Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (formerly Central Salt Research Institute) is a constituent laboratory of the

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (IAST: ''vaigyanik tathā audyogik anusandhāna pariṣada''), abbreviated as CSIR, was established by the Government of India in September 1942 as an autonomous body that has emerged as the l ...

(CSIR),

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. The institute was inaugurated by

Jawahar Lal Nehru Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (; ; ; 14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat— * * * * and author who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20t ...

on 10 April 1954 at

Bhavnagar Bhavnagar is a city in the Bhavnagar district of the Saurashtra region of Gujarat, a States of India, state of India. It was founded in 1723 by Gohil Koli, Bhavsinhji Takhtasinhji Gohil (1703–1764). It was the capital of Bhavnagar State, whi ...

, in

Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...

Technology developed

* Preparations of nutrient-rich salt of plant origins * Electrodialysis domestic desalination system * Preparation of novel iodizing agent * "CleanWrite" writing chalk * Preparation of low sodium salt of botanic origin * Plastic Chip Electrodes

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Research activity

*Molecular sensors for selective recognition of cations/anions *Recognition of analytes and neutral molecules in physiological condition *Supramolecular metal complexes to study photo-induced energy/electron transfer processes *Nanocrystalline dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) *Smart Materials * Tailored and modified electrodes. *Green Chemistry *Polymer Chemistry and development of novel drug delivery system *Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Natural products *Recovery of precious metal ions from natural sources *Crystal engineering *Computational Study * Electrochemical/chemical value addition processes * Development of polyethylene based inter polymer membranes and design of electrodialysis units

References

3. Polymer–graphite composite: a versatile use and throw plastic chip electrode; Mosarrat Perween, Dilip B. Parmar, Gopala Ram Bhadu, Divesh N. Srivastava; Analyst, 139 (2014) 5919-5926. 4. An improved next generation off-laboratory polymer chip electrode USA S20170082576; A1 Research institutes in Gujarat Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Education in Bhavnagar Salt industry in India Research institutes established in 1954 1954 establishments in Bombay State {{authority control

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