CSIR - Structural Engineering Research Centre (CSIR-SERC) is a National Laboratory under the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, Government of India. It is engaged in Research and Development, Consultancy and Advanced Testing services in the field of Structural Engineering. It is located in the CSIR Campus at Taramani, Chennai, which also houses the Regional Centres of other national laboratories specializing in a spectrum of disciplines such as, electrochemistry (CSIR-CECRI), electronics (CSIR-CEERI), environment (CSIR-NEERI), metallurgy (CSIR-NML) and instrumentation (CSIR-CSIO).
This year, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) will be celebrating its Foundation Day on 26th September, 2024. To mark the occasion, all the laboratories located at the CSIR Campus in Chennai will be hosting an Open Day.
On this day, the laboratories will open their doors to school and college students, teachers, media personnel, professional engineers, industrial professionals, and the general public. The aim of this Open Day is to provide visitors with an opportunity to explore the scientific work carried out in these laboratories and learn more about the innovations and research that CSIR is involved in.
As part of the preparations for this event, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) organised a press meet at the CSIR Campus in Chennai on 24 September 2024. The event was chaired by Shri M. Annadurai IIS, the Additional Director General of the Press Information Bureau under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Chennai.
Dr. N. Anandavalli, Director CSIR-SERC and Coordinating Director, CSIR Madras Complex briefed the media about various R&D activities carried out at the campus and major facilities available for carrying out the research and invited general public and Press and media to visit the laboratories and get first-hand information of the nature of R&D facilities established, Scientific & Technological expertise built up, and current application-oriented research projects and technical programmes underway in these laboratories, serving the cause of public, strategic, private and social goods.