Email Address

info@iapaai.com

Email Address

paai.pedsallergy@gmail.com

History of PAAI

Our History

Origin of IAP Allergy Immunology Chapter

With the rise in the prevalence of allergic diseases in our country, in the year 2005 Dr. Maj. K. Nagaraju and Dr. H Paramesh met in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia in an Allergy conference and decided to start our chapter.

With all background work, chapter started in the year 2010 in Hyderabad IAP National conference, Dr. Paramesh as president and Nagaraju as Secretary with our first CME.

In July 2010 Lakeside Education Trust in Bengaluru at the invitation of Dr. H Paramesh, Dr. Nagaraju. Dr. Sukumaran and Dr. Arif Mohammed met and created the first module from the chapter – Allergic Rhinitis and Comorbidities (ARCTM) training module for practicing pediatricians. Later various modules were crafted ADEX, ADEX NEXT, and Environment allergy modules.

In 2020, Our chapter came out with the Childhood Allergic Disease and Education (CADE) module under the able guidance of Late Prof Major K. Nagaraju. During lock down it was conducted online all over the country for practicing pediatricians.

Later on, various allergy modules created for spreading awareness among pediatricians, Demystifying Allergic Disorders (DAD) in 2022 and Rational Evaluation of Allergies in Pediatric practice (REAP) in 2024.