Academics - Every staff in Department of Physiology spare no effort unturned in making sure that the students have a good grasp of Physiology which is the backbone of clinical medicine. Novel and creative methods of teaching are adapted to enhance the transfer of knowledge to the students. Students are made to enjoy the process of learning Physiology. Department has faculty who have been recognised as best teachers repeatedly both within institute, as well as various recognised societies. Professors from the Department of Physiology are also the authors of Asian Edition of Guyton Text book of Physiology.

Research - Department of Physiology has been working towards understanding the Physiological changes in health and disease from its commencement. State of the art metabolic labs where energy, substrate metabolism studies and amino acid requirement studies using stable isotope techniques have been conducted. One of its kind, the human skeletal muscle laboratory at the Department of Physiology has been conducting studies which assess muscle quality through physiological, histopathology and molecular based techniques. Department has well-equipped setups including analytical methods to assess various micronutrients status, metabolomics (LCMS, GCMS etc.,), minor OT (for muscle biopsies), nerve conduction, electroencephalogram, electromyography, fitness assessment to name few. Department of Physiology was the first centre to setup the gold standard technique to assess insulin sensitivity. A well-organized Division of Nutrition under the Department of Physiology is actively pursuing research on body composition. It has facilities including DXA, Bodpod, and Potassium counter. Department has been running various nutritional intervention programs to help various clinical conditions

Clinical service - The Department of Physiology has been providing clinical service including clinical autonomic evaluation, body composition, physical fitness, basal metabolic rate, skeletal muscle strength assessment.