Cancer Centre & Welfare Home, Thakurpukur was founded in 1973 as a registered society headed by Dr. Saroj Gupta. On a 6.5 acre donated land, the first unit of the centre "Chintaharan Das Seba Bhavan" was opened in 1976 named after the donor of the land. At that time basic facilities were provided to patients who were taken to different city hospitals for treatment. That was the humble beginning and for the last 28 years the Centre has been rendering services to the patients as a philanthropic and charitable organisation. Today, it is one of the largest cancer hospitals in India with an annual turnout of about 30,000 patients at the Out Patients' Department. The Government of India has conferred the status of a Research Institute in 1997. We are now "Cancer Centre Welfare Home and Research Institute". The Institute is a member of UICC(the global body called Union Internationale Contre Le Cancer or International Union Against Cancer). On the national level, we are members of Indian Cancer Society, ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Reaearch), AROI(Association of Radiation Oncologists) and other leading institutions fighting against cancer. The Institute has come up with strong foothold with continuous support from the members of the society and is mostly dependent on donations and charities.

Apart from patient care, the Instititute has also taken up Research program with WHO(World Health Organisation), ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Reaearch) and such other medical institutions. The Institute is affiliated to the National Board of Examination and teaches DNB trainees regularly in Radiotherapy, Radio Diagnosis, Nuclear Medicine.