[1][2] Dr Naresh Chandra Dev Barma is the head of the centre.
[3] Wheat Research Centre traces its origins to the Accelerated Wheat Research Programme for Bangladesh which was founded in 1971 and ended in June 1975.
It was revived as the Expanded Wheat Research Programme.
[1] The centre is responsible for preventing wheat blast damage to corps and supporting farmers.
[4][5] It was disestablished in 2017 and converted to the Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute.