The launch of the inaugural edition of the “International Journal of Advanced Robotic and Innovative Surgery” (IJARIS) in Guwahati last evening. The journal is edited by Dr. Subhash Khanna as the chief Editor and is the official publication of the Association of Robotic and Innovative Surgeons (ARIS) and is also the first Journal on Clinical robotic surgery published from the South-east asia and possibly one of the few in the world literature.

The launching function was attended by Executive Director of AIIMS Dr Ashok Puranik, Officiating Director IIT-G ,Prof. P.K. Iyer, Deputy Editor,Dr. Raj Palaniappan, Director NIPER Prof. USN Murty ,Section editor Dr Belal Asaf along with a host of other dignitaries and members of assam Surgeons body.