Research Institutions

An autonomous research institution funded by the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India, and the Department of Higher Education, Government of Orissa, carries out research in the frontier areas of physics and other allied areas such as High Energy, Nuclear, Atomic, Molecular and Condensed Matter Physics, and acclerator-based basic and applied sciences.

Executes the Indian Space programme, including development of satellites, launch vehicles, sounding rockets and associated ground systems, recent successes include Chandrayan-I, the country's moon mission, its first beyond the Earth's orbit.

An autonomous Physics research institute, involves in research in various aspects of plasma science, including basic plasma physics, research on magnetically confined hot plasmas and plasma technologies for industrial applications.

Established in 1942, autonomous society headed by the Prime Minister, an ensemble of 37 state-of-the-art institutes, amongst the foremost scientific and industrial research organisations in the world.

Originally set up in March, 1986, as National Tissue Culture Facility,now a frontline research and development centre that focuses on basic research in the areas of cellbBiology, cancer biology, infectious diseases, immunology, molecular biology, proteomics, genomics, diabetes and tissue engineering.

Set up in 1977 under Crop Science division of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) to plan, coordinate and execute research programmes to augment production and productivity of castor, sunflower, safflower and other oilseeds.

Set up under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), devoted to science communication, dissemination and science and technology information management systems and services, offers wide range of information services ranging from literature search to production and printing of publications.

Established in May, 1998, by the government, designated as the nodal organisation for the coordination and implementation of India's Antarctic Programme.

Established in September, 1946, an autonomous research organisation funded by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.

Established in 1988-89, an autonomous institute of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, undertakes research and development studies on environmental problems of the Indian Himalayan Region.

Established in 1889, dedicated to livestock research and development, under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, offers post-graduate courses and doctoral programmes in more than 20 disciplines of veterinary and animal sciences, livestock products technology, basic sciences and extension education, has campuses in Mukhteshwar and Bangalore.

Established in 1985 under the Indian Agricultural Research Institute to undertake research, teaching and training in the areas of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, offers M.Sc. and Ph.D. programmes, post-doctoral programmes and short and long-term training programmes for personnel from public and private sector institutions.

Established in 1962, an institute of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, engaged in research, education and extension activities on sheep and rabbits.

Started in 1952 under the joint auspices of the ICMR and the Rockefeller Foundation, identified today as the WHO Collaborating Centre for arboviruses reference and haemorrhagic fever reference and research, also the National Monitoring Centre for Influenza, Japanese Encephalitis, Rota, Measles and Hepatitis.

Opened in November, 1950, under the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), conducts research activities in industrial processes, engineering materials, and resource and environment conservation, has one centre in Chennai.

India's premier institute for agricultural research, education and extension, has deemed-to-be university status, awards M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in various agricultural disciplines.

Known as the cradle of Space Sciences in India, founded in 1947 by Dr. Vikram Sarabhai, a unit of the Department of Space, carries out fundamental research in select areas of Physics, Space & Atmospheric Sciences, Astronomy, Astrophysics & Solar Physics, and Planetary & Geosciences.