Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) sanctioned the All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) on Tobacco in the Fourth Five-year Plan during 1970-71 with the headquarters at Anand, Gujarat. The AICRP on Tobacco was renamed as All India Network Research Project on Tobacco (AINRPT) and is functioning under the administrative control of the Director, ICAR-CTRI, Rajahmundryw.e.f16-08-1998with three main network centres located at Rajahmundry, Shivamogga and Anand; seven sub-centres at Nipani, Nandyal, Berhampur, Araul, Dinhata, Guntur and Hunsur and four voluntary centers functioning at Ladol, Jeelugumilli, Kandukur and Vedasandur. The centres at Rajahmundry, Guntur, Hunsur and Dinhata are functioning under the administrative control of ICAR-Central Tobacco Research Institute (CTRI), Rajahmundry. Anand, Shivamogga, Nipani, Nandyal, Berhampur and Araul centres are under the administrative control of respective Universities, viz., Anand Agricultural University, Anand; University of Horticulture and Agricultural Sciences, Shivamogga; University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad; Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University, Guntur, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar and Chandra Sekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, respectively. Financial support is given to only six State Agricultural University (SAU) centres in the ratio of 75:25 (ICAR:SAU).
(AINP-Tobacco)
