ICAR-National Institute of Veterinary Epidemiology and Disease Informatics (NIVEDI), (Formerly the Project Directorate on Animal Disease Monitoring and Surveillance, PD-ADMAS) has been set up under the aegis of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Department of Agricultural Research and Education, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare, Government of India. ICAR-NIVEDI is a pioneering research institute working with the mandate of R&D in the field of veterinary epidemiology and disease informatics and carrying out disease surveillance, monitoring and impact analysis of livestock diseases in India through collaborative centers located in different states of the country. The Institute has a long successful history of delivering predicted informatics and epidemiological solutions for various animal diseases.
Located in Karnataka, ICAR-NIVEDI had its humble beginning as All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) on Animal Disease Monitoring and Surveillance (ADMAS) in 1987, up-graded to Project Directorate on Animal Disease Monitoring and Surveillance (PDADMAS) in 2000 and finally in the year 2013 it was rechristened as ICAR-NIVEDI. The coordinating units of AICRP-ADMAS continued to grow from four in 1987 to 31 till 2021. From April 2021 onwards, this has been rechristened as National Animal Disease Epidemiology Network (NADEN) with around forty-four centers at present. The Institute has state-of-the-art Bio-safety Level 2 laboratory, which is managed as per the national guidelines for laboratory biosafety and biosecurity practices.