Autonomous Institution

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

Five evidence-based challenges identified for this entity, each paired with a ready-to-build AI tool specification — free for the Government of India to deploy.

Top 5 Challenges

Drawn from official reports, audits, parliamentary material and public feedback. Framed as improvement opportunities, never as criticism.

  1. 1

    Large patent portfolio sees low commercialization; licensing matchmaking with industry is manual

  2. 2

    Performance metrics across thirty-seven laboratories are inconsistent and hard to compare

  3. 3

    Grant and project file processing is slow, delaying research starts

  4. 4

    Overlapping research across laboratories duplicates effort and dilutes funding impact

  5. 5

    Industry queries are routed slowly to the right laboratory or scientist

Five AI Tools

Each tool answers the matching challenge above, and is built on curated official sources with safeguards and human oversight.

Bauddhik Kosh

Patent Licensing Matchmaker

Matches CSIR's patent portfolio with prospective industry licensees. Helps IP and business development officers across the 37 CSIR labs draft licensing pitches, identify target sectors and MSME clusters, and accelerate commercialization of dormant patents.

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Prayogshala Darpan

Lab Performance Dashboard Copilot

Analytics copilot for CSIR headquarters that normalizes and compares performance metrics — publications, patents, external earnings, projects — across all 37 laboratories, flags inconsistencies and drafts review notes for the Director General and Performance Review Boards.

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Anudan Sarathi

Grant File Processing Assistant

Speeds up grant and project file processing in CSIR labs and headquarters. Checks proposals against CSIR rules and GFR 2017, flags missing documents, drafts office notes and tracks file timelines so sanctioned research projects can start faster.

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Shodh Manthan

Research Overlap Detection Engine

Detects overlapping research across CSIR's 37 laboratories by comparing project proposals, abstracts and publications. Helps planning officers consolidate duplicative efforts, encourage inter-lab collaboration and sharpen the impact of research funding.

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Udyam Doot

Industry Query Routing Assistant

Routes industry queries to the right CSIR laboratory and scientist in hours, not weeks. Classifies technical requests, maps them to published lab mandates and expertise, drafts referral notes and acknowledgements, and tracks turnaround times.

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