Vision

To be internationally acknowledged as a centre of excellence in scientific and critical research, scholarly innovation, and societal transformation.

Mission

• To expand the frontiers of knowledge through interdisciplinary collaborations in science and critical studies.
• To provide extensive access and equal opportunities to research education, innovation, professional development, and skill advancement.
• To advance scholarship in pursuit of transforming society and humanising science and technological progress.

Ambition

To transform the world by training future generations of scholars, researchers, and innovators who will adopt a science and humanity approach to engage critically with the world’s scientific, social, and ethical challenges.

About the Institute

The Scientific and Critical Research Institute (SCRI) is an advanced research institution, with its headquarter in Kolkata and outreach office in Delhi, dedicated to promoting interdisciplinary scholarship, scientific innovation, and socially relevant knowledge.

SCRI focuses on creating a transformative research ecosystem that bridges academia, industry, and society, enabling research to address real-world challenges. It serves as a global platform for high-impact research, intellectual exchange, capacity building, and innovation-driven problem-solving.

SCRI emphasizes on rigorous inquiry, experimentation, and potentially multidisciplinary approaches to generate new knowledge, distinct from general education or applied industry labs. The institute often host specialized research centers, publish findings, and engage in high-level discovery with its interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary approach.

Institutional Distinctiveness and Rationale

SCRI remains distinctive in its focus on science and critical inquiry, combining the rigour of scientific investigation with critical thinking and analytical reasoning. The Institute fosters interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, and transdisciplinary cultures of education and research, encouraging collaboration across domains.

India’s rapidly evolving socio-economic, technological, and global landscape requires advanced research institutions capable of addressing complex contemporary challenges. SCRI has been envisioned as a centre dedicated to promoting high-quality, interdisciplinary, and socially responsive research, with strong linkages to public policy, industry, and community needs.

Modern challenges—ranging from environmental sustainability, digital transformation, human development, public health, socio-economic inequality, to technological innovation—demand integrative and collaborative research models. Traditional academic structures often function in silos. SCRI bridges these gaps by creating a space where science, society, technology, humanities, and industry converge.