Information Management Area

Research Infrastructure

The Division has following exclusive infrastructure facilities:

• Several Foreign and Indian Journals are subscribed every year in Chemical and Life Sciences, with a current annual budget of around Rs. 3 crores.
• Chemical Abstracts on print from 1907 onwards, in CDs from 1996 onwards and now available online since January 2012.
• Collection of books & bound volumes of Journals more than one lakh.
• Other specialized Databases like Standards, which include Indian and American Society for Testing and Materials.
• Web of science database was provided through CSIR consortium provides seamless access from approximately 12,000 of the prestigious, high impact research journals in the world.
• Access to about several thousands of Scientific, Technical and Peer reviewed Electronic Journals, about million of Abstracts with cross references to publisher platforms over the Internet through CSIR e journal consortium.
• Extensive specific Literature Search facility through Sci-Finder for the scientific staff.
• Subscription of Reaxys Database to help promote faster and quality research.
• Internet and CD Database browsing rooms.
• In-house photocopying and binding machinery.
• Provides facilities to industries and other agencies on corporate membership basis. It has been extended to research scholars free of cost from any university.