ICAR: described on its own page as the apex body for agricultural research and education, formerly the Imperial Council

Background

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is an autonomous organisation under the Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
It was formerly known as the Imperial Council of Agricultural Research.
It was established on 16 July 1929 as a registered society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, in pursuance of the report of the Royal Commission on Agriculture.
Its headquarters are at New Delhi.
Its page describes ICAR as the apex body for co-ordinating, guiding and managing research and education in agriculture including horticulture, fisheries and animal sciences in the entire country.
Its page counts 113 ICAR institutes and 74 agricultural universities.