Institutionalised Children Explorations and Beyond (ICB) is a bi-annual international academic journal, launched on 14 March 2014, to discuss the state of care of children in alternative forms of care. The journal includes manuscripts from across the globe with more regional focus on the eight South Asian countries. In 2023, ICB journal is completing a decade of compiling and publishing regional evidence. The mission of the journal is to create a rich platform for sharing discourse related to law, practice and evidence-based research, regarding alternative care for children and youth without parental care and family strengthening, to serve the purpose of developing dialogues and debates amongst practitioners, academicians, researchers, policy makers, advocates, activists and volunteers working for child and youth care. The journal aims to improve standards of care and mental health practices that enhance the delivery of services in alternative care settings. The vision of the journal is to evolve as the most comprehensive and sought after journal, especially for South Asian countries that examines and addresses all issues related to alternative care for children and young persons in the region, as well as from an international perspective, from the lens of policy, legislation, jurisprudence, case law reviews, good practices, expert interviews, research and future directions to improve the lives of children and youth.