Indian Orthodontic Society This society, the first dental specialty organisation in India, started as a study group in Bombay, now Mumbai, in 1963. The Society was established in 1963. The Society tie (21180.3 – condition, good) is believed to have been introduced at the time of the Society’s first conference in New Delhi in 1967. Today, the Society has c.10,000 members. The aims of the Society are: to popularise and promote the study and practice of orthodontics in India; to educate the Indian public on the importance of orthodontics; to promote and safeguard the interests of orthodontist in India; to carry out research; to establish charity/subsidised orthodontic clinics for disadvantaged members of the population of India, and to foster fellowship and camaraderie amongst the members of the Society