DMR was established to conduct mission oriented and innovative research on all aspects of mushrooms and act as the centre for academic excellence and repository of research on location specific problems of national importance to achieve higher production and productivity and transfer of technology and provide technical support to the mushroom industry as well as rural masses for poverty alleviation. The mandate of the DMR is:
To conduct mission-oriented and innovative research on all aspects of mushrooms
To act as the centre of academic excellence and repository of mushroom germplasm and information
To coordinate network research on location specific problems of national importance to achieve higher production and productivity
To promote human resource development and transfer of technology
To provide technical support to the mushroom industry as well as to rural masses for poverty alleviation
