Founded in 1953, Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute (CEERI) is India's premier research laboratory under the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). The headquarters is at
Pilani,
Rajasthan with regional centers at
New Delhi and
Chennai. Their thrust areas of research include microwave tubes, semiconductor devices and electronics systems, speech technology, communication systems, electronic aids for education, advanced sensor technologies, process control instrumentation and automation and machine vision technologies. They offer consultancy services, research and development units, project guidance for engineering organizations and undertake contract research in electronics.