ICAR - Indian Institute of Groundnut Research, Junagadh formerly known as Directorate of Groundnut Research is a premier national level institute set up by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Ministry of Agriculture of India to cater to the needs of agricultural science research in the field of groundnut (peanut) crop in India. ICAR-IIGR was established in 1979 ( at Junagadh by the Founder Director Dr. Durga Prasad Misra), Gujarat to give a fillip to research for enhancing productivity of groundnut in keeping with its importance among the oilseed crops of India. The research centre came into being as the first crop commodity research unit under the category of NRC's (National Research Centres) of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, as an autonomous body set up as a registered society.

The institute is mandated to :

1. Basic, strategic and adaptive research on groundnut to improve productivity and quality
2. Provide access to information, knowledge and genetic material to develop suitable varieties and technologies
3. Coordination of applied research to develop location specific varieties and technologies
4. Dissemination of technology and capacity building.