Materials Research Society of India (MRSI) is an interdisciplinary professional body, based Bengaluru, which is dedicated to stimulate accelerated growth of indigenous research and development in the area of materials science and engineering and their applications. MRSI organizes technical seminars and international conferences to encourage and fortify materials research in the country. Its  membership includes  Life members,  Annual members, Honorary members and  Patron members amounting to a total of around 3000 members currently. The Thiruvananthapuram chapter is one of the most active chapters of MRSI and has Members from leading institutes in Kerala such as VSSC, NIIST, IIST, SCTIMST, IISER, CUSAT, University of Kerala, NIT Calicut and IIST.