A constituent laboratory of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)
(AUTONOMOUS ORGANISATION UNDER THE DEPT. OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH, MINISTRY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, GOVT. OF INDIA)
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Established in 2011 as an ‘Institution of National Importance’ (interim operations started in June, 2010), the Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) has adopted the mandate to create and train some of the best of tomorrow’s Science & Technology leaders through a combination of innovative and novel curricula, pedagogy, and evaluation. AcSIR’s focus is on imparting instruction and providing research opportunities in such areas that are not routinely taught in regular academic universities in India.
AcSIR has been set up based on a ‘hub and spoke’ model where the hub (AcSIR-HQ Ghaziabad) is responsible for centralized administrative functions. The spokes are located in the 80 AcSIR Associated Research Institutes spread along the length and breadth of India, which act as the academic campuses of AcSIR. In addition, AcSIR has collaborative academic programs with other national and international educational institutions.
At present, the Academy has 2,748 faculty members from CSIR Laboratories, and around ~6,500 students enrolled in various programs.
AcSIR is listed on the Ministry of Education, Government of India’s website under Institutions of National Importance at Serial Number 148.
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