Management Board and it's Function:

1. Subject to the rules and regulations made under the ordinance, the general direction, administration and supervision of the affairs of the Institute is vested in the management board, exercise all powers and do all acts and things that may be exercised or done by the Institute.

2. The board in discharging its function shall be guided on questions of policy by such instructions as may be given to it by the government from time to time.

Constitution of Board:

(i) The Board consists of the following members, namely;

a. the Director-General, ex-officio, who shall also be the Chairman of the Board;

b. a representative of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, not below the rank of Director, to be nominated by that Commission;

c. the Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, ex-officio;

d. a representative of the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council, to be nominated by it;

e. a representative of the Department of Agricultural Extension, not below the rank of Director, to be nominated by the Ministry or Division dealing with agriculture;

f. the Directors of the Institute, ex-officio;

g. two senior scientists of the Institute, to be nominated by the Ministry or Division dealing with agriculture;

h. two representatives, one from among the progressive farmers, and the other from amongst the Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) performing functions similar to those of the Institute, to be nominated by the Ministry or Division dealing with agriculture;

i. two representatives, one from the Ministry or Division dealing with agriculture and the other from the Finance Division of the Ministry dealing with finance, not below the rank of Deputy Secretary, to be nominated by that Ministry or Division.

(ii) The Director-in-Charge of Administration of the Institute shall act as the Secretary of the Board.