Schizophrenia remains one of the major psychiatric disorders with huge social and economic costs for the individual and community. Lack of social functioning and inadequate life skills have impact on everyday life of people with this diagnosis. Studies showed that deficits in social functioning are one of the main drivers of the global burden of the disorder. According to the report given by WHO at the year 2022 approximately 24 million people were affected by schizophrenia worldwide. Is it well recognized that deficits in social functioning expressed through poor social interactions and difficulties in building and maintaining familial or friendly relationships are a core feature of schizophrenia. Therefore studies to be done to determine the life skills profile and social functioning of this group so that newer intervention can be added to improve the quality of life of these patients. The aim of the study is to determine the life skills profile and social functioning among the patients with schizophrenia visiting tertiary mental healthcare institution, Assam. Methodology of present study- the research approach will be quantitative in nature, design will be descriptive design, and setting of the study will be tertiary mental healthcare institute, Assam. Study sample includes 103 patients with schizophrenia visiting tertiary mental healthcare institution who will be selected by using convenient sampling. Data will be collected by self structured Socio- demographic proforma, LIFE SKILLS PROFILE -20 and SOCIAL FUNCTIONING SCALE after translating to local language.  After collecting data it will be analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics.