 The aim of the foundation is to make full use of India's rich and diverse medical knowledge.The organization received the Norman Borlaug Award in 1998, Equator Initiative Prize of the United Nations in 2002 and the Columbia University Award from Rosenthal Centre of Columbia University and College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, in 2003.Anant Darshan Shankar, the Director of the institution was honored by the Government of India in 2011 with the award of Padma Shri.