newsletter june 2012
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Newsletter
Vol XI, No. 2, June 2012
Table of Contents
Secretary’s Message………………………………………………………… 02
Forthcoming events……………………………………….………………… 03
Congratulations……………………………………………………..………… 03
Announcements……………………………………………………………… 03
Elections…………………………………………………………………………..
Obituary…………………………………………………………………………… 04
Constitutional Amendments…………………………………………… 05
Minutes of EC meeting……………………………………………………. 06
NSI Academic Forum………………………………………………………. 18
Tariff for Advertisement in Newsletter…………………………… 16
Secretariat Information…………………………………………………… 21
From the Secretary’s pen…….
Dear Friends,
I post myself before you as a secretary Neurological Society of India for the first time through this newsletter
which is a very important document in NSI administration. My predecessor Dr V Rajshekhar has created a
commendable platform on which I need to perform. His last newsletter Vol. XI, No. 1 is testimony for the same.
I pick threads from what he has written and wish to intimate you all that we are going to be paperless
secretariat and will be available on e-communication only. I wish to suggest you that to remain connected,
please ensure your correct email address and phone numbers to the secretariat urgently failing which you may
miss important communication.
This year NEUROCON 2012 is slated for Delhi NCR from 19th to 22nd December 2012. Our guest society will
be German Neurosurgeon Society. All efforts are being made to have a feast of scientific deliberations along
with memorable evening programmes.
I invite you all to participate in the conference and register yourself as per schedule published in the brochure
of the NEUROCON 2012. It will be a lifetime opportunity to participate into inland and abroad joint venture of
packed scientific programme. Also please make yourself available for the general body meeting to be held on
20th December 2012. GBM is an opportunity available once a year to see through the administrative activities
of NSI and to influence the policy decisions. I exhort you all not to miss this opportunity.
With best wishes
Prof R C Mishra
Hon Secretary, NSI
Executive Committee - 2012 President Dr. K. E. Turel,
E-mail: [email protected]
President Elect Dr. C. E. Deopujari,
E-Mail: [email protected]
Secretary (2012-2014) Dr. R. C. Mishra,
Email: [email protected]
Treasurer (2012-2014) Dr. Deepu Banerji,
Email: [email protected]
Editor (2009-2014) Dr. J.M.K. Murthy,
Email: [email protected]
Secretariat
2/4Ab, Swadeshi Bima Nagar
Civil Lines, Agra – 282002 (UP)
India
Executive Committee Members (2012-2014) Neurosurgery Dr. P. Sarat Chandra,
Email: [email protected] Dr. Manas Panigrahi,
Email: [email protected] Dr. V. P. Singh,
Email: [email protected]
Neurology Dr. Muralidharan Nair,
Email:[email protected] Dr. A. Panagariya,
Email:[email protected]
Allied Specialities Dr. Vani Santhosh,
EMail: [email protected]
Past Presidents Dr. S. K. Prabhakar
Email: [email protected] Dr. V. K. Jain
E-mail: [email protected] Past Secretary Dr. V Rajshekhar
Email: [email protected]: [email protected]
Forthcoming Events
Website www.neurosocietyindia.org
NSI website is in the process of being revamped and made more functional & appealing. All members,
institutions may forward their URL identity & emails immediately to the webmaster at
[email protected] (with a copy to the secretary at [email protected] so that data
may be updated.
News from WFNS (I) Trust
„WFNS (I) Trust has received a donation of Rs. 4.00 lacs through the kind efforts of Dr. V. S. Mehta and Dr.
Ashish Suri from the savings of Neurovascon 2011 held at AIIMS, New Delhi‟.
WFNS (India) Trust thanks ISPN Goa Meeting for the donation of Rs. 1.25 Lacs
„Applications for grants from WFNS (I) Trust are invited from neurosurgeon members and associate members
of NSI, for attending inland conferences ( except annual NSI conferences), overseas conferences, training in
Indian or Centres abroad. Please access application form from NSI „website‟
Congratulations
Dr B K Misra, Chairman, Neurosurgery Dept. of Neurosurgery, P D Hinduja Mumbai has taken over as
President Elect for World Federation of Skull Base Surgery only to take over as Presidnet after 4 years for 4
years term.
Dr. Kalyan B Bhattacharyya has been nominated as FRCP (Edin). He has been appointed as Visiting
Professor, King's College & Hospital, London and Invited Lecturer, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. He has
also been appointed as Co-editor in Chief of the journal, Parkinson's Disease and Restless Leg Syndrome.
He has been appointed as Board Member, WFN, Movement Disorders Group.
Hands on Workshop Course
28 – 29 July Chennai Dr K Sridhar Dr Rajshekhar
[email protected] [email protected]
NEUROTRAUMA 2012
17 - 19 Aug. Kochi Dr R R Ravi [email protected]
Spine 2012 13 - 16 Sept. Chennai Dr J K B C Parthiban Dr V Soundappan
[email protected] [email protected]
SKULLBASE 2012 23 - 24 Sept. Mumbai Dr Suresh Sankhla [email protected]
CNS 2012 Annual Meeting
6 - 10 Oct. Chicago CNS [email protected]
NEUROPEDICON 2012
1 - 2 Nov. Delhi Dr Deepak K Gupta [email protected]
WFNS Education Course
9 – 10 Nov. Bhubane
swar Prof. Dr P K Sahoo [email protected]
NEUROCON 2012 19 - 22 Dec. Delhi Dr Sarat P Chandra [email protected]
Obituary
We are sorry to report the demise of Dr PPS Mathur Jaipur, Dr D N Pal Delhi, Dr Vijaysheel Kumar Delhi, and Dr K Jagannathan Chennai. We offer our condolences to the bereaved family.
Nominations for President Elect
Nominations are invited for the post of President Elect of Neurological Society of India. Please send in
your nominations to the returning officer Dr Chandrashekhar Deopujari Off. 126 B Medical Research
Centre Bombay Hospital12, New Marine Lines Mumbai 400 020 by 30th September 2012. by post
and by email [email protected] both.
Please follow the deadlines.
Last date for filing nominations : 30th September 2012.
Intimation to candidates / withdrawal if any : 10th October 2012
Last date for withdrawal of candidature : 22 October 2012
The nomination forms are available on the website : http://www.neurosocietyindia.org/Resources.aspx
PS : Please note that no aspiring NSI officer / office bearer shall hold any post of executive body of any
organization / parallel body. It is mandatory for being eligible for the above post. The necessary amendment on
the website form is being done as per decision of executive committee.
Bids for hosting the Annual meeting of Neurological society of India 2015
Bids are invited for annual meeting of Neurological Society of India – NEUROCON 2015 from across
all members of NSI. The bid forms are available on NSI website for downloads. Please note that the
last date for sending the bids is 30th November 2012. Please go through the requirements in the
forms available and also ensure the requirements as per bye laws.
Future NEUROCONS
2012 – Delhi 2013 – Mumbai 2014 - Coimbatore
Educational Activities of NSI – Programmes devoted to Young Neurosurgeons
Post Graduate Instructional Course in form of lectures and Mock examinations – Twice an year in August & February for Final year MCh / DNB students
Hands on Workshop on Skull Base, Vascular & Endoscopic subjects in form of drilling, endo navigation and micro anastamosis
NSI Training Fellowship Programme – a) Tenure of the fellowship-3 weeks to 3 months., b) Placement will be at premier institute in India
Contact : [email protected]
Constitution Amendment Notice
The following amendments to the bylaws of the Neurological Society of India, were proposed by
Dr V G Ramesh.
1. Zonal representation for the Executive Committee:
The five members of the Executive Committee will represent the five zones of India, namely,
North, South, East, West and Central. There will be one member from each zone.
2. Banning members from rival association from holding NSI post: Those members who are Office-bearers or Executive Committee members of other National Neurological/Neurosurgical/Neuro-allied Speciality Associations are not eligible to hold any post of Office-bearer or Executive Committee of the Neurological Society of India during the tenure of the post.
EC Views on the amendments
1. Zonal representation There is no need to change the present status as the spirit of integrated body of Neurological Society of India inclusive of Neurology, Neurosurgery and allied neurosciences will be adversely affected with the proposed change.
2. Banning members from rival associations from holding NSI posts After thorough detailed deliberations on the issue EC resolved that:
A. The definition of rival / parallel / other neurosurgical bodies was not clear and it could not
be clearly defined. It needs further deliberations with more inputs.
B. The phrasing of the constitutional amendment proposed was not in proper shape and
hence decision to send back the amendment to Dr V G Ramesh for rephrasing was taken
C. The EC had decided unanimously that no NSI EC member can hold any EC post in any
other organization of neurology / neurosurgery / allied while serving the term with NSI.
This will be put as mandatory clause when nominations for the post will be published.
D. If an NSI EC member subsequently becomes an EC member of a rival organisation then
he will automatically be stripped of his NSI EC post.
E. The above decision will not be applicable in retrospect.
Minutes of the Mid-term EC Meeting of NSI held at Hotel Trident, Mumbai, on 21st & 22nd April,
2012
Meeting attended by:
Keki E Turel, Chandrashekhar Deopujari, R C Mishra, Deepu Banerji, V P Singh, P Sarat Chandra, Manas Panigrahi,
Ashok Panagariya, M D Nair, Sudesh Prabhakar, V K Jain, V Rajshekhar, Suresh Sankhla.
The President welcomed the members present in the house and the meeting was called to order.
2012/April/MTEC/01 - Obituary
The Secretary informed the members about the sad demise of Dr PPS Mathur Jaipur, Dr D N Pal Delhi, Dr Vijaysheel
Kumar Delhi, and Dr Jagannathan Chennai. The council stood in silence for one minute to pay homage and respect to the
departed souls.
2012/April/MTEC/02 - Congratulations
The house was informed about Col. Ray the founder of Neurosurgery in the Armed Forces turns hundred on the 7th May
of this year. Council advised that the secretary will send him greetings on behalf of the NSI. It was also discussed that NSI
could invite him to the annual conference in Delhi to felicitate him. Resolved to publish about him in the next newsletter of
NSI.
2012/April/MTEC/03 – Congratulations
The Secretary then informed about Dr P S Ramani who had received the “Goa Today Man of the year Award”. The news
was heartily appreciated by the council.
2012/April/MTEC/04 - Minutes of EC Meeting December 2011
The council discussed and finalized the minutes of the last EC Meetings held in December 2011 after deliberating with Dr.
Rajshekhar, the past secretary. The minutes have already been circulated in the newsletter
2012/April/MTEC/05 - Secretary‟s Report
The secretary informed the house about the activities done so far and placed his appreciation about Dr Rajshekhars contribution on record regarding the monumental work done so far for the smooth running of the society which was duely applauded. He requested the co-operation of all the members in the direction of progress of the society. He exhorted all to rise to the occasion of challenges faced by the society and build upon the existing pillars of growth, development, integration and education.
2012/April/MTEC/06 - Arbitration Committee
The Secretary informed that the Arbitration Committee has been formed as per guidelines of NSI and Dr. Subhash
Dharkar, Jaipur is the chairperson with Dr. K Ganapathy, Chennai as a member with an advocate from Agra, Mr.
Devendra Vajpayee who also happens to be the ex-president of the Bar Council of Agra. The details of the arbitration
committee have been put up on the NSI website.
2012/April/MTEC/07 - Website
The Secretary informed about the details about payment gateway which has been updated as per the mail received from
web developer Mr. Chandrasekharan from Ms. Chimera Technologies. The secretary expressed his concerns regarding
the working of the website pertaining to address updations. Dr. Rajshekhar informed that work on the website is in
progress and it will be updated soon. Dr Sarat Chandra proposed a new vendor from Delhi to assist him in the website
updations. After deliberations EC finally resolved that instead of searching for a new vendor the drawbacks of the current
website may be identified and then the matter may be taken up with the person who is already working on the website for
5 years. The efforts to renovate the website as per Dr Sarat Chandras proposal were discussed. He has been requested
to give a formal practical roadmap for the same.
2012/April/MTEC/08 - Central Office / Virtual Office / E-Office
The Secretary stressed the need for the setting up the central office of NSI. Dr. Deopujari informed the house that NSI
never had a central office and now it was time for NSI to have the same. Dr R C Mishra put up a proposal from Event
Architects regarding handling the secretariat. Deliberations were made on the matter. It was then decided that the
President, Secretary and Treasurer of NSI take up the task of finding out the options to start up a Central Office and to get
a tender for virtual office and to inform the EC about the developments through e-circulation. In reference to this matter
Dr V K Jain Vice President Asian Austrasian Society of Neurological Surgeons, intervened with suggestion for bringing the
contract between Asian Austrasian Society of Neurological Surgeons with Kennes regarding running the affairs of the
society to NSI for understanding the road map.
2012/April/MTEC/09 - E-voting – Legal / Technical Issues
The Secretary then informed the EC about the legal aspects of E-voting. He informed that he had been asked to take up a
legal opinion about e-voting. He confirmed that there is no case regarding e-voting in any court of law in the country. He
also informed about the advantage of having e-voting where the number of people voting can be increased. It was
suggested to take an opinion poll of the members of NSI on the matter and then it can be passed in the next GBM. It was
then decided by the EC that the new Membership Forms should include a column for Email address, which should be
mandatory. The secretary then noted that e-voting is already acceptable in the bye-laws of NSI. He also informed that a
module for online voting is ready with the website providers – Chimera Technologies. It was resolved to seek legal opinion
on online voting.
2012/April/MTEC/10 - Publishing Members Directory - Paper or DVD
The secretary informed that the last directory was published in 2002. It was discussed by the EC that the members‟
information is already there on the website and hence there is no need to publish a separate directory. Resolved that the
membership directory be put up as a DVD with measures to be taken up for security of the data and to generate funds for
the NSI in the form of advertisements.
2012/April/MTEC/11 - Photo id for all members –
The secretary informed the house that Photo-ids were started with the idea of stopping non-members / associate
members from attending the GBM. Deliberations were made on the relevance of photo-ids in today‟s‟ context. It was
resolved that photo-id has no purpose today and hence not required.
2012/April/MTEC/12 - E-certificate to all members
The secretary informed the council that there had been mails from members requiring a membership certificate stating
that they are members of the society. Resolved that certificate be designed and the member can generate them from the
website. It was also resolved that membership certificate can be issued for the new members and information about
membership certificate be put up on the website.
2012/April/MTEC/13 - Seed Money for Annual Conferences
The secretary informed the council about the request of Dr Sankhla for seed money for the annual conference 2013.
Resolved that the clause of Rs. 300000/- can be changed to 500000/- now due to inflationary trends and the amount be
transferred to organizing secretary‟s account. It is being given 2 years in advance as now the conferences are decided 2
years in advance. It will continue to be a recoverable loan without interest.
2012/April/MTEC/14 - Bids for Symposia 2013 Mumbai
The secretary informed about the bids for symposia for the annual conference 2013 at Mumbai. There were three bids for
the neurology and 5 bids for neurosurgery symposia. All were in order. Discussions took place at length and decision was
taken as following.
Neurology symposium : Evidence informed management of Neurological Disorders
Convener : Dr R Sridharan, Chief Consultant Neurologist Apollo Hospital Chennai
Neurosurgery symposium : Degenerative Cervical Spine
Convener : Dr Deepu Banerji
Successful bidders will be informed about the same along with guideleines existing as per bye laws.
2012/April/MTEC/15 - Elections 2012
The secretary informed the house that this year elections will be held only for the post of President Elect. The procedure
and the cut-off dates for nominations for the elections for the year will be published in the newsletter.
2012/April/MTEC/16 - WFNS meeting at Seoul 2013 and related issues
NSI participation in the Seoul WFNS Meeting was discussed. Members suggested that the President and Secretary can
send a list of speakers from which the WFNS can select for Invited Speakers. The members can be informed about the
WFNS Meeting through mass mailings.
2012/April/MTEC/17 - Digitalization of all records and storage
Discussion was made for digitalization of all records of the members. The members advised that they have proposals for
the same and shall be mailing them to the secretary. It was then resolved that the details about the same will be worked
out later.
2012/April/MTEC/18 - Webcast / Podcast Annual Conference Proceedings
Dr. P Sarat Chandra informed that the details of the same are being worked out and it will be done for the annual
conference. Deliberations were made regarding the details. It was then resolved that the details regarding the copyright,
cost issues will be taken up by Dr. Sarat Chandra and will inform the secretary.
2012/April/MTEC/19 - Proposed Constitutional Amendments & Bye Laws
A letter by Dr VG Ramesh (Parallel Society – EC & Membership Issue) was discussed who has proposed 2 amendments.
1. Zonal representation
There is no need to change the present status as the spirit of integrated body of Neurological Society of India inclusive of Neurology, Neurosurgery and allied neurosciences will be adversely affected with the proposed change. The same shall be put up in the newsletter and then to be taken up in the General Body in December 2012. 2. Banning members from rival associations from holding NSI posts
After thorough detailed deliberations on the issue EC resolved that
F. The definition of rival / parallel / other neurosurgical bodies was not clear and it could not be clearly defined. It
needs further deliberations with more inputs.
G. The phrasing of the constitutional amendment proposed was not in proper shape and hence decision to send
back the amendment to Dr V G Ramesh for rephrasing was taken
H. The EC had decided unanimously that no NSI EC member can hold any EC post in any other organization of
neurology / neurosurgery / allied while serving the term with NSI. This will be put as mandatory clause when
nominations for the post will be published.
I. If an NSI EC member subsequently becomes an EC member of a rival organisation then he will automatically be
stripped of his NSI EC post.
J. The above decision will not be applicable in retrospect.
2012/April/MTEC/20 - Letters to be discussed / read
The Secretary informed about the letter written by Dr V K Jain regarding the mandatory registration of State / City Neuro
Clubs / Societies with the Neurological Society of India as the conferences are given to these regional societies.
Consensus was reached to make intensive campaign regarding above matter through personal contacts and other
available means.
The secretary then read a letter by Dr Ashok Panagariya regarding Integrated approach towards training & teaching in
neurosciences for conducting CME and teaching programmes for PG Students and young scientists. The letter was
welcome by all members and reemphasis on the subject was well appreciated in the interest of comprehensive training in
Neurosurgeries.
The Secretary then read a letter from Thieme Publishers about „The Journal of Neurological Surgery‟ from Thieme
publishers at special rates. The publishers were requesting for the email addresses of the members of NSI. IT was
decided that the company should purchase database at the rate published and should contact individually without using
the NSI loop.
Letter from Dr Shekhar Kurpad Chairman, Membership Committee of CNS proposed for an increase in the membership
of CNS by NSI members. The EC was of the view that mass mailing can be done to all NSI members regarding the
membership of CNS. He also asked about collaboration between AASAN-NSI regarding conduct of CME programmes
during the NSI annual conference and also exchange programmes between the two societies. Discussions were made for
incorporating the same in the NSI Conference. A separate symposium is not possible for Delhi conference in 2012,
however a parallel session of NSI-AASAN is possible in the afternoon. A possibility of more space in Mumbai 2013
conference was discussed more deliberations are needed in this direction. Intimation to Dr Shekhar Kurpad to be made.
A letter from Dr Manoj Tewari regarding archives issue was read. The trailing mails on this issue including Dr
Rajshekhars latest reply was tabled and it was decided that the new publication which has taken over Medknow has to be
contacted for updating the e-archives in the best possible way. Same shall be communicated to Dr Manoj Tewari.
2012/April/MTEC/21 – AASAN- NSI Collaboration
There was a discussion in the meeting regarding increased interaction between AASAN and NSI on an annual basis and
not just as a one off event. One suggestion was the participation of an AASAN member (resident or junior faculty) in the
award session of the NSI annual conference. The proposal is as follows:
AASAN will invite abstracts (with full papers submitted) for presentation at the NSI annual conference before June 30th
every year from eligible AASAN members
The committee to discuss the criteria will be formed between NSI & AASAN executive. NSI will waive registration fees for
the conference and provide accommodation during the conference.
The awardee will be allowed to make an Oral Presentation (12 minutes + 3 minutes discussion) during the Award Papers
session on Day one of the conference.
2012/April/MTEC/22 - Awards & Orations for 2012
The Secretary informed the EC about previous orators for Dr Jacob Chandi Oration (once in two years) and Dr RG Ginde
Oration (once in three years) which are due in 2012 :
The decision taken were as follows.
Dr Jacob Chandi Oration be awarded to Dr Majid Samii, Germany and
Dr RG Ginde Oration to Dr Yong-Kwang Tu, Taiwan.
2012/April/MTEC/23 - Treasurer‟s Report
Dr. Deepu Banerjee presented the Treasurer Report. He thanked Dr. Deo Pujari for doing an excellent job for the last 3
years. After December national conference in Bangalore, total new members joining USI were 87 out of which life
members were 27 (NS = 25 (Neurosurgeons) , NP = 2 (Neurophysician)) and associate members were 60. Dr. Deopujari
informed that from 1st of April 2012 new rates of the membership will be incorporated.
*Major Expenditure
1) Payment made for CME book Rs 5,26, 473 (byward books).
2) Subscription fees WFNS World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies – Membership fees for 1109 NSI members
(1109 X USD 8 = USD 8872 + bank charges ) = INR 4, 39, 138 /-
3) Money paid for orations (Bangalore Conference 2011):
Prof. Broggi Rs 33509 (EURO 500) Italy Oration
Prof. Servadei Rs 33509 (EURO 500) Italy Oration
Total Rs 67018 Inclusive Bank charges
4) Travelling Fellowship Paid To Residents And Young Neurosurgeons (After Bangalore conference 2011) :
Sr. No. NAME AMOUNT DEPARTMENT DETAILS
1 Dr Rajkumar Gandhi Rs 4230 Dept. of Neurosurgery, Govt. Stanley Medical College, Chennai
TRAVELLING FELLOWSHIP
2 Dr K Sivakumar Rs 4540 Dept. of Neurosurgery, Madurai Medical College, Madurai
TRAVELLING FELLOWSHIP
3 Dr H M Baba Dhoulath Khan Rs 4540 Dept. of Neurosurgery, Madurai Medical College, Madurai
TRAVELLING FELLOWSHIP
4 Dr N. Arun Kumar Rs 4540 Dept. of Neurosurgery, Madurai Medical College, Madurai
TRAVELLING FELLOWSHIP
5 Dr N Saravanan Rs 2500
Department of Neurosurgery, Madras Institute of Neurology, Madras Medical College, Chennai - 3
TRAVELLING FELLOWSHIP
6 Dr S. Jothikumar Rs 2500
Department of Neurosurgery, Madras Institute of Neurology, Madras Medical College, Chennai - 3
TRAVELLING FELLOWSHIP
7 Dr A Sendil Kumar Rs 2500
Department of Neurosurgery, Madras Institute of Neurology, Madras Medical College, Chennai - 3
TRAVELLING FELLOWSHIP
8 Dr. Manoranjitha Kumari Rs 2500
Department of Neurosurgery, Madras Institute of Neurology, Madras Medical College, Chennai - 3
TRAVELLING FELLOWSHIP
Total Rs 27850
5) Nurses travelling fellowships (After Bangalore conference 2011) :
1 Neuro-nurse Mrs J Revathy Rs. 3000 TRAVELLING FELLOWSHIP
2 Neuro-nurse Mrs Angela Gnanadurai Rs. 5200 Kerala TRAVELLING FELLOWSHIP
Total Rs 8200/-
6) Awards at Bangalore Neurocon 2011 :
1 Dr Kumbhar Kartik Rs 5000 AWARD
2 Dr Shejoy P. Joshua Rs 5000 AWARD
3 Dr S.S. Dhandapani Rs 5000 AWARD
4 Dr Mazda Turel Rs 5000 AWARD
5 Dr Aliasgar V. Moiyadil Rs 2500 AWARD
6 Dr Anirudh Kulkarni Rs 2500 AWARD
7 Dr Deepak Kumar Singh Rs 5000 AWARD
8 Dr N. Arunkumar Rs 5000 AWARD
9 Dr M Ganesh Kumar Rs 2500 AWARD
10 Dr Deepak Agarwal Rs 2500 AWARD
Total Rs 40000
7) Paid to Neurological Society of India Rs 50, 000 /- to Secretary‟s Account.
8) Sponsorship received from SUN PHARMA Rs 1, 50, 000/- & receivable Rs 35, 628/- . Sun Pharma also sponsored
Lunch, Dinner, Audiovisual, Printing & Faculty, Student Stay for 1st NSI – Education Cell, Mumbai. (Traveling
expenses paid for PG students = Rs 1, 03, 900 /- , Traveling expenses paid for National Faculty = Rs 79, 127 /-,
*Miscellaneous = Rs 2000/- )
9) Book keeping and other matters related to Finance :
*Bank A/C :
1) HDFC (opened mainly for payment gateway)
Current Balance: Rs 1, 13, 094 /- (till 31/12/2012)
2) IOB (BH extn Marine lines)
Current balance : Rs 2010179/- (11/04/2012)
3) Secretary A/C in Vellore, 4) Neurology India A/C in Hyderabad, 5) SBI, New delhi?
*Investments
1. FD in HDFC Bank Rs 10, 00, 000/- (Rs Ten Lakhs) - expires on 18/04/2013 (DOC :- 2/4/2011)
2. Deposit Investment in HDFC ( 15 lacs, reinvested as Rs 16,72,661/- + Rs 20, 00000 /- Deposited this year)
3. RBI Bonds and remaining amount and FD‟S (C/o Mr O P Mishra, Delhi)
Rs,10,00,000/- (Rs Ten Lakhs), expires on 05/01/2012 to be redeemed and reinvested.
Rs,10,00,000/- (Rs Ten Lakhs), expires on 17/12/2013
Rs. 5,00,000/- (RS. Five Lakhs), expires on 04/09/2014
4. FD‟s :- in Indian Overseas Bank (IOB, Mumbai ) from RBI Bonds.
Rs 50, 00, 000/- (Rs Fifty Lakhs) expires on 10/11/2012 (DOC :- 28/2/2011)
Rs 10, 00, 000/- (Rs Ten Lakhs) expires on 10/11/2012 (DOC:- 28/02/2011).
10) Received share of income of Rs 15, 00, 000/- from Neurocon 2011 at Bangalore in December, 2011 and Rs 12,
83, 825 /- in March 3, 2012, profit to be received.
The EC was unanimous in applauding the kind gesture of Dr Sampath Somanna the organizing secretary
Bangalore NEUROCON 2011 for extending generous contribution towards NSI as mentioned above.
2012/April/MTEC/24 - Editor‟s Report
The secretary informed the house that due to unavoidable reasons Dr J M K Murthy could not be personally present but
has sent his report. The report was then read and approved.
Report :
Neurology India 2011 – Performance
Total number of submission in the year 2011: 1139
Number of submissions accepted for publication: 251 (22.3%)
Number of articles published till date (2011 submissions): 243 (97%)
Neurology India 2011 Volume 59
Total articles published: 303
Editorials: 20, Reviews: 10, Original articles: 69, Brief articles: 17, Case reports: 43, Letters to Editor: 103, Neuroimage: 9,
Correspondence: 29, Book reviews: 3
The ratio between original articles (including brief reports) and case reports is 2:1. Six topics of the issue were published
during 2011.
The expectation for the year 2010, the impact factor should be above 1
All the six issues in the year 2011 were published in time.
Neurology India 2012 – Performance till date
Total number of submissions till 21-4-2012: 339
Number of submissions accepted: 27 (8%)
Number of article in peer-review and under revision: 68 (20%)
Number of submissions found not suitable for publication: 244 (72%)
Finances
The total expenditure for publication and posting of Neurology India for the year 2011 was Rs 22,36,968/-. Only Rs
5,77,315/- were paid from the NSI accounts and the reset of the money Rs 16,59,653 was raised from the advertisements
and subscriptions. The pending bill to be paid to the publisher is Rs 1,27,825/-. The present bank balance is Rs
1,66,208.77/-
2012/April/MTEC/25 - CME Convener Report
Dr.V P Singh & Dr M D Nair jointly presented the CME Report. They informed that the video session will not be a part of
the CME this year. They proposed to start a lunch symposium. Instructions for the speakers were also discussed and the
same will be duly circulated to the concerned individuals. Dr V P Singh informed that a decision was taken that the
speakers who have given their talk in the last 3 years will not be given a lecture in this year CME. The tentative scientific
programme was presented in the meeting and accepted.
Full report is appended as addendum in annexure A.
2012/April/MTEC/26 - Webmaster‟s Report
This is a transition phase between previous webmaster Dr V Rajshekhar and present webmaster Dr Sarat Chandra. The
intricacies and delicacies of the issues involved were identified for smooth changeover. More interactive website along
with altered facsimile of the website was presented by Dr Sarat Chandra and was accepted by the EC. However it is going
to take time. The issues involved with vendor were also discussed.
2012/April/MTEC/27 - Joint Meetings with foreign societies
The secretary raised the issue of some members as to what were the criteria of arranging joint meetings with foreign
societies. It was clarified that these meetings were taken up by members on individual basis with prior information and
approval of the president of NSI. The EC and general body is always taken into confidence.
2012/April/MTEC/28 - Report of Education Committee
Dr. C E Deopujari, presented the Educational Cell report as a Convener. The first post graduate course was conducted at
the Bombay Hospital on 3rd
and 4th February, 2012. 31 final year students participated and in this instructional course,
there were lectures followed by mock exam where 7 national faculties and 12 local faculties helped us as a teachers and
examiners. The program was considered useful by the students and the faculties.
The 2nd
course of the year will be conducted in Vellore on 25th and 26
th August, 2012 and the next February course has
been confirmed at Delhi, while PGI Chandigarh and GB Pant Hospital have also shown their willingness to hold further
courses.
The 1st Hands on Workshop of NSI is scheduled in Mumbai from April 20-21, 2012. This course was conducted at
Ethicon Biosurgery Lab for microvascular anastomosis on 1st day with and 2
nd day endo and microsurgical cadaver
dissection course was at Sir JJ Group of Hospitals and Grant Medical College, Mumbai.
10 students from all over India were selected on first come first served basis. The workshop faculty for first day consisted
of Dr. Deepu Banerji, Dr. Vikram Karmarkar, Dr. Vinita and Dr. Deopujari and on the 2nd day the course directors were
Dr. Palande, D.Vernon Velho, Dr. Deepu Banerji, Dr. Vikram Karmarkar, Dr. Anand Subrahmanyam, Dr. Suresh
Sankhla and Dr. Deopujari. The next course will be in Chennai on 28th and 29
th of July under the leadership of Dr.
Shridhar and Dr. Rajshekhar.
2012/April/MTEC/29 - Fellowships available / Speciality fellowship offer
Following are the 5 applicants who have applied for the Fellowship
1) Dr. Arun Oomen, Kottayam Medical College, Kottayam 2) Dr. J Srinivas, Nizam‟s Institute, Hyderabad 3) Dr. Harsimrat Sodhi, PGIMER, Chandigarh, Punjab. 4) Dr. Anand Dank, Bangalore 5) Dr. Parthasarathi Datta, Kolkata.
They are being processed and will start later this year and we will have facility for 10 such fellows every year from next year
2012/April/MTEC/30 – Neurocon 2012
Discussions on the planning of scientific programme of Neurocon 2012 were then taken up. It was informed to the council
that the abstract submission will start on 1st
of June and will close on 31st
of July midnight. Only online submission is
valid. It was decided to start a short paper presentation of 3+1 minutes and flash presentation. The scientific committee
chairman will incorporate these decisions in coming meeting and will duely communicate to presenters. Last date for
finalizing of the scientific programme will be 15th October. Formation of Scientific Committee was discussed. Public
Awareness Lecture was then discussed. The topic for the same was decided as Epilepsy & Women. A note of direction to
organizing secretary for dignified evening programmes was clubbed during discussion on this agenda.
2012/April/MTEC/31 - Update on Liaison committee
The EC re-enforced its previous decision of approaching MCI for including study of neurosciences at MBBS level and PG
level. The update on this issue has to be taken from Dr Indra Devi Prof Neurosurgery NIMHANS Bangalore.
The importance of liaisoning with other Asian countries / SAARC countries was discussed. Discussion was done to
incorporate them in NSI. It was discussed to invite them to present papers in the annual conferences.
Presidents Paper
A paper by President as NSI initiatives was put for discussion which was vast comprehensive and meaningful. The
members were appreciative of the teaching programmes, workshops and fellowships. The interaction at various levels
with neighbouring countries ie SAARC and Non SAARC nations were accepted as important agenda on NSI initiatives.
The awareness programme regarding Neurological health and diseases should not only be based on media but a
direction was laid down to more focused audience ie IMA & GPs. The NSI should not sit back on its social responsibility
towards people at large. It has to be the front runner for the campaign for wearing helmet and using seat belt during
driving.
The suggestive note of Life time achievement awards in Neurology, Neurosurgery and allied and young scientists award
for younger neurologists below 45 years of age was appreciated but need thorough discussion. EC requested Dr Turel to
put blueprint for the same for discussion in coming meeting which should include the criterion, the judges and/or award
committee.
An importance and need for an interactive website was also discussed and further light on the subject has to come from
the webmaster in forthcoming discussions. Inclusion of Neurology in MBBS course was also discussed.
The President-NSI acknowledged all the Council Members for their active participation, support and co-operation. The
Council also thanked the warm hospitality and the arrangements made by Dr Sankhala who despite being so busy with
the BNA meeting took time and measures to smoothen the meeting. The meeting ended on a positive note.
Mumbai 2013 Venue & Site Visit : Dr Sankhla made a presentation regarding the arrangements, the event manager, the
proposed registration fees for the 2013 conference. The venue is located centrally in the heart of the city and accessible
to Marine drive and near by starred hotels. Following this the members went around the proposed venue NCPA for the
NEUROCON 2013 Mumbai and saw the various halls available for the presentations, services available and proposed
exhibition area and food court. The facilities available at this site were found appropriate for the conference. On the spot
suggestions and interaction came up with the organizers and due alterations were accepted by them for smooth conduct
of the conference.
ANNEXURE – A CME 2012 New Delhi
Common Session 25+5
08.30 - 08.40 Inauguration by President VP Singh, Muralidharan Nair
08.40 – 09.10 Futuristic Neurosurgery Majid Samii
09.10 - 10.40 Symposium on good paper writing, presentation & critical evaluation
- How to write a good paper
- How to make a good presentation (powerpoint / video)
- How to critically evaluate a paper - including level of evidence, type of study (methodology), statistical analysis (what should be used where)
- Various indices - citation index etc. - How to get published
Peush Sahni, Rakesh Agarwal
10.40 - 11.00 Tea / Coffee
Concurrent Sessions
Neurosurgery session : Advances in Neurosurgery 20+5
11.00 - 11.25 CNS radiotherapy: What every neurosurgeon should know Rakesh Jalali
11.25 - 11.50 Practical spine biomechanics for clinical practice SS Kale
11.50 - 12.15 Epilepsy surgery: future directions Bhaskar Rao
12.15 - 12.40 MR PET applications in Neurosurgery Siemens
Neurosurgery lunch symposium on eloquent area tumors
12.45 - 13.05 Preoperative localisation Srinivas Babu
13.05 - 13.25 Intraoperative monitoring Srinivas Babu
13.25 - 13.45 Surgery for eloquent area tumors Ari Chacko
13.45 - 13.55 Discussion
Neurosurgery session: Evidence based neurosurgery 20+5
14.00 - 14.25 Decompressive craniectomy Dilip Panikar
14.25 - 14.50 Management of spinal metastasis R Easwaran
14.50 - 15.15 -- German ns
Neurosurgery session: Controversies in neurosurgery
15.15 - 16.00 Recurrent GBM – aggressive vs conservative approach
Alok Ranjan - Kanchan Mukherjee
15 + 15 + 15 discussion
16.00 - 16.45 Chiari with syringomyelia – FMD vs FMD & syrinx drainage
N Muthukumar – B Chidambaram
15 + 15 + 15 discussion
List of new members
New Members after December 15, 2011 upto April 20, 2012) :-
Total New Members = 87
NSI Life Members = 27
NS = 25 (Neurosurgeons) , NP = 2 (Neurophysician)
NSI Associate Members = 60
Life Members
Dr A S Ramesh RNS-120 Dr Alok Kr. Gupta GNS-80 Dr Anand B Kakani KNS-104 Dr Anil Vishnu Patil PNS-113 Dr A K Chaudhary CNS-47 Dr Balumohan M BNS-97 Dr Deepak Kumar KNS-106 Dr G. Rajasekaran RNS-121 Dr Girish Rajpal RNS-122 Dr J Srisaravanan SNS-222 Dr K Chandrasekar CNS-46 Dr Manjari Tripathi TNP-17 Dr N Chandrashekar CNS-48
Dr Nagaraj V. Gadwal GNS-79 Dr Nimit Kumar Gupta GNS-78 Dr Raghuram G. RNS-119 Dr Rakesh K C Luhana LNS-11 Dr Ravindra Srivastava SNS-224 Dr S Suresh Kumar KNS-105 Dr Sanjeev R Desai DNS-56 Dr Shashwat Mishra MNS-103 Dr Shiva S Kupanur KNS-107 Dr Sniadhendu Ghosh GNP-34 Dr Subrata Saha SNS-221 Dr Sumit Deb DNS-57 Dr Sunil Shetty K R SNS-223 Dr V S Hari HNS-16
Associate Members
Dr Abdul Jaleel P. JA-74 Dr Ajay Herur HA-19 Dr Akhil Deepika K AA-94 Dr Akshat Pandey PA-124 Dr Akshay Hari HA-20 Dr Amit Kumar Singh SA-295 Dr Amrit Kumar Saikia SA-293 Dr Ananda Kumar Mahapatra PA-128 Dr Animesh Upadhyay UA-2 Dr Ankit Sharma SA-301 Dr Arun H. S. SA-300 Dr Arun P S SA-302 Dr Arun Reddy M RA-133 Dr Ashok M. MA-141 Dr Balasubramani Karuppannan KA-175 Dr Bhavani Prasad Ganji GA-121 Dr Byjo V. J. BA-129 Dr Dhandayuthapani V. DA-75 Dr Dipendra Kumar Pradhan PA-125 Dr Ganesh V. VA-72 Dr Jeevesh Mallik MA-134 Dr Kamal Haloi HA-18 Dr Krishna Chaitanya Joshi JA-71 Dr Lakshmanarao Chittem CA-77 Dr Lokesha B. L. LA-17 Dr Lukam I G Mulla MA-139 Dr M. Prabhu PA-126 Dr Manoj Kumar V B MA-137 Dr Muthuraman P MA-133 Dr Nirup Datta DA-74
Dr Niten Kumar KA-176 Dr Nithyanand R. NA-55 Dr Nityanand Pandey PA-131 Dr Pavithran V. M. PA-129 Dr Prakash V. Nair NA-54 Dr Pramod Kumar Chaurasia CA-76 Dr Prashant Singh Kushwaha KA-174 Dr Raghavendra H. RA-132 Dr Rahul S. Shirpewar SA-291 Dr Rajeev Goel GA-120 Dr Rajendra Prasad A. RA-134 Dr Ratnadip Bose BA-132 Dr Ravi Thakkar TA-36 Dr Renuka Satyanarayana Sharma SA-292 Dr Samir Nitin Parekh PA-127 Dr Sanjay Prabhakar Bendale BA-130 Dr Sanjeevkumar N. Munoli MA-136 Dr Santosh R RA-136 Dr Satvik P G SA-298 Dr Sawarkar Dattaraj Paramanand SA-297 Dr Shailendra Deepak Anjankar AA-95 Dr Shantanu Anil Gunjotikar GA-119 Dr Shivashankar Marajakke MA-135 Dr Shivender Sobti SA-294 Dr Sondev Bansal BA-128 Dr Sumanth Kumar N. KA-178 Dr T. Sureshbabu SA-296 Dr Toldo Moreno MA-140 Dr Veeresha U. Mathad MA-138 Dr Vishal Rokade RA-135
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NEUROCON 2012
Dear Friends, On behalf of the Organizing committee it gives us great pleasure to invite you for the 61st Annual Conference of Neurological Society of India in New Delhi in December 19 – 22, 2012. We invite you to join NSI 2012 where you will meet the stalwarts of Neuroscientists and other regional and international neurological societies from across the country and the globe to share professional, research, academic and clinical experience as well as professional and personal insights to further the knowledge and service delivery system. The 61st Annual Conference of Neurological Society of India will be collaborating with the German Society of Neurosurgery to host an exciting Indo-German friendship meeting which will aim to provide the most contemporary knowledge in Neurosurgery and allied areas. We plan to cover areas like Head injury, vascular, neurooncology, epilepsy surgery, neuro imaging and other recent advances in Neurosurgery. We cordially invite you to join us in New Delhi in December 2012. Please do write to us for more details. We look forward to meeting you in New Delhi.
Registration Registration for conference is compulsory, for all irrespective of the type of participation (attending workshop, presenting a paper, delivering a talk or panel discussion).
Mode of Payment Register and Pay Online at www.neurocon2012.com Pay by DD/ At Par cheque in the name of “NSI Conference 2012” and send the same along with the registration form to the conference secretariat.
Conference Secretariat Dr. P Saratchandra, Additional Professor Dept of Neurosurgery, Room No. 7, Neurosciences Faculty chambers, 6th floor, CN Center All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.110029 Ph: + 91 11 26546477 Fax: + 911 2644 7478 Email:[email protected] Website: www.neurocon2012.com
Dr. P Sarat Chandra Organizing Secretary
Dr. A K Mahapatra
Organizing Chairperson
Abstract submission The abstracts should be submitted ONLY through the NSI website - www.neurosocietyindia.org. The abstract centre will open on 1st June 2012 and will close on July 31st 2012. The rules and regulations for award paper submissions are available in the NSI website
Register Online Download Registration Form
NSI ACADEMIC FORUM
Dear NSI members,
It is with great pleasure that we announce the initiation of a new academic forum on our NSI website. This will
give all of us an opportunity to test our academic acumen, disseminate knowledge and enhance our
communication with each other. We request you to wholeheartedly contribute to this endeavour to make it a
grand success.
The NSI academic forum would be under the following subheadings:
1. Case under spotlight: An entire case with clinical/operative photographs, their legends and the patient management will be summarised in about 5-6 photographs, their legends and a small paragraph of discussion. The entire write-up should not be of more than 500 words.
2. Question collage: Three multiple-choice questions related to the “Case under spotlight” will be presented and answers exhibited on the website at the end of the month. We request you to contribute to the “Case under spotlight” and “Question collage” as well as write to the “Feedback forum” regarding your opinion/management protocol for the case.
3. Management dilemma: A short history and preoperative radiology of a patient with two photographs will be presented with pertinent questions and the readers will be asked to express their opinion regarding the patient’s management in the “Feedback forum.” At the end of the month, the way the case was managed by the contributing author will be presented.
4. Resident’s niche: A small write up of basic anatomy, clinical note, histology, radiology or management in only be one paragraph of less than 300 words will be presented.
5. Opinion-O-metre: A single question may be asked and as soon as it is answered in “Yes, No or Not sure,” the real-time score will be exhibited to the reader participating in the opinion poll. A clock will also reveal the total number of responses recorded at that point in time for that particular question.
6. Feedback forum: Opinions expressed by the readers along with their name and institution will be exhibited. Anonymous letters, however, will not be entertained. This may be related to any of the above mentioned five sections.
While contributing cases, we request you to kindly maintain patient confidentiality in photographs and text. A certification on the senior author’s letter-head signed by all authors stating that all of them have read the case manuscript (entitled: )and approve its final form; that this case has neither been accepted, published nor copyrighted by any other journal ; and, there are no conflict of issue matters associated with the manuscript, would be a mandatory accompaniment as a scanned document attached with the e mail. This however would not be required for contributions to the “Feedback forum.” All material published on the website will be duly acknowledged. The editors of the website reserve the right to edit the readers contributions especially with regard to corrections in English language, brevity and propriety. The contributors will be solely responsible for their opinions and the ethical issues associated with their contributions.
The cases with photographs may be sent as word files and high resolution JPEG images to all of the e mail
addresses: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected].
This is your website. We solicit your active participation by sending us interesting cases managed by you.
National Poisons Information Centre, Department of Pharmacology,
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
The National Poisons Information Centre (NPIC) is running in the Department of Pharmacology, All India
Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. The Centre works 24x7 and provides on the spot information on
management of various poisonings to health care professionals, Government and Private hospitals, all over the
country.
The NPIC provides information on:
the likely diagnosis
possible signs & symptoms
management guidelines
possible antidote and availability
What the information seeker should provide:
Information about
himself - name, relationship, contact no., address
the patient
- age, sex, time since exposure, substance
ingested, amount, mode, signs & symptoms,
treatment provided
What is not provided by NPIC:
Active treatment of the patient
Supply of antidotes
In case of poisoning, call the NPIC
Tel. No.: 011-26589391
Fax No.: 011-26589691
E mail: [email protected]
Pl. note that the information provided cannot be used for any legal purpose
Incharge:
Dr.Y.K.Gupta
Chief, NPIC Prof. & Head
Department of Pharmacology
Coordinator:
Dr. Sharda Shah Peshin (NPIC) Scientist
Department of Pharmacology
Activities of the NSI can be accessed on the Internet
Rules of the Society and application forms can be downloaded from http://www.neurosocietyindia.org
Members are encouraged to visit the site.
Members desirous of having items included in the website / newsletter may please contact:
The Secretary, NSI at [email protected] Information should be sent by e mail.
NSI Office during the Annual Conference at Delhi
All delegates attending the Annual Conference at New Delhi are kindly requested to report to the NSI
office as soon as possible after their registration process.
They are requested to re-verify their membership numbers and addresses so that the same can be
updated in the records as well as in the Membership Directory.
The office shall remain open throughout the conference.
- Honorary Secretary
Membership Dues
The Executive Committee shall propose all dues for different categories of members. These
decisions will be implemented with the concurrence of the General Body. Membership shall be
counted from 1st January to 31st December or 1st June to 31st May (depending on when the
member was admitted) for purposes of annual subscriptions.
Members who have not paid their subscription by 31st December or 31st May shall be sent a
registered acknowledgement due notice by the Treasurer of the Society giving them till 31st
March or 31 st August to clear all outstanding dues. Non-payment of subscription by 31st
March or 31st August would result in removal of the member's name from the rolls.
Only Life Members, who have paid their dues by 31st March, would be eligible to vote in that
calendar year.
Dear Members
Kindly quote your membership number for all future correspondence with the society.
For new membership
Forms can be down loaded through the Website and photocopy of the same can be used.
Send filled in forms with subscription to:-
Dr. Deepu Banerji,
Consultant Neurosurgeon,
Fortis Wockhardt Hospital,
Mulund Goregaon Link Road,
Mumbai 400078.
Email: [email protected]
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Kindly confirm change of postal address/ e-mail address etc. to the Secretary, NSI at:
Dr. R. C. Mishra,
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Email: [email protected], secretary#neurosocietyindia.org
For speedy communication kindly use E-mail
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Department of Neurology,
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Hyderabad 500001.
Email: [email protected]
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