Centre at a Glance

Established in December, 1979 with the jurisdiction of Sikkim Himalaya. The essentially Himalayan within the jurisdiction of this Centre exhibits an assortment of species of plants distributed under tropical forests, subtropical forests, temperate forests and alpine vegetation ranging an altitude from 250 – 5898 m. At present, the Centre is functioning in its own office building cum residential complex along with attached experimental garden in an area of about 03 acre of land situated below the Rajbhawan Complex, Gangtok. The office has the following major functional units for various research activities such as Herbarium, Museum, Laboratory, Library, Computer Unit and Experimental Botanic garden.