Agharkar Research Institute

The Agharkar Research Institute (ARI) is located in Pune, Maharashtra, India. Agharkar Research Institute (ARI) is an autonomous, grant-in-aid research institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. It was established in 1946 by the Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science as MACS Research Institute and renamed as ARI in 1992 in honour and memory of its founder Director, late Professor Shankar Purushottam Agharkar. It conducts research activities in animal sciences, microbial sciences and plant sciences.^[3]

Agharkar Research Institute

Type	Research Institute
Established	1946[1]
Director	Prashant K. Dhakephalkar[2]
Location	Pune , Maharashtra , India
Campus	Urban
Founder Director	Shankar Purushottam Agharkar
Website	www.aripune.org