Indian Council of Medical Research

October 11, 2026 4:02 PM

Health Minister Nadda to lay foundation stone for ICMR’s first high-altitude health research centre in Keylong

Union Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda will lay the foundation stone of the Indian Council of Medical Research’s first dedicated centre for high-altitude medicine and public health research at Keylong in Himachal Pradesh’s Lahaul and Spiti district on October 12. The ICMR Centre for High Altitude Medicine and Public Health Research (ICMR-CHAMP) is being established under the Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, to strengthen multidisciplinary research, in...

August 13, 2026 9:51 PM

ICMR-SHINE 2026 concludes, bringing biomedical research closer to thousands of school students

The second edition of the Indian Council of Medical Research’s (ICMR) Science & Health Innovation for the Nextgen Explorers (SHINE) programme concluded on August 12, giving thousands of school students across the country an opportunity to experience biomedical and public health research first-hand. Organised by the Department of Health Research and ICMR on August 11-12, the nationwide initiative covered 83 locations across 31 States and Union Territories, taking scientific exposure beyond...

July 5, 2026 3:16 PM

ICMR’s AI-powered mental healthcare platform wins gold at National e-Governance Awards 2026

The Indian Council of Medical Research's (ICMR) flagship digital mental healthcare initiative, ICMR-MINDS, has been awarded the Gold Award under the "Innovation by Use of AI and Other New Age Technologies for Providing Citizen-Centric Services" category at the National Awards for e-Governance 2026. The award, instituted by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) under the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, recognises the platform's innovative u...

May 25, 2026 5:35 PM

ICMR launches India’s largest biomedical innovation platform, transfers 41 health technologies to industry

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR ) on Monday organised “Medical Innovations Patent Mitra: Innovators-to-Industry (I2I) Connect” in New Delhi, marking India’s largest biomedical innovation and technology transfer facilitation event aimed at accelerating the commercialization of indigenous healthcare technologies. Held at the Manekshaw Centre, the event established one of India’s first structured platforms dedicated to biomedical innovation showcasing and technology transfer u...

March 18, 2025 4:30 PM

India Innovation Summit: TB cases hit record 26.07 lakh in 2024, incidence down 17.7% since 2015

Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Anupriya Patel, inaugurated the India Innovation Summit – "Pioneering Solutions to End TB" at the Bharat Mandapam Convention Centre in Delhi. The event comes as India’s National TB Elimination Program (NTEP) reaches a major milestone, with 26.07 lakh TB cases notified in 2024, the highest ever recorded. Since 2015, the incidence rate of TB has dropped by 17.7%, from 237 cases per lakh population to 195 in 2023, while TB-related deaths h...

September 16, 2024 4:23 PM

ICMR and Panacea Biotec announces initiation of Phase 3 clinical trial for a dengue vaccine in India

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Panacea Biotec have initiated the first-ever Phase 3 clinical trial for a dengue vaccine in the country. The trial, which commenced on Wednesday at PGIMS Rohtak, will evaluate the efficacy of DengiAll, India's indigenous tetravalent dengue vaccine developed by Panacea Biotec. Union Health Minister J P Nadda hailed the development as a "critical advancement" in India's fight against dengue. "This collaboration between ICMR and Panacea Biotec not ...