The organisation was formed on 2 August 1953 in Mumbai, and was presided over by a leading cinematographer of the time, Faredoon Irani; in the following month the first office bearers were chosen, including Nitin Bose as President and V. Avadhut as the Vice-President.
[4] The Southern India Cinematographers Association (SICA), a trade union, was founded on 27 November 1972 by A.
[5] The Indian Society of Cinematographers (ISC) is an educational, cultural, and professional organization founded in 1995.
Neither a labor union nor a guild, ISC membership is by invitation and is extended only to directors of photography and special effects experts with distinguished credits in the film industry.
The members of this society will show a suffix, ISC with their name in film credits.