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The 'Department of Scientific and Industrial Research' (DSIR) of the United Kingdom was a government department with responsibilities for research from 1917 to 1965. Other nations also have or had identically named departments: New Zealand (1926 - 1992) and India (1985 - ).
The United Kingdom DSIR was formed during World War I with the aim of enhancing Scientific and Industrial Research by means of government funding. The initial budget in 1917 was £1,000,000.
Research Laboratories administered by the DSIR up to its disbandment in 1965:
★ Building Research Station, Watford (from 1921) later renamed Building Research Establishment, and now simply BRE
★ Fuel Research Station, Greenwich, moved 1959 to Stevenage and renamed Warren Spring Laboratory, WSL
★ National Physical Laboratory - Teddington (from ''circa'' 1917)
★ Radio Research Station - Ditton Park (from 1924)
★ Road Research Laboratory, Crowthorne (from 1933)
★ National Engineering Laboratory - East Kilbride (later transferred to the DTI)
A founding Scientist in 1926:
★ Ernest Marsden
Former DSIR Research Institutes:
★ Crown Research Institutes - set up in 1992 when the DSIR was disbanded
★ Vanda Station - an Antarctic research base
★ The Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, now GNS Science
★ Landcare Research New Zealand Limited
★ HortResearch
The Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) is a part of the Ministry of Science and Technology, which was announced through a Presidential Notification, dated January 4, 1985 (74/2/1/8 Cab.) contained in the 164th Amendment of the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961. The Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) has a mandate to carry out the activities relating to indigenous technology promotion, development, utilization and transfer.
DSIR home page
★ UK DSIR:
★
★ BRE
★
★ TRL
★ India DSIR:
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★ India DSIR
| Contents |
| UK DSIR |
| New Zealand DSIR |
| India DSIR |
| External links |
UK DSIR
The United Kingdom DSIR was formed during World War I with the aim of enhancing Scientific and Industrial Research by means of government funding. The initial budget in 1917 was £1,000,000.
Research Laboratories administered by the DSIR up to its disbandment in 1965:
★ Building Research Station, Watford (from 1921) later renamed Building Research Establishment, and now simply BRE
★ Fuel Research Station, Greenwich, moved 1959 to Stevenage and renamed Warren Spring Laboratory, WSL
★ National Physical Laboratory - Teddington (from ''circa'' 1917)
★ Radio Research Station - Ditton Park (from 1924)
★ Road Research Laboratory, Crowthorne (from 1933)
★ National Engineering Laboratory - East Kilbride (later transferred to the DTI)
New Zealand DSIR
A founding Scientist in 1926:
★ Ernest Marsden
Former DSIR Research Institutes:
★ Crown Research Institutes - set up in 1992 when the DSIR was disbanded
★ Vanda Station - an Antarctic research base
★ The Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, now GNS Science
★ Landcare Research New Zealand Limited
★ HortResearch
India DSIR
The Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) is a part of the Ministry of Science and Technology, which was announced through a Presidential Notification, dated January 4, 1985 (74/2/1/8 Cab.) contained in the 164th Amendment of the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961. The Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) has a mandate to carry out the activities relating to indigenous technology promotion, development, utilization and transfer.
DSIR home page
External links
★ UK DSIR:
★
★ BRE
★
★ TRL
★ India DSIR:
★
★ India DSIR
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