The National Institute of Virology is one of the major Institutes of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).[1] It was established at Pune, Maharashtra, India in 1952 as Virus Research Centre (VRC) under the auspices of the ICMR and the Rockefeller Foundation (RF), USA.[3] It was an outcome of the global programme of the RF for investigating the Arthropod Borne viruses.