1 Institute of Microbial Technology
Premier biology institution established in 1984 in Chandigarh; offers research & development in the emerging areas of biotechnology & microbiology; one among the chain of 38 national laboratories functioning under CSIR
Research Institutes Biology
2 National Botanical Research Institute
Premier national plant research centre at Lucknow under the wing of CSIR; focuses on both basic & applied aspects of plant sciences; also offers consultancy & technology on various aspects of plant sciences including information technology
Research Institutes Biology
3 Botanical Survey of India (BSI)
Government body based in Kolkata, with nine regional circles across the country; activities include surveying the country's plant resources, doing taxonomic studies, protecting endangered species, preparing a national databse of plants etc
Biology
4 Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB)
Constituent lab of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR); conducts research in modern biology (bioinformatics, protein structure, functional genomics, biomedicine & diagnostics etc); located at Uppal Road, Hyderabad
Research Institutes Biology
5 National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS)
Organisation that does basic research in the frontier areas of biology; based in Bangalore; part of TIFR; research areas range from the study of single molecules to systems biology
Research Institutes Biology
6 Tropical Botanic Garden & Research Institute
Autonomous research organisation established by the government of Kerala at Palode near Thiruvananthapuram; divisions include horticulture, biotechnology, bioinformatics, microbiology, phytochemistry, ethnomedicine, & conservation biology
Research Institutes Biology
7 Zoological Survey of India (ZSI)
Government body based in Kolkata; activities include exploration & survey of faunal resources, taxonomic studies, state survey of endangered species, maintenance & development of national zoological collections etc
Biology