The Central Drug Research Institute is a multidisciplinary research laboratory in

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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

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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 ...

of India. The research institute was formally inaugurated on 17 February 1951 by the

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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

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