The Ministry of Science and Technology is the

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ministry charged with formulation and administration of the rules and regulations and laws relating to

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Organisation

The ministry includes the following departments:

Department of Biotechnology

Autonomous Institutes * National Institute of Immunology,

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* National Centre for Cell Science,

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* National Brain Research Centre, Manesar * Kalam Institute of Health Technology,

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* Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics,

Hyderabad Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India. With an average altitude of , much ...

*Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development,

Imphal Imphal (; , ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Manipur. The metropolitan centre of the city contains the ruins of Kangla Palace (officially known as Kangla Fort), the royal seat of the former Kingdom of Manipur, surrounded by a ...

*National Institute Of Plant Genome Research,

*Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Bangalore * Institute of Life Sciences,

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* Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology,

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Translational Health Science and Technology Institute Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI) is an institute of the Biotechnology Research and Innovation Council (BRIC), Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. It was set up in 200 ...

*National Institute of Animal Biotechnology,

National Institute of Biomedical Genomics National Institute of Biomedical Genomics (NIBMG) is a national level research institute for genomic medicine in India. It is located at Kalyani West Bengal—50 km from Kolkata. It has been established as an autonomous institution under ...

, Kalyani, West Bengal Public Sector Undertakings * Bharat Immunologicals and Biologicals Corporation Limited (BIBCOL), Bulandshahar,

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*Indian Vaccine Corporation Limited,

Department of Scientific and Industrial Research

*Technology Promotion, Development and Utilization Programme (TPDU) **Industrial R&D Promotion Programme (IRDPP) **Technology Development and Innovation Programme (TDIP) ***Technology Development and Demonstration Programme (TDDP) ***Technopreneur Promotion Programme (TePP) **Technology Management Programme (TMP) **International Technology Transfer Programme (ITTP) **Consultancy Promotion Programme (CCP) **Technology Information Facilitation Programme (TIFP) **Technology Development Utilization Programme for Women (TDUPW) *Autonomous institutions **Consultancy Development Centre (CDC) **

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR; IAST: ''vaigyanik tathā audyogik anusandhāna pariṣada'') is a research and development (R&D) organisation in India to promote scientific, industrial and economic growth. Headquarter ...

(CSIR) ** Centre for Development of Telematics ** Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research,

Bangalore Bengaluru, also known as Bangalore (List of renamed places in India#Karnataka, its official name until 1 November 2014), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the southern States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kar ...

* Public sector enterprises **

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(NRDC) **

Central Electronics Limited Central Electronics Limited is a Public sector undertakings in India, Government of India Enterprise under the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Ministry of Science & Technology. It was established in 1974, with an object ...

(CEL) *Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology (APCTT) *Administration *Finance

Department of Science and Technology

*Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC) *Vigyan Prasar *National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) * Bharat Space Education Research Centre (BSERC) *National Atlas and Thematic Mapping Organisation (NATMO), Calcutta *

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* IISc * IISERs * Institute of Nano Science and Technology,

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* Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum * National Quantum Mission India * Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology,

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* Raman Research Institute *

Indian National Science Academy The Indian National Science Academy (INSA) is a national academy in New Delhi New Delhi (; ) is the Capital city, capital of India and a part of the Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three b ...

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* Indian Institute of Geomagnetism

List of ministers

The Minister of Science and Technology is the head of the ministry. It is a key office in the

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List of ministers of state

Notes

Media

In the year 2010, the

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and Ministry of Science and Technology came together to create a documentary film on reducing carbon footprint. The film was titled ''Cutting Carbon Footprint''

External links

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