Welcome to Indian Institute Seed Science
Agriculture constitutes the lifeline of villages where more than 70% of Indian population
lives. To have successful agriculture, quality seed constitute the most important
component. Realizing the importance of seed, the Indian Council of Agricultural
Research launched the All India Coordinated Research Project on seed the "National
Seed Project" in 1979. Based on the over all progress and development of the National
Seed Project and growing importance of seed in modern agriculture, the Indian Council
of Agricultural Research has upgraded the Project Coordinator Unit of National Seed
Project to the status of the Project Directorate in X Plan named as "Directorate
of Seed Research". Directorate of Seed Research started operating since 31 December
2004 from Kushmaur village in the district Maunath Bhanjan, UP. The institute is
about 120 km towards North-East of Varanasi, UP, India.
