The Indian Council of Medical Research – ICMR was established in 1911.

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the apex body in India for the formulation, coordination and promotion of biomedical research, is one of the oldest and largest medical research bodies in the world.

The ICMR is funded by the Government of India through the Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

The Governing Body of the Council is presided over by the Union Health Minister.

ICMR Centres-

National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad (NIN), Hyderabad
National Centre for Laboratory Animal Science, (NCLAS) Hyderabad
Food and Drug Toxicology Research Centre, (FDTRC) Hyderabad
National Animal Resource Facility for Biomedical Research, (NARF-BR) Hyderabad
National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT), Chennai
National Institute of Epidemiology (NIE), Chennai
National Institute of Malaria Research (NIMR), Delhi
Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna
National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health (NIRRH), Mumbai
National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune
Microbial Containment Complex (MCC), Pune
National AIDS Research Institute (NARI), Pune
National Institute of Occupational Health, Ahmedabad
National Institute of Pathology (NIP), Delhi
National Institute of Medical Statistics (NIMS), Delhi
National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research (NICPR), Noida
Vector Control Research Centre (VCRC), Pondicherry
National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED), Kolkata
National Institute for Research in Tribal Health (NIRTH), Jabalpur
National Center for Disease Informatics and Research (NCDIR), Bengaluru
Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Center, (BMHRC), Bhopal
National Institute for Research in Environmental Health (NIREH), Bhopal
National JALMA institute for Leprosy & Other Mycobacterial Diseases, Agra
Centre for Research in Medical Entomology (CRME), Madurai
National Institute of Immunohaemotology (NIIH), Mumbai
Enterovirus Research Centre (ERC), Mumbai
Genetic Research Centre, Mumbai
Desert Medicine Research Centre (DMRC), Jodhpur
Regional Medical Research Center, Port Blair
Regional Medical Research Center, Bhubaneswar
Regional Medical Research Centre, Dibrugarh
Regional Medical Research Center, Belgaum
ICMR Virus Unit, Kolkata

Contact-

Indian Council of Medical Research
V. Ramalingaswami Bhawan Post Box No.4911 Ansari Nagar, New Delhi-110029
Tel. No.: 91-11-26588895, 26588980, 26589794,26589336, 26588707

Fax No.: 91-11-26588662
E-mail address : icmrhqds@sansad.nic.in