The Gut Microbiota and Probiotic Science Foundation (India) was registered as a society on 9th November 2011 by a group of scientists under the Societies Registration Act XX1 of 1860. The objective of the Foundation is to provide a thrust to the science of Gut Microbiota and Probiotics in the country, channelize International knowledge and expertise in the field and promote collaborative research in the development of probiotics as well as foster and maintain research links with scientists of similar interest.