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VIMS Report 2018 RAMAKRISHNA MISSION SEVA PRATISHTHAN VIVEKANANDA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES (The Post-Graduate Teaching and Research wing of the Ramakrishna Mission Seva Pratishthan) ANNUAL REPORT For the Years 2018-2019 & 2019-2020 November 2020 Issued By The Secretary RAMAKRISHNA MISSION SEVA PRATISHTHAN VIVEKANANDA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES 99, Sarat Bose Road, Kolkata 700026 Phone : +91-33-2475 3636/37/38/39/30, 2476 0631/80/81 E-mail : [email protected] / [email protected] Website : www.rkmsevapratishthan.org www.vimsrkmsp.org CONTENTS Governing Body For The Years 2018-2019 & 2019-2020 Particulars Page President : Prof. Manoj Kumar Bhattacharyya Governing Body .............................................................. 1 Secretary : Swami Nityakamananda Ethical Committee ........................................................... 3 Ex. Officio Asst. Secretary : Prof. A. K. Saraf, Principal (For 2018-2019) Editorial Board of Journal of VIMS ................................ 4 Prof. Bhabatosh Biswas, Principal (For 2019-2020) Treasurer : Swami Pranarupananda Medical Education Unit .................................................. 5 Members : Shri Dilip Samsukha List of Teaching Staff ..................................................... 5 Swami Priyavratananda Prof. Amitabha Roy Choudhury (For 2018-2019) Secretary’s Report .......................................................... 11 Prof. Partho Sen (For 2018-2019) Activities of the Institution .............................................. 13 Swami Ujjwalananda (For 2018-2019) Swami Kripakarananda (For 2018-2019) Departmentwise Activities........................................... 16 Prof. Kishore Chowdhury (For 2019-2020) Donations ............................................................... ........ 39 Swami Mantrajnananda (For 2019-2020) Swami Shaktipradananda (For 2019-2020) Accounts ......................................................................... 50 Prof. Prasanta Pujari (For 2019-2020) Prof. Achintya Das (For 2019-2020) Addresses of the headquarters and branches of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission ............... 88 Donation Form ................................................................ 117 Printed at : M/s. Soumen Traders Syndicate 1 Governing Body List of Ethical Committee Members Position as on 30th September, 2020 For the year 2018-2019 Prof. Sukanta Banerjee Chowdhuri President : Prof. Manoj Kumar Bhattacharyya Chairman : Swami Kripakarananda Secretary : Swami Nityakamananda Member Secretary : Members : Prof. B. K. Roychaudhuri Ex. Officio Asst. Secretary : Prof. Bhabatosh Biswas, Principal Dr. Sanjoy Mohan Bhattacherjee Prof. Shyamal Mukherjee Treasurer : Swami Pranarupananda Dr. Archana Sengupta Members : Shri Dilip Samsukha Prof. Debasish Maji Swami Priyavratananda Prof. Sukanta Misra Swami Shaktipradananda Shri Pradip Chatterjee Prof. Amitabha Mazumder (For 2020-2021) Shri Kunal Pramanick Prof. Ranjan Roy Chowdhury (For 2020-2021) List of Ethical Committee Members For the year 2019-2020 Chairman : Prof. Sukanta Banerjee Chowdhuri Member Secretary : Swami Shaktipradananda Clinician : Prof. Sanjoy Mohan Bhattacherjee Dr. Keya Chakraborty Dr. Sutapa Das Dr. Amitava Mazumdar Basic Medical Scientist : Dr. Krishnangshu Ray Lay Person : Shri Kunal Pramanick Social Worker : Swami Gunamayananda Legal Advisor : Shri Pradip Chatterjee Basic Scientist : Dr. Supriyo Choudhury Member : Dr. Archana Sengupta 2 3 Editorial Board of Journal of Medical Education Unit Vivekananda Institute of Medical Sciences LIST OF MEMBERS (2018-2019 & 2019-2020) For the years 2018-2019 & 2019-2020 Chairman Name Designation Department Swami Nityakamananda Dr. Bhabatosh Biswas, Principal Chairperson Vice Chairman Dr. Kishore Choudhury Medical Superintendent Swami Shaktipradananda cum Vice Principal Editor in Chief Executive Editor Dr. Amitava Roy Chowdhury Member E.N.T. Dr. Bhabatosh Biswas Dr. Ranjan Raychowdhury Dr. Angshuman Mukherjee Member Neurology Editors Joint Editors : Ex-officio Dr. Anjan Das Member Urology Dr. Kalyan Kr. Sarkar Dr. A. K. Saraf Dr. Barin Roy Chaudhury Dr. Sandip Chatterjee Dr. Atul Kr. Gupta Member Paediatrics Dr. Sudipta Chatterjee Dr. Kishore Choudhury Dr. Dipak Kr. Jha Member Orthopaedics Dr. Sukanta Misra Dr. Jayanta Bhattacharjee Member Anaesthesiology Associate Editors Dr. Jyotirmoy Roy Chowdhury Member Psychiatry Dr. Amitabha Roy Choudhury Dr. Jayanta Bhattacharya Dr. Anshuman Mukherjee Dr. Jayanta Chakraborty Dr. Kamal Chand Oswal Member Radiodiagnosis Dr. Pradeep Chakrabarty Dr. Mousumi Sengupta Dr. Nanigopal Bhattacharya Member Pathology Dr. Barun Kumar Sen Dr. Raghubir Banerjee Dr. P. K. Saraf Member Ophthalmology Dr. Madhusnata De Dr. Sanjay Mohan Bhattacherjee Dr. Nanigopal Bhattacherjee Dr. J. Roy Chowdhury Dr. Pradeep Chakrabarty Member Medicine Dr. Ashis Patra Dr. Kushagradhi Ghosh Dr. Sanjay Mohan Bhattacharjee Member Surgery Dr. Atul Kr. Gupta Dr. Rinini Dastidar Dr. Sukanta Misra Member Obs. & Gynae Dr. Dipak Kr. Jha Dr. Syamasish Das Dr. Pradip Kr. Saraf Dr. Rajarshi Basu Dr. Bablu Rani Ghosh LIST OF TEACHING STAFF Sectional Editors For the years 2018-2019 & 2019-2020 Biochemistry : Dr. G. C. Bhattacharya [All Names are in Alphabetical Order] Gastro Enterology : Dr. A. Konar Maxillo Facial Surgery : Dr. Suman Das Department of Anaesthesiology Paediatric Surgery : Dr. D. Mitra Dr. Abhik Ghosh, MBBS, MD Asst. Prof. (from 07.03.20) Plastic Surgery : Dr. Prasanta Bhattacharya Cardiology : Dr. Soumitra Kumar Dr. Arindam Chatterjee Asst. Prof. (from 07.03.20) CTVS : Dr. Bhaskar Das Dr. Asis Kr. Patra, MBBS, DA Prof. (from 07.03.20) Chest Medicine : Dr. Nandini Banerjee Dr. Debjani Gupta, MBBS, MD Prof. Dental : Dr. Saptarshi Dutta Dr. Jayanta Bhattacharjee, MBBS, DTM&H, MD Prof. & HOD Nephrology : Dr. Avinandan Banerjee 4 5 Dr. Keya Chakraborty, MBBS, DNB Assoc. Prof.(from 07.03.20) Department of E.N.T. Dr. Krishna Poddar Asst. Prof. (DNB Teacher) Dr. Amitabha Roy Chowdhury, MBBS, DLO, DNB, DLORCS Dr. Krishnendu Chandra, MD Assoc. Prof. (from 07.03.20) Dr. Manaswita Biswas Assoc. Prof. (from 07.03.20) Prof. & HOD Dr. Swarbhanu Porel, MBBS, DNB Assoc. Prof. (from 07.03.20) Dr. Kausik Mondal, MBBS, MS Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ranjan Roy Chowdhury, MBBS, MS, FRCS Prof. Department of Clinical Pathology, Microbiology, Dr. Sabyasachi Gon, MBBS, DLO, DNB Assoc. Prof. Genetics & Biochemistry Dr. Saibal Das, MBBS, MS, DNB Asst. Prof. Department of Biochemistry Dr. Soumitra Ghosh, MBBS, DLO, DNB Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rinini Dastidar, M.Sc. Ph.D Assoc. Prof. Department of Genetics Department of Medicine Dr. Madhusnata De, M.Sc. Ph.D Prof. Dr. Amitava Mazumdar, MBBS, MD Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ajanta Halder, M.Sc. Ph.D Assoc. Prof. Dr. Arjun Bose, MBBS, MD Asst. Prof. Department of Clinical Pathology, Microbiology Dr. Biswarup Sen, MBBS, MD Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mir Hassan, MBBS, MD Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dilip Todi, MBBS, MD, MRCP Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nanigopal Bhattacharya, MBBS, MD Prof. & HOD Dr. Soma Dasgupta Asst. Prof. (upto 07.12.18) Dr. Joydeep Chakraborty Asst. Prof. Dr. Soumit Dey Asst. Prof. Dr. Jyotirmoy Roy Chowdhury, MBBS, MD Prof. Dr. Pranamita Roy Asst. Prof. (from 18.02.18) Dr. Partha Dutta, MBBS, MD Asst. Prof. Dr. Partha Pratim Bose, MBBS, MD, DM Assoc. Prof. Department of Dermatology Dr. Prabuddha Mukhopadhyay, MBBS, DNB Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ashok Kr. Gangopadhyay, MBBS, DVD, MD Prof. & HOD Dr. Pradip Kr. Chakraborty, MBBS, MD Dr. Jayanta Kr. Das, MBBS, MD Prof. Prof. & HOD (from 14.04.18) Dr. Raghubir Banerjee, MBBS, MD Prof. Dr. Pranab Kr. Das, MBBS, MD, DTM&H, Dip. Card Dr. Siddhartha Sankar Das, MBBS, MD Prof. Prof. & HOD (upto 13.04.18) Department of Endocrinology Dr. Sabyasachi Nandi, MBBS, DPM, MD Asst. Prof. Dr.Ajitesh Roy, MD, DM (Endo) Asst. Prof. Dr.Debasish Maji, MBBS, MD, DM Prof. & (HOD) Dr. Samar Banerjee, MBBS, MD Prof. Dr.Debmalya Sanyal, MBBS, DTM&H, MD, DM, MRCP Dr. Samar Ranjan Pal, MBBS, MD Assoc. Prof. Dr.Jayanta Chakraborty, MBBS, MD Prof. Dr. Santa Subhra Chatterjee, MBBS, MD Asst. Prof. Dr.Sutapa Das MBBS, Ph.D. Dr. Santosh Kr. Mondal, MD Asst. Prof. Dr.Samar K. Bandyopadhyay, MBBS, MD Prof. Dr.Semanti Chakraborty, MBBS, MD, DM Asst. Prof. Dr. Shibendu Ghosh, MBBS, MD Assoc. Prof. Dr.Sudip Chatterjee, MBBS, MNAMS, FRCP (UK), FACP Dr. Shyamashis Das, MD, DM Asst. Prof. Asst. Prof. Dr. Soumitra Kumar, MBBS, MD, DM, Cardiology Prof. & HOD 6 7 Dr. Soumitra Roy, MBBS, MD Prof. Department of Orthopaedics Dr. Subrata Kr. Bhowmick, MBBS, MD, DM Prof. Dr. Bikramjit Gayen, MBBS, MS Asst. Prof. Dr. Sujata Mazumdar, MBBS, MD Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dipak Jha, D.Ortho, MBBS, MS Prof. & HOD Dr. Sujoy Roy Chowdhury, MBBS, MD, DNB, MRCP Prof. Dr. Jayabrata Ghosh, MBBS, DNB Asst. Prof. Dr. Tanmoy Chattopadhyay, MBBS, MD Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kanailal Jana, MBBS, MS Asst. Prof. Dr. Uday Chaudhuri, MBBS, MD, DPM, DNB Prof. Dr. Kausik Sarkar, MBBS, MS Asst. Prof. Department of Neurology Dr. Partha Pal, MBBS, MS Assoc. Prof. Dr. Prasanta Pujari, MBBS, MS Assoc. Prof. Dr. Angshuman Mukherjee, MBBS, MD, DM Prof. & HOD Dr. Ansu Sen, MBBS, MD, DM Asst. Prof. Department of Paediatrics Dr. Barun Kr. Sen, MBBS, MD, DM Asst. Prof. Dr. Aparna Mitra, MBBS, DCH, DNB Assco. Prof. Dr. Debasish Roy, MBBS, MD, DNB, DM Prof. Dr. Asha Mukherjee, MBBS, MD Prof. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Dr. Atul Kumar Gupta, MBBS, DCH, MD Prof. & HOD Dr. Braja Gopal Roy, MBBS, MD Assoc. Prof. (from 07.03.20) Dr. Abhijit Ghosh, MBBS, DGO, DNB Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kausik Sur, MBBS, DCH, DNB Asst. Prof. Dr. Arunava Das, MBBS, MD, DNB Asst. Prof. Dr. Neena Ghosh, MBBS, DCH, DNB Asst.
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