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 science and technology in

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Organisation

The ministry includes the following departments:

Department of Biotechnology

Autonomous Institutes * National Institute of Immunology,

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(NCCS),

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, Maharashtra (formerly National Facility for Animal Tissue and Cell Culture, NFATCC) * National Brain Research Centre (NBRC),

Manesar Manesar is a town and municipal corporation, know new Gurugram City in the Gurugram district of the state of Haryana, India and a part of the National Capital Region (NCR) of Delhi. It is an industrial hub. Its proximity to the burgeoning ...

Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ...

* Kalam Institute of Health Technology,

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Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to t ...

* Centre for DNA Fingerprinting & Diagnostics (CDFD),

Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...

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*Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD),

Imphal Imphal ( Meitei pronunciation: /im.pʰal/; English pronunciation: ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Manipur. The metropolitan centre of the city contains the ruins of Kangla Palace (also known as Kangla Fort), the royal seat of the ...

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*National Institute Of Plant Genome Research,

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

Bhubaneshwar Bhubaneswar (; ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Odisha. The region, especially the old town, was historically often depicted as ''Ekamra Kshetra'' (area (''kshetra'') adorned with mango trees (''ekamra'')). Bhubaneswar is ...

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* Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology,

Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populati ...

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*Translational Health Science & Technology Institute,

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*National Institute of Animal Biotechnology,

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 (CSIR) * Public sector enterprises **

National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) The National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) was a non-departmental government body established by the British Government to transfer technology from the public sector to the private sector. History The NRDC was established by Attlee's La ...

**Central Electronics Limited (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) *National Atlas and Thematic Mapping Organisation (NATMO), Calcutta *

Survey of India The Survey of India is India's central engineering agency in charge of mapping and surveying.Dehradun Dehradun () is the capital and the most populous city of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and is governed by the Dehradun Municipal Corporation, with the Uttarakhand Legislativ ...

* IISc * IISERs * Institute of Nano Science and Technology *Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum

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

External links

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