In letters to Freud, Dr. G. Bose of India described the development of psychoanalysis in India. This paralleled the individual growth and development of Dr. Bose who founded an Indian analytic society almost single-handedly. Bose's entry into the field of psychoanalysis came about through reading Freud's writings; at that time (1915), there was no teaching of psychiatry at the University of Calcutta. After a course in experimental psychology, he began clinical practice, and introduced formal lectures in psychoanalysis at the University of Calcutta. His book, The Concept of Repression, was favorably received by Freud. Finally, after extensive correspondence with Freud and Jones in 1921, Dr. Bose founded the Indian Psychoanalytic Society. This was followed in 1930 by the organization and development of the Indian Psychoanalytic Institute with the help of Max Eitingon. In many ways Dr. Bose's development in psychology was similar to Freud's in that he chartered his course alone and had to train himself, as well as stimulate interest in others in the science of psychoanalysis.