ICAR-National Research Centre on Yak is a premier research organization exclusively engaged in research and development of Yak (Poephagus grunniens L.) in India. The institute was established in 1989 by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research at Dirang, West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh. At present, the institute is located at Dirang (1500 m above msl) and experimental Yak farm at Nyukmadung (2700 m above msl) at a distance of 31 km from Dirang.