A few neurologists from Kerala, who happened to meet at a conference in Chennai in 2001, decided to constitute a forum to promote friendship and academic activities among their fraternity in the state. Thus was born the Kerala Association of Neurologists (KAN). Their first academic programme was organized in Cochin in 2002.

Since those early days, KAN has steadily grown to have a present membership of over 100, and growing. It is a registered society with a set of byelaws, a totally transparent system of finance and functioning, and audited accounts.