The Laboratory was established in 1941 as a research and production centre, 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 2005 and its name changed to 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.
CSIR - Indian Institute Of Integrative Medicine
Recruitment Notification
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| Col Sir Ram Nath Chopra, Director School of Tropical Medicine, Calcutta in consultation with the Chief Minister of J & K State, Sir N. Gopala Swamy Iyenger decided to start a laboratory in J & K. Sir P. H. Clutterbuck, Chief Conservator of Forests J & K was an important link between the two. |
Drug Research Laboratory ( DRL) established
| Survey and collection of plants | | Cultivation of medicinal, aromatic and economic plants | | Chemical investigation for new fractions molecules | | Drug manufacture |
Taken over by CSIR and renamed as Regional Research Laboratory (RRL)
| To carry out R&D work with a view to boost the industrial development of north-western region of the country. | | To help in optimal utilization of natural resources of the region. | | To explore and exploit hitherto untapped resources of the region. |
| Establishment of Regional Research Laboratory (Branch), Srinagar |
| Opening of RRL Extension Center, Palampur (Himachal Pradesh) |
| Renamed as Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (IIIM) in the 168th meeting of Governing Body of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) | | A Center of excellence, for natural products chemistry, chemical biology, pharmacology and biotechnology and to provide rational scientific basis for Indian Systems of Medicine. |
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