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a significant step towards advancing the capabilities of Unmanned Aerial |
Vehicles (UAVs) in India, the CSIR-NAL unveiled the Q Plane – a lightweight |
all-electric hybrid UAV with vertical-take-off-and-landing capability during |
the curtain raiser of One Week, One Lab, on 2 nd August 2023. Designed for |
autonomous flight, the UAV has a range of 30 kilometres and endurance of up to |
70 minutes. CSIR-NAL’s JALDOST, an airboat that operates on water and removes |
excess aquatic weed & floating waste from water bodies, was also launched. The |
JALDOST has a closed airtight pontoon type hull to make it inherently |
unsinkable. It has a hybrid propulsion system, comprising air propulsion and |
paddle wheel propulsion. CSIR-NAL has developed two versions of the airboat — |
JALDOST Mark-1 and an upgraded version JALDOST Mark-2. The JALDOST Mark-2 has |
been designed on the specifications given by BBMP and can be used to clean |
lakes in Bengaluru. It was also launched on 2 nd August 2023, during the |
curtain raiser of One Week, One Lab, of CSIR-NAL. Launch of CSIR’s Indigenous |
E-Tractor, CSIR Prima ET11: The Minister of State (Independent Charge), |
Science and Technology and Vice-President, CSIR, Dr. Jitendra Singh, on August |
21 st , 2023, launched the compact E-Tractor CSIR PRIMA ET11, indigenously |
designed and developed by CSIR-CMERI to cater to small and marginal farmers of |
India. Installation of 10 TPD Biogas plant at Bowenapally Vegetable Market, |
Hyderabad: With the financial support from the Department of Biotechnology |
(DBT), GoI, CSIR-IICT has installed and operated a 10 ton per day biogas plant |
at Dr. BR Ambedkar Vegetable Market in Bowenpally where 10 tons of waste is |
converted to 500 - 600 m3/day of biogas everyday along with liquid digestate |
that can be used as organic fertilizer. The biogas is used to replace grid |
power (approx. 400 kWh/day) and LPG consumption (28 – 30 kg/day). Launch of |
improved lotus variety ‘Namoh 108' : CSIR-NBRI launched an improved variety of |
the national flower Lotus with 108 petals called 'Namoh 108' on 14 th August |
2023 during the inaugural of the One Week, One Lab campaign of CSIR-NBRI. The |
Lotus variety is more weather resilient and can flower from March to December. |
This lotus was brought by NBRI scientists from Manipur to conduct research on |
it. This is the first Lotus variety whose genome is completely sequenced. |
CSIR-NBRI also released apparels made from lotus fibre and perfume ‘Frotus’ |
developed from Lotus plants in collaboration with FFDC, Kannauj. Approval for |
Clinical Trials of Oral Contraceptive Pill ‘Levormeloxifene’: The Drugs |
Controller General of India (DCGI) approved the clinical trials of an oral |
contraceptive pill ‘Levormeloxifene’ jointly developed by CSIR-Central Drug |
Research Institute (CDRI) and the technology partner. Technology to Produce |
Vegan Leather: CSIR-CLRI’s developed technology is used to produce eco- |
friendly vegan alternative to synthetic leather using mango fruits. India |
produces 20 million tons of mango a year, making it the world's largest |
producer of mango. In India up to 40% of mangoes are abandoned in the fields |
because they do not meet regulatory and market standards, so they can be used |
to produce alternative material to leather. The new material is made of 50% |
mango and degrades faster than polyurethane leather. CSIR-NGRI does a drone |
survey at Ladakh : CSIR-NGRI successfully conducted a drone based magnetic |
survey in the Ladakh region in September 2022 for the first time for an area |
of about 45 sq.km and the data is currently being analysed by the scientists |
at CSIR-NGRI. The institute has used a five kilo payload capacity drone |
carrying an important sensor to record the data for sub-surface level area. |
CSIR's first battery recycling pilot facility commissioned in Jamshedpur : The |
CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory (NML) has commissioned the first |
Battery Recycling Pilot Facility of the CSIR at Jamshedpur to extract critical |
metals such as Lithium, Nickel, Manganese and Cobalt. It encompasses 1 Ton per |
day (TPD) battery dismantling and cathode material separation setup, apart |
from the integrated large-scale hydrometallurgical facility for extraction and |
separation of those critical metals. CSIR-NIO discover active submarine |
volcano in Andaman Sea : CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) has |
discovered an active submarine volcano (Crater Seamount) in the Andaman Sea, |
which has been at the epicentre of the seismic zone since it was first |
observed in 2007. Crater Seamount has the potential to erupt at any time |
leading to earthquakes and even tsunamis in the Java-Sumatra region. The |
timing of the eruption, however, cannot be ascertained. Research on ongoing |
declines for the world’s amphibians: A groundbreaking paper published in |
Nature on 4 th October 2023 reveals climate change as a major driver of |
amphibian decline. Climate change was the primary threat for 39% of species |
pushed toward extinction since 2004. Scientist from CSIR-CCMB was a part of |
this global study. CSIR-NAL hands over AMCA’s carbon composite flaperon test |
box to ADA: The CSIR-NAL in collaboration with Aeronautical Development Agency |
(ADA), has successfully designed and developed a cutting-edge Flaperon |
Structural Assembly for the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) program, |
India’s to-be 5 th generation stealth fighter jet, achieving a breakthrough in |
composite technologies. CSIR-NAL handed over the jointly developed IM7 carbon |
composite based flaperons for the AMCA Project to ADA. This milestone was |
marked by the completion of the AMCA’s Flaperon Test Box Assembly on October |
5, 2023, a significant day for the Indian aerospace industry. The assembly has |
been officially handed over, symbolising a milestone in this collaborative |
effort. A new multi-component alloy-based catalyst designed for efficient |
production of Green Hydrogen: A newly designed catalyst consisting of an alloy |
of cobalt, manganese, and tin is more stable and can produce hydrogen through |
electrolysis of water more efficiently than the individual metals or binary |
(Co-Mn, Mn-Sn or Co-Sn) alloys. Scientists from the Centre for Nano and Soft |
Matter Sciences (CeNS), Bangalore, and the National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR- |
NCL), Pune, have developed a promising catalyst for the hydrogen evolution |
reaction (HER), a crucial step in water electrolysis for producing hydrogen. |
This newly designed catalyst, a mixture of Cobalt, Manganese, and Tin known as |
Co-Mn-Sn alloy, has shown better efficiency and stability in generating |
hydrogen as compared to the individual metals or binary (Co-Mn, Mn-Sn or Co- |
Sn) alloys. The presence of Manganese and Tin in the alloy played a |
synergistic role in boosting its performance. As the Co-Mn-Sn alloy does not |
contain any platinum group metal it offers exciting prospects. Indian sign |
language brings hope for deaf students aspiring to learn STEM subjects : To |
give wings to the dreams of deaf science aspirants, the Central Government has |
got onboard scientists and deaf special education experts to train sign |
language interpreters and create signs on terms and concepts on STEM (science, |
technology, engineering and math) for enabling higher education in the Indian |
Sign Language (ISL). Showing the way forward is the first of its kind project |
in the country 'Indian Sign Language Enabled Virtual Laboratory' (ISLEVL) |
under the CSIR's 'JIGYASA' programme under which experts are creating |
specialised digital content to educate the deaf by ISL translated contents in |
STEM. 103 new signs and 200 content videos on scientific concepts have been |
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