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NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES (INDIA) ANNUAL REPORT 2015-16 NAMS House Ansari Nagar, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, New Delhi - 110029 Postal Address: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES (INDIA) NAMS House, Ansari Nagar, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, New Delhi – 110029 Telephone: 011-26588718 President : 011-26588792 Secretary : 011-26589289 Fax No.: 011-26588992 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://nams-india.in CONTENTS Page No. The Council ─ 2015-16 1 Officers & Executive Staff 2 Editorial Board of Annals of NAMS 3 A. Organizational Activities 5 Organisational Activities & Annual Meeting 7 Award of Fellowships & Memberships at the Annual Meeting 8-17 Lifetime Achievement Award for the year 2014 18 Orations and Awards 19-24 NAMS 2007 Amritsar Award 25 Prof. J.S. Bajaj Award 25 Meetings of the Council 26 Election of Fellows – 2015 26-30 Election of Members – 2015 31-40 Candidates proposed for Membership (MNAMS) on passing DNB Examination 41-48 Fellows/Members on rolls of the Academy 49 Nominations of Medical Scientists for Orations and Awards – 2015-16 50-54 Golden Jubilee Commemoration Award Lecture 55 Lifetime Achievement Award for the year 2015 55 Maintenance of Building 55-56 Publication of Annals 57-59 Obituary 60 Text of the address by the President Dr. Mukund Sadashiv Joshi, delivered at the Annual Convocation on 17th October, 2015 at Patna, Bihar (Annexure I) 61 Text of the address by the Chief Guest Dr. Ram Nath Kovind, Governor of Bihar, GoI, at the Annual Convocation on 17th October 2015, at Patna (Annexure II) 62-63 B. Academic Report 65 Continuing Medical Education Programme 67 Report of activities April 1, 2015 - March 31, 2016 67-71 State-wise distribution of Extramural CME Programmes 72 Extramural CME Programmes of NAMS Chapters (Annexure III) 73-74 Report on Extramural CME Programmes (Annexure IV) 75-87 The Medical Scientists’ Exchange Programmes (Health Manpower Development) 88 Report on Intramural CME Programmes (Annexure V) 89-96 NAMS Chapters (Annexure VI) 97-100 Emeritus Professors of NAMS 101-103 NAMS Website 104 C. Financial Report 105 Government Grant 107-108 Accounts 109-150 D. Highlights of the activities from April, 2015 to 20th September, 2016 151 Newly Elected Members of the Council 151 Elected Fellows and Members for the year 2016 151-154 Members admitted under Regulation V 154-169 Symposia/Workshop/CME Programmes 169-171 NAMS Scientific Symposium 171 Lifetime Achievement Award for the year 2016 171 Golden Jubilee Commemoration Award Lecture 172 THE COUNCIL 2015-16 Dr. Mukund S. Joshi, FAMS, President Dr. C.S. Bhaskaran, FAMS, Immediate Past President* Dr. Sanjay Wadhwa, FAMS, Vice President Dr. Manorama Berry, FAMS, Treasurer Dr. P.K. Dave, FAMS Dr. Yogesh Chawla, FAMS Dr. V. Mohan Kumar, FAMS Dr. Mira Rajani, FAMS Air Marshal (Retd.) Dr. M.S. Boparai, FAMS Dr. Saroj Chooramani Gopal, FAMS Dr. M.V. Padma Srivastava, FAMS Dr. Mohan Kameswaran, FAMS Dr. Amod Gupta, FAMS Dr. Ajmer Singh, FAMS Dr. Prema Ramachandran, FAMS Dr. P.K.Misra, FAMS Dr. Mayil Vahanan Natarajan, FAMS Dr. Rakesh Kumar Chadda, FAMS Ex-officio Members of the Council Director-General, Indian Council of Medical Research President, National Board of Examinations President, Medical Council of India Nominee of the Central Government Director General of Health Services * Deceased 1 OFFICERS 2015 –16 President Dr. Mukund S. Joshi, FAMS (since 18.10.2015) Dr. C.S. Bhaskaran, FAMS (upto 23rd February, 2015: resigned due to ill health; deceased) Vice-President Dr. Sanjay Wadhwa, FAMS Treasurer Dr. Manorama Berry, FAMS EXECUTIVE STAFF Honorary Secretary Dr. Deep Narayan Srivastava, FAMS CME Co-ordinator Dr. K.K. Sharma, FAMS 2 Editorial Board of Annals of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (India) -: A Quarterly Journal:- (w.e.f. 1.1.2015) Emeritus Editor Prof J S Bajaj Editor Dr Sanjeev Misra Associate Editor Dr V Mohan Kumar Assistant Editor Dr Mohan Kameswaran Editorial Board Editorial Associates Dr Snehalata Deshmukh Dr. M. V. Padma Srivastava Dr. W. Selvamurthy Dr. R. K. Chadda Dr. J N Pande Dr. Deep Narayan Srivastava Dr. Prema Ramachandran Dr. Promila Bajaj Dr. H. S. Sandhu Dr. N. R. Jagannathan Dr. Lalita S Kothari Dr. Subrata Sinha Dr. Vinod Paul Dr. Ravinder Goswami Dr. Sanjay Wadhwa Dr. (Brig) Velu Nair Members of the Advisory Board Dr. P.K. Misra Dr. Rajeshwar Dayal Dr. Manorama Berry Dr. C.S. Saimbi Air Marshal Dr. M.S. Boparai Dr. R. Madan Dr. Y. K. Chawla Dr. Rajkumar Dr. P. K. Dave Dr. Mukund S. Joshi Dr. Amod Gupta Dr. Kamal Buckshee Dr. Ravi Kant Dr. Haribhai L Patel Dr. Balram Airan Dr. I. C. Verma Dr. Saroj Chooramani Gopal Dr. Geeta K. Vemuganti Senior Publication Advisor : Dr Kuldeep Singh Annual Subscription Rates Inland Rs 500.00 Foreign $ 30.00 £ 15.00 Single Copy Rs 150.00 Correspondence All correspondence concerning the Journal should be addressed to: Honorary Secretary National Academy of Medical Sciences (India) NAMS House, Ansari Nagar, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, New Delhi- 110029 Tel.: 011-26589289 Email: [email protected] Website : www.nams-india.in 3 4 ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES 6 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES (INDIA) Annual Report 2015-16 Organizational activities: In accordance with the Rules of the Academy, a report on the general concerns of the Academy, the income and expenditure of the preceding year along with the estimates for the year, and the prosperity or otherwise of the Academy is to be presented to the General Body at its Annual Meeting. Annual Meeting: The 55th Annual Meeting was held on 16th, 17th and 18th October, 2015 at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna (Bihar). The Convocation of the Academy was held on 17th October, 2015 evening. His Excellence Dr. Ram Nath Kovind, Governor of Bihar, was the Chief Guest. Dr. Mukund Sadashiv Joshi, President, NAMS in his Presidential address, welcomed the distinguished Guests, Fellows and Members of the Academy. The full text of the Presidential address is given as Annexure I. His Excellence Dr. Ram Nath Kovind, Governor of Bihar, India delivered the Convocation address. The full text of the address is given as Annexure II. 7 Award of Fellowships and Memberships FELLOWS: Twenty-five Fellows, including 3 elected in 2014 and 22 elected in 2015, were admitted to the Fellowship and received the scroll at the Convocation held at Patna. The names of the Fellows admitted and their affiliations are given below: 1. Dr. Anil Kumar Gupta (2014) Professor and Head, Department of Hospital Administration and Medical Superintendent, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh. Dr. Gupta’s speciality is Hospital Administration. 2. Dr. V.R. Janaki (2014) Professor and Head, Department of Dermatology, Madras Medical College, Chennai. Her Janaki’s is Dermatology & Venereology. 3. Dr. Ashish Suri (2014) Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi. Dr. Suri’s speciality is Neurosurgery. 4. Dr. Sushil Prakash Ambesh (2015) Professor, Department of Anaesthesiology, Type V/7, New Campus, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow-226014. Dr. Ambesh’s speciality is Anaesthesiology. 5. Dr. Dinesh Kumar Bharatraj (2015) Scientist ‘F’ (Deputy Director Sr. Gr.) & HOD Drug Toxicology, Coordinator- PCT National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India, Jamai Osmania PO, Hyderabad-500007. Dr. Kumar’s speciality is Pharmacology. 8 6. Dr. Pradeep Das (2015) Director, Scientist G, Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Agmkuan, Patna-800007. Dr. Das’s speciality is Microbiology. 7. Dr. Gopalkrishna Gururaj (2015) Senior Professor and Head, Department of Epidemiology, NIMHANS, Bangalore-560029. Dr. Gopalkrishna’s speciality is Community Health/Community Medicine/Social and Preventive Medicine. 8. Dr. Ravi Gupta (2015) Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Government Medical College Hospital, 32B, Chandigarh-160031. Dr. Gupta’s speciality is Orthopaedic Surgery. 9. Dr. Krishnamachar Harish (2015) Professor and Head, Department of Surgical Oncology, MS Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore. Dr. Harish’s speciality is Surgical Oncology. 10. Dr. Binod Kumar Khaitan (2015) Professor, Department of Dermatology & Venereology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi-110029. Dr. Khaitan’s speciality is Dermatology & Venereology. 11. Dr. Gopi Chand Khilnani (2015) Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine & Sleep Disorders, AIIMS, New Delhi-110029. Dr. Khilnani’s speciality is Respiratory Medicine. 12. Dr. Madhu Khullar (2015) Professor, Department of Experimental Medicine & Biotechnology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh-160012. Dr. Khullar’s speciality is Molecular Medicine. 9 13. Dr. Jugal Kishore (2015) Professor and Head, Department of Community Medicine, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College, New Delhi. Dr. Kishore’s speciality is Community Health/ Community Medicine/Social & Preventive Medicine. 14. Dr. Kailash Kumar (2015) Professor and Head, Department of General Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005. Dr. Kumar’s speciality is Internal Medicine. 15. Dr. Sanjay Madhav Mehendale (2015) Director & Scientist G, National Institute of Epidemiology, R-127, 3rd Avenue, Tamil Nadu Housing Board, Ayappakkam, Chennai-600077. Dr. Mehendale’s speciality is Community Health/Community Medicine/Social & Preventive Medicine. 16. Dr. Hrudananda Mallick (2015) Professor, Department