Central Drug Research Institute

Central Drug Research Institute
Type	Government
Established	1951; 73 years ago
Academic affiliation	CSIR
Budget	₹700 crore (US$84 million) (2021–2022)
Director	Dr.Radha Rangarajan
Location	Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Campus	Urban
Website	http://www.cdri.res.in/

Central Drug Research Institute is a multidisciplinary research laboratory in Lucknow, India, employing scientific personnel from various areas of biomedical sciences.

History

The Central Drug Research Institute was one of the first laboratories to be established in India right after its independence. It is among the thirty nine laboratories that are functioning under the aegis of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research of India. The research institute was formally inaugurated on 17 February 1951 by the prime minister, Jawahar Lal Nehru.^[2]

Divisions

For administrative and scientific purposes the institute's manpower has been grouped into 17 research and development divisions and several divisions providing technical and scientific support. The following divisions of are involved in research and development:

Division of Biochemistry
Division of Botany
Clinical and Experimental Medicine
Division of Cancer Biology
Division of Endocrinology
Fermentation Technology
Medicinal and Process Chemistry
Division of Microbiology
Division of Neuroscience and Aging Biology
Division of Parasitology
Division of Pharmaceutics
Division of Pharmacokinetics and Metabolism
Division of Pharmacology
Division of Toxicology
Division of Laboratory Animals

In addition, two data centers and one field station located outside the research institute provide operational support.

Achievements

Centchroman/Ormeloxifene^[3]

References

^ "DEMAND NO. 45" (PDF). indiabudget.gov.in. Ministry of Food Processing Industries. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
^ cosmic. "CDRI | Home". cdri.res.in. Archived from the original on 25 April 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
^ "CSIR-CDRI | Home". cdri.res.in. Retrieved 29 June 2020.

26°51′37″N 80°55′51″E / 26.8602°N 80.9309°E / 26.8602; 80.9309

External links

Official site

[1] "DEMAND NO. 45" (PDF). indiabudget.gov.in. Ministry of Food Processing Industries. Retrieved 13 June 2024.

[2] smic. "CDRI | Home". cdri.res.in. Archived from the original on 25 April 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2017.

[3] "CSIR-CDRI | Home". cdri.res.in. Retrieved 29 June 2020.

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