Icmr

You’ll find Icmr at 17 Narkel Bagan Lane in Kolkata. The zip code is 700009. If you know the lanes of North Kolkata, you know they have a lot of character. Our office is in an old building that’s been around for decades. The walls are thick, and the ceilings are high, which keeps it a bit cooler in the summer heat. It’s a busy area with a lot of noise from the street—horns honking and people shouting—but we’ve grown to like the energy of it. Inside, it’s pretty basic. We have a few wooden tables, some old metal cabinets for all our files, and a lot of books. It’s not the kind of place with a fancy coffee machine; we just make tea in the back or get it from the shop downstairs. The stairs are a bit narrow and steep, so you have to be careful coming up. We don’t have any big marketing slogans or corporate branding anywhere. We’re just a small group of people working together in a space that’s been our base for a long time. Some days the internet is a bit slow, so we use that time to catch up on the physical paperwork. It’s a very traditional way of working, and it suits us just fine. We’re part of the neighborhood, and we wouldn't want to be anywhere else in the city. It’s our little corner of Kolkata.