The Office is a sub-regional office of APO and is responsible for coordinating IPGRI activities and developing cooperation with the national programmes in South Asia.

The Office initiates, coordinates, promotes, assists and thus catalyzes the activities within the region in the field of plant genetic resources collecting, characterization, evaluation, documentation, conservation, utilization and exchange. It also assists in conducting training and help promote research projects. The Office is readily available to give technical advice on matters related to establishment and operation of national plant genetic resources programmes and genebanks in liaison activities with regional and global research centres of institute; and advising on project proposals/workplans and funding.

The The New Delhi Office staff are:

Dr. Bhag Mal, Senior Scientist, South Asia Coordinator

Dr. Prem Narain Mathur, Associate Scientist, Associate Coordinator

Dr. R. K. Arora, Honorary Research Fellow

Mr. V. Surendrakumar, Administrative Officer 

Mr. K. K. Joshi, Driver/General Assistant

Mr. K.B. Tamang, Office Assistant  

Dr. Charu Jain, Scientific Assistant