The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) decided to establish 'Cholera Research Centre' in Calcutta in 1962 to research on the prevention and control of cholera and other diarrhoeal diseases. The Centre initiated a number of clinical trials for evaluation of newer therapeutic methods, two cholera vaccine field trials in collaboration with World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, cholera carriers, serological and chemoprophylaxis studies. In 1968, the Centre was given the status of 'International Reference Centre for Vibrio Phage Typing' by the WHO in 1968. In 1978, it was designated as the 'WHO Collaborative Centre for Reference and Research on Vibrios' . This Centre also expanded its activities which motivated ICMR to elevate this Centre into a full fledged research establishment with the status of a 'National Institute' and renamed it as “National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases' (NICED) in 1979. The WHO recognized this Institute as 'WHO Collaborative Centre for Research and Training on Diarrhoeal Diseases' in 1980. Each year a number of post-graduate students of this Institute are awarded Ph.D. degree from different Universities of the state . WHO and JICA also send international fellows to receive training on diarrhoeal diseases from NICED.

The vision, of the National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED), is to perform research and develop strategies for treatment, prevention and control of enteric infections and HIV/AIDS threatening the Nation’s health.

In order to fulfill its vision, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED) will (1) Identify enteric infections and HIV genotypes of national health priority; (2) Initiate appropriate multidisciplinary research (epidemiology, bacteriology, virology, parasitology, clinical medicine, immunology and molecular biology) to develop strategies for treatment, control and prevention of enteric infections and HIV/AIDS of national health priority; and (3) Collaborate with other national and international scientists who are working for the same vision.

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