I am privileged and honoured to invite delegates from all over the world to India to attend the 42nd World Congress of the International Committee of Military Medicine (ICMM) which will be held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, India from 19th to 24th November, 2017. The Congress will be hosted by the Armed Forces Medical Services, Ministry of Defence, India, in accordance with the statutes of the Secretariat General of the ICMM.