Which of the following are autonomous research institutions under various…

Concept

An autonomous research institution must have a formal autonomous administrative status and a research mandate. Government funding or association alone is not sufficient; the institution’s official profile must establish both its parent ministry or department relationship and its research role.

The reliable method is to verify each institution’s legal or administrative description against its official profile, then separate government-linked autonomous research bodies from education or training organizations.

Application

• The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research is a registered autonomous society functioning under the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research in the Ministry of Science and Technology.

• The Indian Council of Social Science Research is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Education with a mandate to promote social-science research.

• The Indian Institute of Astrophysics is an autonomous research institute under the Department of Science and Technology.

• The Institute of Clinical Research, India is recorded in a 2023 CESTAT decision as a society providing postgraduate clinical-research education under the commercial training or coaching service category.

• The Indian Biological Sciences and Research Institute identifies itself as a unit of Exordior Technical Services Pvt. Ltd. focused on professional life-sciences training and research education.

Contrast

• The set containing the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the Indian Council of Social Science Research, and the Indian Institute of Astrophysics contains the three formally government-linked autonomous research bodies.

• The set containing the Indian Council of Social Science Research, the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, and the Institute of Clinical Research, India substitutes an education provider for the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.

• The set containing the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, the Institute of Clinical Research, India, and the Indian Biological Sciences and Research Institute includes two professional education or training organizations.

• The set containing the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the Institute of Clinical Research, India, and the Indian Biological Sciences and Research Institute combines one autonomous government research body with two education or training organizations.

Result

Therefore, the correct set consists of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the Indian Council of Social Science Research, and the Indian Institute of Astrophysics.