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New Delhi - 110012 ( India )}

Introduction

The Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), popularly known as "Pusa Institute", was originally established in 1905 at Pusa (Bihar) to initiate agricultural research in India. The Institute was shifted to the present site in New Delhi following a major earthquake at Pusa and formally inaugurated on November 7, 1936 by the then Viceroy of India, Marquis of Linlithgo. It was conferred the status of a Deemed University in 1958. Since 1966, The Institute is functioning under the administrative control of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), a central autonomous body.

Campus

The campus of the Institute is a self contained sylvan complex spread over an area of 500 hectares. It is located in the western part of the New Delhi at the terminus of PUSA Road/Shankar Road on K.S. Krishnan Marg, and is about 8 Km from New Delhi Railway Station, 12 Km from Old Delhi Railway Station and about 16 Km from the domestic Airport.

Climate

The climate is sub-temperate and semi-arid. The mean maximum daily temperate during the hot weather (May-October) ranges from 32.5 C and the mean minimum temp. from 12.2.C to 217.5 C. June-July to September are rainy months during which about 500mm of rainfall is received. Winter sets in from mid-November. The maximum temperature during winter (November-March) ranges from 20 C to 29 C and the mean minimum temp. from 5.6 to 12.7 C. During winter small amount of rainfall (about 63mm) is received.

Organisational Set-Up

In 1975 the ICAR appointed a Board of Management for the Institute with the Director, IARI, as its Chairman. The Board is served and serviced by 4 Councils, namely, Research Council, Academic Council, Extension Council and Executive Council.

The Institute is headed by the Director who is the overall incharge of the activities concerning research, education, extension and administration. He is assisted by a Joint Director(Research), a Dean and Joint Director(Education), a Joint Director(Extension) and a Joint Director (Administration). The Joint Director(Research), the Dean and Joint Director(Education) and the Joint Director(Education), and a Joint Director(Extension) are responsible for the central coordination of the research, education and extension activities of the Institute, respectively. Besides, Project Directors of Maize Research, National Research Centre for Plant Biotechnology and National Research Centre for Integrated Pest Management are also located in the Institute campus headed by Project Directors.

The Institute's research and educational activities are carried out under the direct supervision of project directors and heads of divisions/regional stations. The linkages between scientists of different disciplines working on the same crop are ensured through interdisciplinary groups. The Institute also serves as the headquarters of several all-India coordinated projects.

Infrastructure

The research education and extension activities of the Institute are carried out through a network of 23 Divisions, 5 multidisciplinary Centers, 9 Regional Stations and 2 off-season nurseries located in different agro-climatic regions of the country, besides, a premier library containing over 6,00,000 publications, a bioinformatics centre, a modernized and mechanized farm operations service unit and a modern phytotron facility.

Divisions

Multidisciplinary Centres

Centre for Environmental Sciences
National Facilities for Blue Green Algal Collections
Nuclear Research Laboratory
Water Technology Centre

The contribution of IARI in development and harnessing human resource strength to the national agricultural research set up has its own pride of place in the country as well as abroad.

Mandate

To conduct basic and strategic research with a view to understanding the process, in all, that lead to crop improvement and sustained agricultural productivity in harmony with environment.
To serve as a centre of academic excellence in the area of post-graduate education in agricultural sciences.
To provide national leadership in agricultural research and extension through development of new concepts, hypothesis and technologies.

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