National Institute of Medical Statistics (NIMS), New Delhi

The National Institute of Medical Statistics (NIMS) has a mandate to provide technical expertise on research methodology, programme evaluation, mathematical modelling, data analysis etc. Furthermore, NIMS is immensely involvement in the areas of medical statistics, bio-medical and bio-behavioral research, surveillance of communicable and non-communicable diseases, epidemiology, nutrition research, reproductive and child health and cancer research necessitated the renaming of the IRMS as NIMS in 2005. The Institute provides statistical back up for designing and analysis of disease surveillance clinical trials of drugs and vaccines, and RCH. It provided valuable inputs to the estimation of HIV infection in India. It has examined access and utilization of AYUSH in general population and population covered under CGHS. Exercising surveillance of ICMR's various research programs for ensuring statistical adequacy and validity is one the important areas from its mandate. Institute organizes training programs in the areas of research methodology in biomedical research.