North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat

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North East Institute of Science and Technology
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MottoConnecting science & technology for a brighter tomorrow
Type Research Institution
Established1961(63 years ago) (1961)
DirectorDr. V. M. Tiwari
Administrative staff
300
Location
Jorhat - 785006
,
Assam
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India

26°44′16″N94°09′25″E / 26.7378°N 94.1570°E / 26.7378; 94.1570
Campus Suburban, western Jorhat
Website neist.res.in
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Location in Assam
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North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat (India)

North East Institute of Science and Technology (NEIST) (formerly Regional Research Laboratory) is a constituent establishment of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), a premier R&D organization of India, which has a chain of laboratories across the country. This laboratory was established in 1961 under the chemical science group of CSIR and originally its main aim was to develop indigenous technologies by utilizing the immense natural resources of northeastern India like Petroleum, Coal, Natural Gas, Minerals, Tea, Microbes, Aromatic and Medicinal plants.

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Activities

Presently, NEIST is a full-fledged multidisciplinary research institution having research areas like Advanced Computation and Data Science, Medicinal Chemistry, Natural Products Chemistry, Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Biotechnology, Infectious disease, Communicable and Non-communicable disease, Medicinal, Aromatic and Economic plants, Geoscience, Petroleum and Natural Gas, Applied Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering, General Engineering, Cellulose, Membrane technologies, Pulp and Paper, Material Science, Coal, etc. Over the years, the laboratory has produced more than 117 technologies in the areas of Agrotechnology, Biological and Oil Field Chemicals. In the last couple of decades, the institute has also produced more than 200 Ph.Ds. to cater the skilled human resource needed for this region. Many Ph.Ds. of this institute are doing well in industry and academia in India and abroad. The institute also supports economically poor bright students for Mentorship Program. Currently the institution is equipped with state-of-the-art instruments and infrastructure to carry out research in frontier areas of science and technology. A Common Facility Center (CFC) under the STINER (Science and Technological Intervention in North East India) project funded by Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (MDoNER), Govt of India has been established at NEIST. [1] The main goal of the project is to bring all the relevant proven technologies to the people of North Eastern Region (NER), more particularly to farmers and artisans community, so that the quality of their profession can be boost up through science and technological intervention. During the unprecedented situation of COVID-19 across the globe, the institute has organized a unique Summer Research Training Program 2020 (SRTP) through online mode to provide training to over 16000 participants. [2] The training program for Drug Discovery Hackathon 2020, an initiative of MHRD's Innovation Cell, was conducted by the institute. [3] A COVID-19 research laboratory has also been set up in the institute premises to facilitate COVID-19 testing facility in the entire region. [4] Under the CSIR-AROMA mission, the institute has planned to set up "Multilocational Trial & Regional Research Experimental Farm" across the North East. [5]

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NEIST main administrative building
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NEIST VSK mini cement plant
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NEIST Library

Divisions

For scientific and administrative purposes the NEIST's manpower has been grouped into 8 research and development divisions and several groups for providing technical and scientific support. The following divisions are involved in research and development:

Sub Stations

NEIST has one branch laboratory in Arunachal Pradesh near Itanagar at Naharlagun locality and another at Imphal, Manipur and one field station in Nagaland called as NEIST Experimental Farm, Mokokchung.

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References

  1. ↑ "DoNER Minister lays foundation stone of STINER at Jorhat's CSIR-NEIST". NE NOW. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  2. ↑ "CSIR's summer research training program receives over 16k applications". news.careers360.com. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "Drug Discovery Hackathon Training Program Launched". EE Times India. 23 July 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "COVID-19 Testing Lab Inaugurated in CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat". EE Times India. 1 June 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  5. ↑ "CSIR-NEIST expands floriculture mission in Arunachal Pradesh". The Sentinel. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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