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Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine

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CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine
TypePublic / Research Institute
Established1941; 84 years ago (1941)
DirectorDr. Zabeer Ahmed
Administrative staff
250
Location, ,
CampusUrban
AffiliationsAutonomous
Websitehttp://www.iiim.res.in/index.php

The Institute was established in 1941 as a research lab. and production center, known as Drug Research Laboratory of J&K State and was later taken over by Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) of Govt. of India in December 1957 as Regional Research Laboratory, Jammu. In view of  its core strength in natural products based drug discovery, the mandate of  Institute was redefined in 2007 and its name changed to the Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (IIIM). The current mandate of IIIM is to discover new drugs and therapeutic approaches from Natural Products, both of plant and microbial origin, enabled by biotechnology, to develop technologies, drugs and products of high value for the national and international markets.

Shri Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Prime Minister, President of CSIR.

Dr. Jitendra Singh, Hon’ble Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space and Vice President of CSIR

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