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Nature 447, 238-239 (17 May 2007) | doi:10.1038/447238b; Published online 16 May 2007

India struggles to find director for top research agency

K. S. Jayaraman

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Council of Scientific and Industrial Research remains adrift.

India's largest research agency has been without a permanent director for almost five months, prompting some observers to claim that science isn't high on the government's agenda.The role of director of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), which runs 37 laboratories staffed by more than 18,000 scientists, comes with the status of a government secretary.