The National Tuberculosis Institute was set up in 1960 with the primary objective of evolving a programme for the control of Tuberculosis. The Institute has been recognized as a WHO collaborating centre since 1985 for excellence in training and research activities. This institute is a centre to formulate TB Control Programme best suited to a country like India, where the TB problem is large and the resources are meager. The Institute undertook several Operational Research Studies and evolved a nationally applicable TB Control Programme. Furthermore, the Institute also trains the key personnel to run the programme through District TB Centers. This nationally evolved TB Control Programme has been adopted by several other countries. Prior to establishment of NTI, most of existing knowledge of TB was confined to its clinical aspects. NTI supplemented this clinical knowledge with Epidemiological, Sociological, Operational and Organizational studies to devise an effective programme for controlling TB in the community.

To organise training activities in TB control for medical and paramedical personnel, in policies and Procedures

To monitor and supervise TB Control programme in the country.

To plan, coordinate and execute TB research in epidemiology, surveillance of drug resistance and operations of control strategies relevant to regional and national programme delivery.

To augment the dissemination of information on TB and its control by tapping the potentials of the existing Library and Information Dissemination Services.

To eliminate Tuberculosis from India

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