Government of India. Industrial Research Bureau. Report for the Year 1939-40

The Industrial Research Bureau has been responsible for carrying out the work entrusted to it by the Government of India in pursuance of the recomendations of the Council and far the administrative work of the organisation. [...] The Chairman in opening the session said that the Additional Secretary to Commerce Department Government of India had been appointed ex-officio Chairman of the Industrial Research Council and mentioned that the session was the first occasion on which the Council had been presided over by an official chairman since the re-organisation which resulted in the formation of the portfolio of Commerce [...] CO-ORDINATION OF UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND EXTENSION OF INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH.---The Council welcomed the response of the Universities and researe4Ilinstitutions to the invitation to co-operate with the work of the Coun'eirYnd the Bureau and noted with interest the laboratories which had already carried out investigations connected with a number of the subjects i [...] The Bureau was merged into the organisation of the Director of Scientific and Industrial Research after the close of the year under review and steps are being taken by the latter to prepare an annual combined list of the form contemplated by the Council. [...] In the memorandum prepared for the consideration of the Council the position was stated to be as follows :— The replies received showed that the proposals were welcomed generally in all quarters and that a considerable proportion of the heads of the scientfic and technical departments of the Universities and research institutions would MUSD12 willingly co-operate with the Council on the volunta