To create a comprehensive mental healthcare facility for mentally ill patients, to develop a high standard training facility in psychiatry and allied professions, to provide information and knowledge of mental health issues to the general public, to establish a world class research facility in mental health sciences, to contribute to the cause of reduction of stigma against psychiatric patients, t
heir families and the mental health sector at large and to promote training in comprehensive healthcare and person centred approach in the spirit of WHO’s definition of health