FUTURE is CSIR’s five year plan program for the period 2012-2017 focused on setting up the foundation for a technology development program in currency technology.

Labs involved in the project:

CSIR-NCL:

• Pune; Chemicals, materials & bio sciences & engineering
• Largest non-profit filer of patents in India and abroad; track record of working with industry, both Indian and MNC
• Amongst the largest producers of PhDs and publications in chemical sciences in India
• Home to the largest inventive enterprises incubator in India

 

CSIR-CEERI:

• Pilani and Chennai; Electronics, photonics, instrumentation/ automation
• Pioneering institute in India in the area of electronics. Founded 1953

 

MOU between SPMCIL and CSIR-NCL:

SPMCIL and CSIR-NCL signed an MoU on 27 Jan 2015.

Links:

• http://www.ncl-india.org/files/DisplayResource.aspx?ResourceId=f274c4f8-f3eb-4ffa-bad4-0121aa44002d&OriginalFileName=MoU_SPMCIL_Jan_2015.pdf
• http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-02-05/news/58838534_1_minting-corporation-spmcil-security-printing
• http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=115192