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
Last updated on Sep, 2026
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