The department provides basic education in macroscopic human anatomy, microscopic human anatomy or histology, and cell biology for students of medicine and nursing, as well as students of Master’s Degree Programme in Anatomy. Post graduate students from different departments are being taught histology of healthy human tissue. The department is committed to provide embalming services for dead bodies and running the body donation programme. The department receives "Will Forms" from the public for donation of the whole body after death. The department is also an active collaborator for various cadaveric workshops for post-graduate training and skills training in surgical and allied disciplines. The faculty has been engaged in research and have noteworthy research publications in peer-reviewed journals. They have also served as members of editorial boards of several national and international journals. Departmental research is diverse and addresses problems in gross anatomy, histology, developmental biology, neurobiology and genetics.