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[[File:Indian Academy of Pediatrics 2013 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|2013 stamp dedicated to the Indian Academy of Pediatrics]]
The '''Indian Academy of Pediatrics''' is the association of Indian [[Pediatrics|pediatricians]]. It was established in 1963, in [[Mumbai]], India and claims to have 23,000 members, as of the year 2013<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140206071153/http://www.iapindia.org/page.php?id=2 About Indian Academy of Pediatrics]. iapindia.org</ref> The head office of IAP is in [[Mumbai]] while [[Delhi]] is the seat of its official publication – ''Indian Pediatrics'', a [[MEDLINE]] indexed [[medical journal]].<ref>[http://www.indianpediatrics.net/ Indian Pediatrics]. Indian Pediatrics (25 November 2018). Retrieved on 2018-12-03.</ref> It also publishes another medical journal called ''Indian Journal of Practical Pediatrics'' from [[Chennai]].<ref>[http://ijpp.in/ Indian Journal of Practical Pediatrics, Chennai]. Ijpp.in. Retrieved on 3 December 2018.</ref>

In 2017, the IAP was involved in controversy when a pediatrician who had exposed collaborations between vaccine manufacturers was allegedly manhandled at the organisation's annual conference and suspended from the organisation's Advisory Committee on Vaccines and Immunization Practices.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/whistleblower-doctor-seeks-police-help/articleshow/56711498.cms Dr Vipin Vashishtha: Vaccine nexus: Whistleblower Bengaluru paediatrician seeks police help]. ''Times of India'' (22 January 2017). Retrieved on 2018-12-03.</ref> The move by IAP has been criticized by other medical organisations like the Alliance of Doctors for Ethical Healthcare (ADEH) and Medico Friends Circle (MFC).<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/doctors-condemn-suspension-of-whistleblower/articleshow/56963221.cms Doctors condemn suspension of whistleblower]. ''Times of India'' (4 February 2017). Retrieved on 2018-12-03.</ref>

==History==
In 1948, K. C. Chaudhury founded the Indian Pediatric Society, which later merged with the Association of Pediatricians to form the Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP), a single body that would represent Indian pediatricians. The IAP held its first national conference in 1964, in [[Pune]]. Its official journal, ''Indian Pediatrics'', first published in Kolkata in 1964, was formed by the integration of the ''Indian Journal of Child Health'' and the ''Journal of the Indian Pediatric Society''.<ref name=Gupta2015>{{Cite book|last=Gupta|first=Piyush|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=kLlEDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA4|title=PG Textbook of Pediatrics: Volume 1: General Pediatrics and Neonatology|last2=Menon|first2=PSN|publisher=Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers |year=2015|isbn=978-93-5152725-1|editor-last=Gupta|editor-first=Piyush|location=New Delhi|pages=4|chapter=Part 1. Introduction to pediatrics|editor-last2=Menon|editor-first2=PSN|editor-last3=Ramji|editor-first3=Siddarth|editor-last4=Lodha|editor-first4=Rakesh}}</ref>

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