ICMR Vector Control Research Centre (VCRC), Puducherry

The ICMR-Vector Control Research Centre (VCRC) was established in July 1975, located in Puducherry. It is one of the permanent institutes of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Department of Health Research, Government of India. The VCRC has been engaged in basic and applied research with the primary objective of finding newer methods and developing strategies of vector control for the control of vector borne diseases. The WHO has designated the VCRC as a collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Lymphatic Filariasis and Integrated Vector Management. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India has recognized it as one of the Institutes of Excellence in India for Courses in Health Training in the year 2000.