The Department organized an awareness programme on the occasion of World Sleep Day on 14th March 2014. The topic of discussion was “Role of sleep in health and disease”. The talk was organized at the seminar room of the Department of Medicine and was well attended with undergraduate students, nursing staff and postgraduate students of various disciplines among the audience. Various issues including need for sleep, normal duration of sleep, sleep debt, sleep hygiene, insomnia, jet lag, obstructive sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome, etc were highlighted. The presentation was followed by an interactive session and a quiz.