A variety of Indian R&D organisations are expected to have competencies of relevance to currency technology. In particular, the following are key domains of interest:

• Polymer science/ paper technology
• Coating technology/ inks/ surface engineering
• Materials science/ nanomaterials
• Organic chemistry/ chromaphore chemistry
• Electronics/ instrumentation
• Photonics/ optics
• Other relevant domains

Selected R&D and academic organizations who might have relevant expertise:

• BITS, Goa
• BITS, Hyderabad
• BITS, Pilani
• Bose Institute, Kolkata
• Central Paper and Pulp Research Institute (CPPRI)
• Centre for Development of Imaging Technology (C-DIT)
• Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences, Bangalore
• CSIR-Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute (AMPRI), Bhopal
• CSIR- Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute (CEERI), Chennai Centre
• CSIR- Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute (CEERI), Pilani
• CSIR- CSMCRI, Bhavnagar
• CSIR- Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIO)
• CSIR- Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad
• CSIR- National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) , Pune
• CSIR – National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST)
• CSIR – National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi
• Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata
• Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
• IISER, Bhopal
• IISER – Kolkata
• IISER- Mohali
• IISER, Pune
• IISER – Trivandrum
• IIT – Bhubaneshwar
• IIT- BHU (Varanasi)
• IIT-Bombay
• IIT-Delhi
• IIT – Gandhinagar
• IIT – Guwahati
• IIT – Hyderabad
• IIT – Indore
• IIT – Jodhpur
• IIT-Kanpur
• IIT- Kharagpur
• IIT-Madras
• IIT – Mandi
• IIT – Patna
• IIT – Roorkee
• IIT – Ropar
• Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai (previously UDCT)
• Institute of Nano Science & Technology, Mohali
• International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), Hyderabad
• Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore
• JNU
• NISER
• Panjab University
• Raman Research Institute, Bangalore
• Shriram Institute of Industrial Research
• S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata
• SP Pune University
• Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
• TIFR, Hyderabad
• The Institute of Advanced Study in Science & Technology, Guwahati
• University of Delhi