The Acoustical Society of India was established and registered at Visakhapatnam on 31 July, 1971 with Prof. S. Bhagavantam as the Convenor, Prof. B. Ramachandra Rao as the Secretary and 10 other leading acousticians of the country as ad-hoc Committee members. The decision to bring together the scientists working in various fields of acoustics all over the country under one umbrella and to publish a scientific journal devoted to Acoustics was taken in a symposium on ‘Acoustics in Education ‘ organised at the Andhra University, Waltair during January ,1971 under the stewardship Prof. B.R. Rao .Thus the Acoustical Society was formed with the following objective: “The advancement of science and technology of all branches of acoustics and the maintenance of high standards in such science and technology ; to increase and diffuse the knowledge of acoustics and promote its practical application.”