CTCRI bagged the Sardar Patel Outstanding Institution Award for the year 2005, instituted by the ICAR for outstanding contribution made in the improvement of tropical tuber crops and development of low cost production technologies. The award carries a cash prize of Rs. 5 lakhs, besides a plaque,
certificate and citation.

The Institute has bagged many national and International recognitions in the past that include J.J. Chinoy Gold Medal (1970), three ICAR Team Research Awards (1985,1996, 1998), D.L. Plucknett Award for Tropical Root Crops, Hari Om Trust Award (1993), Jawaharlal Nehru Award (1975, 1995, 1998, 2000 and 2004), Young Scientist Award instituted by Deseeya Sasthra Vedi (1996)
and NRDC cash reward for biodegradable plastics (2000), Pat Coursey Award (2000, 2006) Vasantharao Naik Memorial Gold Medal (2002) and VITAA Award (2006).

In recognition of its contribution to cassava growers and consumers worldwide, CTCRI has been rewarded at the First International Meeting on Cassava Plant Breeding, Biotechnology and Ecology organized at Brasilia, Brazil during 11-15 November, 2006.

The Best Annual Report Award (1997-98) among the category of Small Institutes was conferred to Central Tuber Crops Research Institute for succinitly presenting the research results.

Extramural support by way of research schemes from both International (like CIAT, CIP, CIRAD etc) and National agencies (like ICAR, DST, DBT, DRDO, LSRB, JNU, UGC, PPIC, DSIR, NHM) and State agencies (like KSCSTE) was a great boon to the Institute to upgrade the research infrastructure as well as to facilitate detailed studies on frontier areas of research. The network projects of ICAR has helped the Institute to focus research on priority areas.

Internet connectivity is now available through the local area network, and user can access the internet from any of the nodes connected to the network. CTCRI has setup a home page on the internet. This can be accessed at http://www.ctcri.org which provides a comprehensive picture about the various activities of the Institute.