The visual nature of Dermatology makes this discipline the most suitable for practicing telemedicine technology. It is estimated that India is the cradle of e-health in Asia. That certainly gives us the edge to enhance skin health globally, to make Teledermatology help in the following ways:

• To the patient, it is almost a home-delivery of health care.

• To the referring doctor, it is empowerment of his services.

• To the organization, it is efficiency-improvement.

It is now easy to achieve the goal of promoting worldwide exchange of knowledge and expertise in all aspects of dermatology. Our vision is to provide and share user-generated dermatologic knowledge on a worldwide level. In keeping with this vision, the theme of this Congress is ‘Healthy Present and Healthier Future’