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Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU)
Address:
Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University
Administrative Office, Amaravathi Road,
Lam, Guntur District – 522 034, Andhra Pradesh
India
Email:
View contact of the Associate Directors of Research here
Research:
Crop improvement, production and protection, seed technology, biotechnology, agro-forestry, dryland agriculture, nanotechnology
Website:
https://www.angrau.ac.in
Agharkar Research Institute (ARI)
Address:
Agharkar Research Institute
Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road,
Pune – 411004, Maharashtra
India.
Email:
director@aripune.org
Mandate:
Biological sciences with focus on three broad areas: animal sciences, microbial sciences and plant sciences plant biotechnology.
Website:
http://aripune.org
Aligarh Muslim University (AMU)
Address:
Aligarh Muslim University
Aligarh – 202001, Uttar Pradesh
India
Email:
Coordinator, Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit: rizwanhkhan1@gmail.com
Research:
Research at the Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit: Molecular Biology, Cellular Immunology/Immunochemistry, Membrane Biology/ Biotechnology, Enzyme Engineering, Structure and Function of Macromolecules and Drug Targeting.
Website:
https://www.amu.ac.in
Amity Institute of Biotechnology
Address:
Amity Institute of Biotechnology
J-3 Block, Amity University Campus, Sector – 125
Noida – 201 303, Uttar Pradesh
India
Email:
ctandon@amity.edu
Mandate:
Plant and animal biotechnology.
Website:
http://www.amity.edu/aib/
Amul Research and Developmment Association (ARDA)
Address:
Amul Research and Developmment Association (ARDA)
c/o Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union Ltd,
Amul Dairy Rd,
Anand – 388001, Gujarat
India.
Email:
amuldairy@amuldairy.com
Mandate:
Dairy sciences, dairy biotechnology.
Website:
http://www.amuldairy.com/index.php/cd-programmes/arda
Anand Agricultural University (AAU)
Address:
Anand Agricultural University
Anand – 388110, Gujarat
India
Email:
Director of Research: dr@aau.in
Research:
Livestock, poultry, agricultural biotechnology, reproductive biology, rice, maize, tobacco…
Website:
http://www.aau.in
Address:
The Registrar,
Annamalai University,
Annamalainagar – 608002, Tamil Nadu
India
Email:
au_regr@ymail.com
Research:
Marine biology, plant pathology, agri microbiology, zoology, botany, genetics and plant breeding…
Website:
http://www.annamalaiuniversity.ac.in
Assam Agricultural University (AAU)
Address:
Assam Agricultural University
Jorhat – 785013, Assam
India
Email:
webadmin@aau.ac.in
Or fill the form here.
Research:
Agriculture and Veterinary, crop improvement, horticulture…
Website:
http://www.aau.ac.in
Arid Forest Research Institute (AFRI)
Address:
Post Office Krishi Upaj Mandi, New Pali Road
Jodhpur – 342005, Rajasthan
India
Email:
dir_afri@icfre.org
Mandate:
Agri-silvipastoral systems for arid region, production of high quality planting material, tree improvement through tissue culture and genetic engineering.
Website:
http://afri.icfre.gov.in
BAIF Development Research Foundation
Address:
BAIF Development Research Foundation
BAIF Bhavan, Dr. Manibhai Desai Nagar
Warje, Pune – 411058, Maharashtra
India
Email:
baif@baif.org.in
Mandate:
Veterinary science, animal genetics and breeding, animal reproduction, microbiology, biochemistry and applied biology and biotechnology.
Website:
http://www.baif.org.in/index.asp
Address:
Banasthali Vidyapith,
P.O. Banasthali Vidyapith,
Rajasthan – 304022
India
Email:
pchitra@banasthali.ac.in
Mandate:
Biosciences, plant and animal biotechnology, bioinformatics.
Website:
http://www.banasthali.org/banasthali/wcms/en/home/
Barwale Knowledge and Study Centre
Address:
Barwale Knowledge and Study Centre
Plot No. BT-4, Additional MIDC Area Phase II
Jalna-Aurangabad Road
Jalna – 431 203, Maharashtra
India
Email:
info@barwalefoundation.org
Mandate:
Plant sciences, agricultural biotechnology, health care.
Website:
http://www.barwalefoundation.org.in/html/barwale-knowledge-study-center.htm
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)
Address:
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre,
Trombay, Mumbai – 400 085, Maharashtra
India
Email:
webmaster@barc.gov.in
Mandate:
Basic and advanced research investigations in applications of nuclear techniques in medicine, agriculture and industries.
Website:
http://www.barc.gov.in
Address:
Bharathiar University
Coimbatore – 641046, Tamil Nadu
India
Email:
not available
Mandate:
Plant and animal sciences, biotechnology, bioinformatics, nanotechnology.
Website:
http://www.b-u.ac.in
Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya
Address:
Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya
P.O. Krishi Viswavidyalaya,
Mohanpur, Nadia – 741252, West Bengal
India
Email:
Director of Research: dr@bckv.edu.in
Research:
Genetic resources, crop production, seed production…
Website:
http://www.bckv.edu.in
Address:
India, Delhi – Bioversity International
G-1, B-Block, NASC Complex, DPS Marg, Pusa Campus
New Delhi – 110 012
India
Email:
bioversity-india@cgiar.org
Mandate:
Conservation and use of the region’s plant genetic resources, biotechnological approaches to conservation.
Website:
https://www.bioversityinternational.org
Birla Institute of Scientific Research (BISR)
Address:
Prof. P. Ghosh
Birla Institute of Scientific Research, Statue Circle
Jaipur-302001, Rajasthan
India
Email:
pghosh@bisr.res.in
Mandate:
Basic and applied sciences, agricultural biotechnology.
Website:
http://www.bisr.res.in
Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS)
Address:
BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus
Vidya Vihar
Pilani – 333031, Rajasthan
India
Email:
Vice-chancellor: vc@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in
Acting registrar: sivasub@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in
Mandate:
Biological sciences, advanced biotechnological approaches to plant and animal sciences.
Website:
http://www.bits-pilani.ac.in
Birsa Agricultural University (BAU)
Address:
Birsa Agricultural University
Kanke, Ranchi – 834006, Jharkhand
India
Email:
directorresearch@bauranchi.org
Research:
Crop improvement, plant pathology, horticulture…
Website:
http://www.bauranchi.org
Botanical Survey of India (BSI)
Address:
to be updated
Email:
to be updated
Mandate:
Conservation, germplasm maintenance and gene bank of endangered plants.
Website:
http://www.moef.nic.in/division/botanical-survey-india-bsi
http://www.bsi.gov.in (not working, to be updated)
Address:
Bose Institute
93/1, Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road
Kolkata – 700009, West Bengal
India
Email:
Director: director@jcbose.ac..in
Registrar: samir@jcbose.ac.in
Mandate:
Plant studies, microbiology, biochemistry, plant molecular biology and biotechnology, cellular genetics, immunotechnology.
Website:
http://www.jcbose.ac.in/home
CCS Haryana Agricultural University (HAU)
Address:
CCS Haryana Agricultural University,
Hisar – 125 004, Haryana
India
Email:
dr@hau.ernet.in; drccshau@gmail.com
Research:
Crop improvement, seed production, resource conservation, genetics and plant breeding, plant pathology
Website:
http://hau.ernet.in
Central Food Technology Research Institute (CFTRI)
Address:
Central Food Technology Research Institute (CFTRI)
Cheluvamba Mansion, Opp. Railway Museum, Devaraja Mohalla, CFTRI Campus,
Kajjihundi, Mysore – 570020, Karnataka
India
Email:
director@cftri.res.in
Mandate:
Food science, food technology, food safety and testing of GMOs.
Website:
http://www.cftri.com
Central Institute of Medicinal And Aromatic Plants (CIMAP)
Address:
to be updated
India
Email:
to be updated
Mandate:
Production and improvement technology of medicinal and aromatic plants, medicinal plants biotechnology.
Website:
http://www.cimap.res.in
Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture (CISH)
Address:
Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture
Rehmankhera, P.O. Kakori – 226101
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
India
Email:
cish.lucknow@gmail.com
Mandate:
Subtropical fruits with special emphasis on mango, plant tissue culture, molecular marker applications.
Website:
http://www.cish.res.in
Central Sericultural Germplasm Resources Centre (CSGRC)
Address:
Central Sericultural Germplasm Resources Centre,
Central Silk Board, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India,
P.B. 44, Thally Road,
Hosur – 635109, Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu
India
Email:
csgrchosur@gmail.com
csgrchos.csb@nic.in
director@csgrc.res.in
Mandate:
Exploration, collection, introduction and conservation of sericultural germplasm, biotechnology for germplasm conservation of mulberry and silkworm.
Website:
http://csgrc.res.in
Central Sericultural Research and Training Institute (CSRTI)
Address:
Central Sericultural Research & Training Institute
Manandawadi Road
Srirampura, Mysore – 570 008, Karnataka
India
Email:
csrtimys.csb@nic.in
csrtimys@gmail.com
Mandate:
Mulberry sericulture suitable to different agroclimatic conditions of South India, mulberry tissue culture.
Website:
http://www.csrtimys.res.in
Central Tobacco Research Institute (CTRI)
Address:
CCS Haryana Agricultural University,
Hisar – 125 004, Haryana
India
Email:
dr@hau.ernet.in; drccshau@gmail.com
Research:
Crop improvement, seed production, resource conservation, genetics and plant breeding, plant pathology
Website:
http://hau.ernet.in
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
Address:
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
Anusandhan Bhawan, 2 Rafi Marg
New Delhi – 110001
India
Email:
dgcsir@csir.res.in; dg@csir.res.in
Research:
Check out the different research centres here
Website:
http://www.csir.res.in
Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology
Address:
Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology
Udham Singh Nagar
Pantnagar -263145, Uttarakhand
India
Email:
desgbpuat@gmail.com
Research Centres:
Crop Research Centre, Seed Production Centre, Vegetable Research Centre, Centre of Plant Genetic Resources, Agroforestry Research Centre, Horticultural Research Centre, Insitute of Biotechnology…
Website:
http://www.gbpuat.ac.in/index.html
Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
Address:
Indian Council of Agricultural research (ICAR)
Krishi Bhavan, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road
New Delhi – 110001
India
Email:
dg.icar@nic.in
Divisions:
Crop Science, Horticulture, Fisheries, Animal Science… Have a look at the different institutions here
Website:
https://www.icar.org.in
ICAR – Central Avian Research Institute (CARI)
Address:
Central Avian Research Institute
Izzatnagar, Bareilly -243122 , Uttar Pradesh
India
Email:
director.cari@icar.gov.in
Mandate:
Avian production and post-harvest technology including conservation and maintenance of poultry germplasm, avian biotechnology.
Website:
http://www.icar.org.in/cari/
ICAR – Central Institute for Cotton Research (CICR)
Address:
ICAR – Central Institute for Cotton Research
Post Bag No. 2, Shankar Nagar PO.
Nagpur – 440010, Maharashtra
India
Email:
cicrnagpur@gmail.com
Mandate:
Cotton research and genetic variability, germplasm conservation, disease and pest management, cotton biotechnology.
Website:
http://www.cicr.org.in
ICAR – Central Institute for Research on Goats (CIRG)
Address:
Central Institute for Research on Goats
Makhdoom, P.O. Farah
Mathura – 281122, Uttar Pradesh
Email:
director.cirg@icar.gov.in
Mandate:
Goat breeding and health cover, basic and applied research, biotechnology.
Website:
http://www.cirg.res.in
ICAR – Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (CIBA)
Address:
ICAR – Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture
#75, Santhome High Road, Raja Annamalai Puram
Chennai – 600028, Tamil Nadu
India
Email:
director.ciba@icar.gov.in
director@ciba.res.in
Mandate:
Brackishwater fish and fishery resources, ecosystem based management strategies, brackish water fish and fishery resources, animal biotechnology.
Website:
http://www.ciba.res.in
ICAR – Central Institute of Fisheries Education (CIFE)
Address:
ICAR- Central Institute of Fisheries Education
Indian Council of Agricultural Research
Panch Marg, Off. Yari Road,
Versova, Andheri West, Mumbai – 400 061, Maharashtra
India
Email:
Director: director@cife.edu.in
Registrar: jdadmin@cife.edu.in
Mandate:
Fisheries science and technology, fish biotechnology.
Website:
http://www.cife.edu.in/CIFENEW/index.html
ICAR – Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA)
Address:
ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture
Kausalyaganga, Bhubaneswar – 751002, Odisha
India
Email:
director.cifa@icar.gov.in
Mandate:
Finfish and shellfish, physiology, genetics, pathology, fish biotechnology.
Website:
http://cifa.nic.in
ICAR – Central Island Agricultural Research Institute (CIARI)
Address:
ICAR-Central Island Agricultural Research Institute
Post Box No# 181
Port Blair -744 101
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
India
Email:
director.ciari@icar.gov.in
irectorcaripb@gmail.com
Mandate:
Field crops, horticulture and forestry and animal science, fisheries science, plant and animal biotechnology.
Website:
https://ciari.icar.gov.in
ICAR – Central Plantation Crop Research Institute (CPCRI)
Address:
ICAR-Central Plantation Crops Research Institute
Kudlu.P.O,
Kasaragod – 671124, Kerala
India
Email:
director.cpcri@icar.gov.in
cpcri@gov.in
Mandate:
Production, protection and processing technologies for coconut, arecanutand cocoa through basic and applied research, plant biotechnology.
Website:
http://cpcri.gov.in
ICAR – Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI)
Address:
ICAR – Central Potato Research Institute
Shimla-171001, Himachal Pradesh
India
Email:
director.cpri@icar.gov.in
Mandate:
Basic and strategic applied research on potato, produce disease-free basic seed, potato biotechnology.
Website:
https://cpri.icar.gov.in
ICAR – Central Research Institute for Jute and Allied Fibres (CRIJAF)
Address:
ICAR – Central Research Institute for Jute & Allied Fibres
Barrackpore, Kolkata – 700120, West Bengal
India
Email:
crijaf-wb@nic.in
director.crijaf@icar.gov.in
Mandate:
Improvement of jute and allied fibre crops for yield and quality, improvement for biotic and abiotic stresses, plant biotechnology.
Website:
http://www.crijaf.org.in
ICAR – Central Tuber Crops Research Institute (CTCRI)
Address:
ICAR – Central Tuber Crops Research Institute
Sreekariyam.P.O
Thiruvananthapuram – 695017, Kerala
India
Email:
director.ctcri@icar.gov.in
Mandate:
Enhance productivity and utilization potential of tuber crops (other than potato), plant biotechnology.
Website:
http://www.ctcri.org
ICAR – Indian Institute of Spices Research
Address:
ICAR – Indian Institute of Spices Research
Kozhikode – 673 012, Kerala
India
Email:
spices.icar.gov.in
Research:
Germplasm collection and conservation, biotechnology, crop improvement, crop production…
Website:
http://www.spices.res.in
ICAR – National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR)
Address:
National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, Indian Council of Agricultural Research
Ministry of Agriculture (Govt. of India), Pusa Campus
New Delhi – 110012
India
Email:
director.nbpgr@icar.gov.in
Mandate:
Management and promote sustainable use of plant genetic and genomic resources of agri-hotricultural crop and carry out related research. Coordination and capacity building in PGR management and policy issues governing access and benefit sharing of their use. Molecular profile of varieties of agri-horticultural crop and GM detection technology research.
Website:
http://www.nbpgr.ernet.in
ICAR – National Rice Research Institute (NRRI)
Address:
ICAR-National Rice Research Institute
Cuttack – 753 006, Odisha
India
Email:
director.nrri@icar.gov.in
Mandate:
Rice improvement and resource management, collection, evaluation, conservation and exchange of rice germplasm marker-assisted breeding for pest and disease resistance.
Website:
http://crri.nic.in
ICAR – Sugarcane Breeding Institute (SBI)
Address:
ICAR – Sugarcane Breeding Institute
Coimbatore – 641007, Tamilnadu
India
Email:
director@sugarcane.res.in
Research:
Plant breeding, genetics, botany, biotechnology, seed technology, crop production and improvement, microbiology, plant pathology…
Website:
http://sugarcane.icar.gov.in/index.php/en/
Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education
Address:
not available
Email:
dg@icfre.org
Mission:
To generate, preserve, disseminate and advance knowledge, technologies and solutions for addressing the issues related to forests and promote linkages arising out of interactions between people, forests and environment on a sustained basis through research, education and extension
Website:
http://icfre.gov.in/index.php
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Department of Biotechnology
Address:
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Department of Biotechnology
Roorkee – 247667, Uttarakhand
India
Email:
biotech@iitr.ernet.in
Research:
Microbiology, Animal Biotechnology, Plant Biotechnology, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Genetic Engineering, Plant Physiology, Nanotechnology…
Website:
https://www.iitr.ac.in/departments/BT/pages/index.html
Kerala Agricultural University
Address:
Kerala Agricultural University
KAU Main Campus
KAU P.O., Vellanikkara
Thrissur – 680 656, Kerala
India
Email:
dr@kau.in
Research:
Crop improvement, genetic enhancement, plant pathology, livestock production, conservation of plant and animal germplasm…
Website:
http://www.kau.in
Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology (MPUAT)
Address:
Maharana Pratap University of Agricluture & Technology,
Udaipur – 313 001, Rajasthan
India
Email:
Director of research: abhay60@rediffmail.com
Research:
Animal Production, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Horticulture, Nematology, Plant Breeding and Genetics, Plant Pathology, Plant Physiology, Aquaculture, Fisheries
Website:
https://www.mpuat.ac.in/index.php
National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR)
Postal Address:
National Institute of Plant Genome Research
Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, P.O. Box No. 10531
New Delhi – 110 067
India
Email:
director@nipgr.ac.in
Research:
Computational Biology, Genome Analysis and Molecular Mapping, Molecular Mechanism of Abiotic Stress Responses, Nutritional Genomics, Plant Development and Architecture, Plant Immunity, Molecular Breeding, Transgenics for crop improvement and other emerging areas based on plant genomics.
Website:
http://www.nipgr.res.in/home/home.php
Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT)
Address:
Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology
Bhubaneswar – 751 003, Odisha
India
Email:
registrarouat@gmail.com
Research:
Crop improvement, crop production, crop protection, veterinary, fisheries, forestry sciences, animal production, apiculture…
Website:
http://www.ouat.nic.in
Punjab Agricultural University (PAU)
Address:
Punjab Agricultural University
Ludhiana – 141 004, Punjab
India
Email:
drpau@pau.edu
Research:
Crop improvement, plant health management, horticulture, plant biotechnology, genetics and plant breeding…
Website:
http://www.pau.edu
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University
Address:
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University
Pusa, Samastipur – 848 125, Bihar
India
Email:
dr@rpcau.ac.in
Research:
Crop improvement, Agriculture Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Seed production, Forestry, Microbiology, Plant Breeding and Genetics, Plant Pathology…
Website:
https://www.rpcau.ac.in
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Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHUATS)
Address:
Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences
PO, Agricultural Institute, Rewa Road, Naini
Allahabad – 211007, Uttar Pradesh
India
Email:
Director of Research: shailesh.marker@shiats.edu.in
Research:
Agriculture, animal husbandry and dairying, crop improvement, biotechnology, plant pathology…
Website:
http://shuats.edu.in/default.asp
Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University (SKRAU)
Address:
Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner
Bikaner – 334 006, Rajasthan
India
Email:
dor@raubikaner.org
Research:
Crop improvement, plant biotechnology, agro-biodiversity, seed production…
Website:
http://raubikaner.org
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Agricultural College & Research Institute
Address:
Agricultural College & Research Institute,Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
Coimbatore – 641 003, Tamil Nadu
India
Email:
Director of Research: drres@tnau.ac.in
Research:
Climate resilient crops, crop improvement, horticulture, plant pathology…
Website:
http://www.tnau.ac.in/agcbe/index.html
Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University
Address:
Tamil Nadu Veterinary Animal Sciences University,
Madhavaram Milk Colony,
Chennai – 600 051, Tamil Nadu
India
Email:
Director of Research: harikrishnan.t.j@tanuvas.ac.in
Research:
Animal Science, Animal Health, Animal Production, Biotechnology, Breeding…
Website:
http://www.tanuvas.tn.nic.in/index.html
University of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore
Address:
University of Agricultural Sciences,
GKVK, Bangalore – 560 065
India
Email:
dr@uasbangalore.edu.in
Research:
Climate Resilient Agriculture, Biotechnology, Precision Agriculture, Nano-technology, Pre-breeding, Water productivity, Mechanization, Post harvest technology & Value addition, re-inventing location specific IFS models, ICT in agriculture, Market intelligence…
Website:
https://www.uasbangalore.edu.in/index.php
Address:
UPASI Tea Research Foundation
Nirar Dam BPO,
Valparai-642 127, Coimbatore (Dis), Tamil Nadu
India
Email:
director@upasitearesearch.org
Research:
Botany, plant physiology and biotechnology, plant pathology and microbiology, tea technology…
Website:
http://www.upasitearesearch.org
Last updated in 2022.