Cardiological Society of India

The Cardiological Society of India (CSI) was conceived on the fourth April, 1948 at Calcutta The Cardiological society of Bengal was subsequently conceived on the eleventh April, 1946 with Dr. B.C. Roy, the incredible doctor (who later on turned into the Chief Minister of West Bengal) as its first President. Two years went by and on the eleventh January, 1948, the famous doctors of India met in Calcutta and chose to shape a national Society of the Cardiologists. The choice was passed on to every one of the doctors of India inspired by Cardiology. The reaction was overpowering. The main authority gathering of the CSI was held in 1950 at Calcutta in conjunction with the All India Medical Conference. It was in 1954 that the CSI chose to have its Annual Meeting alongside that of the Association of Physicians of India (API). The second decade of its presence was a record of consistent advancement of the CSI with both participation and investigative exercises becoming monstrously. The most imperative accomplishment at this stage was the fruitful association of the fifth World Congress of Cardiology in 1966 at New Delhi under the administration of Dr. S. Padmavati with Dr. K. K. Datey of Mumbai (Chairman of the Organizing Committee) and Dr. D. P. Basu of Calcutta (President of the CSI). The CSI kept having its Annual Meeting with API upto 1976. Meanwhile the Silver Jubilee of CSI was held at Calcutta in 1973. Amid this time of 30 years, the hierarchical exercises of the CSI, the participation quality, research work, and investigative accomplishments - all had developed to a tallness that required a different meeting for the Society. Cardio coherent Society of India has its very own quarter century spread everywhere throughout the nation. The Scientific Council of the CSI is in charge of arrangement of different subcommittees to help the development and advancement of various sub-claims to fame like, Preventive Cardiology, Rheumatic Heart Disease, Electrophysiology, Non-intrusive Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology and so forth. The Official Journal of the CSI, the India Heart Journal had its unassuming starting in 1949 in Calcutta. The general production of the Journal; started in 1949 with Dr. J. C. Banerjea at its Hon. Supervisor. The Journal experienced much change in quality and get-up under the capable editorship of Dr. Shantilal J. Shah of Mumbai who persisted its Hon. Editorial manager from 1971 to 1981 and after that Dr. V.K. Bahl (AIIMS, New Delhi) from 2000-2005. The Indian Heart Journal at present has accomplished universal standard and acknowledgment. In a matter of seconds Dr. Sundeep Mishra, from New Delhi is the Hony Editor of this prestigious diary. The Cardiological Society of India is a dynamic individual from the International Society and organization of Cardiology and Asian Pacific Society of Cardiology furthermore SAARC society of Cardiology and together working with European Society of Cardiology as well as American College of Cardiology (ACC). The present participation quality of the Society including abroad individuals has achieved more than four thousand. Consistently the World Heart Day is seen at CSI HQ and all different branches of CSI on 29th September.