The nature and the magnitude of genetic divergence was estimated in fortyeight germplasm of rice during two season Kharif 2017-18 and Kharif 2018-19using Mahalanobis’s D2 -statistics. The genotypes were grouped into 10 clusters showing a reliable degree of relationship between geographic distribution and genetic divergence. | Assessment of genetic divergence in rice (Oryza sativa L.) germplasm