Vitreo Retina Society of India (VRSI) was founded in the year 1992, by a small group of 20 Vitreo-Retina specialists under the presidentship of Dr. TN Ursekar and Dr. Rumi P Jahangir as the 1st Hon. Secretary. Over the next 25 years, this exclusive group has expanded to over 300 Vitreo-Retina specialists (needs to be corrected) with over 90% of India’s actively practicing Vitreo-Retina specialists being its life members. A majority of the members actively participate in the annual conference.
Presidents and Secretaries
Following is the list of Presidents and Honorable Secretaries from the inception of the Society.
| Year | President | Secretary |
| 1991 – 1995 | Dr. TN Ursekar | Dr. RP Jehangir |
| 1995 – 1997 | Dr. BT Maskati | Dr. Kanti V Mody |
| 1997 – 1999 | Dr. Namperumalsamy | Dr. TP Das |
| 1999 – 2001 | Dr. Bijayanand Patnaik | Dr. S Natarajan |
| 2001 – 2003 | Dr. Amod Gupta | Dr. Cyrus Shroff |
| 2003 – 2005 | Dr. Rajvardhan Azad | Dr. Gopal Lal Verma |
| 2005 – 2006 | Dr. TP Das | Dr. Gopal Lal Verma |
| 2006 – 2008 | Dr. S. Natarajan | Dr. Ajit Babu Majji |
| 2008 – 2010 | Dr. Cyrus Shroff | Dr. Ajit Babu Majji |
| 2010 – 2012 | Dr. Gopal Lal Verma | Dr. A. Giridhar |
| 2012 – 2014 | Dr. Mangat R Dogra | Dr. A. Giridhar |
| 2014 – 2016 | Dr. Ajit Babu Majji | Dr. Vishali Gupta |
| 2016 – 2018 | Dr. A. Giridhar | Dr. Raja Narayanan |