NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT ENGINEERING AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE (NEERI)

About:

• Established in: 1958.
  
  
• Headquarters: Nagpur.
  
  
• Parent body: NEERI is a part of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and falls under the Union Ministry of Science and Technology.
  
  

Functions:

• NEERI is a pioneer laboratory in the field of environmental science and engineering with special focus on water supply, sewage disposal, communicable diseases and to some extent on industrial pollution.
  
  
• The NEERI is an important partner organisation in India's POPs national implementation plan (NIP).
  
  
• The Institute is operating a nation-wide air quality monitoring network since 1978. The programme sponsored by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
  
  
• It also works in technology developments such as making “green firecrackers”, under the directives of the Supreme Court to improve Delhi’s air quality, and specialised air purifiers.