Delhi Chapter of ASI originated from Delhi Surgical Society in 1979 through the efforts of greats of that era namely Dr. K C Mahajan, Prof Atm Prakash, Dr. Anand Prakash, Dr T J Agarwal and Prof N C Madan. At the time of its inception Dr. T J Agarwal was its first President and Dr. N C Madan its first Secretary. These stalwarts laid the sound foundation which has stood the test of time. The chapter has organized annual conferences of the Association of Surgeons of India every decade since 1979. ASICON 1988 conference coincided with the Golden Jubilee of the ASI and was thus named Golden Jubilee ASICON. The hugely successful conference is annually commended during our annual conference in the form of Golden Jubilee Oration.

The millennium conference of ASI, the ASICON 2000 resulted in surplus resources with the state chapter. Under the visionary guidance of Dr. K C Mahajan, the Chapter set up ASICON Surgical Foundation for Surgical Education and Research. He is the founding chair of ASICON CME foundation and the person who has laid the foundation of its robust academic programme. We salute his contribution biannually holding our PG Surgical Forum Intensive Classroom sessions in his name. It is satisfying to note that the current generation of leaders are carrying forward the agenda of the visionaries and adding their own creativity on the way.

The annual ASICON -CME has been organized successfully for many years now. The past few CMEs has been organised with increasing participation and involvement of all hospitals across Delhi NCR and all over the country. The 1st Dr. K. C. Mahajan Memorial Annual CME that was based on the theme - ANASTOMOSIS: “SAFER AND SIMPLER” was held on September 9th & 10th 2017, Railway Club State Entry Road, CP, New Delhi. The second Annual ASICON- CME 2019 was held on March 23rd 2019 based on the theme- Complications in Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary surgery where the 2nd Dr K C Mahajan Memorial Oration was delivered by the respected Tehemton E. Udwadia. The next ASICON-CME was held on “Breast Disorders: Current concepts and changing trends” in Deen Dayal Hospital, where the very successful Cadaveric workshop was held and Indian Habitat Center, New Delhi on 22nd and 23rd Feb 2020. and the Oration was delivered by the dynamic surgeon Dr Raghu Ram Pillarisetti from Secunderabad, who has a keen interest in Breast surery. The subsequent year the CME was based on the theme “Thyroid disorders: current paradigm of treatment” on 7th and 8th May 2022 where the Cadaveric workshop was held in DDU Hospital and the CME was held in RML Hospital, New Delhi. The Oration was delivered by Dr S K Mishra, ex-HoD and Founder of the Department of Endocrine surgery, SGPGI, Lucknow.

This year we are organizing the Annual ASICON-CME 2023 with the Theme - ‘Abdomen: Trauma and Emergencies’ on 6th & 7th May 2023.Like other years we have arranged a comprehensive 2- day session that includes a Cadaveric workshop on Abdominal Emergencies on the first day of the CME, 6th May (Saturday and the CME with the Oration on the next day, 7th May(Sunday).

The participation and overwhelming response from both residents and Faculty is proof enough of its growing popularity also among all the post graduates, surgeons in training and the surgical fraternity at large. We, the Organising Committee of the CME and the Executive of the ASICON CME Foundation hope to continue forward the rich tradition in the times to come.