CSIR stands tall with 10 innovations in 2018

Hyderabad: The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research has had an exciting 2018 where India’s first biofuel powered flight, aerospace technology, research in rare diseases, stroke, artificial intelligence and water disinfection have seen a major boost. First biofuel powered flight from Dehradun to Delhi on August 27, 2018: The indigenously produced aviation biofuel technology took its maiden flight on August 27. Stents made from simple polymer-metal composites unlike the memory alloy based stents have been developed at a much lower cost by CSIR, whose technology is being transferred to two companies for commercial use. Drinking water disinfection system has been developed where the technology has been transferred to a private water purifier to make water at Rs 2 paise per litre available.