Indraprastha Cancer Society and Research Centre, is a “not for profit organization”, formed under the Societies Registration Act 1860 and it had set up Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, a standalone oncology care centre, in Delhi, in 1996. The founders of the society are a group of socially responsible self less philanthropist, who had no financial resources but by dent of their hard work and sheer determination, were able to, initially, raise money for running the hospital. Quality, affordability and easy access, for the patients suffering from cancer were the main motivating factors for setting up of the Hospital.