Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research

The Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) has been set up by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). The AcSIR has been set up through an Act of Parliament named the Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research Act, 2011. This has come into force w.e.f. 3rd April, 2012. The AcSIR is an institution of national importance. It imparts instructions and awards degrees in frontier areas of cross and trans-disciplinary Science and Technology. Since its initiation, over 2503 courses have been formulated by the AcSIR. Student enrolment under different courses since 2011, include: 2667 for Ph.D. in science; 418 for Ph.D. in Engineering; 484 in Integrated M.Tech. - Ph.D. programme; 24 in Integrated M.Sc. - Ph.D. programme; and 10 in Advanced Diploma. of these, 312 M.Tech. (Engg.) students and 66 Ph.D. students have been awarded degrees until date. Environment Friendly Technologies Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Resources are collaborating through joint expert committee meetings, inter-ministerial consultations and delegations to articulate research and development priorities to come up with energy efficient and environment friendly technologies. Three multi institutional networked virtual Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Centres on solar energy, second generation biofuels and building energy efficiency. The research carried so far has resulted in 72 publications in peer reviewed journals and a patent has also been filed. Department of Biotechnology has set up 3 Bio-energy Centres viz. (i) DBT-Institute of Chemical Technology Centre for Energy Bio-Sciences at Mumbai for developing biotechnologies for improved bio fuel production (ii) DBT-IOC Centre for Advanced Bio-Energy Research at Faridabad for research, development and deployment of technologies and (iii) DBT-ICGEB Centre for Advanced Bio-Energy Research at New Delhi for higher lipid and bio mass yield.