Please wait.........
As per the decision of the Editorial Board meeting held on 28th December 2022, from February 2023 onwards, all the Postgraduate members will receive E copy of the JAPI as a Go-Green initiative. The physical copy / Hard copy of a particular issue will be provided to the member with a special request sent from the registered email ID to the JAPI office. Important Message to API Members click here to read

About API

The Association of Physicians of India is a professional body of consultant physicians formed in 1944. It’s members are physicians with postgraduate qualifications in different specialities. Currently the membership of the association is 19,500 and it is increasing every year. Obviously this Association is the most elite physician’s fraternity in India. This Association conducts various educational and professional activities for it’s members throughout the year.

The Association of Physicians of India is a professional body of consultant physicians formed in 1944.

The vision of a few stalwart Physicians of India gave birth to the idea of forming the Association of Physicians of India in 1944 mainly to provide a common forum to the Physicians of India to meet and to share experience and research observations in the field of Medicine.

Names of the Founder Members of The Association of Physicians of India.

  1. Dr. M.R. Guruswamy, Madras
  2. Dr. Jivraj N. Mehta, Mumbai
  3. Col. Amir Chand, Delhi
  4. Dr. Mangaldas J. Shah, Mumbai
  5. Dr. M.D.D Gilder, Mumbai
  6. Dr. George Coelho, Mumbai
  7. Dr. J.C. Banerjee, Calcutta
  8. Dr. M.N. De, Calcutta
  9. Dr. N.D. Patel, Mumbai

The First President of API was Dr. Jivraj N. Mehta from Bombay in the year 1944.

Your Queries

API Priorities

Association of Physicians of India