According to a 2018 report by an Indian hospital (Narayana Superspeciality Hospital) 1 per cent of 3 lakh global cases of cancer are brain tumours. However in India 10 per cent of novel cancer cases could be brain tumours. Another Iran-based study elucidated that brain tumour accounts for around 88 per cent of all central nervous system tumours. These numbers are a call to action for sure and they need to be brought down. Awareness about brain tumour is a must in order tackle a potentially life-threatening disease like brain tumour. This is the aim behind celebrating World Brain Tumour