H2CB is established in the Hansraj College premises under the aegis of Sanganeria Foundation for Health & Education and Ultra International Limited. The purpose of HC2B is to foster research in the field of drug discovery with a primary focus on human diseases like malaria, leishmaniasis, cancer etc. combined with medicinal chemistry and aiming for direct application to the study of human diseases. Recent developments and advances in biological sciences and medicinal chemistry have shown a great potential for improving current medical research and HC2B aims to bring the biologists and chemists under one umbrella to perform research on diseases and drugs with a better understanding of the two fields. The centre has well- equipped biosafety level-2 cell culture laboratory with all the necessary equipment. The laboratory has an in-built ultraviolet sterilization facility along with an air pressure module to maintain sterile culture conditions in the laboratory. The centre is equipped to perform various antiparasitic, antiviral drug discovery projects.

• To encourage the students and faculties across the Delhi University colleges to pursue research work in the field of chemistry and biology interface.
• To provide dissertation, internship and short-term project programmes for the graduate and postgraduate students.
• To provide research laboratory exposure to the undergraduate college students.