Central Electro Chemical Research Institute is one of a chain of forty national laboratories under the aegis of the
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (IAST: ''vaigyanik tathā audyogik anusandhāna pariṣada''), abbreviated as CSIR, was established by the Government of India in September 1942 as an autonomous body that has emerged as the l ...
(CSIR) in
New Delhi
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. Founded on 25 July 1948 at
Karaikudi in
Tamil Nadu
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, CECRI came into existence in January 1953.
Regional Centres
*CECRI Chennai Unit, CSIR Complex, TTTI, Taramani, Chennai
*CECRI Corrosion Research Centre, Mandapam Camp
References
External links
CECRI HomepageCECRI B.Tech Alumni Association
*C. Jaishankar "", ''The Hindu'', 31 August 2008.
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Chemical research institutes
Materials science institutes
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
Metallurgical industry in India
Research institutes in Tamil Nadu
Education in Sivaganga district
Karaikudi
Research institutes established in 1948
1948 establishments in India