CSIR research work will thus focus on the following areas;

• Computing and Software Systems (Electronic and Computing Engineering)
• Electrical and Electronic Systems and Design
• Information and Communication System, including Geographic and Management Information System
• Robotics and Mathematical Sciences

Other research areas will include Computer Hardware Architecture, Computer Networks, Multimedia Systems and Machine Learning; telecommunications, broadcasting and other communications engineering technologies; industrial electronics and instrumentation; semiconductor applications, manufacture and test engineering; systems analysis and controls engineering, software and hardware engineering.