The Sources of NRDC's Technologies
India has an  extensive network of about 2500 R&D institutions, mostly Government supported. These institutions cover virtually every branch and facet of  research  and technology ranging from paleo-botany to spacecraft.

The institutions in this network are the primary sources of NRDC's portfolio of marketable technologies.

In pursuance of its corporate goals, NRDC has forged links with, and between the scientific and industrial communities in India and abroad. Corporation has formal arrangements with many of the major R& D organisations in the country  for the commercialisation of know-how developed in their laboratories. These organisations include:

National R & D Organisations:

  • Defence R & D Organisation
  • Council of Scientific & Industrial Research
  • Indian Council of Agricultural Research
  • Indian Council of Medical Research
  • Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and Siddha
  • Central Council for Research in Unani
  • Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

R &D Institutions & Laboratories Under Various Ministries & Departments of 
Government of India:

  • Akashvani & Doordarshan R & D Department
  • Research Designs & Standards  Organisation
  • Central Power Research Institute
  • Indian Plasma Research Institute
  • Central  Manufacturing Technology Institute
  • C-DAC
  • Department of Science & Technology
  • Department of Biotechnology
  • Ministry of  Food Processing Industries
  • National Institute of Immunology
  • MP Council for Science & Technology

Academic Institutions:

  • Indian Institute of  Technology (IIT)
  • Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
  • All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)
  • All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE)
  • Tamil Nadu University for Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Chennai
  • CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hissar
  • CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Palampur
  • G. B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar
  • Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana
  • Barkatullah University, Bhopal

Public Sector Organisations:

  • Indian Telephone Industries Ltd.
  • Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.
  • Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.
  • Videsh Sanchar Nigam  Ltd.

Industry Association  Research  Institutions:

  • Ahmedabad Textile Industry’s Research  Association (ATIRA), Ahmedabad
  • Bombay Textile Research Association (BTRA), Mumbai
  • South India Textile Research Association (SITRA), Coimbatore
  • Indian Plywood Industry’s Research Institute (IPIRI), Bangalore

Privately Owned Research Institutions / Organisations/ Individual Inventors:

  • Shriram Institute for Industrial Research
  • DCM Limited
  • Varanasi Glucose Company
  • Madhu Chemicals Limited

NRDC  also acts on behalf of large companies who develop technologies in their R&D laboratories and choose to license them out  for commercialisation.

NRDC  has information on over 2000 Indian technologies.