ABOUT IAOH INDIA

It was in the steel city of Jamshedpur, in the year 1948, that three visionaries of industrial medicine as it
was known then, nurtured an idea of Establishing a National Scientic Forum where problems related to
Industrial Medicine could be discussed. The visionaries were Lt. J.R.Kochar, Col. Najib Khan and Maj.
R.C.Tarapore. It was through their relentless eorts that the Society for the Study of Industrial Medicine
(SSIM) India was Ceremonially inaugurated on 9th July 1948, with an initial founder membership of 28.
At the very rst meeting, these three doyens were elected as the rst torchbearers of the organization.
The society, not been aimed as an exclusive origination of physicians working in industry, including
safety engineers, personnel and welfare ocers, occupational nurses and ESIS panel doctors. As a matter
of fact, it was meant for all persons connected with promotion and maintenance of health and safety of
workers engaged in all types of industries, railways, armed forces and other government and public
departments. Further, the industrial establishments were also invited to be institutional members. The
society since then has grown steadily in stature and strength. From a mere gure of 28 to start with, our
membership is now around 3000. This has been achieved by establishing branches all over the country.
We have branches at Ahmedabad, Andhra Pradesh, Ankleshwar, Delhi, Dhanbad, Duliajan, Goa,
Haryana, Jamnagar, Jamshedpur,Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Mumbai, Orissa, Pune, Surat, Tamil Nadu,
Thane- Raigad, Vadodara, Vidharbha, Vapi-Silvassa and West Bengal. With a view to enlarging the scope
of activities and in conformity with the modern trend, the name of the society underwent a change in
1970, to its present name - Indian Association of Occupational Health

(IAOH).

MISSION

IAOH is committed to enable occupational health professionals to make India's work places healthy, safe
and green —free from the ill eects of hazards, by evolving eective solutions; to be the nodal
nongovernmental organization committed to attain highest standards of health in India by enabling
stake holders, inuencing policy makers and creating community consciousness.

PHILOSOPHY

Industrial disasters of the past have been stark pointers to the damage which can be caused by industry
to people's health and eco systems. Industry is necessary for a better quality of life and essential for
progress. But hazards have always been an inevitable bye- product of industrialization, posing a threat
to health, safety and environment. A genitive action in called for to mitigate and eliminate these hazards
and our association plays a pioneering role towards this objective.

ACTIVITIES

1. Academic and scientic lectures, symposia and workshops for health, safety and environment (HSE)
professionals. 2. Annual Scientic Conferences held for the last 63 years for HSE professionals working in
a range of industries. 3. Periodic International Meetings held in India to share Asian and International
experience. 4. Collaborative knowledge and technology transfer through International Commission of
Occupational Health (ICOH); IAOH is represented on several scientic committees of ICOH. 5. An
academic forum has been established to start formal and informal training in HSE. 6. IAOH's 21 branches
carry out their need-based scientic activities, like OH foundation, Work safe India Fund, Branch journals
etc., 7. IAOH collaborates with National Institutions like Central Labour Institute, National Institute of
Occupational Health, Indian Toxicological Research Institute and National Safety Council. 8. Members
participate as faculty for a wide range of training programs all over the world. 9. IAOH has been invited
on several government committees to represent the profession.

ABOUT ICOH
The International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) is an international non-governmental
professional society whose aims are to foster the scientific progress, knowledge and development of
occupational health and safety in all its aspects. It was founded in 1906 in Milan as the Permanent
Commission on Occupational Health. Today, ICOH is the world's leading international scientific society in
the field of occupational health with a membership of 2,000 professionals from 93 countries.

The ICOH is recognized by the United Nations as a non-governmental organization (NGO) and has close
working relationships with ILO, WHO, UNEP and ISSA. Its official languages are English and French. The
most visible activities of ICOH are the triennial World Congresses on Occupational Health, which are
usually attended by some 3,000 participants. The 2000 Congress was held in Singapore, the 2003
Congress in Iguassu Falls (Brazil), the 2006 Centennial Congress was held in Milan (Italy), the 2009
Congress was held in Cape Town (South Africa), the 2012 Congress in Cancun (Mexico), the 2015
Congress was held in Seoul (Rep. of Korea), the 2018 Congress venue shall be Dublin (Ireland) while the
2021 Congress will be in Melbourne (Australia). ICOH has 37 Scientific Committees. Most of these
committees have regular symposia, scientific monographs and review the abstracts submitted to the
International Congresses.