Pasteur Institute of Southern India opens at Coonoor
· Coonoor
The Pasteur Institute of Southern India began work at Coonoor in April 1907 and became a major producer of anti-rabies vaccine.
The Pasteur Institute of Southern India started functioning at Coonoor in the Nilgiris on 6 April 1907. It was formally opened by the Governor of Madras, Sir Arthur Lawley, on 25 April 1907. Captain J. W. Cornwall of the Indian Medical Service was its first director. The institute became a pioneer in producing anti-rabies vaccine and later DPT vaccine. It was renamed the Pasteur Institute of India and became an autonomous body under the Union health ministry in 1977.
