The All India Coordinated Research Project on Post-harvest Technology was launched by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Department of Agricultural Research & Education, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, in September 1972 with R&D Centres at 10 locations. Coordinating Cell of the Project was established in the Division of Agricultural Engineering at Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. The Co-ordinating Cell of the Project was shifted to CIAE Bhopal in February 1976. With the establishment of the Central Institute of Post-harvest Engineering & Technology at Ludhiana, the Coordinating Cell was further shifted from CIAE Bhopal to CIPHET Ludhiana in December 1989. The project is renamed again in 2015 as “All India Coordinated Research Project on Post-Harvest Engineering and Technology” (AICRP on PHET). The Project is currently operating from 29 centres covering majority of states and the agro-climatic zones of India.