Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) is an Indian Biotechnology research centre is located in Hyderabad, the capital city of both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) is operated by the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, under the Government of India.

Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) is Sun Microsystems Centre of Excellence in Medical Bio-informatics, supported with a strong bioinformatics facility, and is the India node of the EMBnet.

In addition, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) provides the services with the support some of the activities.

Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) utilizes the Combined DNA Index System for DNA profile Matching. The CDFD and the U.S. FBI had signed a MoU early this year for the acquisition of CODIS.

Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) receives funding from other agencies like the Wellcome Trust on specific collaborative projects. Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) is recognized by the University of Hyderabad and Manipal University for pursuing doctor of philosophy in Life Sciences.

The research at Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) has focused largely on molecular epidemiology of bacterial pathogens, structural genetics, molecular genetics, bioinformatics and computational biology.

Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) was conceptualized by then CCMB director Professor Lalji Singh. Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) evolved into its current form of a modern institution encompassing both basic and applied research in diverse areas of modern biology under its founder director, Professor Seyed E. Hasnain (former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hyderabad), who pursued this aim aggressively during his tenure from 1999 to 2005.

Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) is equipped with instrumentation and computing infrastructure to facilitate working in frontier areas of research in Life Sciences.

Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) started its operations at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, a Council of Scientific and Industrial Research organisation, and was housed in an interim building in Nacharam from early 1999 to December 2008.

In 2009, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) was moved to a sprawling new building in Gandipet locality at the outskirts of Hyderabad. But, due to some of the governmental objections pertaining to the proximity of the new campus to Osman Sagar Lake, Hyderabad, the capital city of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, any of the wet-lab work was not allowed.

A new laboratory complex of Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) was refurbished at Nampally, Hyderabad. The interim complex of Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) consists of two separate blocks situated about one kilometre apart within Nampally and houses a temporary hostel building also.

The diagnostic screening at Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) is operated from the Nizam`s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS).

The Animal house facility of Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) is operated from Vimta Laboratories, at Genome Valley.