Like a spring, the beginning of all things is small, but the ocean it lands in is beyond imagination. With the strong desire of getting all the Shalakis under one roof, the founder members with their dedication and hard work got all the Shalakis together and formed the unique Association The Association of Shalaki (TAS India) in the year 2004. The initial foundation was laid in the National Conference on Shalakyatantra Update Shalakyatantra 2002 under the leadership of the Founder member Prof. Dr Dilip Puranik and his enthusiastic team at Tilak Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya , Pune 411011. A meeting of all the renowned personalities in Shalakyatantra was taken and was decided to form an Association where all the Shalakis would come under one umbrella. Finally the Association was registered under the Society Registration Act 1860 and was named as The Association of Shalaki with the registration number MAH/1752/2004/Pune 2/11/2004 on 2nd November 2004.
With the active initiation of all the founder members the Bye Laws were formed and the working of the Association geared up as per the rules and regulations of the Constitution of the Association. The main aim of forming this Association was to bring all the Shalakis together and provide them a common platform to express their views and present their work so as to upgrade and update their knowledge in both the fields of Ayurveda and Modern science.
The Maharastra State Branch (MSB)of association aims at protecting the rights of specialists to practice Ophthalmology, E.N.T & Dentistry by integrated approach. It also aims to organize frequent conferences, seminars, workshops at National as well as state levels to update the knowledge with latest advances and also to common platform to present research work, exchange of thoughts etc. T.A.S. (MSB) has already organized many National conferences very successfully
