Guidance for

evaluation of novel
applications for
COVID-19
by the Indian Council of Medical Research,
Department of Health Research

in partnership with

CSIR
Council of Scientific &
Industrial Research
 Investigational products,
Technologies, Drugs,
AYUSH regimens &
Devices for COVID-19

Since the inception of the COVID-19 pandemic, ICMR has received over 190
requests for evaluation of molecules/AYUSH regimens/products/technologies/
diagnostic kits, etc.

In view of ICMR’s involvement in diagnosis, research, surveillance, clinical trials

and validation of diagnostic kits for COVID-19, the Cabinet Secretary has directed
ICMR to partner with various Science Departments like Department of Science
and Technology (DST), Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and Council of
Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for evaluating the antiviral properties
of investigational products/repurposed drugs/devices/technologies, etc. The
detailed list of identified institutions from each department along with the
contact details of the nodal person is placed at Annexure I.

All commercial entities and innovators are

Indian Council of Medical Research, Department of Health Research

advised to refer their products directly to the

designated institutes.

ICMR designated validation centers (web link)

will continue to evaluate the diagnostic kits
(both RT-PCR and antibody test), VTMs, and
RNA extraction kits.

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 List of Institutes

CSIR
Council of Scientific &
Industrial Research

S.No Investigational ICMR CSIR Institutes DBT Institutes DST Institutes

Products/ Technology/ Institutes
Devices
1 Synthetic molecules/drugs- NIV, Pune IICT, Hyderabad ICGEB, New Delhi IACS, Kolkata
Repurposed drugs NARI, NCL, Pune RCB, Faridabad JNCASR, Bengaluru
Pune CDRI, Lucknow ILS, Bhubaneswar
NIIST, THSTI, Faridabad
Thiruvananthapuram RGCB, Kerala
IIIM, Jammu
NEIST, Jorhat
2 Synthetic molecules/drugs- NIV, Pune IICT, Hyderabad ICGEB, New Delhi IACS, Kolkata
New molecules NARI, NCL, Pune RCB, Faridabad JNCASR, Bengaluru
Pune CDRI, Lucknow ILS, Bhubaneswar
IIIM, Jammu THSTI, Faridabad
CCMB, Hyderabad RGCB, Kerala
3 Nano particles NCL, Pune ICGEB, New Delhi IACS, Kolkata
NIIST, ILS, Bhubaneswar JNCASR, Bengaluru
Thiruvananthapuram THSTI, Faridabad
RGCB, Kerala
4 Plant extracts (Crude IICB, Kolkata RCB, Faridabad ARI, Pune
extracts/oils//purified NBRI, Lucknow ILS, Bhubaneswar JNCASR, Bengaluru
products) IIIM, Jammu IBSD, Manipur
THSTI, Faridabad
RGCB, Kerala
ICGEB, New Delhi

Indian Council of Medical Research, Department of Health Research

5 Herbal formulations IIIM, Jammu RCB, Faridabad National Innovation
NBRI, Lucknow ILS, Bhubaneswar Foundation, Gandhinagar
NIIST, IBSD, Manipur JNCASR, Bengaluru
Thiruvananthapuram THSTI, Faridabad
RGCB, Kerala
ICGEB, New Delhi
6 Ayurveda based IIIM, Jammu RCB, Faridabad JNCASR, Bengaluru
formulations ILS, Bhubaneswar
THSTI, Faridabad
RGCB, Kerala
ICGEB, New Delhi
7 Siddha based formulations TKDL, New Delhi RCB, Faridabad JNCASR, Bengaluru
  RGCB, Kerala
ICGEB, New Delhi
8 Homeopathy based TKDL, New Delhi RGCB, Kerala JNCASR, Bengaluru
formulations ICGEB, New Delhi

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 9 Surface Disinfectants SCTIMST,
Thiruvananthapuram
IACS, Kolkata,
JNCASR, Bengaluru
10 Hand sanitizers IBSD, Manipur ARCI, Hyderabad
IACS, Kolkata
ARI, Pune
JNCASR, Bengaluru
11 Diagnostic/ventilators/ NAL, Bengaluru THSTI, Faridabad SCTIMST,
supportive devices etc CMERI, Durgapur (only in vitro Thiruvananthapuram
CSIO, Chandigarh diagnostics) ARI, Pune
RGCB, Kerala
12 UV based equipments/ CMERI, Durgapur SCTIMST,
small portable unity ozone CSIO, Chandigarh Thiruvananthapuram
based units/ Ion generator ARCI, Hyderabad
IACS, Kolkata
13 PPE-Fabrics, Masks, Gloves NAL, Bengaluru ARCI, Hyderabad
NCL, Pune IACS, Kolkata
CMERI, Durgapur JNCASR, Bengaluru
14 AI-Health tools IGIB, New Delhi JNCASR, Bengaluru
CEERI, Pilani
15 Mobile applications (Apps) IGIB, New Delhi IACS, Kolkata
CEERI, Pilani JNCASR, Bengaluru
Indian Council of Medical Research, Department of Health Research

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 Annexure 1

List of ICMR Institutes

S.No ICMR Institutes Nodal Officer Contact details

1. NIV- National Institute of Virology, Pune Director, NIV, Pune Tel-020-26127301
Email-director.niv@icmr.gov.in
2. NARI-National AIDS Research Institute, Pune Director, NARI, Pune Tel-020-27331200
Email-director@nariindia.org

Indian Council of Medical Research, Department of Health Research

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S.NO CSIR Laboratories
1. IICT, Indian Institute of
Chemical Technology,
Hyderabad
2. NCL, National Chemical
Laboratory, Pune
3. CDRI- Central Drug Research
Institute, Lucknow
4. NIIST- National Institute for
Interdisciplinary Science and
Technology
5. IIIM- Indian Institute of
Integrative Medicine, Jammu
6. CCMB - Centre for Cellular and Dr. Rakesh Kumar Mishra, Director,
Molecular Biology, Hyderabad
7. NEIST- North East Institute of
Science and Technology, Jorhat
8. IICB- Indian Institute of
Chemical Biology, Kolkata
9. NBRI- National Botanical
Research Institute, Lucknow
Indian Council of Medical Research, Department of Health Research
10. TKDL- Traditional Knowledge
Digital Library, New Delhi
11. NAL- National Aerospace
Laboratories, Bangalore
12. CMERI- Central Mechanical
Engineering Research Institute,
Durgapur
13. CSIO- Central Scientific
Instruments Organisation,
Chandigarh
14. IGIB- Institute of Genomics
and Integrative Biology, New
Delhi
15. CEERI-Central Electronics
Engineering Research Institute,
Pilani
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CSIR
Council of Scientific &
Industrial Research
List of CSIR Institutes
Nodal Officer Contact details
Dr. S. Chandrashekhar, Director, IICT Tel-040-27193030
Email- director@iict.res.in,
srivaric@iict.res.in
Dr. Ashwani Nangia, Director, NCL Tel-020-25902600
Email-director@ncl.res.in
Prof. Tapas K Kundu, Director, CDRI Tel-0522-2771940
Email-directoe@cdri.res.in
Dr. A. Ajayaghosh, Director, NIIST Tel-0471-2490324
Email-director@niist.res.in
Dr. Ram Viswakarma, Director, IIIM Tel-0191-2584999
Email-director@iiim.res.in
Tel-040-27160789
CCMB Email-director@ccmb.res.in
Dr. G Narahari Sastry, Director, NEIST Tel-0376-2370012
Email-director@neist.res.in
Dr. K Muraleedharan, Director, IICB Tel-033-24131157
Email-director@iicb.res.in
Dr. S.K.Barik, Director, NBRI Tel-0522-2205848
Email-director@nbri.res.in
Dr. VJ Sattigeri, Head, CSIR-TKDL Mobile-9818038495
Email-viswajanani.sattigeri@csir.res.in
Dr. JJ Jadhav, Director, NAL Tel-080-25270584
Email-director@nal.res.in
Dr. Harish Hirani, Director, CMERI Tel-0343-2546749
Email-director@cmeri.res.in
Dr. Sanjay Kumar, Director, CSIO Tel-0172-2657190
Email-director@csio.res.in
Dr. Anurag Agrawal, Director, IGIB Tel-011-27662407
Email-director@igib.res.in
Dr. DK Aswal, Director, CEERI Tel-01596-242111
Email-director@ceeri.ernet.in
 List of DBT Institutes
S.No DBT Institutes
1. THSTI- Translational Health Science
and Technology Institute, Faridabad
2. RGCB- Rajiv Gandhi Centre for
Biotechnology, Kerala
3. ILS- Institute of Life Sciences,
Bhubaneswar
4. RCB- Regional Centre for
Biotechnology, Faridabad
5. IBSD- Institute of Bioresources and
Sustainable Development, Manipur
6. ICGEB- International Centre For
Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology,
New Delhi
Nodal Officer
Dr. Madhu Dikshit, THSTI
Dr R Pillai, Director, RGCB
Dr. Sreekumar, RGCB
Dr. Ajay Parida, Director, ILS
Dr. Sudhanshu Vrati, Director,
RCB
Prof. Pulok Kumar Mukherjee,
Director, IBSD
Dr. Dinakar M. Salunke, Director,
ICGEB
Contact details
Tel-7706823106
Email-madhudikshit@thsti.res.in
Email-mrpillai@rgcb.res.in
Email-esreekumar@rgcb.res.in
Tel-9444024019
Email-director@ils.res.in
Tel-9811007944
Email-vrati@rcb.res.in
Tel- +91-385-2446121(O)
Email-pulokm@gmail.com
Tel-09650782444
Email-icgeb.director@gmail.com
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 List of DST Institutes
S.NO DST Institutes Nodal Officer Contact details
1. IACS- Indian Association for Dr. Surajit Sinha Tel-9883296277
the Cultivation of Science, (repurposed drugs) Email-ocss5@iacs.res.in
Kolkata
Dr. Rajib Goswami Tel-8017339115
(repurposed drugs) Email-ocrkg@iacs.res.in

Dr. Jyotimayee Dash Tel-9635350592

(repurposed drugs) Email-dasj06@gmail.com

Dr. Joyram Guin Tel-9477325784

(synthetic new drug molecules) Email-ocjg@iacs.res.in

Dr. Arindam Banerjee Tel-9674482237

(synthetic new drug molecules) Email-bcab@iacs.res.in

Dr. Narayana Pradhan Tel-9239101126

(Nano particles) Email-npiacs@gmail.com

Dr. Nikhil R Jana Tel-9830116570

(Nano particles) Email-npiacs@gmail.com

Dr. Suhrit Ghosh (Disinfectants) Tel-9903456859Email-npiacs@gmail.com

Dr. Tapan Paine Tel-9432578095

(Disinfectants/hand sanitizers) Email-ictkp@iacs.res.in

Dr. Amlan J Pal Tel-9433059564

(Devices) sspajp@iacs.res.in
Indian Council of Medical Research, Department of Health Research

Dr. Debajyoti Das (Devices) Tel-9830116570 Email-erdd@iacs.res.in

Dr. Subham Majumdar Tel-9836701580

(Ozone based units/ion generator) Email-sspsm2@iacs.res.in

Dr. Somobrata Acharya Tel-96097630122

(Fabrics/ masks/ gloves) Email-somobrata@gmail.com

Dr. Santanu Bhattacharya Tel-9831763539

(Fabrics/ masks/ gloves) Email-director@gmail.com

Dr. KD Mallikarjuna Rao Tel-9632524294

(Fabrics/ masks/ gloves) Email-mallik2arjun@gmail.com

Dr. Subhadeep Datta (Mobile Apps) Tel-9748285438

Email-subhanano@gmail.com

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2. JNCASR- Jawaharlal Nehru
Centre for Advanced Scientific
Research, Bengaluru
3. ARI- Agharkar Research Insti-
tute, Pune
4. NIF- National Innovation
Foundation, Gandhinagar
5. SCTIMST- Sree Chitra Tirunal
Institute for Medical Sciences
and Technology, Thiruvanan-
thapuram
6. ARCI-International Advanced
Research Centre for Power
Metallurgy & New Materials,
Hyderabad
Prof.Jayanta Haldar Tel-080-2208-2565, 080-22082716
(synthetic drug molecules/ Email-jayanta@jncasr.ac.in, jayanta.jnc@
Disinfectants/sanitizers) gmail.com
Dr.Ravi Manjithaya Tel- 080-22082652, 22082924
(synthetic drug molecules/ disinfectants/ Email-ravim@jncasr.ac.in
plant extracts/herbal/ayurvedic/
siddha/homeopathy formulations/
sanitizers)
Dr Uday Kumar Ranga Tel-080-22082830
(plant extracts/herbal/ayurvedic/ Email-udaykumar@jncasr.ac.in
siddha/homeopathy formulations)
Prof.Santosh Ansumali Tel-080-22082938, 22082767, 22082994,
(AI tools/ mobile Apps) 22082632,
Email-ansumali@jncasr.ac.in
Dr Meher K Prakash Tel-080-22082582,
(AI tools/mobile Apps) Email-meher@jncasr.ac.in
Dr SK Singh Tel-+9125325103
(Traditional medicine/ sanitizers) Email-sksingh@aripune.org
Dr JM Rajwade Tel-020-25325129/9822280291
(Diagnostic devices) Email-jrajwade@aripune.org
Dr RK Ravikumar Tel-9412052265
Email-ravikumar@nifindia.org
Indian Council of Medical Research, Department of Health Research
Dr S. Balram Tel-9249402311
(Disinfectants/devices) Email-tbd@sctimst.ac.in
Dr Sandhya Tel-9895098086
(Devices) Email-tbd@sctimst.ac.in
Dr R Vijay Tel-040-24452334, 9441245688
(Hand sanitizers) Email-vijay@arci.res.in
Dr BV Sarada Tel-040-24452448, 9963978039
(UV equipments/ small units) Email-saraad@arci.res.in
Dr TN Rao Tel-040-24441077, 9849546605
(Fabrics/masks, gloves) Email-tata@arci.res.in
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