NBRC meaning in Ministry of Science and Technology ?

National Brain Research Centre is a research institute in Manesar, Gurgaon, India. It is an autonomous institute and a nodal center under the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. The institute is dedicated to research in neuroscience and brain functions in health and diseases using multidisciplinary approaches. This is the first autonomous institute by DBT to be awarded as the deemed to be university by the Ministry of Education, formerly known as the Ministry of Human Resource Development in May 2002. NBRC was dedicated to the nation by the Hon'ble President of India Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in December 2003. The founder chairman of NBRC Society is Prof. Prakash Narain Tandon, whereas the founder director Prof. Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath was followed by Prof. Prasun Roy, Prof. Subrata Sinha, and Prof. Neeraj Jain. The current director-in-charge of NBRC is Prof. Pravat Kumar Mandal.

The institute pursues research to understand brain functions in health and diseases, generate trained human resources with the capability to conduct interdisciplinary research in neuroscience, and promote neuroscience in India through networking among national institutions. NBRC is the only institute in India dedicated to neuroscience research and education. Scientists and students at NBRC come from diverse academic backgrounds, including biological, computational, mathematical, physical, engineering and medical sciences, and use multidisciplinary approaches to unravel secrets of the brain.