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The Central Drug Research Institute is a multidisciplinary research laboratory in
Lucknow
Lucknow (, ) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is also the second largest urban agglomeration in Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and division ...
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India
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, employing scientific personnel from various areas of biomedical sciences. Prof.
Tapas Kumar Kundu
Tapas Kumar Kundu (born 1962) is an Indian molecular biologist, academician and at present the Director of Central Drug Research Institute, a prestigious research institute of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research at Lucknow. He is the ...
, a molecular biologist, academician and recipient of coveted
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology
The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (SSB) is a science award in India given annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for notable and outstanding research, Applied science, applied or Fundamenta ...
award, is the incumbent director of the Central Drug Research Institute.
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
The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (IAST: ''vaigyanik tathā audyogik anusandhāna pariṣada''), abbreviated as CSIR, was established by the Government of India in September 1942 as an autonomous body that has emerged as the l ...
of India. The research institute was formally inaugurated on 17 February 1951 by the
prime minister
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,
Jawahar Lal Nehru
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (; ; ; 14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat—
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Divisions
For administrative and scientific purposes the institute's manpower has been grouped into 17
research and development
Research and development (R&D or R+D), known in Europe as research and technological development (RTD), is the set of innovative activities undertaken by corporations or governments in developing new services or products, and improving existi ...
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
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Centchroman/Ormeloxifene
References
External links
*{{url, www.cdri.res.in, Official site
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Pharmaceutical research institutes
Research institutes in Lucknow
Research institutes in Uttar Pradesh
1951 establishments in Uttar Pradesh
Research institutes established in 1951
Pharmaceutical industry of India
Pharmacy colleges in Uttar Pradesh