The Asian Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is a registered not for profit translational research and training Centre, recognized by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. Translational scientists at AHF work in close collaboration with clinicians of the Asian Institute of Gastroenterology (AIG)/AIG Hospitals, India’s foremost multispecialty hospital, located in Hyderabad. AHF originated from the vision of Dr. D Nageshwar Reddy, an eminent gastroenterologist and Chairman of AIG hospitals, to enhance patient care for gastrointestinal diseases with evolved treatment modalities by translating research into clinical practice. AHF is equipped with state-of-the-art clinical research infrastructure offering enormous scope for large-scale research.