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The Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) is a premier National research institute in the area of roads and road transport and is a constituent laboratory under the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research. The Institute was founded in 1952 and is situated at the eleventh kilometre on Delhi - Mathura Road (NH-2) in New Delhi. The Institute is equipped with modern laboratories manned by highly qualified professionals of different disciplines (engineering, physical and social sciences). CRRI endeavours to develop professional excellence in the area of roads and road transport through world class research and development program, consultancy services and human resources development activities to evolve appropriate solutions to diversified problems faced in the field of roads and road transportation.

The R&D areas of the Institute are on various aspects of roads transport and related activities viz., Pavement Engineering and Materials, Geotechnical Engineering, Bridges and Instrumentation Engineering, Traffic Engineering and Road Safety, Transportation Planning and Environment, Road Development, Planning & Management in addition to state of art computing facilities, infrastructure divisions and administrative sections. The institute has highly qualified and experienced 120 Scientists with PhD/Master degrees in various subjects to undertake interdisciplinary activities. CRRI has carried out extensive in-house, sponsored and contract R&D projects and also continues to provide consultancy services to government, public and private sector organisations. Being a premier national laboratory, CRRI plays an unique role in the preparation of national standards and specifications, code of practices issued by Indian Roads Congress, Bureau of Indian Standards, Ministry of Roads Transport & Highways and National Rural Road Development Agency (Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India) in all road transportation related areas especially on materials, geometric and pavement design of roads, road construction maintenance management, traffic engineering, safety and socio-economic analysis.

CRRI is an ISO accredited institution, and therefore, all the project works are carried out as per carefully prepared quality plans to meet ISO-9001 requirements. Further, as per the established CSIR system, there is in place a Customer Satisfaction Evaluation requirement for the projects.

 

Objectives of the CRRI

•  To carry out basic and applied research, in line with the national priorities for investigation, construction and maintenance of different types of roads and airfield runways, including related materials such as aggregates, bitumen, cement, etc. with a view to effecting economy and achieving enhanced serviceability.

•  To carry out research on the utilisation of locally available materials (conventional, waste and marginal) for construction and maintenance of roads and runways economically.

•  To carry out research on the performance of different types of roads under varying climatic and traffic conditions.

•  To carry out research and development in all aspects of road traffic and transportation engineering, including study of accidents, development of road safety measures, psychology of road users, social safeguard and transportation economics.

•  To develop specifications, labour intensive methods and manual aids for construction of low cost, all weather village roads for under developed regions of the country.

•  To develop appropriate tools, machinery, equipment and instruments for adopting technologies related to highway engineering and relevant to the country to achieve indigenous self-sufficiency.

•  To train road technologists through workshops and training programmes for wider application of good practices in road making.

•  To create and establish all the necessary infrastructure, both in equipment and expertise in the various facets of highway and transportation engineering and allied subjects and to achieve judicious solutions for special problems.

•  To develop and assist other institutions or departments of the institutions for scientific study of problems concerning roads, road transportation and related practices in particular regions.

•  Publication of scientific and technical papers and special publications in journals, symposia, conferences, etc. devoted to scientific and applied R&D in the connected fields.

•  Establishment of extension units, display centres, etc. to further the scope of scientific and technological research and development in the connected fields and utilise the same for experimental studies.

•  Demonstration and utilisation of the results of the research conducted by the Institute for the development of highway and highway transportation engineering in the country.

•  To represent various professional committees related to roads, transportation, and related environmental issues.

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