It is with great pride and gratitude that I address you as President, IADVL Maharashtra branch. Our specialty continues to stand at the forefront of advancing skin health, innovating treatment options, and ensuring the highest standards of patient care, but is threatened by quackery at various levels. It should be our resolve to fight this with all our might.

Over the past 2-3 years , our branch has faced and navigated various setbacks and challenges, and come out unscathed thanks to great support from our immediate Past President, Dr Suneel Vartak who stood rock solid during these difficult times. The process is ongoing and has consumed a lot of our time in my tenure due to which few presidential initiatives had to take a back seat. But no regrets, as we have been able to streamline the reporting and working process of the branch.