The Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR) is a world class research academy functioning at 38 CSIR, 28 ICMR and 14 other Associated Research Institutes with Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Mathematical and Information Sciences, Agricultural Sciences and Madical Research faculty in PhD and IDDP program.
AcSIRwas established by an Act of Parliament, the Academy of Scientific Innovative Research Act, 2011 (The Gazette of India No.15 dated February 7, 2012 and notified on April 3, 2012). AcSIR has adopted the mandate to create and train the best of tomorrow’s S&T leaders through a combination of innovative and novel curricula, pedagogy and evaluation.
Admission for Ph.D. programs in CSIR-NIIST under the Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) will be held twice a year (January and August session) and will be advertised separately in the AcSIR and CSIR-NIIST website.
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For more details, contact
Dr. P. Jayamurthy
Principal Scientist & Coordinator, AcSIR
CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST)
Industrial Estate PO, Trivandrum - 695019, Kerala, India
Phone(Off) : 0471-2515347
Email: coordinator.niist@acsir.res.in
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES | |||
Dr. Anandharamakrishnan C Director |
Dr. Madhavan Nampoothiri K. Chief Scientist & Head |
Dr. Kesavachandran C. Chief Scientist & Head |
Dr. Rajeev Kumar Sukumaran Senior Principal Scientist |
Dr. Krishnakumar B. Senior Principal Scientist |
Dr. Binod Parameswaran Principal Scientist |
Dr. Ramesh Kumar N. Principal Scientist |
Dr. Muthu Arumugam Principal Scientist |
Dr. Reshma M.V. Principal Scientist |
Dr. Nisha P. Principal Scientist |
Dr. Jayamurthy P. Principal Scientist |
Dr. Priya S. Principal Scientist |
Dr. Lakshmi Rakesh Kumar Yasarla Senior Scientist |
Dr. Venkatesh R Scientist |
Dr. Balakumaran P A Scientist |
Dr. Harsha Bajaj Scientist |
Dr. Knawang Chhunji Sherpa Scientist |
Dr. Arun Kumar V Senior Scientist |
CHEMICAL SCIENCES | |||
Dr. Ananthakumar S. Chief Scientist & Head |
Dr. C.H. Suresh Chief Scientist |
Dr. Radhakrishnan K.V. Chief Scientist & Head |
Dr. Suresh K I Chief Scientist |
Dr. Hareesh U.S. Senior Principal Scientist |
Dr. Bhoje Gowd E. Senior Principal Scientist |
Dr. Kaustabh Kumar Maiti Senior Principal Scientist |
Dr. Kumaran A Principal Scientist |
Dr. Joshy Joseph Principal Scientist |
Dr. Ravi Shankar L. Principal Scientist |
Dr. Karunakaran Venugopal Principal Scientist |
Dr. Saju Pillai Principal Scientist |
Dr. Sunil Varughese Principal Scientist |
Dr. Vijayakumar Chakkooth Principal Scientist |
Dr. Sasidhar B.S. Principal Scientist |
Dr. Sreejakumari S.S Principal Scientist |
Dr. Prathish K.P. Senior Scientist |
Dr. Nishanth K.G. Senior Scientist |
Dr. Praveen V.K Senior Scientist |
Dr. Sreejith Shankar P. Senior Scientist |
Dr. Jubi John Senior Scientist |
Dr. Suraj Soman Scientist |
Dr. Sushanta Kumar Sahoo Scientist |
Dr. Ishita Neogi Scientist |
Dr. Tripti Mishra Scientist |
ENGINEERING SCIENCES | |||
Dr. Rajan T.P.D. Senior Principal Scientist |
Dr. Satyajit Vishnu Shukla Senior Principal Scientist |
Dr. Srinivasan A. Senior Principal Scientist |
Dr. Jayasankar K Senior Principal Scientist |
Dr. Parthakundu Senior Scientist |
Dr. Achu Chandran Senior Scientist |
Er. Abdul Haleem B. Senior Scientist |
Dr. Pinaki Dey Senior Scientist |
Dr. Shermi C Senior Scientist |
Dr. Venkatesh T Scientist |
Dr. Anjineyulu Kothakota Scientist |
Dr. Vasanth Ragavan K Scientist |
Er. Dhani Babu Talakala Scientist |
Dr. Parijat Pallab Jana Scientist |
Dr. Akshay Dilip Shende Scientist |
Dr. Adersh Asok Scientist |
PHYSICAL SCIENCES | |||
Dr. Narayanan Unni K.N. Senior Principal Scientist & Head |
Dr. Biswapriya Deb Senior Principal Scientist |
Dr. Sundararajan M. Principal Scientist |
Dr. Surendran K.P. Principal Scientist |
Dr. Subrata Das Principal Scientist |
Dr. Rakhi R B Principal Scientist |
Dr. Nishy P. Chief Scientist |
Dr. Ramesh K V Chief Scientist |
Dr. Ribin Jones S B Principal Scientist |