• Established The Coconut Research Station at Kasaragod, Kerala in 1916 by the Government of Madras.
• The Coconut Research Station was taken over by the Indian Central Coconut Committee in 1948.
• Established Central Plantation Crops Research Institute in 1970 under Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
• Established Seed Farm at Kidu (Karnataka) to produce quality planting materials in coconut, arecanut and cocoa; seed garden for cashew at Shantigodu (Karnataka) in 1972.
• Acquired the Research Centre at Appangala (Karnataka) for cardamom research in 1974.
• Established a Regional Station at Calicut (Kerala) for conducting research on spices; initiated research on oil palm at Palode and taken over the administrative control of ICAR Research Complexes at Goa and Lakshadweep Islands in 1975.
• Field Station at Irinjalakuda (Kerala) was established to monitor the northward spread of coconut root (wilt) disease in 1978.
• Established All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) on Palms in 1986.
• Delinked spices and cashew research with the establishment of National Research Centres at Calicut and Puttur, respectively in 1986.
• ICAR Research Complex for Goa upgraded as independent Institute in1989
• Transferred Palode centre to National Research Centres (NRC) for Oil palm, Pedavegi (Andhra Pradesh) in 1989.
• Established International Coconut Gene bank for South Asia (ICG-SA) and upgradation of seed farm at Kidu as Research Centre in 2003.
• Transferred Hirehalli centre to Indian Institute of Horticulture Research (IIHR), Bangalore in 2004.
• Handed over World Coconut Germplasm Centre, Sipighat, Andamans to Central Agricultural Research Institute (Andamans) in 2004.
• Acquired Research Centre at Minicoy from Central Marian Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) in 2006.
• Delinked Research Centre, Kannara in 2007.

Former Directors Project Coordinators

Directors

Name	From	To
Dr. K. V. Ahamed Bavappa	01-05-1970	22-01-1977
Dr. M. C. Nambiar	23-01-1977	17-07-1977
Dr. N. M. Nayar	18-07-1977	08-02-1982
Dr. K. V. Ahamed Bavappa	09-02-1982	31-02-1987
Dr. M. K. Nair	01-04-1987	31-08-1997
Dr. K. U. K. Nampoothiri	01-09-1997	31-12-2000
Dr. V. Rajagopal	01-01-2001	31-03-2006

Project Coordinators

Name	From	To
Dr. K. V. Ahamed Bavappa	1972	1976
Dr. N. M. Nayar	1977	1978
Mr. Satyabalan	1980	1981
Dr. N. G. Pilliai, In-Charge	1981	1982
Dr. P. Rethinam	1982	1988
Dr. M. K. Nair, Director (Addl. Charge)	1989	1993
Dr. E. V. V. Bhaskar Rao	1994	1995
Dr. M. K. Nair, Director (Addl. Charge)	1995 May	1996 Sep
Dr. V. Rajagopal, HOD (PB& PHT), In-Charge	1996 Oct	1997 July
Dr. M. K. Nair, Director (Addl. Charge)	1997 July	1997 Aug
Dr. K. U. K. Nampoothiri, Director (Addl. Charge)	1997 Oct	1998 Nov
Dr. H. Hameed Khan	1998 Nov	2003 Aug