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1 api - 73rd ANNUAL MEETING The Association of Physicians of India Notice and Agenda of Seventy Third Annual General Body Meeting Seventy Third Annual Report Minutes of the Seventh Second Annual General Body Meeting held on 26 th January 2017 at Mumbai. Minutes of the Second General Body Meeting held on 28 th January 2017 at Mumbai. Audited Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2017. Audited Statement of Accounts of APICON 2016 held in Hyderabad. Notice and Agenda of second General Body meeting. 73rd API A n n u a l M e e t i n g Mangesh Tiwaskar Hon. General Secretary Turf Estate # 6 & 7, Off Dr. E. Moses Road, Opp. Shakti Mills Compound, Near Mahalaxmi Station (West), Mumbai Tel : (022) / Fax : (022) api.hdo@gmail.com

2 THE ASSOCIATON OF PHYSICIANS OF INDIA Governing Body ( ) President Elect President Past President Pritam Gupta BR Bansode Gupreet Singh Wander (Delhi) (2018) (Mumbai) (2018) (Ludhiana) (2018) Hon. General Secretary Vice Presidents Girish Mathur (Kota) (2018) BB Rewari (New Delhi) (2019) Jyotirmoy Pal (Talpukur) (2020) Hon. Treasurer Mangesh Tiwaskar (Mumbai) (2019) Charu K Jani (Mumbai) (2020) Members Vijay Viswanathan Agam C Vora Ashok K Taneja (Chennai) (2018) (Mumbai) (2019) (Gurgaon) (2020) MPS Chawla Shibendu Ghosh CL Nawal (New Delhi) (2018) (Hooghli) (2019) (Jaipur) (2020) Sekhar Chakraborty JL Punglia NK Soni (Siliguri) (2018) (Chittorgarh) (2019) (Ghaziabad) (2020) DP Singh R Rajasekar Devi Ram (Bhagalpur) (2018) (Kumbakonam) (2019) (Purnia) (2020) Zonal Members North Zone RM Chhabra Mid South Zone Naval Chandra (New Delhi) (2020) (Hyderabad) (2020) North West Zone Rajinder K Bansal South Zone K Mugundhan (Ludhiana) (2020) (Salem) (2020) Central Zone Prabhat Pandey Mid East Zone RR Choudhary (Durg) (2020) (Patna) (2020) West Zone Narayan Deogaonkar East Zone RN Sarkar (Nasik) (2020) (Kolkata) (2020) Ex-Officio Member Dean, ICP Rohini Handa (Delhi) Director, PRF YP Munjal (Gurgaon) Invited Members Editor-in-chief, API Text Book Sandhya Kamath (Mumbai) Chairman, API House Committee Siddharth N Shah (Mumbai) Editor-in-Chief, JAPI Milind Y Nadkar (Mumbai) Co-opted Members Jt. Secretary (President s place) Nihar Mehta (Mumbai) Jt. Secretary (HQ) Ashit M Bhagwati (Mumbai) (2019) Armed Forces, Medical Services Maj. Gen. (Dr.) A.K. Hooda (New Delhi) Organising Secretary, APICON 2018 P Chandrasekhara (Bengaluru) Organising Secretary, APICON 2017 Shashank R Joshi (Mumbai) 2

3 73rd ANNUAL MEETING TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS OF INDIA Dear Colleague, The 73 rd Annual Report; Minutes of the 72 nd AGM / SGM and Audited Statement of Accounts have been circulated alongwith. I request you to go through them; and if you have any queries, please send them to API Office by 10 th February Only those queries received by 10 th February 2018 will be discussed in the 73 rd Annual General Body Meeting to be held on 22 nd February 2018 at Bengaluru. With Warm Regards and wishing you all a Happy & Prosperous New Year. Yours sincerely, Dr. Mangesh Tiwaskar Hon. Gen. Secretary 3

4 THE ASSOCIATON OF PHYSICIANS OF INDIA The Association of Physicians of India 22 nd January 2018 Notice The Seventy second Annual General Body Meeting of the Association of Physicians of India will be held on 22 nd February 2018 at 5.00 p.m. at Hall 2 venue of APICON 2018; Dr. Babu Rajendra Prasad International Convention Centre, GKVK Campus, UAS Campus, Bengaluru. You are requested to be present at the meeting. Agenda 1. Apologies 2. Condolences 3. Confirmation of the minutes of the Second General Body Meeting (2017) held at Mumbai on 28 th January 2017 (copy enclosed) 4. Matters arising out of the minutes 5. Consideration of the Annual Report for the year ended 2017 and the audited statement of accounts for the year ended 31/03/2017 (copy enclosed). 6. Consideration of resolution / suggestions from members. 7. Prize Distribution and scrolls to various assignments of API and JAPI. 8. To confirm the venue for Annual Conference of API 2019 as Kochi and to decide the venue for the APICON Appointment of Auditors for the year and fix their remuneration. 10. Any other business that may be brought before the meeting with the permission of the chair. 11. Installation of the President for Dr. Mangesh Tiwaskar Hon. Gen. Secretary 4 Turf Estate # 6 & 7, Off Dr. E. Moses Road, Opp. Shakti Mills Compound, Near Mahalaxmi Station (West), Mumbai Tel : (022) / Fax : (022) api.hdo@gmail.com

5 73rd ANNUAL MEETING Minutes of the Second General Body Meeting The Second General Body Meeting of the Association of Physicians of India was held on 28th January 2017 at Mumbai. As the quorum was not complete, the meeting was adjourned. The adjourned meeting was reconvened after 15 minutes President Dr. B. R. Bansode was in the chair and welcomed all the members and called the meeting to order. The following members were present:- Drs. B. R. Bansode, Mumbai; C.K. Jani, Mumbai; G.S. Wander, Ludhiana; Mangesh Tiwaskar, Mumbai; N.P. Singh, Delhi; Kamlesh Tewary, Muzaffarpur; A.K. Taneja, Gurgaon; Munish Prabhakar, Gurgaon; N.K. Soni, Ghaziabad; Vitull K. Gupta, Bathinda; G. Narasimulu, Hyderabad; Mahesh Marda, Hyderabad; P. Raghu Ramulu, Hyderabad; Naval Chandra, Hyderabad; A.M. Bhagwati, Mumbai; Narayan Prakash, Lucknow; Pawan Kumar Agrawal, Patna; Sunil Kumar Agrawal, Patna; Jeevan Prakash, Lucknow; R.R. Chaudhary, Patna; A.P. Misra, New Delhi; R.N. Sarkar, Kolkata; R.K. Goyal, Ajmer; G. Ramasubbu, Kochi; Jai Bhagwan, Gurgaon; Anupam Prakash, New Delhi; Y.S.N. Raju, Hyderabad; Prabhat Pandey, Durg; C.L. Nawal, Jaipur; Jayant Panda, Cuttack; Samar Banerjee, Kolkata; R. Chandni, Calicut; Kiran Soni, Ghaziabad; Atul Bhasin, New Delhi; G. Lokendranath, Hindupur; P. Chandrasekhara, Bangalore; Joy Chakraborty, Gurgaon; Rohini Handa, New Delhi; R.M. Chhabra, New Delhi; A. Muruganathan, Tirupur; M.P.S. Chawla, New Delhi; S.K. Jha, Bhubaneswar; Santosh Kumar Swain, Cuttack; Ghanshyam Pangte, Delhi; R. Rajasekar, Kumbakonam; Chandra Pal Singh, Moradabad; Mrs. Gursaran Sidhu, Ludhiana; K. Mugundhan, Salem; Milind Y. Nadkar, Mumbai; B.B. Rewari, New Delhi; P.S. Karmakar, Kolkata; Vikram Londhey, Mumbai; Sudhir Mehta, Jaipur; Shibendu Ghosh, Kolkata; Y.P. Munjal, Gurgaon; Ashok Kumar Das, Pondicherry; Narayan Deogankar, Nasik; Soumitra Ghosh, Kolkata; Amit Saraf, Thane; S.V. Kulkarni, Khopoli; Rajesh Upadhyay, Delhi; Rajinder Bansal, Ludhiana; Siddharth Shah, Mumbai; Sreenivasa Kamath, Kochi; M. Ravikeerthy, Bangalore. 1. Apologies Request for leave of absence were received from Drs. P. S. Shankar Gulbarga, V. Parameshwara Bangalore, Anil Chauturvedi New Delhi; Sekar Chakravarty - Silliguri; Jyotirmoy Pal and Devi Ram. Leave of absence was granted to them. 2. Confirmation of the minutes of the 72 nd Annual General Body meeting held on 26 th January 2017 at Mumbai. The copy of the minutes of the 72 nd Annual General Body meeting held on 26 th January 2017 was circulated to the present members and the same were passed, proposed by Dr. Ashok Taneja and Seconded by Dr. G. Narasimulu. 5

6 THE ASSOCIATON OF PHYSICIANS OF INDIA 3. Any other matter with the permission of the chair. Organising Chairman APICON 2017 Dr. Siddharth Shah informed that Scientific Program contents were appreciated by all; he thanked all the members for their support. Dr. YP Munjal pointed out that Dr. Mahesh Marda raised the issue of Electronic Ballot, his request will need a constitutional amendment which has to come first to Governing Body and then to the General Body as per the Constitution. Dr. A. K. Das and other members appreciated the arrangements and services rendered by the Organizing Committee specially Dr. Siddharth Shah and Dr. Shashank R. Joshi. He pointed out that the scientific program was excellent in time frame and all the three books were received before they reached to APICON. Dr. Pritam Gupta informed that MCQs books are ready at USV stall and every one can collect from there. President Dr. BR Bansode informed that this is the first time MCQs were tried and every PG student s needs various CMEs and MCQs etc. The Medicine Update book is very popular amongst the PG students. It was planned to start MCQs from API along with the other three books. Dr. Jayanta Panda is the first who took charge for assisting these MCQs book. Dr. YP Munjal and other members complemented President Dr. BR Bansode, Chairman Scientific Committee and Dr. Jayanta Panda for motivating for the benefits to the PG students for their examination for going abroad. President Dr. BR Bansode informed that the scientific program basic frame work was supported by Dr. Siddharth Shah and the Scientific Committee consisting of Drs. Amit Sharaf, Vikram Londhey, Trupti Trivedi, Nihar Mehta and Deepak Jumani. All these members worked hard, day and night and during scientific program and they were present for the whole day in all the halls. Dr. Siddharth Shah congratulated President - Dr. BR Bansode and Dean, Dr. A. Muruganathan for their excellent work. Members congratulated President Dr. BR Bansode, Dr. Siddharth Shah and Dr. Shashank Joshi for the wonderful scientific feast. The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the chair. Dr. B.R. Bansode President Dr. Mangesh Tiwaskar Hon. General Secretary 6

7 73rd ANNUAL MEETING Minutes of the 72 nd Annual General Body Meeting The Seventy Second Annual General Body Meeting of the Association of Physicians of India was held on 26 th January 2017 at 5.00 p.m. at Hall B venue of APICON 2017 Hotel Rennaisance Powai, Mumbai. President Dr. G. S. Wander was on the chair, he welcomed all the members and called the meeting in order. The following members were present:- Drs. GS Wander Ludhiana; BR Bansode Mumbai; CK Jani Mumbai; Mangesh Tiwaskar Mumbai; Milind Nadkar Mumbai; Shashank Joshi- Mumbai,; Siddharth Shah Mumbai; Shyam Sunadar Varanasi; RK Goyal Ajmer; Lt. Gen Rtd BNBM Prasad- New Delhi; GD Ramchandani Kota; Girish Mathur Kota, KK Pareek Kota; Manatosh Panja Kolkatta; RR Choudhary Patna; Kamlesh Tiwari Muzaffarpur; ME Yeolekar Mumbai; S Chandrashekhar Chennai; B Panda- bhubhaneshwar; J Bhagwan Gurgaon; Rohini Handa New Delhi, Rajesh Upadhyay New Delhi, YP Munjal New Delhi, BB Thakur- Muzaffarpur; Sandhya Kamath Mumbai; Pritam Gupta - New Delhi; YSN Raju Hyderabad; CV Kulkarni Khapoli; CL Naval Jaipur; M Saju -; RK Singhal New Delhi; DK Hazra Agra; PK Maheshwar Agra; B Naik Navi Mumbai; RP Purohit Sheoganj; KK Sawlani Lucknow; Anupam Prakash New Delhi, Jeewan Prakash Lucknow; Nirum Prakash Lucknow; ML Patel Lucknow, D Himanshu Lucknow; Shyam Chand Choudhary Lucknow; V Chandrashekar Warangal; K Buchireddy Warangal.; D Nagendra Hyderabad,A Bucchibabu Hyderabad; G Alangan Chennai; Munish Prabhakar Gurgaon, Rajesh Kakkar Gurgaon; Ashok Taneja Gurgaon; Joy Chakrabarty Gurgaon; Arun Agarwal Jaipur; MM Prabhu Manipal, D Govindappa Bangalore; H Basavanagowdappa mysore, K Ravi Bangalore; M Ravi Kirti Bangalore; M Ravindra bangalore; V Chennaraya- Bangalore; P Chandrshekara Bangalore; Prabhat Agarwal Agra; Ashish Gautam Agra; Jitendra Kumar Donaria Agra; IL Chandelkar-; RN Haldawnai Jhansi; KK Vishwani Agra; Vikram Londhey Mumbai; PC Bhattacharya Guwahati; Amit Saraf Thane; Nihar Mehta Mumbai; Trupti Trivedi - Mumbai; Vrinda Kulkarni Mumbai; A Murugunathan- Tirupur; KK Lohani Gaya; A M Bhagwati Mumbai; BK Sahay Hyderabad; Vitul K Gupta Bhatinda; Alaka Deshpande Mumbai; SK Kalra Agra.; P Prakash Agra; Rajkumar Gupta Agra; Naval Chandra Hyderabad; Udai Lal Hyderaabad, Rakesh Sahay- Hyderabad; Gandharava Ray Cuttak, Y Bhaskar Kurnool, SK Shankar Lucknow; Harish Gupta - Kanpur; R Chandni Kuzhikude; SK Suma Allappaye; KB Rujita Kerela; PV Venkataram Nalla Bangalore; Pralhad Chawla Ghaziabad; DCS 7

8 THE ASSOCIATON OF PHYSICIANS OF INDIA Ram- Karimnagar, B Shankar Jagtial, K Vijayakumar Kotayyum; Shivaraj Alashetty Kalburgi; PB Minanalxmi Kerala; Sangam Biradar Gulbarga; V N Vishwanath Gulbarga; Sanjay Singh Agra; Varun Gupta Agra; Durga Singh Agra; S Tandon Lucknow; Brij Mohan Kanpur; Anuj Maheshwari Lucknow; Atul Mehrotra Lucknow; Sandeep Chowdhary Lucknow; K Madhukumar Kochi; PN Kumar Kochi; G Ramsubu Kochi; S Srinivaskumar Kochi; Anita Nambiar - Kochi; VV Haridas- Cherthala; V Balachandran Kochi; NT Verghese Kochi; PA Shajanhan- Kochi; Sajesh Ajukan - Muuwattupana; Josept Philip Kochi; Anil N Xavier Kochi; NS Sunil Kerala; Abraham P George Kerala; K Vijayakumar - Kerala; CS Kesavan Kerala; KS Vasant - Kerala, Sudha Vidyasgar Manipal; Jyotrmay Pal Kolkata, VK Verma Agra; Amit Kumar Ray Kolkata; N Janardhana- Kasaragad; Ashok Kumar Singh Kolkata; Mahendra Sharma Aurangabad; J Ramdas- Hyderabad; Ajay Mahajan Hisar; MG Sivadas- Kerala; Sunil A Kamath Kerala; Rajiv Kishor Agra; Soumitra Ghosh Kolkata; Udas Ghosh Kolkata; Jayant Panda Cuttak; R Rajashekahar Kumbakonam and Shibendu Ghosh Kolkata 1. Apologies Request for leave of absence were received from Drs. P. S. Shanker Gulbarga, V. Parameshwara Bangalore. Leave of absence was granted to them. 2. Condolences Hon. General Secretary Dr. Mangesh Tiwaskar informed about the sad demise of API Members H. S. Bajpai Varanasi; M. H. Tailor Bharuch; R. C. Panjwani Mumbai; K. Parameswaran Chennai and D. Chinniah Bangalore, Mahendra D. Nanavati- Junagadh; B. K. Hittalmani, Haveri - Dist. Dharwad; A. Shivashankar - Gulbarga; K.N. Somashekar- Chikmagalur; S. K. Mukherjee- Indore; D. Rama Rao- Bangalore; V. S. Achar-Bangalore; D. Bhattacharya Kolkata; R. Boopathy - Coimbatore; B. Mukherjee Ranchi; M. A. Kabeer-Chennai; Col. George Kurain Mavelikkara; T. P. Chandrasekharan- Trichur; M. Jayaprakash- Thodupuzha; R. K. Goswami- Tezpur; Surendra Kumar Arora- Rewari; P. R. Prasad Ranchi; V. V. Rama Rao- Rajahmundry; V. Vineent- Nagercoil; S. Sundarraj- Nagapattinam; B. Balanchandra Rao Mysore; Shalini Arya- Meerut City; M. L. Chatterjee- Maheshiala; Debarata Sen- Kolkata; S. Chatterjee- Hisar; Ashok Kumar Gupta- Gwalior; K. Palaniswamy- Coimbatore; Lokanath Acharya- Bhubaneshwar; B. C. Majhi Bankura; P. B. Ojha- Arrah; Debesh Chandra Sahu- Angul; Ashish Kr. Mukhopadhyay- Alipurduar; B. V. Agrawal- Varanasi and M. P. Srivastava -New Delhi, M. J. Gandhi - Mumbai, Rafeeq Abdul Razak Shaikh - Pune, H.S. Bajpai Varanasi, D. Chinnaiah Bangalore, R. C. Panjwani Mumbai, K. Parameswaran Chennai, M.H. Tailor Bharuch and Virendra Kumar Tiwari Garwah, Dr. 8

9 73rd ANNUAL MEETING Jacob Cherian Kerala, PV Bhagynathan Kerala, Patrose Mathai Kerala, P. Sharma Bihar, D. Ramarao Bangaluru, PK Shrivastav Banglore. Two minutes silence was observed in memory of the departed soul. The Governing Body authorized Hon. General Secretary to send a suitable resolution to the family members of the departed soul. 3. Confirmation of the minutes of the Second General Body Meeting (2016) held at Hyderabad on 30 th January 2016 The minutes of the Second General Body Meeting (2016) held at Hyderabad on 30 th January 2016 which was Circulated and passed from Page no 5 & 6 of AGM passed Proposed by Dr. NK Soni and Seconded by Dr. Ashok Taneja. 4. Matters arising out of the minutes NIL 5. Consideration of the Annual Report for the year ended 2016 and the audited statement of accounts for the year ended 31/03/2016. The Annual Report for the year ended 2016 and the audited statement of accounts for the year ended 31/03/2016 which were circulated were passed Proposed by Dr. Girish Mathur and Seconded by Dr. RR Chaudhari. 6. Consideration of resolution / suggestions from members. NIL 7. Prize Distribution and scrolls to various assignments of API and JAPI. Hon. General Secretary Dr. Mangesh Tiwaskar informed the members that awards are being given to best chapter / branches and Membership Development Award for the good work. Awards were given by the president Dr. G S Wander. Dr. Jivraj Mehta Award 2016 awarded to Dr. K. S. Chugh Chandigarh and Dr. Shyam Sundar Varanasi Gifted Teacher Award 2016 Awarded to Dr. A. R. Sircar Lucknow Distinguished Member Award 2016 awarded to Dr. Sharad Shah Mumbai 1 st prize Best State Chapter awarded to API Himachal Pradesh State Chapter 2 nd prize best Chapter Awarded to API Kerala Chapter 1 st prize Best City Branch awarded to API Mysuru Branch 2 nd prize Best Branch city awarded to API Karimnagar Branch 9

10 THE ASSOCIATON OF PHYSICIANS OF INDIA Membership development 2016 been given to Dr. Ajay Mahajan Hisar DR. M.J. SHAH MEMORIAL AWARD 2016 given to Dr. Swapnil Pendharkar, New Delhi Dr. D. B. Basu Award 2016 given to Dr. Omesh Goyal Ludhiana Dr. JN Berry Award 2016 given to Dr. BK Pramod Sagar Pondicherry Dr. Shurvir Singh Trust Visiting Professorship 2016 given to Dr. Manisha Rathi Chandigarh. JAPI awards were presented by Dr. Gurpreet Singh Wander and Dr. Milind Y. Nadkar Hon. Editor, JAPI. Three outstanding referees for Dr. V.R. Joshi JAPI Award for Outstanding Referee for the year They are Dr. Vrinda Kulkarni (Mumbai), Dr. Simmi Dube (Bhopal) and Dr. Mrinal Kanti Roy (Kolkata). 1 st Prize for Best Original Article entitled Hypomagnesemia in the ICU Does Correction Matter? - B Sheba Charles 1, Indira Menon 2, TS Girish 3, AM Cherian 4-1 Post Graduate, 2 Consultant and Head of the ICU, 3 Consultant, 4 Professor and Head of the Dept. of General Medicine, Bangalore Baptist Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka - J Assoc Physicians India 2016;64(11): nd Prize for Best Original Article entitled Infection Associated Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in Sepsis Syndromes - A Tip of an Iceberg - Arun Agarwal 1, Aakanksha Agarwal 2-1 Senior Consultant and Head, Department of Internal Medicine, Narayana Multispeciality Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan; 2 Intern, BJ Medical College, Ahmedabad, - J Assoc Physicians India 2016;64(10): st Prize for Best Case Report entitled Primary Tuberculosis of Tongue - Pradip Jain 1, Pruthviraj Puwar 2-1 Consultant Chest Physician, 2 Medicine Physician, Choithram Hospital and Research Centre, Indore, Madhya Pradesh - J Assoc Physicians India 2016;64(5): nd Prize for Best Case Report entitled Osmotic Demyelination Syndrome Presenting with Chorea - T Ravindran 1, Paneerselvam 2, Radha 2, T Allwyn Yabesh 3-1 Professor, 2 Assistant Professor, 3 Post graduate, Dept. of Medicine, Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu - J Assoc Physicians India 2016;64(4): st Prize for Best Correspondence entitled Diagnostic Dilemma of Tubercular Ascites, where we are - Mridul Chaturvedi 1, Sarvesh Kumar Prajapati 2, Rosmy Jose 2, Anjana Pandey 3-1 Professor, 2 Junior Resident, 3 Assistant 10

11 73rd ANNUAL MEETING Professor, P.G. Department of Medicine, S.N. Medical College, Agra, Uttar Pradesh - J Assoc Physicians India 2016;64(8): nd Prize for Best Correspondence entitled Tubercular Addison Disease - an Under Diagnosed Entity - Jatinder Mokta 1, Kiran Mokta 2, Asha Ranjan 3, Ivan Joshi 4-1 Professor, 2 Associate Professor, 3 Senior Resident, 4 Junior Resident, Department of Medicine, IGMC, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh - J Assoc Physicians India 2016;64(9): To confirm the venue for Annual Conference of API 2018 as Bangalore and to decide the venue for the APICON Report by Dr. P. Chandrasekaran, Org. Secretary APICON 2018 Bangalore. The dates of the APICON 2018 will be 22 nd to 25 th February 2018 and he has invited all the members to APICON 2018 For APICON 2019 FIVE nomination were received by the office for APICON 2019 out of which Ahmadabad and Jaipur withdrew their bidding on the request of the President Dr. GS Wander with the hope that APICON 2020 will be allotted to one of them. The rest AGRA, KOCHI & LUCKNOW biddings were put to the GB on 26 th January 2017 and the conference was allotted to KOCHI by hand voting 9. Appointment of Auditors for the year and fix their remuneration. The same auditors M/s. Hari Bhakti & Co., were re-appointed and their remuneration was fixed Rs. TWO lakh only as auditing fees and professional fees Rs. 35,000/- this was passed Proposed by Dr. Siddharth N. Shah and Seconded by Dr. Shashank Joshi. 10. Any other business that may be brought before the meeting with the permission of the chair. One of the members Dr. Mahesh Marda raised the issue of Electronic Ballot and President Dr. GS Wander said that this was deliberated and discussed previously in the past and if necessary will be re-deliberated in the Governing Body. 11. Installation of the President for President Dr. Gurpreet S. Wander handed over the medallion to the incoming president Dr. B. R. Bansode. Dr. BR Bansode thanked all the members of API for elevating him to this prestigious position. He also thanked Dr. Siddhrath Shah, Dr. Y. P. Munjal, Dr Wander, Dr. Mangesh Tiwaskar, Dr. Milind Nadkar, Dr. 11

12 THE ASSOCIATON OF PHYSICIANS OF INDIA BB Thakur, Dr. Sandhya Kamath. He also expressed the wish to carry forward all the good work being carried out by the previous presidents. Everybody gave standing ovation to Dr. GS Wander and appreciated his good work and dedication towards organization and wished Dr. Bansode all the best for his tenure. The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the chair. Dr. Gurpreet Singh Wander President Dr. Mangesh Tiwaskar Hon. General Secretary 12

13 73rd ANNUAL MEETING 73 rd Annual Report of API The Governing Body of the Association of Physicians of India has great pleasure in presenting the 73 rd Annual Report of the Activities of the Association for the year ended APICON 2017 (Mumbai Annual Conference) API had a very successful 72 nd Annual Conference held at Mumbai at Hotel Hotel Renaissance and Hotel Ramada. Dr. B.R. Bansode was installed as President of API. He was also the Chairman of the Scientific Committee. Special congratulations to him for a very well planned Scientific Programme. It was appreciated by all the delegates. APICON 2017 was inaugurated on 26 th January 2017 by Prof. Dr. Deelip G. Mhaisekar Vice-Chancellor, Maharashtra University of Health Sciences and CME program was inaugurated by Dr. Y.P. Munjal, Director, Board of PRF Dr. Siddharth N. Shah was the Chief Guest for the Inauguration of Scientific Program during APICON The local arrangements and Organization were exemplary and our congratulations and grateful thanks to Dr. Siddharth Shah, Organising Chairman and Dr. Shashank R. Joshi, Organising Secretary and all members of the Organizing Committee. The following orations of API were conferred on:- Rabindranath Tagore Oration 2017 Dr. Sandeep Puri, Ludhiana Netaji Oration 2017 Dr. Satish V. Khadilkar, Mumbai Dr. GS Sainani Oration 2017 Dr. K. Sarat Chandra, Hyderabad Dr. PJ Mehta Oration 2017 Dr. Ajay Kumar, New Delhi Dr. V. Parameshvara Life Time Achievement Award Dr. V. R. Joshi, Mumbai Prof. Rathinavelu Subramaniam Endowment Oration 2017 Dr. R.P. Sapru, Panchkula Sinofi Aventis Lectureship in Diabetes 2017 Dr. Sanjeev Phatak, Ahmedabad Novonordisk lectureship 2017 Prof. Mark Evans, UK Gifted Teacher Award Dr. A. R. Sircar, Lucknow 13

14 THE ASSOCIATON OF PHYSICIANS OF INDIA Distinguished Member Award Dr. Sharad Shah, Mumbai There were 71 updates, 280 lectures. Time was strictly followed. 700 total poster and oral papers have been selected. Out of this 200 papers were selected as platform poster presentation. 1 st and 2 nd prizes for oral and poster presentation were given. This prize money is from the interest money from APICON 2014 Ludhiana original paper merit award. More than 100 prizes for poster presentation and 20 prizes for oral presentation were awarded. There were 10 workshops viz; 2D echo workshop with live demonstration for full day was organized Rest all the workshops were for 3 hrs durations. Huge numbers of delegates got registered for the workshops. The Medicine update book was made available. All the delegates received the books before the conference. This effort was widely appreciated by all the delegates. There were best oral / poster paper awards during award session 2017 in the name of APICON 2014 Ludhiana Original Paper Merit Award and the same will be awarded every year. The following Monographs were released during CME inauguration of APICON 2017:- 14 Monograph Title Name 1. Practical Pearls in Diabetes Dr. Vijay Viswanatha / Dr. Prakash Govindasamy 2. Critical Care Medicine Dr. Mayur Patel 3. Lipidology in Clinical Practice Dr. S.N. Narasingan 4. C O P D - Indian Perspective Dr. Vitull K. Gupta 5. Headache Dr. Anup K. Bhattacharya / Dr. Ashis Saha 6. Common Hematological Disease in India 7. Infectious Diseases - Fever Managament Protocolos Dr. Sudhir Mehta / Dr. Upendra Sharma Dr. Jayanta K. Panda 8. Diabetic Dyslipidemia Dr. Banshi Saboo 9. Clinical Approach to Respiratory Dr. Devendra P. Singh Diseases 10. Anemia Dr. Rajasekar Ramanathan 11. Vertigo and Syncope Dr. Lakshmi Narasimhan Ranganathan Master Teacher Award 2016 was awarded to:- Dr. A.N. Malaviya, Delhi; Dr. A. R. Vijayakumar, Coimbatore; Dr. L.S. Chawla, Ludhiana;

15 73rd ANNUAL MEETING Dr. P.C. Sahu, Berhampur and Dr. S.D. Mehtalia, Mumbai DR. V.G. NADGOUDA THESIS AWARD 2017 was given to First Pirze to Umang Sudhir Agrawal, Mumbai Second prize to Dr. Sarit Sekhar Pattanaik, Cuttack During the 72 nd Annual General Body of API held on 26 th January 2017, the API awards were given by President Dr. Gurpreet Singh Wander Award for Best Chapter / Best Branch were awarded to API Karimnagar City Branch st Prize API Mysuru City Branch nd Prize API Himachal Pradesh State chapter st Prize API Kerala State chapter nd Prize Membership Development Award 2016 was awarded to Dr. Ajay Mahajan - Hisar Dr. J.N. Berry Award Dr. B. K. Pramod Sagar Dr. D.P. Basu Young Award in Cardiology 2016 Dr. Umesh Goyal JAPI awards were presented by President Dr. Gurpreet Singh Wander and Editor-In- Chief JAPI Dr. Milind Y. Nadkar. Dr. JC Patel and Dr. BC Mehta Best Paper Awards were given to the following members: 1 st Prize for Best Original, Dr. B Sheba Charles, Bangalore 2 nd Prize for Best Original, Dr. Arun Agarwal, Ahmedabad 1 st Prize for Best Case Report, Dr. Pradip Jain, Indore 2 nd Prize for Best Case Report, Dr. T Ravindran, Chennai 1 st Prize for Best Correspondence, Dr. Mridul Chaturvedi, Agra 2 nd Prize for Best Correspondence, Dr. Jatinder Mokta, Shimla VR Joshi API Award for Outstanding Referee for the Year 2016 Dr. Vrinda Kulkarni, Mumbai, Dr. Simmi Dube, Bhopal and Dr. Mrinal Kanti Roy, Kolkata APICON 2014 Ludhiana Original Merit award for best oral paper presentation and poster presentation were awarded with a citation and a cheque to 19 awardees of Best Oral paper presentation and Poster presentation awardees were 47, 1 st Prize and 47, 2 nd prizes were distributed. REPORT OF THE ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS OF INDIA The details of the Governing Body meetings that were held during the year

16 THE ASSOCIATON OF PHYSICIANS OF INDIA are as follows:- Four meetings were held on 25 th and 28 th January, 2 nd April and 10 th September The following Governing Body members were present for the meetings:- Drs. B. R. Bansode Mumbai (4); G. S. Wander Ludhiana (2-2*); Rajesh Upadhyay New Delhi (1); Rohini Handa New Delhi (3); S. Arulrhaj - Tuticorin (1); Girish Mathur Kota (2); B. B. Rewari New Delhi - (3-1*); Mangesh Tiwaskar MumbaI (4); A. M. Bhagwati Mumbai (2-2*); Charu K. Jani - Mumbai (3-1*); Alaka Deshpande - Mumbai (1); N. P. Singh - New Delhi (1); V. Palaniappan Guzilimpara (1); Satyabrata Ganguly Kolkata (1); Vijay Vishwanathan Chennai (1-3*); M.P.S. Chawla New Delhi (4); Sekhar Chakraborty Siliguri (4); D. P. Singh - Bhagalpur (4); Agam Vora Mumbai (2-1*); Shibendu Ghosh Hooghli (4); J.L. Punglia Chittorgarh (3); R. Rajasekhar Kumbakonan (4); N. K. Soni Ghaziabad (4); Munish Prabhakar Gurgaon (1); Sanjiv Maheshwari Ajmer (1); Banshi Saboo Ahmedabad (1); Rakesh Sahay Hyderabad (1); R. R. Choudhary Patna (4); Jyotimoy Pal Talpulkar (3-1*); A. Muruganathan Tirupur (1); YP Munjal Gurgaon (2-2*); Sandhya Kamath Mumbai (4); Siddharth N. Shah Mumbai (3-1*); Milind Y. Nadkar Mumbai (4); Rajinder Kumar Bansal Ludhiana (4); Lt. Gen. BNBM Prasad New Delhi (1); Shashank R. Joshi Mumbai (2-2*); Mahesh Marda - Hyderabad (4); Ashok Taneja Gurgaon (3); C. L. Nawal- Jaipur (3); Devi Ram Purnia (1); R. M. Chhabra Delhi (2-1*); Prabhat Pandey Durg (3); Narayan Devgaonkar Nasik (1-2*) Naval chandra Hyderabad (3); K. Mugudhan Salem (2-1*); R. N. Sarkar Kolkata(3-1*); Nihar Mehta Mumbai (3); P. Chandrasekhara Bengaluru (3); *Leave of absence MEMBERSHIP OF API During the year 2017, 589 Life members, 7 Associate Life Members and 29 Postgraduate members were enrolled. The total numbers of members till date are as follow:- Life Members Associate Life Members 316 Post Graduate Members 29 The election results of the Office Bearers and Members of the Governing Body of the Association of Physicians of India, Officer Bearers and Members of the Faculty Council of Indian College of Physicians Board members of PRF are as follows - API Election Results President Elect Dr. K. K. Pareek, Kota (Unopposed) Vice President Dr. Y S N Raju, Hyderabad (Unopposed) 16

17 73rd ANNUAL MEETING Governing Body member 1. Dr. M P S Chawla, New Delhi 2. Dr. Sekhar Chakraborty, Siliguri 3. Dr. Munish Prabhakar, Gurgaon 4. Dr. Devendra Prasad Singh, Bhagalpur Board of Physicians Research Foundation Director Elect Dr. Siddharth N. Shah, Mumbai (Unopposed) Board members of PRF 1. Dr. M. M. Mehndiratta, New Delhi 2. Dr. A. K. Mukherjee, Kolkata ICP Dean Elect Dr. Amal Kumar Banerjee, Kolkata (Unopposed) Vice Dean Dr. Girish Mathur, Kota (Unopposed) Faculty Council Members 1. Dr. Soumitra Ghosh, Kolkata 2. Dr. Sanjeev Maheshwari, Ajmer 3. Dr. Aditya Prakash Misra, New Delhi 4. Dr. Sriram Vasant Kulkarni, Khopoli Dr. Mangesh Tiwaskar Hon. Gen. Secretary JAPI REPORT EDITOR S ANNUAL REPORT OF JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS OF INDIA On behalf of all my esteemed colleagues of the Editorial Board, I take great pleasure in presenting to you the annual report of the activities of the Journal of the Association of Physicians of India during the period 1st January to 31 st December The Journal has received 470 articles during the year 2017 (till 20 th December, 2017). We have published 84 Original Articles, 17 Review Articles, 59 Case Reports, 20 Pictorial CME s, and 28 Correspondences. As you are aware that since June 2017 we have stopped taking case reports in view of tremendous backlog. As of 20 th December 2017 we have 253 Original Article, 59 Review Articles, 317 Case Report, 37 Correspondence pending for publication / review. 17

18 THE ASSOCIATON OF PHYSICIANS OF INDIA JAPI published supplement on Management of Hypertension in Chronic Kidney Disease: Consensus Statement by an Expert Panel of Indian Nephrologist, National Insulin Summit and ZRC-3197 World s First Biosimilar of Adalimumab- Made in India for the World along with the February, March and May 2017 issues of JAPI. We just finished a series on Statistics in Medicine. This series had 15 articles, last being published in October 2017 issue of JAPI. In next 2-3 months we are starting a new series on `Ethics in Research. The editorial board of JAPI has selected three referees for Dr. V.R. Joshi JAPI Award for Outstanding Referee for the year They are Dr. T.K. Suma (Alappuzha, Kerala), Dr. Aman Sharma (Chandigarh) and Dr. Farah Jijina (Mumbai). All the eminently worthy award recipients will be presented the awards at the hands of President of API during General Body of the 73 rd Annual Conference of API to be held in Bengaluru. The following papers were selected for Drs. JC Patel and BC Mehta Best paper awards for articles published in the Journal for the period from January 2017 through December I am extremely grateful to the judges for their painstaking efforts put by them while evaluating all articles published during this period. 1 st Prize for Best Original Article entitled Cardiac Biomarkers and Myocardial Dysfunction in Septicemia - Deep Chandh Raja 1, Sanjay Mehrotra 2, Avinash Agrawal 2, Abhishek Singh 3, Kamlesh Kumar Sawlani 3-1 Senior Resident, 2 Professor, 3 Associate Professor, King George Medical College, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh - J Assoc Physicians India 2017;65(12): nd Prize for Best Original Article entitled High Prevalence of Hypovitaminosis D in Patients Presenting with Proximal Muscle Weakness: A Sub-Himalayan Study - Jatinder Mokta 1, Balraj 2, Kiran Mokta 3, Asha Ranjan 4, Ivan Joshi 5, Mahak Garg 5-1 Medicine, Professor, Deptt. of Medicine, 2 Associate Professor, Deptt. of PSM, 3 Assistant Professor, Deptt. of Microbiology, 4 Senior Resident, 5 Junior Resident, Deptt. of Medicine, IGMC, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh - J Assoc Physicians India 2017;65(11): st Prize for Best Case Report entitled Scleroderma-like Initial Presentation of Multiple Myeloma - Ayan Basu 1, Santanu Kundu 2, Mehebubar Rahman 3, Yogiraj Ray 4, Rama Prosad Goswami 5-1 Clinical Tutor, 2 Post Graduate Trainee, 3 Associate Professor, 4 Assistant Professor, 5 Professor, Department of Tropical Medicine, School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata, West Bengal-J Assoc Physicians India 2017;65(10): nd Prize for Best Case Report entitled Isolated Pancreatic Tuberculosis in an Immunocompetent Host - Pankaj Singhai 1, Ravi Gadhadh 2, Sangeeta Joshi 3, Shruti Krishnan 4, Aparna 5-1 Consultant Physician & Head, Department of Internal Medicine, 2 Consultant Radiologist, Department of Radiology, 3 Consultant 18

19 73rd ANNUAL MEETING Microbiologist, Department of Microbiology, 4 Senior Registrar, 5 Resident (DNB), Department of Internal Medicine, Manipal Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka - J Assoc Physicians India 2017;65(12): st Prize for Best Correspondence entitled Can Forced Expiratory Time be Used as a Supportive Tool in the Diagnosis of COPD? - Urvinderpal Singh 1, Daksh Jhim 2, Deepak Goyal 3, Naresh Kumar 3, Prabhleen Kaur 2, Neha Garg 2-1 Professor and Head, 2 Junior Resident, 3 Senior Resident, Govt. Medical College, Patiala, Punjab - J Assoc Physicians India 2017;65(12): nd Prize for Best Correspondence entitled Serum Amylase and Lipase Levels in Diabetic Ketoacidosis: A Common Misdirection - Rathindranath Sarkar 1, Rudrajit Paul 2, Debaditya Roy 3, Indranil Thakur 2, Goutam Lahiri 4, Tanmay Jyoti Sau 5, Kunal Haldar 3-1 Prof. & Head, 2 Asst. Prof., 3 Resident, 4 RMO, 5 Professor, Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal - J Assoc Physicians India 2017;65(6):111. I would like to record my special thanks to the President - Dr. B.R. Bansode, President Elect Dr. Pritam Gupta, Hon. Gen. Secretary Dr. Mangesh Tiwaskar, Treasurer - Dr. Charu K. Jani and all the members of the Governing Body of API and Faculty Council of ICP for their constant encouragement and valued support. The referees and judges of the journal who have contributed for the compilation of the journal deserve to be specially acknowledged for giving us their valuable time and taking great pains for reviewing the articles. The Editorial Board of JAPI deserves a special mention for their continuous input and guidance on all important matters and decision of JAPI to keep JAPI standard high. A very special thanks to Dr. Siddharth N. Shah for constant support, guidance and encouragement. A special and noteworthy mention of appreciation to all JAPI staff particularly Mr. Narayan Murkar, Mr. Jeevan Kashaveni, Mrs. Sunita Shukla and staff of Abhyudaya Printers spearheaded by Mr. Harshnandan Trivedi for all the help in bringing out the journal on a regular basis. Wishing everyone A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS Prof. Milind Y. Nadkar Editor - in - Chief, JAPI Annual Report of Indian College of Physicians (ICP) I took over as the Dean of the Indian College of Physicians during the 28 th Annual General Body meeting of ICP at Mumbai on 26 January It has been a unique privilege and an honour to serve my College as the Dean and I would like to thank all my colleagues for reposing faith in me. The ICP Convocation was held at Hotel Renaissance, Mumbai on 27 January

20 THE ASSOCIATON OF PHYSICIANS OF INDIA Dr Farokh Udwadia was the chief guest and delivered a thought provoking convocation address. Fellowship of ICP was conferred on 167 members of the API. The Master Teacher Award for 2016 was conferred on 1. Dr. A. N. Malaviya, Delhi 2. Dr. A. R. Vijayakumar, Coimbatore 3. Dr. L. S. Chawla, Ludhiana 4. Dr. P. C. Sahu, Berhampur 5. Dr. S. D. Mehtalia, Mumbai The Honorary Fellowship of ICP was conferred on: 1. Dr. Frank Murray - President Royal College of Physicians-Ireland 2. Dr. Geoff Chadwick - Vice President Royal College of Physicians-Ireland 3. Dr. Colin Robertson - Editor of Macleod Clinical examination-edinburgh 4. Dr. Md. Abdul Jalil Chowdhury - Councilor & Honorary Secretary - Bangladesh College of Physicians & Surgeons (BCPs) 5. Dr. Jayanta Chatterjee - Clinical Senior Lecturer at Imperial College, London 6. Dr. Chandrika N Wijeyaratne- President Elect Sri Lanka Medical Association Dr. Mrinal Patnaik, USA 8. Dr. Sanjeev Arora, USA 9. Dr. Andrew Elder, UK 10. Dr. Mark Evans, UK 11. Dr. Kartik Ghosh, USA 12. Dr. Pravin Motilal Rathi, Mumbai In keeping with the mandate of the ICP several monographs were initiated. These include: 1. Dr. R Rajasekar Approach To General Examination & History Taking In Clinical Medicine 2. Dr.K.Mugundhan Immune Mediated Neurological Disorders 3. Drs. Aman Sharma & Urgencies & Emergencies in Rheumatology Rohini Handa 4. Drs. Rohini Handa & Tropical Rheumatology Aman Sharma 5. Dr. Vitull Gupta Emergencies in Pulmonary Medicine 6. Dr. NP Singh Drugs and Kidney 20

21 73rd ANNUAL MEETING 7. Dr. G Narsimulu Inflammatory Myopathies 8. Dr. HB Chandalia Hypothyroidism 9. Drs. YP Munjal & Anupam Prakash Challenges in achieving Euglycaemia 10. Dr. Jayant Panda Infections in Diabetes-Indian scenario 11. Dr. SV Kulkarni Computer & smartphone technology in Clinical Medicine-Indian Perspective 12. Dr. Sameer Aggarwal Hypothyroidism & Pregnancy 13. Dr. Chandni R Practical Guide on Insulin Therapy for the beginners 14. Dr. CL Nawal Obesity 15. Dr. V Nagaraajan Dementia Disorders 16. Dr. Ramesh Dargad COPD Many of these monographs shall be formally released during the inauguration of the CME. A list of the academic activities conducted with ICP collaboration is enclosed: S. No. City Organiser Date Topic 1. Salem Dr VP Eswaran Dr D Vijayaraju Dr K Mugandhan Several monthly meetings Case Presentation, Guest Lecture, Journal Club 2. Kumbakonam Dr R Rajasekar >15 meetings Cardio-Diabetes 3. WhatsApp Dr Murugnathan >15 CMEs 4. Ghaziabad Dr NK Soni API Ghaziabad Chapter & ICP 8 April 2017 Erectile Dysfunction: Small tissue, big issue 5. Gurgaon Dr Jai Bhagwan 9 April 2017 Role of diet in lifestyle ailments & Yoga session. Rural CME at Om Indu Jain Rural Hospital, Dhankot (Gurugram) 21

22 THE ASSOCIATON OF PHYSICIANS OF INDIA S. No. City Organiser Date Topic 6. New Delhi Dr Atul Bhasin API Delhi State Chapter & ICP 13 May 2017 Cardiology CME 7. New Delhi Dr Anupam Prakash 8. Dhanbad Dr NK Singh API Jharkhand Chapter & Indian College of Physicians 9. Siliguri Association of Physicians of North Bengal, Siliguri. 10. Kota API Kota and Rajasthan Forum of ICP Fellows 27 May 2017 ICP UPFRONT CME on Pain Management 25 June 2017 Association of Physicians of India Jharkhand Chapter & Indian College of Physicians CME, Dhanbad May th Annual Conference 3 June 2017 and 24 June 2017 Scientific Meetings 11. New Delhi Dr Atul Bhasin 16 July 2017 API Delhi State Chapter and ICP Mid Term CME 12. Secunderabad Association of Physicians of India - Telangana State 13. Silchar Indian College of Physicians and API Assam Silchar Branch, Silchar. 14. New Delhi XXVIII Annual Conference of API Delhi State Chapter August 2 nd Annual Conference 2017 of the Association of Physicians of India - Telangana State, 27 August 2017 Peripheral CME November 2017 API-ICP Meeting 22

23 73rd ANNUAL MEETING There are very likely to be other CMEs organised by esteemed members which are not listed here because no communication was sent to the head office or the Dean s office. We apologise for such inadvertent omissions in this list. Undergraduates Teaching Slides in Rheumatology are being prepared. These shall be put on web shortly. Honorary Fellowship of the ICP has been conferred this year on Prof Syed Atiqul Haq, Bangladesh and Mamun-Al-Mahtab, Bangladesh. CME 2018 Theme: Current Concepts and Future Trends in Medicine Workshops: 3 1. A to Z of CBC (Learning CBC through case studies) Faculty: Dr Sudhir Mehta, Jaipur and Dr Swati Pai, Bengaluru 2. Joint & Soft tissue Injection Workshop Hands on using mannequins Faculty: Drs SJ Gupta, PD Rath, Sundeep Upadhyay, New Delhi 3. Clinical Decision Making Workshop Faculty: Gp Capt Shankar Subramanian, Gp Capt Ajay Handa, Wg Cdr TVSVGK Tilak Rabindranath Tagore Oration: Dr T Geetha, Coimbatore (Health and Disease in Women-From cradle to grave) Panel Discussions: 2 (AMI and Hepatitis C) State of Art Lectures: 2 Evidence based approach Sessions WIN (What is new) Sessions; Lectures and Updates I would like to thank my chairman Dr Bansode, the entire Faculty Council of ICP, Governing Body of API and the Board of Physicians Research Foundation for their guidance and unstinted cooperation. Dr Pritam Gupta and Dr YP Munjal were very generous in their support. The head office especially Dr Mangesh Tiwaskar and Mrs Sunita Shukla were always there to help. Dr AP Misra was an indispensable Joint Secretary. I would like to place on record my deepest appreciation for my dynamic predecessor Dr Muruganathan. I welcome my successor Dr G Narsimulu who, I am sure, will lead ICP to greater heights. Long live ICP. Dr. Rohini Handa Dean ICP 23

24 THE ASSOCIATON OF PHYSICIANS OF INDIA Report of the Physicians Research Foundation 1. The Following are the list of Present Governing body members of PRF Dr. YP Munjal Director PRF New Delhi Dr. BR Bansode President-API/ Chairman Mumbai Dr. Rohini Handa Dean-ICP New Delhi Dr. Pritam Gupta President Elect New Delhi Dr. Mangesh Tiwaskar Secretary-API Mumbai Dr. Charu K Jaani Treasurer Mumbai Dr. Sandhya A Kamath Edi. in Chief-API Text Book Mumbai Dr. Milind Y. Nadkar Editor-JAPI Mumbai Dr. Siddharth N. Shah Invitee Mumbai Dr. AK Das Member-PRF Puducherry Dr. Shyam Sundar Member-PRF Varanasi Dr. JK Mitra Member-PRF Ranchi Dr. AK Mukherjee Member PRF Kolkata Dr. Soumitra Ghosh Member-PRF Kolkata Dr. GhanShyam Pangtey Jt. Secretary-PRF New Delhi 2. Physicians Research Foundation Board of Directors Meetings During the financial year a total of 3 meeting were held by Board of Directors of PRF at the following location: Two meeting at Powai, Mumbai, during APICON 2017 and one held at Hotel Shangri La, Bengaluru, Karnataka on 9 th September During the PRF meeting held in Poway, Mumbai during APICON 2017, our Director, Dr. YP Munjal welcomed the newly elected PRF members: Dr. Shyam Sundar and Dr. JK Mitra with a memento. Dr. YP Munjal also announced and released the two newly launched publication of PRF to the PRF board members. The First publication was a monograph on Pearls of Scientific Paper Writing a multi-authored book edited by Dr. YP Munjal, Dr. Anupam Prakash and Dr. Ghanshyam Pangtey. The second publication was of Guidelines on extra-pulmonary tuberculosis for India INDEX-TB GUIDELINES by Dr. SK Sharma, New Delhi. All the members applauded the PRF effort and congratulated the Director PRF and the editorial board team for the successful launch. The 3 rd PRF Board of Directors meeting of 2017 was held at Hotel Shangri La, Bengaluru, Karnataka on 9th September 2017 at 20:00 to 20:30 Hrs. During 24

25 73rd ANNUAL MEETING the meeting various monetary contributions made by various API bodies and in individual capacity were acknowledged by the PRF Board. The various contributions made were by the following API members: The PRF executive members Dr. Sumatra Ghosh and Dr. AK Mukherjee and API member Dr. Jyotirmay Pal donated Rs. 1 lac to PRF from their API Kolkata chapter conference and PRF workshop Dr. Shekhar Chakraborty and Siliguri API Chapter contributed Rs. 1 Lac to the PRF fund. Dr. Jayant Panda, Organising Secretary, RSSDI Bhubaneswar 2017 and API Odissa chapter contributed Rs. 1 Lac to the PRF Fund. Dr. J Mitra, PRF executive member and Jhararkhand API also contributed Rs. 35,000 to the PRF fund. Dr. A Muruganathan donated Rs. 30 lac to PRF fund from 1 st day of APICON 2017 CME fund. He also requested the PRF governing body to consider his request for giving annual Research Grant for Cardiac Research in the name of his late father Thiru CS Arumugam. The governing body accepted the grant and also thanked Dr. A Muruganathan for the kind gesture. It was decided that the naming of the cardiac research fund on his father name would be decided once the fund is received. The PRF governing body passed vote of thanks to all the above API members for various financial contribution made to PRF Fund from their local funds and individual capacity. During the meeting API President Elect Dr. Pritam Gupta announced the results of recently held API-ICP-PRF Election results: Dr. Siddharth N. Shah was selected unopposed as next PRF Director from year Dr. AK Mukherjee, was re-elected while Dr. MM Mehndiratta won the executive member election, held for two executive members seats. 3. PHYSICIANS RESEARCH FOUNDATIONS: ACTIVITIES a. Physicians Research Foundation Research Grant The Physicians Research Foundation (PRF) invited applications from the API members who are interested in conducting research studies in the area of Medicine and its Subspecialties. The grants were widely advertised to all members by regular advertisements in the JAPI Journals, PRF website ( as well during the governing body/ annual API meetings. The received Research projects were evaluated by expert panel of PRF/API and also discussed in Board of Directors meeting and the final decision was made after thorough analysis. The two-thesis grants, from SMS Jaipur and RG Kar Medical College and Hospital were selected during the 2016 PRF meetings. They were given first 25

26 THE ASSOCIATON OF PHYSICIANS OF INDIA installment of their grant after receiving the undertaking and acceptance letter. Many Research projects were received for PRF Grant since last meeting in The single center study by Dr. NP Singh (Delhi) on Chronic Kidney Disease and Associated Risk Factors among Auto-Rickshaw Drivers from Delhi NCR of India and another study by Dr. Vishal Sharma (PGIMER, Chandigarh) on Utility of serial measurements of faecal calprotectin in assessing response to therapy in patients with probable intestinal tuberculosis was accepted for PRF Research Grant. The other Thesis and single centre research grant are under scrutiny and under review by experts. The final decision about grant release will be made shortly after receiving comments from experts. b. PRF Website The PRF Website was launched during 2 nd PRF Board of Directors meeting in Chandigarh on 10 th April The website is active since then with more then 1000 hits since its inception. The website has been updated periodically and all the Recent News on PRF Research Grants, PRF Workshop on Research and publication writing as well as Thesis repository are continuously upgraded. The Thesis repository with thesis candidate, Supervisor and Co-supervisors has been put up in PDF formats and all API Members and PRF members has been requested to put up their students thesis on website to improve their research visibility. The Thesis/ dissertations names will be registered under Google scholar and index Copernicus and very soon these Thesis and their writer can get recognition from the Google scholar as well as index Copernicus site. c. Physicians Research and Publication Workshops PRF organized two highly successful and well-appreciated research workshops in year 2016 and continued to disseminate the research by organizing another similar workshop in south India, Hyderabad. PRF successfully organized its 3 rd Research and Publication workshop in collaboration with API Hyderabad chapter from 26 th -27 th August 2017 at Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. Dr. Rakesh Sahay, Dr. Udai Lal and Dr. Narsimulu were instrumental in providing the local support. Dr. Anupam Prakash, Dr. GS Pangtey and Dr. Ashish Goel from Delhi participated as Faculty. The workshop was well appreciated by all the participating delegates similar to previous editions. The workshop participants were given study material and also participated in one to one interactive webcast with faculty of worldrenowned John Hopkins school of public Health, Baltimore, United States of America. 26

27 d. MMM study participation 73rd ANNUAL MEETING PRF along with API and ICMR actively participated in May Measurement Month (MMM) study. PRF contributed in screening > hypertensive patients. Dr. K Tewary, Dr. GS Wander, Dr. YP Munjal, Dr. BB Thakur, Dr. JK Mitra, Dr. CL Naval, Dr. Jai Bhagwan, Dr. GS Pangtey, etc. did the major contribution. The participation certificate will be issued by ICMR to all participants. e. HSICON Best Free Paper Award: This year in 2017 PRF funded Best Free Paper award of Rs. 10,000 in recently held HSICON 2017, at Kolkata. In PRF board meeting it was decided that it should be made an annual Award funded by PRF to promote research among young scientist. 4. FORTHCOMING PRF Activities in PRF Monograph on Handbook of Research Methodology : After the highly acclaimed launch of book Handbook of paper writing during last year Mumbai, APICON The PRF is planning to release another monograph Handbook of Research Methodology during Bengaluru, APICON PRF Best Abstract Award during APICON 2018, Bengaluru: PRF has selected 3 Best Abstract from the various abstract submitted for APICON The Award will be given after oral presentation of the abstract during the API- CON Conference. 3. Health assessment Study: PRF is in planning to start a study on the quality of life and health assessment of doctors in India. The study is in final stages of its draft. 4. PRF Research and Publication Workshop: The next Research workshop is planned in Delhi in January 3 rd -4 th Week of 2018 in UCMS/LHMC Delhi. Dr. Y. P. Munjal Director, PRF 27