ICMR Regional Medical Research Centre, Gorakhpur

ICMR Regional Medical Research Centre, Gorakhpur (RMRCGKP) is one of the institutes of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), under Department of Health Research (DHR), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare of Government of India. In the year 2008, in order to understand the problem of persistent Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in eastern Uttar Pradesh, a Field Unit of ICMR National Institute of Virology (NIV) Pune was established in Gorakhpur. After that, Government of India has decided to upgrade Field Unit of NIV at Gorakhpur to full fledge independent Regional Medical Research Centre in 12 th Five Year Plan. The foundation stone of the centre was laid by the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Shri Yogi Adityanath and Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India, Shri. Jagat Prasad Nadda on 02 September 2018.