North east States Branch of IADVL was formed by the name North East Resional association of Dermatologists, Venereologists and Leprologists in 1988 as a representative body of the dermatologists, vevereologists and leprologists hailing from the seven sister states of the northeastern part of the country. Subsequently the name was changed to North East States Branch of IADVL
The founder President of North East (NE) States Branch of IADVL was Dr. Tarun Chandra Saikia. Dr Jogesh Das was elected the first Secretary of the branch. The branch was formed with six founder members only. The first annual conference of the branch was held in Guwahati on the 10th and 11th of November, 1988. The inaugural conference was attended by 31 delegates from the member states - Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura.
