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Indian Biophysical Society (IBS)

Indian Biophysical Society (IBS)

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

The Indian Biophysical Society (IBS) founded in 1965, has grown over the years. Presently, it is holding 805 Life-members from all parts of the country. The interdisciplinary nature of the society attracted scientists from not only Phyiscs, Chemistry and Biology, but also from other related areas too such as Biotechnology, Bioinformatics and Medicine.

To brief on the historical evolution of this august body, the first IBS Executive Council (EC) comprised of Dr. D. M. Bose as its first President, N. N. Dasgupta and B. Mukherjee as Vice-Presidents, N. N. Saha as the Secretary, B. D. Nagchaudhuri as the Treasurer, and A. K. Saha, M. N. Rao and S. N. Chatterjee as Members of the Council. The Memorandum of Association drawn by the first EC and the Articles of Association of the IBS spelt out the regulations of the Society.

Though the society was very active for first few years, it suffered a temporary setback from 1986-1988. Yet, it got revived by instrumental senior members like Prof. Girjesh Govil, Dr. B. B.Singh, Prof. R. Srinivasan, Prof. Anil Saran and others. Since then, IBS symposia were hosted by different universities and research institutions all around the country. Thus, IBS gained a national character and today it stands tall and is one of the most active scientific societies of the country, with equal opportunity to all researchers to present their work and discuss. While deliberating on the venues of the IBS Symposia and the possible EC Members, special care is always taken to see that geographically all parts of India are covered and represented as well as all the major disciplines under the umbrella of biophysics research are discussed.

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