National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI)

National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) Latest News

The Supreme Court recently permitted the limited use of green crackers approved by the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) in Delhi-NCR this Diwali.

About National Environmental Engineering Research Institute 

• It is a research institute created and funded by the Government of India. 
• NEERI is a pioneer laboratory in the field of environmental science and engineering.
• The institute’s primary mission is to conduct research and development activities related to various aspects of environmental management, pollution control, and sustainable development.
• Formation: 
  • It was established in Nagpur in 1958 as the Central Public Health Engineering Research Institute (CPHERI), when environmental concerns were limited to human health with a focus on water supply/sewage disposal/communicable diseases, and to some extent, on industrial pollution and occupational diseases. 
  • Slowly worldwide public awareness on the contamination of the environment on a regional to global scale started getting attention in the 1970’s. 
  • In 1974, CPHERI was rechristened the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI).
• It is a constituent laboratory of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) under the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. 
• It is devoted to research and innovations in environmental science and engineering besides solving a range of problems posed by industry, government, and the public. 
• Headquarters: Nagpur
• NEERI has five zonal laboratories at Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai.

Source: BT

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