National JALMA Institute for Leprosy & Other Mycobacterial Diseases (NJILOMD), Agra

The National JALMA Institute for Leprosy & Other Mycobacterial Diseases (NJILOMD), Agra came into existence on 1st April, 1976 and was names as "National Jalma Institute of Leprosy and other Mycobacterial Diseases" in 2005 to reflect its broader research areas. The institute has continued to contribute on almost all aspects of leprosy, several cutting edge areas of tuberculosis (DNA fingerprinting methods, drug resistance etc), and selected areas of HIV-AIDs, and has now made forays in to related problems like filariasis. The Institute has state of the art facilities like BSL-3 labs, DNA chip lab, Proteomics Lab, all well equipped laboratories, modern hospital and well set field programmes at Ghatampur as well as Agra. The Institute has established its leadership in all important aspects of leprosy and mycobacterial research. The institute is participating in- and co-coordinating several multi-centric studies on leprosy and tuberculosis.