IGIB mission " To translate concepts developed in basic biological research to commercially viable technologies for health care ". IGIB has transformed itself into one of the premier laboratories under CSIR, by carrying out path breaking Research & Development activities in various areas of modern biotechnology and biological sciences such as allergy and infectious diseases, molecular pathogenesis and recombinant DNA technology while focusing mainly on Genomics and Bio-informatics. The research activities/projects of the Institute can be classified under the "Discovery Research" and "Collaborative Research". The projects under the Discovery research i.e. the projects, which are assigned by CSIR, are either performed by the Institute or are executed under collaborative arrangement along with other constituent laboratories of CSIR. Besides this IGIB also Undertakes collaborative & sponsored research with various Government and non-Government institutions/companies, at a national level.