Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
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| Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) |
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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.
In 1911, the Government of India set up the Indian Research Fund Association (IRFA) with the specific objective of sponsoring and coordinating medical research in the country. After independence, several important changes were made in the organisation and the activities of the IRFA. It was redesignated the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in 1949, considerably expanded scope of functions.
ICMR's 26 national institutes address themselves to research on specific health topics like tuberculosis, leprosy, cholera and diarrhoeal diseases, viral diseases including AIDS, malaria, kala-azar, vector control, nutrition, food & drug toxicology, reproduction, immuno-haematology, oncology, medical statistics, etc. Its 6 regional medical research centres address themselves to regional health problems, and also aim to strengthen or generate research capabilities in different geographic areas of the country.
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Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) |
The governing body of the council is presided over by the Union Health Minister. It is assisted in scientific and technical matters by a scientific advisory board comprising eminent experts in different biomedical disciplines. The board, in its turn, is assisted by a series of scientific advisory groups, scientific advisory committees, expert groups, task forces, steering committees etc. which evaluate and monitor different research activities of the council.
The council promotes biomedical research in the country through intramural as well as extramural research. Over the decades, the base of extramural research and also its strategies have been expanded by the council.
The council's research priorities coincide with National health priorities such as control and management of communicable diseases, fertility control, maternal and child health, control of nutritional disorders, developing alternative strategies for health care delivery, containment within safety limits of environmental and occupational health problems; research on major non-communicable diseases like cancer, cardiovascular diseases, blindness, diabetes and other metabolic and haematological disorders; mental health research and drug research.
These efforts are undertaken with a view to reduce the total burden of disease and to promote health and well-being of the population.
Extramural research is promoted by ICMR by establishing Centres for Advanced Research in different research areas around existing expertise and infrastructure in selected departments of Medical Colleges, Universities and other non-ICMR Research Institutes. The ICMR also funds task force studies which emphasise a time-bound, goal-oriented approach with clearly defined targets, specific time frames, standardised and uniform methodologies, and often a multicentric structure.
Open-ended research is conducted on the basis of applications for grants-in-aid received from scientists in non-ICMR Research Institutes, Medical colleges and Universities located in different parts of the country. Collaborative research projects with other institutes such as that between Institute of Pathology, Delhi and NCRM are also undertaken.
For retired medical scientists and teachers, the council offers the position of emeritus scientist to enable them to continue or take up research on specific biomedical topics.
Extramural research is promoted by ICMR by establishing Centres for Advanced Research in different research areas around existing expertise and infrastructure in selected departments of Medical Colleges, Universities and other non-ICMR Research Institutes. The ICMR also funds task force studies which emphasise a time-bound, goal-oriented approach with clearly defined targets, specific time frames, standardised and uniform methodologies, and often a multicentric structure.
Open-ended research is conducted on the basis of applications for grants-in-aid received from scientists in non-ICMR Research Institutes, Medical colleges and Universities located in different parts of the country. Collaborative research projects with other institutes such as that between Institute of Pathology, Delhi and NCRM are also undertaken.
For retired medical scientists and teachers, the council offers the position of emeritus scientist to enable them to continue or take up research on specific biomedical topics.
The council also awards prizes to Indian scientists, in recognition of significant contributions to biomedical research as well as those who work in the underdeveloped parts of the country.
At present, the council offers 38 awards, of which 11 are meant exclusively for young scientists (below 40 years).
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Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) |
There are a total of 26 ICMR institutes or ICMR Regional Medical Research Centres in India. These are :
- ICMR-National JALMA Institute for Leprosy & Other Mycobacterial Diseases, Agra
- ICMR-National Institute of Occupational Health, Ahmedabad
- ICMR-National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research, Bengaluru
- ICMR-National Institute for Research in Environmental Health, Bhopal
- ICMR-National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai
- ICMR-National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, Chennai
- ICMR-National Institute for Research in Tribal Health, Jabalpur
- ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad
- ICMR-National Animal Resource Facility for Biomedical Research, Hyderabad
- ICMR-National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata
- ICMR-National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, Mumbai
- ICMR-National Institute of Immunohaematology, Mumbai
- ICMR-National Institute of Malaria Research, New Delhi
- ICMR-National Institute of Pathology, New Delhi
- ICMR-National Institute of Medical Statistics, New Delhi
- ICMR-National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research, Noida
- ICMR-Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna
- ICMR-Vector Control Research Centre, Puducherry
- ICMR-National Institute of Virology, Pune
- ICMR-National AIDS Research Institute, Pune
- ICMR-National Institute of Traditional Medicine, Belagavi
- ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre, Bhubaneswar
- ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre, NE Region, Dibrugarh
- ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre, Gorakhpur
- ICMR- National Institute for Implementation Research on Non-Communicable Diseases, Jodhpur
- ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre, Port Blair.
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