It was in 1986 when a Workshop on “Materials for Solid State Batteries” was held at Singapore. That was when a group of like-minded researchers of the Asian region joined hands and founded the ASSSI consisting of member-nations from the Asia region. Late Prof. T. Takahashi from Japan who served as the founding President of this Society and late Prof. S. Radhakrishna from India who was then the Secretary for the Committee on Science and Technology in Developing Countries (COSTED) were primarily instrumental in founding this Society. Although they are no longer with us, we pay homage to their vision and foresight in founding this Society to serve the needs of future generation.
