Introduction
India is a developing country, the economy and growth of India mainly depend on its various Institutes and Research Centers. The research centers are primarily established in India to develop the country economically, agriculturally and to make the defense sector stronger. There are different research centers in India in different fields with every research center in India playing its own important role. Research centers like Indian Agriculture Research Institute, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, ISRO, BARC etc are playing a very crucial role in the holistic development of the country.
The article Indian Research Institutes presents the list of important Indian Research Institutes across the country. This article plays a prominent role in GA/GK preparation in many competitive exams such as IBPS, SBI, SSC CGL, UPSC, Railways etc.
Institutes
National Institutes or Central Institutes are institutes established by the Government of India and supported by national agencies such as CSIR, ICAR, MoHFW, DBT, DST, ICMR, DAE, MHRD etc. Below table contains the list of prominent Indian Research Institutes:
| Place | Institute Name |
|---|---|
| Ahmedabad (Gujarat) | National Institution of Occupational Health |
| Textile Research Institute | |
| Bhavnagar (Gujarat) | Central Salt and Marine Chemical Research Institute |
| Bengaluru (Karnataka) | National Tuberculosis Institute |
| Raman Research centre | |
| National Aeronautical Laboratory | |
| Chengalpattu (Tamil Nadu) | Central Leprosy Training and Research Institute |
| Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) | Central Sugarcane Research Institute |
| Chennai (Tamil Nadu) | Central Leather Research Institute |
| Chandigarh (Punjab) | PGI Medical Education and Research |
| Central Scientific Instruments Organization | |
| Cuttack (Odisha) | Central Rice Research Institute |
| Dehradun (Uttarakhand) | Central Forest Research Institute |
| Indian Institute of Petroleum | |
| Delhi | Vallabhai Patel Chest Institute |
| National Institute of Communicable Diseases | |
| Dhanbad (Jharkhand) | Central Fuel Research Institute |
| Central Mining Research Institute | |
| Durgapur (West Bengal) | Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute |
| Guindy (Chennai) | King Institute of Preventive Medicine |
| Gulmarg (Jammu and Kashmir) | High Altitude Research Laboratory |
| Hisar (Haryana) | Cattle breeding Institute |
| Hyderabad (Telangana) | Center for Molecular and Cellular Biology |
| National Geophysics Research Institute | |
| National Institute of Nutrition | |
| National Geophysics Research Institute | |
| Karnal (Haryana) | National Dairy Research Institute |
| Kerala | Central Coconut Research Institute |
| Karaikudi (Tamil Nadu) | Central Electro-Chemical Research Institute |
| Kolkata (West Bengal) | Archaeological Survey of India |
| All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health | |
| Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute | |
| Central Jute Technological Research Institute | |
| Indian Institute of Chemical Biology | |
| School of Tropical Medicine | |
| Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) | National Sugar Research Institute |
| Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) | Central Drug Research Institute |
| Industrial Toxicology Research Institute | |
| National Botanical Research Institute | |
| Mumbai (Maharashtra) | Haffkine Institute |
| Indian Cancer Research Institute | |
| Tata Institute of Fundamental Research | |
| Mukteshwar (Himachal Pradesh), Izatnagar (Uttar Pradesh) | Indian Veterinary Research Institute |
| Mysore (Karnataka) | Central Food Technological Research Institute |
| New Delhi | All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) |
| All India Malaria Research Institute | |
| Central Road Research Institute | |
| Indian Agricultural Research Institute | |
| Nagpur (Maharashtra) | National Environmental Engineering Research Institute |
| Pune and Delhi | Indian Meteorological Observatory |
| Pune (Maharashtra) | Central Institute of Virology |
| Panaji (Goa) | National Institute of Oceanography |
| Ranchi (Jharkhand) | Indian Lac Research Institute |
| Roorkee (Uttarakhand) | Central Building Research Institute |
| Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) | Central Potato Research Institute |
Established
List of Important Indian Research Institutes in various domains in India presented along with the year when they were established.
| S. No | Name of Research Centers | Location/HQ | Established |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indian Agriculture Research Institute | New Delhi | 1st April 1905 |
| 2 | Central Potato Research Institute | Shimla | 1st April, 1935 |
| 3 | Indian Lac Research Institute | Ranchi | 1924 |
| 4 | Central Mining Research Institute | Dhanbad | |
| 5 | Central Rice Research Institute | Cuttack | 23 April 1946 |
| 6 | Central Tobacco Research Institute | Rajamundry | |
| 7 | National Dairy Research Institute | Karnal (Haryana) | 1923 |
| 8 | Central Sugarcane Research Institute | Coimbatore | 1952 |
| 9 | Central Road Research Institute | New Delhi | 1952 |
| 10 | Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research | Dhanbad | |
| 11 | National sugar Research Institute | Kanpur | 1936 |
| 12 | Central Leather Research Institute | Chennai | 1948 |
| 13 | Central Drug Research Institute | Lucknow | 1951 |
| 14 | Central Salt and Marine Chemical Research Institute | Bhavnagar | 10 April 1954 |
| 15 | Textile Research Institute | Ahmadabad | 11 February 1961 |
| 16 | National Geophysical Research Institute | Hyderabad | 1961 |
| 17 | Indian Meteorological Observatory | Pune & Delhi | 1875 |
| 18 | Archaeological Survey of India | Kolkata | 1861 |
| 19 | All Indian Institute of Medical Science | New Delhi | 1956 |
| 20 | Indian Institute of Petroleum | Dehradun | 1960 |
| 21 | Raman Research Institute | Bangalore | 1948 |
| 22 | Central Jute Technological Research Institute | Kolkata | 1953 |
| 23 | National Aeronautical Laboratory | Bangalore | 1959 |
| 24 | Central Building Research Institute | Roorkee | 1947 |
| 25 | Central Scientific Industrial Organisation | Chandigarh | 26 Sept 1942 |
| 26 | Central Coconut Research Institute | Kasergod, Kerala | 1948 |
| 27 | National Institute of Oceanography | Panaji | January 1, 1966 |
| 28 | Tata Institute of Fundamental Research | Mumbai | 1 June 1945 |
| 29 | High Altitude Research Laboratory | Gulmarg | 1963 |
| 30 | Central Electro–Chemical Research Institute | Karaikudi (Tamil Nadu) | 1953 |
| 31 | Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology | Hyderabad | 1977 |
| 32 | National Botanical Research Institute | Lucknow | |
| 33 | Indian Institute of Chemical Biology | Kolkata | 1935 |
| 34 | Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre | Thiruvananthapuram | Nov 21, 1963 |
| 35 | Central Food Technological Research Institute | Mysore | 21 October 1950 |
| 36 | Industrial Toxicology Research Centre | Lucknow | 1965 |
| 37 | Uranium Corporation of India | Jadugoda | 1967 |
| 38 | Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute | Kolkata | 1950 |
| 39 | National environmental engineering research institute | Nagpur | 1958 |
| 40 | Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute | Durgapur | Feb 26, 1958 |
| 41 | National Institute of Communicable Diseases | Delhi | 1909 |
| 42 | National Institute of Virology | Pune | 1952 |