All 37 CSIR Labs will be turned into Global Centers of Research and Innovation says Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of State (IC) arth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh.

Each of the 37 CSIR (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research) Labs spread across the country is dedicated to a different exclusive area of work and the "on week, one lab" campaign will offer an opportunity to each one of them to showcase the work being done by it so that others can avail of it and stakeholders learn about it, said Singh.

Addressing 108th Indian Science Congress, Simgh said, “We are also seeing the results of the scientific approach with which today's India is moving forward. India is fast becoming one of the top countries of the world in the field of science. Out of 130 countries, we were at number 81 in the Global Innovation Index till 2015. But we have jumped to 40th position in 2022. Today, India is among the top three countries in the world in terms of PhDs and is among the top three countries in the world in terms of start-up ecosystem.”

Singh informed that in the “One Week One Lab" Campaign of CSIR, each of its 37 constituent laboratories, spread nationwide, will showcase their legacy, exclusive innovations and technological breakthroughs every successive week. During the campaign each CSIR lab shall be organizing week long events including industry & startups meet, students connect, society connect, display of technologies, etc.

He further informed that in the last decade, CSIR has facilitated the country with its first ever Biofuel-Powered Flight, Bharatiya Nirdeshak Dravya, asafoetida (Heeng) cultivation, indigenous development of dental implants, the technology of High-Resolution Aquifer Mapping, indigenously developed Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus, road construction with Steel Slag, development of CSIR - TechnoS Raman Spectrometers, the Trainer aircraft HANSA- NG and many other technologies developed at different CSIR laboratories.

Singh was happy to note that each of 37 CSIR laboratories is unique and specializes in as diverse areas as the Genome to Geology, Food to Fuel, Minerals to Materials, and so on. CSIR has marked its footprint in the Nation with pathbreaking technologies and innovations since last 80 years, some of them include the indelible ink, Parallel Computers Flosolver, Swaraj Tractors, Centchroman, DNA Fingerprinting, Aroma Mission and many other.

The Minister pointed out that there is a plethora of technologies developed by the scientists and researchers of CSIR laboratories for the society, but many of them remain confined to the laboratories. There is a need to establish the resourceful connection of people (stakeholder/entrepreneur/student/industry) to know more about the technologies for the advancement of the technology and the progress of the society, he added.

During the inaugural session, Secretary, DSIR & Director General, CSIR, Dr. N. Kalaiselvi said, "The campaign is a unique initiation and an out of box idea of Dr. Jitendra Singh to reach out to people of India and to the world about the success stories of CSIR. Describing CSIR as the innovation engine of India, she said that all the 37 labs have to come out with lots of success stories in the next 7 Years for a mid-term appraisal in 2030, to fulfill the vision of the Prime Minister to make India an innovation hub of the world in 2047.

Dr. Kalaieselvi informed that the "One Week One Lab" campaign of CSIR is a way to establish the right connection and to showcase not only the technological breakthroughs & innovations in CSIR laboratories, but also future technologies on which CSIR labs are working.