The Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) and Laghu Udyog Bharati (LUB) have entered into an MoU for transfer of selected CSIR technologies to Micro and Small Entrepreneurs. The MoU will facilitate the transfer of 100 know-how/Technology/Products of CSIR within 100 days to the identified MSMEs under LUB.
It includes providing suggestions/ideas/problems to CSIR for developing new technologies in any suggested area of interest by MSMEs within the scope of CSIR for technology advancement, meeting regulatory norms, increasing market reach and export promotion/import substitution.
During the MoU signing, a total of 15 technologies were transferred to the companies from 6 CSIR labs CSIR-CSIO, CSIR-IMMT, CSIR-NAL, CSIR-NBRI, CSIR-CSMCRI and CSIR-CFTRI. The transferred technologies covered various sectors and included technologies like Pesticide Detection Kit, Multi-copter Drones, Air Quality Monitoring System, Potash enriched Biochar from Waste Biomass, Gluten free biscuits etc.
For CSIR, the MoU shall greatly extend the market reach for CSIR technologies including export promotion and import substitution while meeting all necessary regulatory norms.
For LUB, the deployment of low-cost CSIR technologies shall bring efficiency in the operations of LUB Units/MSMEs at economic costs, besides bringing awareness about the societal contribution of CSIR.
