UGC-Dae Csr

What UGC-Dae Csr does

UGC-DAE CSR (University Grants Commission - Department of Atomic Energy Consortium for Scientific Research) is a Government of India research consortium jointly backed by the UGC and the Department of Atomic Energy. It supports academic and scientific research in areas intersecting with DAE's mandate (notably nuclear, condensed matter, and related physics) by enabling university researchers to access DAE national laboratory facilities and instrumentation. The consortium serves faculty and researchers from Indian universities, and it functions through a permanent institutional secretariat rather than as a grant-giving agency.

The consortium's only observable digital product in the supplied data is a public-facing recruitment and application web portal, presently accepting applications for a Scientist-D post under advertisement Advt No. 02-2026 with a deadline of February 16, 2026. The portal's underlying stack is legacy: it is built on PHP using the CodeIgniter framework, and the page renders with visible PHP warning output, indicating outdated framework practices and limited ongoing investment in the application layer. Application intake follows a standard government fee schedule (Rs. 500 for General/OBC candidates; exemptions for SC, ST, PwD, and female applicants) and produces downloadable admit cards and result PDFs.

Commercially, UGC-DAE CSR is not a revenue entity. It is funded through governmental budgetary channels, and the application fee is a small administrative charge, not a commercial product. No pricing model, GTM motion, customer-acquisition funnel, or third-party customer logos are present in the data. From an M&A or investor lens, the entity is a public-sector research institution, not a commercial target, and the primary externalities (regulatory, talent, infrastructure access) accrue to India's physics research base rather than to shareholders.

Name

UGC-Dae Csr

Legal name

UGC-DAE CSR (Consortium for Scientific Research)

Website

https://recruitfaculty.csr.res.in

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

UGC-DAE CSR is an Indian government research consortium jointly backed by the University Grants Commission and the Department of Atomic Energy that supports university researchers using DAE national lab facilities and runs an online recruitment portal for scientist positions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Mumbai

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

UGC-DAE CSR operates an online recruitment portal that invites and processes applications for scientist positions (such as Scientist-D) within its government-funded research consortium. The portal handles candidate registration, document upload, application fee payment via SBI Collect, and submission of hard copy applications. It functions as the digital hiring gateway for the joint University Grants Commission (UGC) and Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) research initiative in India.

Product overview

UGC-DAE CSR operates a single unified recruitment portal that serves as the online application gateway for hiring scientists. Candidates use this portal to register, login, complete application forms, upload required documents (photographs, signatures, qualification marksheets, experience certificates), pay application fees, and submit applications for the Scientist-D position. The portal also provides instructions, advertisement downloads, and contact information for recruitment-related inquiries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• UGC-DAE CSR Recruitment Portal Web-based application system used by individual qualified candidates to apply for scientist positions at the UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research. Includes user registration, login, online form completion, document uploads (photograph, signature, qualification marksheets, experience certificates), and online application fee payment via SBI Collect, followed by hard copy submission.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• Union Public Service Commission (UPSC): India's central government recruitment body that runs online application portals for a wide range of government scientific and technical posts. UPSC is a broader incumbent in the same government e-recruitment space where UGC-DAE CSR's portal operates.
• Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO): National space research body that recruits scientists and technical staff through dedicated advertisements and online portals. ISRO operates in the same government scientific-recruitment category as UGC-DAE CSR but at a much larger scale.
• Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO): India's primary government defence R&D body, operating multiple research labs that recruit scientists through advertised positions. DRDO is a broader incumbent in the same government scientific-recruitment category as UGC-DAE CSR.
• Staff Selection Commission (SSC): A large government recruitment organization running high-volume online application portals. SSC is comparable as a large-scale government e-recruitment platform, although it covers a broader (non-scientific) mandate.

Direct peers

• Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP): A DAE-funded autonomous research institute conducting research in physical and biological sciences and recruiting scientific staff. SINP is a close peer as a DAE-affiliated research institution with parallel scientific recruitment needs.
• Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR): India's largest government scientific research consortium with its own scientist recruitment programs. CSIR is the most direct functional analogue to UGC-DAE CSR in terms of being a multi-lab government research body that hires scientific staff through advertised positions.
• Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore: A premier public research and higher-education institution that runs its own online portals for faculty and research scientist recruitment. IISc is comparable to UGC-DAE CSR as a government research body running dedicated scientific hiring portals.
• Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA): An autonomous UGC-sponsored research institution that recruits research scientists and faculty. IUCAA is a close peer as a UGC-affiliated research body running its own scientific recruitment workflows.
• Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC): BARC is the primary research arm of the Department of Atomic Energy, the same parent ministry as UGC-DAE CSR. It runs its own OCR (Orientation Course for Recruits) and scientific recruitment, making it the closest sibling entity in the DAE research ecosystem.
• Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR): A premier government-aided fundamental research institution funded by DAE that runs its own research scientist and faculty recruitment. Comparable to UGC-DAE CSR as a DAE-affiliated body recruiting scientific talent into research roles.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ugc-dae-csr

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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