Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD), Imphal was established in 2001.

The college is managed under the Manipur Societies Registration Act, 1989, the regular activity of the institute started only with the appointment of its first director in 2003.

To achieve the following mission, goal and objectives: Bioresources development and their sustainable use through biotechnological interventions for the socio-economic growth of the region, scientific management of bioresources in the Indian region falling under Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot and to set up the state of art biotechnology research facilities at Imphal which is at the centre for sustainable development of bioresources using tools of modern biology.