We at RSG-India, consider our mandate to be, to actively work for the development of the Computational Life Sciences student community in India. Our goal is to establish a vibrant, active and well networked student community for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology in India. This we do by various initiatives concentrating on improving networking and better information dissemination within the student community. We also look to develop good contacts with Academia and Industry stakeholders within India and in the Global Bioinformatics community to try and maximize availability of opportunities.