Dr. Kalpana Srivastava
President
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The Association of Industrial Psychiatry of India
About Us
About Us
About ASSOCIATION OF INDUSTRIAL PSYCHIATRY OF INDIA (AIPI)
The Association of Industrial Psychiatry was formed in 1984 with the main aim to promote and advance Industrial Psychiatry and Allied Sciences (Behavioural Sciences) in all their different branches and to promote the improvement of mental health of the people and mental health education and also set ethical standards of practice in the practice of Psychiatry in Industries in India /Abroad. The Association was registered under the Societies Act 21, 1860 on 4th July 1987 at Patna Bihar. There were 55 founder members at that time.
Our Mission
Our mission is to promote and advance Industrial Psychiatry and behavioral Sciences in all their different branches and to promote and improve mental health and impart mental health education to the people of Industries
Our Vision
Our Vision is that to formulate and devise on the standard of education and training of medical and auxiliary personnel in Psychiatry and recommend adequate teaching facilities for the purpose.
Our office bearers
Current office bearers
Dr. Tophan Patil
President Elect
Dr. (Brig) Jyoti Prakash
Vice President
Dr. Vinay Kumar
Secretary
Dr. Jaideep Patil
Treasurer
Journey
Our Journey
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The Association of Industrial Psychiatry was established in 1984 to advance Industrial Psychiatry and Allied Sciences, improve mental health, and set ethical standards in psychiatry practice in India and abroad.
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On July 4, 1987, the Association was registered under the Societies Act 21, 1860 in Patna, Bihar. At the time, there were 55 founding members.
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Dr. Shailendra Kumar was succeeded by several prominent personalities as the association's President, including Dr. Alan D'Souza, Dr. G C Boral, Dr. P. Valdiya, Dr. G.C. Kar, Dr. LP Shah, and Dr. Suprakash Chaudhury.
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The first conference of the association was held in Bombay in 1986 by Dr. Alan D'Souza.
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The 19th conference of the Association was held at Kota (Rajasthan) in Hotel Clarks premier on 16-18th December by the renowned Dr M L Agarwal The Conference was presided over by the Chief guest H'ble Lokh Sabha Speaker Shri Om Birla.
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The conference was well attended and over 150 papers were presented.
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The Association publishes the Industrial Psychiatry journal biannually.
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Being the only one of its kind to be published with interest in Industrial Mental Health the journal has now become the most sought after because of its being Pub Med and indexed status.
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When Dr. S.M. Agrawal, the founding secretary, died in 2009, the association lost its most important asset, which he had carefully nurtured to its current level.
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His memory was honored at the 15th Annual Conference in Bhopal.
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Dr. (Brig) MSVK Raju, Professor of Psychiatry, made it feasible by organizing a massive event in Bhopal, which inspired Dr. Yusuf A. Matcheswalla to continue it ahead in Mumbai and incorporate the majority of mental health organizations.
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The trend of conducting annual National Conferences in Pune twice and Kota last year has persisted.
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There are currently approximately 700 members.
