The INDIAN SOCIETY FOR MEDICAL STATISTICS (ISMS), established in 1983 is a scientific body consisting of biostatisticians, medical teachers, researchers, demographers and scientists from other related disciplines. The Society provides a common platform to medical researchers, statisticians and computer specialists working in medical institutions to interact and benefit mutually towards development and application of biostatistical techniques.
From the year of its inception, the Society has been organizing a Conference every year in conjunction with its Annual Meeting at different Universities and Academic Institutes of the country. The 34th Annual Meeting of the Society is being organized by the Indian Statistical Institute at its Kolkata campus. The theme of the Conference will be "The Theory Behind The Practice" highlighting the methodological issues behind the analyses of medical data.