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The Indian Institute
of Petroleum (IIP)
one of the leading constituent laboratories of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), established through an act of Parliament in the year 1959, started functioning initially at New Delhi in 1960 and finally in 1963 in the beautiful valley of Dehradun at the foothills of Himalayas on National Highway no. 72.
The Institute is devoted to multidisciplinary areas of Research and Development in the down stream sector of hydrocarbon and related industry. It has dedicated experienced and qualified staff and is equipped with comprehensive state-of-art R&D facilities including pilot plants. The Institute has undertaken R & D work in petroleum refining, natural gas, alternative fuels, petrochemicals and utilization of petroleum products in IC engines and in industrial and domestic combustion; to provide technical and analytical services to petroleum refining and related industry including technology transfer for developing novel, state-of-art technologies and products. The Institute maintains its leading position in conducting Training Programme to train Technical personnel from refining industry, petrochemical plants, automotive sector, power plants and other related user industry. The Institute has developed a large number of processes and technologies and almost every refinery in the country has technologies licensed by the Institute. The Institute has well developed test techniques and facilities for the evaluation of petroleum products included in BIS specifications. The Institute has continued its efforts to grow into an internationally renowned R&D organization, providing quality research and innovative technologies for the national and international market place and to produce technical support to the in market demand surveys and techno-economic feasibility studies for related products. Besides this, the Institute assists the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) in formulating standards for petroleum products, equipments and devices using these products.
The Institute is committed to develop into an internationally reputed R&D centre of excellence for providing globally competitive technologies and services for hydrocarbon and related industries. This will be achieved through total quality management and by anticipating and exceeding the expectations of customers through innovation, team work and commitment. The acquirement of ISO-9001 certification by the institute in 1998 is a step forward.
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What a quarter it was, with our institute bagging
two national awards; the first from Hon'ble
President herself as the second prize for our
well-known Hindi magazine 'Vikalp' and the
second from Hon'ble Minster for Science &
Technology Mr Prithvi Raj Chavan as the CSIR
Technology Award-2009!!! My heartiest
congratulations to one and all who made the
Institute proud!!!
The second seminar on 'Fossil Economy to Biomass Economy:
Opportunities and Challenges' in our Golden Jubilee Year was a
great success. There were many other celebrations like the CSIR
Foundation Day, the Independence Day and the Vishwakarma Pooja.
Simultaneously, our research activity has also gone from stride to
stride and over all, this quarter has been a great source of satisfaction
and inspiration. I thank all my colleagues and our esteemed stakeholders
for their help and support without which this would not have
happened. 