The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is one of the prestigious units functioning in the Department. The Level II care unit will be upgraded to Level III care with the acquisition of a bubble CPAP machine and neonatal ventilators.

On the academic front, the Department actively involves students in clinical case presentations.

The students are involved in various studies conducted by the department, like the BMI Study in adolescent school children, depression prevalence in adolescent college students, etc.

The Department is involved in ICMR Short Term Research Projects.

The Department also organizes activities like “World Breast Feeding Week” every year and won the Gold Medal twice consecutively.