The Special Resource Centre (SRC) provides strategic supportive services to cater to and to facilitate research activities conducted by the various centres of the IMR and within the Ministry of Health. The SRC conducts research, training and provides expert advice in the fields of epidemiology, statistics and data management besides providing services such as current and updated information technology (IT) facilities, electron microscopy, provision of animal resources for research, information and publications including on-line journals, medical museum facilities and medical illustration services especially for the preparation of presentations.