THE SEED WHICH HOMI & I SOWED HAS GROWN INTO AN OAK TREE. TRUSTEES OF SIR J.J. COLLEGE OF COMMERCE, WHERE I WAS WORKING ENCOURAGED US IN ESTABLISING ‘NIPS’ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PERSONAL SECRETARIES IN 1970.

THEN WE CHANGED IT TO NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL SECRETARIES AS THE ERA OF PERSONAL SECRETARIES WAS DECLINING AND WE WANTED A PROFESSIONAL PLATFORM. FINALLY IN APRIL 2003, WE BECAME INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF SECRETARIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS. (IASAP). THIS HELPED US TO BE IDENTIFIED AS ‘INDIAN’, SINCE 14 COUNTRIES OF ASIA CAME UNDER ONE BANNER – ASA- ASSOCIATION OF SECRETARIES IN ASIA.

WE BECAME A MEMBER OF ASA IN 1974.

WE WERE ALSO AFFILIATED TO PROFESSIONAL SECRETARIES INTERNATIONAL, USA. (PSI). IN THE 1900’S THEY DID AWAY WITH AFFILIATION, AS AMERICAN CUSTOMS AND CULTURE WERE DIFFERENT FROM OURS.

MEANWHILE WE OPENED CHAPTERS IN INDIA, CHENNAI BEING OUR 1ST CHAPTER IN 1983, FOLLOWED BY KOLKATA, DELHI, PUNE, BANGALORE AND HYDERABAD ; MUMBAI BEING THE HEADQUARTER OF THEM ALL.

IN 1984 WE HELD THE FIRIST CONGRESS IN MUMBAI, INDIA. I WAS PRESIDENT FOR 8 YEARS. WHEN I STEPPED DOWN AFTER THE CONGRESS, I WAS HONOURED WITH THE TITLE ‘PRESIDENT EMERITUS’.

AFTER 1984 WE HAVE HAD 21 ALL INDIA PRESIDENTS. EACH PRESIDENT HAS WORKED IN WELL KNOWN CORPORATES.

IASAP HAS GROWN FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH – THANKS TO THE PAST PRESIDENTS’ CONTRIBUTIONS.

WE TRUST THE FUTURE PRESIDENTS WILL CONTINUE TO ENSURE THAT IASAP FLOURISHES.


JAI HIND!!!

LATE HOMAI MEHTA PRESIDENT EMERITUS