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Comprehensive Laparoscopic Surgery (by Ajay Kriplani)
From the tiny acorn does the tall oak tree grow. A humble
small beginning can snowball into a giant new form if
its growth is pursued with dedication, commitment,
courage and passion. In 1993, a small group of 30 odd
surgeons from all over the country met in Mumbai
and set up the Indian Association of Gastrointestinal
Endo-Surgeons. The avowed purpose of the Association
was to promote and nurture the growth and spread of
Minimal Access Surgery throughout India so as to give
the obvious and profound benefits of Minimal Access
Surgery to all our people in all places. Never in their
wildest imagination could the Founder-Members have
dreamt that this surgery would spread so far, penetrate
so deep into small towns of India and reach such a high
standard of performance as to place India in the forefront
of laparoscopic endeavour. IAGES members from all over
India, right from Guwahati, Srinagar, Jammu to Salem,
Coimbatore, Nagercoil and all over have spread and
advanced MAS in 14 short years over the country and
added voluminously to the world literature and teaching
methodology on this subject.
Since its inception, IAGES has set the bench mark of
democratic functioning—biannual election to Office by
secret postal ballot, involvement of the entire country in
its active leadership, stepping back completely of senior
members to hand over the running of the Association to
the next group of younger, more energetic and dynamic
members. The strength of the Association has received
world recognition both by the stature of the Faculty at
its numerous Conferences, as also by being unanimously
accepted as a Member Society of the International
Federation of Societies of Endoscopic Surgeons (IFSES).
Having spread MAS all over the country, the entire
current Executive Committee with Dr. Kuldip Singh
as President and Dr. Parveen Bhatia as Secretary have
realised the value and wisdom of ensuring that all
surgeons doing all laparoscopic surgery have, each one
of them, attained a certain level of skill and knowledge to
ensure the safety and well-being of every single patient.
This is the raison d’être of this Fellowship Course
with Dr. Ajay Kriplani as its Convenor. The purpose
of the Course is not to claim that IAGES is a superior,
regulatory body, not to drum up Membership, not to
offer a piece of paper, at a price, with a few signatures
on it—the sole intent of this Fellowship Course is to
further the primary purpose of the Founder Members by
spreading MAS to the smallest moffisul and ensuring a
high uniform quality to our surgery both by teaching as
also by personal example, stressing not just the technical
advances but also the humane aspects of this surgery.
Dr. Tehemton E. Udwadia
Founder President – IAGES
