The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is an autonomous organisation under the Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India. Formerly known as Imperial Council of Agricultural Research, it was established on 16th 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. The Council is the apex body for co-ordinating, guiding and managing research and education in agriculture including horticulture, fisheries and animal sciences in the entire country. ICAR - Largest National Agricultural Systems in the World With 101 ICAR institutes and 71 agricultural universities spread across the country this is one of the largest national agricultural systems in the world. The ICAR has played a pioneering role in ushering Green Revolution and subsequent developments in agriculture in India through its research and technology development that has enabled the country to increase the production of food grains by 5.6 times, horticultural crops by 10.5 times, fish by 16.8 times, milk by 10.4 times and eggs by 52.9 times since 1950-51 to 2017-18, thus making a visible impact on the national food and nutritional security. It has played a major role in promoting excellence in higher education in agriculture. It is engaged in cutting edge areas of science and technology development and its scientists are internationally acknowledged in their fields. ICAR Institutes Deemed Universities 1 ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 2 ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal 3 ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar 4 ICAR-Central Institute on Fisheries Education, Mumbai Institutions 1 ICAR-Central Island Agricultural Research Institute , Port Blair 2 ICAR-Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur 3 ICAR-Central Avian Research Institute, Izatnagar 4 ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore 5 ICAR-Central Institute Brackishwater Aquaculture, Chennai 6 ICAR-Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes, Hissar 7 ICAR-Central Institute for Research on Goats, Makhdoom 8 ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal 9 ICAR-Central Institute for Arid Horticulture, Bikaner 10 ICAR-Central Institute of Cotton Research, Nagpur 11 ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin 12 ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Bhubneshwar 13 ICAR-Central Institute of Research on Cotton Technology, Mumbai 14 ICAR-Central Institute of Sub Tropical Horticulture, Lucknow 15 ICAR-Central Institute of Temperate Horticulture, Srinagar 16 ICAR-Central Institute on Post harvest Engineering and Technology, Ludhiana 17 ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi 18 ICAR-Central Plantation Crops Research Institute, Kasargod 19 ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla 20 ICAR-Central Research Institute for Jute and Allied Fibres, Barrackpore 21 ICAR-Central Research Institute of Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad 22 ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack 23 ICAR-Central Sheep and Wool Research Institute, Avikanagar, Rajasthan 24 ICAR- Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Dehradun 25 ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal 26 ICAR-Central Tobacco Research Institute, Rajahmundry 27 ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, Trivandrum 28 ICAR-ICAR Research Complex for Eastern Region, Patna 29 ICAR-ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Barapani 30 ICAR-Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute, Ela, Old Goa, Goa 31 ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi 32 ICAR-Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi 33 ICAR-Indian Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Ranchi 34 ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bengaluru 35 ICAR-Indian Institute of Natural Resins and Gums, Ranchi 36 ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur 37 ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Sciences, Bhopal 38 ICAR-Indian Institute of Spices Research, Calicut 39 ICAR-Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow 40 ICAR-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi 41 ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research & Management, Hyderabad 42 ICAR-National Institute of Biotic Stresses Management, Raipur 43 ICAR-National Institue of Abiotic Stress Management, Malegaon, Maharashtra 44 ICAR-National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Bengaluru 45 ICAR-ICAR-National Institute of Natural Fibre Engineering and Technology, Kolkata 46 ICAR-National Institute of Veterinary Epidemiology and Disease Informatics, Bengaluru 47 ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore 48 ICAR-Vivekananda Parvatiya Krishi Anusandhan Sansthan, Almora 49 ICAR-Central Institute for Research on Cattle, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh 50 ICAR-National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases, Bhopal 51 ICAR-Indian Institute of Maize Research, New Delhi 52 ICAR- Central Agroforestry Research Institute , Jhansi 53 ICAR-National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, New Delhi 54 ICAR- Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal 55 ICAR- Indian Institute of Farming Systems Research, Modipuram 56 ICAR- Indian Institute of Millets Research, Hyderabad 57 ICAR- Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research, Hyderabad 58 ICAR- Indian Institute of Oil Palm Research, Pedavegi, West Godawari 59 ICAR- Indian Institute of Water Management, Bhubaneshwar 60 ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad 61 ICAR- Central Institute for Women in Agriculture, Bhubaneshwar 62 ICAR-Central Citrus Research Institute, Nagpur 63 ICAR-Indian Institute of Seed Research, Mau 64 ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Jharkhand 65 ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi National Research Centres 1 ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Trichy 2 ICAR-National Research Centre for Grapes, Pune 3 ICAR-National Research Centre for Litchi, Muzaffarpur 4 ICAR-National Research Centre for Pomegranate, Solapur 5 ICAR-National Research Centre on Camel, Bikaner 6 ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines, Hisar 7 ICAR-National Research Centre on Meat, Hyderabad 8 ICAR-National Research Centre on Mithun, Medziphema, Nagaland 9 ICAR-National Research Centre on Orchids, Pakyong, Sikkim 10 ICAR-National Research Centre on Pig, Guwahati 11 ICAR-National Research Centre on Seed Spices, Ajmer 12 ICAR-National Research Centre on Yak, West Kemang 13 ICAR-National Centre for Integrated Pest Management, New Delhi 14 Mahatma Gandhi Integrated Farming Research Institute, Motihari National Bureaus 1 ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetics Resources, New Delhi 2 ICAR-National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Micro-organisms, Mau, Uttar Pradesh 3 ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bengaluru 4 ICAR-National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, Nagpur 5 ICAR-National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources, Karnal 6 ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow Directorates / Project Directorates 1 ICAR-Directorate of Groundnut Research, Junagarh 2 ICAR-Directorate of Soybean Research, Indore 3 ICAR-Directorate of Rapeseed & Mustard Research, Bharatpur 4 ICAR-Directorate of Mushroom Research, Solan 5 ICAR-Directorate on Onion and Garlic Research, Pune 6 ICAR-Directorate of Cashew Research, Puttur 7 ICAR-Directorate of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research, Anand 8 ICAR-Directorate of Floricultural Research, Pune, Maharashtra 9 ICAR-Directorate of Weed Research, Jabalpur 10 ICAR-Project Directorate on Foot & Mouth Disease, Mukteshwar 11 ICAR-Directorate of Poultry Research, Hyderabad 12 ICAR-Directorate of Knowledge Management in Agriculture (DKMA), New Delhi 13 ICAR-Directorate of Cold Water Fisheries Research, Bhimtal, Nainital Agricultural Universities Central Agricultural Universities 1 Central Agricultural University, Imphal, Manipur 2 Rani Laxmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh 3 Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa (Samastipur) Deemed Universities 1 ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 2 ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal 3 ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar 4 ICAR-Central Institute on Fisheries Education, Mumbai State Agricultural Universities Andhra Pradesh 1 Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University, Guntur 2 Dr. YSRHU (APHU), Venkataramannagudem 3 Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University, Tirupati Assam 4 Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat Bihar 5 Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur 6 Bihar Animal Sciences University, Patna Chhattisgarh 7 Indira Gandhi Krishi Viswa Vidhyalaya, Raipur 8 Chhattisgarh Kamdhenu Visvavidyalaya, Durg Gujarat 9 Sardar Krushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Dantiwada 10 Anand Agricultural University, Anand 11 Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari 12 Junagarh Agricultural University, Junagarh 13 Kamdhenu University, Gandhinagar Haryana 14 Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar 15 Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Hisar 16 Haryana State University of Horticultural Sciences, Karnal Himachal Pradesh 17 Ch. Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Palampur 18 Dr. Yaswant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry, Solan Jharkhand 19 Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi Jammu & Kashmir 20 Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Science & Technology, Srinagar 21 Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Science & Technology, Jammu Karnataka 22 University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore 23 Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University, Bidar 24 University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur 25 University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad 26 University of Horticulture Science, Bagalkot 27 University of Agriculture & Horticulture Sciences, Shimoga Kerala 28 Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur 29 Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Panangad, Kochi 30 Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Pookode, Wayanand, Kerala Madhya Pradesh 31 Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi VishwaVidyalaya, Gwalior 32 Nanaji Deshmukh Pashu Chikitsa Visva Vidyalaya, Jabalpur 33 Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Viswa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur Maharashtra 34 Dr. Balaesahib Sawant Kokan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli 35 Maharastra Animal & Fisheries. Sciences University, Nagpur 36 Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani 37 Matatam Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri 38 Dr. Punjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Viswa Vidyalaya, Akola Odisha 39 Orissa University of Agricultural & Technology, Bhubaneswar Punjab 40 Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana 41 Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana Rajasthan 42 Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture & Technology, Udaipur 43 Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner 44 Rajasthan University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Bikaner 45 SKN Agriculture University, Jobner 46 Agriculture University, Kota 47 Agriculture University, Jodhpur Tamil Nadu 48 Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore 49 Tamil Nadu Veterinary & Animal Sciences University, Chennai 50 Tamil Nadu Fisheries University, Nagapattinam Telangana 51 Sri Konda Laxman Telangana State Horticultural University, Hyderabad 52 Sri PV Narsimha Rao Telangana Veterinary University, Hyderabad 53 Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Hyderabad UttraKhand 54 G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar 55 VCSG Uttarakhand University of Horticulture & Forestry, Bharsar Uttar Pradesh 56 Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agricultural & Technology, Kanpur 57 Narendra Deva University of Agriculture & Technology, Faizabad 58 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture & Technology, Meerut 59 U.P. Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Pashu Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwa Vidhyalaya Evem Go Anusandhan Sansthan, Mathura 60 Banda University of Agricultural and Technology, Banda 61 Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences, Allahabad West Bengal 62 Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswa Vidhyalaya, Mohanpur 63 West Bengal University of Animal & Fishery Sciences, Kolkata 64 Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidhyalaya, Cooch Behar ICAR All India Entrance Examination for Admission (ICAR AIEEA) The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has entrusted the responsibility of conducting ICAR All India Entrance Examinations for Admission (ICAR AIEEA) to U.G., P.G. and Ph.D. courses in Agricultural Universities and award of scholarships and fellowships to the National Testing Agency (NTA) from 2019 onwards. Indian Agricultural Research Journals The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences Indian Journal of Fisheries Fishery Technology Potato Journal Journal of the Indian Society of Agricultural Statistics Indian Farming Indian Horticulture Indian Phytopathology Open Access Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Journal of Agricultural Engineering Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science Journal of Horticultural Sciences Indian Journal of Dairy Science Indian Journal of Veterinary Anatomy Indian Journal of Veterinary Medicine Annals of Agricultural Research Journal of Cereal Research Journal of Cotton Research and Development Indian Journal of Hill Farming AGROPEDOLOGY Indian Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Research Journal of the Inland Fisheries Society of India Mushroom Research Journal of Indian Fisheries Association Indian Journal of Horticulture Agricultural Economics Research Review Indian Journal of Animal Production and Management The Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding Journal of the Andaman Science Association Annals of Arid Zone The Journal of Research, PJTSAU Indian Journal of Animal Nutrition ORYZA-An International Journal of Rice Tobacco Research Journal of the Indian Society of Coastal Agricultural Research Journal of Agricultural Extension Management ISVIB Journal Veterinary Immunology & Biotechnology Journal of Sugarcane Research Journal of Community Mobilization and Sustainable Development Indian Journal of Agroforestry Annals of Plant Protection Sciences Journal of Soil and Water Conservation Journal of Farm Sciences India Journal of Plant Protection Knowledge Initiatives KVK Portal Mobile Apps Agricultural Education Portal ICAR-e courses CaneInfo Compendiums Consortium for e-Resources in Agriculture (CeRA) KRISHI Portal Knowledge Innovation Repository of Agriculture in the North East National Innovations on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) Rice Knowledge Management Portal Other Knowledge Initiatives ICAR Awards The Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi announces the following ICAR Awards: Sardar Patel Outstanding ICAR Institution Award Chaudhary Devi Lal Outstanding All India Coordinated Research Project Award Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Krishi Vigyan Protshahan Puraskar (National & Zonal) Atal Bihari Vajpayee ICAR Challenge Award Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award for Outstanding Research in Agricultural Sciences Jawaharlal Nehru Award for P.G. Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Agricultural and Allied Sciences Panjabrao Deshmukh Outstanding Woman Scientist Award Vasantrao Naik Award for Outstanding Research Application in Dry Land Farming Systems Bharat Ratna Dr. C. Subramaniam Award for Outstanding Teachers Lal Bahadur Shastri Outstanding Young Scientist Award Swami Sahajanand Saraswati Outstanding Extension Scientist Award NASI-ICAR Award for Innovation and Research on Farm Implements Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Award for Outstanding Research in Tribal Farming Systems Dr. Rajendra Prasad Puruskar for technical books in Hindi in Agricultural and Allied Sciences Nanaji Deshmukh ICAR Award for Outstanding Interdisciplinary Team Research in Agricultural and Allied Sciences Chaudhary Charan Singh Award for Excellence in Journalism in Agricultural Research and Development Jagjivan Ram Abhinav Kisan Puruskar / Jagjivan Ram Innovative Farmer Award (National / Zonal) N.G. Ranga Farmer Award for Diversified Agriculture Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Antyodaya Krishi Puruskar Haldhar Organic Farmer Award Cash Awards Scheme Useful Links Agricultural Education Portal Agricultural Technology Application Research Institutes (ATARIs) Consortium for e-Resources in Agriculture (CeRA) International Agricultural Organizations National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP) National Agriculture Science Complex (NASC) National Agricultural Science Museum (NASM)