| 1 | Archaeological Survey of India (HQ) | Kolkata, West Bengal | 1861 |
| 2 | King Institute of Preventive Medicine & Research | Chennai, Tamil Nadu | 1899 |
| 3 | 🟢 Forest Research Institute | Dehradun, Uttarakhand | 1906 |
| 4 | Sugarcane Breeding Institute | Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu | 1912 |
| 5 | National Institute of Nutrition | Hyderabad, Telangana | 1918 |
| 6 | Indian Institute of Natural Resins and Gums | Ranchi, Jharkhand | 1924 |
| 7 | Central Jute Technological Research Institute | Kolkata, West Bengal | 1938 |
| 8 | Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research | Dhanbad, Jharkhand | 1946 |
| 9 | National Rice Research Institute | Cuttack, Odisha | 1946 |
| 10 | Central Electrochemical Research Institute | Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu | 1948 |
| 11 | Central Leather Research Institute | Chennai, Tamil Nadu | 1948 |
| 12 | Central Food Technological Research Institute | Mysuru, Karnataka | 1950 |
| 13 | Central Drug Research Institute | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh | 1951 |
| 14 | National Institute of Virology | Pune, Maharashtra | 1952 |
| 15 | Indian Cancer Research Centre | Mumbai, Maharashtra | 1952 |
| 16 | Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute | Bhavnagar, Gujarat | 1954 |
| 17 | Central Leprosy Teaching and Research Institute | Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu | 1955 |
| 18 | National Geophysical Research Institute | Hyderabad, Telangana | 1961 |
| 19 | Indian Plywood Industries Research and Training Institute | Bengaluru, Karnataka | 1962 |
| 20 | 🟢 Wildlife Institute of India | Dehradun, Uttarakhand | 1982 |
| 21 | 🟢 Indian Institute of Forest Management | Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh | 1982 |
| 22 | 🟢 Centre for Environment Education | Ahmedabad, Gujarat | 1984 |
| 23 | 🟢 National Institute of Agricultural Marketing | Jaipur, Rajasthan | 1988 |
| 24 | 🟢 Rain Forest Research Institute | Jorhat, Assam | 1988 |
| 25 | 🟢 Tropical Forest Research Institute | Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh | 1988 |
| 26 | 🟢 Himalayan Forest Research Institute | Shimla, Himachal Pradesh | 1988 |
| 27 | 🟢 Central Zoo Authority | New Delhi | 1992 |
| 28 | 🟢 Centre for Forestry Research and Human Resource Development | Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh | 1995 |
| 29 | 🟢 National Biodiversity Authority | Chennai, Tamil Nadu | 2003 |
| 30 | 🟢 Advanced Research Centre for Bamboo and Rattan | Aizawl, Mizoram | 2004 |
| 31 | 🟢 National Tiger Conservation Authority | New Delhi | 2006 |
| 32 | 🟢 National Ganga River Basin Authority | New Delhi | 2009 |
| 33 | 🟢 Institute of Forest Biodiversity | Hyderabad, Telangana | 2012 |