ICAR-National Institute of Biotic Stress Management – NIBSM, unique institute to take up research and education on Biotic stresses in agriculture is situated at Baronda, Raipur (Chhattisgarh), Baronda, it is located in a rural setting, about 30 km away from the Raipur city end-route to Baloda Bazar.
The Veerappa Moily Oversight Committee on the implementation of the reservation in higher educational institutions for expansion, inclusion and excellence, recommended the establishment of a dedicated research institute of Deemed-to-be-University Status on Biotic Stress Management. This was included in the proposal on establishment of “National Institute of Biotic Stress Management” at Raipur and was put up by Department of Agriculture Research and Education, Ministry of Agriculture to Cabinet in XII th plan. Thus the legal status of the National Institute of Biotic Stress management is Deemed-to-be-University.