New Delhi, Aug 16 (PTI) India has emerged as a global R&D platform with hundreds of centres, thousands of scientists and engineers, former CSIR Director Raghunath Mashelkar said Monday.

Addressing a conference by the National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research (NIScPR), a CSIR institute, to commemorate “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav”, Mashelkar congratulated the CSIR for its work during the Covid pandemic.

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The Council of Scientific And Industrial Research (CSIR) has galvanised its different work to provide support to the public at large during the pandemic, he added.

“India has emerged as a global R&D platform with hundreds of R&D centres, thousands of scientists and engineers,” Mashelkar said.

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CSIR Director General Shekhar Mande said the agency has started responding to the problems of national importance with much required agility and swiftness.

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