ICAR institutions Year of establishment Headquarters ICAR Deemed Universities ICAR Institutions ICAR National Research Centres ICAR National Bureaus ICAR Directorates/Project Directorates

1. ICAR INSTITUTIONS
HEADQUARTERS AND YEAR OF ESTABLISHMENT
1. ICAR
 Formerly known as Imperial Council of Agricultural Research, it was established on 16 July
1929 as a registered society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 in pursuance of the
report of the Royal Commission on Agriculture.
 The ICAR has its headquarters at New Delhi.
2. Institutes under ICAR
 Deemed Universities - 4
 Institutions - 65
 National Research Centres - 14
 National Bureaus - 6
 Directorates/Project Directorates - 12
2.1. Deemed Universities – 4
S. No Institutes Establishment year
1. 1
.
Indian Agricultural Research Institute,
New Delhi
Established in 1905 at Pusa (Bihar), named as
Imperial Institute of Agricultural Research in
1911 and in 1919, it was renamed as Imperial
Agricultural Research Institute.
Following a devastating earth quake on
15th
January, 1934, the institute was shifted to
Delhi on 29th
July, 1936.
During the Post independence, the institute
has been renamed as Indian Agricultural
Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi.
2. 2
.
National Dairy Research Institute,
Karnal, Haryana
Imperial Institute for Animal Husbandry and
Dairying was set up in Bangalore in 1923.
In 1936, it was renamed as Imperial Dairy
Institute and shifted to Karnal in 1955 and
renamed again as National Dairy Research
Institute.
3. 3
.
Indian Veterinary Research Institute,
Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh
1889

2. 4. 4
.
Central Institute on Fisheries
Education, Mumbai, Maharashtra
6th
June, 1961
2.2. Institutions – 65
S. No Institutes Establishment year
Horticulture Institutes
1. Central Institute of Arid Horticulture,
Bikaner, Rajasthan
1976
2. Central Institute of Sub Tropical
Horticulture, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
September 4, 1972
3. Central Institute of Temperate
Horticulture, Srinagar
Initially it started functioning from Lucknow
in 1994 and shifted to Srinagar in 1997.
4. Central Institute on Post harvest
Engineering and Technology, Ludhiana,
Punjab
3rd
October, 1989
5. Central Tuber Crops Research Institute,
Trivandrum, Kerala
1963
6. Indian Institute of Horticultural Research,
Bangalore, Karnataka
1967
7. Central Plantation Crops Research
Institute, Kasargod, Kerala
1970
8. Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla,
Himachal Pradesh
Launched in August 1949 and shifted to
Shimla, Himachal Pradesh in 1956.
9. Indian Institute of Spices Research,
Calicut, Kerala
1975
10. Indian Institute of Vegetable Research,
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
1999
11. Central Citrus Research Institute, Nagpur,
Maharashtra
1985
Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Forestry Institutes
1. Central Arid Zone Research Institute,
Jodhpur, Rajasthan
Desert Afforestation Station was established in
1952 at Jodhpur. Later, expanded into Desert
Afforestation and Soil Conservation Station in
1957, and upgraded to Central Arid Zone
Research Institute (CAZRI) in 1959.

3. 2. Central Avian Research Institute,
Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh
2nd
November, 1979
3. Central Inland Fisheries Research
Institute, Barrackpore, West Bengal
17 March, 1947 as the Central Inland Fisheries
Research Station at Kolkata.
In 1959, elevated to Central Inland Fisheries
Research Institute and moved to Barrackpore.
4. Central Institute for Brackish Water
Aquaculture, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
April 1, 1987
5. Central Institute for Research on
Buffaloes, Hisar, Haryana
1 February, 1985
6. Central Institute of Agricultural
Engineering, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
1976
7. Central Institute for Research on Goats,
Makhdoom, UP
12th
July, 1979
8. Central Institute of Arid Horticulture,
Bikaner, Rajasthan
9. Central Institute of Cotton Research,
Nagpur, Maharashtra
April, 1976
10. Central Institute of Fisheries Technology,
Cochin, Kerala
1957
11. Central Institute of Freshwater
Aquaculture, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
1987
12. Central Institute of Research on Cotton
Technology, Mumbai, Maharashtra
1924
13. Central Marine Fisheries Research
Institute, Kochi, Kerala
February 3rd
,1947
14. Central Research Institute for Jute and
Allied Fibres, Barrackpore, West Bengal
Jute Agricultural Research Laboratory (JARL)
was established in 1938 at Dhaka. After
partition of the country, Jute Agricultural
Research Laboratory shifted to Chinsura in
West Bengal and then, Nilganj, Barrackpore in
1953 as Jute Agricultural Research Institute
(JARI). JARI was taken over by ICAR in
1966. In January 1990, the institute has been
rechristened to Central Research Institute for
Jute and Allied Fibres (CRIJAF).

4. 15. Central Research Institute of Dryland
Agriculture, Hyderabad, Telangana
1985
16. Central Sheep and Wool Research
Institute, Avikanagar, Rajasthan
1962
17. ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil and Water
Conservation (ICAR-IISWC), Dehradun,
Uttarkhand
1st
April, 1974
18. Central Soil Salinity Research Institute,
Karnal, Haryana
1969
19. Central Tobacco Research Institute,
Rajahmundry, Telangana
1947
20. ICAR Research Complex for Eastern
Region including Centre of Makhana,
Patna, Bihar
22nd
February, 2001
21. ICAR Research Complex for NEH
Region, Barapani, Meghalaya
22. Central Coastal Agricultural Research
Institute, Ela, Old Goa, Goa
23. Indian Agricultural Statistical Research
Institute, New Delhi
1930
24. Indian Grassland and Fodder Research
Institute, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh
1962
25. Indian Institute of Agricultural
Biotechnology, Ranchi, Jharkhand
8 August, 2013
26. Indian Institute of Natural Resins and
Gums, Ranchi, Jharkhand
Formerly established as Indian Lac Research
Institute on September 20, 1924 and renamed
on September 20, 2007.
27. Indian Institute of Pulses Research,
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
1983
28. Indian Institute of Soil Sciences, Bhopal,
Madhya Pradesh
16th
April, 1988
29. Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research,
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
1952

5. 30. National Academy of Agricultural
Research and Management, Hyderabad,
Telangana
1976
31. National Biotic Stress Management
Institute, Raipur, Chhattisgarh
2012
32. National Institute of Abiotic Stress
Management, Malegaon, Maharashtra
2009
33. National Institute of Animal Nutrition and
Physiology, Bengaluru, Karnataka
24th
November, 1995
34. National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack,
Odisha
April 23, 1946
35. National Institute of Research on Jute and
Allied Fibre Technology, Kolkata, West
Bengal
1938
36. National Institute of Veterinary
Epidemiology and Disease Informatics,
Hebbal, Bengaluru, Karnataka
July 30, 1987
37. Sugarcane Breeding Institute,
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
1912
38. Vivekananda Parvatiya Krishi
Anusandhan Sansthan, Almora,
Uttarakhand
July 4, 1924
39. Central Institute for Research on Cattle,
Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
3rd
November, 1987
40. National Institute of High Security
Animal Diseases, Bhopal, Madhya
Pradesh
8th
Aug, 2014
41. Indian Institute of Maize Research,
Ludhiana, Punjab
First Coordinated Crop Improvement Project
on maize (CCIPM) started in 1957 and then,
Directorate of Maize Research (DMR) in
January 1994. On 9th
February, 2015 DMR
was upgraded to Indian Institute of Maize
Research (IIMR).
Headquarter of IIMR was shifted from New
Delhi to Ludhiana in 2016.

6. 42. Central Agroforestry Research Institute,
Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh
ICAR initiated in 1983, All India Coordinated
Research Project on Agroforestry. National
Research Centre for Agroforestry (NRCAF)
established on 8 May, 1988. Renamed as
Central Agroforestry Research Institute
(CAFRI) on 1 December, 2014.
43. National Institute of Agricultural
Economics and Policy Research, New
Delhi
March, 1991
44. Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley
Research, Karnal, Haryana
1935
45. Indian Institute of Farming Systems
Research, Modipuram, Uttar Pradesh
1968-69
46. Indian Institute of Millets Research,
Hyderabad, Telangana
First established as Intensified Research on
Cotton, Oilseeds and Millets (PIRCOM) in
1958. National Research Centre for Sorghum
(NRCS) was established on November 16,
1987 and then, elevated as Directorate of
Sorghum Research (DSR) in 2009, which was
again upgraded to Indian Institute of Millets
Research (IIMR) in 2014.
47. Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research,
Hyderabad
All India Coordinated Research Project on
Oilseeds (AICORPO) was established in 1967,
which was upgraded to Indian Institute of
Oilseeds Research in 3rd
February, 2015.
48. Indian Institute of Oil Palm Research,
Pedavegi, West Godawari, Telangana
National Research Centre for Oil Palm (Later
renamed as Directorate of Oil Palm Research)
established on February 19, 1995. In
November 2014, the institute was upgraded as
Indian Institute of Oil Palm Research (IIOPR).
49. Indian Institute of Water Management,
Bhubaneshwar, Odisha
Indian Institute of Water Management
(erstwhile Directorate of Water Management
or Water Technology Centre for Eastern
Region) was established on 12 May, 1988.

7. 50. Indian Institute of Rice Research,
Hyderabad, Telangana
Indian Institute of Rice Research, formerly All
India Coordinated Rice Improvement Project
(AICRIP), was established in 1965. Elevated
as Directorate of Rice research in 1983 and
then, Indian Institute of Rice Research in 15
December, 2014.
51. Central Institute for Women in
Agriculture, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha
Established as National Research Centre for
Women in Agriculture (NRCWA) in April
1996. Upgraded to Directorate in 2008 and
again upgraded as Central Institute for Women
in Agriculture (CIWA) in 2014.
52. Indian Institute of Seed Science, Mau,
Uttar Pradesh
All India Coordinated Research Project on
National Seed Project (Crops) was
established in 1979.
Rechristened as Directorate of Seed Research
(DSR) in 31 December, 2004. In 2016,
upgraded to Indian Institute of Seed Science
(IISS).
53. Indian Institute of Soybean Research,
Indore, Madhya Pradesh
All India Coordinated Research Project on
Soybean was established in 1967 at New
Delhi. National Research Centre for Soybean
(NRCS) in 1987 which was upgraded to
Directorate of Soybean Research (DSR) and
then upgraded to Indian Institute of Soybean
Research (IISR) on 15 January, 2016.
54. National Institute for Plant
Biotechnology, New Delhi
Started in 1985 as Biotechnology Centre
which was elevated as National Research
Centre on Plant Biotechnology in 1993 and
then, as NIPB.

8. 2.3. National Research Centres – 14
S. No National Research Centre Establishment year
Horticulture Institutes
1. National Research Centre for Banana, Trichy, Tamil
Nadu.
21st
August, 1993
2. National Research Centre for Grapes, Pune,
Maharashtra
18th
January, 1997
3. National Research Centre for Litchi, Muzaffarpur,
Bihar
6th
June, 2001
4. National Research Centre for Pomegranate, Solapur,
Maharashtra
June 16, 2005
5. National Research Centre on Orchids, Pakyong,
Sikkim
5th
October, 1996
6. National Research Centre on Seed Spices, Ajmer,
Rajasthan
22 April, 2000
Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Forestry
Institutes
7. National Centre for Integrated Pest
Management, New Delhi
February 12, 1988
8. National Research Centre on Camel, Bikaner,
Rajasthan
Project Directorate on Camel at
Bikaner was started on 5 July, 1984
which was upgraded to National
Research Center on Camel (NRCC)
on September 20, 1995.
9. National Research Centre on Equines, Hisar,
Haryana
1986
10. National Research Centre on Meat,
Hyderabad, Telangana
This was initiated at IVRI campus,
Izatnagar in 1986 and later shifted to
Hyderabad in 1999. It started
functioning in its own campus from
April, 2007.
11. National Research Centre on Mithun,
Medziphema, Nagaland
June, 1988

9. 12. National Research Centre on Pig, Guwahati,
Assam
2002
13. National Research Centre on Yak, West
Kemang, Arunachal Pradesh
1989
14. Mahatma Gandhi Integrated
Farming Research Institute, Motihari, Bihar
August, 2015
2.4. National Bureaus – 6
S. No National Bureaus Establishment year
1. National Bureau of Plant Genetics Resources,
New Delhi
1976
2. National Bureau of Agriculturally Important
Micro-organisms, Mau, Uttar Pradesh
2001
3. National Bureau of Agriculturally Important
Insects, Bangalore, Karnataka
1957
4. National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use
Planning, Nagpur, Maharashtra
In 1976, National Bureau of Soil
Survey and Land Use Planning
(NBSS&LUP) was established at
IARI, New Delhi. In June 1978,
headquarters was shifted to
Nagpur.
5. National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources,
Karnal, Haryana
21st
September, 1984
6. National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources,
Lucknow, UP
1983

10. 2.5. Directorates/Project Directorates – 12
S. No Directorates/Project Directorates Establishment year
Horticulture Institutes
1. Directorate of Mushroom Research, Solan,
Himachal Pradesh
National Centre for Mushroom
Research and Training
(NCMRT) was established at
Solan (Later renamed as
National Research Centre for
Mushroom) in 1983. Then,
upgraded to Directorate of
Mushroom Research (DMR) on
26th
December, 2008.
2. Directorate on Onion and Garlic Research, Pune,
Maharashtra
National Research Centre for
Onion and Garlic was
established in 1994. Upgraded
to Directorate of Onion and
Garlic Research in December,
2008.
3. Directorate of Cashew Research, Puttur, Kerala National Research Centre for
Cashew (NRCC) was
established on 18th
June, 1986
and then, renamed as
Directorate of Cashew Research
(DCR) on 23rd
March, 2009.
4. Directorate of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
Research, Anand, Gujarat
Formerly, it was established as
National Research Centre for
Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
in November 24, 1992
5. Directorate of Floricultural Research, Pune,
Maharashtra
10th
December, 2009
Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Forestry
Institutes
6. Directorate of Groundnut Research,
Junagarh, Gujarat
1979

11. 7. Directorate of Rapeseed and Mustard
Research, Bharatpur, Rajasthan
Established as National Research Centre
on Rapeseed-Mustard (NRCRM) on
October 20, 1993. In February 2009, re-
designated as Directorate of Rapeseed
and Mustard Research (DRMR).
8. Directorate of Weed Research, Jabalpur,
Madhya Pradesh
In 1989, started as National Research
Centre for Weed Science (NRCWS).
Then, upgraded as Directorate of Weed
Science Research (DWSR) on
23.01.2009.
9. Project Directorate on Foot and Mouth
Disease, Mukteshwar, Uttarkhand
10. Directorate of Poultry Research,
Hyderabad, Telangana
11. Directorate of Knowledge Management
in Agriculture (DKMA), New Delhi
12. Directorate of Cold Water Fisheries
Research, Bhimtal, Nainital, Uttarkhand
1987