General Knowledge for SSC Exams (National Organisation And Space Programme of India)
General Knowledge for SSC Exams (National Organisation and Space Programme of India)
National Organisation
| Institute/Organisation/Board | Location |
| National Centre of Organic Farming | Ghaziabad |
| National Plant Protection Training Institute | Hyderabad (1966) |
| Directorate of Marketing & Inspection | Faridabad |
| National Institute of Agricultural Marketing | Jaipur (8 Aug 1988) |
| Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC) | New Delhi (18 Jan 1994) |
| Central Frozen Semen Production & Training Institute | Hessarghatta, Karnataka |
| Random Sample Poultry Performance Testing Centre | Gurgaon |
| Central Sheep Breeding Farm | Hissar |
| National Institute of Animal Health | Baghpat (UP) |
| Indian Veterinary Research Institute | Izatnagar |
| Disease Investigation Laboratory | Pune |
| Institute of Animal Health & Veterinary Biologicals | Kolkata |
| Animal Health Institute | Jallandhar |
| Institute of Animal Health & Biologicals | Bangaluru |
| Institute of Veterinary Biologicals | Khanapara, Guwahati |
| Central Institute of Fisheries, Nautical and Engineering Training | Kochi |
| Integrated Fisheries Project | Kochi |
| Central Institute of Coastal Engineering for Fisheries | Bangalore |
| Vivekananda Parvathiya Krishi Anusandhan Shala | Almora |
| Central Agriculture Research Institute | Port Blair |
| Central Agricultural University | Imphal |
| Export Inspection Council | New Delhi |
| Indian Institute of Foreign Trade | New Delhi |
| Indian Institute of Packaging (IIP) | Mumbai |
| Marine Products Export Development Authority Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export | Kochi (20 Apr 1972) |
| Development Authority (APEDA) | New Delhi, (1986) |
| Federation of Indian Export Organisation (FIEO) | New Delhi |
| Indian Council of Arbitration (ICA) | New Delhi |
| Indian Diamond Institute | Surat, (1978) |
| Postal Staff College | Ghaziabad |
| Advanced Level Telecom Centre (ALTTC) | Ghaziabad, (1975) |
| Bharat Ratna Bhim Rao Ambedkar Institute of Telecom Training (BRBRAITT) | Jabalpur |
| National Academy of Telecom Finance and Management (NATFM) | Hyderabad |
| Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC) | New Delhi |
| Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute | Kolkata |
| Military School | Ajmer, Bangalore, Belgaum, Chail, Dholpur |
| Rashtriya India Military College | Dehradun, (13 Mar 1922) |
| National Defence Academy | Khadakwasla |
| Indian Military Academy | Dehradun, (1932) |
| Officers Training Academy | Chennai |
| Defence Services Staff College | Wellington |
| College of Defence Management | Secunderabad, (Jun 1970) |
| College of Military Engineering | Pune |
| National Bal Bhavan | New Delhi, (1956) |
| National Council for Teacher Education | New Delhi, (Aug 1995) |
| National Council of Education Research & Training (NCERT) | New Delhi |
| Central Institute of Indian Language (CIIL) | Mysore |
| Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages (CIEFL) | Hyderabad |
| Maharishi Sandipani Rashtriya Veda Vidya Prathisthan | Ujjain |
| Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan | New Delhi, (1970) |
| Rashtriay Sanskrit Vidyapeetha | Tirupati |
| Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha | New Delhi |
| Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) | New Delhi, (1972) |
| Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR) | New Delhi and Lucknow, (1977) |
| Indian Institute of Advanced Studies (IIAS) | Shimla, (1965) |
| Indian Council of Social Science (ICSSR) | New Delhi |
| Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) | New Delhi, (Sep 1985) |
| All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) | New Delhi |
| Indian Institute of Science (IISc) | Bangaluru |
| Indian Institute of Information Technology Management (IITM) | Gwalior |
| Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) | Allahabad |
| Indian Institute of IT, Design & manufacturing (IIITDM) | Jabalpur |
| National Book Trust (NBT) | New Delhi |
| National Power Training Institute (NPTI) | Faridabad |
| Central Power Research Institute (CPRI) Appellate Tribunal for Electricity | Delhi, (7 Apr 2004) |
| Centre for Wind Energy Technology (C-WET) Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) | Chennai |
| Botanical Survey of India | Kolkata, (13 Feb 1890) |
| Zoological Survey of India | Kolkata, (1916) |
| Forest Survey of India | Dehradun, (1 Jun 1981) |
| National Biodiversity Authority | Chennai, (1 Oct 2003) |
| National Institute of Animal Welfare (NIAW) | Ballabhgarh, Faridabad |
| Animal Welare Board of India | Chennai |
| Indian Board of Wildlife Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) | Delhi, (Sept 1974) |
| G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development (GBPIHED) | Almora, (1988) |
| Indian Council of Forest Research & Education (ICFRE) | Dehradun |
| Forest Research Institute | Dehradun |
| Arid Forest Research Institute | Jodhpur |
| Rain Forest Research Institute | Bangaluru |
| Tropial Forestry Research Institute | Jabalpur |
| Institute of Forest Genetics & Tree Breeding | Coimbatore |
| Himalayan Forest Research Institute | Shimla |
| Institute of Forest Productivity | Ranchi |
| Centre for Social Forestry and Eco-rehabilitation Institute of Forestry Research and Human | Allahabad |
| Resources Development | Chhindwara |
| Indian Plywood Industries Research and Training Institute Indian Institute of Forest Management | Bangaluru |
| Wildlife Institute of India | Dehradun |
| Salim Ali Centre for Criminology and National History (SACONH) | Coimbatore |
| Centre for Environmental Education | Ahmedabad |
| CPR Environmental Education Centre | Chennai |
| Centre for Ecological Sciences | Bangalore |
| Centre for Mining Environment | Ahmedabad |
| SACONH | Coikbatore |
| Centre for Environmental Management of Degraded Ecosystems | Delhi |
| Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute | Thiruvanathapuram |
| Madras School of Economics | Thiruvanathapuram |
| Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Tradition | Bangaluru |
| Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy | Dehradun |
| Tropical Forest Research Institute | Jabalpur |
| Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) | New Delhi, (1 Apr 1987) |
| Central Health Education Bureau | New Delhi, (6 Dec 1956) |
| National Academy of Medical Science | New Delhi, (1961) |
| National Institute of Ayurveda | Jaipur |
| National Institute of Siddha | Chennai |
| National Institute for Unani Medicine | Bangaluru |
| Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga | New Delhi |
| National Institute of Naturopathy | Pune |
| National Institute of Homeopathy | Kolkata |
| Rashtriya Ayurvedic Vidyapeeth | New Delhi |
| The Institute of Post Graduate Teaching and Research in Ayurved | Jamnagar (Gujarat) |
| South India Textile Research Association | Coimbatore |
| Northern India Textiles Research Association | Ghaziabad |
| Indian Jute Research Association | Kolkata |
| The Wool Research Association | Thane |
| Sardar Vallabhbhai Institute of Textile Management | Coimbatore, (24 Dec 2002) |
| Rashtriya Chemicals Fertiliser Ltd. | Trombay, (Oct 1965) |
| Institute of Pesticide Formulation Technology | Gurgaon, (1991) |
| Hindustan Organic Chemicals Ltd. | Raigad, (Mahrashtra), |
| Hindustan Antibiotics Ltd., (1960) Pimpri? | Pune, (30 Mar 1954) |
| Centre of Plastic Engineering & Technology | Chennai, (1968) |
| Indian Bureau of Mines | Nagpur, (1948) |
| National Aluminium Company Ltd. (NALCO) | Orissa, (7 Jan 1981) |
| Hindustan Copper Ltd. (HCL) | Khetri, Rajasthan (9 May 1967) |
| Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (HZL) | Udaipur, (1966) |
| Agharkar Research Institute | Pune |
| Bose Institute | Kolkata |
| Indian Association for Cultivation of Science | Kolkata |
| Indian Institute of Tropical Meterology | Pune |
| Indian Institute of Astro Physics | Bangaluru |
| Jawaharlal Nehru Centres for Advanced Scientific Research | Bangaluru |
| Raman Research Institute | Bangaluru |
| S.N. Bose National Centres for Basic Science | Kolkata |
| Birbal Sahni Institute of Paleobotany | Lucknow |
| Indian Institute of Geomagnetism | Mumbai |
| Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology | Dehradun |
| International Advance Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials | Hyderabad |
| Technology Information Forecasting and Assessment Council | New Delhi |
| Vigyan Prasar | New Delhi, (1989) |
| National Accredition Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories | New Delhi |
| Centre for Liquid Crystal Research | Bangaluru |
| Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observation Science | Nainital |
| Survey Training Institute | Hyderabad |
| Indian Academy of Science | Bangaluru |
| Indian National Science Academy | New Delhi |
| Indian National Academy of Engineering | New Delhi |
| National Academy of Science | Allahabad |
| Indian Science Congress Association | Kolkata |
| Department of Atomic Energy | Mumbai, (1954) |
| Nuclear Fuel Complex | Hyderabad, (1971) |
| Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Project | Kalakkam (Chennai), (1985) |
| Tarapur Atomic Power Project | Mumbai, (1969) |
| Aryabhatta Atomic Power Project | Rajasthan, (1973) |
| Narora Atomic Power Project | Bulandsahar, (1991) |
| Kakrapara Atomic Power Project | Gujarat, (1993) |
| Kaiga Atomic Power Project | Karnataka. |
| Electronics Corp of India Ltd. | Hyderabad, (1967) |
| BARC’s Radiation Medicine Centre | Mumbai |
| Krishi Utpadan Sanrakshan Kendra (KRUSHAK) | Lasagoan (Nasik) |
| Radiation Processing Plant | Navi Mumbai |
| BRITs Biomolecule Producing Laboratory | Jonaki, Hyderabad |
| Shiram Centre for Industrial Research | Delhi |
| International Institute of Population Studies | Mumbai |
| Centre for Advance Technology | Indore |
| Electron Beam Centre | Kharghar, Navi Mumbai |
| Defence Metalurgical Research Lab | Hyderabad |
| Harish Chandra Research Institute | Allahabad |
| Institute of Physics | Bhubaneshwar |
| National Centre for Biological Science of TIFR | Bangaluru |
| Board for Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS) | Mumbai |
| National Board for Higher Mathematics | Mumbai |
| Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre | Kolkata, (1977) |
| Folded Tandem Ion Accelerator (FOTIA) | Trombay, (2000) |
| Institute of Plasma Research (IPR) | Ahmedabad |
| Indian Research Organisation | Bangaluru, (1969) |
| National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) | Chennai, (1993) |
| Indian National Centre for Indian Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) | Hyderabad, (Feb 1999) |
| National Metallurgical Laboratory | Jamshedpur |
| Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute | Durgapur |
| Institute of Life Science | Bhubaneshwar |
| Indian Agriculture Research Institute (IARI) | New Delhi |
| Biotechnology Park | Lucknow |
| Biotechnology Incubation Centre | Hyderabad |
| National Centre for Cell Science | Pune |
| Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics | Hyderabad |
| International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology | New Delhi |
| Research, Design & Standards Organisation | Lucknow |
| Diesel Locomotives Works | Varanasi |
| Chittaranjan Locomotive Works | Chittaranjan |
| Integral Coach Factory | Chennai |
| Rail Coach Factory | Kapurthala |
| Rail Wheel Factory | Bangaluru |
| LBS College of Advance Maritime Studies and Research | Mumbai |
| Maritime Training Institute | Powai, Mumbai |
| Cochin Shipyard Ltd. | Cochin (1972) |
| Hindustan Shipyard Ltd. | Visakhapatnam |
| Hooghly Dock and Port Engineers Ltd. | Kolkata, (1984) |
| Inland Waterways Authority of India | Noida, (1986) |
| National Inland Navigation Institute | Patna, Feb (2004) |
| Central Inland Water Transport Corporation | Kolkata, (1967) |
| Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Urban Akademi | Fursatganj, (UP) |
| Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Urban Akademi | Fursatganj, (UP) |
| Flying Training School | Gondia |
| Commission of Railway Safety | Lucknow |
| Indian Institute of Tourism & Travel Management | Gwalior |
| National Institute of Water Sports | Goa |
| Artificial Lims Manufacturing Corporation of India | Kanpur, (1972) |
| National Institute for Visually Handicapped | Dehradun |
| National Institute for Orthopaedically Handicapped | Kolkata |
| Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for Hearing Handicapped | Mumbai |
| National Institute for Mentally Handicapped | Secunderabad |
| National Institute of Rehabilitation Training and Research | Cuttack |
| Institute for the Physically Handicapped | New Delhi |
| Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities | Chennai |
| Sports Authority of India | Delhi, (1984) |
| Netaji Subhash National Institute of Sports | Patiala |
| Laskmibai National College of Physical Education | Thiruvanantapuram, (1957) |
| High Altitude Training Centre | Shillaroo (HP) |
| The Central Soil and Materials Research Station | New Delhi |
| Central Water & Power Research Station | Khadakwasla, Pune, (1916) |
| Sardar Sarovar Construction Advisory Committee | Vadodara, (1980) |
| Water & Power Consultancy Service Ltd. | Delhi, (1969) |
| National Institute of Hydrology | Roorkee, (1978) |
| Prasar Bharati | New Delhi, (23 Nov 1997) |
| Directorate of Field Publicity | New Delhi, (1953) |
| Children’s Film Society of India | Mumbai, (1955) |
| Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity | Delhi |
| National Film Archieve of India | Pune, (1964) |
| Film & Television Institute of India | Pune |
| Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute | Kolkata |
| Central Board of Film Certification | Mumbai |
| Film Division | Mumbai, (Jan 1948) |
| Publication Division | Delhi |
| Press Trust of India (PTI) | New Delhi, (27 Aug 1947) |
| V.V. Giri National Labour Institute | Noida |
| Central Board for Workers Education (CBWE) | Nagpur, (1958) |
| Labour Bureau | Chandigarh/Shimla |
| National Vocational Training Institute for Women | Noida |
| National Instructional Media Institute | Chennai |
| Central Staff Training & Research Institute | Kolkata, (1968) |
| Central Training Institute for Instructors | Chennai, (1960) |
| Director General of Mines Safety | Dhanbad |
| National Judicial Academy | Bhopal, (17 Aug 1993) |
Space Programme of India
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The Indian space programme began in 1962 by the setting up of Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR).
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Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was set-up in 1969 with its headquarters at Bangalore.
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Space commission was set-up in 1972.
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Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching station near Thiruvanthapuram in Kerala was set-up in 1963 for launching facilities.
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Sriharikota Range (SHAR) is a satellite launching station set up in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. SHAR has been renamed as Satish Dhawan Space Centre.
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India’s first satellite communication earth station was set-up at Arvi near Pune.
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Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre was set up by Vikram Sarabhai at Thiruvanan-thapuram to built know-how for satellite technology.
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The first Indian satellite Aryabhatta was launched on Apr. 19, 1975 from Baikanur (erstwhile USSR).
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India launched its second satellite named Bhaskara I on June 7, 1979 from Baikanur.
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The first Indian Remote Sensing Satellite was launched on Mar 17, 1988.
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The first Indian communication satellite, APPLE was launched on June 19, 1981 from Kourou in French Guyana (South America). It was the first Indian satellite that was placed in geostationary orbit.
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Develops propulsion control packages for launcn vehicles anti spacecrarts.
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Development and Educational Communication Unit (DECU), Ahmedabad
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Produces development and educational television programmes.
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ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC)
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Consists of five ground stations located at Sriharikota, Kovalpur,
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Thiruvananthapuram, Car Nicobar and Ahmedabad with headquarters at Bangalore.
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National Remote Sensing Agency (NASA), Hyderabad
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For utilizing the potential of remote sensing, mainly in the context of natural resources survey.
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Indian National Satellite Space Segment Project Office (INSAT-INSSPO
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Responsible for implementation and operation of the space segment for INSAT:
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The Master Control Facility for INSAT spacecrafts is located at Hassan in Karnataka. The second centre is at Bhopal.
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National Mesosphere Stratosphere Troposphere Reader Facility (NMRF) - Gadanki (near Tirupati)
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To carry out atmospheric research.
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