ICAR-National Institute of Natural Fiber Engineering and Technology is a premier institute under Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi and dedicated to the cause of natural fibers leading to the diversified use and industrial growth.

This research institute was initially set up by the Indian Central Jute Committee, Government of India on the recommendation of the Royal Commission on Agriculture in 1936 at Calcutta. It was officially established as a research institute on January 3, 1939 by Lord Linlithgow, the then Viceroy and Governor- General of India. In 1965, the institute became a constituent unit under the centralized administrative control of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi and named as Jute Technological Research Laboratory (JTRL). JTRL had prospered with multifarious dimensions and developed many indigenous technologies for jute as well as for allied fibers. In reorganization of R&D activities, ICAR had renamed the institute as “National Institute of Research on Jute and Allied Fiber Technology (NIRJAFT)” and also declared as center of excellence in late nineties. ICAR-NIRJAFT has carried out basic and applied researches related to post harvest processes of jute and allied fibers such as mesta, linseed/flax, sisal, ramie, banana, sunnhemp, pineapple leaf, dhaincha, coconut fiber , yak hair, Indian wool fiber, silk fiber and other lesser known long vegetable fibers. Being a lead research institute which was working in knowledge transfer and economic development activities for all natural fibers, the council in its 245 Governing Body (GB) meeting held on November 10, 2018, promoted the institute to work continuously in the area of natural fibers and accordingly renamed as ICAR-National Institute of Natural Fiber Engineering and Technology (ICAR-NINFET).