Est. 2011 · Lucknow, India

Advancing care for the gut‑brain axis.

The Indian Neurogastroenterology & Motility Association unites India’s clinicians and scientists to improve the diagnosis, treatment and understanding of disorders of gut-brain interaction and GI motility.

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Membership

Join clinicians and scientists advancing GI motility in India.

Congresses

Annual congresses, mid-term meetings and workshops.

Journal

J Neurogastroenterol Motil — our official journal.

For patients

Reliable education on gut-brain and motility disorders.

Our mission

Disorders of gut-brain interaction and GI motility account for nearly two-thirds of gastroenterology clinic workload. INMA exists so that every patient in India receives standardized, evidence-based care.

Registered in Lucknow in 2011 by Prof. Uday C Ghoshal, the association is based at the Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences.

We share knowledge with doctors and health workers, raise awareness among patients and policy makers, and conduct multicentre research across the country.

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2011

Year the association was founded

National congresses held

Countries represented at ANMA 2015

Delegates at ANMA Congress, New Delhi

What we do

Scientific activities

From the clinic to the laboratory, our work spans education, research and international collaboration.

Our history

Congresses & workshops

Regular annual and mid-term conferences and hands-on workshops across India.

Multicentric research

Original research projects conducted across Indian centres.

Consensus documents

Indian constipation consensus, Indian IBS consensus and the Asian SIBO consensus.

Procedure education

Educational videos for teaching manometry and related GI physiology procedures.

Online sessions

Ongoing online educational sessions for clinicians and trainees.

Global collaboration

Partnerships with ANMA, the Rome Foundation and sister societies worldwide.

Featured congress

6^th Annual Congress of INMA

“DGBI and Motility Disorders from Bench to Bedside”

Dates: 29–30 April 2023
Venue: Marigold Hotel, Hyderabad
Organising secretary: Dr. Nitesh Pratap

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Official journal

Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Published jointly with the Korean, Japanese, Thai and Chinese motility societies, SEAGNMA and ANMA, the journal fosters research on motor, sensory and functional disorders of the gastrointestinal tract.

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4.924: Impact factor
Quarterly: January · April · July · October
2,000: Circulation per issue
2010: Year of first publication

Indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded, SCOPUS, EMBASE, EBSCO, PubMed, PubMed Central, KoreaMed, Crossref and Google Scholar.

Since 2011

A history of scientific congresses

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2022
5th Annual Congress
5th Annual Congress of INMA (formerly IMFDA) at The Centrum Hotel, Lucknow, 7th–8th May 2022.
2017
FGID in new Rome era meeting
FGID in new Rome era meeting at Hyatt Regency hotel, Lucknow, 11–12 November 2017.
2017
4th Biennial Conference
4th Biennial conference of Indian Motility and Functional Diseases Association at KIMS Hospitals Hyderabad, 28–29th April 2017.
2015
3rd Biennial Conference
3rd Biennial Conference of INMA with the 4th Biennial ANMA Congress, 6–8th February 2015, New Delhi.
2014
3rd Mid-term Meeting
3rd Mid-term Meeting of Indian Motility & Functional Diseases Association (17th–18th May 2014), SGPGIMS, Lucknow.
2013
2nd Biennial Conference
2nd Biennial Conference of INMA, Oct 25th 2013 at Seth GS Medical College & KEM Hospital, Mumbai.
2011
1st Biennial Meeting
1st Biennial Meeting of Indian Motility & Functional Diseases Association (5th–6th August 2011), SGPGIMS, Lucknow.