The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)is planning to set up innovation complexes across India.

CSIR will be setting up eight innovation complexes in the 12th plan period. The Union Government has approved the establishment of the first three in Chennai, Mumbai and Kolkata within the next 18-24 months. The other complexes in Delhi, Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad will come up subsequently. Each of these complexes is to come up at a cost of Rs 90 crore and will focus on one particular area and translate indigenous research into products and technology with commercial potential. The innovation complexes will have 1,50,000 sq ft of space and house about 300 people.

The Chennai complex will work on clean energy while the Mumbai unit is meant for work on drugs and therapeutics. The Kolkata complex will be dedicated to zero emission technology while the Bangalore complex will concentrate on a new innovation concept known as “Fourth Paradigm,” which is basically discovering new product leads and services models through large-scale data mining. Work on the proposed complex will start immediately in Chennai.