About ARI

Agharkar Research Institute (ARI) is an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. It was established in 1946 as Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science (MACS) and was registered under the Societies Registration Act. 1850. Later, as research activities expanded, the MACS Research Institute was given a separate identity. The institute was renamed ARI in 1992 to honour its founder, the late Professor S. P. Agharkar. The current research and development activities of ARI span across all areas of life sciences, spread over six different themes, namely Biodiversity & Paleobiology, Bioenergy, Bioprospecting, Developmental Biology, Genetics & Plant Breeding, and Nanobioscience.

The institute has a distinguished faculty, modern infrastructural facilities, well-equipped laboratories, a guest house, and a student’s hostel. It is affiliated with the S.P. Pune University for postgraduate research (M.Sc. and Ph.D.).

Several research schemes, funded by DST, CSIR, ICAR, ICMR, DBT, MoEF, and MNES, are being operated. The ARI accepts consultancy, sponsored research projects, and technology transfer programmes from public and private undertakings from India and abroad.