NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES (INDIA) ANNUAL REPORT 2016-17 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 ─ 2016-17 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 8-20 Lifetime Achievement Award for the year 2015 21 Orations and Awards 22-25 NAMS 2007 Amritsar Award 26 Prof. J.S. Bajaj Award 26 Meetings of the Council 27 Election of Fellows – 2016 27-31 Election of Members – 2016 32-49 Candidates proposed for Membership (MNAMS) on passing DNB Examination 50-59 Fellows/Members on rolls of the Academy 60 Nominations of Medical Scientists for Orations and Awards – 2016-17 61-65 Golden Jubilee Commemoration Award Lecture 66 Lifetime Achievement Award for the year 2016 66 Maintenance of Building 66-67 Publication of Annals 68-70 Obituary 71 Text of the address by the President Dr. Mukund Sadashiv Joshi, delivered at the Annual Convocation on 22nd October, 2016 at Raipur (Chhatisgarh) (Annexure I) 72 Text of the address by the Chief Guest Dr. N.S. Laud, Eminent Orthopaedic Surgeon, at the Annual Convocation on 22nd October 2016, at Raipur (Chhatisgarh) (Annexure II)73-75 B. Academic Report 77 Continuing Medical Education Programme 79 Report of activities April 1, 2016 - March 31, 2017 79-83 State-wise distribution of Extramural CME Programmes 84 Extramural CME Programmes of NAMS Chapters (Annexure III) 85-86 Report on Extramural CME Programmes (Annexure IV) 87-104 Report of Academic Committee & Academic Council 105-107 The Medical Scientists’ Exchange Programmes (Health Manpower Development) 108 Report on Intramural CME Programmes (Annexure V) 109-113 Pilot Project 114-117 NAMS Chapters (Annexure VI) 118-121 Emeritus Professors of NAMS 122-126 NAMS Website 127-128 C. Financial Report 129 Government Grant 131-132 Accounts 133-172 D. Highlights of the activities from 1st April, 2017 to 12th September, 2017 173 Newly Elected Members of the Council 173 Elected Fellows and Members for the year 2017 173-175 Members admitted under Regulation V 175-193 Symposia/Workshop/CME Programmes 193-196 NAMS Scientific Symposium 197 Lifetime Achievement Award for the year 2016 197 Golden Jubilee Commemoration Award Lecture 198 THE COUNCIL 2016-17 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. 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. (Mrs.) P.K.Misra, FAMS Dr. Mayil Vahanan Natarajan, FAMS Dr. Rakesh Kumar Chadda, FAMS Dr. Shiv K. Sarin, FAMS Dr. Rajeshwar Dayal, FAMS Dr. Ravi Kant, FAMS Dr. Digambar Behera, FAMS Dr. Sanjeev V. Thomas, 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 2016 –17 President Dr. Mukund S. Joshi, FAMS 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 :- Editor Dr. Sanjeev Misra Associate Editor Dr. V Mohan Kumar Dr. Kuldeep Singh 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 N 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. M Berry Dr. C S Saimbi Air Marshal Dr. M S Boparai Dr. R Madan Dr. Y K Chawla Dr. Raj Kumar 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 Emeritus Editor : Prof. J.S. Bajaj 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 2016-17 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 56th Annual Conference of the Academy was held on 21st, 22nd and 23rd October, 2016 at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur (Chhattisgarh). The Convocation of the Academy was held on 22nd October, 2016. Padmbhushan, Dr. N.S. Laud, Eminent Orthopaedic Surgeon, Mumbai was the Chief Guest. Dr. Mukund S. 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. Padmbhushan, Dr. N.S. Laud, Eminent Orthopaedic Surgeon, Mumbai delivered the Convocation address. The full text of the address is given as Annexure II. 7 Award of Fellowships and Memberships FELLOWS: Twenty Fellows, including 1 elected in 2014, 2 elected in 2015 and 17 elected in 2016, were admitted to the Fellowship and received the scroll at the Convocation held at Raipur. The names of the Fellows admitted and their affiliations are given below: 1. Dr. Kalpana Balakrishnan (2014) Professor & Director, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre, Sri Ramachandra University, Porur, Chennai. Her speciality is Occupational & Environmental Health. 2. Dr. Rakesh Kumar (2015) Professor, Department of Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi. His speciality is Nuclear Medicine. 3. Dr. Divya Malhotra (2015) Professor, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, King George’s University of Dental Sciences, Lucknow. Her speciality is Dental Surgery. 4. Dr. Subho Chakrabarti (2016) Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh. His speciality is Psychiatry. 5. Dr. Kishore Kumar Deepak (2016) Professor & Head, Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi. His speciality is Physiology. 8 6. Dr. Ajay Kumar Duseja (2016) Additional Professor, Department of Hepatology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh. His speciality is Gastroenterology. 7. Dr. Shivinder Singh Gill (2016) Vice-Chancellor, Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot, Punjab. His speciality is Orthopaedic Surgery. 8. Dr. Ashima Goyal (2016) Professor, Unit of Pedodontics & Preventive Dentistry, Oral Health Sciences Center, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh. Her speciality is Dental Surgery. 9. Dr. Sunil Kumar Gupta (2016) Professor & Head, Department of Neurosurgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh. His speciality is Neurosurgery. 10. Dr. Sanjeev Handa (2016) Professor & Head, Dept. of Dermatology, Venereology & Leprology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh. His speciality is Dermatology & Venereology. 11. Dr. R. Hemalatha (2016) Scientist F (Sr. Deputy Director) & Head, Clinical & Microbiology Division, National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research, Jamai-Osmania (PO), Hyderabad. Her speciality is Nutrition. 12. Dr. Satish Vasant Khadilkar (2016) Professor & Head, Department of Neurology, Grant Medical College & JJ Hospital, Byculla, 4th Floor, Main Building, Mumbai. His speciality is Neurology. 9 13. Dr. Gopal Nath (2016) Professor, Department of Microbiology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. His speciality is Microbiology. 14. Dr. Pundi Narasimhan (2016) Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. His speciality is Biotechnology. 15. Dr. Kavumpurathu Raman Thankappan (2016) Professor & Head, Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology, Trivandrum. His speciality is Community Health/ Community Medicine/Social and Preventive Medicine. 16. Dr. Satyavati Rana (2016) Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh. Her speciality is Biochemistry. 17. Dr. Tara Sankar Roy (2016) Professor & Head, Department of Anatomy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. His speciality is Anatomy. 18. Dr. Sandeep Saxena (2016) Senior Professor (Retina