Sun, May 11, 2025

CSIR Fourth Paradigm Institute

(Formerly CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation)

A constituent laboratory of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR).

Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India.

Viewing Information in Various File Formats

The information provided by this Web site is available in various formats, such as Portable Document Format (PDF), Word, and also in html format. To view the information properly, your browser need to have the required plug-ins or software. For example, the pdf reader software is required to view the pdf format document. In case your system does not have this software, you can download it from the Internet for free. The table lists the required plug-ins needed to view the information in various file formats.

Document Type Plug-in for Download
Portable Document Format (PDF) files image Adobe Acrobat Reader
Convert a PDF file online into HTML or text format
Word files image Word Viewer (in any version till 2003)
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word (for 2007 version)
Excel files image Excel Viewer 2003 (in any version till 2003)
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Excel (for 2007 version)
PowerPoint presentations image PowerPoint Viewer 2003 (in any version till 2003)
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for PowerPoint (for 2007 version)
Flash content image Adobe Flash Player

Screen Reader Access

The www.csir4pi.in is in the process of getting fully complied with the Guidelines for Indian Government Websites.

Our visitors with visual impairments can access the Portal using Assistive Technologies, such as screen readers.

The information of the Website is accessible with different screen readers, such as JAWS, NVDA, SAFA, Supernova and Window-Eyes.

Following table lists the information about different screen readers:

Information related to the various screen readers

Screen Reader Website Free / Commercial
Screen Access For All (SAFA)   Free
Non Visual Desktop Access (NVDA) http://www.nvda-project.org/ Free
System Access To Go http://www.satogo.com/ Free
Thunder http://www.screenreader.net/ Free
WebAnywhere https://webanywhere.cs.cmu.edu/wa/webanywhere/ Free
Hal https://yourdolphin.com/product?id=3 Commercial
JAWS http://www.freedomscientific.com/Products/Blindness/JAWS Commercial
Supernova https://yourdolphin.com/product?id=4 Commercial
Window-Eyes

http://www.gwmicro.com/

Commercial

Vision: 

To synergize the Transdisciplinary Pan-CSIR expertise and build a unified platform that embodies a rich set of big data enabling technologies and services with optimized performance to facilitate data intensive scientific discovery in the country.

Mission:

To Pioneer data driven interdisciplinary research in diverse fields through state-of-the-art data science ecosystem and impactful industrial partnerships for the betterment of Society.

Mandate: 

To develop cutting edge data science products as a horizontal across the CSIR Themes and position as an Institute of Excellence in Bigdata and Artificial Intelligence.

Student Programme for Advancement in Research Knowledge (SPARK)

SPARK is intended to provide a unique opportunity to bright and motivated students of reputed Universities to carry out their major project/thesis work and advance their research knowledge in mathematical modelling and simulation of complex systems. The programme is intended to increase the interaction between scientists and faculty members of academic institutes along with their students towards a long term research collaboration. Click here to apply for SPARK.

A FAQ on SPARK is available here.