PIB News Update: Union Minister of Science and Technology, Earth Sciences and Health and Family Welfare, Dr Harsh Vardhanin has informed that The details of research institutes under Ministry of Science and Technology in the state of Maharashtra along with the subjects on which research is being undertaken are given below:
| S. No. | Name & Address of research institute in Maharashtra | Name of concerned Department / Organization | Subjects on which research is being undertaken |
| 1 | MACS-Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road, Pune 411004.
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Department of Science & Technology | Biodiversity &Palaeobiology, Bioenergy, Bioprospecting, Developmental Biology, Genetics & Plant Breeding, Nanobioscience. The overall subjects covered include Botany, Chemistry, Development of crop varieties (wheat, soybean, grapes), Geology, Microbiology, Mycology, Nanobioscience. |
| 2 | National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), SavitribaiPhule Pune University Campus, Ganeshkhind Road, Pune – 411007 | Department of Biotechnology
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Biology of Cancer, Cell Organization and Function, Stems Cells and Regenerative Medicine, Regulatory RNAs and Gene Expression, Neuroscience, Pathogenesis and Cellular Response, Macromolecular Structure and Cell Function, Proteomics and Metabolomics, Metabolic and Chronic Diseases, Microbiomics |
| 3 | CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Pune
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Council of Scientific and Industrial Research | Analytical Chemistry & Materials Characterization, Chemical Engineering, Material Science and Engineering, Bio-chemical and biological sciences, Energy & Environmental Engineering, Mathematical & Computational Modelling |
| 4 | CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI), Nagpur | Council of Scientific and Industrial Research | Environmental science and engineering, water supply, sewage disposal, communicable diseases, industrial pollution and occupational diseases |
| 5 | CSIR- Unit for Research and Development of Information Products (CSIR-URDIP), Pune
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Council of Scientific and Industrial Research | Scientific Informatics (ChemBio informatics / Patent Informatics / Phytoinformatics /Toxinformatics) and related software development |