INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
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.