National Chemical Laboratory

National Chemical Laboratory
राष्ट्रीय रासायनिक प्रयोगशाला
Established	1950
Field of research	Chemical Sciences
Director	Ashish Lele
Staff	≈200 (PhD)
Students	400 doctoral
Address	Pashan Road
Location	Pune, Maharashtra, India; 18°32′30″N 73°48′38″E / 18.541598°N 73.81065°ECoordinates: 18°32′30″N 73°48′38″E / 18.541598°N 73.81065°E
ZIP code	411008
Campus	Urban
Operating agency	Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
Website	www.ncl-india.org

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The National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) is an Indian government laboratory based in Pune, in western India.

NCL Pune

Popularly known as NCL, a constituent member of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) India, it was established in 1950. Dr Ashish Lele is the Director of NCL and took charge on April 1, 2021.^[1] There are approximately 200 scientific staff working here. The interdisciplinary research center has a wide research scope and specializes in polymer science, organic chemistry, catalysis, materials chemistry, chemical engineering, biochemical sciences and process development. It houses good infrastructure for measurement science and chemical information.

National Collection of Industrial Microorganisms (NCIM) is located here and is a microbial culture repository maintaining a variety of industrially important microbial culture stock.

There are about 400 graduate students pursuing research towards doctoral degree; about 50 students are awarded Ph.D. degree every year; and the young talent pool adds in every few years.

NCL publishes over 400 research papers annually in the field of chemical sciences and over 60 patents worldwide.^{[citation needed]} It is a unique source of research education producing the largest number of PhDs in chemical sciences within India.^{[citation needed]}

NCL researchers are the first Indians to receive the “Merck Young Scientist Award 2019” in Chemical Sciences recently at Bangalore instituted by Merck.

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Research Groups in NCL[edit]

Physical & Materials Chemistry
Catalysis
Chemical biology & Biometic Chemistry
Chemical Engineering Science
Complex Fluidics & Polymer Engineering
Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Catalysis
Industrial Flow Modelling
Materials Chemistry
Nanomaterials Science & Technology
Organic Chemistry
Plant Tissue Culture
Polymer Chemistry & Materials
Process Design & Development
Theory & Computational Sciences
Enzymology and Microbiology
Catalytic Reactors and Separation

Facilities[edit]

PES Modern English School[edit]

NCL has a primary and secondary school within its premises. Established in 1985 as the NCL School, it has since been renamed the 'Progressive Education Society's Modern English School'. Since 2006 it has been extended to include a junior college.

Dispensary[edit]

NCL also has a Dispensary inside its premises which provides free of charge medical assistance to NCL employees and dependants under the CGHS.

Past directors[edit]

The organization was headed by many notable scientists since inception.^[3]

James William McBain (1950-1952)
G. I. Finch (1952-1957)
K. Venkataraman (1957-1966)
B. D. Tilak (1966-1978)
L. K. Doraiswamy (1978-1989)
Raghunath Anant Mashelkar (1989-1995)
Paul Ratnasamy (1995-2002)
Swaminathan Sivaram (2002-2010)
Sourav Pal (2010-2015)
K. Vijayamohanan Pillai (2015-2016)
Ashwini Nangia (2016-2020)
S.Chandrasekhar (2020-2021)

Notable alumni[edit]

Dr Kallam Anji Reddy founder of Dr Reddy Labs.
B D Kulkarni: Known for work on fluidized bed reactor.^[4]

References[edit]

↑ "Dr Asish Lele takes charge as director of CSIR – National Chemical Laboratory". The Indian Express. 1 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
↑ "Indian Scientist Dr Sakya won 'Merck Young Scientist Award' for remarkable research". Daily Naukri. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
↑ "NCL Previous Directors". National Chemical Laboratory. 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
↑ Rao, Seshagiri; Kumar, BDinesh (2015). "An unfinished agenda: My life in the pharmaceutical industry". Indian Journal of Pharmacology. 47 (5): 576. doi:10.4103/0253-7613.165175. ISSN 0253-7613. PMC 4621691.

External links[edit]

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[1] "Dr Asish Lele takes charge as director of CSIR – National Chemical Laboratory". The Indian Express. 1 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.

[2] "Indian Scientist Dr Sakya won 'Merck Young Scientist Award' for remarkable research". Daily Naukri. Retrieved 18 January 2020.

[NCL_Previous_Directors-3] "NCL Previous Directors". National Chemical Laboratory. 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.

[4] Rao, Seshagiri; Kumar, BDinesh (2015). "An unfinished agenda: My life in the pharmaceutical industry". Indian Journal of Pharmacology. 47 (5): 576. doi:10.4103/0253-7613.165175. ISSN 0253-7613. PMC 4621691.

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