Question

Where is the Indian Institute of Petroleum located?
(A) Delhi
(B) Dehradun
(C) Chennai
(D) Visakhapatnam

Answer 1

Hint: One of the Constituent laboratories of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is the Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP). Established in 1960, it is dedicated to research and development in the hydrocarbon sector.

Complete answer:
The head of the institute is Shekhar Mande, the Director-General of CSIR based in Delhi, followed by the person who has been Director of the institute since November 2016, who is Dr. Anjan Ray. It is spread over 257-acres of land and is situated in Dehradun, the capital of Uttarakhand state. It was established through an act of parliament in the year 1959 and it started in 1960 in New Delhi and eventually ended up in Dehradun in 1963. It sought organizational help from a petroleum research organization in France i.e. Institut francais du petrole (IFP).
IIP trains personnel in petrochemical and oil industries develops products and processes for petrochemical and petroleum refining industries and assists in the formulation of standards for petroleum products. In 1998, the institute acquired the ISO 9001 certification.
It comprises about 132 personnel from the research staff and these personnel are R&D scientists, supported by 208 technical personnel. Around 25 crores are the annual budget of the institute. Over 14 universities have recognized the institute to conduct research leading to a Doctorate.

Thus, option (B) is correct.

Note: The objectives of the institute include evaluation of petroleum and crudes products, development of processes for petroleum products /petroleum refining/petrochemicals, application assistance to refineries in the optimization of their unit operations and selection and adoption of technologies, conduct market demand surveys of petroleum products and techno-economic feasibility studies, technical services, train personnel of petrochemical or oil industry, and assisting in formulating standards for petroleum products to BIS.