Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), an autonomous grant-in-aid Institute under the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India, has a mandate to provide comprehensive cancer care to one and all through its tripartite mission of Service, Education and Research in Oncology. As the premier cancer centre in the country, TMC provides leadership for guiding the national policy and strategy for cancer care by:

1. Promoting Outstanding Service through Evidence-Based Medicine in Oncology
2. Conducting Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research relevant to needs of the Country
3. Providing Training and Education in Cancer to Students, Residents, and Professionals

TMC has been at the forefront of generating high-quality evidence through the conduct of large randomized controlled trials on key issues in prevention, diagnosis, and therapy of cancer. Eminent and expert scientists engaged in basic research collaborate closely with focussed clinicians in various Disease Management Groups to promote cross talk from "Bench to Bedside and Back".

TMC has collaborated with major cancer centres and premier research institutes across the Country to create the National Cancer Grid (NCG) with the mandate of establishing uniform national standards of patient care for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer.

Through Cochrane India Network, TMC intends to further expand the scope of its activities to ‘Synthesis of Evidence’ and look forward to Knowledge Translation, Dissemination of Methodology for Conduct of Cochrane Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses’ on Key Questions in Cancer Care.

Administrative structure of Tata Memorial Centre - Cochrane India Affiliate is as below: