The Association of Kerala Medical Graduates (AKMG) is a non profit organization of physicians and dentists of Kerala (India) origin practicing in Canada and the United States of America. AKMG aims to maintain and preserve the identity and heritage of its members and to provide them a forum for scientific, educational, cultural and social interaction. The Association maintains a directory of its members. Amongst its goals are assistance to medical and dental students, physicians and dentists in obtaining professional training in Canada and the United States, improving cooperation between north American medical societies and their counterparts in Kerala, rendering medical assistance to the indigent, and making charitable contributions to eligible agencies permissible under 501 c (3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code.