The INDO-US flow cytometry workshops in India were started by Prof. Awtar Krishan (USA) in collaboration with Dr. Ranbir Sobti (India) and Dr. Arvinder Singh (India) in 2002. These workshops were started with a vision of bringing experts from India, USA and abroad to the same platform, where their expertise can be harnessed by the participants to understand the basics and advanced concepts in flow cytometry and to apply this insight to their biological research and clinical diagnostics.

These workshops are conducted in collaboration with educational and research institutes, universities, hospitals etc all over India. International and National faculties are invited to these workshops to deliver the lectures and conduct wet labs. Since 2002, these workshops have been generously supported by government funding agencies, international societies, corporates and technology manufacturers.

Looking at the increasing demand and requirement of flow cytometry educational programs, Prof. Awtar Krishan, a visionary and father of flow cytometry education in India, decided to form a non-profit organization, “Trust for Education and Training in Cytometry (TETC)” in the year 2018. The responsibility for the same was given to Dr. Rekha Gour, who has been associated with INDO-US Flow cytometry workshops since 2002. Dr. Rekha Gour, managing Trustee-TETC, is instrumental in connecting TETC with flow cytometry community to organize and conduct Flow cytometry workshops in India, and outside India.

TETC is carrying the legacy ahead and is organizing the 26th INDO-US Flow Cytometry Workshops from 11th – 13th February 2025 in the City of Trivandrum, Kerala, India in collaboration with Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST)