Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
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The Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) of the UK, was a government department with responsibilities for research from 1917 to 1965. Other nations also have or had identically named departments: India (1985 - ), and New Zealand (1926 - 1992).
[edit] UK DSIR
This DSIR was formed during WWI with the aim of enhancing Scientific and Industrial Research by means of government funding. The initial budget in 1917 was £1,000,000.
Research Laboratories administered by the DSIR up to its disbandment in 1965:
- Building Research Station - Watford (from 1921) later renamed Building Research Establishment, and now simply BRE
- Fuel Research Station, Greenwich, moved 1959 to Stevenage and renamed Warren Spring Laboratory, WSL
- National Physical Laboratory - Teddington (from circa 1917)
- Radio Research Station - Ditton Park (from 1924)
- Road Research Laboratory, Crowthorne (from 1933) TRL
- National Engineering Laboratory - East Kilbride (later transferred to the DTI)
[edit] New Zealand DSIR
A founding Scientist in 1926:
Former DSIR Research Institutes:
- Crown Research Institutes - set up in 1992 when the DSIR was disbanded
- Vanda Station - an Antarctic research base
- The Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, now GNS Science
- Landcare Research New Zealand Limited
- HortResearch
[edit] Indian DSIR
The Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) is a part of the Ministry of Science and Technology, which was announced through a Presidential Notification, dated January 4, 1985 (74/2/1/8 Cab.) contained in the 164th Amendment of the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961. The Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) has a mandate to carry out the activities relating to indigenous technology promotion, development, utilization and transfer.
