Going with the recent trend, competitive exams like UPSC, PSC, SSC, IBPS seem to be throwing questions related to Research Institutes and Laboratories of India. The challenge in attempting these questions comes when a candidate is not aware about its full form or location. Most of the answers given look similar. These questions can only be attempted correctly if the candidate knows the answer or has a good guessing power and can afford to play inky dinki donkey , otherwise there is a good chance of attempting the question wrong.
Here is a concise and broad list of major Research Institutes and Laboratories of India.
Name |
Place |
| Ahmedabad Textile Industry’s Research Association(ATIRA) | Ahmedabad, Gujarat |
| All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health (AIIHPH) | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) | New Delhi, Delhi |
| All India Institute of Speech & Hearing(AIISH) | Mysore, Karnataka |
| Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) | Pune, Maharashtra |
| Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| Birbal Sahni Institute of Paleobotany (BSIP) | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh |
| Birla Industrial & Technological Museum (BITM) | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| Bombay Textile Research Association (BTRA) | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| Bose Research Institute (BRI) | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| Central Research Laboratory (CRL) | Chennai, Tamil Nasu |
| Central Arid Zone Research Institute (CAZRI) | Jodhpur, Rajasthan |
| Central Building Research Institute (CBRI) | Roorkee, Uttarakhand |
| Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh |
| Central Drugs Laboratory (CDL) | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| Central Electro-Chemical Research Institute (CECRI) | Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu |
| Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute (CEERI) | Pilani, Rajasthan |
| Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) | Mysore, Karnataka |
| Central Fuel Research Institute (CFRI) | Dhanbad, Jharkhand |
| Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute (CGCRI) | Jadhavpur, West Bengal |
| Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh |
| Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI) | Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
| Central Leprosy Training and Research Institute, (CLTRI) | Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu |
| Central Marine Research Station (CMRS) | Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
| Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI) | Durgapur, West Bengal |
| Central Mining Research Station (CMRS) | Dhanbad, Jharkhand |
| Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering Organisation (CPHEEO) | Nagpur, Maharashtra |
| Central Research Institute (CRI) | Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh |
| Central Rice Research Institute (CRRI) | Cuttack, Orrisa |
| Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) | New Delhi, Delhi |
| Central Salt and Marine Chemical Research Institute (CSMCR) | Bhavnagar, Gujarat |
| Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIO) | Chandigarh |
| Centre For Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) | Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh |
| Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) | New Delhi, Delhi |
| Electrical Research and Development Association (ERDA) | Vadodara, Gujarat |
| Forest Research Institute (FRI) | Dehradun, Uttarakhand |
| High Altitude Research Laboratory (harl) | Gulmarg, Jammu & Kashmir |
| Indian Cancer Research Centre (ICRC) | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) | New Delhi, Delhi |
| Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS) | Shimla, Himachal Pradesh |
| Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB) | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) | Dehradun, Uttarakhand |
| Indian Institute of Science (IISc) | Bangalore, Karnataka |
| Indian Institute of Sugar Technology (IIST) | Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh |
| Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (IITR) | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh |
| Indian Jute Industries’ Research Association [IJIRA] | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre (INSDOC) | New Delhi,Delhi |
| Indian Plywood Industries Research And Training Institute (IPIRTI) | Bangalore, Karnataka |
| Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) | Bangalore, Karnataka |
| Indira Gandhi Centre For Atomic Research(IGCAR) | Kokilamedu, Tamil Nadu |
| Institute for Plasma Research (IPR) | Bhat , Gandhinagar, Gujarat |
| Institute of Ayurvedic Studies and Research (IASR) | Jamnagar, Gujarat |
| Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology (IGIB) | New Delhi, Delhi |
| Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan National Institute of Criminology and Forensic Science (LNJN NICFS) | New Delhi, Delhi |
| Man-made Textile Research Association (MANTRA) | Surat, Gujarat |
| National Aeronautical Laboratory (NAL) | Bangalore, Karnataka |
| National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh |
| National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) | Pune, Maharashtra |
| National Council for Cement and Building Materials (NCCBM) | Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh |
| National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), | Karnal, Haryana |
| National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) | Nagpur, Maharashtra |
| National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) | Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh |
| National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health (NIRRH) | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT) | Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
| National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases(NICED) | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) | New Delhi, Delhi |
| National Institute of Malaria Research (NIMR) | New Delhi, Delhi |
| National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) | Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh |
| National Institute of Occupational Health, (NIOH) | Ahmedabad, Gujarat |
| National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) | Panaji, Goa |
| National Institute of Virology (NIV) | Pune, Maharashtra |
| National Metallurgical Laboratory (NML) | Jamshedpur, Jharkhand |
| National Physical Laboratory (NPL) | New Delhi, Delhi |
| National Tuberculosis Institute (NTI) | Bangalore, Karnataka |
| Northern India Textile Research Association (NITRA) | Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh |
| Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) | Chandigarh |
| Regional Research Laboratories | Bhubaneshwer, Orissa; Jorhat, Assam; Jammu & Kashmir; Hyderabad, A.P |
| School of Tropical Medicine (STM) | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| Seismic Research Centre (SRC) | Gaurividanur, Near Bangalore, Karnataka |
| South India Textile Research Association (SITRA) | Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu |
| Structural Engineering Research Centre (SERC) | Roorkee, Uttaranchal;Chennai; Tamil Nadu |
| The Synthetic & Art Silk Mills’ Research Association (SASMIRA) | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| Tocklai Experimental Station | Jorhat, Assam |
| Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute (VPCI) | New Delhi, Delhi |
| Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum (VITM) | Bangalore, Karnataka |
| Visvesvarayya Industrial and Technological Museum | Bangalore, Karnataka |
| Wool Research Association (WRA) | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
I am sure after going through the list, you will be more confident next time you see questions related to Research Institutes and Laboratories of India.
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