Research Institutions in India
In India, research has been traditionally carried out mainly by special research institutes.
Only in recent years, universities have started doing their own research.
Indian Research Landscape
University Research
Non-University Research
Govt.-funded
Research Institutions
Private Research
Institutes
Industrial Research
Institutes
ca. 25% of the
Universities are
engagend in
research
CSIR: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
IIT: Indian Institute of Technology
IISER: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research
IISc: Indian Institute of Science
Currently, about 25% of the universities undertake research, among them Central
Universities like Jawahar Lal Nehru, Delhi University, University of Hyderabad or
Institutes like the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), the Indian Institute of Science in
Bangalore (IISc), the Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs), the
National Institutes of Technology (NITs), the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs).
Apart from the University-level institutions, research is carried out by a number of
government-funded and managed centers. For instance, Council of Scientific &
Industrial Research (CSIR), established in 1942, is the premier institution for scientific
and industrial research with a network of 37 laboratories, 2 cooperative industrial
research institutions and more than 100 extensions and field centers.
Indian Council for Historical Research (ICHR) is famous for historical research and Centre
for Social Research is known for its social research. There are also private-funded
research institutes like BioAxis DNA Research Centre Pvt. Ltd., (Hyderabad and
Lucknow), and Industrial research institutes such as TATA Research Development &
Design Centre and IBM Research.