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The
CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology
is a national-level research center located in
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
under the
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
(CSIR). IICT conducts research in basic and applied chemistry, biochemistry,
bioinformatics
, chemical engineering and provides science and technology inputs to the industrial and economic development of the country.
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IICT has filed one of the maximum
CSIR
patents.
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Activities
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The
research and development
programmes of IICT relate to the development of technologies for
pesticides
,
drugs
, organic intermediates,
fine chemicals
,
catalysts
,
polymers
, organic coatings, use of low-grade coals, and value-added products from vegetable oils. Process design and mechanical engineering design form an integral part of technology development and transfer. IICT is also actively engaged in basic research in organic synthesis and catalyses.
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Public health
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An example of the institute's work is development of technology for accurate identification, of principal
mosquito
vector in rural endemic areas for designing suitable control measures of vector-borne diseases like
malaria
,
filaria
, Japanese encephalitis,
dengue
fever, etc.
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In developing countries like
India
, classification and identification of the mosquito species from rural endemic areas are of paramount importance. The
World Health Organization
monograph which describes the taxonomic data in the form of a pictorial key is generally difficult to understand by a non-taxonomist. Keeping this difficulty in view, a novel software has been developed which is user-friendly and menu-driven. The package can be successfully used in
mosquito control
programs in rural areas. Rapid identification and greater accuracy are the salient features of the technology.
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