In 2002, the Indian Scientific Documentation Centre (INSDOC), which came into being in 1952 under CSIR, was merged with NISCOM in 2002, to form National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (NISCAIR).
See also: Open access in India
18 journals and 3 popular science magazines (Science Reporter and its Hindi and Urdu editions) published by CSIR-NISCAIR are available as open access from the NISCAIR Online Periodicals Repository website.4
NISCAIR offered Associateship in Information Science (AIS), a two-year master's degree level professional programme, earlier.
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"Dr Harsh Vardhan inaugurates the new entity CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research (CSIR-NIScPR) with a new Vision". https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1688585 ↩
"National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources, New Delhi (CSIR-NISCAIR) | Council of Scientific & Industrial Research | CSIR | GoI". www.csir.res.in. Retrieved 1 December 2022. https://www.csir.res.in/national-institute-sceince-communication-and-information-resources-new-delhi-csir-niscair ↩
"National Institute of Science Communication & Information Resources* | India Science, Technology & Innovation - ISTI Portal". www.indiascienceandtechnology.gov.in. Retrieved 1 December 2022. https://www.indiascienceandtechnology.gov.in/allstinstitutions/national-institute-science-communication-information-resources ↩
"NISCAIR Online Periodicals Repository". Homepage. 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015. http://nopr.niscair.res.in/ ↩