The Central Tuber Crops Research Institute with its Headquarters at Thiruvananthapuram and RegionalCentre at Bhubaneswar, achieved remarkable progress in the R&D on tropical tuber crops during 2008-09. The visit of Dr. Mangala Rai, Secretary, DARE & Director General, ICAR and Dr. H.P.Singh, Deputy Director General (Hort.), ICAR was a great inspiration for the Scientists.
The Institute has bagged many national and International recognitions in the past that include J.J. Chinoy Gold Medal (1970), three ICAR Team Research Awards (1985,1996,1998), D.L. Plucknett Award for Tropical Root Crops, Hari Om Trust Award (1993) Jawaharlal Nehru Award (1975, 1995,1998,2000,2004), Young Scientist Award instituted by Deseeya Sasthra Vedi (1996) and NRDC cash reward for biodegradable plastics (2000), Pat Coursey Award (2000, 2006) Vasantharao Naik Memorial Gold Medal (2002) and VITAA Award (2006).