Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences (RMRIMS), Patna

Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences (RMRIMS), Patna was established in the memory of the first President of Republic of India Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1963). The broad objective of the Institute is to undertake research on clinical, basic and applied aspects of Kala-Azar. RMRIMS is well equipped with clinical medicine with OPD and 50-bedded Indoor facility, and some of the modern equipment include fully automated clinical chemistry analyzer, semi-auto analyzer, flow cytometer, PCR, gel-documentation system, microarray, DNA sequencer, RT-PCR, 2D gel electrophoresis system, HPLC, FPLC, Cell–counter, Ion-selective analyzer etc. The institute is well recognized World Health Organization (WHO/TDR), Institute for One World Health, GlaxoSmithKline, DNDi, MSF, Bharat Serum and Vaccine Ltd. for clinical drug trials. RMRIMS has collaborations with DBT, European Commission, WHO/TDR etc. for advance basic and epidemiological research. The institute has been identified by WHO as reference centre for Leishmania parasite and Sera Bank; and serves as one of the WHO centres for RDT evaluation networking.