The UP Sugarcane Research Council was established in 1912 as a research center by the then Agricultural Chemist and later the Director of Agriculture, Mr. George Clarke. In 1944, the state government appointed the first director of sugarcane research, U.P. Shahjahanpur under the administrative control of the Director of Agriculture, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow. In December 1976, His Excellency the Governor, U.P. U.P. Glad to approve the establishment.Sugarcane Research Council at Shahjahanpur to expedite research work. With the establishment of UP Sugarcane Research Council, concerted efforts have been made for development of varieties suitable for different agro-climatic zones of the state and technologies for promoting sugarcane and sugar production.