Central Leather Research Institute

[1][2] The institute located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu was founded on 24 April 1948 as a constituent laboratory under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.

On 24 April 1948, the then Central Minister of Industry and Supply Syama Prasad Mookerjee laid the foundation stone in the Guindy region of Chennai.

[5] Madras State awarded 75 acres (30 ha; 0.117 sq mi) to the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and ₹4,000 (equivalent to ₹450,000 or US$5,200 in 2023) towards expenses for levelling the land and making it suitable for building construction.

[7] The institute also offers technical assistance through training courses on design development, sample making and fabrication, consultancy, preparation of feasibility reports, quality control, among various other activities.

[12] In 2023, the institute came out with an Indian Footwear Sizing System (BHA), after analysing over 1 lakh feet spanning 70 plus districts in the country.

Entrance of the CLRI in Chennai
The Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh giving away the CSIR Award for S&T Innovations for Rural Development–2006 to the Central Leather Research Institute (Chennai), in 2006