landslide zonation ofGarhwal districts strong motion seismicinstrumentation development of solartimber seasoning kilns buildingconstruction of Navodaya Vidyalayacomplexes

Mr Pandey also informed that theinstitute has taken up projects forconservation of nationally importantheritage structures such as the TajMahal Konark Temple ChittaurgarhFort Kashi Vishwanth Temple andQutub Minar He also spoke about theCSIR-800 project and role of theinstitute in upliftment of the life of thebottom segment in the country Hetalked about the major RampD projectsnewer areas of research such assustainability nanotechnology use ofKota stone dust EPS door shuttersnano-concrete bio-concretegeopolymer etc and CampD wasteutilization in the production ofconstruction materials and products Healso informed about the involvement ofCBRI in the ldquoHousing for Allrdquo missionand in ldquoMake in Indiardquo

Dr Ashwini Kumar Chief Guest inhis address complimented CBRI for itsefforts and achievements especially forits role in the countryrsquos economy byproviding one of the lifersquos three basicnecessities He spoke about thescientific importance of the day Hestated that CBRI is engaged in producingbuildings while ICFRE producesbuilding products He shared his concernon the recent climatic changes in theenvironment and encouraged theefficient use of solar power He dwelt

upon the need for developing energy-efficient building products

Mr Pramod Adlakha ManagingDirector MS Adhlakha AssociatesPrivate Limited Delhi who has beenassociated with the institute since 1975requested CBRI staff to take the lead inthe Prime Ministerrsquos Make in Indiamovement He informed that by usingCBRI technologies we have covered anarea of about one crore sixty lakh square


Laboratory Celebrationsmeters He said that CBRIrsquos technologyhas been used in the construction of overtwenty thousand houses in BawanaDelhi

On this occasion the DiamondJubilee Directorrsquos Best Paper Award ofRs 15000- was awarded to Dr RajivKumar amp Shri MP Singh for the paperldquoCorrelations among Signature fordetection of different types of firesrdquoThe Diamond Jubilee Directorrsquos Awardfor Development of Best Technologywith the maximum impact on the societywas awarded to Dr B Singh amp DrManorama Gupta for ldquoBuilding Productsfrom Pine Needlesrdquo A cash prize of

Rs 20000- was given to themOn this occasion a publication on

ldquoState of the Art on Prefab Technologiesfor Housingrdquo and two CDs containingshort films on Innovative BuildingMaterials and Confined Masonry werereleased The occasion was also markedby inauguration of a Heritage Galleryhaving rare photographs of variousdignitaries who visited the InstituteWinners of the inter school debatecompetition held on the occasion werealso awarded

Dr AK Minocha Chief Scientistconducted the proceedings and proposeda vote of thanks

CSIR-NGRI amp CSIR-IICT Celebrate WorldWater Day 2016

March 22nd is marked by the UnitedNations to be observed as the WorldWater Day A number of programmesare organized worldwide to dwell uponthe importance of water resources andtheir best applications

CSIR-NGRI and CSIR-IICTcelebrated the day by coming out of theirlabs and interacting with the commonpublic and also apprising them of theresearch findings of the two institutesrelated to quality and quantity of water

Inauguration of the Heritage Gallery


with a slogan ldquoLab to Land and Lab toPeoplerdquo

The staff as well as their familiesresearch scholars and school childrendressed in uniform took a Water Walk inthe heart of the city the Necklace RoadHyderabad and walked about3 km with banners apprising the commonpublic of the important findings of thetwo institutions The parade was flagged

off by Dr S Chandrasekhar DirectorIICT and Dr Shakeel AhmedSenior most Chief Scientist NGRIThe Deputy Mayor of the GreaterHyderabad Municipal Corporationalso joined the procession and tookpart in the deliberations in a publicmeeting The first phase of thewalk was held during 0730 hrs to0900 hrs

Dr S Chandrasekhar Director IICT and Dr Shakeel AhmedSenior most Chief Scientist NGRI flagging off the parade

Prof Valdiya delivering his lecture (left) a section of the audience (right)


The second phase of the parade tookplace at Uppal Road from the CSIR-IICTmain gate to CSIR-NGRI main gate

The Water Walk was followed by aspecial talk on ldquoPrehistoric riverSaraswati western India GeologicalAspects and Socio-cultural Falloutsrdquo byan eminent personality Prof KS ValdiyaHonorary Professor of GeodynamicsJawaharlal Nehru Centre forAdvanced Scientific Research(JNCASR) Bangalore The lecturewas followedby lively inter-actions withschool childrenNGOrsquos andmedia persons

C S I R -NGRI launcheda portal on itswebsite vizG r o u n d w a t e rSolutions whichwas inauguratedby Prof ValdiyaThe objectivesof the portal areto apprise thepublic on thegeneral aspectsof groundwaterexpert ise atC S I R- N G R I relevant researchwork carried outincluding a list

Inauguration of NGRIrsquos Portal on Groundwater Solution

Laboratory CelebrationsHonours amp Awards

of dorsquos and dontrsquos and finally a facility ofsubmitting any query on groundwaterThe query will be replied jointly by a teamof experts in the field in the shortestpossible time This will be extremelyeffective as CSIR-NGRI receives anumber of calls asking queries regardinggroundwater conditions and qualityetc With the water crisis at its peakthis medium will be a great service tothe Nation


Dr D Srinivasa Reddy asenior scientist fromCSIR-National ChemicalLaboratory (CSIR-NCL)Pune has been chosen toreceive NASI-RelianceIndustries PlatinumJubilee Award forApplication OrientedInnovations in the area ofphysical sciences

Dr Reddyrsquos research group interestsare in the field of total synthesis and drugdiscovery by applying medicinalchemistry He has also been involved inthe synthesis of agrochemicals like smallmolecules for crop protection Synthesisof more than twenty natural products hasbeen achieved in his lab including a sexpheromone that attracts the mealy bugsand has potential use in crop protectionOn the medicinal chemistry frontsignificant progress has been made by his

group using a newconcept called ldquoSilicon-switch approachrdquo towardscentral nervous systemdrugs Identification ofNew Chemical Entitiesfor the potentialtreatment of diabetes andinfectious diseases is beingdone in collaboration

with industry partnersDr Reddy worked with pharm-

aceutical companies for seven yearsbefore joining CSIR-NCL in 2010 Hisefforts are evidenced by more than 60publications and 30 patents He recentlyreceived the CRSI bronze medal inaddition he is also a recipient of theCentral Drug Research Institute awardfor excellence in drug research in chemicalsciences and Scientist of the Year awardby the NCL Research Foundation in theyear 2013

Dr Srinivasa Reddy bags NASI-RelianceIndustries Platinum Jubilee Award

The Gandhian Young TechnologicalInnovation (GYTI) Award 2016 has goneto Mr Manoj Kumar Patel for his workentitled ldquoAir-Assisted ElectrostaticSprayerrdquo awarded under More from Lessfor Many (MLM) He was awarded by DrRA Mashelkar FRS ChairpersonNational Innovation Foundation (NIF)-India at Rashtrapati Bhavan New Delhion 13 March 2016 GYTI is a Society forResearch and Initiatives for Sustainable

Technologies and Institutions (SRISTI)initiative to foster youth-driven innovations

The award was given to Mr ManojKumar Patel in the presence ofKrishnaswamy Vijay Raghavan Secretaryof Department of Biotechnology ProfAnil K Gupta Vice-Chairperson NIF ampFounder Honey Bee Network and ProfAshutosh Sharma Secretary Departmentof Science and Technology Governmentof India

Honours amp Awards

Gandhian Young Technological Innovation(GYTI) Award 2016 for CSIO Scientist


Dr Suvendra Nath BhattacharyyaPrincipal Scientist CSIR-Indian Instituteof Chemical Biology Kolkata has beenselected for this yearrsquos SwarnajayantiFellowship in Life Sciences

The Government of India hadinstituted this prestigious Fellowship tocommemorate Indiarsquos fiftieth year ofIndependence The Fellowship is givenby the Department of Science andTechnology Govt of India to a selectnumber of young scientists below the ageof 40 and with excellent scientific trackrecord They are selected annually and areprovided with special assistance andsupport to enable them to pursueresearch in frontier areas of science andtechnology The support covers all therequirements for performing the researchthat include a fellowship of Rs 25000-per month in addition to the salary theydraw from their parent Institution for fiveyears

In addition to this prestigiousfellowship Dr Bhattacharyya has alsowon the NASI-Scopus Young ScientistAward 2015 in Biological Sciences

CSIR-IICB Scientist Receives SwarnajayantiFellowship and NASI-Scopus Award

Elsevier partnered with the NationalAcademy of Sciences to awardresearchers below the age of 40 Eachyear it is given to Scientists one eachfrom nine individual categories aftermultiple screening rounds and winnersare chosen by an empowered committee

Dr Bhattacharyya won this awardfor his outstanding contribution inthe field of miRNA research and morespecifically for the discovery ofmiRNA activity modulation mechanismsin mammalian immune and cancercells

For his scientific achievements in theyear 2015 Dr Bhattacharyya was alsoselected as member of the Guha ResearchConference and as the fellow of the WestBengal Academy of Science andTechnology (WAST) He is also therecipient of Prof B K BachhawatMemorial Travel Award 2016 and he wasvoted as one of the ldquoYoung Achieversof Modern Indiardquo and was profiled inthe 2016 Calendar published by ShooliniUniversity

Dr Suvendra Nath Bhattacharyyajoined CSIR-IICB in 2008 and currentlyis the head of Molecular Geneticsdivision of CSIR-IICB His research wasprimarily funded by the prestigiousCareer Development Award ofInternational Human Frontiers ScienceProgram Organization and InternationalSenior Research Fellowship from TheWellcome Trust London DrBhattacharyya was also a YoungResearcher Award grant holder of theLady Tata Memorial Trust during histenure in CSIR-IICB

Honours amp Awards


Dr Rajiv Nigam selected for SN BhallaGold Medal

Dr Rajiv Nigam Chief Scientist CSIR-NIO has won the SN Bhalla Gold Medalof the Paleontological Society of Indiain recognit ion of his outstandingcontributions in the field ofMicropalaeontology

Dr Rajiv Nigam has madeoutstanding contributions in the field ofMarine Geology (Micropaleontology)using foraminifera as a tool to understandoceanographic processes and their rolein environmental and paleoenvironmental assessments

His main findings are pollutionmonitoring through relative sensitivity ofthe benthic foraminifera development ofnovel techniques to decipher netsediment transport direct ion bycomparisons of living and dead benthicforaminifera postulating dimorphism asproxy for paleoclimate reconstructionsdevelopment of model for the paleodepthdetermination in the Arabian Sea and sealevel curve for the Holocenemorphogroups of benthic foraminiferaas a new tool for paleomonsoonalreconstruction discovery of 77 yearscyclicity in average monsoonal rainfall

which is modulated by Gleissberg solarcycle and application of Marinemicropaleontology in the field of MarineArchaeology (eg settling the controversyof dockyard at Lothal and explanationof Neolithic human settlements in Gulfof Cambay through knowledge of sealevel fluctuations)

He has pioneered the study offoraminifera in laboratory culture Theseexperiments provide new insights forsome of the fundamental aspects offoraminiferal studies

Dr Nigam is recipient of severalawards like the CSIR Young ScientistAward Krishnan Gold Medal NationalMineral Awards etc Besides enhancinghis own qualification to DSc degree DrNigam has also taken keen interest inhuman resource development andsuccessfully guided 11 students for PhDand 5 students are currently workingunder his supervision He has publishedmore than 125 research papers inNational and International journals Atpresent he is heading the GeologicalOceanography Division and MarineArchaeology Unit of NIO

The signal propagation within the phasedarray system decides the radar crosssection (RCS) of phased array Thereflection and transmission coefficientsfor a signal at different levels of thephased in scattering array system dependon the impedance mismatch and thedesign parameters Moreover the mutual

coupling effect in between the antennaelements is an important factor A phasedarray system comprises of radiatingelements followed by phase shifterscouplers and terminating loadimpedance These components poserespective impedance towards theincoming signal that travels through them

Book ShelfRCS Estimation of Linear and Planar Dipole Arrays Approximate Model by Hema Singh Chandini RRM Jha (CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories)


Book Shelfbefore reaching receive port of the arraysystem

In this book the RCS of a parallel-fed linear and planar dipole array isderived using an approximate methodThe RCS is approximated in terms ofarray factor neglecting the phase termsThe mutual coupling effect is taken intoaccount The dependence of the RCSpattern on the design parameters isanalyzed The approximate model isestablished as an efficient method for RCSestimation of phased arrays

This book presents a detailedformulation of approximate method todetermine RCS of phased arrays whichis explained using schematics andillustrations This book should help thereader to understand the impinging signalpath and its reflectionstransmissionswithin the phased array system

EM Design and Analysis of Dipole Arrays onNon-planar Dielectric Substrate by Hema SinghChandini R RM Jha (CSIR-National AerospaceLaboratories)

Printed dipole antennas areknown to be simple butmore efficient than thewire antenna Thedielectric substrate and thepresence of ground planeaffect the antennaperfor mance and theresonant frequency getsshifted This book includesthe electromagnetic (EM)design and performanceanalysis of printed dipolearray on planar andcylindrical substrate Theantenna element is taken ashalf-wave centre-feddipole The substrate istaken as low-loss dielectricThe effect of substratematerial ground plane

and the curvature effect is discussedResults are presented for both linear andplanar dipole array The performance ofdipole array is analyzed in terms of inputimpedance return loss and radiationpattern for different configurations Theeffect of curved platform (substrate andground plane) on the radiation behaviorof dipole array is analyzed

This book presents a simple andsystematic description of EM design ofantenna array It explains fundamentalsof EM design and analysis of dipoleantenna array through numerousillustrations This book focuses primarilyon electromagnetic design andperformance analysis to dipole antennaarray on planar and cylindrical dielectricsubstrate It is essentially a step-to-stepguide for beginners in the field of antennaarray design and engineering


The CSIR-Indian Institute of ChemicalTechnology Hyderabad is organising onbehalf of the Catalysis Society of India(CSI) the ldquo17th National Workshop onChallenges in Catalysis Science andTechnology (CCST-2016)rdquo during June23-25 2016 at CSIR-IICT Hyderabad

Catalysis is one of the core areas ofchemical sciences and plays a pivotal rolein the production of large proportion ofchemical products which are useful forthe well being of the humanity Howeverthe art of this practicing science ischanging at a faster pace than changes inenvironmental regulations One of thechallenging tasks for the catalysiscommunity is to develop chemicalprocesses imbibing the green andsustainable principles The primaryobjective of this three-day workshop isto bring together chemists from academiaand industry with complementarystrength and diverse expertise Thisplatform particularly provides an uniqueopportunity for the participants to discussvarious aspects of catalysis in developinggreen and sustainable chemistry relevantto the industry

The delegates and participants arerequested to register online on or before16th May 2016 by logging on to httpwwwiictindiaorgccst2016 by filling theonline registration form

Registration Fee DetailsCSI Members Rs 1500Academic Rs 3000Industry Rs 5000Students Rs 2000

Mode of PaymentThe registration fee may be paid in theform of Demand Draft in favour ofDirector-IICT payable at State Bank ofHyderabad CSIR-Indian Institute ofChemical Technology Tarnaka UppalRoad Hyderabad - 500 007Note Must indicate on the back side of theDD for CCST-2016 your Registration NoName and contact details

Abstract SubmissionThe abstracts may be uploaded to thewebsite wwwiictindiaorgccst2016 on orbefore May 16 2016 Please prepare theabstracts as a single page word documentin the format available on the websiteKindly make sure that your abstract isuploaded before the last date List ofaccepted abstracts for poster presentationwill be uploaded in the website in thelast week of May 2016

Forthcoming Events

17th National Workshop on Challenges inCatalysis Science and Technology (CCST-2016)

Topics to be covered Homogeneous and Hetero-geneous

catalysis Synthesis and characterization of

novel catalysts Hybrid materials Biomass conversion into useful

products Green catalysis in organic synthesis Alternative feed stocks Clean and Alternative Energy

Corresponding AddressDr N LingaiahDr K Rajender ReddyCCST 2016 Inorganic amp PhysicalChemistry DivisionCSIR-Indian Institute of ChemicalTechnologyTarnaka Uppal Road Hyderabad -500007 Telangana StateEmail ccst2016iictresinTel +91-40-27191722 27191532


Hasan Jawaid Khan on behalf of CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication And Information ResourcesDr KS Krishnan Marg New Delhi -110 012 and printed at NISCAIR Press

Dr KS Krishnan Marg New Delhi -110 012Editor Hasan Jawaid Khan Editorial Assistance Neelima HandooDesign Neeru Sharma amp Sarla Dutta Production Pankaj Gupta

Phone 25848702 Fax 25847062 E-mail csirnewsniscairresin hjkniscairresinWebsite httpwwwniscairresin

Please direct all Subscription-related queries toSales amp Distribution Officer NISCAIR E-mail salesniscairresin Phone 25843359

Annual Subscription Rs 500 Single Copy Rs 5000RN 451257

Printed and Published by

Appointments Appointments

Prof (Dr) Harish Hirani takes over asnew Director of CSIR-CMERI

Prof (Dr) Harish Hirani took over asthe Director of the CSIR-CentralMechanical Engineering ResearchInstitute (CMERI) Durgapur on 16March 2016 Earlier he was JEE(Advanced) Vice Chairman (2014-2016) and Professor in IIT Delhi

Prof Hirani did his BE inMechanical Engineering from RajasthanTechnical University (formerly knownas Govt College of Engineering) Kotain 1992 and ME in Machine Designfrom IIT Roorkee in 1994 and PhD in1999 from IIT Delhi

For his research achievements ProfHarish Hirani had been accorded theprestigious ldquoBOYSCAST fellowshiprdquoHis three scientific papers have receivedthe Best research paper award He hasalso secured five patents

His book Fundamentals of EngineeringTribology with Applications published byCambridge University Press has provento be a success He has organized andconducted more than 25 short-termtraining courses for learners from allwalks of life

With a robust 16 years of experiencein teaching and research Prof HarishHirani always aimed to inculcate the valueof developing innovative productsamong ScientistsResearchers andlearners for the benefit of the Indianmasses To achieve these goals he initiatedcourses on ldquoDesign Methodologyrdquo andldquoDesign of Machinesrdquo to outline anddescribe all the necessary steps requiredfrom generating an idea for the solutionof a problem until its final physicalrealization

The Council of Scientific amp Industrial Research (CSIR) invites nominations for the G N RamachandranGold Medal for Excellence in Biological Sciences amp Technology for the year 2016 The award isbestowed every year to an outstanding Indian scientist who has made conspicuously important contributionsapplied or fundamental in the inter-disciplinary subjectfield of Biological Sciences and Technology Theaward would be given for the work done primarily in India during ten years preceding the year of theaward

Nominations addressed to Scientist Incharge SSB YSA Unit Human Resource Development GroupCSIR Complex Library Avenue Pusa New Delhi 110 012 should be sent as per prescribed proforma(Original + one copy) along with reprints of five most significant publications of the last 10-yearrsquos period by31 May 2016

The details of the award and the prescribed proforma for nomination may be downloaded from thewebsite wwwcsirhrdgresin

G N Ramachandran Gold Medal forExcellence in Biological Sciences amp Technology-2016

Nominations are invited for

CSIR NewsMAY 201698

In The News CR Krishnamurthy Seminar Hallrespectively in honour of the first twodirectors of the Institute He alsodedicated an Advanced Imaging Facilityof the Institute to the nation for beingused in the area of nanomaterialtoxicology and released the institutersquosmagazine Vishvigyan Sandesh

Dr Harsh Vardhan was also takenaround an exhibition showcasing theInstitutersquos RampD activities and significanttechnologies such as CD Strip andArgemone detection kit for the detectionof adulterants in mustard oil portablewater analysis kit Bact-O-Kill for onlinedisinfection of water etc He also tookkeen interest in the environmentalmonitoring approaches and safetyaspects of plastic products carried outby the institute

Director CSIR-IITR Professor AlokDhawan made a detailed presentationto the Minister regarding the ongoingprojects and the road map indicatingCSIRndashIITRrsquos role in public privatestrategic and social goods He informedthat the activities of the institute arealigned to the National Missions likeSwachh Bharat Swasth Bharat SkillIndia Namami Gange and Make in India

The Council of Scientific and IndustrialResearch (CSIR) one of the largestnetworks of scientific laboratoriesanywhere in the world is now set to givethe governmentrsquos ldquoStartup Indiardquo missiona big push by setting up incubationcentres in over 30 of its laboratoriesspread across the country The moveinvolves identifying technologies from theCSIRrsquos laboratories that can becommercialized on a large scale

Until now startups have been moreor less confined to the Information

CSIR to Start Incubation Centres to PromoteTechnology Startups

Technology sector CSIR plans toconsiderably expand the startup spaceWith a network of 38 laboratories acrossthe country doing research on an arrayof topics ranging from medicines tochemicals far m technologies tomedicinal plants minerals to materialsand molecular biology to biotechnologyCSIR is granted 90 of the US patentsgranted to any Indian publicly fundedRampD organization The proposedincubation centres will help spin-offtechnologies rolling off the precincts of

Release of CSIR-IITRrsquos Magazine

requirements and hence tailor-madesolutions are the need of the hour Thegovernment is committed to the peoplefor transferring technological benefitsthrough enhanced RampD Exhortingeveryone to have a dream Dr HarshVardhan said that the joy and satisfactionthat comes from witnessing the fulfillmentof a dream is beyond words and citedhis own experience with the Polioeradication programme

The Minister unveiled a plaque toname the main building of the CSIRndashIITR as lsquoVishvigyan Bhawanrsquo to markthe milestone of the institute celebratingits Golden Jubilee He named theAuditorium and Seminar Hall of theinstitute as the Professor Sibte HassanZaidi Auditorium and Professor













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