Contract R & D Projects, as Sponsored, Collaborative and Grant-in-Aid Projects are undertaken by the Laboratory with funding from External Agencies. Before submission of the project proposals to the outside agencies they are evaluated by the Group based on various criteria and conditions. Monitoring and developing of complete database for report generation on projects are done and project files are created and maintained. Similarly Major Laboratory Projects and other In-house Projects funded by CSIR & NPL undertaken in NPL are also monitored.