Indian Society of Gastroenterology (ISG)
The Indian Society of Gastroenterology (ISG) was established in 1960 and serves as the leading body for gastroenterology professionals in India. With over 3800 members and 19 state chapters, ISG focuses on promoting education, research, and awareness about gastrointestinal and hepatic disorders. The society organizes annual congresses, including international events, academic programs such as the Young Clinician Program, Gastroenterology Young Masters, Master Classes, Evidence-Based Gastroenterology, Train the Trainers and Gastroenterology Review for Physicians. ISG also formulates national guidelines and engage into dialogues and advocacy on gastrointestinal health.
Governing Council
Official leadership of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology
Indian Society of Gastroenterology Tamil Nadu Chapter
The Indian Society of Gastroenterology Tamil Nadu Chapter (TNISG), established in 1971, is the official host and organising body for the 67th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology (ISGCON 2027). It is one of the most active and academically vibrant chapters of ISG.
Over the years, Tamil Nadu has hosted several ISG annual meetings and landmark international programmes, including the WGO Train the Trainer programme in 2011 and the World Congress of EUS in 2014. With a strong commitment to academics, research, training and public awareness, the Chapter continues to contribute significantly to the growth of gastroenterology through academic meetings, training programmes, rural outreach initiatives and multicentre research studies.
Recognising its sustained academic excellence and contribution to the specialty, the Indian Society of Gastroenterology Tamil Nadu Chapter was honoured with the ISG Best Chapter Award in 2024.
PATRONS
Local Organizing Committee Of ISGCON 2027
Advisors
Dr Barnabas Durairaj
Advisor
Dr Eapen C E
Advisor
Dr Jayanthi V
Advisor
Dr George Kurien
Advisor
Dr Mohan A T
Advisor
Dr Malathi Sathiyasekaran
Advisor
Dr Mohammad Ali
Advisor
Dr Mohan Prasad V G
Advisor
Dr Murali A
Advisor
Dr Rajinikanth S
Advisor
Dr Ramakrishna B S
Advisor
Dr Ratnasami A
Advisor
Dr Venkatakrishnan L
AdvisorCommittees
Scientific Committee
- Amit Kumar Dutta
- B S Ramakrishna
- Eapen
- Gokul
- Joy Varghese
- Kannan
- L Venkatakrishnan
- Mahadevan
- Malathi Sathiyasekaran
- Pazhanivel Mohan
- P Ganesh
- Piramanayagam
- Ramasubramanian
- Sudipta Dhar Chowdhury
- V Jayanthi
Abstract Committee
- A C Arun
- A J Joseph
- Alagammai
- A R Venkateswaran
- Balamurali
- Chitra
- Ebby George Simon
- Mukundan Swaminathan
- Poppy Rejoice
- R S Arun
- Santhosh Kumar E
- Sindhuja T A
- Sridhar C G
- Thayumanavan
- Vishnu Abhishek Raju
Exhibition Committee
- Hariharan
- Loganathan
- Mohanraj
- N A Rajesh
- Ramkumar G
- R Ravi (Trichy)
- Venkataraman S
- V G Mohan Prasad
- Vinoth Kumar
Media & Press Committee
- A Arvind
- Babu Vinesh
- Chezhian
- Karthikeyan (Coimbatore)
- M S Viswanathan
- N Murugan
- Sathiamoorthy
- Thirumoorthi
- Vadivel Kumaran
Faculty Transport Committee
- A Rathinasamy
- Babu Kumar
- Ganesan R
- Karthikeyan (Pondi)
- Mohanakrishnan
- Rajesh (Salem)
- Rajesh Prabu
- Sathya
- Senthamizselvan
Registration Committee
- A Murali
- Aravindh
- Karthikeyan R
- Padmanaban
- Palaniappan
- Raja Yogesh
- R Balasubramanian
- Shanmuganathan S
- Srinivas
Hospitality Committee
- Adarsh Surendranath
- Ashish Goel
- Deepa J
- Koushik A K
- Malarvizhi
- Manimaran
- Murali R
- Rajanikanth
- Vijay Shankar
Catering Committee
- Alwin James
- Balakumar
- Joseph Jansing Babu
- Kani Shaikh Mohammed
- Karthikeyan (Kumbakonam)
- Rajan Babu P I
- Shameem Ahmed M
- Sujatha
- Thinakar Mani
Faculty Reception Committee
- Arulraj Ramakrishnan
- Arulselvan V
- A S A Jeganathan
- A T Mohan
- Barath Kumar
- Dinesh Jothimani
- Madhura Prasad
- Praveen (CMC)
- Rajkumar Solomon T
Transport Committee
- Aditya Shah
- Arivarasan
- Arun N
- George Kurien
- Joeimon Jayasingh
- Krishna Bharadwaj Pegatraju
- M A Aravind
- Selvasekaran
- Sundaram Mahesh
Accommodation Committee
- Bakthavathsalam
- Barnabas Durairaj
- Manigandan
- Muthukumaran K
- Ragavendra
- Sangameswaran
- Shanthi V S
- Tarun George
- T K Anand
Magazine Committee
- Hema Vijayalakshmi V
- Ilavarasi
- Nirmala D
- Preethi
- Radha M
- Sarojini A Parameswaran
- Shanthi Vijayaraghavan
- S Srinivas (Ped)
- Usha Srinivas
Entertainment Committee
- B Vinoth
- Chenduran S N K
- Kandasamy Alias E Kumar
- Kavitha S
- P Basumani
- Porselvi
- S Akilesh
- Sivasubramanian
- Subitha Vishruth
Ceremonies Committee
- Aswin Krishna
- C S Arun
- Deepak Kannan
- Hemamala V S
- Kartik Natarajan
- Mohammed Ali
- Shafique A
- Shubha Immaneni
- Umashankar U S