Identifying gaps in knowledge and practice and locating initiatives that address gaps in a systematic manner has been a core effort of ICCHN. Workshops, seminars and consultations contribute towards these efforts in a significant way. These forums also help in critically reviewing strategies, disseminating learnings and experiences sectorally in order to influence programmatic designs and policies. ICCHN, therefore, has organised various workshops and consultations.   

Besides organising these workshops and consultations, ICCHN has also supported various organisations to undertake such initiatives. Noteworthy among these are ICCHN's support to the National Health Assembly – 2 organised in Bhopal in March 2007; the workshop on Foetal Origins of Childhood and Adult Disease: Counting Economic Costs organised by the Society for Natal Effects on Health in Adults (SNEHA) in November 2006; the National Workshop on Development of Guidelines for Effective Home Based Care and Treatment of Children Suffering from Severe Undernutrition organised by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in November 2005; the 31st Annual National Conference of Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine organised by the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in February 2004; and the First World Congress on Foetal Origins of Adult Disease organised by the Society for Natal Effects on Health in Adults (SNEHA) in March 2001.