Question

National Institute of Virology is located in
1. Delhi
2. Chennai
3. Pune
4. Bengaluru
5.

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Pune

The correct answer is Pune.

• National Institute of Virology is located in Pune, Maharashtra.
  • Virology is the scientific discipline concerned with the study of the biology of viruses and viral diseases, including the distribution, biochemistry, physiology, molecular biology, ecology, evolution and clinical aspects of viruses.

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• National Institute of Virology
  • It was established at Pune, Maharashtra in 1952 as Virus Research Centre (VRC).
  • It was an outcome of the global programme of the Rockefeller Foundation (RF) of the USA for investigating the Arthropod-Borne viruses.
  • The research activities of the Institute are coordinated by a Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) consisting of eminent scientists.
  • The Institute was designated as one of the collaborating laboratories of the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1967 and it started functioning as the regional centre of the WHO for South-East Asia for arbovirus studies from 1969.
  • In 1995 it has been redesignated as the WHO Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus and Haemorrhagic Fever Reference and Research and Rapid Diagnosis of Viral Diseases.
  • Director- Prof. Priya Abraham