OVERVIEW OF

PCSIR LABORATORIES COMPLEX,

KARACHI

MUHAMMAD ALEEM AHMED

Director General
PCSIR, KLC
MAJOR ACTIVITIES
Research Activities as import substitute/value addition in Food,
Pharmaceutical, Textile, Chemicals, Plastic & Polymers, Environment
and Engineering services etc
Export oriented technologies
Demand driven process development
Testing/Analysis and Calibration as per ISO-17025 standard to
facilitate exporters lead to enhance export.
Consultancy in Different Areas to Improve Skills
Facilitate regulatory bodies (Judiciary, NAB, Custom, FIA, etc) to
assure accuracy of results
Pilot Scale Production of Research Products.
Human Resource Development
Academic Activities (Supervising Ph. D & M. Phil Students).
 OTHER ACTIVITIES
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Pilot
Industries
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High Court/Supreme
Regulatory
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Small Industries
Bodies
Food Authority etc.
for Stamp
Programs
Students Pads
 CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

• Heavy Metals
• Paper testing (Physical and
Chemical)
• POPs testing (Persistent Organic
Pollutant)
• Waste Management (Solid &
Waste Water)
• Dioxin
• Air & Noise Pollution Monitoring
 CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

 Heavy Metals testing

 Drinking Water testing
 POPs Testing
 Waste Management (Solid & Waste Water)
 Air & Noise Pollution
 Paper & Pulp
 APPLIED CHEMISTRY RESEARCH CENTRE

 Dyes and Pigments

 Textile Auxiliaries
 Agro-based Technologies
 Chemical Intermediates
 Oils & Fats
 Plastic and Polymers
 Water treatment Technologies
 Ores, minerals, metal and alloy
composition
 APPLIED PHYSICS COMPUTER & INSTRUMENTATION CENTRE

Calibration Facility
 Electrical/Electronics
 Mass/Weighing Instruments
 Volumetric
 Thermal Equipments
 Pressure
 Line-Length
 Time Equipment
Instrumentation Facility
 Design and Development of Testing & Analysis
scientific and industrial instruments  High Voltage Testing
 Repair & Maintenance of  Thermal Conductivity
Sophisticated Scientific Instruments  Dielectric Strength
 Microprocessor based Hardware &
Software Development
 Training workshops for repair &
maintenance of scientific
instruments
 Process Control Trainer
Pressure Calibrator

PID based Flow Control PID based Pressure Control Apparatus

Apparatus

PID based Temperature

PID based Level Control Control
Apparatus Apparatus

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 ENGINEERING SERVICES CENTRE

 Pilot Plants Section

 Research Industrialization Section
 Mechanical Engineering Section including Workshop
 Civil Engineering Section
 Electrical Engineering Section
 CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF LABORATORY
EQUIPMENT
• Digital pH Meter
• Digital Conductivity Meter
• Digital Electrophoresis Apparatus
• Portable Digital pH Meter
• Water Deionizer Unit
• Cooled Incubator (+4 oC – +40 oC)
• Cooled Incubator (-10 oC – +50 oC)
• UPS 1 KVA (without Battery)
• pH Meter Analog
• Conductivity Meter Analog
• Intelligent pH Meter
• Electrophoresis Apparatus Analog
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LABORATORY EQUIPMENT

ELECTROPHORESIS PORTABLE pH METER WATER DE-IONIZER UNIT pH METER (DIGITAL) CONDUCTIVITY METER (DIGITAL)
APPARATUS (DIGITAL)

COOLED INCUBATOR COOLED INCUBATOR

+04 OC TO +40 OC - 10OC - +50 OC
UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY
 FOOD AND MARINE RESOURCES RESEARCH
CENTRE
• Food and Feed Safety Laboratory
• Aquaculture lab
• Food Technology Section
• Analysis of Vitamins in Food
• Sugar Analysis
• Honey Analysis
• Milk and Milk Products
• Fruit and Vegetable Pulp
• Spices/Mayonnaise/Pickles/processed food
• Tea
• Fish meal
• Microbiology Section
HALAL FOOD ANALYSIS AT PCSIR
KARACHI
 PLANT TISSUE CULTURE LAB
PCSIR LABS COMPLEX KARACHI

Development and Application of Plant Tissue Culture Technology for

the Production of Stress Tolerant Crop
Development of Stress Tolerant Sugarcane Crop through Plant Tissue Culture
Technique

Sugarcane Plantlets Experimental Fields

Height (ft) 50 %
No. of Tillers 200 %

Y ie ld p e r A c r e (M u n d s )
Plant Weight (Kg) 120 %
5000

Total Sugar (mg/ml) 14 % 4000

3000

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1000

MC EF GB TA JER K
E x p e r im e n ta l F ie ld
 PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH CENTRE
• Natural / Herbal Products
Development
• Biochemistry and Diagnostic
Technology
• Development of Synthetic Drugs and
Drug Raw Materials
• Pharmacology and Toxicology
• Bioactivities & Enzymes Inhibition
Studies
• Biotechnology Labs are involved in
enzymes (cellolase, protease,
dextransucrase and Saccharomyces
Boulardi
• Chemical Processing Lab