The foundation day of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, an autonomous organization under Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, was celebrated with great enthusiasm on 26 September 2023, at the CSIR Campus in Taramani, Chennai by CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre (CSIR-SERC) and CSIR Madras Complex (CMC).

As a part of the foundation day celebrations Open Day was observed at CSIR Campus, Taramani, Chennai, and at TTRS (Tower Testing and Research Station) Campus, Tirusulam, Chennai, by CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre (CSIR-SERC) and Regional Units of CSIR-CECRI, CSIR-CEERI, CSIR-CSIO, CSIR-NEERI and CSIR-NML.

All laboratories in the CSIR Campus and TTRS were kept open for the general public between 9.30 am and 3:00 pm. Elaborate arrangements were made to receive the visitors. Technologies, products and state-of-the-art facilities were showcased and demonstrated for the benefit of the visitors. More than 7900 people including school and college students, teachers, professionals from the industry, entrepreneurs and the general public visited the campus with great enthusiasm. They had a first-hand glimpse of multifarious and multi-discipline R&D programmes currently going on in the laboratories and the technologies developed. The visitors showed keen interest and passionately interacted with the scientific staff.  

  

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