Function of National Laboratories : The National Laboratories undertake basic and applied research with special reference to the problems of industries failing within their spheres. These refer to the problems with the work of industrial development and each having it’s own detailed programme of work drawn up by expert committees.

Birla Industrial and Technological Museum : Kolkata(West Bengal)

Central Building Research Institute : Roorkee (U.P.)

Central Drug Research Institute : Lucknow (U.P.)

Central Electro – Chemical Research Institute : Karaikudi(Tamil Nadu)

Central Electronic Engineering Research Institute :Pilani (Rajasthan)

Central  Food  Technological  Research Institute :Mysore  (Karnataka)

Central Fuel Research Institute : Dhanbad (Bihar)

Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute : Kolkata(West Bengal)

National Biological Laboratory (in Planning) :  Palampur, Kangra Dist. (Himachal Pradesh)

National Botanical Research Institute :  Lucknow, (U.P.)

National Chemical Laboratory :  Pune, (Maharashtra)

National Environmental Engineering Institute : Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh)

National Institute of Oceanography :  Panaji (Goa)

National  Metallurgical  Laboratory :  Jamshedpur (Bihar)

Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants :Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)

Central Leather Research Institute : Chennai (TamilNadu)

Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute :Durgapur (West Bengal)

Central Mining Research Station : Dhanbad (Bihar)

Central Road Research Institute : New Delhi (Delhi)

Central Salt and Marine Chemical Research Institute :Bhavnagar (Gujarat)

Central Scientific Instruments Organisation : Chandigarh(Chandigarh)

Indian Institute of Chemical Biology : Kolkata (West Bengal)

Indian Institute of Petroleum : Dehra Dun (Uttar Pradesh)

Indian Toxicology Research Centre : Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)

National Aeronautical Laboratory : Bangalore(Karnataka)

National Physical Laboratory :  New Delhi (Delhi)

Pulsars Research Laboratory :  New Delhi (Delhi)

Regional Research Laboratory :  Bhuvaneshwar (Cuttack), Jorhant (Assam), Jammu and Kashmir and Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh)

Structural Engineering Research Centre :  Roorkee (U.P.). and Chennai.

Visveswarayya Industrial and  Technological Museum: Bangalore, (Karnataka)

Bharat Ophthalmic Glass Limited :  Kolkata, (West Bengal)

Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaecobotany :  Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)

Bose Research Institute :  Kolkata (W.Bengal)

Central Arid Zoo Research Institute :  Jodhpur (Rajasthan)

Central Coconut Research Institute :  Kaserkode (Kerala)

Central Glass and Ceramic Research Station :  New Delhi

Central Inland Fisheries Research Station :  Barrackpore (W.Bengal)

Central Institute of Fisheries  Technology :  Ernakulam (Kerala)

Central Jute  Technological Research Institute :  Kolkata (W.Bengal)

Central Marine Research Station :  Chennai (Tamil Nadu)

Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute : Durgapur  (West Bengal)

Central Mining Research Station :  Dhanbad (Bihar)

Central  Research  Laboratory  :   Chepauk,   Chennai (Tamil Nadu)

Central State Farm :  Suratgarh (Rajasthan)

Central  Tobacco Research Station :  Rajamundry (Andhra Pradesh)

Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology :  Hyderabad

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Institute: New Delhi

Fluid Control Research Institute :  Kanjikode (Kerala)

Forest Research Institute :  Dehra Dun (Uttar Pradesh)

Indian Institute of Agricultural Research Institute : New Delhi

Indian Institute of Science :  Bangalore

Indian Institute of Sugar  Technology :  Kanpur, (U.P)

Indian Lac Research Institute :  Ranchi (Bihar)

Indian Space Research Organisation :  Bangalore (Karnataka)

Institute of Microbial  Technology :  Hyderabad

National Dairy Research Institute :  Karnal (Haryana)

National Environmental Engineering Institute :  Nagpur

National Sugar Research Institute :  Kanpur  (U.P.)

All India Institute fo Hygiene and Public Health : Kolkata (W.Bengal)

All India Institute of Medical Science :  New Delhi (Delhi)

All India Malaria Institute :  Delhi.

Central Research Institute :  Kasauli (Himachal Pradesh)

Haftkine Institute :  Mumbai.

Indian Institute of Experimental Medicine :  Kolkata (W.Bengal)

Indian  Vetrinary Research Institute :  Mukteshwar  and Izatnagar (Gujarat)

National Institute of Communicable Disease :  Delhi

Nutrition  Research  Laboratory  :   Coonoor  (Tamil Nadu)

Tuberculosis Institute :  Delhi.