Ministry of Science and Technology (India)
The Ministry of Science and Technology is the Indian government ministry charged with formulation and administration of the rules and regulations and laws relating to science and technology in India.
Organisation
The ministry includes the following departments:
Department of Biotechnology
Autonomous Institutes
- National Institute of Immunology, Delhi
- National Centre for Cell Science, Pune
- National Brain Research Centre, Manesar
- Kalam Institute of Health Technology, Visakhapatnam
- Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad
- Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development, Imphal
- National Institute Of Plant Genome Research, Delhi
- Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Bangalore
- Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneshwar
- Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram
- Translational Health Science & Technology Institute, Faridabad
- National Institute of Animal Biotechnology, Hyderabad
- National Institute of Biomedical Genomics, Kalyani, West Bengal
Public Sector Undertakings
- Bharat Immunologicals and Biologicals Corporation Limited (BIBCOL), Bulandshahar, Uttar Pradesh
- Indian Vaccine Corporation Limited, Delhi
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)
- Centre for Development of Telematics
- Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore
- Public sector enterprises
- 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)
- Bharat Space Education Research Centre (BSERC)
- National Atlas and Thematic Mapping Organisation (NATMO), Calcutta
- Survey of India, Dehradun
- IISc
- IISERs
- Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Mohali
- Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum
- National Quantum Mission India
- Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun
- Raman Research Institute
- Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi
- Indian Institute of Geomagnetism
List of ministers
The Minister of Science and Technology is the head of the ministry. It is a key office in the Union Cabinet.
List of ministers of state
See also
Notes
Media
In the year 2010, the National Geographic Channel and Ministry of Science and Technology came together to create a documentary film on reducing carbon footprint. The film was titled Cutting Carbon Footprint