National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology

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INTRODUCTION:

NIIST is a constituent Laboratory of CSIR, India engaged in R&D Programs in the area of Agroprocessing, Chemical Sciences, Materials & Minerals, Biotechnology and Process Engineering and Environmental Science & Technology. The programmes have a blend of basic research and technology development & commercialisation; have specific thrusts on frontier areas of research, National Mission Projects, regional resource-based activities and R & D - Industry - Academia linkages. The Laboratory has excellent collaborative programmes with major National & International agencies too.

The focus of CSIR efforts has always been the development of indigenous technologies and optimum utilization of indigenous resources. In these efforts, interaction with users of CSIR technologies, i.e., industrial establishments is of vital importance. The first step in this interaction is making available to users adequate information about the infrastructure and R & D capabilities available in different CSIR laboratories. CSIR laboratories today play a major role in enhancing the country's industrial growth and the quality of life of its people

The specific areas in which specialised research are carried out are:

Agroprocessing and Natural products
Biotechnology
Chemical Science and technology
Material science
Mineral sciences
Process Engineering
Environment Technology

MAJOR R & D ACTIVITIES:

Arachaeometallurgy
Beneficiation of ilmenite for value added products
Building ceramics
Characterisation of Moulding Sands
Development of Al alloys and premium quality Al alloy castings
Development of Aluminium alloy matrix composites
Development of process flowsheets for the production fo synthetic rutile from ilmenite
Fatigue and fracture studies of engineering materials
Functional coatings
Functionally Graded Materials (FGM) and In situ Composites
Investigations onto the aeration rusting of iron from metallised ilmenite
Low pressure casting of Al and Mg alloys
Micromechanical modeling
Nanocomposites
Nano materials
Near net shape casting � Squeeze, Investment and Centrifugal
Physical, chemical and mineralogical characterization of ilmenite and rare earth minerals
Plasma processing of ilmenite
Preparation and characterization of rare earth titanates
Rare earth metal extraction and their refinement to ultra high purity
Recycling of Al alloys and their composites
Reduction of iron oxide minerals for the production of sponge iron using agrobased reductants
Semisolid processing of Al alloys and composites
Standardization of Heat treatment schedule
Structure Property Correlation

The ongoing projects are:

Bacterial Tannase
Custom tailored special materials-nano structured Inorganic materials for novel electronic, magnetic, optical, structural and transducer application
Development and demonstration of environmental friendly technologies in Kerala building materials sector
Developing Green Technologies
Development of Rare earth phosphate (monozite) Ceramic Thermal insulators and thermal Barrier Coatings
Development of RE phosphate as thermal insulator and machinable composite ceramics
EMR Project-Alpha galactosidase
EMR Project-Bioactive molecules from halophilic actinomycetes
EMR Project-Laccases
Green Technology
Microbial Wealth-SMM
Mycobacterium research
Pilot scale Demonstration and Techno-Economic Evaluation of High Volume Flux Bonded fly ash Building components
Resource mapping and product diversification for modernisation of Kerala Tile Industries
Silica Aerogel low di-electric substrates and super insulators for defence related applications
Sol gel Alumina Composites
Substrate specific enzymes (Indo-Hungarian)

Opportunities exist in a range of research programmes in areas like :

Natural Products Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Pharmacology, Photoscience, Toxicology,Nanostructured Materials, Self-assembling & Supramolecular Materials, Electronic & Optical device fabrication & Testing

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