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CLRI training 650 SC people in leather product making
CENNAI: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Central Leather Research Institute (CSIR-CLRI) for the first time is providing free training and placements for more than 650 people from the scheduled castes in making quality leather products.
Organised jointly with Tamil Nadu Adi Dravidar Housing and Development Corporation Limited (TAHDCO) as part of CLRI’s artisanal programme, the training programme is funded by National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation…
‘Innovation is the Way Ahead’
29 September 2015
CHENNAI: Intervention is the core of innovation, echoed experts at the recent CSIR-CLRI’s (Council of Scientific Industrial Research — Central Leather Research Institute) Foundation day in the city. Emphasis was laid on the need for not just reproducing technology, but creating more of our own to find innovative pathways in the leather business. “India is amongst the leading producers of leather. The industry makes a revenue of 6 billion dollars, the only other country that is ahead is Vietnam with 13 billion dollar worth exports,” said Shafeeq Ahmed, chairman Indian Finished Leather Manufacturers & Exporters Association (IFLMEA)…
CSIR and CLRI conducts Founders Day festival
29 September 2012
CHENNAI: The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI) celebrated their 70th Founders Day here on Tuesday. Several staff members were honoured during the function for their service.
Founded in September 26, 1942 as an apex body under the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, with the prime objective to catering to the needs of the industrial development of the country, CLRI is one of the National Laboratories under the umbrella of CSIR, devoted to research and development activities in leather and allied industries…..
Read more: http://ibnlive.in.com/news/csir-and-clri-conducts-founders-day-festival/295574-60-120.html
Turning tannery waste into fuel
05 July 2012
Tamil Nadu will be home to one of the world’s first bio-refineries which will use solid waste generated from tanneries in the Vellore district.
The Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI) in Chennai, a unit of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have succeeded in developing a bio-refinery which will produce biodiesel, bioethanol, biohydrogen and biomethane.
‘With this biorefinery we will ensure that tanneries across the country do not discharge any kind of solid waste. There will not be any waste to be discharged because we will use it as raw materials’, Palani Shanmugam, the CLRI scientist who designed the refinery told DNA.
Tamil Nadu to have world’s first biorefinery
25 June 2012
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu will be home to the world’s first biorefinery which will use solid waste generated from tanneries in Vellore district.
The Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI) at Chennai, a unit of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has succeeded in developing a biorefinery which will produce biodiesel, bioethanol, biohydrogen and biomethane.
“With this bio refinery we will ensure that tanneries across the country do not discharge any kind of solid waste. There will not be any waste to be discharged because we will use it as raw materials,” Palani Shanmugam (42), the CLRI scientist who designed the refinery told DNA……
Read more: http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_tamil-nadu-to-have-worlds-first-biorefinery_1706301
How leather waste shines with value
08 June 2012
Leather waste can now be put to use for making chappal upper, children’s footwear and light leather consumer products such as wallets and key chains. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) – Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI), Chennai has come up with reconstituted leather-like material from leather wasted at shoe manufacturing companies, tanneries and also by using the leather portion of spent shoes and old leather bags.
The reconstituted leather, which found place at a stall at the Ambur Open-3 held at the Ambur Trade Centre, was developed in the last five to six months at the CLRI. “This was under research for the past one year as we have to find out the particular binder and fibre for this. It was in the last five to six months that we emerged with the product,” said T.P. Sastry, Scientist and Head of Bio-products Laboratory, CSIR-CLRI, Chennai. Three members worked along with Mr. Sastry to come up with the product….
NID to tie up with Central Leather Research Institute to boost start-ups
06 March 2012
In a major boost to budding entrepreneurs planning to build successful lifestyle accessories brands, the incubatee cell of the National Institute of Design has decided to tie up with one of India’s largest leather research institute, Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI), Chennai…..
NID to tie up with Central Leather Research Institute to boost start-ups
06 March 2012
AHMEDABAD: In a major boost to budding entrepreneurs planning to build successful lifestyle accessories brands, the incubatee cell of the National Institute of Design has decided to tie up with one of India’s largest leather research institute, Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI), Chennai.
Under this collaboration, National Design Business Incubator (NDBI) and CLRI will work jointly towards developing an ecosystem for encouraging entrepreneurship in the footwear and lifestyle accessories segment….
To counter China, India aims at Africa toehold
02 March 2012
NEW DELHI: Desperately seeking an entry into the resource-rich Africa, India has offered its capabilities in science and technology and institution building to the African countires.
The idea behind the offer is to help African nations develop and market home-grown commercial products, which eventually will help them come out of their poverty.
…..More than 50 scientists from Central Leather Research Institute in Chennai went to Ethiopia in the last two years to train African researchers on how to convert animal hide into world-class leather products. The experience encouraged other African countries to take a leaf out of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) book.
“We want to establish a series of scientific institutes, which can be a point of connection for the industry following CSIR model,” said V S Massingve, MozambiqueScience Minister…..
Read more: http://www.deccanherald.com/content/231678/to-counter-china-india-aims.html
Expert: next Plan will focus more on scientific, industrial research
29 January 2012
CHENNAI: The Twelfth Five Year Plan will focus more on scientific and industrial research, said K.V. Raghavan, Chairman, Research Council, Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI), Chennai, here on Saturday.
Delivering the presidential address at the inauguration of Leather Research Industry Get-Together (LERIG) 2012, Dr. Raghavan said that zero solid discharge, which would avoid environmentally unfriendly land filling; establishing bioscience and biotechnology research; integrated fashion styling design of leather products; a new world-class environmental quality assessment facility with the support of the Centre and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research were some of the new research initiatives proposed in the Plan….
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