Sanjivani ( Sanskrit : संजीवनी , romanized : Sanjīvanī ) or the Mrtasanjivani ( Sanskrit : मृतसञ्जीवनी , romanized : Mṛtasañjīvanī ) is a medicinal herb featured in the Hindu epic Ramayana .
24-585: [REDACTED] Look up hi:संजीवनी in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sanjeevani or Sanjivani may refer to: Sanjivani (Hinduism) , a medicinal herb mentioned in the Hindu’s Vedas. Sanjeevani (singer) , Zee TV voice talent hunt reality show SaReGaMa 1995 winner and playback singer Sanjivani (2002 TV series) , a 2002–2005 Indian Hindi-language television series Sanjivani (2019 TV series) ,
48-507: A 2019 Indian Hindi-language television series Sanjivani College of Engineering , college in Kopargaon, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India Sanjivani Group of Institutes, Kopargaon , group including Sanjivani College of Engineering See also [ edit ] Sanjiva or Sanjiv or Sanjeeva , an Indian male given name Sanjeewa , an alternative form of the male given name Sanjeevaiah (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
72-647: A Citation, a Plaque & a Cash Award of 5 Lakh Rupees with the addition of a stipend of ₹15,000/- per month (till the age of 65). Every year, the Award Selection Committee of CSIR presents the award to maximum 2 individuals from each research category. As per the stats, the SSB Prize has been awarded to 525 individuals for their exemplary work in Science & Technology. The candidates must be: The above criteria help CSIR Committee to select
96-673: A Department of Scientific and Industrial Research in India to promote the application of research to natural resources does not appear to be necessary." While the Indian DSIR was rejected, the colonial government provided a small concession. It instead offered to create an Industrial Intelligence and Research Bureau, which came into operation in April 1935 under the Indian Stores Department. The Bureau's limited resources (with
120-690: A National Institute of Sciences and an Indian Academy of Sciences , respectively. At the Fifth Industries Conference in 1933, the Provincial Governments of Bombay , Madras , Bihar and Orissa unanimously reiterated their demand for a co-ordinating forum for industrial research. Hoare advised the Viceroy , Lord Willingdon , to support the demand. However, in May 1934, Willingdon replied to Hoare saying, "The creation of
144-457: A budget of ₹1.0 lakh per annum) made it impossible to initiate major research and industrial activities as had been hoped for; it was mainly concerned with testing and quality control. At the onset of World War II in 1939, the bureau was proposed to be abolished. Arguably, Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar became the most instrumental in the creation of CSIR in India. As a member of Viceroy's executive council, and also of Commerce, he recommended that
168-573: A period of five years. This was accepted by the Central Assembly in Delhi at its session on 14 November 1941. Then the constitution of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) as an autonomous body was prepared under Mudaliar and Bhatnagar. Thus, CSIR came into operation on 26 September 1942. The BSIR and IRUC were incorporated into the advisory bodies to the governing body of
192-524: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Sanjivani (Hinduism) The herb is mentioned in the Ramayana when Ravana 's son, Indrajit , hurls a powerful weapon at Lakshmana . Lakshmana is badly wounded, and is killed by this attack. In the Kamba Ramayanam , Sushen Vaidh instructs Hanuman to fetch the sanjeevani herb by flying to
216-841: Is healed and revived after its application. The mountain that bears the sanjeevani is also called the Oshadhiparvata . The mountain of herbs is identified as the Valley of Flowers near Badri in Uttarakhand on the slopes of the Himalayas. Several plants have been proposed as possible candidates for the sanjeevani plant, including: Selaginella bryopteris , Dendrobium plicatile (synonym Desmotrichum fimbriatum ), Cressa cretica , and others. A search of ancient texts at CSIR laboratories did not reveal any plant that can be definitively confirmed as sanjeevani. In certain texts it
240-596: Is the present Director General of CSIR-cum-Secretary DSIR, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. In terms of Intellectual property, CSIR has 2971 patents in force internationally and 1592 patents in force in India. CSIR is granted more than 14000 patents worldwide since its inception. CSIR was awarded the National Intellectual Property (IP) Award 2018 in the category "Top R&D Institution / Organisation for Patents and Commercialisation" by Indian Patent Office . In late 2007,
264-581: Is written that sanjeevani glows in the dark. The herb, believed in Ayurvedic medicine to have medicinal properties, has been searched for unsuccessfully for centuries, up to modern times. The Himalayan state of Uttarakhand in northern India committed an initial 250m rupees (£2.8m) of state money to search for sanjeevani Booti starting in August 2016. The search was focused on the Dronagiri range of
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#1732793272591288-746: The Himalayas near the Chinese border. The Ramayana mentions a mountain believed to refer to the Dronagiri range, where the magical herb is supposed to grow. Uttarakhand established a Department of AYUSH in November 2014. CSIR India The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research ( CSIR ; IAST : vaigyanik tathā audyogik anusandhāna pariṣada ) is a research and development (R&D) organisation in India to promote scientific, industrial and economic growth. Headquartered in New Delhi , it
312-578: The Minister of Science and Technology , Kapil Sibal stated, in a Question Hour session of the Parliament , that CSIR has developed 1,376 technologies/ knowledgebase during the last decade of the 20th century. In the 1930s, the need for establishing research organisations for the development of natural resources and new industries in India began to emerge. Eminent citizens such as C. V. Raman , Lt. Col. Seymour Sewell and J. C. Ghosh had proposed
336-521: The Bureau should be terminated, not as a measure of economy, but to make room for a Board of Scientific and Industrial Research, which should be endowed with greater resources and wider objectives. It was by this persistence that the Board of Scientific and Industrial Research (BSIR) was created on 1 April 1940 for a period of two years. Mudaliar became the chair of the board. It was at this point that Bhatnagar
360-829: The CSIR. In 1943 the governing body of CSIR approved the proposal of Bhatnagar to establish five national laboratories — the National Chemical Laboratory, the National Physical Laboratory, the Fuel Research Station, the Glass & Ceramics Research Institute and the National Metallurgical Laboratory . In 1944 in addition to its annual budget of ₹10 lakh, CSIR received a grant of ₹1 crore for
384-658: The creation of an advisory board of scientific research. Sir Richard Gregory , then editor of Nature , was among the first people who officially reported to the British Government . After visiting scientific departments and universities in India in 1933, Gregory submitted to Samuel Hoare , Secretary of State for India , regarding the need of scientific organisation similar to the DSIR in Britain. Indian scientists at Calcutta and Bangalore initiated schemes to launch
408-604: The establishment of these laboratories. The Tata Industrial House donated ₹20 lakh for the chemical, metallurgical and fuel research laboratories. The foundation for the Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute at Kolkata was the first to be laid, in December 1945; National Metallurgical Laboratory at Jamshedpur in November 1946; and that for the National Chemical Laboratory at Pune
432-715: The nation, with a collective staff of over 14,000, including a total of 4,600 scientists and 8,000 technical and support personnel. Although it is mainly funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, it operates as an autonomous body through the Societies Registration Act, 1860 . The research and development activities of CSIR include aerospace engineering , structural engineering , ocean sciences , life sciences and healthcare including diagnostics, metallurgy , chemicals, mining , food , petroleum , leather , and environmental science . N. Kalaiselvi
456-459: The northern side of Mount Meru , where he would find the Nīla-mahāgiri, the great blue mountain, beyond which he would find the Ṛṣabhādri, the ox-shaped mountain, with two peaks. This mountain is described to bear four medicinal herbs, including sanjeevani. Unable to identify the herb, and due to time being of the essence, Hanuman lifts the entire mountain and carries it to the dead Lakshmana, who
480-516: The preparation of vitamins , and the invention of a pyrethrum emulsifier and cream. In early 1941 Bhatnagar persuaded the government to set up an Industrial Research Utilisation Committee (IRUC) for translating results into application. The government then agreed to make a separate fund out of the royalties received from industry for further investment into industrial research. Mudaliar recommended that an Industrial Research Fund should be constituted, which would have an annual grant of ₹10,00,000 for
504-417: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Sanjeevani . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sanjeevani&oldid=1250648785 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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#1732793272591528-612: Was appointed to pilot the board, as the Director. The BSIR was allocated an annual budget of ₹5,00,000 under the Department of Commerce. By the end of 1940, about 80 researchers were engaged, of whom one-quarter was directly employed. Major achievements of BSIR included development of the techniques for the purification of Baluchistan sulphur anti-gas cloth manufacture, vegetable oil blends as fuel and lubricants, plastic packing cases for army boots and ammunition, dyes for uniforms and
552-498: Was established as an autonomous body in 1942 under the aegis of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Ministry of Science and Technology , Government of India . CSIR is among the largest publicly funded R&D organisations in the world. CSIR has pioneered sustained contribution to science and technology (S&T) human resource development in India. As of 2013, it runs 37 laboratories/institutes, 39 outreach centres, 3 Innovation Centres and 5 units throughout
576-669: Was the last, on 6 April 1947, four months before India became independent . All the five establishments were completed by 1950. The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize was established by CSIR in 1958. The prize is named after the Founder Director Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar . The nominees for the award are filtered out from the research categories of - Biological Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Earth Sciences, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary, Engineering, Mathematical Sciences, Medical Sciences & Physical Sciences. The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize comes up with
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