From mining, aeronautics, instrumentation, environmental engineering, and information technology to oceanography, geophysics, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, genomics, biotechnology, and nanotechnology, CSIR covers a broad range of science and technology.
It offers substantial technical assistance in several areas related to societal endeavors, such as the energy, food, housing, agriculture, health, drinking water, environment, and non-farm sectors. Moreover, CSIR plays a significant role in the development of S&T human resources.