List of Educational Institutions in Lucknow - National Level Research Institutes

National Level Research Institutes

• Lucknow has large no. of research and development centers,few among them are listed below:

1. Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI)
2. National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI)
3. Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (IITR) (Formerly : Industrial Toxicology Research Centre (ITRC))
4. Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research (IISR)
5. National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (NBFGR)
6. Central Institute for Sub-Tropical Horticulture(CISH) (Popularly known as Mango Research)
7. Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Central Institute for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (Hyderabad, India) (CIMAP)
8. Birbal Sahni Institute of Paleobotany
9. Institute of Judicial Training and Research
10. Research Design and Standards Organization (RDSO, Indian Railways)
11. Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology (CIPET)

• Central Drug Research Institute, CDRI, a constituent laboratory of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, India, (CSIR India) was inaugurated in 1951 by the then Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru.

The institute is involved in biomedical research has the infrastructure and skills to develop a drug "right from concept to market". It is focussed in basic and applied research related to metabolic disorders as well as tropical diseases like malaria, filaria and leishmaniasis. The major divisions of CDRI are Medicinal Chemistry, Biochemistry, Parasitology, Molecular and Structural Biology, Experimental Medicine, Toxicology, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmaceutics and Animal House. It also offers doctorate degree in association with JNU, New Delhi.

• Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, IITR formerly known as Industrial Toxicology Research Centre, is also a constituent laboratory of CSIR, that was established in 1965 with the motto of "Safety to Environment & Health and Service to Industry", and is the only institution of its kind in South-East Asia. The institute is dedicated towards Fundamental and Applied Toxicology research focussing on major thrust areas such as Genetic Toxicology, Aquatic Toxicology, Nanomaterial Toxicology, Food Toxicology, Environmental Microbiology, Environmental Carcinogenesis and Toxicogenomics.

• Besides these Lucknow is home to another constituent laboratory of CSIR, the National Botanical Research Institute, NBRI, the country's premier plant sciences research centre, actively involved in the fields of Plant molecular biology, Biotechnology and Transgenics. It conducts muti-disciplinary research on areas ranging from traditional Taxonomy to cutting edge areas of Modern Biology such as Bioinformatics and In Silico Biology.

• Central Institute of Medicinal & Aromatic Plants, CIMAP is another premier plant science research institute, which is a constituent of CSIR too, is involved in research related to medicinal plants, bioinformatics, bioprospecting etc. It possesses superb research infrastructure on DNA Fingerprinting, Proteomics and Plant Molecular Biology.

Jointly these institutions powerfully project Lucknow on the world's Biotechnology map. The Ph.D. programme offered by such prestigious institutions attract students from all over India to pursue research. Postdoctoral training as well as M.Sc. or M.Tech (Summer) training is also offered.