The scope of the assignments supported by the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, Government of India, included six CST technologies- Fresnel reflector based dish, Scheffler Dish, Paraboloid Dish, Parabolic Trough, Linear Fresnel Reflector and Non-Imaging Concentrator- for which ITPI prepared ‘material and component specifications’ as reference documents in the form of booklets. Services performed by ITPI included desk research; information collection through questionnaire survey and targeted stakeholder discussions; visit to manufacturing facilities and installation sites; interaction with users and manufacturers and other experts; preparation of baseline material and component specifications for all six technologies; synthesising and compilation of collected material and information; designing and publishing of six booklets as reference documents.