Names and locations of major research institutes of India:
In this post you will get the latest information about the leading research institutes of India. Depending on the major research institutes of India, two or three questions are asked in every exam. It is very useful for your all types of government competitive exams especially Bank PO & Clerk, UPSC, SSC, IAS, PCS, CATE, Indian Railway, GATE etc.
List of leading research institutes in India:
| Research Institute Name | Where is located |
| All India Institute of Medical Sciences | New Delhi |
| Indian Institute of Geomagnetism | Mumbai |
| Indian Security Press | Pune |
| High Latitude Research Institute Laboratory | Gulmarg |
| Industrial Toxicology Research Center | Lucknow |
| Central Potato Research Institute | Shimla |
| Central Fuel Research Institute | Magician |
| Central Medicinal Research Institute | Lucknow |
| Central Mining Research Center | Dhanbad |
| Central Sugarcane Research Institute | Coimbatore |
| Central Leather Research Institute | Chennai |
| Central Rice Research Institute | Ridge |
| Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Botanicals | Lucknow |
| Central Research Institute of Jute Technology | Kolkata |
| Central Tractor Institute | New Delhi |
| Central Tobacco Research Institute | Rajahmundry |
| Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute | Bhav Nagar |
| Central Environmental Engineering Research Institute | Nagpur |
| Central Building Construction Research Institute | Roorkee |
| Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute | Durgapur |
| Central Litchi Research Center | Muzaffarpur |
| Central Forest Research Institute | Dehradun |
| Central Electrochemical Research Institute | Karaikudi |
| Central Road Research Institute | New Delhi |
| Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology | Hyderabad |
| Institute of Bacterial Technology | Chandigarh |
| Tata Institute of Fundamental Research | Mumbai |
| Birbal Sahni Archaeological Institute | Lucknow |
| Bhabha Atomic Research Center | Trombay |
| Bharat Electronics Limited | Jalahli |
| Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology | Pune |
| Indian Agricultural Research Institute | New Delhi |
| Indian Astronomical Institute | Bangalore |
| Indian Chinese Institute of Technology | Kanpur |
| Indian Institute of Technical Research | Lucknow |
| Archaeological Survey of India Department | Kolkata |
| Indian Institute of Petroleum | Dehradun |
| Indian Institute of Meteorology | New Delhi |
| Indian Meteorological Observatory | Pune |
| National Highways Authority of India | New Delhi |
| Indian Lac Research Institute | Ranchi |
| Survey of India Department | Dehradun |
| Indian Institute of Chemical Biology | Kolkata |
| Raman Research Institute | Bangalore |
| National Dairy Research Center | Karnal |
| National Metallurgy Laboratory | Jamshedpur |
| National Institute of Immunology | New Delhi |
| National Physical Laboratory | New Delhi |
| National Chemical Laboratory | Pune |
| National Institute of Botany | Lucknow |
| National Aeronautical Laboratory | Bangalore |
| National Institute of Oceanography | Panaji |
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