Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE) is an autonomous body constituted by the Government of Kerala in November 2002 to encourage and promote science and technology-related activities in Kerala State.[1] Prior to the establishment of KSCSTE, the body responsible for carrying out similar work was the State Committee for Science, Technology and Environment (STEC) established in 1972. KSCSTE was formed by restructuring STEC in concurrence with the Science Policy of Government of India.[1]
Based in Thiruvananthapuram, KSCSTE is running seven R&D centres in different parts of Kerala. It has several programmes like Coastal Zone Management, Science Popularisation and Women Scientists Cell to promote its objectives. The Council coordinates the state-level activities in connection with the observances of the National Science Day, National Technology Day and World Environment Day. It has instituted three awards: Vasudev Award, Science Literature Awards and Young Scientists Award which are presented annually. Every year KSCSTE also organises the Kerala Science Congress and Children's Science Congress.[1] It supports two grant-in-aid centres as well.
The apex body of KSCSTE is the State Council with Chief Minister of Kerala as the president. The chief executive officer of the Council is Executive Vice President.[1]
R&D centres under KSCSTE edit
- Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (CWRDM) Kozhikode
- Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI) Thrissur
- National Transportation Planning and Research Centre (NATPAT)
- Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute (JNTBGRI) Thiruvananthapuram
- Kerala School of Mathematics (KSoM) Kozhikode
- Institute for Climate Change Studies (ICCS) Kottayam
- Srinivasa Ramanujan Institute of Basic Sciences (SRIBS) Kottayam
- Kerala State Centre for Assistive Technologies (KSCAT)
- Malabar Botanical Garden and Institute for Plant Sciences(MBGIPS) Kozhikode
- State-Centre Resource Institute for Partnership in Technology (SCRIPT)
- Critical Mineral Research Institute (CMRI)
- Institute of Advanced Virology Thiruvananthapuram
Grant-in-aid Centres of KSCSTE edit
Former R&D centres under KSCSTE edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d "KSCSTE website". Archived from the original on 21 July 2010. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
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