The International Association of Medical and Biomedical Researchers (IAMBR) was founded in a meeting held at SSR Medical College in the year 2010 with the objective to motivate and sensitise the people of medical and related profession to participate in medical research through symposiums/workshops/conferences/etc. The IAMBR is an international organization and multidisciplinary in nature including the members of basis science and clinical medical faculty as well as the members from allied sciences.

The meeting had been called and organized by Dr. Arun Kumar Agnihotri in December 2010. Under the chairmanship of Professor S Shukla, Principal, SSR Medical College, the first board members appointed were:

• Dr. Nilima Jeebun MD, Professor, Department of Pathology, SSR Medical College, Mauritius
• Dr. Theeshan Bahorun PhD, Professor, Department of Biosciences, University of Mauritius, Mauritius
• Dr. Arun Kumar Agnihotri MD, Additional Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, SSR Medical College, Mauritius
• Dr. Sushil Dawka MS, Professor, Department of Surgery, SSR Medical College, Mauritius
• Dr. Ashok Pratap Singh MS, Professor, Department of Anatomy, SSR Medical College, Mauritius
• Dr. Smriti Agnihotri MD, Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, SSR Medical College, Mauritius
• Dr. Sudesh Gungadin, Chief Police Medical Officer, Police Medical Division, Victoria Hospital, Mauritius
• Dr. Vandna Jowaheer, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Mauritius, Mauritius
• Dr. Farida Khan, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, SSR Medical College, Mauritius
• Dr. Rimli Barthakur, Additional Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, SSR Medical College, Mauritius

The International Association of Medical and Biomedical Researchers (IAMBR) was registered on February 16, 2011.