The National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences is a multidisciplinary Institute for patient care and academic pursuit in the frontier area of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences. The Lunatic Asylum which came into being in the latter part of the 19th century was renamed as Mental Hospital in 1925 by the erstwhile Government of Mysore. This hospital and All India Institute of Mental Health established in 1954 by Government of India were amalgamated on 27th December 1974, and thus was formed the autonomous National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS). On 14th November 1994, NIMHANS was declared a Deemed University by the University Grants Commission, with academic autonomy. In the year 2012, NIMHANS was designated as an Institute of National Importance by an Act of Parliament.The priority gradient adopted at the Institute is service, manpower development and research. Multidisciplinary integrated approach is the mainstay of this institute, paving way to translate the results from bench to bedside.