| 1909 | Foundation of Central Malaria Bureau at Kasauli (Himanchal Pradesh) |
| 1910 | 1st Malariology training organised at Amritsar |
| 1924 | Kala-azar commission established |
| 1929-1938 | 3 research journals launched:
• Records Malaria Survey of India.
• Journal of Malaria Institute of India
• Indian Journal of Malariology |
| 1933 | First Anopheline fauna of India documented |
| 1934 | First Culcine fauna of India documented |
| 1939-1945 | Malaria in cantonments controlled by various environmental and antilarval
methods of control |
| 1940 | Training in Malariology as a sub-speciality of epidemiology organized –
3 months duration. |
| 1942 | South India branch of Malaria Institute of India established in Coonoor. |
| 1942 | Key to the identification of anophelines (adult & larval) developed |
| 1944 | J.S.B. Stain developed for quick staining of blood slides to detect malaria
parasite. |
| 1944 | Indian Health Gazette first published. |
| 1945 | 32 new species of Simulid flies described |
| 1947 | Successfully carried out control of water and vector borne diseases during
migration of refugees from Pakistan to India at different places |
| 1949 | Development of a mounting media (Bhatia media) for the larvae of mosquitoes |
| 1953 | Preparation of identification keys for larvae and adults of Indian Anophelines |
| 1955 | National filarial control programme launched |
| 1955 | Bulletin Indian Society for Malaria & other Communicable Diseases launched. |
| 1955 | NICD branch at Ernakulum established for training & research in filariasis
and other communicable diseases (shifted to Kozhikode in 1962) |
| 1955 | A field station of this Centre, B Malayi Research unit is functioning at
Cherthala, Alappuzha District, Kerela. |
| 1957 | Malaria Control in all coal fields in the country |
| 1958 | Training in Malariology (6 weeks) organised to meet requirement of all countries
of SEA region. |
| 1958 | 3 months advance course in Medical Entomology organized in response to appearance
of KFD, persistent plague foci and leishmaniasis. |
| 1960 | Advance course in Medical Entomology organised (3 months). |
| 1961 | Preparation of region wise identification key for Indian anophelines |
| 1962 | Malaria advisory Committee during 1962 China war, for peace keeping force
returning from Congo, were advised by the institute to be deployed at western
border due to the absence of simulid flies (vectors of onchocerchaisis) |
| 1963 | MII was renamed as NICD |
| 1963 | Mapping of Plague foci in India carried out |
| 1963 | First dengue fever outbreak in Calcutta, India investigation. Followed by
extensive vector survey in the country. |
| 1963 | Establishment of Filed station at Kolar, Mysore state to investigate the
epidemiology and control of epidemic plague |
| 1963 | Establishment of Regional Filaria Training and Research Centre at Rajahmundary
1964 Aedes distribution in India studied by ICMR sponsored project. |
| 1964 | Kala-azar – Almost eliminated but lack of consolidation resulted in
resurgence (due to DDT Spray) as collateral benefit |
| 1964 | National Course in Epidemiology 1964 (9 months) |
| 1965 | National Course in Epidemiology 1965 (12 months) |
| 1965 | Expert advice provided to Armed Forces for control of Scrub typhus in Jammu
area during 1965 Indo-Pak war |
| 1965 | Establishment of Regional Filaria Training and Research Centre at Varanasi |
| 1965 | Establishment of Unit for testing of Small Pox freeze dried vaccine manufactured
in the country and imported from abroad under National Small Pox Eradication Programme |
| 1968 | First record of Aedes aegypti distribution in India based on museum collection. |
| 1968 | Polio Vaccine testing unit started functioning as Division at NICD |
| 1969 | IHR – Yellow fever control at Seaports & Airports – Health
Bull. 20 (1938), Cross checking by NICD |
| 1970 | Central survey team was formed under filariology division in June 1970 to
determine the transmission of filariasis in non-endemic areas of the country. |
| 1972 | Establishment of unit for testing and quality control of freeze dried BCG
vaccine |
| 1972 | A new culture medium –“NICD medium ” developed to diagnose
and acute case of cholera within 6 hours |
| 1973 | Journal of Communicable Diseases launched |
| 1973 | Cutaneous leishmaniasis zoonotic focus discovered in Rajasthan |
| 1973 | Field Practice Unit established at Alwar to carry out studies on various
communicable diseases |
| 1973 | Detection of existence of zoonotic focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the
vicinity of Rajsthan Canal Area |
| 1973 | For first time detection of the zoonotic reservoir of Cutaeneous leishmaniasis
in Rajasthan |
| 1973 | First time detection the resistance against Malathion in An. culicifacies,
vector of malaria |
| 1973 | First time detection of the resistance against DDT An. Culicifacies, vector
of malaria |
| 1973 | Discovered zoonotic focus of human malaria in Greater Nicobar |
| 1974 | Nonfilarial elephantiasis in Rajasthan discovered |
| 1974 | NICD declared as Central Water laboratory under Prevention and Control of
Pollution Act (GOI) |
| 1975 | Establishment of Plague Surveillance Unit (PSU) at Bangalore to develop expertise
in detection and control of plague in man and rodents. |
| 1975 | NICD faculty played a leading role on the “Small Pox Zero” target
in the country |
| 1975 | NICD notified as a national laboratory for insecticide testing by Government
of India, Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation |
| 1976 | Establishment of Kala-azar unit at Patna |
| 1977 | Small-pox eradication from the country |
| 1978 | Insecticide cell established in Delhi (subsequently closed in 1984) |
| 1978 | Establishment of In-vitro cultivation of Plasmodium falciparum |
| 1980 | Division of Filariology redesignated as Division of Helminthology |
| 1980 | Task force on Guinea Worm Eradication was constituted and 1st meeting was
held in November, 1980 at NICD,Delhi |
| 1983 | Guineaworm eradication programme launched |
| 1984 | Key to the identification of sandflies developed |
| 1985 | Communicable Diseases Buletin was started with the purpose of widespread
dissemination of information on epidemic prone diseases |
| 1985 | Cell for monitoring of epidemic prone diseases was established in April,
1985 at NICD, Delhi |
| 1985 | Recognized as WHO Collaborating Centre for Rabies epidemiology for South
East Asia Region |
| 1985 | Establishment of National Reference Centre for AIDS/HIV at NICD |
| 1986 | NICD amongst the first to start Laboratory based training of HIV/AIDS in
India. |
| 1988 | Malaria Research Field Station, Jagdalpur (Madhya Pradesh) was taken over
by NICD from ICMR |
| 1989 | Initiation of 9 month field epidemiology training programme under USAID
support |
| 1990 | Preparation of pictorial key to the species of Indian Anophelines |
| 1991 | Polio laboratory recognized as Regional Reference laboratory for Polio
for South East Asia Region |
| 1992 | Division of Biochemistry identified as National Reference Laboratory for
monitoring of Iodine Deficiency Disorders |
| 1992 | WHO-GOI taskforce on malaria control |
| 1993 | Plague outbreak was predicted after the 1993 earthquake in Maharashtra. |
| 1994 | First time detected the mosquito larvicidal properties of indigenous plant,
Yucca aloifolia |
| 1995 | Establishment of the state-of -the –art BSL-2 Plague laboratory |
| 1995 | Establishment of Division of AIDS incorporating the reference centre for
AIDS |
| 1995 | Recognized as WHO Collaborating Centre for Field Epidemiology Training
Programme (FETP) for South –East Asia Region |
| 1995 | Contributed to the Technical Advisory Committee on plague |
| 1996 | Establishment of the state-of-the –art Biotechnology laboratory with
full fledged facilities for molecular biology based diagnosis |
| 2000 | Certification of Guinea Worm Eradication by WHO |
| 2001-2004 | Participation in the nation wide multicentric study on Refinement
of H2S-Strip Test for Safe Drinking Water Supply in Rural Areas, sponsored by
the Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission (Govt. of India) and the UNICEF,
New Delhi |
| 2002 | Molecular diagnosis based on DNA fingerprinting developed for 25 important
pathogens of public health importance |
| 2002 & 2004 | Confirmation and containment of Plague outbreak in Himachal
Pradesh & Uttranchal in shortest possible time. |
| 2004 | First time detected the mosquito larvicidal properties of indigenous plant,
Carica papaya |
| 2004 | Over 200 gene sequences of Indian strains of important human pathogens
unveiled by NICD, accepted by Global Genome Bank of NCBI, NIH, USA, submitted
to gene bank |
| 2004 | First time detected the mosquito larvicidal properties of indigenous plant,
Ipomoea cairica |
| 2004 | Establishment of Tissue Culture facility for isolation of Arboviruses (Dengue,
JE, CHIKV) |
| 2004 | Integrated Disease Surveillance Project launched |
| 2004 | Microbiology Division of NICD identified as Nodal division/ laboratory
for national Avian Influenza/ H1N1 Influenza control efforts. |
| 2004-2005 | Microbiological evaluation of Solar Disinfection (SODIS) method of
drinking water purification |
| 2005 | MoU signed between NICD and GGSIP University, Delhi for PhD courses. NICD
recognized as advanced research centre in the School of Medicine & Paramedical
Health Services by GGSIP University |
| 2005 | First inventory of Museum specimen published |
| 2005 | Division of Helminthlogy redesignated as Department of Parasitic Diseases
under Centre for Epidemiology & Parasitic Diseases (CEPD) |
| 2005 | NICD selected as nodal agency for implementation IHR in the country |
| 2006 | International patent granted on a potential mosquito bio-control agent |
| 2006 | India formally declared elimination of Yaws on 19th September 2006 |
| 2006 | First inventory of entomological specimens housed in NICD museum published |
| 2006 | Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP) started |
| 2006 | First time detected JE virus in Culex vishnui mosquitoes from Karnal (Haryana) |
| 2006 | International patent granted to a potential bio-control agent, Chilodonella
uncinata, for mosquito larval control |
| 2006 | Masters in Public Health (Field Epidemiology) 2 year course started at
NICD. |
| 2007 | First time detected JE virus in Culex vishnui mosquitoes from Saharanpur(UP),
and Karnal (Haryana) |
| 2007 | Participation of Central Plague Laboratory in EQAS programme for Plague
with national Institute of Communicable Diseases, South Africa. |
| 2007 | National patent filed on the invention of desert cooler which prevents
the breeding of Aedes aegypti, vector of Dengue and Chikungunya inside the cooler. |
| 2007 | Proposal for up-gradation of NICD to NCDC was approved. |
| 2007 | Invention of NICD Desert Cooler to prevent breeding of dengue vector |
| 2008 | First time detected Dengue virus in Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus
mosquitoes from Delhi |
| 2008 | First time detected JE virus in Culex vishnui mosquitoes from Bhagpat (UP). |
| 2008 | Pilot Projects of “Control of Leptospirosis” and “Prevention
and Control of Human Rabies” are being carried out as “New Initiatives”
under XI Five Year Plan. |
| 2008 | First time identified the soil factors supporting the breeding of Leishmaniasis
transmitting sand flies in India. |
| 2008 | Member of National Consortium of Laboratories, testing quality of diagnostic
kits for HIV. |
| 2008 | Establishment of BSL-3 lab |
| 2009 | NICD transforms into National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) with a
larger mandate of controlling emerging and re-emerging diseases. |
| 2009 | Sero-survey organized in endemic states in under-five children to demonstrate
whether or not yaws is still transmitting. |
| 2010 |
Up gradation of NCDC: Approval of cabinet for the EFC |
| 2010 |
NCDC Desert Cooler: Signing of MoU with National Research Development Corporation |
| 2010 |
Establishment of Global Disease Detection (GDD) Regional Centre at NCDC |
| 2010 |
NCDC identified as coordinating institution for implementing Antimicrobial resistance policy in the country |
