Pushpito Ghosh To Be New CSIR Chief

Pushpito Ghosh appointed as director general to head the Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research (CSIR).Ghosh is currently director of the Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSMCRI) in Bhavnagar, Gujarat.The CSIR, which has nearly 18,000 researchers in 37 laboratories, has been headless after the departure of Ragunath Anant Mashelkar in December last year.According to officials in the science ministry, the selection made by the search committee has to be formally approved by the cabinet.At its June 18 meeting in New Delhi, the search panel chose Ghosh from among the four short-listed out of about 12 aspirants