Establishment Background:

           First thought:  December -1976, BAU, Syndicate Approval: November 1987

           Functioning: January 1988

           Recognition as National Seed Health Laboratory: January 1994

           Inauguration  of National Seed Health Laboratory: June 1998

           BAU syndicate approval as Seed Pathology Centre: 23 June, 2001

           Inauguration of Seed Pathology Centre: 12 December 2001