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Ministry of Science & Technology has set up Mechanism in Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) to interact with Small-Scale Industry (SSI) for transfer of Technology from CSIR Labs.
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Nodal officer in CSIR will coordinate with the SSIs and CSIR labs for appropriate technology required by them.
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SSI sector is largest employment provider in country, next to agriculture.
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It contributes almost 40% of gross industrial value added in Indian economy.
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CSIR covers wide spectrum of S&T–from radio and space physics, oceanography, geophysics, earth sciences, chemicals, drugs, genomics, biotechnology, nanotechnology, mining, materials, aeronautics, instrumentation, environmental engineering and information technology.
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CSIR laboratories have patented over 1,000 technologies and processes, which are available for commercial exploitation.
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Some of these technologies have been commercialised.
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They are willing to work with user industries to develop applications and products to meet the needs of the market.