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| Objectives of the Institute |
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- to promote technical and scientific studies and research on various problems of building construction and building materials industries and of human settlement as a whole;
- to study the availability, development and utilisation of indigenous building materials;
- to promote new and better uses of commonly used building materials;
- to encourage adoption of quality control measures in building construction;
- to initiate actions for the improvement of the technology, method of planning and designing of building construction and maintenance work in the housing sector;
- to develop inexpensive and new materials and technology for building construction through pilot projects;
- to initiate research programme and case-studies in the field of housing and building research in co-operation with the National Council for Science and Technology and other research institutes and universities;
- to evaluate its research activities and to initiate actions for adoption of research results;
- to institute fellowships and scholarships for the purpose of encouraging research and technical and scientific studies in the field of housing and building construction;
- to train research personnel and technicians for the purpose of carrying out its research activities;
- to provide for consultation and advisory services in the field of housing and building research;
- to disseminate latest knowledge on the problems of housing and building construction;
- to publish regularly research reports, research bulletins, technical reports and other reports on the work done by it; and
- to do such other acts and things as may be necessary or convenient to be done in connection with, or incidental or conductive to, the performance of the aforesaid functions.
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