INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY, Hyderabad is a Premier Research Laboratory under the CSIR, New Delhi, which is an autonomous body under the Government of India.

This Institute started as “Occupational Health Research Institute” (OHRI) in the year 1966 and was re-christened as “National Institute of Occupational Health” (NIOH) in 1970 presently located in the Eastern part of Ahmedabad. Two Regional Occupational Health Centers (ROHCs) were started at Bangalore in 1977 and at Kolkata in 1980.