IACP

Indian Association of Clinical Psychologists

Registered as per Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860, Reg. No. 3694

IACP AIMS

  1. To promote the teaching , research and practices of clinical psychology.
    To formulate and advice on the standards of education in clinical psychology at the university level and at professional levels.
  2. to develop an objective and experimental approach to the problems of clinical psychology among professional and research workers.
  3. to propagate the advances made in the methods and principles of clinical psychology.
  4. To extend the clinical psychological services to the field of mental health and related areas.
  5. To cooperate with other professional and scientific bodies for the advancement of clinical psychology.
  6. To advice the central government, state government, and other bodies on the various aspects of causation treatment, rehabilitation and prevention of mental disorders and allied conditions, including legislative and administrative matters, without affiliating with any political parties.
  7. to prepare and publish papers, periodicals, pamphlets etc in the furtherance of the aims and objectives of the association.
  8. To organize symposia, seminars, conferences, exhibitions in order to acquaint lay people of the facts and scientific principles of mental health.
  9. To serve as an all India bureau for collection , compilation and dissemination of information regarding clinical psychological services and research in India.
  10. To cooperate and collaborate with agencies and scientific bodies interested in clinical psychology and or allied subjects , outside India.
  11. To purchase, acquire on lease or convert any moveable and or immovable property required by the association.
  12. To manage, improve and develop, transfer, sell, dispose off any property of the association.
  13. To receive donation and funds from Government agencies , public undertakings or individuals, awards or prizes for any all of the objectives of the association.

IACP Activities

  1. IACP, since its formation has been actively pursuing its main aim of promoting the concept of mental health, its importance and creating awareness about the need for mental health among the general population.
    We have also been trying to create awareness about the field of clinical psychology in particular, the requirements and qualifications of a person to function as a clinical psychologist in various setups such as hospitals, clinical setups, academics, rehabilitation, and all other related areas.
  2. We have been taking all efforts to extend the clinical psychological services to all other fields of medicine without restricting its function to mental hospitals, or daycare centres for mentally ill/ mentally retarded people or other significantly related areas.
  3. We have been formulating and advising the standards of education in clinical psychology at the university level and at professional levels according to the changes and developments in the field.
  4. We have been actively cooperating and working with other professional and scientific bodies with a purpose of mutual benefits in advancement of both the clinical psychology and other related fields.
  5. We have been providing the platform for researchers in the field of clinical psychology to propagate their research by organizing seminars and conferences not only at the national level but also in the state and zonal level.
  6. We also organize continuing education programmes for the professionals in the field of clinical psychology at the regional levels to update them with the latest developments in the field of clinical psychology.
  7. We have also been promoting teaching and research activities in all the health related areas where psychological factors are found to play a major role.
  8. We have also been focusing on promoting both quantitative and qualitative research programmes and also promote the use of objective and experimental approach to the problems related to the field of clinical psychology.
  9. We have been publishing papers, periodical newsletters on monthly basis, and pamphlets to keep the professionals informed about the latest developments in the field of clinical psychology and also the advancement made by our association in promoting our aims and objectives.
  10. We publish our journal “INDIAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY”, there by providing opportunity for the professional to publish their research papers.
  11. We have been regularly communicating the central government , state government and other bodies regarding the advancement and changes to be made in its approach to the field of mental health, we have also been giving suggestions regarding the steps to be taken to promote mental health and also to restrict the non-professionals from practicing as professionals of psychology.

Foundation of IACP

At the time of the Registration of the IACP on 19th April, 1968 there were 70 Members. On the eve of the first Annual General Body (AGB) meeting of the IACP held at Bangalore on the 15th October, 1969 the provisional membership list had 80 Members and 2 Honorary Members (Dr D. Satyanand and Dr K. Bhaskaran).The first AGB unanimously decided that the founder membership would be kept open “till the next convention” so that those with a wait and watch attitude about the formation of the Association are not denied an opportunity to come in as Founder Members. The second convention was held at Lucknow from the 12th to 14th December, 1970. The Founder Membership ledger was closed with the sitting of the second AGB of the IACP held on 13th December 1970. The First Membership list of the IACP notified in 1971 consisted of 101 members who became the Founder Members.

  1. Ahasan Syed Khurseed (Jamshedpur)
    2. Abraham Annamma (Vellore)
    3. Agarwal, K.G (New Delhi)
    4. Ahuja, Indra (Teeside., UK)
    5. Ardhapurkar, B.S (Bombay)
    6. Ardhapurkar, I (Bombay)
    7. Bai,Lakshmi A.J (Hyderabad)
    8. Basavanna, C.M (Tirupati)
    9. Basavaraju, M (Bangalore)
    10.Bhairava Prasad ,T.V (New York)
    11.Bharathraj, J (Mysore)
    12.Bhatacharjee,S (New Delhi)
    13.Bhatnagar, Ajit Kumar (Ranchi)
    14.Bhawani, A.D (Mysore)
    15.Blanche L. Barnes (Bombay)
    16.Brar, H.S (Selkirk,Canada)
    17.Dhillon, Manjith (Portsmouth,UK)
    18.Dalal,A.S (Edison,USA)
    19.Dhairyam, D. Dr. (Madras)
    20.Dube,S. Dr. (New Delhi)
    21.Gandhi,J.S (Chandhigarh)
    22.Garg,S.K (New Delhi)
    23.Gupta, S.C (Lucknow)
    24.Gupta, Surya (New Delhi)
    25.Hegde, M.N (Carbondale,USA)
    26.Hasan, Syed Ali (Madras)*
    27.Hussain, Syed Ezaz (Panjim)
    28.Jagatambika, R (Trivandrum)
    29.Jayashankarappa,B.S (Pondicherry)
    30.Jha,B.G (Ranchi)
    31.Jha Jagan Nath (Muzafarpur)
    32.Jayaswal, Ashwani K (Ghazipur)
    33.Kanthamani,B.K (Durham,USA)
    34.Kar,S.K (Calcutta)
    35.Kenswar,D.K (Ranchi)
    36.Kumar,Aditya (Agra)
    37.Kumar Myra Dr (Ranchi)
    38.Kumariah,V (Bangalore)
    39.Leelavati, K.V (Kokomo,USA)
    40.Mahajan,V.R (Bombay)
    41.Mahato, Jogeswar (New Delhi)
    42.Mathew, P.M (Vellore)
    43.Maithraye,K.S (Jaipur)
    44.Mishra, Mahendranath (Lucknow)
    45.Mohammed, E (Poona)
    46.Mathur,M.N.L (Sangli)
    47.Moudgil,A.C (Chandigarh)
    48.Mujtaba, Baquar (Ranchi)
    49.Mujtaba,Vinod (Mrs) (Ranchi)
    50.Muju,G.K (Srinagar)
    51.Harinder, K Munjal Dr (New Delhi)
    52.Murthy,H.N Dr ( Bangalore)
    53.Murthy,Vinoda Dr (Bangalore)
    54.Nagalakshmi,S.V (Bangalore)
    55.Nataraj,C.L (Toranto,Canada)
    56.Nathawat,S.S (Lucknow)
    57.Nigam,Vina Rani (New Delhi)
    58.Obaidulla,S.M (Madras)*
    59.Padma Embar (Bangalore)
    60.Padki, Vijay (Ahmedabad)
    61.Pati, G.C D (Cuttuck)
    62.Prabhu,G.G (New Delhi)
    63.Prema Hegde (Carbondale,USA)
    64.Rao, Madhu P (Bangalore)
    65.Raman, E.J Dr (Bangalore)*
    66.Ramachandra, S (Bangalore)
    67.Ram Kishore (Lucknow)
    68.Ratna, Kiran (New Delhi)
    69.Rawal, P.T (Baroda)
    70.Sahay, Manoranjan (Simdega)
    71.Saraf, K.C (New York,USA)
    72.Sathyavathi, K Dr (Bangalore)
    73.Saxena, Kirti (Allahabad)
    74.Sen Mazumdar,D.P Dr (Ranchi)
    75.Sen, N.N Dr (New Delhi)
    76.Sharma, K.C (New York, USA)
    77.Sharma, S.C (Vishakapatanam)
    78.Sharma, R.G Dr (Ranchi)
    79.Sharma, V.P (London, UK)
    80.Sahasi, Gurminder (Chandigarh)
    81.Sheela, N (Hyderabad)
    82.Srivastava, H.C (Jodhpur)
    83.Siddique, S.H (New Delhi)
    84.Singh, A.K (Manipur)
    85.Singh, M.V (New Delhi)
    86.Singh,Ratan (Jaipur)
    87.Singh, S.B (Kanpur)
    88.Singh, Sewa (New Delhi)
    89.Sinha Bipul Kumar (Lucknow)
    90.Somasundaram C.P (Vellore)
    91.Sreedhar, K.P (Trivandrum)
    92.Thimappa, M.S Dr (Bangalore)
    93.Tiwari, C.A (Nagapur)
    94.Tyagi, T.S (New Delhi)
    95.Vekataramayya, S.R Dr (Tirupati)
    96.Varma, A.C (Panjim)
    97.Verma, J.S. (Jaipur)
    98.Verma Santosh Kumar (Chandigarh)
    99.Vinuta M.A (Bagalore)
    100.Yadav, Shambu Nath (Agra)
    101.Yeshwanth S Vagrecha (Udaipur)

In 1974, the then President Late Dr D.Dhairyam (19) became the first Life Member of the Association. He appealed to the other Members that as many members as possible should seek life Membership so that a corpus fund of the IACP can be created. Eight others, Ahuja Indra (4), Dhillon Manjith (17), Dube,S (20), Kumar Aditya (36),Kumar Myra (37), Padki Vijay (60), Sharma S.C (77) and Tiwari C.A (93) became “Life members” by paying the prescribed fee of Rs 250/=, in place of the annual subscription of Rs 15/=, and their names are shown as such in the IACP Membership list of 1974. Dr Dhairyam expired suddenly on 24th February,1976 at the age of 53 and his life membership lasted just about 2 years.
The very next year an appeal was made that Members who are qualified as per the prescribed qualifications and experience to become Fellows should apply for the same and start paying the annual subscription of Rs 25/= in place of Rs 15/= prescribed for the Members. Prabhu, G.G (62) applied and was elected as the first Fellow of the IACP at the Varanasi, EC meeting of the IACP on 23rd December,1975. This is recorded in the IACP Membership list of 1977.
(*Members who left India and whose later addresses could not be traced)
Please Note: Well documented history of the profession of Clinical Psychology in India as also of the Indian Association of Clinical Psychologists (IACP) has been scanty. The present exercise is a small effort to fill in this hiatus. The above list of Founder Members has been compiled from available records by Prof. G.G. Prabhu who had been the Founder Secretary of the IACP. The name of the Members, their academic titles, place of work and the names of the concerned cities is given as they existed in 1971. Errors, if any, detected by any member may kindly be brought to the notice of IACP on Email:  secretary@iacp.in so as to make necessary corrections.

Past Office Bearers

    1. Year

      President

      Hon. General Secretary

      Editor IJCP-1974

      Treasurer

      Conference

      2021

      Kalpana Srivastava

      M K Bajaj

      T B Singh

      Ved Prakash Maurya

      Pune

      2020

      Kalpana Srivastava

      M K Bajaj

      T B Singh

      Ved Prakash Maurya

      Chandigarh

      2019

      Kalpana Srivastava

      G S Kaloiya

      K S Sengar

      M K Bajaj

      Dehradun

      2018

      K Geerish

      G. S. Kaloiya

      K. S. Sengar

      M K Bajaj

      GBU Noida

      2017

      Amool R. Singh

      Kalpana Srivastava

      K. S. Sengar

      B N Roopesh

      Coimbatore

      2016

      Amool R. Singh

      Kalpana Srivastava

      K. S. Sengar

      B N Roopesh

      Imphal

      2015

      V. C. George

      Kalpana Srivastava

      K. S. Sengar

      B N Roopesh

      Ahmedabad

      2014

      V. C. George

      Kalpana Srivastava

      K. S. Sengar

      B N Roopesh

      Chennai

      2013

      Manju Mehta

      Maroor Jahan

      K. S. Sengar

      Adarsh Kohli

      Delhi

      2012

      Manju Mehta

      Maroor Jahan

      K. S. Sengar

      Adarsh Kohli

      Pune

      2011

      MalavikaKapur

      L.S.S. Manickam

      S.P.K.Jena

      Adarsh Kohli

      Gandhinagar

      2010

      MalavikaKapur

      L.S.S. Manickam

      S.P.K.Jena

      Adarsh Kohli

      Bangalore

      2009

      T.B.Singh

      L.S.S. Manickam

      S.P.K.Jena

      G S Kaloiya

      Secunderabad

      2008

      T.B.Singh

      L.S.S. Manickam

      S.P.K.Jena

      G S Kaloiya

      Kolkata

      2007

      S.Nathawat

      K.Gireesh

      Ashima N. Wadhawan

      G S Kaloiya

      Coimbatore

      2006

      S.Nathawat

      K.Gireesh

      Amool Ranjan Singh

      G S Kaloiya

      Jaipur

      2005

      Manornanjan Sahay

      K.Gireesh

      Amool Ranjan Singh

      Anil Kumar

      Salem

      2004

      Manornanjan Sahay

      K.Gireesh

      Amool Ranjan Singh

      Anil Kumar

      Trissur

      2003

      E. Mohamed

      S. Balakrishnan

      Amool Ranjan Singh

      P T Sasi

      Ranchi

      2002

      E. Mohamed

      S. Balakrishnan

      AmoolRanjan Singh

      P T Sasi

      Madras

      2001

      E. Mohamed

      Bhaskar Naidu

      S.S. Nathawat

      P T Sasi

      Delhi

      2000

      H. Mishra

      Bhaskar Naidu

      S.S. Nathawat

      P T Sasi

      Imphal

      1999

      P.Kodandaram

      Dharitri Ramaprasad

      S.S. Nathawat

      Lata Hemchand

      Bangalore

      1998

      P.Kodandaram

      Dharitri Ramaprasad

      S.S. Nathawat

      Lata Hemchand

      Trissur

      1997

      Mata Prasad

      Dharitri Ramaprasad

      S.S. Nathawat

      M V Thankachan

      Manipal

      1996

      Mata Prasad

      Dharitri Ramaprasad

      S.S. Nathawat

      M V Thankachan

      Chandigarh

      1995

      S.C.Gupta

      S.S.Natawat

      K.Rangaswamy

      K S Maithreye

      Lucknow [Silver Jubilee]

      1994

      S.C.Gupta

      S.S.Natawat

      K.Rangaswamy

      K S Maithreye

      1993

      K.V. Kaliappan

      Mata Prasad

      K.Dutt

      R K Vantu

      Madras

      1992

      K.V. Kaliappan

      Mata Prasad

      R. Kishore

      R K Vantu

       

      1991

      S.B.Singh

      K. Dutt

      D.K.Menon

        

      1990

      S.B.Singh

      K. Dutt

      D.K.Menon

      S C Gupta

      Madras

      1989

      R.L. Kishore

      K. Dutt

      S.C. Gupta

      R K Vantu

      1988

      R.L. Kishore

      K. Dutt

      S.C. Gupta

      R K Ruggu

      Secunderabad

      1987

      H.K. Paintal

      R.A. Yadav

      S.C. Gupta

      R K Ruggu

      1986

      H.K. Paintal

      R.A. Yadav

      A.C. Moudgil

      R K Ruggu

      Sagar

      1985

      B.L. Dubey

      Dwaraka Prasad

      A.C. Moudgil

      A Malhotra

      Dehradun

      1984

      B.L. Dubey

      Dwaraka Prasad

      A.C. Moudgil

      A Malhotra

       

      1983

      J. Bharath Raj

      A.C. Moudgil

      S.K.Verma

      V Kumaraiah

      Mysore

      1982

      ShakuntalaDube

      P. Kodanda Ram

      S.K.Verma

      Shanti Mathur

      Bombay

      1981

      Vinoda N. Murthy

      M.S. Thimappa

      S.K.Verma

      Mata Prasad

      Miraj

      1980

      Vinoda N. Murthy

      S.C. Gupta

      S.K.Verma

      Malvika Kapoor

      Nagpur

      1979

      S.B. Singh

      R.A. Yadav

      S.K.Verma

      B L Dubey

      Bangalore

      1978

      S.B. Singh

      R.A. Yadav

      S.K.Verma

      R K Ruggu

      Kanpur

      1977

      D.P. Sen Majumdar

      R.A. Yadav

      S.K.Verma

      D K Kenswar

      Lucknow

      1976

      D.P. Sen Majumdar

      T.R. Shukla

      S.K.Verma

      D K Kenswar

      Ranchi

      1975

      V.P. Sharma

      A.C. Verma

      S.K.Verma

      Y S Vagreecha

      Varanasi

      1974

      V. P. Sharma

      K.V. Kaliappan

      S.K.Verma [IJCP Launched]

      S Balakrishnan

      New Delhi

      1973

      V. P. Sharma

      K.V. Kaliappan

      K. Satyavathi

       

      Madras

      1972

      H.N. Murthy

      Vinoda Murthy

      K. Satyavathi

       

      Hyderabad

      1971

      H.N. Murthy

      Vinoda Murthy

       

      1970

      N.N. Sen

      R.G. Sharma

       

      Lucknow

      1969

      N.N. Sen

      G.G. Prabhu

       

      Bangalore

      1968

      N.N. Sen

      G.G. Prabhu

       

      1967

      N.N. Sen

      G.G. Prabhu

       

      1966

      N.N. Sen

      G.G. Prabhu

        

       

       

Executive Council 2024-26 Office Bearers

President

Dr. G.S Kaloiya

General Secretary

Shweta Sharma

Hon. Treasurer

Mr Pradeep Kumar Gupta

Editor

Dr. M. Manjula

President Elect

Dr. Naveen Grover

Immediate Past President

Dr Dherandra Kumar

Immediate Past Secretary

Dr. Vikas Sharma

Joint Secretary

Divya Utreja

All India Council Members

Atul Kumar

Dr. Ashok Parasar

Council Members North Zone

Ashok Kumar Patel

Syed Sajid Husain Kazmi

Council Members South Zone

Dr. Basavarajappa

Sudarshini Reddy S

Council Members East Zone

Dr. Anwesha Mondal

Varun Kumar Srivastava

Council Members West Zone

Dr. Monica Sharma

Dr. Sanjeev Tripathi

President Nominees

Ved Prakash Maurya

Dr. Mudassir Hassan

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10.Membership Committee:-

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IACP Zones:

    1. Eastern Zone: Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Bihar, Orissa, Tripura, Andaman and Nicobar islands and Sikkim.

      Northern Zone: Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab & Uttar Pradesh. Southern Zone: Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Laccadive islands.

      Western Zone: Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Goa, Duman and Dieu.

Regional Branches

      • IACP-UP Regional Branch- Gen Secretary- Dr Pooja Mahour Email: poojapsy@gmail.com
      • Association of Clinical Psychologists- Delhi Regional Branch– Gen Secretary- Dr Rushi Email: rushi_arshad@hotmail.com
      • IACP-Kerala Gen Secretary: Dr Biji Vimala Email: vimalabiji@gmail.com
      • IACP-Malabar Email: iacpmalabarchapter@gmail.com
      • IACP- West Bengal– Gen Secretary Dr Priyanka Bhatacharya Email: parinaky@gmail.com
      • IACP- Telangana Email: venkatclinpsy@gmail.com
      • IACP- Andhra Pradesh Email: apclinicalpsychologists@yahoo.com
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      • Under process:
        • Bihar- IACP regional Branch
        • Jammu & Kashmir
        • Gujarat
        • Maharastra
        • Haryana
        • Panjab
        • Karnataka
        • Tamilnadu
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