Indian Agricultural Research Institute

Indian Agricultural Research Institute
AbbreviationIARI
Formation1 April 1905; 119 years ago (1905-04-01)
PurposeAgricultural research and education
Location
Coordinates28°04′48″N 77°07′12″E / 28.080°N 77.120°E / 28.080; 77.120
Director[2]
Dr. Tilak Raj Sharma[1]
Parent organisation
ICAR
Websitewww.iari.res.in

The Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), commonly known as the Pusa Institute,[3] is India's national institute for agricultural research, education and extension. The name Pusa Institute is derived from the fact that the institute was originally located in Pusa, Bihar as the Imperial Institute of Agricultural Research in 1911. It was then renamed as the Imperial Agricultural Research Institute in 1919 and following a major earthquake in Pusa in 1934, it was relocated to Delhi in 1936. The current institute in Delhi is financed and administered by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). The IARI was responsible for the research leading to the "Green Revolution in India" of the 1970s.[4][5] IARI ranked First among Agriculture and Allied Universities in the National Institutional Ranking Framework NIRF (India Rankings 2024).[6]

  1. ^ "Director". www.iari.res.in. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Administration". Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference abt was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "History of Research in Indian Agriculture". Indian Agricultural Research Institute. Archived from the original on 24 August 2007.
  5. ^ "'Pusa Institute' is still the best". The Times of India. 30 September 2001. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  6. ^ "NIRF Ranking 2024" (PDF).