The Inaugural national conference was held in Bangalore on 5-7 January 2002. Organizing committee included Dr Ram Mohan Tiwari and Dr Ashok Shenoy. The overseas faculty included Prof Eugene Myers (Hiranandani Oration); Dr Dale Brown, Dr Patrick Bradley and Dr M.W Breckel.
Regional workshops were held in Chennai, Miraj, Nagpur and Jaipur.