CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute

Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, formerly known as Central Salt Research Institute, is a constituent laboratory of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India. It is located in Bhavnagar, Gujarat, and was inaugurated by Jawahar Lal Nehru on 10 April 1954. The institute has developed several technologies, including preparations of nutrient-rich salt of plant origin, an electrodialysis domestic desalination system, a novel iodizing agent, the 'Clean Write' writing chalk, a low sodium salt of botanic origin, and plastic chip electrodes. Its research activities cover a wide range of scientific areas, such as molecular sensors for selective recognition of cations and anions, recognition of analytes and neutral molecules under physiological conditions, supramolecular metal complexes for studying photo-induced energy and electron transfer processes, nanocrystalline dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC), smart materials, tailored and modified electrodes, green chemistry, polymer chemistry, novel drug delivery system development, pharmaceutical biotechnology, natural products research, recovery of precious metal ions from natural sources, crystal engineering, computational studies, electrochemical and chemical value addition processes, and the development of polyethylene-based inter-polymer membranes and electrodialysis units.