IIHMR Kolkata is an upcoming centre of IIHMR society and takes forward the organizational mission of professionalising healthcare by responding to research, training and consultancy needs in eastern and north eastern India. Like its counterparts in Jaipur, Bangalore and Delhi, IIHMR Kolkata provides the professional expertise and rigour that has become synonymous with IIHMR in India and abroad, expanding the frontiers of knowledge and strengthening programme management and capacities to secure people's health in the region.The engagement of IIHMR with various stakeholders in eastern and north eastern states of India dates back to years. The institute has played a crucial role in evidence generation, systems strengthening and programme evaluation in the region. States in the region have been the exclusive focus of study as well as part of multicentric studies in the country. To cite a few examples, IIHMR has imparted management training to officials of the Department of Health, Government of West Bengal. In 2008, the institute undertook the mid term review of West Bengal Health Systems Development Initiative.