Research and Development, R& D in India, University of Delhi, Institute of Clinical Research in India, Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI)

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Design, originate & innovate! Today a career in R& D (science & Engineering) is not only highly rewarding professionally but also one of the most ideal platforms to design technologies that you want around you.

Research as a profession is for those who want to transform tomorrow‘s technologies and want to create life-changing technologies.

India is contributing a lot to this field as India is home to approximately two million science post graduate and over one lakh PhD holders.

In India, Today more than 1000 positions are created for scientist every year.

One can become scientist, engineer, biotechnologists, Pharmacist, Physicist Chemists, Biochemist and many other similar roles.

Today the average innovation intensity of India is estimated to be about 11.5 percent.

The world bank‘s report on ‘unleashing India’s Innovation potential estimates that there are around three lakh scientists and innovators in the country.

Today an increasing number of multinationals are vying for scientists from India. Over 300 MNCs including IBM, Microsoft, HCL, GlaxoSmithKline and Novartis are setting up their research and development facilities in metros like Bangalore and Mumbai.

This is because of the fact that an Indian scientists costs around Rs 9.7 lakh a year as compared to 38.7 lakh that an American scientist cost.

Aspirants, wishing to make a mark in this field, should have comprehensive knowledge and training in the related scientific or engineering stream. For that, a master degree in engineering or science is required and in many cases any other graduate qualification covering the relevant area of research and specialization is generally considered an ideal qualification.

Biotechnology, manufacturing, pharma industry or software field, the avenues are endless if you thought Research and development in science or engineering as your career-choice. Today even biotechnology sector has grown to be a $2 billion worth industry and is estimated to be growing at a rate of more than 37 percent every year. While, the Indian pharma industry stands at Rs 238, 665 crore and is expanding at an annual growth rate of over 9 percent.

Following are the top R&D organizations of Government of India:

Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI)
CDRI, Lucknow
Phone: 0522-2623286/2610932/2612411-18
Fax: 0522-2623405
Website: www.cdriindia.org

Courses
PhD and advanced training courses are offered in wide- ranging subjects like Molecular & structural Biology including Molecular Genetics, Drug delivery systems and pharmaco- kinetics and Parasite and General Immunology

Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi
Website: www.jnu.ac.in.

Courses
M.Sc, M.Tech, PhD in its schools of Physical sciences, school of life sciences and school of Environment sciences. Its Schools are recognized by the UGC as ‘Centers of Excellence’.

University of Delhi
Website: www.du.ac.in

Courses
M.Sc, M.Tech, ME, PhD, integrated programmes in a range of disciplines

National Brain Research Centre
Gurgaon, Haryana
Website: www.nbrc.ac.in

Courses
PhD, Integrated PhD, Post doctoral fellowship, Main research areas include Molecular & cellular neuroscience, Systems Neuroscience and computational neuroscience.

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Mumbai
Website: www.tifr.res.in

Courses
M.Sc, MS, PhD, integrated M.Sc-Phd. A range of courses in fundamental research the field of Biology Chemistry, Computer Biology and Fluid Mechanics.

Institute of Clinical Research in India
A-201, Okhla Indsuitrial Area-I
New Delhi
Phone: 011-41406945-49
Website: www.icriindia.com

Courses
Full-time programme in M.Sc Clinical Research, Part time postgraduate diploma programmes in Clinical Date Management, Pharmacovigilance, Clinical trial Management and Clinical Research

Indian Council of Medical Research
V. Ramalingaswami Bhawan
Ansari Nagar, New Delhi
Telephone: 26588895, 26588980, 26589794,
Fax: 26588662, 26588713
Email: headquarters@icmr.org.in
Wesites: www.icmr.nic.in

Courses
M. Phil, PhDs and Fellowships.

Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development
Manipur
Phone: 0385-2446121/2446122
Fax: 0385-2446120
Website: www.ibsd-imphal.nic.in

Courses
research subjects addressing bio-resources development and their sustainable use through biotechnological methods.

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Uttar Pradesh	Arunachal Pradesh	Meghalaya	Manipur	Nagaland
Sikkim	Tripura	Mizoram	-	-

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