Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), was Established in 1942 .

It is an Autonomous Body and the Largest Research and Development (R&D) Organisation in India.

It runs 37 Laboratories and 39 Field Stations or Extension centres spread across the nation, with a collective staff of over 13,375.

It Operates as an Autonomous body registered under the Registration of Societies Act of 1860.

The Research and Development Activities of CSIR includes

Aerospace Engineering,
Structural Engineering,
Ocean Sciences,
Life Sciences,
Metallurgy,
Chemicals,
Mining,
Food, Petroleum,
Leather,
Environment.

Research Laboratories under CSIR

C-MMACS - CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation, Bangalore
CBRI - CSIR-Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee
CCMB- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad
CDRI - Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow
CECRI- Central Electro Chemical Research Institute, Karaikudi
CEERI - Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute, Pilani
CFTRI - Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore
CGCRI - Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata
CIMAP - Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow
CIMFR - Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research, Dhanbad
CLRI - Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai
CMERI - Central mechanical engineering research institute, Durgapur
CRRI - Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi
CSIO - Central Scientific Instruments Organisation, Chandigarh
CSMCRI - Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar
IGIB - Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi
IHBT - Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur
IICB - Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata
IICT - Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad
IIIM, Jammu - Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu
IIP - Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun
IMMT - Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar
IMTECH - Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh
IITR - Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow (formerly known as Industrial Toxicology Research Centre)
NAL - National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore
NBRI - National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow
NCL - National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
NEERI - National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur
NGRI - National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad
NIO - National Institute of Oceanography, Goa
NISCAIR - National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources, New Delhi
NISTADS - National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies, New Delhi
NML - National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur
NPL - National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi
NEIST (RRL), Jorhat - North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat , Jorhat
OSDD - Open Source Drug Discovery
National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology - Thiruvananthapuram
SERC, M - Structural Engineering Research Centre, Chennai
URDIP Unit for Research and Development of Information Products, Pune