The National Research Centre on Mithun (NRCM) was establishe under the aegis of ICAR in the 6th five year plan. NRCM is currently working for developing the scientific and sustainable mithun rearing system and for catering the needs of mithun farmers. The mandate of the NRCM is Identification, Evaluation and Characterization of mithun germplasm available in the country, conservation and improvement of mithun for meat and milk, to act as a repository of germplasm and insormation centre on mithun.

Facts and Figures of The National Research Centre on Mithun (NRCM)-

Establishment Year

1988

Recognized by

Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi

Director of the Centre

Dr. Nazrul Haque

Number of Books in Library

1214 books

14 journals

Campus Strength

44

Campus area

62.5 acres

How to reach

25 km from Dimapur Railway Station

Why to Join National Research Centre on Mithun (NRCM)?

  • Training & Awareness programmes: NRCM organizes various training and awareness programmes on mithun rearing like “Therapeutic Inventions and Scientific Mithun Rearing Practices for Veterinary field assistance of kohima, Dimapur district”, “Basic aspects of first aid, treatment and vaccination strategies for mithun farmers, rural educated youth” etc.
  • Research & projects work: Several research and project works are going on in the NRCM like “Genetic and Biodiversity studies on Mithun”, “Identification of SNP in Leptin gene for selection of  Mithun with  Higher growth traits”, “Impact of heat stress on mithun production and its Amelioration Strategies”, “Genome wide association study for growth and feed efficiency traits in mithun” etc out of which some are institutional projects and some are funded externally.
  • ISO Certified- The college is an ISO 9001:2008 certified Institute.