IAP-BPS

The inception of an association of, for pediatricians dates back to the days of late professors P.C Bopiah and D.G Benakappa with late Dr. Mallesh and Mohan Reddy in 1975-76.

In Dr. Benakappa's words, along with charter president Dr. Bopiah and charter secretary Dr. Mohan Reddy, in 1975, we founded the Bangalore pediatric society, from a small membership of around 25, with objectives of a] to improve the academic and clinical interactions and b]to involve ourselves in social activities benefiting the health of needy children, monthly meetings were always held in Vani-Vilas children’s hospital.

Guest lectures and clinical presentations were hosted uniquely by the members themselves with no pharma help. Audio visual aids were a 35mm manually operated slide projector, an overhead projector and the black board with chalk. Soon, the Bangalore pediatric society would become the Indian academy of pediatrics Bangalore-BPS in 1995, following the guidelines of the central IAP while retaining its identity of BPS.