DSTE was started functioning from 01.01.1993 after merging of the erstwhile S&T and Environment cells functioning in the U.T .Administration. Its main functions are Popularization of Science and Scientific technologies, Promotion of technology transfer from lab to land, Facilitation of scientific research by way of grants for better applied research etc
Phone : 0413 – 2336447 & 2233215.
e-mail : dste.pon@nic.in
Web : http://dste.puducherry.gov.in/