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Neurological Society of India The oldest society of Neurosurgeons, Neurologists and Allied Neuroscientists of India
January 2013 Newsletter Vol XII, No. 1
NSI SECRETARIAT
Dr. R. C. Mishra,
2/4 AB, Swadeshi Bima Nagar,
Civil Lines, Agra 282007.
+91-9897921138
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Contents
Message from the Secretary
Executive Council
Congratulations & Felicitations
Obituary
Future NSICONS
Forthcoming Events
EC Meeting Minutes – 18th
December 2012
GB Meeting Minutes – 20th
December 2012
Tariff for Advertisements
Membership Dues
EC Meeting Minutes – 21st
December 2012
NSI Academic Forum
Information & Notices
Communication Details
List of new members
From the desk of President, Neurological Society of India……..
Dear Colleagues,
I would first like to thank all of you for your support to lead our prestigious society in 2013.
Let me wish a very happy, healthy and peaceful year to all our members.
I would like to congratulate Dr P Sarat Chandra, Professor B.S. Sharma and their team for a
very successful conference in Delhi. We have had a record attendance as well as an exhaustive
scientific program with participation of the German colleagues and some of our AASAN
colleagues.
Where do we want to go from here in future?
Though a multidisciplinary neurosociety may work only as a federal structure as an
organization, it has some obvious advantages over smaller speciality groups. I think as a
professional society we need to touch certain areas where initiation and coordination can be
successfully done with the experience of some of our leaders and backing of the organization.
Two main areas which can be immediately addressed are clinical research in neurosciences in
the country and a forum for addressing the need of practising neurologists and neurosurgeons
in smaller cities. We are making a small start with a young neurosurgeon forum which will be
coordinate by Dr Manas Panigrahi and a practice forum with Dr V. P. Singh during the
coming year.
I would encourage feedback from our members so that our team can work on some of these
issues in near future.
See you all again in Mumbai in December.
Thank you,
Prof. C. E. Deopujari
President, Neurological Society of India
Organizing Chairman, Neuroendoscopy 2013
Professor and Head, Neurosurgery
Bombay Hospital ( Institute of Medical Sciences )
126B,MRC,Bombay Hospital
New Marine Lines, Mumbai 400020, India
Tel :- +91-22-2200 3730, Fax :- +91-22-22087805.
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From the Secretary’s pen…….
Dear Esteemed Friends,
After splendid event of NSICON 2012, which has just concluded, it is a matter of great satisfaction and pride to
wish you all a very happy new year 2013. Many many good words are pouring in from across the large number
of delegates who attended the conference, including those from abroad.
We have successfully implemented some new ideas and given new dimension to scientific programme. All
have been a resounding success. This is time to thank all members of EC and everyone from society for their
active guidance to carry on the agenda. But we all have to develop further which is a daunting task and is only
possible by help from one and all. NSI office has worked very hard to reach out to members. Similar endeavor
will continue to rope in all the members to the NSI activities. Your enhanced enthusiasm is anticipated in all
aspects of society’s programme.
I wish to emphasize that to remain connected, please ensure your correct email address and phone numbers
to the secretariat urgently failing which you may miss important communication.
Prepare yourself for 2013, the year of WFNS meeting at Seoul, South Korea.
Regards and best wishes
Prof R C Mishra
Hon Secretary, NSI
Executive Committee - 2013 President Dr. C. E. Deopujari,
E-Mail: [email protected]
President Elect Dr. V Rajshekhar Email: [email protected] Secretary (2012-2014) Dr. R. C. Mishra,
Email: [email protected]
Treasurer (2012-2014) Dr. Deepu Banerji,
Email: [email protected]
Editor (2009-2014) Dr. J.M.K. Murthy,
Email: [email protected]
Secretariat
2/4Ab, Swadeshi Bima Nagar
Civil Lines, Agra – 282002 (UP)
India
Email: [email protected]
Executive Committee Members (2012-2014)
Neurosurgery Dr. P. Sarat Chandra,
Email: [email protected] Dr. Manas Panigrahi,
Email: [email protected] Dr. V. P. Singh,
Email: [email protected]
Neurology Dr. Muralidharan Nair,
Email:[email protected] Dr. A. Panagariya,
Email:[email protected]
Allied Specialities Dr. Vani Santhosh,
EMail: [email protected]
Past Presidents Dr. K. E. Turel,
E-mail: [email protected] Dr. V. K. Jain
E-mail: [email protected]
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News from WFNS (I) Trust
‘Applications for grants from WFNS (I) Trust are invited from neurosurgeon members and associate members of
NSI, for attending inland conferences ( except annual NSI conferences), overseas conferences, training in Indian or
Centres abroad. Please access application form from NSI ‘website’. All applications for financial grants from WFNS
(I) Trust for the subsequent quarter of the year should be received before 31st March, 30th June , 30th September
and 31st December. All communications with the WFNS (I) Trust Secretary may please be done via email.
Documents may be scanned and also sent by email.
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF WFNS (I) TRUST HELD ON 19.12.12 AT
GURGAON
Members present
1. Dr. P.N. Tandon (President)
2. Dr. V.S. Mehta.
3. Dr, A.K. Banerji
4. Dr. C.E. Deopujari
The minutes are as follows:
Meeting called to order by Dr. P.N. Tandon, President who welcomed the members present. Minutes of the meeting
held on 16th December, 2012 were confirmed.
Action taken in the minutes held in December, 2011 were presented by the Secretary. A number of grants were
provided by the Trust during the year 2012. It resulted in an expenditure of 13.10 lakhs which was in excess of the
income. The Secretary WFNS (I) Trust advanced this amount to the trust as a interest free loan. The board decided
that this money should be returned to him in the ensuing year.
Secretary informed that two sets of emails were sent to all neurosurgeons of SAARC nations. There were a few
responses mostly seeking information. We intend again sending information regarding WFNS (I) Trusts resources
available to those who desire training etc. in India.
Secretary’s report was appreciated. It was informed that financial help to neurosurgeons from Afghanistan, Nepal
and a few African countries was facilitated through the organizers of Ind. SPN, New Delhi, and, Skills Workshop,
AIIMS, New Delhi, who were given financial support by WFNS (I) Trust. Future annual reports will list details.
The Trust gratefully acknowledged the following donations to the Trust.
1. Dr. C.E. Deopujari (ISPN, Goa) Rs. 1.25 lacs
2. Dr. Ashish Suri (ISCVS, New Delhi) Rs. 4.00 lacs
3. Dr. S. Sampath (NSI Bangeluru)Rs. 2.00 lacs
4. Dr. Deepak Gupta (Ind,SPN, New Delhi) Rs. 2.00 lacs
A formal letter of thanks has already been sent to them. The meeting closed with a vote of thanks to the chair.
Dr. A.K. Banerji Secretary WFNS (I) Trust
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W.F.N.S. (I) Trust Secretary’s Report ‘2012’
Brief resume of activities during the year -2012
A. Financial assistance to participants for inland conferences:
All 6 Neurosurgeons who were full / associate members of the Neurological Society of India who applied for
financial assistance and fulfilled criteria for support were provided financial assistance, as shown in
annexure -1.
B. Organizing seminars/ workshops:
All 5 applicants were given financial assistance, for organizing seminar/ workshop, as shown in annexure-II.
C. Overseas Training:
Four Neurosurgeons were provided financial assistance for attending training abroad, as shown in
annexure- III
D. Attending Overseas Conference:
Thirty two Neurosurgeons were provided financial assistance for attending conferences abroad, as shown
in annexure –IV
E. Financial assistance for advanced training in India to Neurosurgeons from abroad:
Nil
F. Further programmes:
Some programmes for the coming year are in a preparatory stage. Apart from these, fresh proposals are
welcome.
G. Finances.
Our yearly earning is approximately Rs. 7,62,608 from our investments which are spent on ongoing
programmes.
We have an investment now of Rs.49.35 lacs in RBI Bonds. In addition a sum of Rs. 44.78 lacs are in F.D.’s
in scheduled banks i.e. PNB and Bank of Baroda.
We have received donations from :
Dr. C. E. Deopujari (ISPN, Goa) Rs. 1, 25,000=00
Dr. Ashish Suri (ISCVS, Delhi) Rs. 4, 00,000=00
Dr. S. Sampath (NSI, Bengaluru) Rs. 2, 00,000=00
Dr. Deepak Gupta (Ind SPN, Delhi) Rs. 2, 00,000=00
TOTAL Rs 9, 25,000=00
Our Audit report for financial year 2011-2012 has already been circulated.
Because of financial crunch, an interest free loan was given by me for Rs. 2.65,000 which would be
recovered in due course.
H. The earlier problem, we had with the income tax authorities regarding out not taking prior permission for
accumulating savings which was resolved at the level of the I.T. Tribunal in our favour has been
revived, as the IT authorities have appealed in the Delhi High Court as I informed you 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, advice and help
in future. Finally, I look forward to your valued suggestions and advice.
A.K. Banerji
Secretary
W.F.N.S. (I) Trust Year 2012
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Annexure –1 Financial Assistance for attending Inland Conferences
Sr. No. Name Amount in Rupees- US $ ( )
Financial Assistance for attending
1. Dr. Pradeep Kumar Jain 12000 (224.71) 39th Meeting of ISPN, Goa
2. Dr. Vaghari Gauranka Kumar M 8000 (149.81) Neuro-trauma,2012, Kochi- Kerala
3. Dr. Ratnadip Bose 9000 (168.53) _______________do__________________
4. Dr. Kanwaljeet Garg 15000 (280.89) _______________do__________________
5 Dr. Dhaval Shukla 9000 (168.53) Neuropedicon, 2012, AIIMS
6 Dr. Laxminadh Sivaraju 4000 (74.90) WFNS Course, Bhubaneshwar
TOTAL 57,000 (1067.41)
Year 2012 Annexure –II Financial Assistance for Organizing Conferences/ Workshops
Sr. No. Name of Conference, Seminars and Workshop Amount paid in Rupees –
US dollars in ( )
1 Dr. Ashish Suri , Neurosurgery Skills Training Workshop, AIIMS 50,000 (936.32)
2 4th Annual Conference of Indian Society of Neuro-oncology, Bangalore 35,000 (655.43)
3 Head Injury Symposium, Command Hospital, Panchkula , Haryana 25,000 (468.16)
4 First International Course in Neurosurgery of Cranio-vertebral Junction,
G. B. Pant Hospital, Delhi
50,000 (936.32)
5 Cerebrovascular CME, Chandigarh 10,000 (187.26)
TOTAL AMOUNT IN RUPEES - US dollars in ( ) 1,70,000 (3183.52)
Year 2012 Annexure –III Financial Assistance for Training Abroad
S. No Name Name of Training and Country Amount paid in Rupees – US dollars in ( )
1. Dr. Manish Kumar Sharma
Mayo Clinic, USA 25000 (468.16)
2. Dr. Gopalakrishnan CV ESPN Annual Course, Italy 35000 ( 655.43)
3 Dr. Manish Ranjan Clinical Fellowship, Vancouver, Canada 25000 (468.16)
4. Dr. Praful Suresh Maste Spine Surgery Fellowship Program, Seoul, South Korea
35000 (655.43)
Total 1,20,000 ( 2246.34)
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Year 2012 Annexure –IV Financial Assistance for attending Conferences Abroad
Sr. No. Name Name of Conference and Country Amount Paid in Rupees US$ - ( )
1. Dr. Suresh Nair 13th AACNS , Taipei, Taiwan 25000 (468.16)
2 Dr. S. Syed Ali EANS Meet 2011, Rome, Italy 15000 (280.89)
3 Dr. A.K. Mahapatra Mediteranean Child Neurology Conference , Israel 25000 (468.16)
4 Dr. Deepak Agarwal SANC, 2012, Nepal 8000 (148.81)
5 Dr. B. Indira Devi 1st International Congress on Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery, Italy
30000 (561.78)
6 Dr. Harjinder S Bhatoe _______________do__________________
25000 (468.16)
7 Dr. Deepak Kumar Gupta ESPN- 2012, Amsterdam, Netherland 25000 (468.16)
8 Dr. Amandeep Kumar ASSFN, San Francisco, USA 25000 (468.16)
9 Dr. Kamal Haloi AANS Annual Scientific Meeting, Miami, USA 25000 (468.16)
10 Dr. Aliasgar V. Moiyadi International Congress of World Federation of Skull Base Society, Brighton, UK
30000 ( 561.78)
11 Dr. Nupur Pruthi Micro-neurosurgery Course, Istanbul, Turkey 30000 (561.78)
12 Dr. George C.V. Vilanilam 9th ACNS, 2012, Istanbul, Turkey 30000 (561.78)
13 Dr. Suresh Nair 9th ACNS, 2012, Istanbul, Turkey 35000 (655.43)
14 Dr. Deepak Kumar Gupta ISPN, Sydney, Australia 35000 (655.43)
15 Dr. Sumit Sinha European Conference on Brachial Plexus Surgery, Milan, Italy
35000 (655.43)
16 Dr. Kanwaljeet Garg ISPN,2012, Sydney, Australia 35000 (655.43)
17 Dr. Awadesh Kr Jaiswal 9th ACNS,2012, Istanbul, Turkey 30000 (561.78)
18 Dr. Lakshmi Prasad G ISPN, 2012, Sydney, Australia 35000 (655.43)
19 Dr. A.K. Mahapatra European Conference on Brachial Plexus Surgery , 2012, Milan, Italy
35000 (655.43)
20 Dr. Dhandapani S.S. Japan - India 5th Neurosurgery Conference, Osaka 35000 (655.43)
21 Dr. S.K. Gupta _______________do__________________ 30000 (561.78)
22 Dr. Anand Dank _______________do__________________ 35000 (655.43)
23 Dr. Shejoy P Jushua _______________do__________________ 35000 (655.43)
24 Dr. S. Bhaskar _______________do__________________ 35000 (655.43)
25 Dr. Ashish Suri _______________do__________________ 35000 (655.43)
26 Dr. Amandeep Kumar Congress of Neurosurgical Surgery , Chicago, USA 35000 (655.43)
27 Dr. S. Dwarkanath Japan - India 5th Neurosurgery Conference , Osaka, 35000 (655.43)
28. Dr.V.V. Ramesh Chandra _______________do__________________ 35000 (655.43)
29 Dr. Ravi Narayan Sahu _______________do__________________ 35000 (655.43)
30 Dr. Navneet Singla _______________do__________________ 35000 (655.43)
31 Dr. P. Sarat Chandra _______________do__________________ 30000 (561.78)
32 Dr. K.V.L. Narsinga Rao Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, USA 20,000 (374.52)
TOTAL 9,63,000 (18026.96)
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Congratulations
Dr B K Misra, Chairman, Neurosurgery Dept. of Neurosurgery, P D Hinduja Mumbai has taken over as
President Elect for World Federation of Skull Base Surgery only to take over as President after 4 years for 4
years term. He was also Invited as the Asian Australian Fellow and Guest Speaker to the 2012
Neurosurgical Society of Australasia Annual Scientific Meeting from 4 – 6 October 2012 Gold Coast in
Queensland, Australia and gave 2 invited talks. He was also an Honored Guest Speaker at the 71st Annual
Meeting of the Japan Neurosurgical Society in Osaka, Japan from 17 -19 October 2012. He was also invited
as Visiting Professor at Acibadem University, Istanbul, Turkey. The members congratulated Dr. Misra on his
achievements
Dr. Man Mohan Mehndiratta, President-Indian Academy of Neurology October 2012, President-Asian Oceanian Association of Neurology June 2012, Member-World Stroke Organization Education Committee 2012-2016, "Consulting Editor" World Stroke Academy 2012-2016, Member of the Stroke Support Organization Committee of World Stroke Organization 2012-2016, “VR Joshi Journal of Association of Physician of India Award for Outstanding Referee” for the year 2012
Dr. Kalyan B Bhattacharya has been nominated as FRCP (Edin). He has been appointed as Visiting
Professor, King's College & Hospital, London and Invited Lecturer, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. He has
also been appointed as Co-editor in Chief of the journal, Parkinson's Disease and Restless Leg Syndrome.
He has been appointed as Board Member, WFN, Movement Disorders Group.
Dr K Sridhar has been felicitated with the "Best Doctor Award" from the Dr M G R Medical University,
Chennai.
Professors A K Mahapatra AIIMS Delhi & Rajkumar SGPGI Lucknow for being selected as Director AIIMS
Bhuvaneshwar & Rishikesh respectively.
Dr Aadil Chhagla has been appointed on the Advisory board of the Turkish Neurosurgical Journal - Turkiye
Klinikleri Journals. He has been promoted to Head Of Unit of K E M hospital. He was Honored Guest at the
recently concluded 13th Congress of the Vietnamese Neurosurgical Society 2012 and visiting Faculty to
GOA Medical College, Bambolim for Vascular and Supra sellar pathology
Obituary
We are sorry to report the demise of Dr A C Ray. We offer our condolences to the bereaved family.
Future NSICONS
2013 – Mumbai 2014 – Coimbatore 2015 - Hyderabad
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Forthcoming Events
Paper issue of the Newsletter
As you are all aware that the e-version of the quarterly newsletter was initiated in 2009 and email alert has
been the mode of dispatch of the newsletter for nearly 4 years now. However, as per the decision of the
council, a hard copy (paper version) will still be printed and posted every year to all the members in the
month of November every year to verify the addresses, in addition to the quarterly e-newsletters.
Every issue of the Newsletter for over 5 years has carried an appeal to all members to provide their email
addresses. The web based database still lacks the email addresses of nearly 1000 members. Please update
your address on the NSI database 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 society’s website
(www.neurosocietyindia.org).
Activities of the NSI can be accessed on the Internet
Rules of the Society and application forms can be downloaded from http://www.neurosocietyindia.org
Members are encouraged to visit the site.
Members desirous of having items included in the website / newsletter may please contact the
secretary, NSI at [email protected] Information should be sent by e mail.
ASSICON 2013 17th – 20th
January Kochi Dr Suresh Pillai assicon2013kochi.com
SKULL BASE AND PERIOPERATIVE ULTRASOUND WORKSHOP
1ST-3RD FEBRUARY
LUCKNOW
Org. Committee Dept. of Neurosurgery ,SGPGIMS, Lucknow
skullbaseandperioperativeultrasound.blogspot.in/
Indo-American Epilepsy Symposium
August 16- 18, 2013
Bangalore Prof. Malla Bhaskara Rao
91 80 26995405, Fax: 91 80 26564830 [email protected] www.iaes2013.com
NEUROTRAUMA 2013
23 – 25 August Guwahati,
Assam Dr.B.K. BAISHYA
+91-9435013881, [email protected]
WFNS 2013 8th – 13th September
Seoul Dr Kyu Sung Lee wwwwfns2013.org
NEUROVASCON 2013
21st – 22nd September
Hyderabad Dr.Manas Panigrahi [email protected]
SKULLBASE 2013 5th-6th October
Chandigarh Dr S K Gupta [email protected]
CNS 2013 Annual Meeting
October 19-23, 2013
San Francisco, California
Org Committee http://www.cns.org
NEUROPEDICON 2013
24th- 27th October
Udaipur Dr Tarun K Gupta [email protected] www.neuropedicon2013.com
NSICON 2013 12-15th
December Mumbai Dr Suresh Sankhla [email protected]
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Annual EC Meeting - Neurological Society of India
Minutes of the Annual EC Meeting
(18th December 2012 Director's Committee Room, AIIMS, Delhi)
Meeting attended by:
Keki E Turel, Chandrashekhar Deopujari, R C Mishra, Deepu Banerji, V P Singh, P Sarat Chandra, Manas
Panigrahi, M D Nair, V Rajshekhar, Suresh Sankhla, Vani Santosh, S Sampath, J M K Murthy
Past President : Prof A K Banerji.
The President welcomed the members present in the meeting and the meeting was called to order.
2012/December/AEC/01 - Congratulations
The secretary read the felicitations received by the members during the last year :
Dr B K Misra, Chairman, Neurosurgery Dept. of Neurosurgery, P D Hinduja Mumbai has taken over as
President Elect for World Federation of Skull Base Surgery only to take over as President after 4 years for 4
years term.
He was also Invited as the Asian Australian Fellow and Guest Speaker to the 2012 Neurosurgical Society of
Australasia Annual Scientific Meeting from 4 – 6 October 2012 Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia and gave
2 invited talks.
He was also an Honored Guest Speaker at the 71st Annual Meeting of the Japan Neurosurgical Society in
Osaka, Japan from 17 -19 October 2012.
He was also invited as Visiting Professor at Acibadem University, Istanbul, Turkey
The members congratulated Dr. Misra on his achievements
Dr. Man Mohan Mehndiratta, Director- Professor of Neurology, # 502, Academic Block, Department of
Neurology, G.B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi-110002 India who was unanimously elected President of Asian
Oceanian Association of Neurology (AOAN) for a period of four years 2012-2016 during the 13th Asian
Oceanian Congress of Neurology (AOCN) along with Australian and New Zealand Association (ANZAN)
congress held at Melbourne June 4-8, 2012.
Dr. Kalyan B Bhattacharya has been nominated as FRCP (Edin). He has been appointed as Visiting
Professor, King's College & Hospital, London and Invited Lecturer, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. He has
also been appointed as Co-editor in Chief of the journal, Parkinson's Disease and Restless Leg Syndrome. He
has been appointed as Board Member, WFN, Movement Disorders Group.
Dr K Sridhar has been felicitated with the "Best Doctor Award" from the Dr M G R Medical University,
Chennai.
Professors A K Mahapatra AIIMS Delhi & Rajkumar SGPGI Lucknow for being selected as Director AIIMS
Bhuvaneshwar & Rishikesh respectively.
RESOLVED to publish in the next newsletter of NSI
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2012/December/AEC/02 - Minutes of midterm EC Meeting April 2012
The council discussed and finalized the minutes of the last midterm EC Meeting held at Hotel Trident in
Mumbai on 21st & 22nd April 2012. The President & Secretary signed the minute book to confirm the same.
The minutes have already been circulated in the newsletter.
2012/December/AEC/03 - Secretary’s Report
The secretary informed the house about the activities done so far. He expressed his gratitude to all the
members and office bearers for their co-operation for yearlong support, guidance, co-operation and
counseling to manage the sometimes easy and sometimes vexed problems of society administration. He
informed the council that e-communication, arbitration committee and blog for academic forum has now
been fully established during this period and have quite satisfactorily achieved significant success, but there
are several other things viz. updation of the database, purchase of central office, etc. still needs appraisal and
urgent action on short term and long term basis.
2012/December/AEC/04 - Report on online polling
The Secretary then informed the EC about the various aspects of online voting. He also informed that he had
been asked to take up a legal opinion about online voting which have been duly taken. He confirmed that
there is no case regarding online voting in any court of law in the country to the best of his investigation and
online is already acceptable in the bye-laws of NSI. He also informed about the advantage of having online
voting where the number of people voting can be increased. He briefed the members that an online test poll
was conducted during the first week of December, with an encouraging response. 42 members voted and the
results are displayed. Online polling module worked satisfactorily. It was also discussed that one paper mail
has to be sent to all members about a notice to send their email addresses.
It was then decided by the EC that Email address, should be mandatory for all the members.
RESOLVED that the Secretary will have at least 10 more dummy online polls conducted every month before
the final implementation. The council unanimously agreed to execute online polling and it can be put up and
passed in the GBM.
2012/December/AEC/05 - Life Time Achievement Award
The Secretary briefed the council about the life achievement awards to be given to Prof. Anupam Das Gupta
and Prof. B S Das during the inauguration function of the annual conference. The details of the recipients of
the awards were briefed to the council. Resolved unanimously by the council.
It was also decided that plaques be prepared for the President and the Orators from now onwards.
2012/December/AEC/06 - Orations for NSICON 2013, Mumbai
The Secretary informed the EC about previous orators for Dr B Ramamurthy Oration (once in 2 years) and Dr P
N Tandon Oration (once in 3 years) which are due in 2013:
The orators will be decided by the President as per byelaws and will be informed before the midterm EC
meeting decision to be held in Coimbatore in May 2013.
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2012/December/AEC/07 - Symposia Bids for 2014
The Secretary informed about the bids for symposia for the annual conference 2014 at Mumbai. There were
one bid for the neurology and 3 bids for neurosurgery symposia. All were in order. Discussions took place at
length and decision was taken as following.
Neurology Symposium: Multiple Sclerosis and demyelinating disorders in the Indian context.
Convener: Dr Arul Selvan from Coimbatore
Neurosurgery Symposium: Surgery for ischemic cerebrovascular diseases.
Convener: Dr Paritosh Pandey
Successful bidders will be informed about the same along with some suggestions by EC & guidelines existing as
per bye laws.
The EC was seized with the topic “Curriculum Standardization for neurosurgical training” given by Dr V G
Ramesh and opined that it is too big a chapter to be demeaned for a small symposium and suo motto
direction was formulated to name him as a convener of a group which he will organize for deliberations and
inputs to make a constructive positive and practical policy paper for at length discussion during midterm EC at
Coimbatore on 4th May 2013.
2012/December/AEC/08 - NSICON 2014 Update
Dr Mishra read the letters received from Dr V Rajesh Babu regarding the tentative dates of NSICON 2014
meeting. He suggested the days Wednesday through Saturday for the meeting. Deliberations were made and
the council unanimously decided that the conference will be held from 12th to 15th December 2014 at
Coimbatore. The annual council meeting will be held on 11th December .
The dates for the Mid-term EC Meeting were discussed. It was then decided for 4th – 5th May 2013.
2012/December/AEC/09 - Bids for NSICON 2015
Dr Mishra informed the EC that only one bid for NSICON 2015 was received. It was from the Hyderabad
Neurological Society which was accepted.
Resolved that 2015 annual meeting will be held in Hyderabad with Dr Manas Panigrahi as organizing
secretary. All formalities will be completed by mid-term EC meeting, May 2013 in Coimbatore.
2012/December/AEC/10 - New Forums
Dr R C Mishra expressed the need to rope in young neurosurgeons and make them active in the society and
involve them by increasing their participation in the acitivities related to the society. He further informed the
members that 3 forums have already been launched on the society website. The academic forum is already
working.
NSI Academic Forum - www.nsi-academicforum.blogspot.in Already functional Interactive blog managed by Dr
Sanjay Behari with Case under spotlight, Question collage, Management dilemma, Resident’s niche, Opinion-
O-metre, Feedback forum has found its place on the website for the benefit of the society members.
RESOLVED that it will be advertised in bulk mail to all the members regularly and every response goes to all
the members. The best three cases will have a session in the National NSI Meeting.
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Young Neurosurgeons Forum is conceived on the principles of inclusive growth of society where I propose to
ensure one young neuroscientist to be part of the decision making body along with giving thrust to maximum
involvement of this population in day to day activities. An arbitrary classification is being put forth as 10 years
after attaining the basic qualification or below 45 years of age which so ever is earlier. At least one EC member
of Neurology & Neurosurgery can be from this group.
RESOLVED to make a forum which has one EC Member – Dr Manas Panigrahi with a group of young
neurosurgeons to involve them in the society and can present their views in the national meeting.
Practicing Neuroscientists Forum is another stratum to provide a platform for those clinicians who have
moved out of rigorous curriculum based activities and a secure umbrella of seniors into remote corners
without significant resources and protection. Sometimes a crucial decision making needs interactive platform.
Their problems certainly are different and needs to be addressed by the society as they form very significant
chunk of members. It can be assimilated with openings into scientific forum by designating specified scientific
programme during annual conferences or whole time digital based platform on website for discussion and
interaction.
RESOLVED to make a forum which has one EC Member – Dr V P Singh who can present their views in the
national conference.
Deliberations were made and the council was unanimous on the idea to involve the young and practicing
neuroscientists into the stream.
RESOLVED to have a social evening to interact for both Young Neurosurgeons & Practicing Neuroscientists
during annual meeting. Dr V P Singh was entrusted with the programme.
2012/December/AEC/11 – Website update
Deliberations were made regarding problems with the website. A need for an Interactive website was felt by
all. Discussions were made to link the Scientific Programme page of NSICON Website to the main NSI Page.
The issues involved with vendor were also discussed.
Renewal of Website contract: Discussions were made regarding the renewal of website contract.
RESOLVED that the position of Web Master is redundant and hence the post of webmaster is withdrawn with
immediate effect. The Secretary NSI can also look into the day to day activities of the website.
2012/December/AEC/12 – WFNS Course & NSI Involvement
Deliberations were made regarding NSI involvement in this year’s WFNS Course wherein objections were
raised regarding the same.
RESOLVED that it is customary for WFNS to involve any NSI in any international educational course by WFNS in
India be channelized through NSI. It was also resolved to write a letter to WFNS President, Education
Committee and Dr Sahu the Organizing Secretary for this year WFNS Course just concluded at Bhubaneshwar.
NSI feels very strongly about the non-involvement and would like to emphasize that any future courses should
be under the aegis of NSI.
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2012/December/AEC/13 – Proposed constitutional Amendments & Bye Laws – Notice of Dr A K Banerji
Dr RC Mishra informed the EC about the proposed amendment to constitution regarding the change of the
tagline “oldest and largest body of neurosurgeons in India” to the name of the society. A discussion regarding
the need to add the tagline was made. Dr Mishra then read a letter by Dr NH Wadia regarding the same. He
had suggested the tagline “NSI, oldest Society of Neurosurgeons, Neurologists and Neuroscientists of India”.
RESOLVED that EC is of the view that the suggestion of Dr NH Wadia - “The oldest Society of Neurosurgeons,
Neurologists and Neuroscientists of India” is appropriate and should be accepted. Dr Banerji also approved
the same.
2012/December/AEC/14 - Letters to be discussed / read
The Secretary informed the EC about the application of regional Neuro clubs of Kolkata and Vizag to affiliate
them with NSI. A discussion regarding affiliation of regional clubs was made. It was also discussed that an
addition can be made on the homepage of NSI Website wherein a list of registered clubs can be put along with
the activities of them.
Resolved that the authenticity of the regional club of Kolkata be checked as no details were provided in the
applications.
The application of the Vizag Club was approved by the council. Resolved to ask the club for a complete list of
members.
The Secretary then read a letter from Publishers of World Neurosurgery. They have offered special rates of
subscription to the members. The publishers were requesting a linkup with the society’s website so that all
members can access the journal. It was resolved to inform the publishers about the different categories of
members of NSI. Also resolved to pursue the matter with the publishers regarding the cost of the journal.
The Secretary informed about another letter by Dr Vivek Tandon. He was of the view that the dates of the NSI
Meeting should be held in the last week of November or the first week of December. It was deliberated that it
was not possible to do the same due to many institutional exams.
The next letter was from WFNS regarding call for abstracts for Young Neurosurgeons Award. The last date for
the application of the same will be 8th March 2013. Resolved to communicate to all the members by sending a
mass mail.
2012/December/AEC/15 - Updation of member’s data - Renewal of memberships & Duplicity
Dr RC Mishra raised an issue that the data of members of the society has gross errors and need to be rectified
at the top priority. Dr Rajshekhar expressed that 100% data cannot be sanitized as members keep changing
their communication details and do not inform even after repeated reminders. Deliberations were made on
the issue.
RESOLVED that Data sanitization related to duplicity and accuracy of the members data needs to be done and
Secretary was entrusted the responsibility regarding the accuracy and expenditure involved. Also resolved that
reminders will be sent to the associate members whose membership has expired and appropriate follow-up
would be done.
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2012/December/AEC/16 - Increasing the corpus & sponsorships of NSI
Need was expressed to increase the corpus and raise more sponsorships for the society. The secretary
informed that the last directory was published in 2002 and every year a print version of the directory was
proposed to be released. It was also deliberated to publish one paper newsletter along with the Directory
preferably one month prior to the NSI Meeting so that members can update their addresses in the meeting.
The council also agreed unanimously that funds will be generated for the NSI in the form of advertisements in
the website and in the directory.
The council was also of the opinion that to buy a property for central office, increasing the corpus is important
and additional sponsorships will be used to meet the expenses of the central office as well as providing more
scholarships to the young neurosurgeons.
RESOLVED to print one newsletter in the month of November and mailed to all the members. It was also
resolved to seek sponsorships for the newsletter.
2012/December/AEC/17 - Finalizing NSI Central office / e-office
The Secretary stressed the need for the setting up the central office of NSI. Dr Deopujari informed the house
that NSI never had a central office and now it was time for NSI to have the same. Dr RC Mishra put up a
proposal from Event Architects from Agra regarding handling the secretariat. Deliberations were made on the
matter. It was discussed to accept the proposal and review the same for one year.
RESOLVED to accept the proposal for one year and put under scrutiny with a mid term review report in May
2013 and final review report in annual EC Mumbai on 11th December 2013.
2012/December/AEC/18 - Education Cell Report – C E Deopujari
Dr C E Deopujari presented the education cell report. The NSI Education cell conducted the 1st instructional
course under the guidance of Dr. Deopujari for the post graduate students in Mumbai from 3rd to 5th February
2012 at the Bombay Hospital. A faculty of 12 Local and 6 teachers from other centers conducted some lectures
followed by examination of 33 students. The program received a very positive feedback. The second
instructional course was carried out under the guidance Prof. V Rajshekhar at CMC, Vellore and was attended
by 25 Students. The format included more detailed radiological and clinical and case based training followed
by examination.
The next instructional course is planned at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, to be
conducted by Dr. B S Sharma on 12 & 13th February 2013. There has been interest shown to conduct similar
courses by Dr. Sandip Chatterjee in Kolkata, Prof. Mathuriya in Chandigarh, Prof. Ajay Sharma in GB Pant Delhi,
Dr Suresh Nair in Trivandrum and Prof. B C M Prasad from Tirupathi. Discussions were made to give the next
course to Kolkata so that the courses can be distributed to all the zones.
A practical course for micro vascular training at the ETHICON lab was conducted in Mumbai followed by
cadaver dissection course at the JJ Hospital for endoscopic and microscopic skull base approaches on 20th and
21st April, 2012 by NSI faculty for 10 Students
A micro vascular course was also conducted at Chennai on 19th October, 2012 for 8 students. Next 2
workshops will be held at Delhi and Chennai and post graduate students as well as young neurosurgeons can
apply.
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NSI travel fellowships have been awarded to 5 candidates namely: 1) Anand Dank, 2) Parthsarthi Dutta, 3)
Arun Oomen, 4) Harmit Singh Sodhi and 5) J Srinivas. Arrangements to post them are being made. They should
commence the fellowship at the end of the year. Scholarship of Rs 50,000/- will be awarded by the NSI for the
same. Ten such fellowships will be available for the next year.
Deliberations were made and concern was raised on the duration for which the scholarships were provided.
The convener informed that as of now the time duration is 1 month to 3 months but the amount provided is
fixed. It was resolved that attendance of the candidate and appraisal from the head of the visiting department
would be mandatory before releasing the scholarship amount. A brief writeup of the visit by the candidate
shall form the records of NSI.
2012/December/AEC/19 - Returning Officer Report & election results– C E Deopujari
The returning officer Dr CE Deopujari informed the members that this year elections were only for the post of
President Elect. He duly explained the procedure and proper actions taken on the cut-off dates for
nominations and balloting. Over 1700 ballots were dispatched from the office of the returning officer by
courier and post out of which 219 ballots returned due to improper addresses. Around 60 duplicate ballots
were resent on the basis of emails and telephone calls out of which 34 were received. Total ballots received
after casting was 328 and 4 ballots were found to be invalid. These ballots were counted in the presence of Dr
M D Nair and Dr Suresh Sankhla and Dr V Rajshekhar was declared winner.
Dr Deopujari also read a letter received from Dr VS Mehta regarding the process of polling which contained
suggestions and ideas to improve the process. Deliberations were made and it was discussed that with online
polling in future all this manual process would automatically be redundant.
2012/December/AEC/20 - Proposals by – C E Deopujari
Permanent Courier service
Dr Deopujari proposed having a single courier service for all activities of the society. It was deliberated that
Speed Post can be used.
Procedure for proposing constitutional amendment
o Constitutional amendment/s may be proposed by a Life Member who have been Life member of good standing in the NSI for at least 7 years.
o This should be supported by 2 other life members of good standing (for at least 7 years) with their signatures before sending it to the secretary.
o The proposed amendment should be discussed at the next Executive Committee meeting but the EC can only suggest changes to the amendment if it feels so but the proposers are not required to incorporate the changes suggested by the EC. It is obligatory to present the amendment to the general Body (after EC consideration and adding their suggestions but not incorporating them) for its approval.
o The proposed amendment should be communicated to all members with at least 4 month notice. o The proposed amendment should be voted upon by means of postal/electronic ballot of all the Life
Members. The ballot may be sent out with the ballot for the elections of EC members in November of that year or by the electronic poll if and when it becomes functional.
o The amendment should be considered passed of at least 2/3 rds of the votes polled are in favour of the amendment
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o The amendment will be announced in the General Body meeting held during the Annual Conference for the information of the members
Resolved that all these proposals will be circulated to all the members and put in the next GBM in
December 2013.
2012/December/AEC/21 - Treasurer’s Report – Deepu Banerji
Dr Deepu Banerji presented the treasurers report.
*New Members after December 15, 2011 upto December 14, 2012) :-
Total New Members = 179 NSI Life Members = 56
NS = 49 (Neurosurgeons) , NP = 4 (Neurophysician), Others = 3
NSI Associate Members = 123
*Major Expenditure
1) Payment made for CME book Rs 5,26,473 (Byword Books).
2) Subscription fees WFNS World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies – Membership fees for 1109 NSI
members
(1109 X USD 8 = USD 8872 + bank charges ) = INR 4, 39, 138 /-)
3) Subscription fees annual membership 2011 and 2012 of International Society of Neuropathology.
(31 X CHF 945 + Bank Charges) = INR 53481/-
4) Money paid for orations (Bangalore Conference 2011):
Prof. Broggi Rs 33509 (EURO 500) Italy Oration
Prof. Servadei Rs 33509 (EURO 500) Italy Oration
Total Rs 67018 Inclusive Bank charges
It was raised to 1000 EUROs from this year onwards
5) Travelling Fellowship Paid To Residents And Young Neurosurgeons (After Bangalore conference 2011) :
S. No. NAME AMOUNT DEPARTMENT DETAILS
1 Dr Rajkumar Gandhi Rs 4230 Dept. of Neurosurgery,
Govt. Stanley Medical
College, Chennai
TRAVELLING
FELLOWSHIP
2 Dr K Sivakumar Rs 4540 Dept. of Neurosurgery,
Madurai Medical
College, Madurai
TRAVELLING
FELLOWSHIP
3 Dr HM Baba Dhoulath Khan Rs 4540 Dept. of Neurosurgery,
Madurai Medical
College, Madurai
TRAVELLING
FELLOWSHIP
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4 Dr N. Arun Kumar Rs. 4540 Dept. of Neurosurgery,
Madurai Medical
College, Madurai
TRAVELLING
FELLOWSHIP
5 Dr N Saravanan Rs 2500 Department of
Neurosurgery, Madras
Institute of Neurology,
Madras Medical College,
Chennai - 3
TRAVELLING
FELLOWSHIP
6 Dr s. Jothikumar Rs 2500 Department of
Neurosurgery, Madras
Institute of Neurology,
Madras Medical College,
Chennai - 3
TRAVELLING
FELLOWSHIP
7 Dr A Sendil Kumar Rs. 2500 Department of
Neurosurgery, Madras
Institute of Neurology,
Madras Medical College,
Chennai - 3
TRAVELLING
FELLOWSHIP
8 Dr. Manoranjitha Kumari Rs 2500
Department of
Neurosurgery, Madras
Institute of Neurology,
Madras Medical College,
Chennai - 3
TRAVELLING
FELLOWSHIP
Total Rs
27850/-
6) Nurses travelling fellowships (After Bangalore conference 2011) :
1 Neuro-nurse Mrs J Revathy Rs. 3000
TRAVELLING
FELLOWSHIP
2 Neuro-nurse
Mrs Angela
Gnanadurai Rs. 5200 Kerala
TRAVELLING
FELLOWSHIP
Total Rs 8200/-
1 Dr Kumbhar Kartik Rs 5000 Travel Grant
2 Dr Shejoy P. Joshua Rs 5000 Travel Grant
3 Dr S.S. Dhandapani Rs 5000 Travel Grant
4 Dr Mazda Turel Rs 5000 Travel Grant
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7) Awards at Bangalore NSICON 2011 :
8) Sponsorship received from SUN PHARMA Rs 1, 50, 000/- & receivable Rs 35, 628/- for 1st NSI – Education
Cell, Mumbai. (Traveling expenses paid for PG students = Rs 1, 03, 900 /- , Traveling expenses paid for
National Faculty = Rs 79, 127 /-, *Miscellaneous = Rs 2000/- )
9) Payment sent to Editor, Neurology India Rs 5, 00, 000/-
10) Payment towards Election of President Elect. Rs 75, 000/-
11) Book keeping and other matters related to Finance :
*Bank A/C :
1) HDFC (opened mainly for payment gateway) Current Balance: Rs 1, 13, 094 /- (till 31/12/2012)
2) IOB (BH Extn Marine lines) Current Balance: Rs 1580392/- (10/12/2012)
3) Secretary A/C in Agra
4) Neurology India A/C in Hyderabad
*Investments
1. FD in HDFC Bank Rs 10,00,000/- (Rs Ten Lakhs) - expires on 18/04/2013 (DOC :- 2/4/2011)
2. Deposit Investment in HDFC ( 15 lacs, reinvested as Rs 16,94,753/- + Rs 20,00000 /- Deposited this
year Expires on 14/12/2014)
3. RBI Bonds and remaining amount and FD’S (C/o Mr O P Mishra, Delhi)
Rs. 10,00,000/- (Rs Ten Lakhs), expired on 05/01/2012 (tfr with intt in NSI a/c, Mumbai IOB)
Rs, 10,00,000/- (Rs Ten Lakhs), expires on 17/12/2013, Rs. 5,00,000/- expires on 04/09/2014
Total =1500000/ in RBI bonds
4. FD’s:- in Indian Overseas Bank (IOB, Mumbai ) from RBI Bonds.
Rs 50, 00, 000/- (Rs Fifty Lakhs) expires on 10/11/2012 (DOC:- 28/2/2011). Extended for 2yrs of the
maturity value of Rs.6028434/ till 22.12 2014
Rs 10, 00, 000/- (Rs Ten Lakhs) expired on 10/11/2012 (DOC:- 28/02/2011) Maturity value Rs 1205688/
extended as fixed deposit for 2 yrs
Rs 25,00,000/- (Rs Twenty Lakhs expires on 28/08/2013 (DOC:- 28/08/2012).
12) Received share of income of Rs 15,00,000/- from NSICON 2011 at Bangalore in December, 2011 and Rs 12,
83, 825 /- in March 3, 2012, and Rs 14, 57, 291/ - in August 2012. {Total Rs 39,41,116/-}. The council
thanked NSICON 2011 for their contribution and applauded the same. It is the largest contribution till now.
13) The audited accounts were put up for the council’s perusal.
The council discussed the need for a permanent office where all the records and data can be managed.
5 Dr Aliasgar V. Moiyadil Rs 2500 Travel Grant
6 Dr Anirudh Kulkarni Rs 2500 Travel Grant
7 Dr Deepak Kumar Singh Rs 5000 Travel Grant
8 Dr N. Arunkumar Rs 5000 Travel Grant
9 Dr M Ganesh Kumar Rs 2500 Travel Grant
10 Dr Deepak Agarwal Rs 2500 Travel Grant
Total Rs. 40000/- Travel Grant
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14) Support for International Fellowship / seminar/ Conference: There has been request from young
neurosurgeons for partial support. The treasurer was of the view that sponsorship up to Rs 50000/ every
year for 2 to 3 candidates – who are life members can be given. There can be a committee comprising –
President / President Elect and Hon. Secretary to recommend after looking into the details like income /
authenticity of conference / workshop / fellowship and recommendation by HOD or President of regional
Society Neurosciences.
14) Increase in amount of Expenditure of Treasurer’s and Secretary’s office as per actual expenses incurred.
15) Increase in Salary of Accountant to Rs 30000
16) Buying an exclusive Laptop for Treasurer to keep all the data and information in one place and updating by
CA. This will be carried forwards to next treasurer.
The report was acknowledged and unanimously approved.
2012/December/AEC/22 – NSICON 2012 Update
Dr Sarat Chandra briefed on final stages planning and execution on the preparations of NSICON 2012. He
informed the council that the stage is set for the final action. The total registrations received as on date are
1170 out of which 800-850 are neurosurgeons, 90-100 neurologists, 45-50 international delegates, 180-200
accompanying persons including children and 90-100 Neuro-Nurses. Out of these 91 speakers have still not
registered and 150 people from Delhi are also expected to register on spot. He further informed that the
Public Awareness Lecture was setup up in the main auditorium at 4 pm and the members shall immediately
proceed to the hall after the council meeting. Dr Sarat informed the members that he had almost taken all the
sponsorships from the trade fraternity prior to the conference barring one company and the financial status
was comfortable.
The council expressed concern on the people who have still not registered and deliberations were made to
solve this issue on priority.
The concerns regarding the finances were raised and discussed.
2012/December/AEC/23 - Editor’s Report – J M K Murthy
Dr J M K Murthy presented the editors report before the council on the performance and finances of the
journal in the past one year.
He brought to the attention of the members that the impact factor of Neurology India for the year 2011 is
0.956 based on the number of citations of the articles published in 2010 and is a significant improvement over
the impact factor for the year 2010.
Till date 12.12.2012 the total number of submission is 1042. Their performance indices are quite impressive.
The mean number of days until paper is under review: 18.48 days. The mean number of days from first
submission to acceptance: 56.85 days (range 0.223) and the mean number of days from acceptance to
publication: 41.10 days (range 10.161). As on 12.12.2012, of the 1024 articles have been submitted, 178 (17%)
articles have been accepted, 775 (76%) articles have been rejected, and 71 (7%) are under review or revision.
The ratio between original article and case reports published in the year 2012 volume is 3.2:1. All the issues
have been placed on the website well in time. The November-December will be on the website in the third
week of December.
The financial position of the journal has been sound like last year. In the year 2012 the total amount that we
had paid to the publisher till date is Rs 15,60,459 out of which we could raise Rs 11,31,838. Till date got Rs
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5,00,000 from the Treasurer, NSI. We will have to pay for two issues Sept-Oct and Nov-Dec issues. After all the
payments the present bank balance is Rs 1,29,189. I am also happy to say that the auditor has not charged for
auditing the accounts since I took over as Editor, 2009.
The report was acknowledged and unanimously approved.
2012/December/AEC/24 - CME Convenor Report – Dr V P Singh, Dr M D Nair
Dr V P Singh and Dr M D Nair presented the council with the updated CME report. Dr Singh informed that a
new team of CME convenors has taken over and aim to revamp the CME and give it a new perspective. He also
informed that the format of feedback forms has been introduced to get the thoughts of the attendants.
Scheduling
Continue with the format of one common session and three concurrent sessions.
Introduce a lunch symposium to cover a specific topic in detail.
Abolish afternoon tea break to save time.
Choice of topics
Focus more on common topics rather than esoteric topics so that knowledge gained in the CME is relevant in
the day to day clinical practice of neurologists & neurosurgeons.
Presentation should be scientific – reviewing the current status – should have a take home message.
Section on Advances – showcasing newer knowledge or current state of art management.
Section on Evidence Based – giving the evidence for commonly used treatment modality or newer modalities.
Section on Controversies – a debate on controversial topics – between two treatment approaches.
Choice of speakers
Should be the neuro leaders of tomorrow.
Should be good speakers so that they can communicate well.
Should be working in the field personally so that present with authority and not present bookish knowledge.
Speakers of this 3 yrs slot should not have presented in the last 3 yrs slot as far as possible.
Introduce evaluation forms
The issue of getting advertisement for the CME Books was discussed.
2012/December/AEC/25 – NSICON 2013 Update
Dr Sankhla made a presentation regarding the arrangements and the proposed registration fees for the 2013
conference. The venue is located centrally in the heart of the city and accessible to Marine drive and nearby
Credit Notes adjusted Previous Balance Balance receivable
Other than Advt Advt TDS on Advt
189,954 159,610 3,192 Nov 76/ Dec 92/ Jan 184/ Jan 98 85,804
215,736 129,618 2,212 'Feb 97/ Mar 93/ Mar 237/ Mar 238 85,804 127,825
82,251 86,239 16,849 Royalty 127,825 250,521
42,855 68,219 11,107 Royalty 250,521 396,729
15,274 396,729 412,003
89,137 68,219 15,736 Royalty 412,003 492,991
Credit Note amt/Royalty
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starred hotels. Various halls are also available for the presentations, all conference services available along
with huge exhibition area and food court. The facilities available at this site were found appropriate for the
conference. On the spot suggestions and interaction came up with the organizers and due alterations were
accepted by them for smooth conduct of the conference. The scientific programme was also discussed and
approved.
2012/December/AEC/26 – Change in Election Process
Deliberations regarding change in the election process were made. Dr Deopujari presented a few proposals for
discussion.
Dr Deopujari proposed a change in the election process. A Maximum of 15 members to be elected for the EC.
Elections will be conducted every 3 years as per the present norms but no yearly election for the president.
Legibility will be the same as of now for EC members and we may continue with the quota for different
specialties and/ or incorporate regional representation as per the current practices.
They will nominate- President, President elect, Vice President (to suit the 3 yr term )
The idea of adding a post of vice president is to have a third tier which will avoid the yearly election and the
vice president will get elevated to president elect in the second year and eventually becoming president in the
third year.
The top 5 posts (the officers of the society) should have served at least 1 previous term in EC. This will
necessarily mean that there will a 2 tier EC election, For top 5 posts existing or past EC members can contest
while other posts will continue to have the present criteria for eligibility.
Chairmen of various Committees:
Education committee,
Liaison committee: domestic and international,
Residents and Young Member's committee,
Research committee,
Web and Publication committee,
Journal Editor,
Arbitration and Legal,
Women's,
Sub specialities,
Scientific
All these may be assigned a role by the officers of the society including editor or nomination may be possible
for Editor and Sub-Editor.
Each Chairmen can chose 3 members each for their committee from GB who will not have other privileges of
EC.
The matter was thoroughly discussed in the council. Though it seems to be good in principle, further thought
and finer points for execution need further deliberations: A committee of Prof. JMK Murthy, V. Rajshekhar, RC
Mishra, VP Singh and Deopujari should go through and give their suggestions to Mid term EC.
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The following may be included in the Byelaws:
Dr Deopujari also proposed to develop a" theme" for every annual conference in future
The council agreed on this proposal and resolved that it may be incorporated in scientific program in future.
Chairman, Scientific Committee to work out the modalities and incorporate or give recommendations
He further proposed that Award papers should be preferably published in Neurology India. Other
presentations may be given preference for publishing as well.
The council agreed to encourage presenters but subject to peer reveiw
Dr Deopujari also proposed that the president should be allowed at least 1 more talk in the conference.
The council unanimously agreed and advised the scientific Chairman to consider and incorporate accordingly.
Dr Deopujari further proposed to encourage non- medical talks ( at least 1 ), research and career
development talk for residents and young neuroscientists as well as a Practice management talk for others
The council agreed and advised the scientific committee to incorporate accordingly.
Dr. V.P.Singh will co-ordinate the practitioners forum with the secretary and scientific chairman and will have
a 60-90 minute late afternoon or evening session for practice management forum followed by a High Tea
Session.
Dr. Manas Panigrahi will co-ordinate with secretary and Scientific Committee chairman and will have a 60-90
minute session for young neurosurgeons forum in a late afternoon or evening slot ( High Tea Session )
Prof. JMK Murthy felt he could help out with development or co-ordination of research activities
Dr Deopujari also proposed that a Neurology scientific program may be condensed to 1 day Or one and half
day including CME and may consist of common interest topics emphasizing neurosurgery for neurologists and
vice versa.
The council agreed on this proposal and resolved that the Scientific Chairman will work with Dr. M.D. Nair for
CME and others for having the neurology program on CME afternoon and try to cover all neurology session on
the next day so that the Neurology members can leave after GB meeting
In absence of the President who had left for the public awareness programme, President-Elect Dr C E
Deopujari acknowledged all the Council Members for their active participation, support and co-operation. The
Council also thanked the warm hospitality and the arrangements made by Dr Sarat Chandra who despite
being so busy with the conference preparations took time and measures to smoothen the meeting. The
meeting ended on a positive note.
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Annual GB Meeting - Neurological Society of India
Discussion points as per agenda (20th December 2012 Hall II, Leela Kempinski, Delhi)
2012/Dec/GB/01: Call to order
President welcomed the members present in the house and the meeting called to order.
2012/Dec/GB/02: Obituary
The Secretary informed the house of the demise of Dr PPS Mathur Jaipur, Dr DN Pal Delhi, Dr Vijaysheel Kumar
Delhi, and Dr K Jagannathan Chennai and Dr A C Ray during the last year. The house offered condolences to
the bereaved families.
2012/Dec/GB/03: Congratulations
The Secretary informed all the members about the felicitations received by the members during the last year:
Dr B K Misra, Chairman, Neurosurgery Dept., PD Hinduja Mumbai has taken over as President Elect for
World Federation of Skull Base Surgery only to take over as President after 4 years for 4 years term.
He was also Invited as the Asian Australian Fellow and Guest Speaker to the 2012 Neurosurgical Society of
Australasia Annual Scientific Meeting from 4 – 6 October 2012 Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia and gave
2 invited talks.
He was also an Honored Guest Speaker at the 71st Annual Meeting of the Japan Neurosurgical Society in
Osaka, Japan from 17 -19 October 2012.
He was also invited as Visiting Professor at Acibadem University, Istanbul, Turkey
We congratulate Dr. Misra on his achievements
Dr. Kalyan B Bhattacharya has been nominated as FRCP (Edin). He has been appointed as Visiting
Professor, King's College & Hospital, London and Invited Lecturer, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. He has
also been appointed as Co-Editor in Chief of the Journal, Parkinson's Disease and Restless Leg Syndrome.
He has been appointed as Board Member, WFN, Movement Disorders Group.
Dr K Sridhar has been felicitated with the "Best Doctor Award" from the Dr M G R Medical University,
Chennai.
Dr V K Jain was elected as Treasurer of the Asian Australasian Society of Neurosurgeons.
Dr. Man Mohan Mehndiratta, Director-Professor of Neurology, GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi was
unanimously elected President of Asian Oceanian Association of Neurology (AOAN) for a period of four
years 2012-2016 during the 13th Asian Oceanian Congress of Neurology (AOCN) along with Australian and
New Zealand Association (ANZAN) congress held at Melbourne June 4-8, 2012.
Member World Stroke Organization Education Committee 2012 – 16
Consulting Editor – World Stroke Academy 2012 – 16
Member of World Stroke Organization 2012 -16
VR Joshi Journal of Physicians of India award for outstanding refree for the year 2012.
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Professors A K Mahapatra AIIMS Delhi & Prof. Rajkumar SGPGI Lucknow for being selected as Director
AIIMS Bhuvaneshwar & Rishikesh respectively.
2012/Dec/GB/04: Ratification of the Minutes of EC Meetings & Secretary’s Report
Dr RC Mishra, Secretary NSI presented a brief report of the activities done during the year and expressed his
gratitude to all the members and office bearers for their co-operation for yearlong support guidance, co-
operation and counseling to manage the sometimes easy and sometimes vexed problems of society
administration. He informed that activities like e-communication, arbitration committee and blog for
academic forum have now been fully established during this period and have quite satisfactorily achieved
significant success, but there are several other things viz. updation of the database, purchase of central office,
etc. which are still in need of appraisal and action on urgent, short term and long term basis.
The report was approved by the general body.
2012/Dec/GB/05: Orations for NSICON 2013, Mumbai
Orators for Dr B Ramamurthy Oration (once in 2 years) and Dr P N Tandon Oration (once in 3 years) which are
due in 2013 will be decided by the President as per byelaws and will be informed before the midterm EC
meeting decision to be held in Coimbatore in May.
2012/Dec/GB/06: Symposia Bids for 2014
Several bids were received for symposia for the annual conference 2014 at Coimbatore. There were one bid
for the neurology and 3 bids for neurosurgery symposia. All were in order. Discussions took place at length
and decision was taken as following by the EC Meeting:
Neurology Symposium: Multiple Sclerosis and demyelinating disorders in the Indian context.
Convener: Dr Arul Selvan
Neurosurgery Symposium: Surgery for ischemic cerebrovascular diseases.
Convener: Dr Paritosh Pandey
Successful bidders will be informed about the same along with guidelines existing as per bye laws.
A bid from Dr V G Ramesh was received as a symposium on neurosurgical training and curriculum. This was
seen as a very good concept and was decided that Dr V G Ramesh be requested to be the convener of a
committee which will look at all aspects of training teaching and curriculum for neurosurgical education in
India and will come out with a policy paper. He is entrusted with the formation of committee as per his reach
and choice.
2012/Dec/GB/07: Bids for NSICON 2015
Only one bid was received for organizing the annual conference in 2014. It was from Hyderabad. The bid was
in order and well in time and has been accepted. Dr Manas Panagrahi will be Organizing Secretary.
2012/Dec/GB/08: Online polling
Various aspects of online voting have already been discussed during the EC meetings in the last year and past
GBM. The Secretary had been asked to take up a legal opinion about online voting which have been duly
taken. He informed the house that there was no case regarding online voting in any court of law in the country
to the best of his investigation and online polling is already acceptable in the bye-laws of NSI. The advantage
of having online voting is saving of money and all the members can vote and the number of people voting can
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be increased since manually there is many times a problem of ballot reaching the member. An online test poll
was conducted during the first week of December, with an encouraging response. 42 members voted and the
results were received instantly. Online polling module worked satisfactorily.
In the annual EC meeting it has been decided that Email address, should be mandatory for all the members.
The council have discussed to have at least 10 more dummy online polls conducted every month before the
final implementation. The council has unanimously agreed to execute online polling and it is now put up in the
GBM for the members to have their views.
Discussions on the same were made. Suggestions were made that there can be an option that online voting
can take place and for the members who are not e-literate, postal ballot papers can also be provided.
It was suggested by one of the senior members that this matter was first discussed in 2001 in Mumbai
conference and only because of a few members this process should not be stopped from being implemented.
It was also suggested that one newsletter, preferably just before the national conference a paper newsletter
can be circulated and options for postal ballot can be asked from the members.
The Secretary informed that all measures are being taken up to update the member’s database & emails.
He also informed the members that 10 dummy elections will be done before finalizing the option of online
polling. He urged the members to participate in this drive.
Proposed by Dr A K Banerji, seconded by Dr. Pradhan
2012/Dec/GB/09: New Forums
The need to rope in young neurosurgeons and make them active in the society and involve them by increasing
their participation in the activities relates to the society was felt by the NSI Executive Council. The secretary
informed the members that 3 forums have already been launched on the society website. The academic forum
is already working.
NSI Academic Forum - www.nsi-academicforum.blogspot.in Already functional Interactive blog managed by Dr
Sanjay Behari with Case under spotlight, Question collage, Management dilemma, Resident’s niche, Opinion-
O-metre, Feedback forum has found its place on the website for the benefit of the society members.
Dr. Sanjay Behari invited articles from the members and instructions are given on the blog. He explained in
details about the forum.
Young Neurosurgeons Forum is conceived on the principles of inclusive growth of society wherein the
Secretary proposed to ensure one young neuroscientist to be part of the decision making body along with
giving thrust to maximum involvement of this population in day to day activities. An arbitrary classification is
being put forth as 10 years after attaining the basic qualification or below 45 years of age which so ever is
earlier. At least one EC member of Neurology & Neurosurgery can be from this group. The details of this will
be printed in the next newsletter.
Practicing Neuroscientists Forum is another stratum to provide a platform for those clinicians who have
moved out of rigorous curriculum based activities and a secure umbrella of seniors into remote corners
without significant resources and protection. Sometimes a crucial decision making needs interactive platform.
Their problems certainly are different and needs to be addressed by the society as they form very significant
chunk of members. It can be assimilated with openings into scientific forum by designating specified scientific
programme during annual conferences or whole time digital based platform on website for discussion and
interaction.
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Information about these forums will be advertised in bulk mail to all the members regularly and every
response shall be forwarded to all the members for awareness and greater participation.
Proposed by Dr Deepu Banerji
Seconded by Dr V P Singh
2012/Dec/GB/10: Regarding website the Secretary wished to state that
Because the website development phase is over and which was well managed in yester years by Dr
Rajshekhar, the EC has unanimously resolved to withdraw the position of webmaster more so as the society is
heading for central office which shall be for 1 year. During this duration the working shall be reviewed first in
midterm EC meeting as an agenda and thereafter in December 2013 if found satisfactory it will be extended
for longer durations and will move towards permanent office. Meanwhile the task for search for permanent
office will be on and all aspects of running the office at a fixed place will be taken into account.
2012/Dec/GB/11: Elections & Award Results – Dr C E Deopujari
Dr Deopujari the Returning Officer for this year informed the members that 1700 ballots were sent and
around 328 were received back out of which 4 were faulty. He also informed that mass emails were sent giving
information about the ballot papers.
Dr Vedantam Rajashekhar was elected as the next President.
Dr Deopujari then informed the meeting that as the award sessions are not yet completed, they will be
announced in the valedictory function.
Discussions on the process of selecting the abstracts for award papers were also done.
2012/Dec/GB/12: Proposed constitutional Amendments & Bye Laws
A constitutional amendment notice was received by the Secretary 4 months ago from Prof AK Banerji. The
amendment was regarding adding a tag line to the name of Neurological Society of India, “oldest and largest
body of neurosurgeons in India”. It was widely circulated to all members and it generated multiple reactions
across the subspecialities, the Secretary informed the house that he has a collection of all the letters as a hard
copy and all were discussed in the EC. The EC has unanimously resolved to adopt the suggestions by Dr N H
Wadia which was “The oldest Society of Neurosurgeons, Neurologists and Neuroscientists of India” over the
amendment notice of Prof A K Banerji. Prof Banerji was present in the GBM and was requested to advise the
house with his viewpoint.
Dr J S Chopra asked Prof Banerji about the necessity to add the tagline. Prof Banerji explained that the name
does not cover all the specialties of our field.
Discussions about the same were made in the meeting.
It was also discussed to add the word “allied” to the tagline.
The tagline “NSI, oldest Society of Neurosurgeons, Neurologists and Allied Neuroscientists of India” was
accepted by the members.
Proposed by Dr M D Nair and Seconded by Dr J Chopra
2012/Dec/GB/13: Education Cell Report by Dr C E Deopujari
Dr Deopujari informed that the Neurology courses by Dr Pauranik and Neurosurgery Course by himself with
the help of Dr Rajasekhar and Dr Deepu Banerji were started this year. He reported on the Neurosurgery
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course. He informed that the PG Neurosurgery course was held in Mumbai in February and second was in
August in Vellore. He also informed that the feedback from the students was taken into consideration and the
next course is scheduled on 12th and 13th of February next year at AIIMS, New Delhi under the guidance of Prof
BS Sharma with the help of Dr. Manmohan Singh. He informed the members to send the final year students
from their institutes to the course. He also informed that interest to conduct similar courses was shown by
many doctors including Dr Suresh Nair from Trivandrum, Dr DCM Prasad at Tirupathi, Dr SN Mathuriya in
Chandigarh, Dr Ajay Sharma at GB pant and Dr Sandeep Chaterjee at Calcutta. The EC were of the opinion that
the August course can be held at Kolkata. A lot of interest is being shown towards the practical courses and 3
such courses were conducted this year under the aegis of NSI. He also informed that five fellowships for three
months are being planned for young neurosurgeons under the age of 45. Dr Sodhi will be starting his
fellowship in February in Chandigarh and the other four will also be given fellowships soon. These will be
partly funded by the society with some participation from the industry.
2012/Dec/GB/14: Treasurer’s Report by Dr Deepu Banerji
Dr Deepu Banerji presented the Treasurer’s Report. He informed the meeting that this year quite a large
number of members have joined the society. He informed that a total of 179 new member applications were
received out of which 56 were life members, 49 neurosurgeons, 4 neurophysicians and 3 were allied. 123
associate member applications were received.
He also informed the house about the expenses of the year. The details of the same were given in the balance
sheet which showed a detail of incomes and expenditures of NSI.
Dr Deepu Banerji also brought up a proposal for financial support to young Neurosurgeons for International
Conference/ Symposium or fellowship upto max Rs. 50000/ to be selected by a committee of President/
President Elect and Hon Secretary.
The report and proposals were approved by the general body.
2012/Dec/GB/15: CME Convenor Report by Dr V P Singh
The video session in the CME has now been stopped after suggestions from many members and symposia
have been introduced. Feedback forms were introduced this year. 3 negative feedbacks were received for
some selected topics and 33 positive feedbacks were received. Discussions about the topics to be included
were taken. Suggestions were made to allow the presenters to use their personal laptops to project their
videos which were noted by Dr Singh.
Suggestions were also made regarding 3D projections of video sessions. Suggestions were also made to
continue the video sessions with new presenters every year.
2012/Dec/GB/16: Editor’s Report by Dr J M K Murthy
Dr RC Mishra read the Editor’s Report by Dr JMK Murthy
Journal Performance
The impact factor of Neurology India for the year 2011 is 0.956 based on the number of citations of the
articles published in 2010 and is a significant improvement over the impact factor for the year 2010.
Till date 12.12.2012 the total number of submission is 1024. There performance indices are quite impressive.
The mean number of days until paper is under review: 18.48 days. The mean number of days from first
submission to acceptance: 56.85 days (range 0,223) and the mean number of days from acceptance to
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publication: 41.10 days (range 10,161). As on 12.12.2012, of the 1024 articles have been submitted, 178 (17%)
articles have been accepted, 775 (76%) articles have been rejected, and 71 (7%) are under review or revision.
The ratio between original article and case reports published in the year 2012 volume is 3.2:1. All the issues
have been placed on the website well in time. The November-December will be on the website in the third
week of December.
Journal Finances
The financial position of the journal has been sound like last year. In the year 2012 the total amount that we
had paid to the publisher till date is Rs 15,60,459, out of which we could raise Rs 11,31,838. Till date got Rs
5,00,000 from the Treasurer, NSI. We will have to pay for two issues Sept-Oct and Nov-Dec issues. After all the
payments the present bank balance is Rs 1,29,189. I am also happy to say that the auditor has not charged for
auditing the accounts since I took over as Editor, 2009.
Concern was raised that there are a lot more number of articles in the journal regarding neurological issues
and there are very few articles dealing with neurosurgery. Discussions for the same were made. Discussions
on improving the quality of articles included and their volume was also made.
It was also pointed out that the reviewers are not very positive in their views. The format of articles accepted
is also very rigid. The Indian authors also do not like to quote fellow Indians hence the citation index is coming
done.
The Editors Report was accepted.
Before the NSICON 2013 Report Dr RC Mishra shared the achievement of Dr Atul Goel who was elected as the
President of Asia Oceana Skull Base Society.
2012/Dec/GB/17: NSICON 2013 Mumbai by Dr Suresh Sankhla
Dr Suresh Sankhla presented a report regarding the arrangements for NSICON 2013. On the behalf of the
organizing committee he invited all members to the next year’s conference. He informed the members that
NSICON 2012 is scheduled for December12th – 15th with workshops on the 11th. This meeting will be held
jointly with the Neurological Society of India and AASAN (American Association of South Asian Neurosurgeons)
& PAN Arabian society. The venue for the meeting will be NCPA (National Centre for Performing Arts) at
Nariman Point is located centrally in the heart of the city and accessible to Marine drive and nearby starred
Credit Notes adjusted Previous Balance Balance receivable
Other than Advt Advt TDS on Advt
189,954 159,610 3,192 Nov 76/ Dec 92/ Jan 184/ Jan 98 85,804
215,736 129,618 2,212 'Feb 97/ Mar 93/ Mar 237/ Mar 238 85,804 127,825
82,251 86,239 16,849 Royalty 127,825 250,521
42,855 68,219 11,107 Royalty 250,521 396,729
15,274 396,729 412,003
89,137 68,219 15,736 Royalty 412,003 492,991
Credit Note amt/Royalty
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hotels. He also detailed about the capacity and amenities of the venue. He once again welcomed every
member to the conference.
The meeting was then adjourned after applauding the efforts of Secretary NSI.
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Membership Dues
The Executive Committee shall propose all dues for different categories of members. These
decisions will be implemented with the concurrence of the General Body. Membership shall be
counted from 1st January to 31st December or 1st June to 31st May (depending on when the
member was admitted) for purposes of annual subscriptions.
Members who have not paid their subscription by 31st December or 31st May shall be sent a
registered acknowledgement due notice by the Treasurer of the Society giving them till 31st
March or 31 st August to clear all outstanding dues. Non-payment of subscription by 31st
March or 31st August would result in removal of the member's name from the rolls.
Only Life Members, who have paid their dues by 31st March, would be eligible to vote in that
calendar year.
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EC Meeting II - Neurological Society of India
Minutes of the Annual EC Meeting (21st December 2012 at Leela Kempinski, Delhi)
Members Present:
Keki E Turel, Chandrashekhar Deopujari, RC Mishra, Deepu Banerji, VP Singh, P Sarat Chandra, Manas
Panigrahi, MD Nair, V Rajshekhar
1. Discussions were made regarding the orators and speakers at the NSICON 2013. The scientific programme
for the same was also discussed.
2. Deliberations were also made on the improper behavior and actions of some of the members during
banquets as reported by the organizing secretary Dr P Sarat Chandra.
Resolved that strict actions would be taken in future regarding the same and such issues would not be
allowed to happen in future EC resolved to have zero tolerance towards such activities.
3. The council applauded the efforts of Dr Sarat Chandra for organizing a great meeting.
4. The Secretary informed the decision regarding the constitutional amendment notice brought by Dr AK
Banerjee who was present during the GBM and his approval of accepting the tagline of Dr NH Wadia i.e.,
“The oldest Society of Neurosurgeons, Neurologists and Allied Neuroscientists of India” in the General
Body Meeting . This is to be displayed prominently along with the logo to symbolize the society. It was
decided to incorporate the same in the design of the logo
5. The conference dates of NSICON 2014 were then informed as 12th, 13th, 14th & 15th of December. The Mid-
term EC Meeting was scheduled to 4th & 5th May 2013 at Coimbatore.
6. It was also decided to authorize the Organizing Secretary NSICON 2015 Dr
V Rajesh Babu to open an account at HDFC Bank in Coimbatore. Necessary documents and letter of
permission were provided to him.
7. The announcements for the awards were then made:
Neuro-Oncology Award: Dr Anchal Kakkar
Allied Neurosciences Award: Dr Avnish Kumar Chauhan
Neurosurgery: Dr Siddhartha Shankar Sahoo
Neurology: NOT AWARDED
Epilepsy Award: NOT AWARDED
NSI-AASAN Award: Dr Tarapore Pheroz, USA
Best Poster: Dr Sumit Sinha, Dr Satwick R Shetty
The guidelines for award presentations were discussed.
8. NSI-AASAN Awards for every year were deliberated. Relationships with CNS for academic fellowships were
also discussed.
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NSI ACADEMIC FORUM
Dear NSI members,
It is with great pleasure that we announce the initiation of a new academic forum on our NSI website. This will
give all of us an opportunity to test our academic acumen, disseminate knowledge and enhance our
communication with each other. We request you to wholeheartedly contribute to this endeavour to make it a
grand success.
The NSI academic forum would be under the following subheadings:
1. Case under spotlight: An entire case with clinical/operative photographs, their legends and the patient management will be summarised in about 5-6 photographs, their legends and a small paragraph of discussion. The entire write-up should not be of more than 500 words.
2. Question collage: Three multiple-choice questions related to the “Case under spotlight” will be presented and answers exhibited on the website at the end of the month. We request you to contribute to the “Case under spotlight” and “Question collage” as well as write to the “Feedback forum” regarding your opinion/management protocol for the case.
3. Management dilemma: A short history and preoperative radiology of a patient with two photographs will be presented with pertinent questions and the readers will be asked to express their opinion regarding the patient’s management in the “Feedback forum.” At the end of the month, the way the case was managed by the contributing author will be presented.
4. Resident’s niche: A small write up of basic anatomy, clinical note, histology, radiology or management in only be one paragraph of less than 300 words will be presented.
5. Opinion-O-metre: A single question may be asked and as soon as it is answered in “Yes, No or Not sure,” the real-time score will be exhibited to the reader participating in the opinion poll. A clock will also reveal the total number of responses recorded at that point in time for that particular question.
6. Feedback forum: Opinions expressed by the readers along with their name and institution will be exhibited. Anonymous letters, however, will not be entertained. This may be related to any of the above mentioned five sections.
While contributing cases, we request you to kindly maintain patient confidentiality in photographs and text. A
certification on the senior author’s letter-head signed by all authors stating that all of them have read the case
manuscript and approve its final form; that this case has neither been accepted, published nor copyrighted
by any other journal ; and, there are no conflict of issue matters associated with the manuscript, would be a
mandatory accompaniment as a scanned document attached with the e mail. This however would not be
required for contributions to the “Feedback forum.” All material published on the website will be duly
acknowledged. The editors of the website reserve the right to edit the reader’s contributions especially with
regard to corrections in English language, brevity and propriety. The contributors will be solely responsible for
their opinions and the ethical issues associated with their contributions.
The cases with photographs may be sent as word files and high resolution JPEG images to all of the e mail
addresses: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected].
This is your website. We solicit your active participation by sending us interesting cases managed by you.
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Website www.neurosocietyindia.org
NSI website is in the process of being revamped and made more functional & appealing. All members,
institutions may forward their URL identity & emails immediately to the webmaster at
[email protected] (with a copy to the secretary at [email protected] so that data
may be updated.
Members’’ Username & Password
All members (Full/Life and Associate) are eligible to obtain their Username and Password to access their
profile on the NSI website (www.neurosocietyindia.com). Since this is the only Address Database 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 members are requested to obtain the same by
writing to the [email protected]. Details on how to access your personal profile will be
mentioned in the letter sent along with the username and password. In case of any difficulty please contact
the Webmaster at the email address mentioned above.
This is an appeal to all members to provide their email id to the Webmaster so that the communications
between the Society and the Members will be easy and paperless. You will also benefit by being sent
Email Alerts about various activities of and news about the Society Please cooperate by immediately
applying for your username and password.
Officers of Regional Neuroclubs / Societies
The Executive Committee of NSI requests all regional neuro clubs/societies to register with the NSI as
being representative of neuroscientists of that region. This registration will become mandatory to be
recognized as bona fide representative club/society of 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 are
also NSI members with their NSI membership number and signatures will have to be appended with the
registration form. Registration form is available on the NSI website (www.neurosocietyindia.org) in the
Download forms section.
Presentation of Papers by new members at the annual conference of NSI
Please note that only new members approved prior to April 30 or whose membership application forms
have been received by the Treasurer by that date of every year will be eligible to present papers at that
year’s Annual Conference of the NSI.
Pincode Required
This is an appeal to all members to update their full contact address with pincode as it is required for
sending the Society journal Neurology India by post. To access your address on the web based database,
please obtain Username and Password by writing to the Webmaster. Details are available on the NSI
website: www.neurosocietyindia.org
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Travelling Fellowships - NSI
Travelling fellowships are available for members of the Society to attend conferences and also to visit
different centre’s in the country.
For eligibility please visit the website (www.neurosocietyindia.org) or write to the Treasurer, NSI.
Travelling Fellowships – WFNS (I) TRUST
WFNS (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 for attending
workshops/ conferences/ training programmes in India. For details contact Prof. A.K. Banerji Secretary,
email: [email protected]. Forms are available on the NSI website (Download Forms section)
NSI Office during the Annual Conference at Mumbai (NSICON 2013)
All delegates attending the Annual Conference at Mumbai are kindly requested to report to the NSI
office as soon as possible after their registration process.
They are requested to re-verify their membership numbers and addresses so that the same can be
updated in the records as well as in the Membership Directory.
The office shall remain open throughout the conference.
- Honorary Secretary
Announcements
1. Endoskullbase Mumbai fellowship We are happy to announce a 6 months to 1 year fellowship for a qualified neurosurgeons based mainly at the Bombay Hospital for endoscopic neurosurgery for the skullbase. Interested candidate can apply to Dr C. E. Deopujari on [email protected] or call on phone number : 022 -22087805 with a short CV for further details.
2. Fellowship in Pediatric Neurosurgery is available in Mumbai for a period up to 1 year for qualified
neurosurgeons. Please write to Dr C. E. Deopujari [email protected] or [email protected]
3. The "VI World Congress International Federation of Neuroendoscopy" will be held at Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai from 8th to 11th, December, 2013 with International participation for Live surgery and Cadaveric Workshop. Kindly find the details of the meeting on www.neuroendoscopy2013.com
4. "Ginde Oration" will be scheduled at Bombay Hospital, Mumbai from 20th April, 2013. Professor Volker Sonntag, Past President of American Association of Neurological Surgeons from Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona will be delivered a guest lecture on his experience of CV junction surgery. This will be followed by Cadaveric Workshop. Registration is free but compulsory.
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Dear Members
Kindly quote your membership number for all future correspondence with the society.
For new membership
Forms can be down loaded through the Website and photocopy of the same can be used.
Send filled in forms with subscription to:-
Dr. Deepu Banerji,
Consultant Neurosurgeon,
Fortis Wockhardt Hospital,
Mulund Goregaon Link Road,
Mumbai 400078.
Email: [email protected]
Change of Address
Kindly confirm change of postal address/ e-mail address etc. to the Secretary, NSI at:
Dr. R. C. Mishra,
2/4 AB, Swadeshi Bima Nagar,
Civil Lines, Agra 282007.
Email: [email protected], [email protected]
For speedy communication kindly use E-mail
Neurology India-Journal
Regarding Journal related problems kindly contact Editor, Neurology India:
Dr. J.M.K. Murthy,
Chief of Neurology,
Department of Neurology,
The Institute of Neurological Sciences, CARE Hospital,
Exhibition Road, Nampally,
Hyderabad 500001.
Email: [email protected]
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List of new members till 20th December 2012
Associate Members
NAME CITY MEM. NO.
Dr Sanjeev Attry Kolkata AA-93
Dr Akhil Deepika K Bangalore AA-94
Dr Shailendra Deepak Anjankar Andhra Pradesh AA-95
Dr Asok Kumar Acharyya Kolkata AA-96
Dr Suresh Kumar A Tamilnadu AA-97
Dr Sondev Bansal New Delhi BA-128
Dr Byjo V. J. Kerala BA-129
Dr Sanjay Prabhakar Bendale Tamilnadu BA-130
Dr Ratnadip Bose New Delhi BA-132
Dr Gharuram Salgotra Bhagwati Kolkata BA-133
Dr Chinmay Bhalke Delhi BA-134
Dr Sneha Chitra B. Tamilnadu BA-135
Dr Ajay Bisht Uttarakhand BA-136
Dr Panchanon Deori Bharali Assam BA-137
Dr T. Sureshbabu Tamilnadu BA-138
Dr Pramod Kumar Chaurasia New Delhi CA-76
Dr Lakshmanarao Chittem Andhra Pradesh CA-77
Dr Avnish Kumar Chauhan Delhi CA-78
Dr Kathirvel C Tamilnadu CA-79
Dr Silky Chotai Gujarat CA-80
Dr Omkar Narayan Churi Maharashtra CA-81
Dr Nirup Datta Kolkata DA-74
Dr Dhandayuthapani V. Tamilnadu DA-75
Dr Saurabh Anand Dubey New Delhi DA-76
Dr Shantanu Anil Gunjotikar Maharashtra GA-119
Dr Rajeev Goel New Delhi GA-120
Dr Bhavani Prasad Ganji Tamilnadu GA-121
Dr Vinu V. Gopal Kerala GA-122
Dr Vijay Kumar Gupta Maharashtra GA-123
Dr Amit Gupta UP GA-124
Dr Ajay Herur Bangalore HA-119
Dr Kamal Haloi Assam HA-18
Dr Akshay Hari Bangalore HA-20
Dr L S Harish Chandra Tamilnadu HA-21
Dr Ilankumaran C N Tamilnadu IA-6
Dr K Indunesh Tamilnadu IA-7
Dr Krishna Chaitanya Joshi New Delhi JA-71
Dr Girish Joshi Kolkata JA-72
Dr Somil Jaiswal Kolkata JA-73
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Dr Abdul Jaleel P. Kerala JA-74
Dr Prashant Singh Kushwaha MP KA-174
Dr Balasubramani Karuppannan Tamilnadu KA-175
Dr Niten Kumar New Delhi KA-176
Dr Aanchal Kakkar Delhi KA-177
Dr Sumanth Kumar N. Tamilnadu KA-178
Dr Narendra Kumar Kolkata KA-179
Dr Sanjeev Kumar Kerala KA-180
Dr Suhela Kapoor Haryana KA-181
Dr Vishakha Basavraj Karpe Maharashtra KA-182
Dr Rajan Kumar Uttar Pradesh KA-183
Dr Vinayak I. Kadlimatti Karnataka KA-184
Dr Mamindla Ravi Kumar Andhra Pradesh KA-185
Dr Dilraj Baburao Kadlas Maharashtra KA-186
Dr Lokesha B. L. Mysore LA-17
Muthuraman P Trichy MA-133
Dr Jeevesh Mallik Jharkhand MA-134
Dr Shivashankar Marajakke Kerala MA-135
Dr Sanjeevkumar N. Munoli New Delhi MA-136
Dr Manoj Kumar V B Karnataka MA-137
Dr Veeresha U. Mathad New Delhi MA-138
Dr Lukam I G Mulla Kerala MA-139
Dr Toldo Moreno UP MA-140
Dr Ashok M. Bangalore MA-141
Dr Harshit Mishra Delhi MA-142
Dr Ram Avtar Malav Rajasthan MA-143
Dr Nikunj Mittal Tamilnadu MA-144
Dr Prakash V. Nair Kerala NA-54
Dr Nithyanand R. Tamilnadu NA-55
Dr Raghavendra Nayak Kolkata NA-56
Dr Dipendra Kumar Pradhan Kerala PA-125
Dr M. Prabhu Tamilnadu PA-126
Dr Samir Nitin Parekh Mumbai PA-127
Dr Ananda Kumar Mahapatra New Delhi PA-128
Dr Pavithran V. M. Kerala PA-129
Dr Nityanand Pandey New Delhi PA-131
Dr Goutham Selvam Periasamy Tamilnadu PA-132
Dr Sweta Prakash Adatia Gujarat PA-133
Dr Chelladurai Pandian H. Tamilnadu PA-134
Dr Mohana Rao Patibandla Andhra Pradesh PA-135
Dr Vangala Brahma Prasad Andhra Pradesh PA-136
Dr Raghavendra H. New Delhi RA-132
Dr Arun Reddy M Hyderabad RA-133
Dr Rajendra Prasad A. Hyderabad RA-134
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Dr Vishal Rokade Maharashtra RA-135
Dr Santosh R Bangalore RA-136
Dr Sarang Govind Rote Kolkata RA-137
Dr Ramkumar R. R. Tamilnadu RA-138
Dr A Rajesh Tamilnadu RA-139
Dr R Renganathan Tamilnadu RA-140
Dr Ramya L Chennai RA-141
Dr Vinjamuri Srinivasa Rao Andhra Pradesh RA-142
Dr Rahul S. Shirpewar Maharashtra SA-291
Dr Renuka Satyanarayana Sharma Hyderabad SA-292
Dr Amrit Kumar Saikia Bangalore SA-293
Dr Shivender Sobti New Delhi SA-294
Dr Amit Kumar Singh U.P. SA-295
Dr T. Sureshbabu Tamilnadu SA-296
Dr Sawarkar Dattaraj Paramanand New Delhi SA-297
Dr Satvik P G Andhra Pradesh SA-298
Dr Avinash K S Kolkata SA-299
Dr Arun H. S. Bangalore SA-300
Dr Ankit Sharma Bangalore SA-301
Dr Arun P S Kerala SA-302
Dr Safi Ikbal Siddique Kolkata SA-303
Dr Debabrata Sahana Kerala SA-304
Dr Siddhartha Shankar Sahoo Delhi SA-305
Dr S. Maria Subison Tamilnadu SA-306
Dr D R Shankar Tamilnadu SA-307
Dr Yogesh Pralhad Shende Uttar Pradesh SA-308
Dr Devesh Kumar Singh Uttar Pradesh SA-309
Dr Harman Sobti Punjab SA-310
Dr Mansukh D. Sangani Delhi SA-311
Dr S Siva Subramanyam Tamilnadu SA-312
Dr Jayesh C. Sardhara Utter Pradesh SA-313
Dr Saurabh Srivastava Utter Pradesh SA-314
Dr Rahul Lalit Sharma New Delhi SA-315
Dr Ravi Thakkar U.P. TA-36
Dr Anand Mohan Thakur Kolkata TA-37
Dr Bhaumik Prabharsinh Thakor Kerala TA-38
Dr Animesh Upadhyay Maharashtra UA-2
Dr Amit Kumar Upadhyay Kerala UA-4
Dr Ganesh V. Bangalore VA-72
Dr Raja S. Vignesh Tamilnadu VA-73
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List of Members – Neurophysicians
NAME CITY DEPARTMENT MEM. NO.
Dr Sniadhendu Ghosh West Bengal Neurologist GNP-34
Dr Hrishikesh Kumar West Bengal Neurologist KNP-66
Dr Netravathi M Karnataka Neurologist NNP-31
Dr Manjari Tripathi New Delhi Neurologist TNP-17
Dr Ajay Kumar Vats Rajasthan Neurologist VNP-27
List of Members – Allied Neuroscientists
NAME CITY DEPARTMENT MEM. NO.
Dr Swati Dayanand Chinchure Haryana Neuroradiology CNR-1
Dr Lt. Col. K S Rajmohan Karnataka Neuropathology RNPATH-5
Dr Ripan Sippy New Delhi Neuropsychiatric SNPSY-2
List of Members – Neurosurgeons
NAME CITY MEM. NO.
Dr Balumohan M Kerala BNS-97
Dr K Chandrasekar Tamilnadu CNS-46
Dr Ashwani Kumar Chaudhary Punjab CNS-47
Dr Amit Chakrabarty Rajasthan CNS-49
Dr Sanjeev Rajendra Desai Maharashtra DNS-56
Dr Sumit Deb Kolkata DNS-57
Dr Jaspreet Singh Dil Karnataka DNS-58
Dr Rajendra Dhariwal Gujarat DNS-59
Dr Amit Dagar New Delhi DNS-60
Dr Nimit Kumar Gupta New Delhi GNS-78
Dr Nagaraj V. Gadwal Karnataka GNS-79
Dr Bharat Gupta Punjab GNS-8
Dr Alok Kr. Gupta UP GNS-80
Dr Abhinav Gupta Delhi GNS-81
Dr Anurag Gupta Karnataka GNS-82
Dr Pramod Giri Maharashtra GNS-84
Dr Sanjay Gupta Rajasthan GNS-85
Dr (Major) Anand Gupta Uttar Pradesh GNS-86
Dr V S Hari Tamilnadu HNS-16
Dr Ansari Ishtyaque Maharashtra INS-5
Dr Madan Bhimsen Jadhav Maharashtra JNS-47
Dr Anand Balkisanji Kakani Maharashtra KNS-104
Dr S Suresh Kumar Kerala KNS-105
Dr Deepak Kumar Gurgaon KNS-106
Dr Shiva S Kupanur Karnataka KNS-107
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Dr Narayanam Anantha Sai Kiran Karnataka KNS-109
Dr Vipin Khandelwal Rajasthan KNS-110
Dr Prasad Krishnan West Bengal KNS-111
Dr Rakesh Kumar C Luhana Gujarat LNS-11
Dr Shashwat Mishra Lucknow MNS-103
Dr Manoj Majhi Maharashtra MNS-104
Dr Ram Kumar Menon Kerala MNS-105
Dr Rajneesh Misra Karnataka MNS-106
Dr Anil Vishnu Patil Maharashtra PNS-113
Dr Aneel Kumar Puligopu Karnataka PNS-115
Dr Raghuram G. Karnataka RNS-119
Dr A S Ramesh Puducherry RNS-120
Dr G. Rajasekaran Tamilnadu RNS-121
Dr Girish Rajpal Delhi RNS-122
Dr Rajesh Reddy S Andhra Pradesh RNS-123
Dr Dibyendu Kumar Ray West Bengal RNS-124
Dr Subrata Saha Karnataka SNS-221
Dr J Srisaravanan Tamilnadu SNS-222
Dr Sunil Shetty K R Karnataka SNS-223
Dr Ravindra Srivastava Greater Noida SNS-224
Dr Amey Rajan Savardekar Punjab SNS-225
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