The FIPS is a scientific federation of all the
physiologists of this country. It is affiliated to the Federation of Asian and
Oceanian Physiological Societies (FAOPS), the Association of Physiologists and
Pharmacologists of India (APPI), Physiologists Society of India (PSI), Indian
Society for Comparative Animal Physiology (ISCAP) and Society for Animal
Physiologists of India (SAPI) are its constituent societies. These societies
represent physiologists from medical science, life sciences, comparative animal
science and veterinary science streams. In addition to its prime duty of
facilitating the interaction of physiologists working under various disciplines
in India, it also forms the nodal point for the interaction of various
physiological societies of the country with the International bodies.
A meeting of eminent physiologists in the country
and the office bearers of different Physiological Societies of India was held
at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi in October 1990. The
meeting emphasized the necessity of having a Federation of Indian Physiological
Societies which would facilitate the scientific interaction between
physiologists of this country with their international counterpart. This
meeting also recognized that it would be advantage to have a unified approach
to various problems of physiological sciences in the country. It further
pointed out that with the proposed formation of a Federation of Asian and
Oceanian Physiological Societies, the Indian Federation can be the constituent
organization from the country. It was agreed upon that Federation should be of
such a nature as to allow independent working of each Society that will
affiliate with the Federation. The constitution of the Federation and its
philosophy was approved by the executive bodies of the four constituent
societies by 1991. An adhoc Executive Council of the Federation was formed. On
20th September 1991, the Federation of Indian Physiological Society (FIPS) was
registered under Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860.
FIPS had its First Congress in New Delhi in year
1995 and subsequently at Tirupati, Calcutta and the fourth congress in Delhi in
the year 2007. Presently, the fifth congress will be organised at Tirupati
during 26th - 28th September, 2013.