About

The National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) had its origin as Central Malaria Bureau, established at Kasauli (Himachal Pradesh) in 1909 and following expansion was renamed in 1927 as the Malaria Survey of India. The organization was shifted to Delhi in 1938 and called as the Malaria Institute of India (MII). In view of the drastic reduction achieved in the incidence of malaria under National Malaria Eradication Programme (NMEP), Government of India decided to reorganize and expand the activities of the institute to cover other communicable diseases. Thus, on July 30, 1963 the erstwhile MII was renamed as NICD to shoulder these additional responsibilities.

The institute was established to function as a national centre of excellence for control of communicable diseases. The function of the institute also included various areas of training and research using multi-disciplinary integrated approach. The institute was, in addition, expected to provide expertise to the States and Union Territories (UTs) on rapid health assessment and laboratory based diagnostic services. Surveillance of communicable diseases and outbreak investigation also formed an indispensable part of its activities.

The NICD campus at Delhi covers an approximate areas of 15.35 acres which includes the former official residence of Commander in Chief of the Indian Army and now houses the administrative block, library, divisions of epidemiology and parasitic diseases. The Institute is one of its unique kind in the city of Delhi having so much of green area with about 80% as open area. The Institute has got three large sprawling lawns with well maintained plants as well as a number of smaller garden islands. The headquarters of the directorate of National Anti Malaria Programme (NAMP), now named as National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) is also located in the NCDC campus. The facilities available in the campus include research laboratories, a large lecture hall, well equipped conference and seminar rooms, animal house, fish hatcheries and two hostels with a total capacity to accommodate about 125 trainees and a well maintained canteen. The campus has the facilities of play grounds for volleyball, badminton etc. as well as for indoor facilities like carom, gymnasium etc.

The Institute is under administrative control of the Director General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India. The Director, an officer of the Public Health sub-cadre of Central Health Service, is the administrative and technical head of the Institute. The Institute has its headquarters in Delhi and has 8 out-station branches located at Alwar (Rajasthan), Bengaluru (Karnataka), Kozikode (Kerela), Coonoor (Tamil Nadu), Jagdalpur (Chattisgarh), Patna (Bihar), Rajahmundry (Andhra Pradesh) and Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh). There are several technical Divisions at the headquarters of the institute i.e. Centre for Epidemiology and Parasitic Diseases (Dept. of Epidemiology, Dept. Parasitic Disease) Division of Microbiology, Division of Zoonosis, Centre for HIV/AIDS and related diseases, Centre for Medical Entomology and Vector Management, Division of Malariology and Coordination, Division of Biochemistry and Biotechnology. In each division there are several sections and laboratories dealing with different communicable diseases. The divisions have well equipped laboratories with modern equipments capable of undertaking tests using latest technology. The activities of each division are supervised by an officer in-charge, supported by medical and non-medical scientists, research officers and other technical and paramedical staff. Every Division is equipped with its own independent Seminar Room. The institute has a 24 x 7 Disease Monitoring Cell operating round the clock to respond to enquiries related to disease outbreak along-with video-conferencing facility to interact with the network of disease surveillance centres in the states and districts. The branches are also well equipped and staffed to carry out field studies, training activites and research..

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Who's Who

Division Wise Officer List

Data as on 08.01.2026

Director Office

S.No	Name of Officer	Designation
1	Dr. Ranjan Das	Director
2	Shri Mukesh Kumar	Private Secretary

Biosafety and Biological Threat Reduction Division

S.No	Name of Officer	Designation
1	Dr. Naveen Kumar Gupta	Additional Director & HOD
2	Dr. Madhumita Barua (Micro)	Joint Director & OIC
3	Dr. Nidhi Saini (Micro)	Joint Director
4	Dr. Mahesh H. Waghmare	Joint Director
5	Dr. Priyanjali Shingare	Assistant Director (Micro)
6	Dr. Vikash Ranjan	Assistant Director & OIC of GSS & MT Cell

Contractual

Dr. Harshita Singh – DAD (Micro) (Contract Basis)

Bio-Technology Division & Viral Hepatitis Lab

S.No	Name of Officer	Designation
1	Dr. Sandhya Kabra (Micro)	Additional Director (HAG) & HOD
2	Dr. Partha Rakshit (Micro)	Joint Director (VH)
3	Dr. Preeti Madan (GDMO)	CMO (NFSG), NHM, MOH&FW (VH)
4	Dr. Hemlata (Micro)	Joint Director
5	Dr. Hema Gogia (PH)	Assistant Director (VH)

CE&OH and Climatic Change Health (CE&OH & CCH)

S.No	Name of Officer	Designation
1	Dr. Aakash Shrivastava	Additional Director & Head
2	Dr. Aniket Chowdhury	Assistant Director
3	Dr. Shubham Yadav	MO

Centre for AIDS & Related Diseases (CARD)

S.No	Name of Officer	Designation
1	Dr. Monil Singhai	Joint Director && &OIC
2	Dr. Patel Pritikumari	Assistant Director

CENTRE FOR ARBOVIRAL ZOONOTIC DISEASE

S.No	Name of Officer	Designation
1	Dr. Naveen Kumar Gupta	Additional Director & HOD
2	Dr Aarti Tewari (Micro)	Joint Director & OIC
3	Dr. Shubha Garg (Micro)	Joint Director
4	Dr E Kavitha	Assistant Director (Micro)

Centre for Bacterial Diseases & Drug Resistance

S.No	Name of Officer	Designation
1	Dr Lata Kapoor (Micro)	Additional Director & HOD
2	Dr Madhu Raikwar	Sr. CMO (SAG)
3	Dr Bibhash Nandi (Micro)	Joint Director
4	Dr. Stuti Kaushik	Assistant Director (Micro)
5	Dr. Anuja Gupta	Assistant Director (Micro)

Centre for Medical Entomology and Vector Management

S.No	Name of Officer	Designation
1	Dr Shaukat Kamal	Additional Director & HoD

Contractual

Mr Ajay Kumar Kumawat – DAD (Ent.) (Contract Basis)
Ms Aathira V. Dev – DAD (Ent.) (Contract Basis)
Ms K. Aswini – DAD (Ent.) (Contract Basis)
Ms Pooja – DAD (Ent.) (Contract Basis)

CENTRE FOR ONE HEALTH

S.No	Name of Officer	Designation
1	Dr. Naveen Kumar Gupta	Additional Director & HOD
2	Dr. Simmi Tiwari (PH)	Joint Director & OIC
3	Dr. Ajit Dadaji Shewale (PH)	Joint Director
4	Dr. Jitesh Shamsundar Kuwatada	Assistant Director

Division for Parasitic Diseases

S.No	Name of Officer	Designation
1	Dr Arti Bahl	Addl. Director & HoD
2	Dr Girish Kumar Makhija (PH)	Joint Director & OIC
3	Dr Raghavendra A. Honnakamble (PH)	Assistant Director
4	Dr. Ashna Bhasin	Assistant Director

Enterovirus Division

S.No	Name of Officer	Designation
1	Dr. Simrita Singh (Micro)	Additional Director & HOD
2	Dr Purva Pankaj Sarkate (Micro)	Joint Director
3	Dr Purbasha Bera (Micro)	Joint Director
4	Dr. Anupam Kumar Anveshi	Assistant Director (Micro)

Epidemiology Division (EPID)

S.No	Name of Officer	Designation
1	Dr Arti Bahl (PH)	Additional Director & HOD
2	Dr Avdhesh Kumar (PH)	Advisor
3	Dr Rameshwar Sorokhaibam	CMO (NFSG)
4	Dr Ramesh Chandra (PH)	Joint Director
5	Dr Suneet Kaur (PH)	Joint Director
6	Mrs. Kanchan Bhardwaj	Private Secretary

Establishment & Strengthening of New Branches of NCDC

S.No	Name of Officer	Designation
1	Dr. Anubhav Srivastava	Joint Director & OIC
2	Dr Dhara B Shah (Micro)	Deputy Director
3	Sh Joy Mukherjee	Administrative Officer

Integrated Health Information Platform

S.No	Name of Officer	Designation
1	Dr Himanshu Chauhan (PH)	Additional Director & HOD
2	Dr Alok Mathur	Sr. CMO (SAG)
3	Dr Shikha Vardhan	Joint Director
4	Dr Saurabh Goel (PH)	Joint Director
5	Dr Meera Dhuria	Joint Director
6	Dr Pranay Kumar Verma (PH)	Joint Director
7	Dr Shubhangi D. Kulsange	Joint Director
8	Smt Meenakshi Sharma (SSS)	Senior Statistical Officer

IHR, Division of Public Health Preparedness & NCD / Biochemistry & Toxicology

S.No	Name of Officer	Designation
1	Dr Meera Dhuria	Joint Director & OIC
2	Dr Priyanka Kundra	Senior Medical Officer
3	Dr Gajjala Siva Prasad	Senior Medical Officer

SM&EC

S.No	Name of Officer	Designation
1	Sh. Sunil Prakash Bhardwaj	Additional Director & HoD and PBA (Admin & Finance)

PLANNING BUDGETING & ADMINISTRATION (PBA)

S.No	Name of Officer	Designation
1	Sh. Sunil Prakash Bhardwaj	Additional Director (HAG) & HoD and PBA (Admin & Finance)
2	Dr Sanket Vasant Kulkarni (PH)	Joint Director & HOD (PBA)
3	Sh Prakash Doval	Assistant Director (Admn.)
4	Sh Balram Kashyap	Administrative Officer & Security Officer

FINANCE

S.No	Name of Officer	Designation
1	Sh. Sunil Prakash Bhardwaj	Additional Director & HoD and PBA (Admin & Finance)
2	Dr Ramesh Chandra (PH)	Joint Director & HOD (PBA-Finance) and DDO
3	Sh Atul Kumar Shukla	SSO

PARLIAMENT & COORDINATION CELL

S.No	Name of Officer	Designation
1	Dr Arti Bahl	Addl. Director & HoD
2	Dr Ashna Bhasin	Assistant Director
3	Dr Anupam Kumar Anveshi	Assistant Director (Micro)

NCDC UPGRADATION CELL

S.No	Name of Officer	Designation
1	Dr Hema Gogia	Assistant Director (PH) & OIC

NCDC MAINTENANCE CELL

S.No	Name of Officer	Designation
1	Dr Rameshwar Sorokhaibam	Joint Director & HOD

LIBRARY

S.No	Name of Officer	Designation
1	Dr Madhu Raikwar	Sr. CMO (SAG) & HOD
2	Sh P S Hada	Asstt. Lib. & Inf. Officer

STORES

S.No	Name of Officer	Designation
1	Dr Ankur Garg	Deputy Director & HOD

NCDC (HQ) – CONSULTANTS & ADVISORS

S.No	Name of Officer	Designation
1	Dr Anil Kumar	Principal Advisor
2	Mrs Manjeet Sharma	Private Secretary

Dte GHS (Nirman Bhawan Delhi)

S.No	Name of Officer	Designation
1	Dr Nishant Kumar (PH)	Joint Director
2	Dr Rupali Roy (PH)	Joint Director
3	Dr Navin Verma	Joint Director
4	Dr Avinash Sunthlia (GDMO)	Senior Medical Officer & Chief Security Officer

Branches

NCDC, Kozhikode Branch

S.No	Name of Officer	Designation
1	Dr. Shilpa Krishna K.	MO & OIC & DDO

Contractual

Ms Athira Sugathan – DAD (Ent.) (Contract Basis)
Dr J Selvakumari – DAD (Ent.) (Contract Basis)

NCDC, Jaipur Branch

S.No	Name of Officer	Designation
1	Dr Naveen Chharang	Additional Director & OIC

NCDC, Bengaluru Branch

S.No	Name of Officer	Designation
1	Dr Sayana Bhaskaran	SMO & OIC & DDO

Contractual

Mrs. Monika Singh – DAD (Micro.) (Contract Basis)

NCDC, Raipur Branch

S.No	Name of Officer	Designation
1	Dr Sandeep S. Jogdand	Joint Director & OIC (Additional Charge)

Contractual

Mr T A Arvind – DAD (Ent.) (Contract Basis)

NCDC, Mangalagiri Branch

S.No	Name of Officer	Designation
1	Dr. Praveen Madala	Joint Director & OIC & DDO

NCDC, Patna Branch

S.No	Name of Officer	Designation
1	Dr Mazhar Hussain	Chief Medical Officer (NFSG) & OIC & DDO

NCDC, Chennai Branch

S.No	Name of Officer	Designation
1	Dr. Ardra Kurian	SMO & OIC & DDO

NCDC, Varanasi Branch

S.No	Name of Officer	Designation
1	Dr Prateek Kumar Singh	Senior Medical Officer & OIC

Mandate

The mandate of the Institute broadly covers three areas viz. services, trained health manpower development and research.

Service

The Institute takes leading role in undertaking investigations of disease outbreaks all over the country employing epidemiological and diagnostic tools. It also provides referral diagnostic services to individuals, community, medical colleges, research institutions and state health directorates. The service component provided by the Institute also includes making available scientific research material, teaching aids, storage and supply of vaccines and quality control of biologicals. A brief of different services provided are mentioned below.

A. Outbreak investigations

The institute investigates and recommends control measures for the out-break of various communicable diseases in the States/UTs all over the country as well as to some neighbouring countries in the South East Asia Region. The institute also undertakes monitoring of outbreaks through-out the country, especially during its early rising phase by collecting information from the states and districts. The institute conducts emergency preparedness training for the officials in the state as well as investigates rumors in cases of diseases that have been considered as eradicated e.g. Smallpox case rumors.

B. Referral Services

Referral Diagnostic Services: The institute provides referral diagnostic services for various communicable diseases of microbial origin specially for those for which diagnostic facilities are ordinarily not available in hospitals and medical colleges. These include:

Viral diseases- Poliomyelitis, Measles, Coxsackie virus, other Enteroviruses,Hepatitis virus, AIDS, Rabies, Arbo-viral infections, Rubella, Cytomegalovirus etc.
Bacterial diseases- Meningitis, Diphtheria, Acute Respiratory Infections, Cholera and newer Entero-pathogens, Plague, Anthrax, Leptospirosis, Brucellosis ,Rickettsioses etc.
Mycotic diseases- Common fungal infections, superficial as well as deep.
Parasitic Diseases- Malaria, Kala-azar, Hydatidosis.

C. Other Services

The Institute also provides other important services some of which are as follows:

Quality Control of Biologicals: The institute routinely provides quality control services for various vaccines like BCG, OPV and diagnostic test kits for AIDS, Hepatitis, Meningitis, etc.
Storage and supply of vaccines and other biological materials: The institute stores reagents, test kits and vaccines on behalf of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) and distributes to various state health directorates and medical colleges on request. It also provides larvivorous fishes for the biological control of mosquitoes to various public health agencies.
Entomological investigations: Includes identification of arthropods of medical importance specially during disease out-break situations.
Evaluation of chemical compounds: The institute undertakes laboratory and field evaluation of insecticides/biocides to meet the requirements of the registration committee of Central Insecticide Board.
Assessment of biochemical parameters to establish clinical diagnosis e.g.Thyroid function tests etc.

Trained Health Manpower Development

This component of the mandate of the Institute is addressed through the following activities

A. Training

Special emphasis is given to trained health man-power development that is essential for the successful implementation of different health programmes in the country. Besides the regular training programmes, numerous short-term training activities are conducted every year. The course curricula of these training programmes are designed to develop the necessary need-based skills. The participants to these courses come from different States/Union Territories of India. In addition, trainees from some of the neighbouring countries like Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Nepal also participate in some of the training programmes. The institute also conducts separate training programmes specifically designed for international participants. Some of these courses are sponsored by international agencies like WHO, UNICEF, World Bank and USAID. The institute has developed training modules on different communicable diseases based on its field experiences, which are extensively used during training programmes at NICD. The trainees in various Epidemiology courses are exposed to the application of computers and related softwares in Epidemiology and disease surveillance.

B. Expert group meetings

The Institute organizes meetings for formulation of guidelines for surveillance, management, prevention and control of various communicable and non-communicable diseases. The meetings are attended by experts of the respective field, senior administrators of health services of the states, programme managers from medical, veterinary, agriculture and animal husbandry departments.

C. Supply of teaching and research material

The institute provides teaching material on various communicable diseases in the form of slides, charts, maps, procedure manuals, pamphlets, books etc. to Medical Colleges and Teaching Institutions. Various bacterial and fungal isolates, cell lines, slides of malaria, filaria, kala-azar, rabies, diphtheria, meningococcus, live cultures and preserved materials of arthropods are also provided to medical colleges and research institutions on request.

D. Fellowships

Scientists, research workers and health professionals, from India and abroad on WHO fellowships are placed in the institute for training and exchange of technical knowledge

Research

Applied integrated research in various aspects of communicable as well as some aspects of non-communicable diseases has been one of the prime functions of the Institute. To achieve this, the institute is actively engaged in research in the following broad areas.

Quality Control of Biologicals: The institute routinely provides quality control services for various vaccines like BCG, OPV and diagnostic test kits for AIDS, Hepatitis, Meningitis, etc.
Storage and supply of vaccines and other biological materials: The institute stores reagents, test kits and vaccines on behalf of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) and distributes to various state health directorates and medical colleges on request. It also provides larvivorous fishes for the biological control of mosquitoes to various public health agencies.
Entomological investigations: Includes identification of arthropods of medical importance specially during disease out-break situations.
Evaluation of chemical compounds: The institute undertakes laboratory and field evaluation of insecticides/biocides to meet the requirements of the registration committee of Central Insecticide Board.
Assessment of biochemical parameters to establish clinical diagnosis e.g.Thyroid function tests etc.

Major Achievements

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The India EIS programme was launched at NCDC in collaboration with US CDC (2012)

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The India EIS Programme transitioned to GoI PM-ABHIM (Pradhan Mantri-Ayushmaan Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission). (2021)

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The India EIS programme at NCDC receives international recognition in the form of programme accreditation by TEPHINET, a global FETP accreditation body. (2023)

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Development of a mounting media (Bhatia media) for the larvae of mosquitoes (1949)

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Preparation of identification keys for larvae and adults of Indian Anophelines (1953)

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The Regional Filaria Training and Research Centre (RFT&RC), Kozhikode was established. A field station of this Centre, Brugia Malayi Research unit is functioning at Cherthala, Alappuzha District, Kerela (1955)

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Preparation of a region-wise identification key for the Indian anophelines (1961)

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Establishment of Field station at Kolar, Mysore state to investigate the epidemiology and control of epidemic plague (1963)

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Establishment of Regional Filaria Training and Research Centre at Varanasi (1965)

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Establishment of Unit for testing of Small Pox freeze dried vaccine under National Smallpox Eradication Programme (1965)

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Preparation of identification key for Indian anophelines (1965)

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Polio Vaccine testing unit started functioning at Division of Microbiology (1968)

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Central survey team formed under filariology division to determine filariasis transmission in non-endemic areas (1970)

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Establishment of unit for testing and quality control of freeze dried BCG vaccine (1972)

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NICD medium developed to diagnose acute cholera within 6 hours (1972)

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Field Practice Unit established at Alwar to study communicable diseases (1973)

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Detection of zoonotic reservoir of Cutaneous leishmaniasis near Rajasthan Canal Area (1973)

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Detection of resistance against Malathion in Anopheles culicifacies (1973)

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Detection of resistance against DDT in Anopheles culicifacies (1973)

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Discovery of zoonotic focus of human malaria in Greater Nicobar (1973)

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NICD declared as Central Water Laboratory under Prevention and Control of Pollution Act (1974)

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Establishment of Plague Surveillance Unit at Bangalore (1975)

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NICD played a leading role in achieving Small Pox Zero target (1975)

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Establishment of Kala-azar Unit at Patna (1976)

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In-vitro cultivation of Plasmodium falciparum established (1978)

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Field station established at Jagdalpur to intensify malaria research (1979)

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Guineaworm Eradication Programme launched (1983)

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Communicable Diseases Bulletin launched (1985)

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Cell for monitoring epidemic prone diseases established (1985)

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Recognized as WHO Collaborating Centre for Rabies epidemiology (1985)

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Establishment of National Reference Centre for AIDS/HIV (1985)

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Laboratory based HIV/AIDS testing training started (1986)

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Malaria Research Field Station, Jagdalpur taken over by NICD (1988)

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9-month Field Epidemiology Training Programme initiated with USAID support (1989)

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Identification keys for adult Anopheles mosquitoes prepared (1990)

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Polio laboratory recognized as Regional Reference Laboratory (1991)

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Biochemistry Division recognized as National Reference Laboratory for Iodine Deficiency Disorders (1992)

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Mosquito larvicidal properties of Yucca aloifolia detected (1994)

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State-of-the-art BSL-2 Plague laboratory established (1995)

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Division of AIDS established incorporating Reference Centre (1995)

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Recognized as WHO Collaborating Centre for Field Epidemiology Training Programme (1995)

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Biotechnology Laboratory established with full diagnostic facilities (1996)

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Yaws Eradication Programme launched (1996)

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Guinea Worm Eradication certified by WHO (2000)

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Multi-centric study on H2S-Strip Test for safe drinking water (2001-2004)

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DNA fingerprinting based molecular diagnosis developed for 25 pathogens (2002)

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Containment of Plague outbreak in Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal (2002-2004)

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Mosquito larvicidal properties of Carica papaya detected (2004)

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Over 200 gene sequences submitted to Global Genome Bank (2004)

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Mosquito larvicidal properties of Ipomoea cairica detected (2004)

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Tissue Culture facility for Arboviruses established (2004)

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Integrated Disease Surveillance Project launched (2004)

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Evaluation of Solar Disinfection method for drinking water (2004-2005)

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MoU signed with GGSIP University for PhD courses (2005)

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First inventory of Museum Specimens published (2005)

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JE virus detected in Culex vishnui mosquitoes from Karnal (2006)

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India declared elimination of Yaws (2006)

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International patent granted for bio-control agent Chilodonella uncinata (2006)

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MPH (Field Epidemiology) course started at NICD (2006)

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Nodal laboratory for national Avian Influenza surveillance (2006)

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JE virus detected in Culex vishnui mosquitoes from Saharanpur and Karnal (2007)

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Central Plague Laboratory participated in EQAS programme (2007)

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National patent filed for anti-Aedes desert cooler (2007)

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Proposal for upgradation of NICD to NCDC approved (2007)

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Dengue virus detected in Aedes mosquitoes from Delhi (2008)

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JE virus detected in Culex vishnui mosquitoes from Baghpat (2008)

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Pilot projects on Leptospirosis and Rabies initiated (2008)

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Soil factors supporting sand fly breeding identified (2008)

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Member of National Consortium of HIV diagnostic laboratories (2008)

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100-year celebration; NICD redesignated as NCDC (2009)

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Establishment of Centres for NCD, Environment & Occupational Health, and Climate Change (2015)

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India declared Yaws free (2016)

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Notified as National Coordination Centre for AMR Containment (2017)

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Completed National Level TOTs for Medical Officers across India for NCD screening (2017)

Organisations Structure

Trained Health Manpower Development

Special emphasis is given to trained health manpower development that is essential for the successful implementation of different health programmes in the country. Besides the regular training programmes, numerous short-term training activities are conducted every year. The course curricula of these training programmes are designed to develop the necessary need-based skills. The participants to these courses come from different States/Union Territories of India. In addition, trainees from some of the countries like Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Nepal, Maldives, Timor Leste and North Korea also participate in the training programmes. The NCDC also conducts customized training programmes for international participants. These courses are sponsored by international agencies like WHO, UNICEF, CDC and USAID.

Training programmes carried out by NCDC are:

1. India EIS Programme

NCDC conducts two year India Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Programme in collaboration with CDC, Atlanta. The programme focuses on hands-on training in epidemiologi service for public health professionals. Trainees engage in outbreak investigation, designing and analyzing epidemiological studies, analysis and evaluation of surveillance data, scientific communication, and other activities in preparation for careers as field epidemiologist. Every year nominations are invited by an advertisement. Eligibility criteria and other details of the programme are also available on NCDC website.

2.MPH (FE) Course

NCDC conducts two year Master in Public Health (Field Epidemiology) course affiliated to the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi. Total numbers of seats are 20 out of which two seats are earmarked for WHO sponsored candidates.

3.Regional Field Epidemiology Training Programme (FETP)

A tailor made programme for the middle and senior level health personnel from countries of South East Asia Region to strengthen their epidemiological skill. This three month programme is conducted once a year.

4.Regional Training Programme on Prevention and Control of Communicable Diseases

The four week programme is conducted once every year and is designed to augment the capacity to understand disease dynamics in community and intervention for its prevention and control.

5.Vector Borne Diseases

Training of four weeks in Vector Borne Diseases is carried out in partnership with NVBDCP, NIMR (ICMR) and NIHFW.

6.Sc., MPH and Ph.D. Programme

NCDC is recognized as the approved centre for guiding the students under Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi other Universities.

Applied Research

Applied research in various aspects of communicable as well as non-communicable diseases has been one of the prime functions of the NCDC. To achieve this, the NCDC is actively engaged in research in the following broad areas:

Quality Control of Biologicals: The institute routinely provides quality control services for various vaccines like BCG, OPV and diagnostic test kits for AIDS, Hepatitis, Meningitis, etc.
Storage and supply of vaccines and other biological materials: The institute stores reagents, test kits and vaccines on behalf of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) and distributes to various state health directorates and medical colleges on request. It also provides larvivorous fishes for the biological control of mosquitoes to various public health agencies.
Entomological investigations: Includes identification of arthropods of medical importance specially during disease out-break situations.
Evaluation of chemical compounds: The institute undertakes laboratory and field evaluation of insecticides/biocides to meet the requirements of the registration committee of Central Insecticide Board.
Assessment of biochemical parameters to establish clinical diagnosis e.g.Thyroid function tests etc.

Specialised Services

The NCDC provides various referral services and technical support to individual patients, community, medical colleges, research institutions and State Health Directorates. These include diagnostic and clinical, teaching aids, storage and supply of vaccines and quality control of biological. The different services available are given below:

1. Diagnostic:

NCDC provides referral diagnostic services for various communicable diseases, some of which are ordinarily not available in hospitals and medical colleges. These include diagnosis of Cholera, Dengue, Diphtheria, Filaria, Fungal infections, Hepatitis, HIV/AIDS, Influenza, JE, Kala-azar, Leptospirosis, Malaria, Measles, Meningitis, Rabies, Rubella, Scrub Typhus, Soil Transmitted Helminthes, Tuberculosis, and Zika Virus Disease.

2.Storage and supply of Diagnostic Reagents:

The NCDC stores reagent and test kits on behalf of the Directorate General of Health Services and distributes to various State Health Directorates and medical colleges.

3.Entomological Services:

Includes identification of arthropods of medical importance specially during disease outbreak situations, provides larvivorous fishes for the biological control of mosquitoes to various public health agencies.

4.Quality Control of Insecticides:

The NCDC undertakes laboratory and field evaluation of insecticides/biocides to meet the requirements of the Registration Committee (RC) of Central Insecticide Board (CIB).

5.Supply of research materials:

Various bacterial and fungal isolates, virus cell lines, Malaria, Filaria, Kala-Azar, Rabies, Diphtheria, Meningococcus slides, live cultures and preserved materials of arthropods are provided to medical colleges and research institutions.

6.Outbreak investigations:

The NCDC investigates and recommends control measures for the outbreaks of various communicable diseases to the States/UTs all over the country as well as to some neighbouring countries.

7.Verification of rumours of eradicated diseases:

Guineaworm, Yaws and Poliomyelitis.

8.Supply of teaching materials:

The NCDC provides teaching materials on various communicable diseases in the form of slides, charts, maps, procedure manuals, pamphlets and books etc.

Publications

CD Alert is a technical bulletin of the NCDC, Directorate General of Health Services, to disseminate information on various aspects of communicable diseases to medical fraternity and health administrators. It is widely circulated to different parts of the country including Directorates of Health Services of different States, Districts, Primary Health Centres, Medical Colleges and individuals.

NCDC Newsletter is a quarterly publication with the purpose to provide a forum for sharing information on outbreaks, programme updates and information on any event of public health importance.

Former Directors Of NCDC

Dr. Atul Goel

2022–2025

Dr. Sujeet Kumar Singh

2018–2022

Dr. A.C Dhariwal

2017–2018

Dr. S. Venkatesh

2014–2017

Dr. L. S. Chauhan

2010-2014

Dr. Shiv Lal

2002–2010

Dr. K.K. Datta

2000–2001 & 1994–1997

Dr. Jotna Sokhey

1997–2000

Dr. T. Verghese

1990–1994

Dr. P.C.Roy

1989–1989

Dr. P.N. Sehgal

1986–1987

Dr. R.N. Basu

1984–1986

Dr. A. N. Raichowdhury

1981–1984

Dr. Sharad Kumar

1979–1981

Dr. R.K. Sanyal

1977–1979

Dr. M.I.D.Sharma

1971–1976

Dr. N.G.S. Raghavan

1965–1971

Dr. J. B. Srivastav

1965–1967

Dr. S.P. Ramakrishnan

1958–1965

Dr. B.Ananthaswamy Rao

1927–1936

Lt. Col. Jaswant Singh

1947–1957

Maj. Gen. Sir Gordon Covell

1937–1947

Brigadier J.A. Sinton

1927–1936

Sir Richard Christophers

1909–1927

NCDC Staff

In position Staff at NCDC Head Quarter As on 01.10.2024 NCDC Branches Staff Position As on 06.08.2025

Organisations Structure

The NCDC is under the administrative control of the Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. The Director, an officer of the Public Health sub-cadre of Central Health Service, is the administrative and technical head of the Institute and is also Programme Director of Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), National Anti-Microbial Resistance (AMR) Containment Programme, National Rabies Control Programme (NRCP), Programme for Prevention and Control of Leptospirosis (PPCL), Inter-sectoral Coordination Programme for Prevention and Control of Zoonotic Diseases (ISCPCZD) and National Programme on Surveillance of Viral Hepatitis (NPSVH) in different geographical locations.

The NCDC has its headquarters in Delhi and has eight outstation branches located at Alwar (Rajasthan), Bengaluru (Karnataka), Kozhikode-Calicut (Kerala), Coonoor (Tamil Nadu), Jagdalpur (Chhatisargh), Patna (Bihar), Rajahmundry (Andhra Pradesh) and Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh). There are 14 Technical Centres/Divisions at the headquarters viz. Centre of Epidemiology, Division of Microbiology, Division of Zoonosis, Centre for Medical Entomology & Vector Management (CME&VM), Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), Centre for AIDS & Related Diseases (CARD), Division of Biochemistry & Toxicology, Division of Biotechnology, Division of Parasitic Disease (DPD), Division of Malariology & Coordination (M&C), Centre for Environment & Occupational Health (CE&OH), Centre for Non-Communicable Diseases (CNCD), Statistical Monitoring & Evaluation Centre (SM&EC) and Division of Planning, Budget & Administration (PBA). In each centre/division, there are sections and laboratories dealing with different communicable and non-communicable diseases. The activities of each division are supervised by the officer-in charge supported by medical and non-medical scientists, research officers and other technical and paramedical staff. The NCDC branches are also equipped and staffed to carry out field studies, training activities and research. The NCDC at its headquarter has 58 Group A officers (Central Health Services and Non-Medical Scientists), 10 Group B (Gazetted), 111 Group B (Non-Gazetted) and 137 Group C officials besides about 37 contractual consultants/support staff. The existing eight NCDC branches have 81 officials. The Budget allocated for NCDC is Rs. 233.04 crores (approx. USD 35 million) for financial year 2017-18 including for upgradation of NCDC.

Institutional Committee

The various committees constituted under NCDC are as follows:

1. Departmental Promotion / Review Committee

2. House Allotment & Estate Committee

3. Library Committee

4. Purchase Committee (Material Supply)-I

5. Purchase Committee (Stationery)-II

6. Building Maintenance & Development Committee

7. Condemnation Board

8. Equipment Maintenance Committee

9. Goods Receiving Committee

10. Technical Evaluation Committee

11. Sexual Harassment Committee

12. NCDC Web Committee

13. Security Committee

14. Scientific Committee of NCDC

15. BID Evaluation Committee

16. Vehicle Expenditure Monitoring Committee

17. Biomedical Waste Management Committee

Administrative Wing

Director Office

Prof. (Dr.) Ranjan Das

Director, NCDC

MD (CM)

📞 011-23913148

✉️ dirnicd@nic.in

Staff

Mukesh Kumar

Private Secretary

B.A.

📞 011-23913148

✉️ mukeshkumar@ncdc.gov.in

Lokesh Kumar Meena

M.T.S.

B.A.

📞 9785681808

✉️ lokesh.kumarmeena@ncdc.gov.in

Pardeep Kumar

M.T.S.

12th

📞 8930003996

✉️ Pardeep.puhal@ncdc.gov.in

MT Cell

Staff

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Budget Section

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Account Section

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Store Section

Staff

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Establishment Section

Staff

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General Section

Staff

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PRC Section

Staff

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Administrative Section

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Central Library

Staff

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IT UNIT

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Centres an Divisions Under NCDC

1. Central Library

2. Centre for AIDS and Related Diseases

3. Centre for Arboviral and Zoonotic Diseases

4. Centre for Bacterial Disease and Drug Resistance and Antimicrobial Resistance Containment

5. Centre for Environmental & Occupational Health, Climate Change & Health

6. Centre for Medical Entomology and Vector Management

7. Centre for One Health

8. Department of Parasitic Disease

9. Division of Biochemistry and Toxicology

10. Division of Epidemiology

11. Division of Microbiology - Respiratory & Teratogenic Viruses

12. Division of Statistical Monitoring & Evaluation

13. Enterovirus Division

14. Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP)

15. Microbiology - Respiratory Viruses Division and TB Division

16. NPMU- Establishment and strengthening

17. Public Health Preparedness & Non-Communicable Diseases

18. Viral Hepatitis & Biotechnology Division