ICAR Institutions, Deemed Universities, National Research Centres, National Bureaux, Directorate/Project Directorates & Agricultural Technology Application Research Institutes

Deemed Universities - 4		Abbreviation	SMD
1.	ICAR-Central Institute on Fisheries Education, Mumbai	CIFE	Fisheries Science
2.	ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi	IARI	Crop Science
3.	ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar	IVRI	Animal Science
4.	ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal	NDRI	Animal Science

	Institute Name(73)	Abbreviation	Division
1	ICAR - Central Agroforestry Research Institute, Jhansi	CARI	Natural Resource Management
2	ICAR - Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur	CAZRI	Natural Resource Management
3	ICAR - Central Avian Research Institute, Izatnagar	CARI	Animal Science
4	ICAR - Central Citrus Research Institute, Nagpur	CCRI	Horticulture Science
5	ICAR - Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute, Goa	CCARI	Natural Resource Management
6	ICAR - Central Institute for Arid Horticulture, Bikaner	CIAH	Horticulture Science
7	ICAR - Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes, Hisar	CIRB	Animal Science
8	ICAR - Central Institute for Research on Cattle, Meerut	CIRC	Animal Science
9	ICAR - Central Institute for Research on Goats, Makhdoom	CIRG	Animal Science
10	ICAR - Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal	CIAE	Agricultural Engineering
11	ICAR - Central Institute of Coldwater Fisheries Research, Bhimtal	CICFRI	Fisheries Science
12	ICAR - Central Institute of Cotton Research, Nagpur	CICR	Crop Science
13	ICAR - Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Kochi	CIFT	Fisheries Science
14	ICAR - Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Bhubaneswar	CIFA	Fisheries Science
15	ICAR - Central Institute of Research on Cotton Technology, Mumbai	CIRCT	Agricultural Engineering
16	ICAR - Central Institute of Subtropical Horticulture, Lucknow	CISTH	Horticulture Science
17	ICAR - Central Institute of Temperate Horticulture, Srinagar	CITH	Horticulture Science
18	ICAR - Central Institute on Post-Harvest Engineering & Technology, Ludhiana	CIPHET	Agricultural Engineering
19	ICAR - Central Island Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair	CIARI	Natural Resource Management
20	ICAR - Central Institute for Women in Agriculture, Bhubaneswar	CIWA	Agricultural Extension
21	ICAR - Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore	CIFRI	Fisheries Science
22	ICAR - Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture, Chennai	CIBA	Fisheries Science
23	ICAR - Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi	CMFRI	Fisheries Science
24	ICAR - Central Plantation Crops Research Institute, Kasaragod	CPCRI	Crop Science
25	ICAR - Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla	CPRI	Horticulture Science
26	ICAR - Central Research Institute for Jute & Allied Fibres, Barrackpore	CRIJAF	Crop Science
27	ICAR - Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad	CRIDA	Natural Resource Management
28	ICAR - Central Sheep & Wool Research Institute, Avikanagar	CSWRI	Animal Science
29	ICAR - Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal	CSSRI	Natural Resource Management
30	ICAR - Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, Thiruvananthapuram	CTCRI	Crop Science
31	ICAR - Research Complex for Eastern Region, Patna	ICAR-RCER	Natural Resource Management
32	ICAR - Research Complex for NEH Region, Barapani	ICAR-RCNEH	Natural Resource Management
33	ICAR - Indian Institute of Farming Systems Research, Modipuram	IIFSR	Natural Resource Management
34	ICAR - Indian Institute of Millets Research, Hyderabad	IIMR	Crop Science
35	ICAR - Indian Institute of Oil Palm Research, Pedavegi	IIOPR	Crop Science
36	ICAR - Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research, Hyderabad	IIOR	Crop Science
37	ICAR - Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Dehradun	IISWC	Natural Resource Management
38	ICAR - Indian Institute of Water Management, Bhubaneswar	IIWM	Natural Resource Management
39	ICAR - Indian Institute of Wheat & Barley Research, Karnal	IIWBR	Crop Science
40	ICAR - Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Hazaribagh	IARI	Crop Science
41	ICAR - Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi	IASRI	Agricultural Engineering
42	ICAR - Indian Grassland & Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi	IGFRI	Natural Resource Management
43	ICAR - Indian Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Ranchi	IIAB	Crop Science
44	ICAR - Indian Institute of Groundnut Research, Junagadh	IIGR	Crop Science
45	ICAR - Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bengaluru	IIHR	Horticulture Science
46	ICAR - Indian Institute of Maize Research, Ludhiana	IIMR	Crop Science
47	ICAR - Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur	IIPR	Crop Science
48	ICAR - Indian Institute of Rapeseed Mustard Research, Bharatpur	IIRMR	Crop Science
49	ICAR - Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad	IIRR	Crop Science
50	ICAR - Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal	IISS	Natural Resource Management
51	ICAR - Indian Institute of Spices Research, Calicut	IISR	Crop Science
52	ICAR - Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow	IISR	Crop Science
53	ICAR - Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi	IIVR	Horticulture Science
54	ICAR - National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, Hyderabad	NAARM	Agricultural Education
55	ICAR - National Institute for Abiotic Stress Management, Malegaon	NIASM	Crop Science
56	ICAR - National Institute for Research on Commercial Agriculture, Rajahmundry	NIRCA	Crop Science
57	ICAR - National Institute of Agricultural Economics & Policy Research, New Delhi	NIAEPR	Agricultural Education
58	ICAR - National Institute of Animal Nutrition & Physiology, Bengaluru	NIANP	Animal Science
59	ICAR - National Institute of Biotic Stresses Management, Raipur	NIBSM	Crop Science
60	ICAR - National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases, Bhopal	NIHSAD	Animal Science
61	ICAR - National Institute of Natural Fibre Engineering & Technology, Kolkata	NINFET	Agricultural Engineering
62	ICAR - National Institute of Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi	NIPB	Crop Science
63	ICAR - National Institute of Secondary Agriculture, Ranchi	NISA	Agricultural Engineering
64	ICAR - National Institute of Seed Science & Technology, Mau	NISST	Crop Science
65	ICAR - National Institute of Veterinary Epidemiology & Disease Informatics, Bengaluru	NIVEDI	Animal Science
66	ICAR - National Institute on Foot and Mouth Disease, Bhubaneswar	NIFMD	Animal Science
67	ICAR - National Meat Research Institute, Hyderabad	NMRI	Animal Science
68	ICAR - National Research Institute for Integrated Pest Management, New Delhi	NRIIPM	Crop Science
69	ICAR - National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack	NRRI	Crop Science
70	ICAR - National Soybean Research Institute, Indore	NSRI	Crop Science
71	ICAR-Mahatma Gandhi Integrated Farming Research Institute ,Motihari	MGIFRI	Crop Science
72	ICAR - Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore	SBI	Crop Science
74	ICAR - Vivekananda Parvatiya Krishi Anusandhan Sansthan, Almora	VPKAS	Crop Science

Sr.No.	Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute(11)	Abbreviation	SMD
1.	ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Zone I, Ludhiana	ATARI	Agricultural Extension
2.	ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Zone II, Jodhpur	ATARI	Agricultural Extension
3.	ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Zone III, Kanpur	ATARI	Agricultural Extension
4.	ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Zone IV, Patna	ATARI	Agricultural Extension
5.	ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute ,Zone V, Kolkata	ATARI	Agricultural Extension
6.	ICAR- Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Zone VI, Guwahati	ATARI	Agricultural Extension
7.	ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Zone VII, Umiam (Barapani), Distt Ri-Bhoi	ATARI	Agricultural Extension
8.	ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Zone VIII,Pune	ATARI	Agricultural Extension
9.	ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Zone IX, Jabalpur	ATARI	Agricultural Extension
10.	ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Zone X, Hyderabad	ATARI	Agricultural Extension
11.	ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Zone XI, Bengaluru	ATARI	Agricultural Extension

Directorates/Project Directorates - 8		Abbreviation	SMD
1.	ICAR-Directorate of Mushroom Research, Solan	DMR	Horticulture Science
2.	ICAR-Directorate on Onion and Garlic Research, Pune	DOGR	Horticulture Science
3.	ICAR-Directorate of Cashew Research, Puttur	DCR	Horticulture Science
4.	ICAR-Directorate of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research, Anand	DMAPR	Horticulture Science
5.	ICAR-Directorate of Floricultural Research, Pune, Maharashtra	DFR	Horticulture Science
6.	ICAR-Directorate of Weed Research, Jabalpur	DWR	Crop Science
7.	ICAR-Directorate of Poultry Research, Hyderabad	DPR	Animal Science
8.	ICAR-Directorate of Knowledge Management in Agriculture (DKMA), New Delhi	DKMA	Agricultural Extension

National Bureaux - 6		Abbreviation	SMD
1.	ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetics Resources, New Delhi	NBPGR	Crop Science
2.	ICAR-National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Micro-organisms, Mau, Uttar Pradesh	NBAIM	Crop Science
3.	ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bengaluru	NBAIR	Crop Science
4.	ICAR-National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, Nagpur	NBSSLUP	Natural Resource Management
5.	ICAR-National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources, Karnal	NBAGR	Animal Science
6.	ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow	NBFGR	Fisheries Science

National Research Centres - 11		Abbreviation	SMD
1.	ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Trichi	NRCB	Horticulture Science
2.	ICAR-National Research Centre for Grapes, Pune	NRCG	Horticulture Science
3.	ICAR-National Research Centre for Litchi, Muzaffarpur	NRCL	Horticulture Science
4.	ICAR-National Research Centre for Pomegranate, Solapur	NRCP	Horticulture Science
5.	ICAR-National Research Centre on Camel, Bikaner	NRCC	Animal Science
6.	ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines, Hisar	NRCE	Animal Science
7.	ICAR-National Research Centre on Mithun, Medziphema, Nagaland	NRCM	Animal Science
8.	ICAR-National Research Centre on Orchids, Pakyong, Sikkim	NRCO	Horticulture Science
9.	ICAR-National Research Centre on Pig, Guwahati	NRCP	Animal Science
10.	ICAR-National Research Centre on Seed Spices, Ajmer	NRCSS	Crop Science
11.	ICAR-National Research Centre on Yak, West Kemang	NRCY	Animal Science