National Institute of Immunology, India

National Institute of Immunology (NII) is an autonomous research institute located in New Delhi,^[1][2] under the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) for research in immunology.^[3]

National Institute of Immunology

Agency overview
Formed	24, June 1981
Jurisdiction	Government of India
Headquarters	New Delhi
Agency executive	Dr. Debasisa Mohanty, Director
Parent department	Department of Biotechnology
Website	www.nii.res.in

NII was established on 24 June 1981, with M. G. K. Menon as chairman of its governing body. It has its origins in the ICMR–WHO Research & Training Centre in Immunology at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, which was merged with NII in 1982. However, NII continued to function from AIIMS laboratory of its honorary director G.P. Talwar, till its new building was constructed in 1983, carved out of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus.^[4] G.P. Talwar is the founder director of this institute.^[5] A first of its kind vaccine for leprosy in India was developed by NII and it was named as mycobacterium indicus pranii.^[6]