Three residential campuses extended over 72 acres of land and has civic amenities like Staff Quarters, Scientist Apartments, Children Park, Health Center, Staff Club, Guest Houses, Executive Hostels, Academic Hall of Residence, Dispensary, Market, Gymkhana and Schools.

Kendriya Vidyalaya[4] is situated inside the campus for providing the education from primary to higher secondary students and meant mainly for ward of the employees.

A state-funded free primary school named Shishu Bani is also available in the campus to serve the educational need of nearby poor people.

The institute also runs a free children computer training center named CSIR Kids' i-zone, which is situated in the colony campus.

[3] During 1956–1962, Man Mohan Suri, the then director of CMERI, has developed a novel concept of an integrated power pack involving reverse-governing techniques for the diesel engine superimposed on a hydro-mechanical transmission called Suri-Transmission.

To meet this growing demand in 1965, CMERI initiated a project for design and development of 35 HP tractor[7] based on indigenous know how.

[13][14] Scientists of the institute have developed India's first cricket-ball stitching machine to bring uniformity in cricket balls and repeatability in performance.

[17] The CMERI Centre of Excellence for Farm Machinery (CMERI-CoEFM) (Erstwhile MERADO), Gill Road, Ludhiana, Punjab.

In the past, a major component of R&D carried out at this center has gone towards the development of appropriate machinery for productivity enhancement in the agricultural and post-harvest processing sectors.