INTRODUCTION:

NEIST(North East Institute of Science and Technology),Jorhat (formerly Regional Research Laboratory) is a constituent establishment of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research(CSIR),a premier R&D organisation of India, which has a chain of laboratories across the country. This lab was established in 1961 under the chemical science group of CSIR and originally its main aim was to develop indigenous technologies by utilising the immense natural resources of North Eastern India like Petroleum Natural Gas, Minerals , Tea, Aromatic & Medicinal plants. Its main motto is "Connecting science & Technology for a brighter tomorrow".

The Director Head of the institution is Sir Garikapati Narahari Sastry. It is basically located in Jorhat,Assam, India 26°44'10"N 94°9'30"E with an administrative staff of over 300 members.

ACTIVITIES:

Presently, NEIST is a full fledged multidisciplinary research institution having research areas like medicinal chemistry, natural products chemistry, synthetic organic chemistry , biochemistry , biotechnology , medicinal aromatic and economic plants , geoscience , petroleum and natural gas, general engineering , material science, coal etc.
Over the years, the laboratory has produced more than 100 technologies out of which around 30 are already in the market for usefulness of the public in the areas of Agrotecnology, Biological & Oil Field Chemicals. In the last couple of decades, the institute has also produced more than 200 Ph.Ds to cater the skilled human resource needed for the region.

Some major achievements of NEIST:

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Vertical Shaft Kiln(VSK)
Development of VSK mini cement plants.Currently 35 mini plants are in operation in the country based on RRL,JORHAT technologies. A modified VSK technology for 30,000 TPA plant has also been developed to cater to the national and international needs.
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Development of know-how for "Arteether"a potent new generation anti-malarial drug active against chloroquine resistant malaria strains. The know-how has been transferred to M/sFDC Ltd., a Mumbai base pharmaceutical company for commercial production.