The much-neglected mental health problem in health sector is widely recognized by the Government of Gujarat (GOG) in collaboration with the Government of Netherlands Development Cooperation programme. The growing numbers of mentally ill patients in the world draw attention of policy makers and programme managers to explore the problem deeply and thoroughly. In Gujarat, it is estimated about 2 to 3 million people suffer from some or the other mental health problem. About one million of population in the state are high-risk cases and severally mentally ill. There are number of reasons to look into the mental health problem as number of complexities related to institutional infrastructure, service delivery, customers or consumer perspective, service delivery perspective, public-private and voluntary partnership and defining the standard protocols in service delivery under the said Mental Health Act of 1987.  Besides, number of economic, social ethical and rehabilitation issues are yet to define properly. The Mental Health Mission project in Gujarat was implement to ensure the availability, accessibility to the vulnerable population and see that it gets integrate with general health services. The community participation in developing self-help group is one the prime objective of the mission project. Taking lead from this, current study is one the ongoing efforts in the pilot phase for the Hospital for Mental Health, Vadodara. It identifies the demand in the matter of material supplies and manpower for capacity building so that the said objective could be attain. Current study would be very helpful in understanding the concern issues raised in the current study for the policy and programme managers and appeal to other professional to play a significant role in promoting research in mental health for future. Circulation: Restricted for more details drharshitsinha@consultant.com