At a meeting of Clinical Biochemists (called FOUNDER MEMBERS) from various parts of the country on January 18, 1975, resolution was passed to establish Association of Clinical Biochemists of India. A two days conference followed in which Executive Committee members were elected and Professor Awadhesh Saran was installed as its First President. Since then Annual conferences have been held in various centres of the country. The notable milestones of achievements are:-
• At the behest of the Association, the Medical Council of India recommended separation of Biochemistry Subject and the Department of Biochemistry from those of Physiology. Separate paper of Biochemistry was introduced at the 1st M.B.B.S. examination from 1977.
• In 1978 it was resolved to start Quality Control programme to bring about improvement in laboratory services and a committee was constituted under Chairmanship of Dr. A.S. Kanagasabapathy. Dr. Kanagasabapathy started the programme in 1978 from his department at C.M.C. Hospital, Vellore. Since then he has been sending Q.C. samples every month and gives a feed back to the participating laboratories. He started with only a dozen participating laboratories and today more than 1200 laboratories are participating in this programme. Dr. Kanagasabapathy received great help from his colleague, Dr. S. Swaminathan. This programme has brought about remarkable improvement in performance of laboratories. The cooperation given by C.M.C. authorities is highly appreciated. After Dr. Kanagasabapathy retired, Dr.S. Selvakumar of the same Department is continuing the programme.
• The Association started publishing News Bulletin containing Association news twice annually since 1980 and quarterly from 1998.
"It also publish Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry (IJCB) twice a year and presently Dr Praveen Sharma, Prof of Biochemistry, SMS Medical Collage, Jaipur is the EDITOR-IN-CHIEF of the journal"
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"Ramakrishna Mission Seva Pratishthan
Vivekananda Institute of Medical Sciences, Kolkata
A well-known landmark in the metropolis and humming with multifaceted health-care and health-education activities as we see it today, this Pratishthan originally known as Shishumangal Pratishthan, had a very humble beginning in a rented house as a maternity-cum-child welfare centre in July 1932.
". . The present day Seva Pratishthan is one among the large and premier medical complexes of the city of Kolkata. It has been serving a large section of the city population as well as those who are coming from the suburbs and villages of the nearby districts through its four wings 1. General Hospital 2. School of Nursing 3. Community Health Services and 4. The Vivekananda Institute of Medical Sciences. Serious and complicated cases often come here from the neighbouring states and Bangladesh also. . "
In 1977 the Indian Council of Medical Research recognised it for research work. The Medical Council of India which recognised the Seva Pratishthan in 1966 for compulsory rotatory training of fresh medical graduates, and in 1979 recognized for post-graduate degree courses also. 
