History
The MES was founded in 1964 at Kozhikode (then Calicut) by Dr. P. K. Abdul Gafoor. Gafoor's son P. A. Fazal Gafoor, a graduate of Osmania University, is the society's president; he was elected to his position in March 2007 for a three-year term in the first elections in the MES' history. He took up his position in August 2007 following the death of his father in hospital at age 72.
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