Welcome to Raipur, The Capital of Chhattisgarh…..

It gives us the great pleasure to welcome you all for AMASICON 2023, 18th International Conference of The Association of Minimal Access Surgeons of India (AMASI) at Raipur, Chhattisgarh from 2nd November 2023 to 5th November 2023. Chhattisgarh is a landlocked state in Central India. It is the ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million. Chhattisgarh is one of the fastest-developing states in India. A resource-rich state, it has the third largest coal reserves in the country and provides electricity, coal, and steel to the rest of the nation. It also has the third largest forest cover in the country after Madhya Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh with over 40% of the state covered by forests. It has four-lane or two-lane roads that provide connectivity to major cities. A total of 20 national highways pass through the state, together measuring 3,078 km. By Rail almost the entire railway network spread over the state comes under the geographical jurisdiction of the South East Central Railway Zone of Indian Railways centred around Bilaspur, which is the zonal headquarters of this zone. The air infrastructure in Chhattisgarh is improving. Swami Vivekananda International Airport in Raipur is well connected to all major cities of India and operation of International flights from Raipur are under consideration besides this small airports Bilaspur Airport and Jagdalpur Airport are regionally connected with scheduled commercial services.

Dr. Subhash Agrawal
Organizing Chairman

Dr. Devendra Naik
Organizing Secretary

Dr. Rishi Agrawal
Co-Organizing Secretary