Following independence of India, Primary Health centres emerged on the basis of the recommendation of the Bhore committee (1946). With the expanding public health programmes and the nation building activities, people of the country are now expected to better realize the dictum “Prevention is better than cure”. With such a short history, modern public health as a science or service is still young in India and the need for an All India Association of Public Health was not actually thought of until the All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health was established at Calcutta. However, with the re-designation of Medical Services as Health Services and Establishment of Ministry of Health Services and establishment of Ministry of Health (now Ministry of Health and Family Welfare) at the Central and State Levels, the situation turned favourable for the establishment of the Indian Public Health Association as an all India body. It was inaugurated in 1956, the same year when the society for Medical Officers of Health in England celebrated their first centenary and the American Public Health Association was running 84th Year and the Canadian Association 46th year of their establishment.
Notice
Nominations are invited from life members (membership minimum ten years as of the submission date i.e. membership before 2015) of Indian Public Health Association for the Award of Fellowship.
The Prescribed Fellowship application form is available at the IPHA website. To read all the criteria and download the form, kindly visit: https://www.iphaonline.org/criteria-for-fellowship/
The hardcopy of the nomination should reach the IPHA HQ office, at 110, C.R. Avenue, Kolkata -700073 by 15th October 2025 (earlier deadline has been extended due to office closure of puja holiday) , which will be considered for the term of 2025-2026 and will be awarded during 70th IPHACON 2026.
All fellowship application must have original signature of two fellows as proposer and seconder along with their fellowship number.
Soft copy can be mailed to office@iphaonline.org but sending hard copy is mandatory.
As per the decision of the last Fellowship Committee meeting, an amount of Rs 2000/- has to be paid online during the form submission as an application fee.
Nominations should be accompanied by relevant supporting documents (details available at the above mentioned link).
Sd/-
Dr. Kaushik Mitra
Secretary
General, IPHA
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