WHO WE ARE

The ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute (ICAR-CTCRI) was established during the Third Five Year Plan for intensification of research on tuber crops (other than potato). The Institute started functioning on 01 July 1963 with its headquarters (HQ) at Sreekariyam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. It has one Regional Station (RS) at Bhubaneswar, Odisha which was established in 1976. The All India Coordinated Research Project on Tuber Crops (AICRP TC) was started at ICAR-CTCRI in 1968 for testing and popularizing the location specific tuber crop technologies in various parts of India. It has presently 21 centres including ICAR-CTCRI HQ and Regional Station. The Institute is also one of the centres of the All India Co-ordinated Research Project on Pre and Post-harvest Technology. The ICAR-CTCRI is conducting basic, strategic and applied research on various edible tropical tuber crops.