The need of an exclusive Organisation was put forwarded by IDA Kochi Members, Dr Sajil John, Dr Noorudeen AM, Dr Aju Thomas, Dr Siby T Chennankara and Dr Raju Kurian Ninan.
So the first informal meeting was held during first week of Aug 2004, among them. The meeting decided that the first official meeting would be held at Abad Metro in Kochi on 24th august 2004. Periodontists in and around Kochi were invited to the meeting . 11 Periodontists attended the meeting and later, five more joined and whom we now call the founder members.
An ad-hoc committee headed by Dr Sajil John comprising of Dr Raju Kurian Ninan and Dr Rajesh Vylopillil was formed to constitute the bye-laws of the society.
It was decided that a get together comprising of Scientific deliberation and fellowship should be conducted bimonthly. Each one was advised to invite their friends in periodontics into this gathering.
After the initial meeting there used to be regular bimonthly meetings. After a few meetings some of the members expressed a need to make our gathering official by registering as a society and invite other Periodontists from all over Kerala to join this forum. All members unanimously agreed to this. Dr.Raju Kurian Ninan proposed the name of the Society as Cochin Periodontists Society or in short COPS. He also designed the logo for the society. It was decided to allow dentists other than Periodontists to the society as Associate members who are any undergraduates and Postgraduates of any dental / Medical discipline .It was decided to conduct six executive meetings at bimonthly intervals to discuss COPS matters and six Professional enrichment programme (PEP’s) during a COPS calendar year starting in April and ending in March.
The members present for the meeting on 14-11-2004 at Cochin Gymkhana proposed the names of the office bearers of COPS for the year 2005 – 2006.
The first Annual General body meeting of COPS was at Cochin Gymkhana on 07-12-2004. Family new year celebration of COPS members were conducted on 20-01-2005 at Cochin Gymkhana.
It was decided to have a Mega launch programme of COPS with full media coverage. On 17-04-2005 at Hotel Casino, Hon. Justice Dr.Narayana Kurup formally inaugurated COPS in a glittering ceremony well attended by more than a hundred distinguished invitees. The formal inauguration was followed by a Professional Enrichment Programme by one of the most renowned Periodontist and a teacher to many, Dr.B.R.R Varma.
Full page color supplement was given by COPS in Hindu, National Daily, during the launch.