Soil conservation research and training centers in India

 ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation (ICAR-IISWC)

It was established on 1st April 1974 with Headquarters at Dehradun by combining Soil and Water Conservation Research, Demonstration and Training Centres which were established in the 1950s at, Dehradun, Kota, Bellary, Udhagamandalam, Vasad, Agra, and Chandigarh

These centers were initially established by the Govt. of India and transferred to the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) on 1st October 1967. Subsequently, two new Research Centres were added to the CSWCRTI, one at Datia in M.P. (18th September 1986) to tackle soil and water conservation problems of Bundelkhand region and another at Koraput in Orissa (31st January 1992) to address the problems of shifting cultivation areas.

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