भाकृअनुप- भारतीय दलहन अनुसंधान संस्थान ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research Pulses For Nutritional Security
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Genesis

How a coordinated project begun in 1966 grew into the national institute for pulses research.

The road to ICAR-IIPR

Milestones

  1. 1966

    All India Coordinated Pulses Improvement Project (AICPIP) started at IARI, New Delhi.

  2. 1978

    Headquarters shifted to the then Regional Station of IARI at Kanpur under the name of Project Directorate (Pulses).

  3. 1984

    Elevated as Directorate of Pulses Research (DPR) and became an independent entity under the direct control of ICAR.

  4. 1993

    DPR upgraded and elevated to the status of Indian Institute of Pulses Research, and simultaneously, AICPIP was trifurcated.

  5. Thereafter

    Three coordinated projects on Chickpea, Pigeonpea and MULLaRP (Mungbean, Urdbean, Lentil, Lathyrus, Rajmash and Pea) to provide focused attention on each crop.

  6. Later on

    Headquarter of National Network Research Projects (NNRP) on Arid Legumes (cowpea, guar, mothbean and horsegram) was also shifted to IIPR, Kanpur.

  7. 2012–2020

    In order to expand IIPR, Kanpur, its regional centre / stations were opened in Dharwad (2012), Bhopal (2013), Bikaner (2019) and Khordha (2020).

Where it stands today

The Pulses Research Network

The network the institute anchors: ICAR-IIPR with its regional centre and stations, and the All India Coordinated Research Projects on pulses.

Pulses Research Network

After the 1993 trifurcation

Crop-wise Coordinated Projects

AICPIP was trifurcated into three coordinated projects, to provide focused attention on each crop.

Chickpea

One of the three coordinated projects created on the trifurcation of AICPIP.

Pigeonpea

One of the three coordinated projects created on the trifurcation of AICPIP.

MULLaRP

Mungbean, Urdbean, Lentil, Lathyrus, Rajmash and Pea.

NNRP on Arid Legumes

The headquarter of the National Network Research Projects on Arid Legumes — cowpea, guar, mothbean and horsegram — was later also shifted to IIPR, Kanpur.