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CSIR Integrated Skill Initiative Programme

CSIR Integrated Skill Initiative Programme

CSIR-IITR, a NABL (National Accreditation Board for testing and calibration Laboratory) accredited laboratory in the field of chemical and biological testing and has received GLP (Good Laboratory Practices) compliance for toxicity and mutagenicity studies has been in the forefront in imparting training and generating skilled manpower. Provisional of CSIR-IITR with two sectoral skill councils namely, Life Sciences Sector Skill Development Council (LSSSDC) and Agricultural Skill Council of India (ASCI), under National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), reflect the commitment and alignment of the Institute to the Skill India mission of Government of India. CSIR-IITR is also a partner for Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in running the Green Skill Development Programme (GSDP) on pollution monitors. As part of this Integrated skill development, CSIR-IITR has conducted multiple training programs in the areas of Environmental Health & Safety as well as and xenobiotic residue analyses.

Calendar of proposed Training/Workshops/Certificate courses under CSIR Integrated Skill Initiative Programme at CSIR-IITR during 2024-2025

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Sl. No. Title of the Training Programme/ Workshop/ Certificate Course Duration Start Date End Date Basic Qualification Min. Candidates Course Fee (Rs.) Course Coordinator(s)
1 Environmental Monitoring Instruments and Analyzers for Assessment of Air and Water Pollution – Hands-on Training 03 Days 20.05.2026 22.05.2026 B.Sc./M.Sc/Ph.D in Engineering/ Science/ Management/ Research/ Industrial/ Professionals 15 Academia: 3000, Industry: 6000 Dr. B. Sreekanth, Dr. Abhay Raj
2 Workshop on DNA Isolation & PCR 02 Days 21.05.2026 22.05.2026 12th pass 20 Academia: 2000, Industry: 4000 Dr. Ravi Ram Kristipati, Mr. Abhinesh Chaubey
3 Phenotypic Profiling and Bacterial Identification Using Biolog Microbial Identification System 02 Days 28.05.2026 29.05.2026 B.Sc/M.Sc/PhD 10 Academia: 2000, Industry: 4000 Dr. Manoj Kumar
4 Essential Molecular Techniques in applied microbiology and biosafety 03 Days 02.06.2026 04.06.2026 B.Sc./M.Sc./Ph.D. 15 Academia: 3000, Industry: 6000 Dr. Abhay Bajaj, Dr. Manoj Kumar
5 Hands-on training on microbiology and molecular techniques 05 Days 15.06.2026 19.06.2026 B.Sc/M.Sc in Life Sciences/ Biotech/ Microbiology/ Env. Sciences/ Biochemistry 20 Academia: 5000, Industry: 10000 Dr. Preeti Chaturvedi Bhargava
6 Workshop on SDS-PAGE and Western Blotting 02 Days 18.06.2026 19.06.2026 B.Sc./M.Sc. 20 Academia: 2000, Industry: 4000 Dr. Ravi Ram Kristipati, Ms. Amrapali
7 Essential Techniques and Biosafety in Microbiological Research Laboratory 02 Days 24.06.2026 25.06.2026 B.Sc/M.Sc/PhD 10 Academia: 2000, Industry: 4000 Dr. Manoj Kumar
8 Excel Essentials: From basics to advanced 01 Day 01.07.2026 01.07.2026 Graduate/Post Graduate 20 Academia: 1000, Industry: 2000 Dr. Ritul Kamal
9 Microbiological water safety: Sampling and testing for safety management 05 Days 06.07.2026 10.07.2026 B.Sc/M.Sc. in Life Sciences/ Biotech/ Microbiology/ Env. Sciences 15-20 Academia: 5000, Industry: 10000 Dr. Preeti Chaturvedi Bhargava
10 Hands-on training workshop on HPLC-Instrumentation, Method Development, and Data Analysis 02 Days 08.07.2026 09.07.2026 B.Sc/M.Sc. 15 Academia: 3000, Industry: 5000 Dr. Sumana Y Kotian, Dr. Akhilesh K Yadav
11 rDNA-Based Microbial Analysis from Soil 02 Days 09.07.2026 10.07.2026 B.Sc/M.Sc/PhD 15 Academia: 2000, Industry: 4000 Dr. Manoj Kumar
12 Workshop on Genotoxicity 03 Days 08.07.2026 10.07.2026 M.Sc. 15 Academia: 3000, Industry: 7000 Dr. Alok K. Pandey
13 Lab Technician- Research & Quality Control (LFS/Q0509) 05 weeks 13.07.2026 14.08.2026 12th pass 10 Academia: 5000, Industry: 10000 Dr. Alok Kumar Pandey, Dr. Vikas Srivastava
14 Hands-on Training in Immunocytochemistry and Fluorescence Imaging 02 Days 23.07.2026 24.07.2026 M.Sc./PhD in life sciences or related subjects 10 Academia: 3000, Industry: 10000 Dr. Pradeep Kumar Sharma, Ms Anjali Pal
15 Workshop On “Histopathology and Clinical Pathology in Toxicological Research” 03 Days 29.07.2026 31.07.2026 M.Sc. in Life Sciences/ Pharmacy/ Veterinary Sciences 20 Academia: 3000, Industry: 6000 Dr. Beena V, Dr. Mahadeo Kumar
16 Hands-on Training in Regulatory Ecotoxicology: Toxicity Testing with Algae, Daphnia, Zebrafish, Earthworm, and Honeybee Models 15 Days 03.08.2026 21.08.2026 M.Sc. in Zoology/ Env. Sciences/ Biochemistry/ Biotech/ Life Sciences 10 Academia: 15000, Industry: 30000 Dr. S. Anbumani, Dr. Akshay Dwarkanath
17 Training program on Fundamentals and Hands-on training in Spectroscopic Analytical Techniques: FTIR, Raman, UV-Visible, and Fluorescence 02 Days 04.08.2026 05.08.2026 B.Sc/M.Sc./Working Professional 15 Academia: 2000, Industry: 4000 Dr. Vikram Singh, Dr. Bhumika Ray
18 Predictive Software and Statistical Techniques for Risk Assessment of Pollution and Source Apportionment 02 Days 05.08.2026 06.08.2026 Bachelor's /Master’s/ Doctorate in Engineering/ Science/ Management 15 Academia: 2000, Industry: 4000 Dr. B. Sreekanth, Dr. Jyotsna Singh
19 Workshop on High End Microscopy (TEM/SEM/Confocal) 03 Days 05.08.2026 07.08.2026 M.Sc. 15 Academia: 3000, Industry: 5000 Mr. Jai Shankar, Mrs. Nidhi Arjaria
20 Hands-on training: Handling and Maintenance of C. elegans 02 Days 06.08.2026 07.08.2026 M.Sc. 12 Academia: 2000, Industry: 5000 Dr. Aruna Satish, Dr. Ravi Ram Kristipati
21 Standard Laboratory Safety Measures 01 Day 10.08.2026 10.08.2026 B.Sc./M.Sc./B.Tech/ M.Tech/ Ph.D. in Life/ Chemical/ Forensic Science 20 Academia: 1500, Industry: 3000 Dr. Sangam Rajak, Dr. R Raja Gopal
22 Workshop on Electrospun Nanofibres Production and Applications 02 Days 17.08.2026 18.08.2026 B.Sc./M.Sc. 10 Academia: 2000, Industry: 5000 Dr. Nidhi Gupta, Dr. Satyakam Patnaik
23 Essential Molecular Techniques in water and wastewater microbiology 03 Days 19.08.2026 21.08.2026 B.Sc/M.Sc./Ph.D 10 Academia: 3000, Industry: 6000 Dr. Abhay Bajaj, Dr. Preeti Chartuvedi
24 Evaluation of fatty acid profiling and physico-chemical properties of edible oil as per IS548 02 Days 27.08.2026 28.08.2026 B.Sc. 15 Academia: 1500, Industry: 3000 Dr. Rachna Kumar
25 Training program on ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Testing and calibration laboratories 02 Days 09.09.2026 10.09.2026 Post Graduate/ Working professionals 20 Academia: 1000, Industry: 2000 Dr. Rachna Kumar, Dr. D.K. Patel
26 Workshop on Flow Cytometry 02 Days 10.09.2026 11.09.2026 Ph.D./Technical Staff/Faculty 10 Academia: 3000, Industry: 7000 Dr. Puneet Khare, Dr. Alok K. Pandey
27 Workshop on Biostatistics for Beginners 04 days 15.09.2026 18.09.2026 M.Sc. 20 Academia: 5000, Industry: 10000 Dr. Ravi Ram Kristipati, Dr. Aruna Satish
28 Sample Preparation techniques for Organic /Inorganic contaminants 02 Days 17.09.2026 18.09.2026 M.Sc. in Chemistry/ Env. Science/ Forensic 15 2000 Dr. Nasreen Ghazi Ansari
29 Workshop on isolation, characterization and differentiation of Mesenchymal stem cell 02 Days 21.09.2026 22.09.2026 M.Sc./Ph.D 10 Academia: 2000, Industry: 5000 Dr Neeraj K Satija, Dr Nidhi Gupta
30 Workshop on “Carbon Dots Synthesis & Characterization” 02 Days 29.09.2026 30.09.2026 M.Sc/Working professionals 15 Academia: 2000, Industry: 5000 Dr. Vikram Singh, Dr. Bhumika Ray
31 Workshop on Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) 05 Days 05.10.2026 09.10.2026 Ph.D. Scholars/Technical Staff/Faculty 10 Academia: 5000, Industry: 10000 Mr. Jai Shankar, Dr. Alok K. Pandey
32 Pre-Clinical Safety Testing for Regulatory Submission – An Overview 02 Weeks Oct 2nd week, 2026 Oct 3rd week 2026 B.Sc. in Biological Science 20 Academia: 5000, Industry: 12000 Dr Akshay Dwarakanath, Dr Dhirendra Singh
33 Synthesis and In Vitro toxicity of Polymeric metal nanoparticles 02 Days 22.10.2026 23.10.2026 B.Tech/M.Tech/ M.Sc/PhD in Life sciences/Biotech/ Chemistry/ Forensic 15 Academia: 2500, Industry: 5000 Dr. R. Raja Gopal, Dr. Alok K Pandey
34 Workshop on Oxidative and Cellular Stress Assays 03 Days 18.11.2026 20.11.2026 M.Sc. 20 Academia: 3000, Industry: 6000 Dr. Ravi Ram Kristipati, Ms. Shraddha Srivastava
35 Essential molecular techniques in the air microbiology and monitoring 02 Days 18.11.2026 19.11.2026 B.Sc./M.Sc./Ph.D 10 Academia: 2000, Industry: 4000 Dr. Abhay Bajaj, Dr. Abhay Raj
36 Workshop on Pathological tools and techniques for Preclinical regulatory toxicology 04 Days 01.12.2026 04.12.2026 M.Sc./M.Pharma/M.V.Sc./ M.Tech/ Ph.D. in Life Sciences 15 Academia: 4000, Industry: 6000 Dr Anjaneya, Dr Pankaj Jagdale
37 ELISA: Principles, Practice & Data analysis 02 Days 01.12.2026 02.12.2026 B.Sc./M.Sc./B.Tech/ M.Tech/ Ph.D. in Life Sciences 20 Academia: 2000, Industry: 4000 Dr. Sangam Rajak
38 Workshop on Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) 02 Days 10.12.2026 11.12.2026 Ph.D./Technical Staff/Faculty 10 Academia: 3500, Industry: 7000 Mrs. Nidhi Arjaria, Dr. Alok K. Pandey
39 Introduction to Data Analysis using R 04 Days 15.12.2026 18.12.2026 Research Scholars/PhD 20 Academia: 5000, Industry: 10000 Dr. Ritul Kamal
40 Workshop on LC-MS/MS towards emerging contaminant analysis 03 Days 19.12.2026 21.12.2026 B.Sc./M.Sc. 15 Academia: 3000, Industry: 5000 Dr. Sumana Y Kotian, Dr. Akhilesh K Yadav
41 Workshop on Nanomaterials Characterization 03 Days 20.01.2027 22.01.2027 M.Sc. 15 Academia: 3000, Industry: 7000 Dr. Alok K. Pandey, Dr. Satyakam Patnaik
42 Tools for Environmental Genomics and Metagenomics 02 Days 27.01.2027 28.01.2027 B.Sc./M.Sc./PhD 10 Academia: 3000, Industry: 6000 Dr. Abhay Bajaj, Dr. Sandeep Singh
43 Pre-Clinical Safety Testing for Regulatory Submission – An Overview 02 Weeks Feb 2nd week 2027 Feb 3rd week 2027 B.Sc. in Biological Science 20 Academia: 5000, Industry: 12000 Dr Akshay Dwarakanath, Dr Dhirendra Singh

*Course fee is only for imparting training. Additionally, wherever applicable, candidates have to make their arrangements(related to lodging/boarding, travel, local transportation, etc) and bear those expenses on their own. *The fee once paid is not refunded, unless the course is canceled.

National Skills Qualifications framework (NSQF) compliant courses at CSIR-IITR

  • EHS manager-Life Sciences (LFS/Q0214)
  • Pollution monitors (Air and water)
  • Soil and water testing lab Analyst (AGR/Q8102)
  • Soil and water testing lab assistant (AGR/Q8103)


Other skill development courses offered at CSIR-IITR

  • Advance instrumentation for monitoring and analysis of environmental pollutants
  • Computational predictive biology and bioinformatics
  • Regulatory-preclinical toxicology
  • Basic and advanced tools in microbiology and molecular biology
  • Application of statistics and software models to ascertain pollution impact
  • Workshop on presentation skills
  • Science teachers training and motivation: Quality education under sustainable development goal
  • Air pollution prediction and apportionment of sources using computational modeling techniques
  • Introduction to principles and applications of Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)


Short-term courses offered at CSIR-IITR

  • Training of trainers:
    • Ambient air and stack monitoring techniques-Hands on training for CPCB personnel
    • Advanced analytical instrumentation techniques and their application in environmental field-Hands on training for Maharashtra Pollution control board personnel
  • GLP inspectors
  • Genetic toxicology


Workshops offered at CSIR-IITR

  • Flow cytometry
  • Characterization of nanoparticles
  • Advanced imaging


Sponsors/Partners

  • Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
  • Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB)
  • Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB)
  • Tata Motors


Fees

  • Sponsored programmes: Free of cost to the students
  • NSQF compliant courses: Rs. 5000/- to Rs. 15000/-per candidate per course
  • Workshops and other courses: Rs. 2000-5000 per candidate per course
  • Training of trainers: Rs. 25000/- (3 days) or Rs. 50000/- (5 days) per candidate

Fees may vary for Industry sponsored candidates


Evaluation of Trainees: Evaluation will be done by the assessors of National Skill Development Council, Government of India. A certificate will be issued to the candidates successfully completing the course.


Certification: The successful candidates will receive the certification from CSIR-IITR and NSDC/LSSSDC/ASCI.


Contact:
The Coordinator
CSIR Integrated Skill Initiative Programme
CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research
Vishvigyan Bhawan
31, Mahatma Gandhi Marg
Lucknow - 226 001
Tel.: 0522 2217497