Low-cost Housing
Empowering
Masses
Value-added
agriculture
Instant House for
Disaster Victims
Potable Water
Novel varieties
Of Ashwagandha
Ferrocement Water tanks | Electrochemical
Defluxidation | Technology for Safe Drinking Water
Novel varieties of
Medicinal and
aromatic Plants
HimHaldi
High Altitude Haldi with
higher medicinal value
Krishi Shakti
CSIR’s Rs.1 Lakh Tractor
Low-cost Technology
for Farmers
Membrane
based water
purification
systems
Affordable
Health
Solekshaw
Solar Power
Assisted Pedicab
800 Million
Value Added Agriculture | Waste-to-Wealth | Sustainable Energy |
Affordable Health | Potable Water | Low-cost Housing
Open Source Drug
Discovery
For Tuberculosis
Fuel Cells | Wind
and Solar Power |
Biomass based
Stoves
Prosperity for All
Inclusive growth and improvement in quality
of life of the 800 million people at the
bottom of the pyramid through S&T 50 Million
intervention relevant to their socioeconomic development
250 Million
Low cost Drugs | Low-cost Diagnostics |
Collagen based Biomaterials for Wound
Healing
Sustainable
Energy
CSIR-800
CSIR-India
Herbal
extract for
treatment of
Prostate
Cancer
“Just as some of the experiments in your
laboratories go on for all the twenty four
hours, let a big corner in your heart
remain perpetually warm for the benefit
of the poor millions”
-Mahatma Gandhi
Mission: Increase per-capita income of the target group by Rs 15
per day through S&T Intervention
CSR or
Philanthropic Fund
Development
of Skills &
Knowledge
Bank
Funds
50 Million
Entrepreneurs
250 Million
Enterprises
800 Million
Underprivileged
NGOs
Employment/Income
Generation
CSIR-800
Prosperity for All
Enhancement of earning or
Increase in purchasing power
Enabling the target group to
afford life-style bettering
products/services
Products and Services
Increase earning by Rs 15/day (Rs 5000/annum) leading to expenditure in:
Education
Rs 1000 pa
Healthcare
Rs 1000 pa
Augment Lifestyle
Rs 3000 pa
The CSIR-800 Model
 Proposes product based and service oriented / solution based employment /
entrepreneurship generation through S&T intervention
 Transferring technology to entrepreneurs for large scale and /small scale production of goods
and services for the 800 Million.
 CSIR will target 1% of the target group at proof of concept level and NGOs will scale-up to 10%.
 Aims to encourage technology diffusion in partnership mode with Universities/Institutes
located in small towns and rural areas
 Seeks to transfer technology to, or procurement by respective programmes/missions and/or
ministerial departments for propagation and implementation
 Envisages implementation of 10-100 projects; each with a minimum customer base of one
million people
 Involves financing mechanism that use funding schemes of respective ministries, bank loans
and philanthropic/CSR funds
 Extensive involvement of State Governments and State S&T Councils
 Establishment of CSIR-State DST Centre for Dissemination of Technology.
The Increased demand will fuel
resurgence in production Potable water,
Low-cost Sanitary napkins, Low-cost
Diagnostics, and Neutraceuticals
Enhanced Educational expenditure, Solar
Energy, ICT for Education are domains
where increased investment is
expected.
Self-sustaining, mutually
complementary cycle of demand
and supply, supporting strong
entrepreneurial groups to benefit
the 800 million.
Action Plan
Implementation
 Large scale transfer of proven
technologies for production of goods and
services
Future Implementation
 Focused development of various
technologies and services by CSIR
 Each technology should be scalable
impacting a million lives and beyond
 Learning from the scale-up process will be
critically analyzed and imbibed to enhance
user acceptability and cost-effectiveness
 Screened technology will be dovetailed into
major national programmes/missions
 A set of objective criteria will be developed
to judge the success of CSIR-800 initiatives
For more Information on CSIR-800
Director General,
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research,
Anusanshan Bhavan,
2 Rafi Marg, New Delhi 110001
www.csir.res.in
dgcsir@csir.res.in