# Pallium India

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## TL;DR

A Kerala-based national palliative care charity whose Trivandrum Institute of Palliative Sciences is a WHO Collaborating Centre for access to pain relief.

## Summary

Pallium India is a national registered charitable trust formed in 2003 and based in Thiruvananthapuram, with the aim of relieving serious health-related suffering for the 7 to 10 million people in India it estimates need palliative care. Its Trivandrum Institute of Palliative Sciences (TIPS) is a WHO Collaborating Centre for Training and Policy on Access to Pain Relief.

Pallium India runs home visits, food kits and education support for patients' families, a national palliative care helpline, a palliative care outpatient service at Jayanagar General Hospital in Bengaluru, and a Global Fellowship in Palliative Medicine. Its book Walk with the Weary tells the story of Dr Rajagopal's life and of palliative care in India.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-04
- Also known as: Pallium India -Trivandrum Institute of Palliative Sciences (TIPS); Trivandrum Institute of Palliative Sciences; TIPS
- City: Thiruvananthapuram, IN
- Type: consortium
- Website: https://palliumindia.org

## Sources

- About Pallium India: https://palliumindia.org/pallium-india
- Pallium India home page: https://palliumindia.org/
- National Cancer Grid: member list: https://www.ncgindia.org/hospitals-and-institutions/members

## Connected records

- fronts: [Supportive Care & Survivorship](https://onco.cc/fronts/supportive-care/)
- technologies: [Early integrated palliative care](https://onco.cc/technologies/palliative-care/), [Global oncology and access in low- and middle-income countries](https://onco.cc/technologies/global-oncology-access/)
- institutions: [National Cancer Grid of India](https://onco.cc/institutions/national-cancer-grid/)

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