Logos of India

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PLANT HEALTH MANAGEMENT The green circular pictorial emblem of National Institute of Plant Health Management (NIPHM) has a white plant placed inside a green circle supported by its acronym in Devanagari and English at the bottom. The emblem is simple, easy to understand and attractive. The colour green symbolises agriculture, nature, growth, balance, harmony, environment, prosperity, vitality, prestige, wealth and being very down to earth.

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SPICES RESEARCH The black and green emblem of ICAR’s Indian Institute of Spices Research (ISRI) is a wordmark of its acronym in sans serif bold text, in which the letter ‘s’ is treated like a pod od black pepper representing one of the major spices. The dots of ‘i’s and counter loop of ‘r’ are treated as dried black pepper. The emblem is bold, direct and attractive.

CENTRAL INLAND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE The green and blue emblem of Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute (CIFRI) houses the emblem of ICAR in green colour within a circular border, on which its acronym is written in Devanagari and English.  This circular border is circumscribed by seven fish going around in an anti-clockwise direction. 

CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES EDUCATION The Central Institute of Fisheries Education (CIFE) was established by the Government of India, with the assistance of FAO and UNDP on June 6, 1961. The Deemed University status conferred on it in 1989. The emblem of the university has an open book with blue colour pages on a yellow background, carrying the motifs of a fishing vessel, an aquaculture field, a microscope and a fish in deep waters. The book is crested by the logo of its parent body ICAR and supported by its status and ‘ICAR’. These are ensconced in a yellow circular border, which carries its name in Devanagari and English and its place in Devanagari.

DIRECTORATE OF RICE RESEARCH Directorate of Rice Research (DRR) formerly All India Coordinated Rice Improvement Project - AICRIP, was established by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research - ICAR in 1965 with its national headquarters at Hyderabad to organize and coordinate multi-location testing of genetic lines and technologies for crop production and protection generated across the country. The Project was elevated to Directorate of Rice Research in 1975 with an added mandate of research in the thrust areas of irrigated rice. The Directorate continues its multi-location All India Coordinated Rice Improvement Programme (AICRIP) with active partnership of funded cooperating centers affiliated to State Agricultural Universities, State Department of Agriculture and other Research Institutes of ICAR. The emblem has glowing sun in the backdrop. On top of is a  fully grown stem of rice supported by the acronymn of the organisation on a green slab.

INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is an autonomous organisation under the Department of Agricultural Research and Education - DARE, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India. Formerly known as Imperial Council of Agricultural Research, it was established on 16 July 1929 as a registered society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 in pursuance of the report of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. The ICAR has its headquarters at New Delhi. The ICAR has played a pioneering role in ushering Green Revolution and subsequent developments in agriculture in India through its research and technology development. Its emblem in dark green depicts a fully grown stem of cereal in a protecting circle. At the bottom the acronym in Devnagiri and English are written.