The Central Rice Research Institute (CRRI) was established on 23 April 1946 at Bidhyadharpur, Cuttack, Odisha with an experimental farm land of 60 hectares provided by Government of Orissa.

The Institute is situated near Bidyadharpur village on the Cuttack-Paradip Road, Odisha, India.

It is one of the premier national research institutes under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research.

The Institute's scientists have many research results to their credit in various disciplines of rice research, including:

Biochemistry
Blue green algae
Entomology
Food technology
Nematology
Physiology
Plant breeding and genetics
Plant pathology and mycology

Divisional Research-

The Institute has 5 division in various disciplines i.e. Crop Improvement, Crop Production, Crop Protection, BPES, Social Sciences and Extension, Communication and Training.

Crop Improvement

Genetic Resources
Plant Breeding and Genetics

Crop Production

Agronomy
Soil Science and Microbiology
Agricultural Engineering

Crop Protection

Entomology
Plant Pathology

Biochemistry, Plant Physiology and Environmental Sciences (BPES)

Social Sciences

Agricultural Economics
Agricultural Statistics
Extension, Communication and Training

Contact-

ICAR-National Rice Research Institute
Cuttack (Odisha) 753 006, India

Phone: +91-671-2367757; PABX: +91-671-2367768-783
Fax: +91-671-2367663
Email: director.nrri@icar.gov.in | crrictc@nic.in

Vigilance Officer
ICAR-National Rice Research Institute
Cuttack (Odisha) 753 006, India

Phone: +91-671-2367768
Fax: +91-671-2367663
Email: crrictc@nic.in