National AIDS Research Institute (NARI), Pune

National AIDS Research Institute (NARI) aims to build a research capability of distinction to face the challenge of growing HIV/AIDS in India. Objectives of NARI include prevention of HIV and sexually transmitted infections, treatment and care for HIV infected, generating new information on HIV biology in context with Indian epidemic, and conducting research complementing needs of national AIDS control programme. The NARI targets to achieve control of HIV spread and to provide care to HIV infected population (Care, Treatment & Vaccine) and strives for the achievement of zero new infections, zero deaths and zero discrimination towards AIDS patients. The NARI is working in direction to establish research initiatives that have an interface with intervention and policy development to prevent and control the spread of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.