The Indian Academy of Pediatrics is the association of Indian pediatricians. It was established in 1963, in Mumbai, India and claims to have 50,000 members, as of the year 2025About Indian Academy of Pediatrics. iapindia.org The head office of IAP is in Mumbai while Delhi is the seat of its official publication – Indian Pediatrics, a MEDLINE indexed medical journal.Indian Pediatrics. Indian Pediatrics (25 November 2018). Retrieved on 2018-12-03. It also publishes another medical journal called Indian Journal of Practical Pediatrics from Chennai.Indian Journal of Practical Pediatrics, Chennai. Ijpp.in. Retrieved on 3 December 2018.
In 2017, the IAP was involved in controversy when a pediatrician who had exposed collaborations between vaccine manufacturers was allegedly manhandled at the organisation's annual conference and suspended from the organisation's Advisory Committee on Vaccines and Immunization Practices.Dr Vipin Vashishtha: Vaccine nexus: Whistleblower Bengaluru paediatrician seeks police help. Times of India (22 January 2017). Retrieved on 2018-12-03. The move by IAP has been criticized by other medical organisations like the Alliance of Doctors for Ethical Healthcare (ADEH) and Medico Friends Circle (MFC).Doctors condemn suspension of whistleblower. Times of India (4 February 2017). Retrieved on 2018-12-03.
History In 1948, K. C. Chaudhury founded the Indian Pediatric Society, which later merged with the Association of Pediatricians to form the Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP), a single body that would represent Indian pediatricians. The IAP held its first national conference in 1964, in Pune. Its official journal, Indian Pediatrics, first published in Kolkata in 1964, was formed by the integration of the Indian Journal of Child Health and the Journal of the Indian Pediatric Society.
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