During the last 26 years under ICMR administration, the Institute has made rapid progress in almost all aspects of leprosy research. The scientists of the Institute have published 622 papers which include 440 publications in major national and international scientific journals and 182 publications as chapters in the books, proceedings and research bulletins. These publications include 200 papers on clinical research (Clinical disease, histopathology, ultrastructural aspects, medical and surgical treatment of leprosy), 377 papers on various areas of laboratory research (Immunodiagnosis, other immunological aspects, host metabolism, bacterial metabolism, growth and viability, identification and typing of mycobacteria, molecular biology, drug metabolism, host genetics and miscellaneous areas) and 45 papers on other aspects such as biostatistics, social aspects, epidemiology and HIV-AIDS.