CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Q. Who has become the first woman director general of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research? Notes: Senior electrochemical scientist, Nallathamby Kalaiselvi has become the first woman director general of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.

Detailed explanation-2: -Dr. Kalaiselvi had started her career in research as an entry-level scientist at the same institute. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has, for the first time in its 80-year-old history, appointed a woman Director-General .

Detailed explanation-3: -Dr Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar was the Founder Director (and later first Director General) of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) who is credited with establishing twelve national laboratories in as many years.