NIB has been entrusted to undertake the Validation and Batch Testing of COVID-19 Diagnostic Kits by ICMR. NIB is one of the 24 centres identified in the ICMR-DCGI GUIDELINES FOR VALIDATION AND BATCH TESTING OF COVID-19 DIAGNOSTIC KITS dated 4 June 2020 at ICMR’s website. Accordingly a new laboratory namely COVID-19 Kit Testing Laboratory has been established for Quality Control evaluation of RNA extraction kit, VTM and Antibody Rapid and ELISA kits forwarded by ICMR.