The Maharashtra Engineering Research Institute (MERI) was established in the year 1959. It is the prime institute of Maharashtra state under Water Resources Department. It is entrusted with the work of applied research in various disciplines of civil engineering like soil mechanics, construction material studies, testing, highway, coastal, remote sensing & GIS, seismology, hydraulic model studies, reservoir sedimentation studies etc. It is largely dealing with field problems of applied research pertaining to various projects.