CBSE (Central Board of secondary/school Examination/education)  is the board that is governing body. Whereas, NCERT is the publishing body or publisher. Most of the CBSE schools in India use textbooks from NCERT.  >> The NCERT (National Council of Educational Research and Training) is the educational resource organization set up by the Indian government to assist and advise the Central and State governments on academic matters related to school education.  >> CBSE runs Institutions/ and prescribes NCERT books for its courses.