Agharkar Research Institute

Agharkar Research Institute (ARI) is an autonomous, grant-in-aid research institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Goverment of India. It was established in 1946 by the Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science as MACS Research Institute and renamed as ARI in 1992 in honour and memory of its founder Director, late Professor S.P. Agharkar.

The ARI is also a main research centre under three All India Co-ordinated Research Projects of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) : Wheat breeding, Soybean breeding and Grape breeding.

The ARI has an agricultural farm located at Hol, near Baramati, about 80 kms from Pune, for experiments on crop plants and for multiplication of seed of improved varieties.

The ARI has a distinguished faculty, modern infra-structural facilities, well equipped laboratories, a guest house and students' hostel. It is affiliated to the University of Pune and to the Mahatma Phule Agricultural University (MPAU), Rahuri, District Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, for postgraduate research (M.Sc. and Ph.D.) in biological sciences.

A number of research schemes , funded by DST, CSIR, ICAR, ICMR, DBT and DNES are being operated.

The ARI accepts consultancy, sponsored research projects and technology transfer programmes from public and private undertakings.

Agharkar Research Institute
Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road,
Pune - 411004
Maharashtra, India.

Phones :+91-20-25654357, +91-20-25653680
Fax : +91-020-25651542
Telegram :macsciari
E-mail : director@aripune.org

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