Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), Pusa, New Delhi

Title: Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), Pusa, New Delhi Category: Universities in India Clicks: 0 Listing added: Mar 19, 2010 Comments: 0 Tags: Agricultural,Research,Institute

ndian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) was established in 1905. It's original name before 1947 was Imperial Agricultural Research Institute. After the Independence the name was changed to Indian Agricultural Research Institute. Since Independence IARI, is a premier institute for Agricultural Research, education and extension. The campus was originally located in Pusa, Bihar and was shifted to PUSA in New Delhi after the Bihar earthquake of 1934. It is financed and administered by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). The IARI was responsible for the research leading to the "Green revolution" of the 1970s.