The formation of Jammu and Kashmir chapter of IAPM was approved in the Executive Council and General body meeting of the Indian Association of Pathologists and Microbiologists (IAPM) held at M.S. Ramaiya Medical College, Bengaluru in December 2022 to vide its resolution Agenda No. 17/2022 and communicated vide letter dated 5th Feb 2023 by Honorary Secretary IAPM Dr. Ranjan Agarwal..