National Centre for Disease Control

National Centre for Disease Control

Agency overview
Formed	1909; 115 years ago (1909)
Preceding agencies	National Institute of Communicable Diseases (1963-2008) Central Malaria Bureau (1909–1963)
Jurisdiction	India
Headquarters	New Delhi
Annual budget	₹2000 crores ($270 million) (2017–18)
Ministers responsible	Mansukh Mandaviya, Minister of Health and Family Welfare Bharati Pawar, Union Minister of State, Health and Family Welfare
Agency executive	Dr Atul Goel, DGHS
Parent agency	Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Website	ncdc.gov.in

The National Centre for Disease Control (previously known as the National Institute of Communicable Diseases) is an institute under the Indian Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. It was established in July 1963 for research in epidemiology and control of communicable diseases and to reorganize the activities of the Malaria Institute of India. It has nine branches at Alwar, Bengaluru, Trivandrum, Calicut, Coonoor, Jagdalpur, Patna, Rajahmundry and Varanasi to advise the respective state governments on public health. The headquarters are in Sham Nath Marg, in New Delhi.