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FUTURE ANNUAL CONFERENCES OF NSI 2012 New Delhi2013 Mumbai2014 Coimbatore

LAST PAPER ISSUE OF THE NEWSLETTER

The Electronic Newsletter was initiated in 2009 and email alert has been the mode of dispatch of the Newsletter for nearly 3 years. However, the hard copy (paper version) was still being printed and posted to nearly 800 members whose email addresses were not available on the database. The time has come to stop printing the paper version both for the sake of our environment and to save on costs of printing and postage (nearly Rs. 35000 per issue and Rs. 1 lakh per year). Every issue of the Newsletter for over 4 years has carried an appeal to all members to provide their email addresses. The web based database still lacks the email addresses of nearly 800 members. This is a notice to all those whose email addresses have not been provided on our database, that this will be the last paper issue of the Newsletter. This decision was approved by the General Body which met in Bangalore in December 2011. So please update your address on the NSI database by following the instructions given in the notice below or else you will not be aware when the Newsletter has been dispatched electronically. You will, however, still be able to read the Newsletter on the NSI website (www.neurosocietyindia.org).

CONGRATULATIONS

Dr. V K Jain was elected as Vice President of Asian Australasian Society of Neurological Surgeons

Dr. Basant K Misra was elected as Treasurer of the Asian Australasian Society of Neurological Surgeons

BID FOR SYMPOSIA FOR 2013 ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN MUMBAI

Name of convener, Topic of symposium and Proposed speakers.Last date for submission of bids: 31 March 2012Submit bids to: Dr. R. C. Mishra ( or

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Bids are invited for convening One Neurosurgery and One Neurology symposium at the Annual Conference of the NSI at Mumbai in 2013. Please submit the proposals with the following information:

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mishrarc.agra@gmail.comsecretary@neurosocietyindia.org

Cover Picture : Vikrama Raja Singhan, the last Tamil ruler to rule Kandy (Sri Lanka) wasoriginally named Kannuswamy. The Britishers arrested and imprisoned him in theVellore Fort Jail. His cemetery was discovered only in 1983. In his memory the MuthuMandabam was established here in Vellore, situated on the bank of Palar river. It is justone k.m. north of Vellore town.

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All members (Full/Life and Associate) are eligible to obtain their Username and Password to accesstheir profile on the NSI website (www.neurosocietyindia.com). Since this is the only AddressDatabase used by all the Officials of the Society (Editor, Secretary, Treasurer, President Elect),it is in your interest to ensure that your address and email address are accurate. All membersare requested to obtain the same by writing to the webmaster@neurosocietyindia.org. Details onhow to access your personal profile will be mentioned in the letter sent along with the username andpassword. In case of any difficulty please contact the Webmaster at the email address mentionedabove.This is an appeal to all members to provide their email id to the Webmaster so that thecommunications between the Society and the Members will be easy and paperless. You willalso benefit by being sent Email Alerts about various activities of and news about the SocietyPlease cooperate by immediately applying for your username and password.

OBITUARY

We are sorry to report the demise of Dr. PPS Mathur (MNS 6), Former Professor and Head ofthe Department of Neurosurgery, SMS Medical College, Jaipur and Vice Chancellor, MedicalUniversity of Rajasthan on 15th January 2012. We offer our condolences to the bereavedfamily.

NSI Educational Courses For Neurosurgical Trainees

February 2012 MumbaiAugust 2012 VelloreFebruary 2013 New Delhi

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MINUTES OF THE EC MEETING HELD IN DELHI ON 13TH NOVEMBER 2011,10 am – 1 pm.

The meeting was attended by Dr. V.K. Jain, K. Turel, V. Rajshekhar, C. Deopujari, Deepu Banerji,R. C. Mishra.

By invitation: A. K. Mahapatra, P. Saratchandra

2011/Nov/EC/01 Site visit – The members visited the proposed site of the 2012 AnnualConference, Hotel Leela Kempinski in Gurgaon and found that the facilities available at this site wereappropriate for the conference. Dr. Saratchandra made a presentation regarding the arrangements,the event manager, the proposed registration fees for the 2012 Conference. Following this the memberswent around the hotel and saw the various halls available for the presentations and the food service andthe exhibition stalls.

2011/Nov/EC/02 Lifetime achievement award – Since there were no nominations, the membersdecided to present this award to Dr. R. M. Varma, pioneer neurosurgeon of Bangalore. The Secretarywould convey the same to Dr. Varma.

2011/Nov/EC/02 Treasurer’s request – The EC considered the following requests from Dr. Deopujari inorder to complete the auditing of this year’s NSI accounts.

a. Reinvestment in bank deposits and HDFC as earlier;

b. Forfeiting Rs 800 from one member as non payment.

The EC accepted the proposals of Dr. Deopujari and authorized him to reinvest the fixed depositsthat are maturing shortly in HDFC bank.

The second proposal was also accepted.

2011/Nov/EC/04 Education Cell - Dr. Deopujari, Coordinator, Education Cell, NSI, has receivedproposals from Sun Pharma and Ethicon (Johnson and Johnson) to fund the proposed educationalcourses of the Society.

2011/Nov/EC/05 Delegates for the AASNS EC meeting in Taipei, 3 December 2011Dr. Rajshekhar requested nominations for the official delegates of NSI to attend the AASNS meeting.Dr. Jain and Dr. Deopujari are attending the meeting and both of them have been designated officialdelegates of NSI to attend the AASNS EC meeting. Dr. Rajshekhar will write to Dr. Seow, Secretary,AASNS regarding the same.

The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the President and the local hosts, Dr. Mahapatra and Dr.Saratchandra for their hospitality.

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MINUTES OF NSI EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON DECEMBER 14th 2011 ATNIMHANS CONVENTION CENTRE, BANGALORE

The meeting was attended by Dr. V. K. Jain, Dr. K. E. Turel, Dr. V. Rajshekhar, Dr. C. E. Deopujari, Dr.S. K. Prabhakar, Dr. Deepu Banerji, Dr. R. C. Mishra, Dr. Apoorva Pauranik, Dr. Sarla Das (Past President)Apologies: Dr. J M K Murthy

2011/Dec/EC/01 The meeting was called to order by the President

2011/Dec/EC/02 Secretary’s report and action taken on minutes of last executive committee meeting.No action required.

2011/Dec/EC/02A Amendments to the Constitution and Byelaws – Notices have been circulated foramendments to the Constitution and Byelaws in the June 2011 Newsletter and put up on the NSI websitesince June 2011.

Two letters were received with suggestions for changes.Dr. V. G. Ramesh from Chennai wrote regarding regional representation in the EC and also abolition ofdiscipline based representation in the EC.

Dr. B. Damany from Mumbai wrote regarding the quorum requirements for General Body meetings andalso on other matters.

Both these letters were discussed in detail as documented below.After incorporating some of the suggestions of Dr. Damany the Amendments to the Constitution andByelaws were passed by the EC.

2011/Dec/EC/03 Treasurer’s Report was presented by Dr. Deopujari.

1. The audited statement of accounts of the Society was presented.

2. Treasurer informed that he has received two audited statement of accounts from Dr. Bagaria for theJaipur Conference one dated 31st July and another 11th July, both of which have been signed by thesame auditors. However, there is a difference in the accounts in the two audited reports.

EC decided to send a letter to Dr. Bagaria asking him to clarify which of the two statements should beconsidered as the final one as the NSI auditor has sought this clarification before finalizing the NSIaccounts.

Treasurer informed that Dr. Umesh T is a defaulter for more than five years as he has not paid hismembership dues. The Executive Committee resolved to accept forfeiture of Rs. 855 due from Dr.Umesh T as membership fees.

3. New Members after last GB meeting (December 19, 2010 up to December 12, 2011):

New Members = 96 (19 Dec to 7 May , 2011) + 51 (May 8 to Dec 12, 2011) = 147NSI Life Members – 55 + 34 = 89Neurosurgeons = 49 + 26 = 75Neurologists = 5 + 4 = 9Allied = 1 + 4 = 5 (1 Pathologist, 2 Anesthesiologist, 2 Radiologist):Fees Received (after 1 April 2011) = Rs 3,84.230NSI Associate Members = 41 + 17 = 58Membership Fees Received: 22,600+ 94,680 = Rs 1,17,280

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4. Major Expenditure

a. Contribution given to CME book Rs 402486 + Rs 1,00,000 = Rs 5,02486 (Byword books).

b. Contribution to Neurology India Rs 4,00, 000 + Rs 3, 00, 000 = Rs 7 Lacs

c. Contribution to Neurocon 2011 Banaglore conf. Rs 3,00,000.

d. Contribution to Neurocon 2012 Delhi conf. Rs 3,00,000.

e. Subscription fees WFNS World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies – Membership fees for 968 NSI members 968X USD 8 = USD 7744 + USD 35 bank charges = INR 3,51, 445

f. Subscription fees to World Federation of Neuropathology = Rs 32, 553

g. Money paid for orations (Jaipur Conference 2010):

h. Travelling Fellowship Paid to Residents and Young Neurosurgeons (after Jaipur conference):

Sr. No. Name Amount Department

1 Dr N Saravanan Rs 4000 Department of Neurosurgery, Madras Institute ofNeurology, Madras Medical College, Chennai - 3

2 Dr K Prabhuraman Rs 4000 Department of Neurosurgery, Madras Institute ofNeurology, Madras Medical College, Chennai - 3

3 Dr M Manoranjitha Rs 4000 Department of Neurosurgery, Madras Institute ofNeurology, Madras Medical College, Chennai - 3

4 Dr B Rohit Rs 4000 Department of Neurosurgery, Madras Institute ofNeurology, Madras Medical College, Chennai - 3

5 Dr s. Jothikumar Rs 4000 Department of Neurosurgery, Madras Institute ofNeurology, Madras Medical College, Chennai - 3

6 Dr Anshul A Bagdia Rs 4000 Department of neurosurgery, PD Hinduja NatinalHospital, Mahim, Mumbai -16

7 Dr Goutham Cugati Rs 3858 Dept. of Neurosurgery, ALNC, Taramani, Chennai

8 Dr Gowtham Devareddy Rs 3858 Dept. of Neurosurgery, ALNC, Taramani, Chennai

9 Dr Hari Nivas Rs 3858 Dept. of Neurosurgery, ALNC, Taramani, Chennai

10 Dr Pradeep Kumar Jain N Rs 3858 Dept. of Neurosurgery, ALNC, Taramani, Chennai

11 Dr Mohamed Abith Ali Rs 4935 Dept. of Neurosurgery, Govt. Stanley MedicalCollege, Chennai

12 Dr Rajkumar Gandhi Rs 4935 Dept. of Neurosurgery, Govt. Stanley MedicalCollege, Chennai

13 Dr K Sivakumar Rs 5012 Dept. of Neurosurgery, Madurai Medical College,Madurai

Dr. P David Adelson Rs 30850

Dr. Laligam Shekhar Rs 30850

Total Rs 61700

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i. Nurses travelling fellowships :

j. Awards at Jaipur Neurocon 2010:

k. Contribution to Nurses Conferences:

l. Paid Salaries Rs 22,500 to Treasurer’s secretary

m. Paid to Executive Committee members for EC meeting = Rs 1,38,176 (Bangalore May 2011 &Delhi, Nov. 2011)

n. Paid to Professional charges to chartered accountant: Mr O P Mishra, Mr Nishit Doshi and A J Shah= Rs 26,258

o. Pending expenses for Byword Books Private Ltd = 4,26,473, Tax filing – Invoice waiting, Accountantfees – Invoice Waiting, Auditor fees – Invoice Waiting and NSI Election expenses to Dr Turel =approximate amt. Rs 41,000

p. Book keeping and other matters related to finance

14 Dr Prem Prakash Rs 4062 Dept. of Neurosurgery, Madurai Medical College,Madurai

15 Dr S Balamurugan Rs 4062 Dept. of Neurosurgery, Madurai Medical College,Madurai

16 Dr Rajkumar Gandhi Rs 4676 Neurosurgery, Govt. Stanley Hospital, Chennai

17 Dr Rohitkumar Singh Rs 6000 Neurosurgery, SGPGIMS, Lucknow

Total Rs 73114

1 Neuro-nurse Mrs Pragati Desai Rs 1500 Bombay Hospital, Mumbai

2 Neuro-nurse Mrs Mansi Chodnekar Rs 1500 Bombay Hospital, Mumbai

3 Neuro-nurse Dr Angela Gnanadurai Rs 7240 Principal, CSI Nursing College, Kerala

Total Rs 10240

1 Dr Savitr Sastri Rs 5000

2 Dr Theresa Maria Ferreria Rs 5000

3 Dr Mazda Keki Turel Rs 5000

4 Dr Arva Zhagav A Rs 5000

5 Dr Theresa Maria Ferreria Rs 5000

6 Dr Ipe V George Rs 5000

7 Dr Shayna Dattani Rs 5000

Total Rs. 35000

1 Jaipur - 2010 Society of Indian Neuroscience Nurses Rs. 10000

2 Bangalore - 2011 Marie Clarie, Organizing Secretary, SINNCON 11 Rs. 10000

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6. NSI Bank Accounts

a. HDFC (opened mainly for payment gateway)

Current Balance: Rs 1,13,094

b. IOB (BH extn Marine lines)

Current balance: 16,29,864

c. Secretary A/C in Vellore,

d. Neurology India A/C in Hyderabad,

e. SBI, New Delhi

7. Investments1. FD in HDFC account Rs 10,00,000 (Rs. Ten lakhs) - expires on 18/04/2013 (DOC 2/4/2011)2. Deposit Investment in HDFC (Rs. 15 lakhs, reinvested as Rs 16,72,661)3. RBI Bonds and remaining amount and FDs (C/o Mr O P Mishra, Delhi)

Rs. 10,00,000 (Rs Ten lakhs), expires on 05/01/2012Rs.10,00,000 (Rs Ten lakhs), expires on 17/12/2013Rs. 5,00,000 (Rs. Five lakhs), expires on 04/09/2014

4. FDs 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)

Honorarium for Orators: EC has decided to increase the honorarium for Orators fromRs. 30,000 to USD 1000 (equivalent INR) from the year 2012.

Cash prizes for awards: EC has decided to increase the cash prize for Award Winners from Rs.5,000 toRs.10,000 from the year 2012.

Annual approval of accounts by EC

Since TDS certificates are only available by 31st July, after the mid term EC meeting, electronic approvalof the accounts by the EC is necessary before the audited accounts can be submitted to the Income Taxauthorities.

This was approved by the EC.

2010/Dec/EC/04 Editor’s Report was sent by Dr. J.M.K. Murthy and presented by Dr. Rajshekhar inhis absence.

Performance

The journal performance indices have further improved for the year 2011. During this year as on 13-12.2011 the number of submissions was 1081. The number of days taken by the reviewers for the initialreview was 12.50 days (range 0 – 47 days). Days taken from first submission to acceptance were 50.95days (range 0 – 157 days) and the days taken from acceptance to publication were 69.46 days (range 8– 152 days. Of the 1081 submissions, 192 (18%) articles have been accepted and another 68 (6%) articleare under review, this includes articles with the reviewers and the articles under revision with theauthors.

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All the issues in this year were on the journal website well in time and the November – December issuewill be on the journal website within another 10 days. In this year we have published 302 articlesincluding the articles in the November – December issue. The details are given in the Appendix 1.

The impact factor has improved and is 0.834 for the year 2009, the year in which I have taken over asEditor. From the citations available for the articles published in the 2010 volume, it appears that wemay improve the impact factor further and it may reach 1.

Change of Publishing Company

Dr D K Sahu the present CEO of Medknow Publications informs that there will be change of managementof Medknow Publications from January 2012 and it will be Wolters Kluwer, a leading global informationprovider (Appendix 2). There will be no changes in the terms and conditions under which we had MoUwith Medknow. The advantages with this new set up will be as follows

Wolters Kluwer is a leading global information provider. It publishes many medical and otherscience journals and also medical and science books. This makes the visibility of Neurology Indiamuch wide.

The number of citations of the articles published in Neurology India will likely increase and thus theimpact factor may also go up.

People from the new publishing house are likely to have a meeting with me. Once I have the full details,I will present the same to the EC.

Finances

This year we could manage the finances well with minimal assistance from the Society, Rs. 400,000. Wecould generate Rs. 1,029.644 from the advertisements and subscriptions till the fifth issue of thejournal. I am certain we will be in a position to pay the amount for the November – December 2011issue without the assistance of the Society.

I thank the members of the Executive Committee for their unstinted support and the free hand givento me to develop the journal. I also thank the reviewers for their prompt reviews and sticking to thetime schedules. The quality of the articles being submitted to the journal is steadily improving and I amsure the journal will have a bright feature with good impact factor.

2011/Dec/EC/05 CME Convener’s Report was presented by Dr. Deepu Banerji.We would like to thank the EC for extending support to the CME. Apart from selling the books we needto make it a reference book.

EC accepted to have the CME Theme Subjects on the cover of the issue with the volume number in theinside cover. This was done to avoid libraries asking for all the volumes when the publisher tries to sellthe CME books to libraries. Libraries do not like to buy individual volumes of books but would like tohave the whole series. Since we do not have access to all the CME volumes, it is better to present eachvolume as an independent book rather than part of a series.

2011/Dec/EC/06 Webmaster’s Report

Dr. Rajshekhar presented the report. We were able to have the online submission and review this year.We were also able to send each presenter’s date and time of presentation to their email address.

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The e-voting module is ready but we have not tried it this time because of the email problems. If e-voting is going to be made mandatory then the e-voting module should be tried out in the next fewmonths.

We need to discuss with the vendor regarding the creation of the payment gateway as there has been adelay on their part in getting this function started on our website..

Sponsorship: The EC decided to approve sponsorship for the NSI website. All sponsorship proposals willbe screened by EC. The Secretary can look into this matter and present such proposals to EC in themidterm meeting of May/June every year. The final decision on the form of sponsorship and itscontent will be taken by EC. In principle, only company logo will be allowed without any other advertisementof their products. However, link to the company website may be provided.

Dr. Sarat Chandra, AIIMS will be taking charge as Webmaster. Dr. Rajshekhar informed that he is willingto cover for a year just to provide overlap and give guidance.

2011/Dec/EC/07 Education Cell ReportDr. Deopujari, Convener presented the Education Cell Report.

1. Educational Course: He said the first program is going to be held in February at Mumbai. Thisprogram is going to be sponsored by Sun Pharma.Sun Pharma will donate the needed money to NSI and NSI Education Cell will coordinate the payments tothe Faculty and attendees.

A total of 19 candidates have applied for the instructional course and this number is likely to increase.There will be two courses per year.The Second course is going to be held in the month of August at Vellore.The question bank for the first course will be a theory paper of 10 short notes.

For the first program there will be a six faculty from outside who will be giving two lectures each and 12local faculty who will each give one lecture.

2. Microsurgery program: 10 candidates will be offered free training in the Ethicon microsurgery labsin Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai. The candidates will be selected from those attending the EducationalCourse. These courses will be held at regular intervals of once in two months or as needed depending onthe interest of the candidates.

3. Fellowship program:Centers of excellence in Neurosurgery, which are willing to accommodate fellows for a period of 2weeks to 2 months, will be identified. The eligibility for the fellowship program will be within 5 yearsafter M.Ch/DNB and the upper age limit will be 40 years.

4. Liaison Committee for Education: It was decided to form a Liaison Committee who should interactwith MCI and National Board. The term will for a period of two years.

Neurology – Dr. A. Pauranik who may co-opt two other members. Proposed by Dr. Deepu Banerjee andSeconded by Dr. Deopujari.Neurosurgery – Dr. V. S. Mehta, Dr. V. K. Jain, Dr. V. Rajshekhar. Proposed by Dr. Deopujari andSeconded by Dr. RC Mishra

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2011/Dec/EC/08 Result of elections

Dr. K E Turel, Returning Officer reported that 397 ballot papers were received and 77 werereturned mentioning wrong address. There were 17 invalid ballot papers. 20 ballot papers werereceived in Mumbai on 14th December 2011 and could not be included in the counting.

The following were declared elected

1. President (Elect) Dr. C E Deopujari

2. Treasurer Dr. Deepu Banerjee

3. Secretary Dr. R C Mishra

4. EC Members (Neurosurgery) Dr. Sarat Chandra

Dr. Manas Panigrahi

Dr. V P Singh

5. EC Members (Neurology) Dr. Muralidharan Nair

Dr. A. Pangariya

6. Allied Neurosciences Dr. Vani Santhosh

Dr. V P Singh was nominated as CME Convener (Neurosurgery) and

Dr. Muralidharan Nair as Co-convener (Neurology).

2011/Dec/EC/09 2014 Conference bids

There was only one bid from Coimbatore which came before the closing date. The Coimbatore NeuroClub has submitted the bid with Dr. V Rajesh Babu as the Organising Secretary. The bid is in order withletter from CNC President and Secretary. The EC accepted this bid subject to a meeting of the organizerswith the President and Secretary.

2011/Dec/EC/10 WFNS (I) Trust audited accounts and report for the financial year 2010-11The audited accounts and reports as sent by Dr. A. K. Banerji are reproduced below.

Brief resume of activities during the year -2011

A. Financial assistance to participants for inland conferences:

All 15 Neurosurgeons who were full associate members of the Neurological Society of India whoapplied for financial assistance and fulfilled criteria for support were provided financial assistance,as shown in annexure -1.

B. Organizing seminars/ workshops:

One Neurosurgeon was given financial assistance, for organizing seminar/ workshop, as shown inannexure-II. WFNS (I) Trust has given a loan of Rs. 01 Lakh to Dr. Deepak Gupta, Organizer ofNeuropedicon 2012, New Delhi.

C. Overseas Training:

Five Neurosurgeons were provided financial assistance for attending conference abroad, as shownin annexure- III

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D. Attending Overseas Conference:

Twelve Neurosurgeons were provided financial assistance for attending conferences abroad, asshown in annexure –IV

E. Financial assistance for advanced training in India to Neurosurgeons from abroad:

Four Neurosurgeons from abroad were provided financial assistance for advanced training inIndia, as shown in annexure -V

F. Further programmes:

Some programmes for the coming year are in a preparatory stage. Apart from these, freshproposals are welcome.

G. Finances.

Our yearly earning is approximately Rs 7.42 lacs from our investments which are spent on ongoingprogrammes. We propose to increase the quantum of grants in the future.

We have an investment now of Rs. 49.35 lacs in 8% taxable RBI Bonds. In addition a sum of Rs37.53 lacs are in F.D.’s in scheduled banks i.e. PNB and Bank of Baroda. We have received 01 Lakhas donation from Professor R.C. Misra from Agra, and, Rs. 1 Lakh as donation from Dr. H.Bagaria, Organizing Secretary, who organized annual NSI conference at Jaipur. Our Audit reportfor financial year 2010-2011 has already been circulated.

H. The earlier problem, we had with the income tax authorities regarding out not taking priorpermission for accumulating savings which was resolved at the level of the I.T. Tribunal in ourfavour has been revived, as the IT authorities have appealed in the Delhi High Court as I informedyou last year. We are taking appropriate legal steps.

I thank you all for the co-operation extended to me and look forward to your continued support, adviceand help in future.Finally, I look forward to your valued suggestions and advice.

Year 2011Annexure –1

Financial Assistance for attending Inland Conferences/ Workshops

Sr. No. Name Amount in Financial Assistance for attending Rupees

1. Dr. M.V. Vijaya Shekhar 8000 Micro-neurosurgical training, AIIMS, New Delhi

2. Dr. M. Kodeeswaran 4500 Neuro update Jaipur

3. Dr. Vidhaya Narasimahan 7500 Neurosurgery Skull Base Training Workshop,AIIMS, New Delhi

4. Dr. Rakesh Gupta 4500 Ginde Oration and Workshop BombayHospital,Mumbai

5. Dr. Arshad Ghani Siddique 5000 _______________do__________________

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Year 2011Annexure –II

Financial Assistance for Organizing Conferences/ Workshops

Year 2011Annexure –III

Financial Assistance for Training Abroad

6. Dr. Mozdak Turel 6000 Neurospine 2011, Bangalore

7. Dr. Raj Kumar Gandhi 6000 Neurospine 2011, Bangalore

8. Dr. Ashish Suri 9000 ISPN, 2011, Goa

9. Dr. George C. Villanilam 8500 13th Annual Conference of the Skull BaseSurgery, Vellore

10. Dr. Deepak Agrawal 6000 ISPN, 2011, Goa

11 Dr. P. Sarat Chandra 9000 _______________do__________________

12 Dr. Yashpal Singh Rathore 9000 _______________do__________________

13 Dr. Avijit Sarkaria 9000 _______________do__________________

14 Dr. Jayanand Sudhir 5000 ISCVS, New Delhi

15 Dr. Pankaj Kumar Singh 9000 ISPN, GOA

Total 106000

Sr. No. Name of Conference, Seminars and Workshop Amount paid in Rupees

1 AIIMS Neurosurgeons skills training workshop 25000

2 Neuropedicon, 2012, AIIMS (returnable loan) 100000

Sr. No. Name Name of Training and Country Amount paid in Rupees

1. Dr. Nupur Pruthi Training in Skull Base Surgery 15000

2. Dr. Sumit Sinha Brazil 18000

3 Dr. Deepak Agrawal Spine Fellowship, Switzerland 18000

4 Dr. Aliasgar V. Training in Neuro-oncology, Italy 20000Moiyadi

5 Dr. Krishna Prasad M Training in Skull Base Surgery, USA 15000

Total 86,000

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Year 2011

Annexure –V

Financial Assistance to Non-Indian for training in India from Abroad

Year 2011Annexure –IV

Financial Assistance for attending Conferences Abroad

Sr. No. Name Name of Conference and Country AmountPaid in Rupees

1. Dr. Arivazhagan NA 8th Asian Congress of Neurological Surgery, 2010,Kuala Lumpur 15000

2 Dr. Aniruddha T.J _______________do__________________ 15000

3 Dr. Savitr Sastri BV _______________do__________________ 15000

4 Dr. Aniruddha A Kulkarni _______________do__________________ 15000

5 Dr. KVL Narasinga Rao _______________do__________________ 10000

6 Dr. George C. Villanilam _______________do__________________ 15000

7 Dr. Pankaj Kumar Singh Global Spine Congress, 2011, Spain 7500

8 Dr. Aliasgar V. Moiyadi International Symposium on Clinical and Basic 10000on Gliomas, Spain

9 Dr. P Sarat Chandra ILAE, Rome, Italy 20000

10 Dr. Deepak Kumar CNS Meeting, Washington, USA 20000Gupta

11 Dr.Hariprakash Chak EANS Meet, Rome, Italy 15000ravarthy

12 Dr. Krishna Prasad M 2011, CNS Annual Meeting, Washington, USA 10000

Total 1,67,500

Sr. No. Name Particular Amount in Rupees

1. Dr. K S R Pushpa 4th Neurosurgery Skills Training Workshop, 11500kumara, Sri Lanka AIIMS, New Delhi

2 Dr. Stravinsky _______________do__________________ 11500Parera, Sri Lanka

3 Dr. Mostafa Taufiq Fellowship Training, KEM Hospital and Seth 15000Ahmed, Bangladesh GS Medical College, Mumbai

4 Dr. Nilam Kumar Neurosurgery Skills Training Workshop, 11500Khadka, Nepal AIIMS , New Delhi

Total 49,500

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2011/Dec/EC/11 Joint meeting with German Society of Neurosurgery in Delhi, 2012

We have informally invited the German Society of Neurosurgery to partner us in the 2012 Conferencein Delhi. The final decision would be known in the coming weeks. This proposal is approved by theEC. The EC suggested that about 10 to 15 German Neurosurgeons be offered complimentaryregistration and accommodation and expect that this gesture is reciprocated by the GermanSociety when NSI is invited to be a partner in their scientific meeting.

2011/Dec/EC/12 Symposia for 2012 conference in Delhi

The EC discussed the proposals for the symposia for the Annual Conference in December 2012 anddecided on the following:

Neurosurgery – Craniovertebral Junction by Dr. P Sarat Chandra, AIIMS, Delhi

Neurology – Epilepsy boder zones for a Neurologist and a Neurosurgeon by Dr. Manjari Tripathi

Critical appraisal of medical literature by Col. Shankar Prasad Gorthi is considered for CommonSession (Morning) of the CME rather than a parallel symposium.

2011/Dec/EC/13 Letter from Dr. R. C. Mishra – E-Voting from 2012

Dr. R C Mishra presented his proposal to go for e-voting from 2012 onwards.

EC has in principle accepted his proposal and it informed that each and every member should havean email address which is available with the Society on its database.

It as also decided that all communications between the Society Officers and the members will beelectronic from 2012 onwards. Hence there will be no paper newsletter after the January2012 Newsletter. A notice to this effect will be printed in the January Newsletter.

2011/Dec/EC/13A Letter from Dr. R. C. Mishra regarding E-Office and Audio recording ofEC meetings

Dr. R C Mishra presented his proposal to have audio recording of EC meetings and maintain an e-office for NSI on contract basis and outsourcing of secretarial staff. The EC suggested that bids beobtained from multiple vendors for the same.

This was accepted in principle and he was requested to send a mail regarding this to all ECmembers so that it can be decided on the next Executive Committee meeting.

2011/Dec/EC/14 Letter from Dr. V. G. Ramesh – regarding Executive Committee Members categoriesand regional representation

Dr. V. G. Ramesh, Chennai wants NSI to have regional representation in the Executive Committee.He would like to bring an amendment to the by-law so that EC will have one member representatingeach of the 5 Zones of India, namely, North Zone, Central Zone, Ease Zone, West Zone and SouthZone.

The EC discussed this and felt that this was not a good idea as it will not lead to getting the bestavailable candidates from contesting for the EC posts, irrespective of their place of residenceanywhere in India.

If Dr. Ramesh felt strongly about it, he could send the same suggestion as an amendment to theConstitution and it can be taken up in the next General Body meeting.

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2011/Dec/EC/14A Letter from Dr. V. G. Ramesh – starting sub-speciality sections of NSI

Dr. V G Ramesh presented his proposal to start sub-speciality sections, so that the separatesubspeciality associations may be merged with the sub-speciality sections of NSI.

The EC discussed this proposal and felt that it will not be possible to merge sub-speciality societieswith NSI without their cooperation. Even with their cooperation, this may not be possible as someof these sub-speciality societies (eg. Skull Base Society) have members from other disciplines suchas ENT surgeons and they will not be eligible to become members of NSI.

2011/Dec/EC/14B Letter from Dr. V. G. Ramesh – to prohibit NSI life members from becomingmembers of any parallel society

The EC has taken note of the concern that was raised by Dr. V G Ramesh. However, it was feltthat since there are already several sub-speciality societies which have membership from NSImembers, it was difficult to prohibit NSI members from becoming members of other parallelsocieties that may come up in future.

2011/Dec/EC/15 Presentation by Organising Secretary of 2013 Conference

Dr. Suresh Sankhla, Organising Secretary, Neurocon 2013 Conference presented the features ofthe forth coming 2013 conference to be held at Mumbai. The venue will be the National Centre forPerforming Arts at Nariman Point. He informed the EC that there are adequate number of hotelsin the vicinity of the venue to accommodate members with different budgets.

The dates for the conference will be December 12th – 15, 2013. The registration fees for theconference will be same as Delhi 2012 conference.

2011/Dec/EC/16 Letter from Dr. Suresh Sankhla – Dates for the EC Meeting in Mumbai

Dr. Suresh Sankhar requested EC members to plan for Executive Committee meeting in Mumbai inApril 2012 as they have their annual meeting of the Bombay Neurosciences Association for thesame weekend.

This request was accepted by the Executive Committee and the date for the inspection will beApril 21st 2012.

2011/Dec/EC/16A Joint meeting of NSI with the “Pan-Arabic Society of Neurosurgery” in Mumbai2013

Dr. Suresh Sankhla informed the EC that there is a possibility of having a joint meeting of NSI withthe Pan-Arabic Society of Neurosurgery in 2013 in Mumbai. He is touch with the office bearers ofthe Pan-Arabic Society in this matter and would keep the EC informed about the progress.

This request was accepted by the Executive Committee.

The issue of free accommodation and registration for the Pan Arabic Society members will befinalized in the EC meeting to be held in December 2012 at Delhi.

2011/Dec/EC/17 Organising the 6th Biannual Meeting of World NeuroEndoscopy Association – letterfrom Dr. C. E. Deopujari

Dr. C. E. Deopujari presented his proposal to organize the 6th Biannual meeting of the WorldNeuroEndoscopy Association to be held in Mumbai in 2013.

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The EC has given permission to organize the meeting after the NSI Annual Conference.

2011/Dec/EC/18 Letter from Dr. M K Tewari regarding archives of Neurology India

Dr. Tewari informed the EC that in spite of several reminders from him the archives section ofNeurology India on the Journal website has several missing pages especially for the year 2002.

The EC has taken note of this information and requested Dr. Murthy to work with the publishers tocorrect this deficiency as soon as possible.

2011/Dec/EC/19 Letter from Dr. B J Damany regarding the proposed amendments to the constitution/byelaws of the NSI

Dr. Damany made some suggestions to be incorporated in the Constitution and Byelaws especiallypertaining to quorum for the General Body meeting as this was not constitutional. Most of hissuggestions were already incorporated in the amended Constitution and Byelaws and some werechanged as suggested by him. These will be presented to the General Body.

2011/Dec/EC/20 Chairperson of the Oration and Award Papers – letter from Dr. S. K. Prabhakar

Dr. Prabhakar suggested that Senior Members of the Society should be given priority to beChairpersons for Orations and Award Papers. This was approved by EC and the following changeswere accepted:

Award Papers : President Elect and Senior Member

Presidential Oration : President Elect and Past President

Orations : Senior Members

2011/Dec/EC/21 Appreciation of the Bangalore Conference Organizers

The EC places on record its gratitude to Dr. Sampath, Organizing Secretary for organizing anexcellent meeting.

2011/Dec/EC/22 Presentation by Dr. Shekhar Kurpad, CNS and AASAN

Dr. Shekhar Kurpad, EC Member of CNS and EC Officer of AASAN (Secretary) made a presentationregarding the benefits of International Active Membership of CNS. He informed the EC that CNShas proposed some amendments in their Constitution and Byelaws which will allow InternationalActive Members to be part of the Executive Committee of CNS. He sought the views of the ECregarding the interest of Indian neurosurgeons in such a membership. The EC informed him thatsome NSI members may be interested in International Active Membership although the high annualfees and mandatory attendance at a CNS annual meeting every 3 years will be a deterrent. Dr.Kurpad said that he will take the concerns of the EC to the next CNS EC meeting to be held atJanuary in Chicago. Dr. Kurpad informed the EC that the annual membership fees for full timeacademic neurosurgeons in India may also be reduced.

The President brought the meeting to a close.

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MINUTES OF NSI EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON DECEMBER 17th 2011 AT NIMHANSCONVENTION CENTRE, BANGALORE

The meeting was attended by Dr. V. K. Jain, Dr. K. E. Turel, Dr. V. Rajshekhar, Dr. C. E. Deopujari,Dr. Deepu Banerji, Dr. R. C. Mishra, Dr. A.K.Banerji, Dr. V P Singh, Dr. Vani Santhosh

2011/Dec/EC/23 The meeting was called to order by the President

2011/Dec/EC/24 2014 Conference bid

Dr. V Rajesh Babu Organizing Secretary for 2014 conference had a meeting Dr. V K Jain President,Dr. V. Rajshekhar, Secretary and Dr. C. Deopujari, Treasurer. The bid is in order with a letter fromCNC President and Secretary. The EC accepted this bid. The 2014 NSI conference has been awardedto Coimbatore Neuro Club, Coimbatore.

2011/Dec/EC/25 Arbitration Committee

The Constitution has a provision for an Arbitration Committee to arbitrate on any disputes betweenthe Officials of the Society and the members. Since this Committee has not been constituted, theEC decided to nominate members to the Arbitration Committee.

The suggested committee members will be the past presidents Dr. Ganapathy, Dr. Dharker and anAdvocate for a period of 5 years. It is suggested that Dr. R C Mishra will write letter to the abovecommittee members for their acceptance.

The President brought the meeting to a close.

Minutes of meeting of Trustees of WFNS (I) Trust held on 16.12.2011 at NIMHANS, Bengaluru

Members Present

1. Dr. P. N. Tandon (President), 2. Dr. S.N. Bhagwati (Vice President), 3. Dr. V. S. Mehta, 4.Dr. A.K. Banerji, 5. Dr. M. Sambasivan, 6 Dr. C. S. Deopujari

Dr. P.N. Tandon called the meeting to order. The minutes of the meeting are as follows.

1. General satisfaction was expressed about the functioning of the Trust.

2. Dissemination of information regarding availability of grants to Neurosurgeons of SAARCcountries should be attempted. Dr. P.N. Tandon would contact SAARC office, New Delhi.Emails of various neurosurgeons may be obtained through help of Dr. V.S. Mehta/Dr. C.S.Deopujari/ Dr. Basant K Misra. Insertion in Neurology India and adding this information inNSI website was suggested

3. Depending on availability of funds, increase of grants would be attempted.

4. Meeting ended with vote of thanks to the chair.

Dr. A.K. Banerji , Secretray

Dear Prof. Tandon,

Request approval of above minutes.

Prof. P. N. Tandon A.K. Banerji

President Secretary

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Board of Trustees: Dr. P.N. Tandon, Dr. A.K. Banerji, Dr. S.N. Bhagwati,

Dr. M. Sambasivan, Dr. V. K. Kak, Dr. R. Bhatia, Dr. V. S. Mehta,

Dr. V.K. Jain, Dr. V. Rajshekhar, Dr. C. E. Deopujari

MINUTES OF NSI GENERAL BODY MEETING HELD ON DECEMBER 17th 2011 AT NIMHANS CONVENTION

CENTRE, BANGALORE

Dr. V K Jain, President, Neurological Society of India, chaired the meeting.

2011/Dec/GB/01 The meeting was called to order by the President

2011/Dec/GB/02 Minutes of EC meeting including Secretary’s report – Dr. Rajshekhar pointedout the salient points of the outcome of the EC meeting held on 14th December 2011.

The Secretary pointed out that the January 2012 Newsletter shall be the last newsletter that willbe posted to members without email addresses. After that the Newsletter will only be distributedelectronically.

The General Body approved the Secretary’s report.

2011/Dec/GB/02A Letter from Dr. V. G. Ramesh - regarding NSI to have regional representationin the NSI Executive Committee. He would like to bring an amendment to the by-law of NSI tostate that EC will have one member representating each of the 5 Zones of India, namely, NorthZone, Central Zone, Ease Zone, West Zone and South Zone.

EC discussed these points and they decided that this would not be a wise decision to followthrough. It was decided that we are stronger with the present arrangements and EC should beopen to all Life Members of the Society.

The General Body also agreed with continuing the present arrangement.

2011/Dec/GB/02B Letter from Dr. V. G. Ramesh – starting sub-speciality sections of NSI

EC discussed these issues and felt that it may not be possible at this juncture due to reasonsmentioned in the EC minutes.

It was however, decided to involve the Presidents (or their nominees) of sub specialty societies inthe formation of the scientific program of the annual conference. Hence they will be included inthe Scientific Committee of the Annual Conference from 2012 onwards.

2011/Dec/GB/03 Changes to the Constitution and Byelaws – Notices were published in theJune 2011 Newsletter. No objections or suggestions for changes were received by the Secretaryexcept a letter from Dr. B J Damany that has been already incorporated. The Secretary read outthe changes to the Constitution and Byelaws.

All the changes were passed without dissent.

Proposed by Dr. C E Deopjuari and Seconded by Dr. Keki Turel, Dr. R C Mishra, Dr. Damany

2011/Dec/GB/04 Treasurer’s Report - Dr. Deopujari presented the Treasurer’s report and thiswas accepted.

The following decisions were taken:

Honorarium for Orators: EC has decided to increase the honorarium for Orators from Rs. 30,000to USD 1000 equivalent INR from the year 2012.

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Award Cash Prizes: EC has decided to increase the cash prize for Award Winners from Rs.5,000to Rs. 10,000 from the year 2012.

2010/Dec/GB/04 Editor’s Report – Dr. Rajshekhar presented the Editor’s report in the asbsenceof Dr. Murthy, which was accepted.

2011/Dec/GB/05 CME Convener’s Report –Dr. Banerji presented the CME Convener’s report andthis was accepted.

2011/Dec/GB/06 Webmaster’s Report - Dr. Rajshekhar presented the Webmaster’s report whichwas accepted.

2011/Dec/GB/07 Symposia for 2012 NSI Conference

Neurosurgery – Craniovertebral Junction and cervical spine by Dr. P Sarat Chandra

Neurology – Epilepsy boderzones for a Neurologist and a Neurosurgeon by Dr. Manjari Tripathi

“Critical appraisal of medical literature” by Col. Shankar Prasad Gorthi is considered for CommonSession (Morning) of the CME.

2011/Dec/GB/08 Joint meeting with German Society of Neurosurgery in Delhi, 2012

The German Society of Neurosurgery will be a partner for the 2012 Conference to be held in Delhi.This proposal is approved by the EC.

2011/Dec/GB/09 Letter from Dr. R. C. Mishra – E-Voting from 2012

Dr. R C Mishra presented his proposal to go for e-voting from 2012 onwards and using electronicmedia alone as mode of communication. There was a discussion on the legality of e-voting. Sinceall members were not convinced that e-voting will stand the scrutiny of law, it was decided to takea legal opinion on e-voting. Till then paper voting process will be continued.

2011/Dec/GB/10 Orators for 2012 conference.

The orators have not been decided at present. It was decided that Orators for the 2012 conferencebe confirmed by the mid-term EC meeting in April, 2012 and the Orators for the 2013 conferencebe decided by December 2012 EC meeting in Delhi.

2011/Dec/GB/08 Venue for 2014 Conference

The house was informed that there was only one bid from Coimbatore which came before theclosing date. The CNC has submitted the bid with Dr. V Rajesh Babu as the Organizing Secretary.The bid is in order with letter from CNC President and Secretary. The EC accepted this bid. The2014 bid NSI conference has been awarded to Coimabtore.

2011/Dec/GB/09 Results of elections

Dr. K E Turel, Returning Officer reported that 397 ballot papers were received and 77 werereturned due to wrong addresses. 17 ballot papers were found to be invalid. 20 ballot papers werereceived in Mumbai on 14th December 2011 and could not be included in the counting.

The following were declared elected

1. President (Elect) Dr. C E Deopujari

2. Treasurer Dr. Deepu Banerjee

3. Secretary Dr. R C Mishra

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4. EC Members (Neurosurgery) Dr. Sarat Chandra

Dr. Manas Panigrahi

Dr. V P Singh

5. EC Members (Neurology) Dr. Muralidharan Nair

Dr. A. Panagariya

6. Allied Neurosciences Dr. Vani Santhosh

7. Webmaster Dr. Sarat Chandra

Dr. V P Singh was nominated as CME Convener and Dr. Muralidharan Nair as Co-convener.

2011/Dec/GB/10 Announcement of Award winners: Dr. Rajshekhar read out the awardees forthe various prizes.

Best Paper in Neurology – Dr. Kumbhar Kartik R, CMC, Vellore

Best Paper in Epilepsy – Dr. Shejoy P Joshua, AIIMS, New Delhi

Best Paper in Allied Neurosciences – Dr. S S Dhandapani, Chandigarh

Best Paper in Neurosurgery – Dr. Mazda Turel, CMC, Vellore

Best Paper in Neuro-Oncology – Dr. Aliasgar V Moiyadi, Mumbai and Dr. Aniruddh Kulkarni, Bangalore

Best Paper in Cost Effective Management – Dr. Deepak Kumar Singh, Lucknow

MCQ Prize – Dr. N Arun Kumar, Madurai Medical College, Madurai

Best Poster Award – Dr. M Ganesh Kumar, Madurai and Dr. Deepak Agarwal, AIIMS, New Delhi

2011/Dec/GB/11 Letter from Dr. V. G. Ramesh – to prohibit NSI life members from becomingmembers of NSSI

EC has taken a note of it and decided that we can not force anybody not to form a society. Thediscussion from the floor regarding this issue gave the sense that we should strengthen theactivities of NSI so that it will attract more members.

2011/Dec/GB/12 Thanks to Organizing Secretary – Dr. V K Jain thanked Dr. Sampath and histeam for the organization of the Bangalore meeting.

Dr. Sampath presented a cheque for Rs.15 lakhs to Dr. Jain as the preliminary payment to theSociety from the proceeds of the Conference.

The Chair was thanked by the Secretary and then the President brought the meeting to a close.

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National:

1) Neuropedicon 2012Dates: November 2-4, 2012Organizer/Venue: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New DelhiContact: Dr. Deepak Gupta, drdeepakgupta@gmail.com

International:

1) Joint 12th International Child Neurology Congress (ICNC) and 11th Asian and Oceanian Congress ofChild Neurology (AOCCN)Dates: May 27th – June 1st 2012Organizer/Venue: Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, AustraliaContact: Dr. Kate Riney, Co-Chair Local Organizing Committee, Kate.riney@anzcns.org.au

2) 2012 Japan India Neurosurgical ConferenceDates: October 19-20, 2012Organizer/Venue: Osaka, JapanContact: Prof. Kenji Ohata, kohata@med.osaka-cu.ac.jp

NEW MEMBERS

The following new members have been accepted by the Executive Committee

Life Members: 114

CONFERENCES

Neurosurgeon: 100 Neurologist: 10 Neuroanaesthetist: 2NeuroRadiologist: 1 NeuroPathologist: 1

ANS-60 BNS-90 BNS-95Dr. Syed Shafiq Alam Dr. Rohit Balasubramanian Dr Mohinish G. Bhatjiwale

ANS-61 BNS-91 BNS-96Dr. Sachin Adhikari Dr. Bijesh R Dr. S Balamurugan

ANS-62 BNS-92 BNS-97Dr. Sudheer Ambekar Dr. Sachin Sampat Baldawa Dr. Balumohan M

BNS-88 BNS-93 CNS-45Dr. Sunil Kumar B S Dr. Sunandan Basu Dr. Vemula Vekata Ramesh

Chandra

BNS-89 BNS-94 CNS-46Dr. Biju Bhadran Dr. Vivek R Bonde Dr. K Chandrasekhar

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CNS-47 KNS-95 MNS-99Dr. Ashwani Kumar Chaudhary Dr. Nandigama Pratap Kumar Dr. Kartik Shashikant Modha

CNS-48 KNS-96 MNS-100Dr. N Chandrashekar Dr. Ashish Kumar Dr. Arvind Mamgain

DNS-28 KNS-97 MNS-101Dr. Partha Sarathi Datta Dr. Gujja Raja Sekhar Kennedy Dr. Mohammed Abdul Majaid

DNS-55 KNS-98 MNS-102Dr. Anand Sudhakarrao Dank Dr. Kansal Ritesh Kumar Dr. Chandan Mohanty

DNS-56 KNS-99 NNS-35Dr. Sanjeev Rajendra Desai Dr. Raj Kumar Dr. Praveen Kumar Nath

DNS-280 KNS-100 NNS-36Dr. Parthasarathi Datta Dr. Pradeep Kumar Dr. Vidhya Narasimhan

GNS-77 KNS-101 NNS-37Dr. Pravin Ramdas Ganjre Dr. Prashant S Khandelwal Dr. Naren Nayak

GNS-78 KNS-102 NNS-38Dr. Nimit Kumar Gupta Dr. Sudish Karunakaran Dr. Kodela Atchiyya Naidu

GNS-79 KNS-103 PNS-105Dr. Nagaraj V. Gadwal Dr. Arindom Kakati Dr. Vikrant Baban Pujari

GNS-80 KNS-104 PNS-106Dr. Alok Kr. Gupta Dr. Anand Balkisanji Kakani Dr. Rajendra Prasad Pandey

HNS-13 KNS-105 PNS-107Dr. Sharan Basappa Hosmani Dr. S Suresh Kumar Dr. Rajaram Narayan Patil

HNS-15 KNS-106 PNS-108Dr. Avinash Haridas Dr. Deepak Kumar Dr. Ravikant Palur

HNS-16 KNS-107KNS-107 PNS-109Dr. V S Hari Dr. Shiva S Kupanur Dr. Samir Narayan Paltewar

JNS-43 KNS-108 PNS-110Dr. Sukhdeep Singh Jhawar Dr. Rajiv Kumar Dr. Tejas G Patel

JNS-45 LNS-10 PNS-111Dr. Ranjan Kumar Jena Dr. Palaparty Erwin Sony Lal Dr. Narayan Panji

JNS-46 LNS-11 PNS-112Dr. Dinesh Jaluka Dr. Rakeshkumar C Luhana Dr. Rabinarayan Panda

JNS-44 MNS-98 PNS-113Dr. Tinku Jose K Dr. Jenny Jasbir Multani Dr. Anil Vishnu Patil

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RNS-113 SNS-211 SNS-223Dr. Akyam Lakshman Rao Dr. Harcharan Singh Sohal Dr. Sundaravadhanan

Shashivadhanan

RNS-115 SNS-212 TNS-40Dr. V Ramesh Dr. Harshil C Shah Dr. Amit Thapa

RNS-116 SNS-213 TNS-41Dr. Ravi Narain Rai Dr. Yashodhar C Shah Dr. Sumit Thakar

RNS-117 SNS-214 TNS-42Dr. Raghunath A Dr. Pankaj Kumar Singh Dr. Darpan Jagannath Thakre

RNS-118 SNS-215 TNS-43Dr. Mala Ramanjulu Dr. B Jayanand Sudhir Dr. Santhosh George Thomas

RNS-119 SNS-216 UNS-4Dr. Raghuram G Dr. Sunil Shetty K R Dr. Bhaskar Ukil

RNS-120 SNS-218 VNS-38Dr. A S Ramesh Dr. Paresh Sodhiya

RNS-121 SNS-219 VNS-40Dr. G Rajasekaran Dr. Mayur Sharma Dr. Vikas V

SNS-208 SNS-220 VNS-41Dr. J Srinivas Dr. Rajeev Sharma Dr. Vivek V

SNS-209 SNS-221 VNS-62Dr. Siddappa B Sonnad Dr. Subrata Saha Dr. R Venkatesh

SNS-210 SNS-222 VNS-63Dr. Sidhi Raj Sharma Dr. J Srisaravanan Dr. Nagesh Varshney

YNS-4Dr. Venkatesh Yeddula

Neurology

BNP-50 NNP-30 TNP-17Dr. Bindu P S Dr. Madhu N Dr. Manjari Tripathi

CNP-32 PNP-47 VNP-26Dr. Vinod Joseph Thomas Dr. Manish Parakh Dr. Shirish Ashwin ValsangkarChoondal

GNP-34 PNP-48 YNP-2Dr. Sniadhendu Ghosh Dr. R Pazhani Dr. Ravi Yadav

MNP-58Dr. M G Jayarajan Menon

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AA-90 CA-76 KA-164Dr. Ravi Anadure Dr. Pramod Kumar Chaurasia Dr. Arun Kumar S

AA-91 CA-77 KA-165Dr. S S Aravind Dr. Lakshmanarao Chittem Dr. Arindom Kakati

AA-92 DA-72 KA-166Dr. S Syed Ali Dr. Mohini J Dave Dr. Baidyanath Kumar

BA-120 DA-73 KA-167Dr. Aditendraditya Singh Bhati Dr. Vikas Dhiman Dr. Amandeep Kumar

BA-121 DA-74 KA-168Dr. Mariano Anto Bruno Dr. Nirup Datta Dr. Vinod Kumar

BA-122 DA-75 KA-169Dr. Amit Bindal Dr. Dhandayuthapani V Dr. G Sudheer Kumar

BA-123 GA-118 KA-170Dr. Omar Bachh Dr. Prajakta Ghate Dr. Deepak Karn

BA-124 GA-119 KA-171Dr. Rakesh B Dr. Shantanu Anil Gunjotikar Dr. Sonam R Kothari

BA-125 GA-115 KA-172Dr. Sumit Bansal Dr. Pawan Goyal Dr. Vikas Kathuria

BA-126 GA-116 KA-173Dr. Nishkala Prabhu A Burji Dr. Anand Gupta Dr. Mayur Kamath V

BA-127 GA-117 KA-174Dr. Manish Baldia Dr. Prem G Dr. Prashant Singh Kushwaha

BA-128 JA-70 KA-175Dr. Sondev Bansal Dr. Vikas Chandra Jha Dr. Balasubramani Karuppannan

BA-129 JA-71 LA-17Dr. Byjo V J Dr. Krishna Chaitanya Joshi Dr. Lokesha B L

Associate Members : 96

Neuroanaesthesia Neuro Radiologist Neuropathologist

RNAN-1 BNR-4 CNPATH-2Dr. V J Ramesh Dr. Rose Dawn Bharath Dr. Sujata Chaturvedi

RNAN-2Dr. Chinmoy Roy

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MA-112 NA-53 RA-132Dr. Pandurang Bhanudas Mare Dr. Md Shahzad naiyer Dr. Raghavendra H

MA-113 NA-54 RA-133Dr. Chandan Mohanty Dr. Prakash V Nair Dr. Arun Reddy M

MA-127 NA-55 RA-134Dr. Prakash Mahantshetti Dr. Nithyanand R Dr. Rajendra Prasad A

MA-128 PA-118 RA-135Dr. Mehul N Modi Dr. Manoj Phalak Dr. Vishal Rokade

MA-129 PA-119 SA-285Dr. Arvind Kumar Mishra Dr. Sumana B Pallegar Dr. Raman Mohan Sharma

MA-130 PA-120 SA-286Dr. Amit Kumar Mukherjee Dr. Bhaskar Naidu P Dr. Mallika Sinha

MA-131 PA-121 SA-287Dr. Hari Sankar M Dr. Lakshmi Prasad G Dr. Sarit Pravin Shah

MA-132 PA-122 SA-288Dr. P Magesh Dr. Sunil Kumar Patra Dr. Avijit Sarkari

MA-133 PA-124 SA-289Dr. Muthuraman P Dr. Akshat Pandey Dr. Vikrant Shrivastava

MA-134 PA-125 SA-290Dr. Jeevesh Mallik Dr. Dipendra Kumar Pradhan Dr. Shabari Girishan K V

MA-135 PA-126 SA-291Dr. Shivashankar Marajakke Dr. M Prabhu Dr. Rahul S Shirpewar

MA-136 PA-130 SA-292Dr. Sanjeevkumar N Munoli Dr. Prasanna Shrikant Patankar Dr. Renuka Satyanarayana

Shama

MA-137 RA-127 SA-293Dr. Manoj Kumar V B Dr. Sathish Ravirala Dr. Amrit Kumar Saikia

MA-138 RA-128 SA-294Dr. Veeresha U Mathad Dr. A M Ramana Reddy Dr. Shivender Sobti

MA-139 RA-129 SA-295Dr. Lukam I G Mulla Dr. Amol Raheja Dr.Amit Kumar Singh

NA-51 RA-130 SA-296Dr. Nagurjun M N Dr. Yashpal Singh Rathore Dr. T Sureshbabu

NA-52 RA-131 SA-297Dr. Varesh Nagarth Dr. Neelima Radhakrishnan Dr. Sawarkar Dattaraj

Paramanand

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SA-298 TA-36 VA-70Dr.Satvik P G Dr. Ravi Thakkar Dr. Gaurangkumar M Vaghani

TA-35 UA-2 VA-71Dr. Dalvin Thomas Dr. Animesh Upadhyay Dr. Rahul Varshney

The last newsletter was returned by the postal department without being delivered to thefollowing members. I request any member who knows the correct address of the followingmembers to please contact me at secretary@neurosocietyindia.org

MNS-29 BNS-62 GNS-43Dr. A V Medlery Dr. J V Bhushan Dr. D Ganesan

GNS-20 KA-137 MNS-19Dr. R. Rajendran Dr. P Sunil Kumar Dr. M Mohamed

MNS-32 PNP-23 PNP-25Dr. B P Mandal Dr. Lekha Pandi Dr. M D Patra

HNS-10 CNS-54 SNP-33Dr. Tandel Dinesh Hirabhai Dr. Avinish K Gupta Dr. A A Saifee

DNP-21 KA-128 JNS-39Dr. C P Das Dr. Prakash Khetan Dr. Amit Jaiswal

The ballot paper was returned by the postal department without being delivered to the followingmembers. I request any member who knows the correct address of the following members toplease contact me at secretary@neurosocietyindia.org

ANP-2 RNS-86 PNP-28Dr. Amrit Narayana Achari Dr. G V Ramdas Dr. S Paranjothi

PNS-35 PNS-105 GNAN-1Dr. Deepak Patel Dr. Vikrant Baban Pujari Dr.Mrs.Amna Goswami

DNPATH-3 MNS-26 BNP-40Dr. Usha P Dave Dr. S K Mandal Dr. Ramesh Bhattacharya

JNS-29 PNS-21 KNS-80Dr. Shashank Sureshrao Joshi Dr. D A Palande Dr. Vikram Sudhir Karmarkar

RNR-02 JNP-9 KNP-10Dr. S Ravishankar Dr. Satish Jain Dr. Abraham Kurian

PNS-52 MNP-54 DNS-17Dr. Sanatan M Panda Dr. Ashish Kumar Mittal Dr. S Dharmarajan

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BNS-40 KNS-79 MNS-29Dr. H Bagaria Dr. V Sujit Kumar Dr. A V Medlery

PNP-23 VNS-12 NNPATH-1Dr. Lekha Pandit Dr A K Verma Dr. S Nagarathna

KNP-13 KNS-89 VNP-13Dr. P Kandappan Dr Satish Kumar Dr. Mukul Varma

MNS-19 RNS-114 GNS-64Dr. M Mohamed Dr. Sanjay Rajan Dr. Praveen M Ganigi

GNS-47 VNS-21 ANS-26Dr. J Gurunathan Dr. Sandeep Vaishya Dr. Asha Ajay

RNS-79 ANS-9 KNP-61Dr. Mohd Rehan Rashid Dr. Syed Basit Ali Dr. Parameswaran K

SNP-10 BNP-30 KNS-59Dr. Shyamal Sen Dr. Sagar Basu Dr. Satyendra Kum Kumar

BNP-45 VNS-40 ANS-13Dr. V Beena Dr. Vikas V Dr. J P Alappat

KNP-18 PNS-53 MNP-33Dr. H Kothari Dr. S S Praha Raj Dr. Lt. Col. R M Ma Malhotra

ANP-46 RNS-64 JNP-12Dr. Col. A K Tewari Dr.M L A Rahman Dr. Mukesh Swaroop Johri

MNS-16 CNP-22 SNP-13Dr. S C Mohanty Dr. Arti Chakraborthy Dr. (Mrs) Pravina U Shah

SNS-197 PNS-24 DNP-21Tarun Sharma Dr. Ashis Pathak Dr. C P Das

GNS-20 NNS-14 NNP-11Dr. R Rajendran Dr. Rakesh Naithani Dr. J K Nathan

BNS-83 SNP-87 SNP-43Dr. K Eliyas Basha Dr. Prem K Sinha Dr. (Lt Col) A P Singh

PNS-22 DNS-33Dr. Haroon M Pillay Dr. Sivasshanmugam Dhandapani

SNP-55 GNS-54Dr. M R Sivakumar Dr. Avinish K Gupta

PNS-31 LNP-3 LNP-4Dr. R K Peshen Dr. Omprakash Lekhra Dr. Shekhar Lamdhade

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HBS-10 SNP-96 MNP-16Dr. Tandel Dinesh Hirabhai Dr. Niranjan Narain Singh Dr. Surendra Misra

DNS-50 PNS-33 VNS-18Dr. Raghava Krishna Das Dr. Avinash Prasad Dr. Charu C Varma

VNP-17 SNP-107 SNS-77Dr. E Ratnavalli Dr. N V Sundrachary Dr. Dina Krishan Satpathy

GNP-4 ANP-15 GNS-3Dr. Maya Gantayet Dr. Chandra Shekhar Dr. A K Garg

Agarwal

KNP-63 PNP-25 GNS-43Dr. Vivek Kumar Dr. M D Patra Dr. D Ganesan

RNS-22 JNP-9 RNS-67Dr. K R Ramasubramanyam Dr. Satish Jain Dr. B Ravi Mohan Rao

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OFFICERS OF REGIONAL NEUROCLUBS/SOCIETIES

The Executive Committee of NSI requests all regional neuro clubs/societies to register with the NSIas being representative of neuroscientists of that region.This registration will become mandatory to be recognized as bona fide representative club/societyof that region when bidding for the Annual Conference of NSI.If more than one regional club/society claims representative status then a list of members who arealso NSI members with their NSI membership number and signatures will have to be appended withthe registration form.Registration form is available on the NSI website (www.neurosocietyindia.org) in the Downloadforms section.

PINCODE REQUIRED

This is an appeal to all members to update their full contact address with pincode as it is requiredfor sending the Society journal Neurology India by post.To access your address on the web based database, please obtain Username and Password by writingto the Webmaster. Details are available on the NSI website: www.neurosocietyindia.org

TRAVELLING FELLOWSHIPS - NSITravelling fellowships are available for members of the Society to attend conferences and also tovisit different centres in the country.For eligibility please visit the website (www.neurosocietyindia.org) or write to the Treasurer, NSI.

TRAVELLING FELLOWSHIPS – WFNS (I) TRUSTWFNS (I) Trust provides grants for attending workshops, short term training programs and conferences(except annual NSI conference) both in India and abroad to members/associate members of NSI. Neurosurgeons or trainees from SAARC countries (other than India) are eligible for grants forattending workshops/ conferences/ training programmes in India. For details contact Prof. A.K.Banerji Secretary, email: akb1935@yahoo.com. Forms are available on the NSI website (DownloadForms section)

PRESENTATION OF PAPERS BY NEW MEMBERS AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF NSIPlease note that only new members approved prior to April 30 or whose membership applicationforms have been received by the Treasurer by that date of every year will be eligible to presentpapers at that year’s Annual Conference of the NSI.

SCHEDULE FOR APPROVAL OF NEW MEMBERS

1. Membership application forms received between 16 November and 30 April of the following year:Approval will be given at the Mid term Executive Committee meeting held in May/June of thatyear.

2. Membership application forms received from 1 May till 15 November: Approval will be given bythe Executive Committee held during the Annual Conference of the NSI (December)