Environment, Culture, Health Orientation (ECHO) has been registered under the Societies Registration Act. XXI of 1860 at the Office of the Registrar of Firms & Societies, Assam, India in Guwahati on 19 October 2004 with No. RS/KAM/240/U/190 of 2004-2005. As part of its Health Orientation wing and according to the constitution, ECHO has formed a subcommittee, namely Society for Mental Health in LAMIC (SoMHiL).
In collaboration with Academia Dysphrenia, a registered institution [Registration Number 120 (B)/50 dated 24/08/2015 with Guwahati Municipal Corporation, Guwahati, Assam, India], SoMHiL strives to promote research in behavioural sciences related to mental health among the Low and Middle Income Countries (LAMIC).