The Association of Colon and Rectal Surgeons of India (ACRSI), Mumbai

The Association of Surgeons of India ASI was formed in the year 1934. Recognition of Coloproctological as a specialty started with the zeal and enthusiasm of senior contemporary surgeons of Mumbai, who not only established department of Colon & Rectal Surgery in hospitals of Mumbai, as early as 1960 but also made efforts to bring surgeons of similar interest for sharing of thoughts and experience, in this part of the world. In the year 1968, Dr. R.K. Menda, Dr. S.J. Aptekar and Dr. I.D. Sood organized the International Seminar on the Diseases of Colo-Rectum and Anus at Taj International Hotel. The proceedings of the congress were published in a book form “Advances in Colo-Rectal Surgery”. In the year 1978, the first sectional program of ACRSI was organized along with the annual conference of ASI at Gauhati.