Parliament Question: National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICALS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2175 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 31st JULY 2026 National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research 2175. Shri Pratap Chandra Sarangi: Dr. Vinod Kumar Bind: Will the Minister of CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS be pleased to state: (a) the number, location and details of National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) centres currently established in the country; (b) whether the Government proposes to set up a campus of the NIPER in Balasore Parliamentary Constituency of Odisha; (c) if so, the details thereof, including the estimated cost, sanction of funds and the locations identified for setting up of the same; and (d) the timeline by which the institute is likely to be completed and made fully functional? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS (SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL) (a): National Institutes of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPERs) are the premier institutes for education and research in the pharmaceutical and medical device sectors. There are currently seven NIPERs. The first NIPER was set up at Mohali (Punjab) as a registered society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 and given statutory recognition by an act of Parliament, viz., the NIPER Act, 1998. Following amendment of the Act in the year 2007, six more NIPERs were set up at Ahmedabad (Gujarat), Guwahati (Assam), Hajipur (Bihar), Hyderabad (Telangana), Kolkata (West Bengal) and Raebareli (Uttar Pradesh). All seven NIPERs have been given statutory recognition by the NIPER Act, 1998 and declared as the Institutions of National Importance. (b): There is no such proposal under consideration of the Government. (c) & (d): Does not arise, in view of answer to part (b) above. *****