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A dessert that promises to provide the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) of omega-3 for children in one serving has been developed by the CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CSIR-CFTRI), Mysuru.

Developed in association with M/s Oleome Biosolutions, Bengaluru and M/s Dairy Classic Ice Creams Pvt. Ltd., ‘NutriIce’ is an Omega-3 and Vitamin-E enriched frozen nutritional dessert made from Chia seeds, which have the highest content of Omega-3 fat from a vegetarian source.

Dietary supplementation of Omega-3 fats, which are Poly Unsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFA), have been reported to have beneficial health functions including brain development in children and good health in elderly population.

Niti Ayog CEO Mr Amitabh Kanth launched ‘NutriIce Creams’ on the CFTRI campus in the presence of CFTRI Director Prof. Ram Rajashekaran and Mr Balaraju, Director, Dairy Ice Creams. CFTRI developed the agro

In The News

CSIR-CFTRI Develops Nutritious Ice Cream

193 In The News• CSIR-CFTRI Develops

Nutritious Ice Cream• CSIR-NPL Develops

Technology to Convert Plastic Waste into Tiles

202 Symposia/Seminars

216 Announcements

214 Visits

technology for Chia and shared the seeds with farmers across the country.

In the research and development work that took about 6-8 months, CSIR-CFTRI scientists worked to combine the widely-shared love for ice-cream with a dash of nutrition. The nutrition was provided by the oil extracted from white Chia seeds. The oil was enriched with PUFA and Omega-3 fats. The effort was to develop the widely-loved ice cream into a nutritious and enjoyable treat.

195 R&D Highlights• Structural Behavior of

Reinforced Geopoly-mer Concrete: CSIR-CBRI

• Human Liver Cells Fight Stress By Shed-ding off Regulatory RNAs: CSIR-IICB

209 Workshops/TrainingProgrammes

199 MoUsMr Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog, New Delhi

releasing “NutrIce Cream” at CFTRI with Prof. Ram Rajasekharan, Director, CSIR-CFTRI, and Mr Balaraju, Director, Dairy Day Ice Cream

Volume 66 No. 17 & 18 September 2016website: http://www.csir.res.in

ISSN 0409-7467

Newsletter of the CouNCil of sCieNtifiC & iNdustrial researCh

CSIR News

CSIR NewsSEPTEMBER 2016194

In The News

The New Delhi-based CSIR-NationalPhysical Laboratory (NPL) has come upwith a unique technology to make tilesfrom plastic waste. The technologycould be a major contributor to theSwachh Bharat Abhiyan launched by theHon’ble Prime Minister.

CSIR-NPL Develops Technology toConvert Plastic Waste into Tiles

Developed as part of the Fast TrackTranslational Project, the CSIR-NPLteam is actively engaged in recycling theplastic waste into tiles and suitablydesigning the structure where thesewaste plastic bag tiles can be fixed. Theyhave also developed a suitable chemical

Former Chairman, Dr. Anil Kakodar, Atomic Energy Commission andDr. Girish Sahni, DG-CSIR visiting CSIR-NPL on 20 May 2016

Smart Structure made from Waste Plastic bags

Recycling of Plastic Waste into tiles for designingstructures for Societal Usage

Waste Plastic Bags +Battles shredded into small pieces

Shredded Plasticmixed with fillersand mouldedinto tiles

Tiles used infabricating structures

Provisional PatentFiled 2016

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The mix proportioning of geopolymerconcrete with a compressive strength of40 MPa was carried out using fly ash basedcomposite binder. The ideal gradationcurve was used to proportion differentsizes of aggregates. Water-geopolymersolid ratio in the mix was kept at 0.21.The aggregate-paste ratio was optimisedat a level of 0.36.

The developed mix was characterisedfor its strength characteristics such ascompressive strength, flexure strengthand elastic modulus, ITZ, age hardeningand drying shrinkage. This mix was usedfor casting of reinforced concrete beamsof size 100 x 150 x 1800 mm. All thebeams were doubly reinforced. Thebeams were designed as per IS 456guidelines. Reinforcement percentage inthe beams was 1.42%, 1.88 % and 2.20 %respectively. The balance reinforced beamand under reinforced beams were chosenfor this study. All the beams weredesigned to fail in flexure mode.

The cast reinforced concrete beamswere tested under flexure. The beam wassimply supported and loaded under twopoints kept 550 mm apart on a span of1650 mm. All the measurements,including deflections, strain values, and

R&D Highlights

Structural Behavior of Reinforced GeopolymerConcrete: CSIR-CBRI

crack propagation, were recorded atregular load intervals until the beamfailed. The failure modes and crackpatterns of the beams were alsorecorded. The ultimate load carryingcapacity of beams ranged between 44and 54 kN (Fig. 1).

Fig. 1. Load-deflection curves ofreinforced geopolymer concrete

The beam having higher percentageof reinforcement had more load carryingcapacity. The theoretical deflections werematched with the experimental results at

composition that is to be incorporatedin the waste plastic matrix beforemolding into a tile. As a further step,CSIR-NPL has introduced the conceptof “Smart Toilets” made of waste plasticbags. They have put up an entirestructure using waste plastic bags andbottles. These tiles can also be used formaking different structures applicationslike separation panels, interlock tiles andin showcase frame designing. In order to

make the toilet fully operational, aportable solar panel has been fixed onits roof to generate electricity to lightthe toilet.

CSIR-NPL’s endeavour of makingtiles from plastic waste and putting up“Smart Toilets” made of waste plasticbags could go a long way in addressingtwo key issues that face the country –management of waste plast ic andavailability of toilets.

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index of the beam decreased from 6 for1.41% reinforcement to 3.5 for 1.88%reinforcement. Above 1.88%reinforcement, the ductility of beamincreased due to the increase ofcompression reinforcement. The initialcrack in the beams occurred between9 and 13 kN loads. The crack width sizeat failure was found to be in the range of1-2 mm. When compared with the OPCconcrete, the crack width size was lessalthough crack patterns are somewhatsimilar as per the reported literature. Theexisting guidelines for reinforced OPCconcrete can be used to design reinforced

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per ACI 544.2R-89 was conducted tocompare the relative impact resistanceof various geopolymer concrete mixesprior to their use in the reinforcedbeams/slabs (Table 1) . Results ofnumber of blows necessary to cause theprescribed level of distress in thespecimens can be useful to ascertain theirimpact resistance behaviour. It wasfound that the impact strength of plainconcrete increased with an increase ofcompressive strength. The impactenergy of concrete varied from 1900 Jto 4500 J. The energy absorbed at 28days specimens was 32% more than the7 days cured specimens (42 MPa).Knowing the variability of result in thetest, scattering of data in terms ofcoefficient of variance was 10-20%. Toobtain more precise data, subsequentexperiment was performed with theInstrumented Drop Weight Type Systemon reinforced geopolymer concretebeams.

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1800 mm) was studied under fallingweight impact test at various heights andrepeated blows. A hammer (75 mmhemispherical tip) with a mass of100 kg was dropped (0.65, 1.0 and 1.25m) onto the simply supported beams witha span of 1600 mm. The parametersstudied are: time history of dynamicresponse, impact force, reaction force,midspan deflection, crack patterns andimpact response and static flexuralcapacity correlation.

The results indicated that the impactforce on the beams ranged between161 kN and 220 kN for a drop height of0.65 m to 1.25 m. The initial responsepeak increased with an increase of dropheight. The reaction force of beamsranged between 96 kN to 125 kN. Thenegative reactions observed were morein higher drop height than the lower onesdue to lifting of beam end as a result ofrebound of applied impact load. Thedeflection obtained on the beams was inthe range of 16 to 29 mm. As the numberof blows increased, the impact load andreaction force decreased and midspandeflection increased. The beam having

Table 1: Impact test results of geopolymer concrete for7 and 28 days as per ACI 544.2R-89

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R&D Highlights/MoUs

In mammalian cells gene expression isusually under tight regulation where tinyregulatory RNAs, known as microRNAs,play a major role in controlling theexpression of proteins.

When the cells are under stress theyundergo a robust change in geneexpression to combat stress by puttingon several genes that are otherwiserepressed by microRNAs. Scientists fromCSIR-IICB have now identified the

Human Liver Cells Fight Stress by Sheddingoff Regulatory RNAs: CSIR-IICB

mechanism of stress induced regulationof these tiny regulatory RNAs.

In hepatic cells, metabolic stress dueto deprivation of nutrients ensuresexport of microRNAs out of the cellsas a strategy to combat stress relatedemergency. This is a new mechanism ofgene expression regulation that theCSIR-IICB scientists have now resolvedand reported in a research articlepublished in the journal EMBO Reports

higher reinforcement exhibited higherimpact and reaction forces than the beam

Fig. 3. Comparative evaluation of impactresponse on reinforced GPC and OPC concrete

containing low percentage ofreinforcement. The midspan deflectionreduced with the increase ofreinforcement percentage in the beam.The amount of longitudinalreinforcement significantly affected thefailure mode of beams under impactloading.

A correlation between the impactresponse and static flexural capacity ofreinforced geopolymer concrete was alsoattempted. It was observed that themaximum impact force and reaction forceincreased with an increase of staticflexural load carrying capacity. Increasinginput impact energy increased staticflexural load carrying capacity of thebeams. It was also noted that the midspandeflection during impact decreased withthe increase of static flexural loadcarrying capacity. A comparison on theimpact behavior of reinforcedgeopolymer concrete and OPC concretewas made with respect to impact force,reaction force and deflection (Fig. 3).

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published by European MolecularBiology Organization (EMBO) presshttp://embor.embopress.org/content/early/2016/07/11/embr.201541930).

They have now identified newmolecular targets that could possibly getaltered either by drugs or smallmolecules to restrict the loss ofmicroRNAs.

Export of microRNAs also occursin human cancer cells. Therefore, thiswork promises to provide new tools to

fight against diseases like cancer whereanomalous expression of microRNAsare often the cause of uncontrolled cellproliferation which is the hallmark ofcancer.

ReferenceMukherjee, K., Ghoshal, B., Ghosh, S.,Chakrabarti, Y., Swetha, S., Das, S. andBhattacharyya, S.N. Reversible HuR-microRNA binding controls extracellularexport of miR-122 & augments stressresponse. EMBO Rep (2016) e201541930

Accumulation of garbage is a major issuein all cities and towns. Treatment ofgarbage at source of its generation is thebest option to reduce pollution load ofa city. Taking this into considerationCSIR-Indian Institute of ChemicalTechnology (CSIR-IICT) has developeda high rate anaerobic bio-digester for safedisposal of garbage as well as a varietyof other solid wastes.

The project for developing thistechnology was funded by the Ministry ofNew and Renewable Energy, Department

MoUs

Modular High Rate Bio-Digester forSafe Disposal of Garbage

Salient Features Capacity ranges from 20 kg per day and above Prefabricated model designed for apartments, housing colonies and canteens Technology can be scaled-up for large scale application for variety of solid waste Treatment efficiency 80-90% in terms of solids reduction Digester is fully automatic and no manual operations are involved Waste can be directly dropped into digester without any pre-processing or grinding No water consumption No slurry discharge & surroundings remain clean and tidy Negligible power consumption (less than 0.10 unit/day) Completely sealed and free from odour, rodents and insects related problems Completely safe, environment friendly & field tested Biogas obtained having higher methane content compared to conventional system Affordable cost, aesthetic looks and very less space requirement

of Science and Technology and CSIR.The underlying principle is based on

High Rate Biomethanation Technologyby which organic solid waste is convertedto methane by bacterial fermentation. Thetechnology is entirely different from theconventional gobar gas plant. The highrate bio-digester is designed based on thescientific doctrine of environmentalbiotechnology coupled with advancedengineering principles to accomplishsuperior process efficiency andoperational convenience.


MoUsThe technology is field tested

and currently digesters are installedat several housing colonies andapartments in Kochi. M/s Enbiopacin Kochi was the first licenseholder to commercialise thistechnology. Now M/s Lars EnviroPvt Ltd. in Nagpur, a leadingenvironmental engineeringcompany having large scale

installations of waste treatmentplants has signed an agreement withCSIR-IICT to commercialise thistechnology globally.

The agreement was signedbetween Dr. Srivari Chandrasekhar,Director, CSIR-IICT, Hyderabadand Dr. Ramesh Daryapurkar, CEOof M/s Lars Enviro Pvt Ltd, Nagpuron 28th July 2016 at CSIR-IICT,Hyderabad.

Dr. Srivari Chandrasekhar, Director,CSIR-IICT signed a two-yearagreement with LAADH BiotechPvt. Ltd. (LBPL), a startup companyestablished by two women entrepreneurs aimed at developingimport substitutes for enzymesand molecular biology reagents inthe area of diagnosis and humanhealth. LBPL is incubated at CSIR-

CSIR-IICT Signs Two-year Agreement withLAADH Biotech Pvt. Ltd. (LBPL)

IICT to carry out their R&Dactivities.

One of the founding Directorsof LBPL, Dr. (Mrs.) Roopa JonesGanji was present and exchangedthe agreement with Dr.Chandrasekhar in the presence ofLakshmi Gayatri Nimmagadda(Director, LBPL) and several seniorscientists of CSIR-IICT.


The CSIR-Centre for Cellular andMolecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabadsigned a Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) with the Nizam’s Institute ofMedical Sciences (NIMS) to evolvecollaborative research projects of clinicalrelevance that should reduce the disease-burden of the masses.

Speaking on the occasion,Dr. Rakesh Mishra, Director, CSIR-CCMB said that the role of basic sciencewith already existing expertise in thefrontier areas of modern biology withstate-of-the-art facilities will be anadvantage to team up with clinicians ofNIMS to develop strategies in identifying,preventing and ultimately curing the rarediseases, cardiomyopathies, obesity,diabetes, sickle cell anaemia, and malaria.He said that new training programmeswould be conducted with faculty fromboth the institutes to train young peopleto make them industry-ready in the areasof cell biology, forensics andbioinformatics.

Dr. K. Manohar, Director, Nizam’sInstitute of Medical Sciences (NIMS)

CSIR-CCMB & NIMS Ink Deal for Researchsaid that the institute received a grant todevelop a state-of-the-art facility forpatient care with clean room facilitiesfor stem cell culture, bone marrow andstem cell transplantation with 16 ICUbeds and a dedicated lab for bone marrowtransplantation.

For the next five years, both CSIR-CCMB and NIMS will work together todevelop deliverables for patient healthcare.

Hyderabad-based, Centre for Cellular andMolecular Biology (CCMB) signed along-term Memorandum ofUnderstanding (MoU) with the SickleCell Institute Chhattisgarh (SCIC),Raipur, an autonomous institute of theGovernment of Chhattisgarh.

Sickle cell anemia is a serious disorderof hemoglobin metabolism and is widelyprevalent in the states of Chhattisgarh,Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Orissa andsparingly in other places. Sickle cellanemia is an inherited form of anemia

CCMB-SCIC Ink MoU on Sickle CellDisease Research

— a condition in which there are fewhealthy red blood cells to carry adequateoxygen throughout the body of anindividual. The disease occurs globallydue to a single mutation in the beta globingene and follows an autosomal recessivepattern of inheritance meaning thatparents are usually the carriers ofdefective beta globin gene and the diseaseoccurs when both copies of the defectivegene are inherited together in the children.

Under the MoU, both institutes willstrive to reduce the burden of Sickle Cell

Dr. Rakesh Mishra, Director, CCMB andDr. K. Manohar, Director, NIMS


Anemia, primarily in the state ofChhattisgarh by identifying eligiblecarrier couples who are at risk of givingbirth to an affected child and followthem with genetic testing, prenataldiagnosis and genetic counselling. Both

the institutes would also conduct cutting-edge research to identify molecularmarkers to understand the molecularbasis of these differences and thus helpidentify newer management strategies andeventually a therapy for the disease.

The CSIR-Central Leather ResearchInstitute (CSIR-CLRI), Chennaiorganised a Technology & Trend Seminarrecently.

Shri Md Sadiq from CSIR-CLRIwelcomed the gathering and detailed theagenda of the seminar. He also listed outthe presentations by various speakers: Tokyo International Fair: Mr Sachin

Jadhav, Reed Exhibitions Design in India - An initiation for

Futuristic Leather LifestyleAccessories: Shri K. Karthikeyan

Estimation of Raw Hides & Skins:Dr. K. Giriyappa & Shri NithyanandaVasagam

Future Footwear Industry: Dr. B.N.Das

XXXIV IULTCS Congress 2017:Dr. K.J. Sreeram

Seminars/Symposia

Technology & Trend Seminar by CSIR-CLRI

MODEUROP Leather & ColourTrends for Autumn Winter 17/18season: Team India Fashion Studio

Shri Sachin Jadhav commenced hispresentation with a video on “FashionWorld Tokyo” which is slated for 7-9November 2016. He said that this isJapan’s largest trade show and is a valuableopportunity for establishing contacts andconducting business in the Japanesemarket. Detailing the profile of the fair,he said that it covers display of leathershoes, bags, jewellery, accessories andOEM. For the 2016 edition, 850exhibitors from around the world hadalready confirmed their participation andsuggested that it would be a goodopportunity for CLE members toparticipate and gain access to wholesalersand retailers not only from Japan butfrom the world over. He proceeded togive some tips to attract Japanese visitorsto the stalls and pointed out that Indianexhibitors in the earlier editions of thefair were very satisfied with the responsefrom the fair.

Shri M. Rafeeque Ahmed, Chairman,CLE informed the members present thatthe Council for Leather Exports hadobtained the approval of the Ministry ofCommerce for the appointment of aconsultant for both the Japanese as wellthe US markets. Sharing his experienceon doing business in the Japanese market,he pointed out that even though the price

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was attractive, the Japanese buyers hadexacting quality demands and opined thatit required patience and at least threeyears of sustained efforts to realise goodorders from the Japanese.

Shri K. Karthikeyan, CSIR-CLRIgave a brief overview of the design workbeing carried out at the Centre forLeather Accessories and highlighted the100 plus designs for the leather goodsindustry that had been catalogued. Healso informed the audience of the designof innovative products through marketresearch. In this connection, he gave theexample of how a medical representativebag led to the design of backpacks andon further research led to the final productcalled rainpack, which integrated thebackpack with a rain coat. He also spokeof ergonomically designed biker jacketsand highlighted the futuristic sustainableproducts, which integrated textiles withleather. He flagged the potential for theuse of speciality leathers for upholsteryand touched upon the design ofinteresting products using exotic leatherslike chicken feet leather. In conclusion,he described the success story of CLRIdesign involvement in generation a rangeof products for online selling of men’slifestyle accessories for a company calledFlairman.

Shri K. Giriyappa, CSIR-CLRI in hispresentation underlined that this studywas to gauge the availability of RawMaterials in India and would be veryhelpful for Business Planning for theindustry. He informed that based on theNational Surveys conducted in 1987 andlater in 2002, the data had beenextrapolated and using a MathematicalModel and Advanced Stat isticalTechniques, the trend of Raw Materialavailability had been worked out.

Shri N. Vasagam, CSIR-CLRI thendescribed the software developed byCSIR-CLRI called “LIVSOFT” which

predicted the livestock population. Healso presented data on the production ofhides and skins in India and describedthe ‘Mathematical Model’ used in thesoftware. The workflow and the algorithmfollowed were also highlighted by ShriVasagam. Screen shots of the softwarewere illustrated and the ‘model validation’was also provided. In conclusion, ShriVasagam informed that the accuracylevels of the software were above 90%and assured good ‘Return on Investment’if the software was used.

Dr. B.N. Das, CSIR-CLRI in hispresentation underlined the value of‘change’ and suggested that this wasessential to make modern daymanufacturing sustainable. Heemphasised that ‘Automation’ was thebuzzword today and cited the examplesof ‘Customised Footwear’ and ‘VirtualPrototyping’ in this regard. Quoting BillGates, Dr. Das stated that, “The first ruleof any technology used in a business isthat automation applied to an efficientoperation will magnify the efficiency. Thesecond is that automation applied to aninefficient operation will magnify theinefficiency.”

He also quickly touched upon‘Methods for Leather Assortment’,automatic stitching pallets for sewingmachines and the use of die-less cuttingsystems in the leather and leather productindustry. He proceeded to highlight theuse of ‘Robotics’ in the ShoeManufacturing process and spoke indetail of the use of 3D Scanners and theiruse in the manufacture of customisedfootwear.

He concluded his presentation byflagging the importance of CAD increating ‘Virtual Shoe Samples’ and theconcept of “0 defects” in shoemanufacturing.

Dr. K.J. Sreeram, CSIR-CLRI invitedall the members present to participate inthe XXXIV IULTCS Congress


Team India Fashion Studiopresentation by Shri Md Sadiq and ShriK. Dayalan commenced with a detailedoverview of the Leather & ColourTrends for Autumn Winter 17/18 season.A video movie capturing the entiresequence of events at the MODEUROP

Round Table and Colour Club Meetingfor the Autumn Winter 2017-18 seasonin Germany was played which took theaudience through the review of the pastseason, voting for the ‘Top Colours’ forprevious season, colour proposalpresentations from fashion experts for theA.W. 17/18 season, colour selection,colour christening and the ‘First Look’of the MODEUROP Colour Card forthe A.W. 17/18 season.

Dr. Gautham G., CSIR-CLRI in hispresentation on “New Perspectives onCAD for Footwear Design” traced hisjourney in the realm of CAD forFootwear from the early generation‘Microdynamics Cad system’ to the morerecent ‘Shoemaster CAD System.’ Heinformed how CSIR-CLRI had helped‘set-up’ CAD Centres along with ‘DesignStudios’ in the Footwear ManufacturingUnits and also trained their personnel tohandle ‘Design’ and “CAD PatternEngineering.” Retracing the genesis ofbringing out the first CAD Manual on2D Pattern Engineering, Dr. Gauthamstated that with the advent of moresophisticated technologies, it was felt thata new and improved version of the CAD

WARM MODEUROP AW 17/18

scheduled to be held during 5-8 February2017 in Chennai. He highlighted thetheme of the Congress, which was“Science and Technology for theSustainability of Leather” and informedthat this Congress was held once everytwo years to discuss the latest trends inaspects of Leather and Leather Products.

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COOL MODEUROP AW 17/18 NEUTRAL MODEUROP AW 17/18


Manual be brought out which wouldhelp in understanding the intricacies andnew technologies relating to 3Dconceptual design, 3D last modeling, andsole design.

Shri P.R. Aqeel Ahmed, RegionalChairman (South), Council for LeatherExports and President, Indian ShoeFederation in his felicitation addressstressed that ‘one has to always innovateto flourish’ and thanked CLE and CSIR-CLRI for the seminar and also thankedthe members for their presence.

A manual on ‘Creative Solutions forFootwear Design & Pattern Engineering:2D and 3D perspectives’ which is a stepby step guide to the gamut of softwareoptions on both 2D and 3D CAD systemswas also released by Shri M. RafeequeAhmed, Chairman, Council for LeatherExports and Dr. B. Chandrasekaran,Director, CSIR-CLRI.

Dr. B. Chandrasekaran, Director,CSIR-CLRI in his remarks shared someof the recent developments and informedthe members that he had just concludeddiscussions with the Central Salt &Marine Chemicals Research Institute,Bhavnagar to join CSIR-CLRI inproviding solutions to the industry topurify the salt recovered during theTanning process and commercially sellthe end product. He also informed thegathering that the leather IndustryAssociations in Jalandhar and Kolkatahave also sought CSIR-CLRI’sinterventions to obtain fruitful solutionsto their problems.


Symposia/Seminars

CSIR-Central Glass and CeramicResearch Institute (CSIR-CGCRI),Kolkata, in association with the All-IndiaGlass Manufacturer’s Federation(AIGMF) organised the InteractiveSession-Glass Packaging supportingSwachh Bharat Abhiyaan (SBA) andAIGMF Executive Committee Meetingon 25 June 2016.

Apart from a veritable Who’s Whofrom the Glass Industry, the Session wasattended by senior members from theDrug Control, Health & Family WelfareDepartment, Govt. of West Bengal andScientists of CSIR-CGCRI.

The Interactive Session wasdovetailed excellently with theGovernment of India’s flagship NationalInitiative, the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan(SBA) or Clean India Movement. Glassas a material is an excellent candidate,almost a Brand Ambassador for the SBAand the Smart Cities initiative as theInteractive Session made it very clear asthe event unfolded through the day.

Dr. K. Muraleedharan, DirectorCSIR-CGCRI, said that this was a veryproud moment as it was the first timethat the Institute was teaming up withthe AIGMF for such a laudable cause.

CSIR-CGCRI and AIGMF Organise InteractiveSession on Glass Packaging

The Glass Industry iscurrently betterpositioned compared tomany other Industries inthe country. He said thatthe Glass Industry wasshowing an overall growthof 15-20 per cent. Onearena that glass hasrevolut ionised isarchitecture and thus, theface of the urban

buildings. This is because the propertiesof glass fulfill the three basic needs ofarchitecture: Aesthetics, Functionalityand Transparency. Glass will have a majorsay in plans drawn up for smart cities,said Dr. Muraleedharan.

However, there are not many centresfor testing Architectural Glass in India;Ahmedabad and Chennai are the onlytwo cities that can boast of such centresthat can certify glass for architectural andother uses. CSIR-CGCRI has beenapproached by Glazing Society of India(GSI) to establish a centre using someof the facilities already existing in theInstitute for Energy and SafetyPerformance Testing of ArchitecturalGlass to cater to the need in EasternIndia.

Director, CSIR-CGCRI said that theInstitute expected AIGMF to indicateareas where attention must be focussedand research must be concentrated. “Let’sforge new alliance; new partnerships. Let’stake this forward,” he concluded.

In his Opening Remarks, Shri SanjayGanjoo, President, AIGMF said that it isvital that the role that glass plays in societyshould be aligned to governmentalprogrammes and Missions. The AIGMF

Director CSIR-CGCRI addressing the audience


is trying to educate society and raiseawareness about how glass can be usedfor the betterment of societal conditions,environment etc. and has met with a fairamount of success. Interactions withIndustry and policy makers would helpAIGMF to promote the use of glass aswell as explain the importance of glassand illustrate the significant impact it hason the daily lives of the citizens. The usesof glass in design and in packaging areother important areas.

A Power Point presentat ionshowcasing the Recent Initiatives of theGlass Industry on the SBA was thenpresented to the audience by Shri VinitKapur, Joint Secretary, AIGMF, who alsoserved as Anchor for the event. It wasmade patently clear that Glass representsa viable, non-polluting, endlessly recycle-able option as packaging material formany consumable items, particularlywater, beverages, medicines etc.

The Power Point slides presentedevents related to the SBA in great detail.It made apparent the fact that glass has amajor role to play in Smart cities/Greencities/Solar cities of the future. Ithighlighted the need to promote theuse of glass (over plastic) especially forcertain specific products such asbeverages.

Following this, Dr. Ranjan Sen, ChiefScientist and Head Glass Division andFiber Optics & Photonics Division ofCSIR-CGCRI gave an overview of theactivities at CSIR-CGCRI. He explainedthat the 12 Divisions at CSIR-CGCRIworked tirelessly not just to meet nationalneeds but also, to anticipate needs 15-20years in the future and to be ready to meetthose needs when these arise. Whilecarrying out basic research, which is apillar on which future inventions rest,CSIR-CGCRI also works in close tandemwith the Industry and is responsive to

it came to resource conservation, heannounced. There was an incredible 50-60 per cent improvement in energy savingplus 60-70 per cent improvement in timesaving when this eco-friendly meltingprocess was deployed.

Dr. Sen also delineated thecharacterisation facilities available at theInstitute which resulted in the much-sought after certifications by Industry. Hegave a comprehensive list of the servicesprovided for testing of glass/productsand a list of clients.

However, it was in the field ofSpecialty Glass that CSIR-CGCRI istruly a leader, he said. This includes High-

the demands of Regular TechnologyTransfer.

The Institute regularly carries out lab-scale trial glass melting, testing, andquality assurance of products forIndustry. Although brief, the presentationtouched upon the state-of the artfacilities that CSIR-CGCRI has formelting glass. In recent times, the Institutehas explored the possibility of meltingglass using microwaves. The instrumentsused for the experiments were designedand customised in-house. The resultswere nothing short of marvellous when

Director CGCRI receiving lightweightglass bottle


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density glass for radiation protection andglass beads for immobilization of nuclearwaste, for which the NRDC InnovationAward was received in 2013. Hehighlighted the creation of Nd-dopedPhosphate laser glass and said that thiswas a development about which thecountry could be proud. It was the firstever development of solid state lasermaterial in India, he said. It wascommendable that the raw material wasdeveloped indigenously.

Dr. Sen touched upon the area ofBulk Glasses and made a briefannouncement about the mega event:International Conference on Advances inGlass Science and Technology (ICAGST-2017) preceded by a Tutorial jointly withInternational Commission on Glass(ICG) in January 2017 before concludingwith the statement that CSIR-CGCRI isopen to translational work, goal-drivencollaborations and partnerships to mutualbenefit.

Shri Arun Kumar Dukkipati, Sr. VicePresident, AIGMF made an impassionedcase for the Need of Glass Packaging forHealth and Environmental Reasons. Hereiterated the Glass Industry’scommitment to SBA and said that glassis an environment-friendly material. Helauded the fact that the Government waslooking at 100 per cent FDI in foodprocessing Industry. This, he said, is adevelopment that the Glass Industry islooking forward to as it will boost glassproduction.

Glass is non-toxic andenvironmentally-friendly since it isendlessly recycle-able. Also, because it hasa non-porous surface glass does not allowfood particles to adsorb onto it. Thus, itresists the build-up of food-odour andresidual flavour. Glass is amenable to hotwater washing. Glass has a long shelf-life.It does not fade, corrode or easily

deteriorate. Glass is impermeable. Thecontents remain protected from moisturein the atmosphere and do not degradequickly.

Dr. Kar makar gave a shortpresentation on how glass packagingsupports SBA, pointing out that plastictakes thousands of years to degrade thusadding to the pollution load on theenvironment. He said that the brittlenessof glass has to be countered by making itmore resilient to shocks and the bulkinessof glass has to be addressed by making itlighter.

Shri Sanjay Somany pointed out thatsince glass is inert, contents are not atrisk of leached contaminants as is the casewith certain types of plastics. With glassone can be sure that the quality of thecontents reaching the consumer is ofunchanged quality and there is nochemical cocktail added to the contentsbecause of the packaging material.

Finally, Dr. K. Muraleedharanpointed out that the logical way ofextending support to SBA and alsoenhance the use of glass would be tomake a comprehensive list of the manyareas in which it is suitable forapplication as opposed to the use ofplastic. However, there are areas whereplastic has a clear advantage and glassshould accede that space to plastics.

As a Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR) initiative, AIGMF gifted 300 glasswater bottles, specially manufactured byHindustan National Glass and Industries,to CSIR-CGCRI and 100 glass bottlesto Shri. C. M. Ghosh, Director, DrugControl, Health & Family WelfareDepartment, Govt. of West Bengal. Thebottles carried a logo of Swachh BharatAbhiyaan enabling people to demandresponsible and safe packaging. Shri.Sushil K. Jhunjhunwala delivered theConcluding Remarks.


As a component of the Joint ResearchProject under the Australia-IndiaStrategic Research Fund (AISRF) on“Highwall Mining Design &Development of Norms for IndianConditions”, the CSIR-Central Instituteof Mining and Fuel Research (CSIR-CIMFR) organised a one-day Indo-Australian Joint Workshop on “RecentDevelopments on Highwall Mining inIndia” on 27 July 2016 at CSIR-CIMFR.

The workshop was attended by seniorofficials of the Directorate General ofMines Safety, Members of the Australiancollaborator viz. Dr. BaotangShen, Senior Principal ResearchScientist, CSIRO; Dr. MarcElmouttie, Research Team Leader,CSIRO; Mr Zhiting Han, ResearchScientist, University of Queensland; MrSungsoon Mo, Research Scientist,University of New South Wales; Dr.Amalendu Sinha, Former Director,CSIR-CIMFR; Scientists of CSIR-CIMFR Nagpur Unit leaded by Dr. John

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CSIR-CIMFR Organises Indo-Australian JointWorkshop on “Recent Developments on HighwallMining in India”

P. Loui, Co-convener & Project Leaderof Indo-Australia Joint Project of CSIR-CIMFR, Dr. Ishtiaque Ahmed, HeadHRD and his group; team members ofCIMFR Highwall Mining Group,participants from academic institutionsand practising engineers from variousleading industries of the country.

Dr. P. Pal Roy, Scientist-’H’, CSIR-CIMFR & Convener delivering the welcome address

A view of the audience from Industries andInstitutes


Dr. Pijush Pal Roy, OutstandingScientist of CSIR-CIMFR andCoordinator of the Highwall MiningGroup of CSIR-CIMFR. Dr. PradeepKumar Singh, Director, CSIR-CIMFRdelivered the Chief Guest lecture duringthe inaugural function.

unmanned, unsupported and unventilated.The first Highwall Mining System in

India started on 10 December 2010 atOpencast Project-II (OCP-II),Ramagundam Area-III (RG-III) ofSingareni Collieries Company Ltd. (SCCL)and subsequently at Sharda OCP of SECLand few other mines in this country. M/sCuprum Bagrodia Limited is successfullyoperating the Highwall Miningtechnology at Sharda OCP and QuarrySE of West Bokaro Collieries, Tata SteelLtd. after the analytical extraction designprovided by CSIR-CIMFR.

Till now 31.64+ lakh tonnes of coalcosting more than Rs 550 crore has beenrecovered of which around 1.5 lakh tonneis from OCP-II; 10 lakh ton fromMedapalli OCP; 20+ lakh tonne fromSharda OCP and 0.135+ lakh tonne fromthe newly started West Bokaro Collieryof TSL. The outsourcing charges varybetween Rs 900 to Rs 1150 per tonne ofcoal production depending on the siteconditions.

In the workshop, all findings and casestudies were thoroughly discussed in thepresence of a distinguished gathering forfinalising the norms and guidelines forIndian geomining conditions. There werefour lead papers and two support papersincluding:(a) “Highwall Mining in India – Design

Methodology and Guidelines”(b) “Lessons learnt from past Highwall

Mining failures in Australia”(c) “CSIRO rock mass character-isation

using photogrammetry, geophysicsand structural modelling forHighwall Mining”

(d) “Perspectives of SubsidenceManagement & Stability Aspects ofHighwall Mining”The major emphasis was on

understanding the complex, multipleseam scenarios for Highwall Miningtechnology to maximise locked-coal recoveryfrom any given site and identifying areas

Dr. P. K. Singh, Director, CSIR-CIMFR deliveringthe Chief Guest lecture

Highwall Mining is a new technologythat can extend the life of opencast mineswithout disturbing the surface dwellings,while maintaining economy andproductivity. It is a remotely operated coalmining technology that comprises ofextraction of coal from a series of parallelentries driven in the coal seam from theface of the Highwall. These entries are

(L-R): Mr. Zhiting Han, Dr Marc Elmouttie, Mr Sungsoon Mo, Dr. P. Pal Roy,Dr. P. K. Singh, Dr. Baotang Shen, Dr. J. P. Loui and

Dr. Ishtiaque Ahmed after the felicitation of Australian scientists



amenable to Highwall Mining and workout better economics and increasedcoal recovery thereby helping themining companies to follow the normsto avoid hazards and minimise instabilityissues.

In the valedictory session, livelydiscussions were held on differentoperational and regulatory issues andtheir remedial measures to make thisemerging technology more useful forIndia and other countries.

CSIR-NEIST Organises Training Workshop forTeachersThe Itanagar (Naharlagun) branch of theCSIR-North East Institute of Science &Technology, Jorhat in collaboration withthe Royal Chemistry India Foundation(RCIF), New Delhi organised a two-daytraining workshop for teachers at the in-stitute premises on July 18 and 19.

Resource person Vimala Oak fromthe Royal Chemistry India Foundation,New Delhi conducted the programmeand provided some basic tips to the teach-ers on how to attract, motivate, and en-

courage students and develop their skillsof understanding in broad areas of sci-ence. The Royal Chemistry India Foun-dation, New Delhi is a unit of the RoyalSociety of Chemistry, London.

Dr. Jagat C. Borah, Scientist incharge,NEIST Branch Itanagar, co-ordinated theprogramme which was attended byaround 30 teachers from different schoolsfrom Itanagar, Naharlagun, Nirjuli,Balijan, Banderdewa, Yazali, Oyan, Sher,Doimukh, etc.

The CSIR-Central Building ResearchInstitute (CSIR-CBRI) conducted a one-day training programme on ‘Constructionof Affordable Housing’ on 13 May 2016at Mysore in association with MysoreNirmithi Kendra for Junior Engineers,Supervisors and Masons.

The training programme aimed tocreate awareness about planning anddesigning, construction techniques andquality control, innovative buildingmaterials and low cost sanitation systemsand affordable housing/buildingconstruction practices. The programmewas attended by more than 150

Training Programme on ‘Construction ofAffordable Housing’

participants from Karnataka state.Mr M.T. Manjunath, Project Director

of Mysore Nirmithi Kendra welcomedthe dignitaries of the programme andsubsequently the training wasinaugurated by the Chief Guest Mrs C.Shika, IAS, Deputy Commissioner ofMysore; the GuestDr. C.G. Betsurmath, Commissioner ofMysore City Corporation (MCC), Mr Y.Pandey and Dr. B. Singh of CSIR-CBRI.

Later, Mr Y. Pandey said that theinstitute has been providing newtechnologies to central governmentsponsored programmes for construction


2,700 houses with the approval of thecouncil and added that Rs.15,000 wasbeing spent on construction of a toilet.He sought the help of CSIR-CBRI inbringing down the expenditure with thehelp of new technologies to constructgood quality toilets.

Mrs C. Shika during her inauguralspeech stated that the BPL families werebeing provided with individual houses atrural areas and apartments in urban areas.She urged CSIR-CBRI to provide thedistrict administration with newtechnologies to construct good qualityhouses at affordable areas. She alsomentioned that the tribals in forest areaswere being provided housing facilitiesusing bamboo technology which wasimplemented by Nirmithi Kendra.

Finally, Dr. R. Dharmaraju,Coordinator from CSIR-CBRI proposedthe vote of thanks.

About six technical sessions wereplanned in the training programme. In

the first session a short film on “Role ofCSIR-CBRI in Building ConstructionTechnology” was shown by Dr. R.Dharmaraju, Senior Principal Scientist,CBRI. In the second session Mr S.K.Negi, Senior Principal Scientist, CBRI,interacted with participants regarding theplanning and designing of affordablehousing. He also discussed theeffectiveness and benefits of the CBRIbuilding technologies in safeconstruction and cost reduction.

Subsequently, the session on CostEffect ive Building Materials andConstruction Techniques was taken byDr. B. Singh, Chief Scientist, CBRI, inwhich he explained the use of localmaterials as alternate wood substitute forthe production of composite fromnatural fibres, door shutters, jute frames,roofing sheets and composite shutteringplates etc. Further, he discussed theinnovative technologies developed by theinstitute for use of industrial/demolitionwaste for the production of differenttypes of bricks such as fly-ash bricks, clayfly-ash bricks etc. for the sustainabledevelopment.

Mr H.K. Jain, Principal TechnicalOfficer (Rtd) interacted with participantson issues related to quality inconstruction, maintenance and repair ofbuildings. He mainly apprised theparticipants about inspection andmaintenance, repair and rehabilitationmethods, repair of cracks and use of fibrereinforced polymer composite inrehabilitation and retrofitting of buildingsto enhance the safety. The low costsanitation systems developed by theinstitute were also discussed withparticipants in detail. Apart from this, theparticipants also visited the CSIR-CBRItechnologies displayed through charts andproducts at the venue.

The training programme concludedafter obtaining feedback from theparticipants. The participants expressed

of affordable houses at low cost and it isplanned to spread awareness about thisacross the country for the constructionof safe and affordable houses.

Speaking on the occasion, MCCCommissioner Dr. C.G. Betsurmath saidthat the MCC under the ‘Housing for All’schemes had planned to construction



that the training programme wouldenable them in improvement of theirscientific knowledge and adaptation ofbuilding technologies at grass root level,with technical support of the CSIR-CBRI scientific community.

The CSIR-CBRI scientific team thatvisited Mysore Nirmithi Kendra reportedthat they had developed and adoptedseveral new technologies such as concreteblocks, low cost sanitation systems,concrete windows & door frames, benchfor schools, steel frames etc. in theirprojects. The low cost housesconstructed under the Jawaharlal NehruNational Urban Renewal Mission(JnNURM) for the people shifted fromslum areas and Vivekananda Girijan

Kalyan Kendra (VGKK), are majorprojects where typical low cost CSIR-CBRI technologies have widely beenadopted.

As part of work education programme,20 students of class XI (CBSE section),Delhi Public School, Hyderabadunderwent a three-day apprenticeshipprogramme at the CSIR-Indian Instituteof Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT),Hyderabad to have a first-handexperience in the various areas ofexcellence available in the nationallaboratory.

Since CSIR-IICT has a variety ofresearch areas in the field of chemical

science giving plenty of career choicesto the students, it provides exposure tostudents of the various R&D activitiesthrough this apprenticeship programme.

This exposure and direct interactionwith scientists is a lifetime experiencefor these students who are aspiring tochoose pure science as their graduationsubject. The apprenticeship programmeinspires and motivates many of them totake up science and research afterschool.

CSIR-IICT Organises ApprenticeshipProgramme for Students


VisitsVisits

Minister Visits CSIR-Institute of MicrobialTechnology

The Hon’ble Minister theninaugurated the Microbial Type CultureCollection and Gene Bank (MTCC),National Facility new building and visitedthe various facilities i.e. seminar hall,reception area, service labs, etc. Duringthe interaction with the MTCC staff theHon’ble Minister was briefed about thecontributions of MTCC to the nation inthe form of service, scientific researchand discovery of about 100 novelmicrobial taxa by MTCC scientists. Heshowed keen interest in the activities ofMTCC and observed microorganismsunder the microscope.

Later, Dr. Harsh Vardhan addressedthe staff and students of CSIR-IMTech

Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Hon’ble UnionMinister of Science & Technology andEarth Sciences, visited CSIR-IMTech on9 June 2016. He was welcomed byDr. Girish Sahni, DG-CSIR and Prof.R.K. Sinha, Director of CSIR-IMTech.

The Minister first visited the G.N.Ramachandran Protein Centre buildingof CSIR-IMTech, where he interactedwith scientists. He then discussed ongoingprojects with individual scientistsattending the meeting. During thisdiscussion, Dr. Harsh Vardhan insistedon collaborations across scientists in Indiafor mass contentious issues such astuberculosis, pre-term birth, anemia, etc.He suggested that the currentgovernment would help in synchronisingthe energies in different sciencedepartments to solve problems faced bythe people of India.

Dr. Harsh Vardhan was then given atour to different facilities like the 3-Dfacility for protein structural analysis andmolecular docking, the BiochemicalEngineering Research and ProcessDevelopment Centre (BERPDC) and theFermentation Facility.


in the auditorium. He insisted that CSIR-IMTech should synergise the energy andefforts among their scientists and withscientists across CSIR to solve theproblems faced by the common masses.He said that science can beconstructively used to solve the socio-economic challenges faced by thecountry.

The Minister applauded thescientific achievements of CSIR andsaid that CSIR was the only institutionthat comes in the top 100 institutions ofthe world out of more than 5000well-established research and technologyinstitutions. However, now the CSIRshall bring a radical change in theirapproach and shall focus on providingtechnological and scientific answers tothe problems of national interest.

He asserted that the currentgovernment under the able leadership ofHon’ble Prime Minister Shri NarendraModi would make every effort insupporting the scientists of the countryto bring out the remedies of a largenumber of problems faced by the peopleof this great nation. He said theleadership under the former PrimeMinister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayeealso recognised the contribution ofscience in nation-building and gave theslogan of “Jai Jawan, Jai Kissan, JaiVigyan” to reflect on the contributionof science.

Dr. Harsh Vardhan emphasised that

every scientist of the nation should dreamof a scientific innovation that childrenwould be proud of and start on thejourney towards the realisation of thatdream. He also provided an example ofhis own dream of making this greatnation free of Polio and how he hadchased this dream.


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Forthcoming Events

4th National Conference on Innovations in IndianScience, Engineering & Technology (Focus: RURALHOUSING) March 4-5, 2017; CSIR-NPL, New Delhi

Areas to be coveredInnovative indigenous inter-disciplinary translational research & scientific efforts/ecofriendly technology in the path of Traditional Knowledge and SustainableConsumption/Living/Development in areas such as Rural Households, RuralUrban Connections, Demographic Trends and Housing Needs, Access level ofHousing Supply, Housing Conditions, House Construction Activities in Ruralareas by Public Sector, Private Sector and PPP model, Environmental Impact ofRural Housing, Rural Housing Schemes by Union and State Governments,Sanitation, Drinking Water, Water harvesting, Energy (e.g. Solar panels, SolarRooftop systems) & Wastewater Technology, Role of Cooperatives in RuralDevelopment in present scenario, Materials & Technologies such as agriculturaland industrial wastes like plastic, Bio-waste, fly-ash, rice husk/straw, coconuthusk, vegetable reinforced concrete, Bamboo Mat Board, Banana leaves & stalks,Animal & Poultry shelter designs, etc. for rural housing, quake resistanttechnological guidelines of disaster management and IPR leveraging vis-à-visnew economic environment.

A delegation comprising of Ms MarianneJensen and Ms Merethe SandbergMoe from Research Council of Norwayalong with Mr Tor Dahlstrøm fromConsulate General of Norway visitedthe CSIR-National Institute ofOceanography, Goa on 27 May 2016.

The purpose of the visit was toexplore common ground and possibilitiesfor collaboration with Norway. Norwayhas a strong position in ocean sciencesand currently a number of collaborativeprojects are going on with India. Thedelegation wanted to explore the futurecollaboration at a more strategic and

Visit of Norwegian Delegation to CSIR-NIOstructural level with CSIR-NIO, a naturalpartner.

During the visit, Director Dr. SWANaqvi made a presentation on variousactivities and programmes of the Instituteand highlighted possible areas ofcollaboration in ocean sciences withNorway. He also mentioned that NIOhad very strong ties with Norwegianresearchers in the past and would like topursue it further.

The members of the delegationexpressed their interest in many areas ofresearch at NIO such as aquaculture, bio-remediation, ocean acidification andocean energy.

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