About Indian Institute of Millets Research:
The Directorate of Sorghum Research (DSR) formerly, National Research Centre for Sorghum (NRCS), is the central agency to work on all aspects of sorghum research and development under the auspeces of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). While the main centre at Hyderabad campus is principally engaged in both basic and strategic research on sorghum, region-specific research and services are organized through two other centres - Solapur and Jalna in Maharashtra. It was earlier a multi-crop centre, and its pioneering work in hybrid and varietal development has created indelible impact with its contributions in developing superior varieties of groundnut, red-gram and castor in addition to sorghum hybrids and varieties. Sorghum being mainly a rainfed crop, is grown with limited inputs.