IRIA NEWS

Vol. 41 No. 3 Oct. 2015

From the Desk of President 03

From the Desk of Secretary 06
General
Forthcoming Events 10-11
Dr. O.P. Bansal in leadership meeting with KSR Reports of CME/Conferences 18-26
during KCR 2015
GBM Agenda and Amendments 27-41
Audited Accounts of Kochi
Conference 65-69
Minutes of Meetings 70-106

Lamp lighting ceremony of Dr. Gyan P. Lal CME

Delegates and local public along with Ms Meenakshi

Lekhi, MP during Breast Cancer Awareness programme
organized by Delhi state chapter of IRIA

Office Bearers and Faculty during KSR-IRIA

Friendship Symposium 2015

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 FROM THE DESK OF PRESIDENT
Dear Members,

At the outset, I wish you and your family a very Happy Diwali.
May this festival of lights brings all happiness, good health
and wealth in your life!

It has been a decade of fight in PC & PNDT where the falling

sex ratio is unfortunately still a big concern. Without any doubt
when the sex ratio between male and female reached so
low, the Government came out with stringent PC & PNDT
Act, which from beginning was lop sided and heavily against
doctors and in favour of Appropriate Authorities who were
given so much powers that they could jail doctors and ruin
their carrier. Since it was a big concern and issue for all of
us in-spite of its pit falls especially absence of radiologists in the framing of PC & PNDT Act
which was primarily affecting them, unclear guidelines about qualification, improper drafting
and big unclear rules accepted as we wanted to be part of movement to stop female foeticide,
but unfortunately instead of focusing on core issue, the focus was on record keeping even
that was acceptable but then it was merely emphasized on clerical errors. In a nutshell, the
PC & PNDT Act was created with good intent and cause in mind but as usual there is no will
on part of Govt. and Appropriate Authorities to implement it properly. Rather it has become
Doctor bashing and Doctor punishing Act where in-spite of catching culprits only innocent
Doctors are being harassed and punished for minor clerical errors and whereas doctors or
quacks are caught actually doing sex selective tests & abortions they go scot free by
Appropriate Authorities due to loop holes in the act.

We had submitted a lot of representations to the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt.
of India, but nothing has come out till now. From time to time the Ministry of Health & Family
Welfare, Govt. of India constituted expert committees on its own and all meetings were
held and gave their inputs but they kept on lingering and no firm decisions were taken. IRIA
has been helping and cooperating Govt. at all levels however, its representations on various
issues of the PC & PNDT Act are still unresolved. It appears that either Government is
unable to do anything or does not actually want to do anything on this matter. In
such a scenario our innocent members are suffering from this injustice. With extreme
pain and in all consciousness, we have been forced to give Ministry of Health &
Family Welfare, Government of India 4 weeks time to come out with solutions to our
problems (at no point of time we neither want the PC & PNDT Act to be soft to
culprits nor we want to run away from it), we shall be constrained to go on indefinite
stoppage of all Sonographies and all Obstetrics and Gynaec works including IPD
and OPD and wherever Sonography is used in practice till the solution of our
problems. There shall be no consulting as well and no diagnostic centre or Radiology
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Dept. of Hospitals shall be working and for which we shall not be responsible. We
do understand our duties and responsibilities but not at the cost of lives of our
colleagues who continue to suffer. So IRIA is gearing for show down, so start sensitizing
other members about the same for the big day. Members are requested to get ready for the
same and support this movement and strike.

As already informed that the Honble High Court at Aurangabad has directed the Appropriate
Authorities to consider renewal and new registration on merit and not to give reference of
new amendment which denied renewal of registration of issuing fresh registration against
whom cases are pending in court of law. Members are requested to kindly inform the IRIA
HQ if any Appropriate Authority is not following the said court order.

All the state chapters and its members are once again requested to give names of the
culprits whoever are indulging in heinous act of sex determination and sex selective abortions.
Members are requested to make list of such culprits and give it to state Appropriate
Authorities. If the state chapters do not want to give it to their Appropriate Authorities, they
can send the same to IRIA HQ and office shall send the same to the concerned Appropriate
Authorities and Health Ministry. It is high time for everyone to start becoming pro active on
these issues. Every state chapter and members will have to work on this matter and get
results.

As already informed that Indian Radiological & Imaging Association does not approve or
support the practice of giving or taking cuts or commissions. I hereby call upon all our
members not to indulge in any such unethical and illegal practices. This is also against the
ethical code of conduct as per rules of Medical Council of India. IRIA strongly condemn
such practices.

I appreciate Dr. Sanjay Jain, Editor-in-Chief, IJRI for excellent job of bringing the Journal in
time. I also appreciate Dr. Deepak Patkar, Chaiman and Dr. M.P. Goyal, Secretary ICRI for
their good work. I appreciate the Building Committee under the Chairmanship of Dr. R.K.
Mathur for striving hard to further improve upon the facilities at our IRIA House, New Delhi.

I would like to thank all the office bearers of IRIA, IJRI, ICRI, and Central Council Members
for their kind support.

Members are requested to kindly feel free to contact me on any issue related to IRIA.

Long live IRIA!

Yours sincerely,

Dr. Jignesh Thakker

President
Indian Radiological & Imaging Association
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 FROM THE DESK OF SECRETARY GENERAL
Dear Colleagues,

At the outset, I wish all the members a very Happy Diwali. May
the festival of lights brighten up you and your near and dear
ones lives!

I would like to thank all the members for their kind support. I
promise that I shall try my best to prove upto your expectations.

Membership: Our Association was founded in the year 1931.

Over the several past odd years, we have grown from strength
to strength and today our strength has grown to over 11,000
members. The total membership as on 31st October, 2015 is
12,308 out of which there are 05 Honorary Members, 276
Emeritus Members, 9275 Life Members, 2740 Provisional Life Members, and 12 Associate
Members.

IDoR 2015: The Indian Radiological & Imaging Association is now a proud participant of the
4th International Day of Radiology 2015 (IDoR-2015), which was celebrated on 8th November,
2015(The120th anniversary of the X-rays). This is a global initiative from European Society
of Radiology (ESR), American College of Radiology (ACR) and the Radiological Society of
North America (RSNA), which was initiated in 2012. The theme for IDoR 2015 is Pediatric
Radiology. On this occasion, IRIA HQ organizd an academic programme on Pediatric
Radiology for Radiology Residents (PGs and SRs) on 8th November, 2015 at IRIA House,
New Delhi. The purpose of celebrating this day is to create awareness about the increasing
role and relevance of Radiology and the Radiologists in the current healthcare system.
The day marks the recognition of Radiologys impact on modern Medicine.

PC & PNDT and Strike: The PC PNDT act was enacted by the parliament in the year
1994 with the noble intent of arresting the alarming decline in the sex ratio in the country.
The emphasis was to nab the wrong doers who participate in this heinous crime. Even
after 21 years of being in force, the expected outcome has not been realized. The
implementing authorities however wield extra ordinary powers under the act. The doctors,
particularly the Radiologists have been at the receiving end due to arbitrary and unjustified
manner in which the authorities have chosen to enforce the provisions of the act. A glaring
example has been stringent punishment for even the minor clerical errors in the Form F.
The Form F has become a tool of harassment and humiliation being heaped upon the
radiologists to the extent of stopping them from practicing and causing loss of social and
professional reputation. Whereas the radiologists are being selectively targeted for
punishment despite being in the knowledge of the fact that there are other stakeholders
involved in this heinous crime.

There is need to have a relook at PC & PNDT Act in toto and suitable amendments are
needed to address the draconian provisions and arbitrary implementation by the appropriate
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authorities. The role, responsibilities and accountability of various stakeholders need to be
formulated unambiguously after a thorough consultation process. We at IRIA are willing to
extend our expertise and services in pursuing the noble goal. The arbitrary implementation
and lack of focus on other stake holders is causing considerable unrest among the radiologist
as we are being portrayed as the sole perpetrators of the inhuman act. If suitable and
urgent corrective measures are not taken by the authorities at various levels, then we may
be constrained to give up the practice of obstetric ultrasound in the long run and go on
indefinite strike. We have requested Ministry of Helath & Family Welfare, Govt. of India to
take immediate action to address legitimate issues of radiologists and prevent suffering
patients.

Also there are lot of problems in newly introduced ART Bill 2014 which is totally against the
rights of Women for health who want to avail infertility treatment, Gynaecologists and
Radiologists and it also needs consideration by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare,
Govt. of India.

CME Programmes: Dr. Gyan P. Lal CME was held on 15th and 16th August, 2015 at KREST
Auditorium, Hyderabad. AOSOR-IRIA Conjoint session was also held during this CME. The
theme of the CME was Chest Imaging.

Dr. Harnam Singh CME was held on 11-12 July, 2015 at Guwahati. The theme of the CME
was Women Imaging.

I congratulate the organizers of these CMEs for providing excellent educational programme
to the residents and young radiologists.

Dr. Rajendra Rao CME will be held on 21-22 November, 2015 at J S S Auditorium, (JSS
Hospital Campus) Mysore. The theme of the CME is Abdomen Imaging. I wish the CME a
great success.

IREP: The second IREP was held on 26-27 September, 2015 at Hotel Residency,
Coimbatore, which was very succesful. I congratulate the organizers for the same.

Guidelines for CME & IREP: The guidelines for organizing the IRIA funded CME and
IREP have been reviewed as decided in the CCM and published in this issue for your
inputs.

Fellowship Grants: Members can apply for the IRIA International Travel Fellowship Grant
for ECR, ICR, AOCR, KCR, CCR, RSSC and RSNA. All the state chapter office bearers
are requested to inform all members in their respective state chapters about it so that
maximum members can take benefit of these fellowships.

I am pleased to inform you that 50 annual conference travelling fellowships have been
started from Agra conference for the delegates attending the annual conference of IRIA.
Members are requested to apply for these fellowships.

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Progress of AOCR 2018: The proposed dates for AOCR 2018 are 18th to 21st January
2018. The venue has been finalized as Renaissance Mumbai Convention Centre Hotel-
Marriott. Mumbai is the bustling metropolis, the commercial hub of India, a cosmopolitan
city which has privilege to host many international conferences. We assure at least 3500 to
4500 radiology participants during AOCR 2018. We have already deposited a total of USD
20,000 to AOSR as per constitution and bid process of AOSR.

Save the Girl Child Campaign during CMEs/Conferences: As already intimated, all the
state chapters are requested to kindly arrange to have a parallel session on Female Feticide
& Save the Girl Child for the awareness of the delegates and local public in particular to
sensitize and bring awareness about the Female Feticide and Save the Girl Child.

Information on Website and News Bulletin: All the state chapter office bearers are
requested to kindly inform about their state chapter programmes, activities, and state
conferences including CME programmes so that it may be published in the News Bulletin
and uploaded on the IRIA Website www.iria.infortheinformationofmembers.

IJRI: As decided, from January 2015, our Journal has become e-Journal. The limited printed
copies are published as per requirement from members on a nominal cost.

ICRI: It is good to note that ICRI is conducting the IRIA funded CME programmes successfully.
ICRI has also made Speaker Bank. If any member feels that his/her name should also be
added to the Speaker Bank, he/she should send application along with Bio data, specialty
and area of interest to ICRI for consideration. This National Speaker Bank shall be used by
the Scientific Committee of National Annual Conference, CME/IREP of IRIA.

IRIA House: IRIA House at New Delhi is our valued asset, where we have our Central
Office, Conference Hall and six Guest Rooms for use by our members. As you are aware
that the entire 3rd Floor has been given on rent to an NGO called M/s Inspire Network for
Environment. The Building Committee under the chairmanship of Dr. R.K. Mathur and his
team is striving hard to further improve upon the building.

I request the members to inform the Central Office, IRIA about the change in their mailing
address with complete PIN code, Telephone & Mobile Nos. And Email id for data record and
prompt mail delivery.

Please feel free to contact me on any issue/suggestion pertaining to our association.

LONG LIVE IRIA!

Yours sincerely,

Dr. Pramod Lonikar

Secretary General
Indian Radiological & Imaging Association

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 FORTHCOMING EVENTS
69th Annual Conference of IRIA hosted November CCM
by Odisha state chapter of IRIA (IRIA 2016
The November Central Council Meeting
Bhubaneswar).
of IRIA shall be held on 15.11.2015 at 10.30
AM at IRIA House, New Delhi. All the Central
Dates: Pre conference business meetings:
Council members are requested to kindly
20th January, 2016
attend the meeting.
Conference: January 21 to 24, 2016

Venue: Hotel Swosti Premium,

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Bhubaneswar
November GVBM of ICRI
For more information:
The November Governing Body meeting
Dr. Bhavin Jankharia &
of ICRI shall be held on 15.11.2015 at 09.30
Dr. Kamal L. Mohapatra
AM at IRIA House, New Delhi. All the
Organizing Chairmen
Governing Body members are requested to
kindly attend the meeting.
Dr. O.P. Bansal &
Dr. M.V. Kameswar Rao
Organizing Secretaries
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IRIA 2016 Secretariat: RSNA 2015

J. K. Diagnostics, N 5/98, I R C Village
101st Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting
BHUBANESWAR-751 015
of RSNA
Tel. 0674-2360441, (m) 09438554441
Email: iria2016bbsr@gmail.com
Website: www.iria2016bbsr.com Dates: 29 th November 4 th December,
2015
Important Contacts:
Dr. Kamal Mohapatra : 09438258494 Venue: McCORMICK Place, Chicago
Dr. M.V.K. Rao : 09437340144 Website:
Dr. Debashis Padhi : 09437063320 www.rsna.org/Annual_Meeting.aspx
Dr. Manoranjan Mohapatra : 09437007273

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 FORTHCOMING EVENTS
3rd CME- Dr. R.K. Goulatia CME to 4th CME-Dr. Rajendra Rao CME to be
be organized by Uttar Pradesh state organized by Karnataka state chapter
chapter of IRIA. of IRIA.
Dates: 5 & 6 December, 2015
Venue: SGPGI, Lucknow
Theme: Abdominal Imaging
The organizing committee is:
Organizing Chairmen:
(i) President IRIA- Dr. Jignesh Thakker
(ii) Chairman ICRI- Dr. Deepak Patkar
(iii) President of the organizing state chapter
Dr. Yogendra Kumar
President, IRIA Uttar Pradesh state Chapter
Pancham Diagnostic Centre (P) Ltd.
C-20, Motia Bhawan, Gandhi Nagar
BAREILLY-243 001
Tel. 0581-2543148, 3255225, 9837030190
E-mail-: y_kumar_23@yahoo.in
Organizing Secretaries :
(i) Secretary General, IRIA- Dr. Pramod
Lonikar
(ii) Secretary ICRI- Dr. M.P. Goyal
(iii) Secretary of the organizing state chapter
Dr. Mohd. Khalid
Secretary, IRIA Uttar Pradesh state Chapter
Dept of Radiodiagnosis, J N Medical College
Aligarh Muslim University, ALIGARH-202 002
Tel. 0571-2709641, (O) 0571-2721124
(M) 09897813244
E-mail-: khalid_alig@hotmail.com
Hon. Treasurer IRIA- Dr. R.K. Sodani
Sub-specialty Head and Scientif ic
Coordinator- Dr. Raju Sharma
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Dates: 21-22 November, 2015
Venue: J S S Auditorium, (JSS Hospital
Campus ) Mysore
Theme: Abdomen Imaging
The organizing committee is:
Organizing Chairmen:
(i) President IRIA- Dr. Jignesh Thakker
(ii) Chairman ICRI- Dr. Deepak Patkar
(iii) President of the organizing state chapter
Dr. N. Munirathna
President, IRIA-Karnataka State Chapter
#20, Sai Chaya, Thirumenahalli
Virgo Nagar, Mandur (Post)
Bengaluru-(East)-560 049
Tel. 9845020769
E-mail-: drmunirathna@gmail.com
Organizing Secretaries:
(i) Secretary General, IRIA- Dr. Pramod
Lonikar
(ii) Secretary ICRI- Dr. M.P. Goyal
(iii) Secretary of the organizing state chapter
Dr. Biren Hari Saraswati
Secretary, IRIA Karnataka state chapter
No 6 & 7, MangalBhavan
Sacred Hearts Road, T. C. Palya
BANGALORE-560 036
Tel. (M) 9880606601
E-mail-: birenhari3@gmail.com
Hon. Treasurer IRIA- Dr. R.K. Sodani
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 Emeritus Membership
Life/Annual members with minimum 10 years of membership of the Association and has
attained the age of 65 years or have retired from active practice by reason of physical
disability, can be bestowed the Emeritus Membership. Please inform the Central Office
through the state chapter so that necessary formalities can be completed.

Registration of state chapters

A model constitution for the IRIA State Chapters has already been sent to all the State
Chapters. The State Chapters must register with the Registrar of Societies in the state
and section 12A of Income Tax Act. They are also required to obtain necessary 80(G),
PAN and TAN registrations from the Income Tax Dept. All state chapter President/
Secretaries are requested to give urgent attention to the issue. State chapters which are
not registered cannot bid for the National Annual Conference as per constitution of the
Association.

Election in State Chapters

It was decided in the General Body Meeting that each state chapter must conduct its annual
election from December to March of every year and inform the Central Office, IRIA by 30th
April every year along with the proceedings of the Election, failing which the state chapter
would be debarred from the Central Council Membership. All the state chapter Secretaries
are requested to do the needful. The number of Central Council Members representing
the state chapter is as follows:
1 member for the strength of 25 EM/LM/ACM members, 1 member for subsequent
strength of 50 EM/LM/ACM members or part thereof subject to maximum of 4
members.
All the State Chapters are requested to elect the Central Council Members accordingly.

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Awards and Honors

Dr. Nitin Ghonge has been appointed as International Editorial Advisor to Srilanka
Journal of Radiology [SLJR].

Heartiest Congratulations!

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 Orators for Bhubaneswar Conference
Dr. Akshay Kumar Saxena, Sir J.C. Bose Memorial Orator 2016 will speak on MR Imaging
of the Paediatric Abdomen.

Dr. Sudheer Gokhale, Dr. Diwan Chand Memorial Orator 2016 will speak on
Understanding Hemodynamics from Doppler waveform analysis.

Dr. Palle Lalitha, Dr. M.L. Aggarwal Memorial Oration 2016 will speak on Imaging of
Extranodal Involvement in Non-HODGKINS and HODGKINS Lymphoma.

Dr. Mahesh Prakash, Dr. K.M. Rai Memorial Orator 2016 will speak on Tuberculosis of
Joints- is there any role of MRI? (subject to the decision of CCM).

Dr. M.K. Mittal, Dr. N.G. Gadekar Memorial Orator and Key Note Address 2016 will speak
on MDCT Evaluation of Renal Masses in Adults.

Dr. V.N. Vara Prasad, Dr. Mihir Mitter Memorial Orator 2016 shall speak on Role of
advanced MRI techniques in comparison with conventional MRI techniques in
evaluating Brachial Plexopathies.

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Programme of various business meetings to be held during
69th Annual Conference of IRIA in Bhubaneswar (IRIA 2016).

Date Time Meeting Venue

20.01.2016 01.00 - 02.00 PM Lunch Hotel Swosti

Premium
20.01.2016 02.30 PM Trade Relations Committee Meeting do

20.01.2016 03.30 PM Governing Body Meeting of ICRI do

20.01.2016 04.00 PM Executive Committee Meeting of IJRI do

20.01.2016 04.30 PM Central Council Meeting of IRIA do

21.01.2016 05.00 PM General Body Meeting of ICRI do

22.01.2016 06.00 PM General Body Meeting of IRIA do

23.01.2016 08.30 AM New Central Council Members & do

St. Chapter Presidents & Secretaries
Meeting.
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 PNDT, Harassments and Strike
It appears that either Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India is unable to do
anything or does not actually want to do anything regarding harassment to Radiologists
by Appropriate Authorities by means of misinterpretation of PC & PNDT Act. Doing
ante natal Ultrasound has become Radiologists nightmare, and he/she is treated as a
big culprit for even minor clerical mistakes in Form F. In such a scenario our innocent
Doctors (Radiologists) are suffering from this injustice

With extreme pain and in all consciousness, we at IRIA have been forced to
give Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India 4 weeks time
to come out with solutions to our problems (at no point of time we neither
want the PC & PNDT Act to be soft to culprits nor we want to run away
from it), otherwise we shall be constrained to go on indefinite stoppage of
all Sonographies and all Obstetrics and Gynaec works including IPD and
OPD and wherever Sonography is used in practice till solution of our
problems. There shall be no consulting as well and no diagnostic centre or hospitals
shall be working and for which we shall not be responsible. We do understand our
duties and responsibilities but not at the cost of lives of our colleagues who continue to
suffer. So, IRIA is gearing for show down, so start sensitizing other members about the
same and support this movement and strike.

Note: We have come to know that Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India
is going to call a meeting of the expert committee on 24th November, 2015. We shall
wait for this meeting whether the Ministry shall come with a solution, then we shall
plan our strategy for further course of action.

The members shall be updated on this matter from time to time.

Dr. Jignesh Thakker Dr. Pramod Lonikar

President Secretary General
Indian Radiological & Imaging Association
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 Nominations for Shree K.R. Gupta Memorial
Life Time Achievement Award for the year 2017
To,

All the State Chapter Presidents and Secretaries of IRIA and

Nominated Central Council Members representing Direct Category of IRIA

Dear Colleague,

Nominations for Shree K.R. Gupta Memorial Life Time Achievement Award for the year
2017 are hereby invited from all the state chapters of IRIA and nominated Central Council
Members representing Direct Category. The recipient, as selected by the award committee,
shall be awarded in the inaugural ceremony of 70h Annual Conference of IRIA to be held at
Jaipur after ratification by the GBM of IRIA to be held in Bhubaneswar in January 2016. I am
enclosing herewith eligibility criteria guidelines for this award for your kind information and
needful. This award would be decided by the Award Committee.

Please note that:

1. No more than one nomination can be proposed from every state chapter.

2. The state chapter President/Secretary in consultation with Central Council Members

of the respective state chapter may decide over nominee for the award.

3. The decision of the Award Committee shall be based on the following things:-

i. Contribution to IRIA.
ii. Personal achievements.
iii. Contribution to the medical fraternity and members welfare.
iv. Scientific contribution.
v. National/State awards and contributions.

The decision of the Award Committee shall be final.

You are requested to send nominations for Shree K.R. Gupta Memorial Life Time
Achievement Award for the year 2017 from your state chapter on or before November 30,
2015.

With regards,

Yours sincerely,

Dr. Pramod Lonikar

Secretary General
Indian Radiological & Imaging Association
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ELIGIBILITY AND GUIDELINES FOR SHREE K. R. GUPTA MEMORIAL LIFE
TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR THE YEAR 2017.

The Shree K. R. Gupta Memorial Life Time Achievement Award is designed to honor a
senior radiologist in recognition to his contribution to the IRIA fraternity as well to the society.

(i) Presented annually to an eligible Radiologist of good standing.

(ii) Not to be awarded Second Time.
(iii) No other award to be given to the awardees of LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.

ELIGIBILITY

1. The recipient should be a regular and active Life Member of IRIA of at least 35 years
duration, age above 60 years and a bona-fide resident of India.
2. Should have served/practiced in India for more than 30 years.
3. Should have a reasonable record of interest in IRIA with reasonable participation in
IRIA activities. Preference is to be given to those who have held office at State and or
Head Quarter level.
4. Should have an outstanding record of professional service and professionally he/she
must have a state/national level status.
5. Should possess a status and image of a respected person with high sense of profound
dedication and moral integrity. There should be no doubt about his/her professional
and personal integrity.
6. The recipient of any prestigious awards of IRIA namely
(123.and) shall be considered as an additional qualification.

PROCEDURE

1. The award will be awarded each year during the Annual Conference of IRIA at the
Inaugural Ceremony.
2. The name shall be recommended by the State chapters of IRIA. Direct Members can
be recommended directly by Direct members.
3. This award will be decided by the Award Committee as constituted in the Bye Laws of
the Association.
4. The Award shall be in the form of a Medal, a Scroll, a Shawl and a Shriphal with a
flower bouquet given by the IRIA Office from the interest earned on the corpus fund.
5. The recipient of the award will be given economy class air fare by the IRIA office and
the hospitality will be provided by the Organizing committee of the national conference.

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 KCR- 2015 and Asian Radiology Foundation (ARF) Meet 2015

- A report by Dr. O.P. Bansal

The Asia Radiology Foundation (ARF) Meeting was held on 11-09-2015 at Seuol
Korea during KCR 2015. Representative from all Asian Countries participated in first
ARF and gave presentation regarding activities and background of their association.
The session was chaired by Dr. O.P. Bansal, President Elect IRIA and Dr. Sheung
Hyup Kim, President of KSR. It was decided that ARF meeting will be held annually.
Dr. O.P. Bansal proposed that one meeting should be held during AOCR which is held
biannually and for second meeting different Asian Countries can bid to host it during
their annual conference and it was unanimously approved. It was also decided to have
close interaction between different societies and invite faculty and office bearers on
reciprocal basis. It was also discussed the possibilities of offering fellowship for
residents Dr. O.P.Bansal and other office bearers of different Asian Societies thanked
KCR for initiating this unique concept of ARF. Dr. O.P. Bansal, President Elect, IRIA
thanked KCR for giving an opportunity to President Elect IRIA to Chair the session.

- Dr. O.P. Bansal

President Elect
Indian Radiological & Imaging Association

Leadership meeting between IRIA and KSR Members during ARF Meet

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 Report of International Day of Radiology 2015
(IDoR 2015)
November 8 is the International Day of Radiology and this year it marked the 120th
anniversary of Wilhelm Conrad Rntgens discovery of x-rays. This day is celebrated
globally as an integrated initiative from several apex Radiology societies. This year
the theme was Pediatric Imaging and the important role that radiology plays in the
detection, diagnosis and management of a wide variety of diseases affecting children,
and the special treatment younger patients need.

Indian Radiological & Imaging Association celebrated this day at IRIA House, New
Delhi by organizing a scientific programme on Paediatric Imaging in Competitive
Paper presentations and Quiz. The celebration was meant to provide a platform for
residents to present their Radiology research and to improve their scientific
presentation skills.

Dr. O.P. Bansal, President Elect, IRIA presided over the programme on behalf of
President and Secretary General IRIA. Dr. Lalendra Upreti and Dr. Atin Kumar were
the co-ordinators. Dr. Akshay Kumar Saxena, the Super Specialty Head for Paediatric
Imaging evaluated the abstracts for various presentations and judged the competitive
papers. 45 Radiology residents from various parts of India, including Hyderabad and
Aurangabad attended the programme along with faculty which included Dr. Lalendra
Upreti, Dr. Akshay Saxena, Dr. Atin Kumar, Dr. Manisha Jana and Dr. Natasha Gupta.
The programme ended with prize distribution to the winners for Competitive paper
and Quiz categories.
- Dr. Lalendra Upreti
Coordinator - IDoR 2015

Residents participating in IDoR 2015 programme at IRIA House

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 Report of Conferences/CMEs
Report of KSR- IRIA Friendship Symposium 2015
I am glad to inform you that the second KSR-IRIA Friendship Symposium 2015 was organized
by IRIA HQ in association with Korean Society of Radiology (KSR) on 25th July, 2015 at
Silver Oak, India Habitat Center, Lodhi Road, New Delhi which was very successful and
220 delegates including Central Council Members and faculty attended this Symposium.
The theme of the Symposium was GIT Imaging.

It is for the second time that IRIA organizing such type of Symposium in collaboration with
KSR. Six eminent speakers each from Korea and India delivered their talks. There was
panel discussion and eminent speakers from KSR and IRIA took part in the panel discussion.
I am thankful to Dr. O.P. Bansal who was the Chief Coordinator along with Dr. Raju Sharma,
Dr. Lalendra Upreti, Scientific Coordinators and Dr. Atin Kumar, Dr. Raghav Aggarwal, &
Dr. Pankaj Sharma- Coordinators for their active support to make this Symposium very
successful.

-Dr. Pramod Lonikar

Secretary General

Inaugural Ceremony of KSR-IRIA Friendship Symposium 2015

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 Report of Conferences/CMEs
REPORT ON 2015 MID TERM HARNAM SINGH CME
Dr. Harnam Singh mid-term CME of IRIA
was organised by ICRI, at Guwahati on 11th
& 12th July 2015 with the theme of Women
Imaging. The event was hosted by Assam
State chapter of the IRIA. The conference
venue Hotel Brahmaputra Ashok offered
an excellent mix of academic feast, great
hospitality & serene beauty of the
riverside. A good number of radiologists
from outside the state of Assam and from
other parts of the country attended the
midterm event. More than 150 delegates
participated in the event apart from a good
number of trade delegates.
were dedicated sessions on Breast
Imaging, Endometriosis, Osteoporosis,
Pelvic Malignancy sessions. The session
of Tips & tricks on technical aspects of
intervention and pelvic imaging kept the
participant mesmerised for hours.
There was a panel discussion with active
participation of President IRIA , Secretary
of the ICRI on various issues pertaining to
PC & PNDT Act.
- Dr. Suman Hazarika
Secretary, Assam state chapter of IRIA

A large number of invited national,

international & regional speakers actively
deliberated on topics of interest. There

Delegates during Dr. Harnam Singh CME at Guwahati

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 Report of Conferences/CMEs
Report of 2nd IREP of 2015 at Coimbatore
Indian Radiological & Imaging Associations
Resident Education Program (IREP) was
held in Coimbatore on 26 th and 27 t h
September, 2015 at Hotel CAG Pride, with
Dr. Jignesh Thakker, President, Dr. O.P.
Bansal, President Elect and Dr. Bhavin
Jankharia, immediate past president and Dr
Pramod Lonikar, as Secretary General
holding the central office of IRIA; Dr. Jayaraj
Govindraj, TN & PY State chapter as
President, and Dr. C. Amarnath, Secretary
state chapter, as state coordinators; Dr A.
Anbarasu, Vice President of TNPY state as
organiser in charge.
Nearly 239 delegates and speakers attended
this scientific programme. The faculty for the
IREP included eminent senior personalities
in field of Radiology like Dr. N.
Chidambaranathan, Prof. Dr. P.M. Venkata
Sai, Dr. S. Boopathy Vijayaraghavan, Prof.
Anu Eapen and others. The programme had
lecture sessions, interactive quiz sessions,
exam type spotter sessions and how to
attend viva session. The answers to the
quiz were discussed in detail with interaction
from the delegates; companion cases were
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shown to broaden horizon of thinking along
the differential diagnosis. Adequate time was
allotted for question and answer session and
clearing of doubts of students. The best
performers quiz sessions were given prizes.
Overall the program was tailored for exam
oriented preparation for post graduates.
Inaugural function was held in the evening
for 20 minutes; as with tradition, it started
with lighting of Kuthuvilakku by all the
dignitaries and a representative from
delegates; the occasion was presided over
by Dr. Pramod Lonikar, Secretary General
IRIA; he emphasized the benef its of
membership of IRIA for students and
opportunities for learning and travel provided
by IRIA including scholarships and financial
support for deserving students. The State
Chapter president/secretary and
Coimbatore subchapter of IRIA chairman and
Secretary were also present. The
programme received accreditation by
Tamilnadu Medical council and The
Taminadu Dr MGR Medical University.
Dr. A. Anbarasu was organiser in charge and
coordinator for the programme and his team
worked relentlessly towards success of this
CME. This is indeed one of the most
memorable IREP held in recent past.
We thank Dr. Jignesh Thakker, Dr. Pramod
Lonikar, Dr. O.P. Bansal, and all the Central
Council Members for all the support and
guidance.
- Dr Jayaraj Govindaraj
President
-Dr. Amarnath C.
Secretary
TN&PY State Chapter of IRIA
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Report of Dr. Gyan P. Lal CME at Hyderabad
The two days Dr. Gyan P. Lal CME programme on 15th and 16th August, 2015, organized
by Indian Radiological & Imaging Association in collaboration with Indian College of Radiology
& Imaging was hosted by Telangana State Chapter of IRIA in Hyderabad. Prof. Kakarla
Subbarao, President Dr. Jignesh Thakker, President Elect Dr. O.P. Bansal, Secretary General
Dr. Pramod Lonikar from Central IRIA, Dr. Ashu Seith Bhalla and Dr. Milind Gune from ICRI,
Dr. K. Prabhakar Reddy, President AOSOR, Dr. T. Narsinga Reddy President, TS chapter
of IRIA inaugurated the two days CME programme.

We had 175 delegates attending the CME. The theme of the CME was CHEST IMAGING.
The highlight of the CME was a 3 hours Conjoint Session on Thoracic Neoplasm by Asian
& Oceanian Society of Radiology (AOSR) and IRIA. Dr. T. Mandapal, Dr. Ashu Seith Bhalla
and Dr. N. Eshwar Chandra from India were the faculty from IRIA and Dr. William Yung
Liang Wan from Taiwan, Dr. Chang Hyun Lee from Korea and Dr. Tadashi Watabe from
Japan were the faculty from AOSR.

In addition, Guest Lectures by eminent faculty across the country, Exhibition of Scientific
posters were included in the two days Scientific Program. The Image interpretation session
by Dr. Ashu Seith Bhalla, Professor of Radiology from AIIMS was well appreciated.

Dr. T. Narsinga Reddy Dr. Anitha Mandava

President Secretary
Telangana state chapter of IRIA

Inauguration of Dr. Gyan P. Lal CME

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 Report of Conferences/CMEs
Report of XXIX IRIA UP Chapter Annual Conference 2015
The XXIX IRIA UP Chapter Annual Conference
2015 was held successfully on 19th - 20th
September 2015 at Muzaffarnagar Medical
College & Hospital, organized by the IRIA
Muzaffarnagar city chapter under the aegis
of IRIA UP State Chapter.
The Patron was Dr. Ashok Saxena, & Co -
Patrons were Dr. Y.P. Singh & Dr. B.K. Jain.
The Org. Chairman was Dr. Subhash Balyan
and the Org. Secretary was Dr. (Col.)
SudhirSachar.Thethemeoftheconference the field of Radiology during the inauguration
was Emergency Radiology. Close to 200
delegates including a large number of PG
Residents attended the Conference.
Prominent faculty who delivered the lectures
were Dr. Deepak Patkar, Chairman ICRI, Dr.
Sunil Puri, Dr. Bhupendra Ahuja, Dr. P.K.
Srivastava, Dr. (Col.) Sudhir Sachar, Dr.
Mohd. Khalid, Dr. Rajiv Azad, Dr. Sheo
Kumar, Dr. Gurdeep Singh, Dr. Saifullah
Khalid & others. Dr. Neera Kohli, Prof. & HoD
KGMC, Lucknow, delivered the Panna Lal
Oration.TheChiefGuestattheConference Yogender Kumar and team handed over the
was Dr. Sanjeev Balyan, Honble MoS,
Agriculture, GOI & MP, Muzaffarnagar Dist,
and the Guest of Honour was Dr. Sambit
Patra, Honble National Spokesperson, BJP.
Both spoke very highly of the Conference and
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were highly appreciative of the efforts of IRIA
& IRIA UP State in the Beti Bachao Beti
Padhaocampaign. The conference was
widely covered in the leading English and
Hindi print media of the region.
The leading Radiologists of IRIA UP State Dr.
S.C. Dwivedi and Dr. O.P. Sharma were
conferred by the UP State IRIA with richly
deserving Lifetime Achievement Awards for
their outstanding & lifelong contributions to
ceremony. The Quiz for Residents was
highly successful. Dr. Manish Deodhar, JR II
of Dr. RML Hospital, Lucknow bagged the
1st Prize. For the 1st time ever, 03 Prizes
for Posters were kept to encourage
participation by Residents by the
Muzaffarnagar City Chapter. 1st prize in
poster category was bagged by Dr. Saurabh
Sachar, JR III Muzaffarnagar Medical &
Hospital. (MMC & Hosp), 2nd prize by Dr.
Nishtha Prashar of Subharti Medical College,
Meerut, & 3rd Prize by Dr. Fatima Huda, Era
Medical College, Lucknow. Dr. B.N. Khanna
IRIA UP State Best Paper Award in
Conventional Category - Dr. Vimugdha
Premi - JR I MMC & Hospital. Dr. P.C.
Srivastava IRIA UP State Best Paper Award
in Advanced Diagnostic Imaging (CT & MRI,
PET CT) Dr. Jitender Singh, JNMC AMU,
Dr. O.N. Saxena Memorial IRIA UP State Best
Paper Award (in USG only) Dr. Saurabh
Sachar JR III MMC & Hospital.
The GBM was held on 19th September 2015
in which the Immediate Past President Dr.
charge to the new President Dr. Prashant
K. Gupta and team.
- Dr. (Col.) Sudhir Sachar
Org Secretary, XXIX RICON
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1stAnnual State Conference of Telangana State Chapter of IRIA
& INDO-US UPDATE 2015
The three day 1st Annual State Conference Hospital, Hyderabad was awarded the Prof.
of Indian Radiological and Imaging T. Mandapal Gold medal. The film reading
Association , Telangana State Chapter of IRIA and Image interpretation sessions were held
was held from 9-11th October, 2015 in by Prof. Atul Agarwal and Prof. Kumar
Hyderabad. Dr. Manohar, Director NIIMS was Sandrasegaran in Neuro and Abdominal
the chief guest in the inaugural function. imaging respectively and were well
Padma Sri Prof. Kakarla Subba Rao, Dr. K. appreciated.
Prabhakar Reddy, President AOSOR, Dr. T.
Narsinga Reddy, President, TS chapter of Prof. T. Mandapal was awarded the
IRIA, Dr. Eshwar Chandra and Dr. M. Anitha prestigious ROENTGEN ORATION for the
organizing secretaries, Senior Radiologists, year 2015 and felicitated. He delivered the
international and national faculty and oration on MRI in cardiomyopathies. Senior
delegates participated in the inaugural Radiologists DR. M. S. Nazeeruddin, Dr.
function of the 1stAnnual State Conference V.V.S. Sarma, Dr.T.Laxminarayana and
on 10 th Oct. New telephone directory of Dr.T.V.L. Rao were felicitated. The life time
Telangana State Chapter of IRIA, 2015 was achievement award was given to Dr. Jagan
released by the chief guest Dr. Manohar. Mohan Ailinani from St.Louis USA. A banquet
dinner with cultural events was held on the
Around 250 delegates attended the three day night of 10th Oct.
Conference. The theme of the INDO-US
Imaging update was Neuro and Abdominal
imaging. A 6 members international faculty
from University of Indianapolis, Indiana State,
USA led by Prof. Kumar Sandrasegaran and
the team of Prof. Fatih Akisik, Prof. Mathew
S. Johnson, Prof. Nicholas A. Koontz, Prof.
Atul Agarwal, and eminent national faculty,
Prof. Kakarla Subbarao, Dr. Anantaram
Gudipati, Dr. N. Vijaya Bhaskar and Dr. N.
Kavitha delivered excellent guest lectures
during this Conference. 18 oral papers were
presented by residents from Telangana and
other states. Dr. T.L.N. Praveen and Dr.
Srinadh Boppana have conducted U/S Work
shop on Virtual Ultrasound in Practice. Dr. T. Narsinga Reddy
Prof.T.Mandapal Gold medal for the best President
paper presentation for PG students was held
on 10th Oct. and Dr. S. Rammurti, Dr. L.T. Dr. Anitha Mandava
Kishore and Brig. Dr. R.S. Moorthy were the Secretary
Judges. Dr. Nupur Jajodia from Kamineni Telangana state chapter of IRIA

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 Report of Conferences/CMEs
Report of academic activities conducted by Delhi state chapter
Delhi IRIA has been very active in organising academic events this year. Please find below
the details of the events organised since april 2015 onwards.
1. The IRIA Resident Education Program was conducted on 27-29th April 2015 and was
attended by more than 300 people including 262 registered resident delegates.
2. CME on Spine Imaging was conducted on 30th May 2015 at IRIA House, New Delhi. It
was attended by 130 delegates. It had 5 lectures, a spotters session and a film reading
session. There was also case presentations from the residents. Dr. Raju Sharma and Dr.
Lalendra Upreti were among the prominent faculty for the CME.
3. CME on Temporal Bone Imaging was held at AIIMS, New Delhi on 13th June 2015. It was
attended by 150 delegates. It had 6 lectures including film reading sessions. Dr. Rajesh
Gothi and Dr. Ashu Seith Bhalla were among the prominent faculty. The residents also had
a long session on case presentations wherein prizes were given for best presentations.
4. Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Workshop was conducted on 12th July 2015 at IRIA House,
New Delhi. It was attended by a total of 120 delegates. Dr. Raghav Aggarwal, Dr. Mahesh
Prakash and Dr. JP Singh were among the prominent faculty members. There were didactic
lectures, video presentations and hands-on training for the delegates.
5. Oncology Imaging and Interventions Update was held on 30th Aug 2015 at Delhi State
Cancer Institute (East). It was attended by 150 delegates. Dr. Supreeta Arya and Dr. Suyash
Kulkarni from Mumbai were among the prominent speakers besides faculty from Delhi.
6. Obstetric Ultrasound CME was held on 20th Sep 2015 at Army Hospital R&R, New Delhi.
It was attended by 325 delegates. Dr. BS Ramamurthy from Bangaluru and Dr. Ashok
Khurana were the prominent speakers besides Dr. Bhupendra Ahuja from Agra and Dr. Anju
Garg from Delhi. The CME had live demonstrations of obstetric cases as well as didactic
lectures.
7. A CME on Head and Neck Imaging was conducted on 27th Sep 2015 at India Habitat
Centre in collaboration with Bayer Zydus Pharma (STAR Program). It was attended by 150
delegates.
8. As an endeavour to fulfil our social responsibility, a breast cancer awareness public
health program was organised by Delhi IRIA in collaboration with BLK Super speciality
Hospital on the 18th October 2015 at BLK Hospital, New Delhi. Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi, Member
of Parliament from New Delhi, was the chief guest for the program. In this initiative, health
talks were delivered for general public for the importance of screening for breast cancer
and its treatment options available. A health camp was organised wherein the general public
was provided facilities for free registration, free health check up for breast examination and
free subsequent mammography if indicated. A total of about 400 people were present for
the event with more than 200 registrations for the breast cancer screening health camp.
Besides these events, Delhi IRIA was also involved in organisational help for National IRIA
events - the KSR-IRIA Friendship symposium held on 27th July 2015 at India Habitat Centre
and the International Day of Radiology 2015 commemorative session on pediatric imaging
held on 8th November 2015 at the IRIA House.
- Dr. Atin Kumar
Secretary, Delhi IRIA
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 INDIAN RADIOLOGICAL & IMAGING ASSOCIATION
IRIA House, C-5, Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi-110 016
No. IRIA/GBM/69AC 30th October, 2015
To,
All the Emeritus, Annual, Life Members of Indian Radiological & Imaging Association,
SUB: AGENDA NOTICE OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL BODY MEETING OF IRIA
An Annual General Body Meeting of IRIA will be held on 22.01.2016 at 06.00 PM at Hotel
Swosti Premium, Bhubaneswar. The following is the agenda of the meeting.
1. Election of Chairman of the meeting if necessary (in the absence of President & Vice
Presidents).
2. Obituaries-condolences to the family members of departed member.
3. Welcome address by the Chairman.
4. Welcome address by the President Elect.
5. Action taken report and confirmation of the proceedings of the previous Annual General
Body meeting of IRIA held at Kochi and Extraordinary General Body meeting of IRIA
held on 6th September, 2015 at IRIA House, New Delhi.
6. Adoption of the Annual Reports for year 2015 of:
(i) Central Office, (ii) Journal Office, (iii) College Office, (iv) Building Committee of IRIA
and (v) Social Security Scheme of IRIA
7 Adoption of audited accounts of 68th Annual Conference, Kochi.
8. Adoption of the budgets for the year 2016-17 of :
(i) Central Office including Bld., (ii) Journal Office, (iii) College Office, and (iv) Social
Security Scheme.
9. To elect five Central Council members as per Rule-17B (a) of the Memorandum-bye-
Laws.
10. To approve the names of:
(a) Two Hon. Joint Secretaries-one from the place of President and another from the place
of Secretary General as far as possible, and to be nominated by the President and
Secretary General only.
(b) Secretary cum Jt. Editor of the Journal Office from the same place as that the Editor -
in-Chief, IJRI as far as possible and to be nominated by him/her only.
11. To nominate Editorial Board as per Bye-Laws 40 (7b).
12. To appoint Auditors for (i) Central Office, IRIA (ii) IJRI, (iii) ICRI and (iv) Social Security
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 Scheme.
13. To appoint Hon. Legal adviser to IRIA.
14. To approve (i) 'Sir J.C. Bose Memorial Orator', (ii) 'Dr. Diwan Chand Aggarwal Memorial
Orator', (iii) Dr. K.M. Rai Memorial Orator', (iv) 'Dr. M.L. Aggarwal Memorial Orator for
the year 2017', and (iv) Sh. K.R. Gupta Life Time Achievement Award 2017 and to
announce awardee of Dr. Ashok Mukherjee Award 2016. &
(i) 'Dr. N.G. Gadekar Memorial Oration and Key Note Address', (ii) 'Dr. Mihir Mitter Memorial
Oration', for the year 2017 (iii) 'Prof. V.P. Lakhanpal Gold Medal', (iv) 'Onco Imaging
Award' (v) 'Dr. N. Ramdas Best Research Paper Award' (vi) Dr. P.K. Haldar & M/s
German Remedies Fellowships, and (vii) Fellowships of ICRI (FICR).
15. To approve the decisions of the GBM of ICRI.
16. To consider the amendments in the Memorandum -bye-Laws.
17. To consider the resolutions put forward.
18. To consider the progress of 70th Annual Conference of IRIA, Jaipur 2017.
19. Any other matter brought forward by the Central Council.
20. Any other matter with the permission of the Chair.
21. Vote of thanks.
All the Emeritus, Annual, Life members of IRIA are requested to kindly attend the Annual
General Body Meeting of IRIA.
With regards,
Dr. Pramod Lonikar
Secretary General, IRIA

*********
Extra-ordinary General Body Meeting of IRIA
To,
All the Emeritus, Annual, Life Members of Indian Radiological & Imaging Association,

An extra-ordinary General Body Meeting of IRIA will be held on 22.01.2016 just after 15
minutes of the Annual General Body Meeting of IRIA to be held at Hotel Swosti Premium,
Bhubaneswar to ratify the proposals for the amendments of Memorandum-bye-Laws of the
Association. Members are requested to kindly attend the same.

Dr. Pramod Lonikar

Secretary General, IRIA

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 INDIAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY & IMAGING
(Academic wing of Indian Radiological & Imaging Association)
IRIA House, C-5, Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi-110 016
No.ICRI/GBM/69AC 30th October, 2015
To,
All the Members of Indian College of Radiology & Imaging

SUB: AGENDA OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL BODY MEETING OF ICRI

An Annual General Body Meeting of ICRI will be held on 21.01.2016 at 05.00 PM at

Hotel Swosti Premium, Bhubaneswar. The Following will be the agenda of the meeting:

1. Election of Chairman of the meeting if necessary (in the absence of the Chairman
and Vice Chairmen).
2. Welcome address by the Chairman.
3. Confirmation of the proceedings of the previous General Body meeting of ICRI
held at Kochi.
4. Adoption of Annual Report of ICRI for the year 2015.
5. Adoption of budget for the year 2016-17.
6. Report of CME programmes held during the year 2015 and decide CMEs with
theme for the year 2016.
7. To approve names of awardees of various Orations, Awards, Medals and
Fellowships of ICRI.
8. To approve the names of two Joint Secretaries -one from the place of Chairman
and another from the place of Secretary as far as possible, and to be nominated
by the Chairman and Secretary, ICRI only.
9. To appoint Auditors.
10 Any other matter brought forward by the Governing Body.
11. Any other matter with the permission of the Chair.
12. Vote of thanks.
All the members of ICRI are requested to kindly attend the meeting.
With regards,
Dr. M.P. Goyal
Secretary, ICRI
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AMENDMENTS AND RESOLUTIONS TO BE PUT UP BEFORE THE CENTRAL
COUNCIL AND GENERAL BODY MEETINGS OF IRIA DURING 69TH ANNUAL
CONFERENCE OF IRIA TO BE HELD AT BHUBANESWAR IN JANUARY
2016.

Amendments for Bhubaneswar Conference

Proposed by: Dr. M.P. Goyal

Seconded by : Dr. S.K. Agrawal

ORIGINAL PROPOSED AMENDMENT

Bay Law No. 47 Bay Law No. 47

7. 7.

Central Council and Trade Committee
meeting will be held either on the previous
evening or in the early morning before the
GBM & inauguration of the. If there is delay
in receiving some payments from the
trade/industry, this can be reflected in the
balance sheet. 50 percent of the savings
should be handed over to the central office
at the next annual Conference without fail.
50 percent share of the central office
should be of the net savings.
Central Council and Trade Committee
meeting will be held either on the previous
evening or in the early morning before the
GBM & inauguration of the. If there is delay
in receiving some payments from the
trade/industry, this can be reflected in the
balance sheet. 50 percent of the savings
should be handed over to the central office
at the next annual Conference without fail.
50 percent share of the central office should
be of the net savings.

In order to run the day to day expenses

of ICRI such as Postage, TA, Medals/
Mementoes etc., some share from the
profit of Annual Conference should also
been given to ICRI.

(10a). (10a).

The State/UT Chapter hosting the The State/UT Chapter hosting the
Conference should have its own PAN Conference should have its own PAN
number and should have been submitting number and should have been submitting
its income tax returns up-to-date. The its income tax returns up-to-date. The State/
State/UT Chapter will give 50% of the UT Chapter will give 50% of the profits of
profits of the conference, if any, as a the conference, if any, as a donation to the
donation to the Corpus Fund of the Corpus Fund of the Association and
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Association and necessary resolution of the
State/UT Chapter office bearers shall
accompany this fund. The amount will be
handed over in the form of a Draft only
payable at Delhi. The remaining 50% of
profits shall be transferred to the account
of the State/UT Chapter hosting the Annual
Conference. No amount of money from the
Conference will be held by any individual
or group and no trusts or separate
associations will be formed with these
funds. Any attempt by an individual or group
of individuals to withhold funds to be
transferred to the State/UT Chapter will be
considered illegal and necessary
disciplinary action shall be taken against
these persons by the State Executive. If the
matter cannot be resolved at the State level
the Central council will look into the
allegations of financial irregularity and
necessary disciplinary action will be taken
by the Central council, subject to ratification
by the General Body.
All the income especially 50% central share
from the savings of annual conference
should come in the form of DD only.
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necessary resolution of the State/UT
Chapter office bearers shall accompany
this fund. The amount will be handed over
in the form of a Draft only payable at Delhi.
The remaining 50% of profits shall be
transferred to the account of the State/UT
Chapter hosting the Annual Conference.
No amount of money from the Conference
will be held by any individual or group and
no trusts or separate associations will be
formed with these funds. Any attempt by
an individual or group of individuals to
withhold funds to be transferred to the
State/UT Chapter will be considered illegal
and necessary disciplinary action shall be
taken against these persons by the State
Executive. If the matter cannot be resolved
at the State level the Central council will
look into the allegations of financial
irregularity and necessary disciplinary
action will be taken by the Central council,
subject to ratification by the General Body.
All the income especially 50% central
share f rom the savings of annual
conference should come in the form of
DD only.
In order to run the day to day expenses
of ICRI such as Postage, TA, Medals/
Mementoes etc., some share from the
profit of Annual Conference should
also been given to ICRI.
Proposed by: Dr. Jignesh Thakker
Seconded by: Dr. Pramod Lonikar
(1)

ORIGINAL PROPOSED AMENDMENT

Rule 4 : CHAPTERS Rule 4 : CHAPTERS 4(C)

TO ADD 4(C) DUTIES OF PRESIDENT DUTIES OF PRESIDENT AND

AND SECRETARY OF THE STATE/UT SECRETARY OF THE STATE/UT
CHAPTER CHAPTER

1. Intimate the members about the

events/activity or important information
about the activities of the state chapter.

2. Solve the problems of members

related to PNDT, AERB, Trade etc.

3. Collect mailing data of members

including mobile numbers and email id
and send to IRIA HQ for updating the
records of membership.

4. To check the status of Provisional Life

Membership of the state chapter and ask
those Provisional Life members to send
self attested copy of their PG degree/
diploma to IRIA HQ to convert their
membership to Life Membership.

5. To conduct the election of the office

bearers in the state chapter in time as
per constitution of IRIA and intimate the
results of new elected office bearers to
all the members of the state chapter.

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(2)
ORIGINAL
BYE LAW 7.
TERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP
(iii).Byremovalofnamesontheground (iii).Byremovalofnamesontheground
of undesirable conduct:
(a)
If the conduct of a member is deemed by
the central council or a State/UT Chapter,
prejudicial to the interests of the association
or be calculated to bring the medical
profession into disrepute, the central
council or the State/UT Chapter, as the
case may be, may ask him/her to submit
a written explanation of his/her conduct. In
the event of the explanation being found
unsatisfactory, the member may be asked
to either apologize or to resign from the
association. If the member is agreeable,
his/her apology shall be sent to the central
office with a confidential note giving details
of the case for future reference. In the event
of the said member refusing either to
apologize or to resign when asked to do
so, a general body meeting of the State/
UT Chapter shall be called to consider the
case and at least seven days notice of the
meeting shall be given to the members
concerned, and he/she shall be given an
opportunity to explain his/her conduct if he/
she desires to do so. If at meeting 3/4th of
the members present having recorded their
vote for the removal of his/her name from
the membership, the resolution along with
the members explanation and other
records shall be sent to the central council
for confirmation, and the central council
may ask for explanation from the member
so affected before final decision and his/
her name shall be removed from the
register of members of the State/UT
Chapter only after receipt of such a
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PROPOSED AMENDMENT
BYE LAW 7.
TERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP
of undesirable conduct:
(a)
If the conduct of a Member is deemed by
the Central Council or a State/UT Chapter,
prejudicial to the interests of the association
or be calculated to bring the medical
profession into disrepute, the Central
Council or the State/UT Chapter, as the
case may be, shall issue Show Cause
Notice and ask him/her to submit a written
explanation of his/her conduct within four
weeks of issue of the Show Cause Notice.
In the event of the explanation being found
unsatisfactory, the Central Council or State
Council, as the case may be, shall suspend
the membership of such member for the
period as decided by it.
If the member is agreeable and apologises
for his deed, his/her written apology shall
be sent by the state chapter to the State
Council or Central Office, IRIA as the case
may be, with a confidential note giving
details of the case for future reference. The
State Council or Central Office, IRIA shall
put this matter before CCM f or
consideration.
In the event of the said member refusing
either to apologize or to resign when asked
to do so by the State/UT Chapter, a General
Body meeting of the State/UT Chapter shall
be called to consider the case and at least
seven days notice of the meeting shall be
given to the member concerned, and he/
she shall be given an opportunity to explain
confirmation. In the meantime, he/she shall
be suspended from enjoying all the
privileges of membership. The affected
member retains the right to appeal to the
General Body.
his/her conduct if he/she desires to do so.
If at meeting 3/4th of the members present
having recorded their vote for the removal
of his/her name from the membership, the
resolution along with the members
explanation and other records shall be sent
to the central council for confirmation, and
the central council may ask for explanation
from the member so affected before final
decision and his/her name shall be
removed from the register of members of
the State/UT Chapter only after receipt of
such a confirmation. In the meantime, he/
she shall be suspended from enjoying all
the privileges of membership. The affected
member retains the right to appeal to the
General Body of IRIA.

In the event of the said member refusing

either to apologize or to resign when asked
to do so by the Central Council of IRIA, his
membership shall be terminated; however,
he/she retains the right to appeal to the
General Body of IRIA.
Explanation: Explanation: TO BE DELETED
The State/UT Chapter Executive committee
shall set up an enquiry committee to look
into the matter and the decisions of the
same shall be conveyed to the General
Body of the State. The General body of the
state shall submit its recommendations
regarding disciplinary action to the National
President and Secretary General for
consideration of the Central Council. Final
confirmation of disciplinary action shall be
made by the Central General Body subject
to ratification by 2/3 of members present.
The disciplinary action can include
suspension of membership until necessary
apology or explanation is tendered by the
member and accepted by the General body
and may extend to termination of
membership after approval by 2/3 of
members present at the GBM and
ratification of decisions of the GBM by an
Extraordinary GBM to be held within 15
minutes of this GBM.
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3

ORIGINAL PROPOSED AMENDMENT

RULE 22 ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF IRIA RULE 22 ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF

IRIA
ADD: 23(d)

RULE 23(d)

During the inspection of Venue of the

proposed conference, the proceedings of
the inspection would be video recorded
for the sake of transparency. The report
of the inspection would be presented by
President & Secretary General who has
done the inspection of the proposed
venues in the Central Council meeting.

The decision of the allotment of venue of

the Conference would be taken after
consideration of quality of venue, and all
required infrastructure available in the city
as per video recording of the venue.

Proposed by: Dr. O.P. Bansal

Seconded by: Dr. Raghav Aggarwal

(1)

ORIGINAL PROPOSED AMENDMENT

RULE 4 CHAPTER RULE 4 CHAPTER

ADD 4(d) BIFURCATION OF STATE 4(d) BIFURCATION OF STATE CHAPTER

CHAPTER OF IRIA OF IRIA

If a State is divided into two states by Govt.

of India, then the State Chapter would also
be divided into two state chapters based into
geographical division of the state.

The following guidelines would be observed

at the time of bifurcation of the state chapter:

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ORIGINAL
BYE LAW 48
A committee of seven members shall
consist of 3 Immediate Past Presidents of
IRIA, 3 immediate Past Chairmen of ICRI
and Editor-in-Chief IJRI and the
applications received for the Fellowships
of ICRI should be sent to this committee
by Secretary ICRI for the final verdict. The
President IRIA, President Elect IRIA,
Secretary General IRIA, Chairman ICRI,
Secretary ICRI shall be the ex-officio
members of the Credential Committee of
ICRI. The eligibility criteria of applicants
shall be verified by Secretary ICRI. The
Credential committee shall send its
recommendations to Secretary ICRI who
shall inform the report of the committee in
the subsequent Central Council and
General Body Meetings of IRIA.
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1. The decision of bifurcation would be
taken during the General Body meeting of
the state chapter which has to be divided.
2. The membership would be divided as
per geographical division of the state.
3. The total assets would be divided as
per membership strength of both the state
chapters.
4. The information of the bifurcation of the
state chapter would be given to the IRIA
HQ.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT
BYE LAW 48
A Credential Committee for Orations,
Awards and Fellowships of IRIA/ICRI shall
consist of five members as (i) President
IRIA (ii) Secretary General IRIA, (iii)
Chairman ICRI, (iv) Secretary ICRI and (v)
Editor-in-Chief, IJRI.
The soft copy of applications received for
the Orations, Awards, and Fellowships of
IRIA/ICRI shall be sent to this committee
by Secretary of IRIA/ICRI for the
recommendations.
The eligibility criteria of applicants shall be
verified by Secretary General IRIA and
Secretary ICRI before sending to the
Credential Committee. The Credential
committee shall send its recommendations
to Secretary General IRIA and Secretary
ICRI who shall inform the report of the
Credential Committee in the subsequent
Central Council and General Body
Meetings of IRIA for ratification.
3.
ORIGINAL
Bye law No. 41.
ELECTION OF OFFICE BEARERS
THE PRESIDENT ELECT:
Elections of president elect will be held in
place of president who will automatically
take over office of president next year.
The Secretary General as the election
officer with the help of a committee of five
prominent members from Delhi nominated
by the president will conduct the elections.
In case the Secretary General is re-
contesting for any election, the President
IRIA will appoint the Election Officer for
conducting the particular election.
The Secretary General shall on or before
1 st August of each year invite the
nomination in prescribed format from all
eligible members (under certificate of
posting) of the association for the office of
the President Elect.
The nomination should reach the office of
the secretary general not later than 21st
August 05.00 pm along with written
consent of the candidates. Nominations
received after the said date shall not be
considered.
The Secretary General shall inform by
registered post, before 28 th August the
members whose names have been
nominated for the office of the President
Elect. Any of members desiring to withdraw
his/her name must inform Secretary
General on or before the 10th September
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PROPOSED AMENDMENT
Bye law No. 41.
ELECTION OF OFFICE BEARERS
THE PRESIDENT ELECT:
Elections of president elect will be held in
place of president who will automatically
take over office of president next year.
The Secretary General as the election
officer with the help of a committee of five
prominent members from Delhi nominated
by the president will conduct the elections.
In case the Secretary General is re-
contesting for any election, the President
IRIA will appoint the Election Officer for
conducting the particular election.
The Secretary General shall on or before
1 st August of each year invite the
nomination in prescribed format from all
eligible members (under certificate of
posting) of the association for the office of
the President Elect.
The nomination should reach the office of
the secretary general not later than 21st
August by 05.00 pm along with written
consent of the candidates. Nominations
received after the said date shall not be
considered.
The Secretary General shall inform by
registered post, before 28th August the
members whose names have been
nominated for the office of the President
Elect. Any of members desiring to withdraw
his/her name must inform Secretary
General on or before the 10th September
05.00 by pm. Non-receipt of any reply in
05.00 pm. Non-receipt of any reply in this
respect by 10th September 05.00 pm will
be interpreted as consent of the nominee
to contest for election.
The Secretary General shall on or before
the 10th October of every year, send to all
those Emeritus, Life and Annual members
whose subscription have been received at
the central office by 30th June, and have
three years continuous membership a
printed and numbered ballot paper (under
registered post) electronically signed by the
Secretary General or his nominee,
containing the names of the candidates duly
nominated for the office of the President and
request the members to mark on it the
candidate of their choice in the manner
prescribed on the ballot paper and return
the ballot paper so as to reach the central
office on or before the 7th November 05.00
pm, after which date no ballot paper will be
considered as valid.
The Secretary General shall scrutinize the
ballot papers in the presence of five
members of the election committee who
shall be nominated by the President. The
candidates shall have the right to attend the
counting of the votes or send one
representative who must be life, Annual
member or emeritus member of the
association. The Secretary General shall
inform the candidate the date and venue of
the counting, a week before.
42. PROFORMA OF CALLING THE
NOMINATIONS
No. IRIA/President Elect 201__
Date_________
To,
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this respect by 10th September by 05.00
pm will be interpreted as consent of the
nominee to contest for election.
The Secretary General shall hold the
election by e-voting system from the
website of IRIA. The e-voting period shall
be from 29 th October (10.00 am) to 7 th
November by 05.00 pm. During this period
the eligible voters shall have to get
password through Get Password option
available on E-voting page of www.iria.in.
Password will be sent on their registered
mobile No. Using this password the eligible
voters can login and cast their vote.
The Secretary General along with the
members of Election Committee shall
announce the result of election as provided
by the web administrator of E-voting
system. The candidates shall have the right
to attend the counting of the votes or send
one representative who must be life, Annual
member or emeritus member of the
association. The Secretary General shall
inform the candidate the date and venue of
the counting, a week before.
42. PROFORMA OF CALLING THE
NOMINATIONS
No. IRIA/President Elect 201__
Date_________
To,
 All the Emeritus/Life/Annual Members
of IRIA
Ref. : Election of the President Elect of the
Indian Radiological & Imaging
Association for the year
According to Bye-Laws No. 41 of the Rules
and Bye-Laws of the Association,
nominations for the office of the President
Elect for the year are hereby invited.
Nominations should reach the undersigned
by 21st August under a sealed registered
cover mentioning Nomination for Election.
Not more than one name can be proposed/
seconded by any member for this post.
Nominations received after 21st August will
not be considered. No correspondence
shall be entertained by the Central Office
in the matter of nominations. Proforma for
your reply is appended below.
Those members who are in arrears of
subscription or who have not paid their
subscription continuously for the last three
years and/or whose current year s
subscription has been received in the
Central Office after 30th June will not be
sent the ballot paper.
Please note that no duplicate ballot papers
will be sent.
Dr._________________
Secretary General, IRIA
PROFORMA- 1
We Propose and Second Dr.__________
(Name and Address in Block Letters)
as the (name of post) as the (name of post)
of Indian Radiological & Imaging
Association for the year.
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All the Emeritus/Life/Annual
Members of IRIA
Ref. : Election of the President Elect of the
Indian Radiological & Imaging
Association for the year
According to Bye-Laws No. 41 of the Rules
and Bye-Laws of the Association,
nominations for the office of the President
Elect for the year are hereby invited.
Nominations should reach the undersigned
by 21st August by 05.00 pm under a sealed
registered cover mentioning Nomination
for Election. Not more than one name can
be proposed/seconded by any member for
this post. Nominations received after 21st
August will not be considered. No
correspondence shall be entertained by the
Central Office in the matter of nominations.
Proforma for your reply is appended below.
Those members who are in arrears of
subscription or who have not paid their
subscription continuously for the last three
years and/or whose current year s
subscription has been received in the
Central Office after 30th June will not be
included in the list of eligible voters.
Dr._________________
Secretary General, IRIA
PROFORMA-1
We Propose and Second Dr.__________
(Name and Address in Block Letters)
of Indian Radiological & Imaging
Association for the year .
Name and Address of the Folio No., Name and Address of the
Proposer:_______ Proposer:_______

_____Signature _____Signature

Name and Address of the Seconder:_____ Folio No., Name and Address of the
Seconder:_____

_____Signature _____Signature

PROFORMA-2 PROFORMA-2

I shall be willing to serve as the I shall be willing to serve as the

(name of post) of the Indian Radiological & (name of post) of the Indian Radiological &
Imaging Association for the year. Imaging Association for the year.

Name and Address of the Candidate:_____ Name and Address of the

( in block letters ) Candidate:______ ( in block letters )

_____Signature _____Signature

I hereby certify that I am not in arrears of
the subscription and I have uninterrupted
membership of the Association as per
criteria for the same. I also hereby certify
that I have not been convicted in a court of
law (i) sentence after conviction in a court
of law for any crime entraining moral
turpitude, (ii) convicted by Medical Council
of India/State Medical Council or Appropriate
Authorities for PC & PNDT Act on the
grounds of unethical conduct.
I certify that I am not in arrears of the
subscription and I have uninterrupted
membership of the Association for the last
15 years. I also have held an office at
State/IRIA HQ or Central Council
Member for at least five years. I also
hereby certify that I have not been convicted
in a court of law (i) sentence after conviction
in a court of law for any crime entailing
moral turpitude, (ii) convicted by Medical
Council of India/State Medical Council or
Appropriate Authorities for PC & PNDT Act
on the grounds of unethical conduct, (iii) I
have understood the procedure of e-voting
and agree for the same. (iv) I will abide by
the Model Code of Conduct for elections of
IRIA.

_____Signature _____Signature

43. Election of the Vice-Presidents, 43. Election of the Vice-Presidents,

Secretary General, Hon. Treasurer, Secretary General, Hon. Treasurer,
Editor-in-Chief of Indian Journal of Editor-in-Chief of Indian Journal of
Radiology & Imaging, Chairman, Radiology & Imaging, Chairman,
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 Vice-Chairmen, Secretary, Hon.
Treasurer and Governing Body
Members of Indian College of
Radiology & Imaging will be held in
the same manner as the election of
the President. The ballot paper will
be signed electronically by the
Secretary General or by the Election
Officer only.
Election of the office bearers of ICRI
will be conducted by the Secretary
General, IRIA on the pattern of IRIA
and only eligible members of ICRI
will participate.
All the nomination for election
received in the Central Office, IRIA
will be opened in front of the
members of the election committee
who will scrutinize all the
nominations.
A proper dak receipt register for
ballot papers at the time of election
should be maintained separately in
which all the ballot papers received
are entered and given receipt
number.
When a person, contesting an election, is When a person, contesting an election, is
not directly involved in the election process, not directly involved in the election process,
he/she will not be asked to resign.
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Vice-Chairmen, Secretary, Hon.
Treasurer and Governing Body
Members of Indian College of
Radiology & Imaging will be held in
the same manner as the election
of the President Elect.
Election of the office bearers of ICRI
will be conducted by the Secretary
General, IRIA on the pattern of IRIA
and all members of IRIA shall vote
to elect the office bearers of ICRI.
However, the candidates for the
posts of Chairman, Vice Chairmen,
Secretary ICRI shall be members
and Fellows of ICRI, while
candidates for the posts of Hon
Treasurer and Governing Body
Members shall be members of
ICRI.
All the nomination for election
received in the Central Office, IRIA
will be opened in front of the
members of the election committee
who will scrutinize all the
nominations.
A proper dak receipt register for
ballot papers at the time of election
should be maintained separately in
which all the ballot papers received
are entered and given receipt
number.
he/she will not be asked to resign.
NOTIFICATION FOR BID FOR IRIA FUNDED AND ICRI
CONDUCTED CME PROGRAMMES
To,
All the State Chapter Presidents and Secretaries of IRIA

Dear Colleague,

As it has been decided that ICRI shall conduct four IRIA funded CME Programmes in a
year in different zones of the country, therefore, the ICRI is inviting applications from all the
state chapters of IRIA for organizing four IRIA funded CME programmes conducted by ICRI
to be held in the year 2016-17. The four CME programmes shall be held on any four themes
as mentioned below.

The proposed themes for CME Programmes are given below:

1. Emergency Medicine
2. Neuro-imaging
3. Genito Urinary Imaging
4. MSK Imaging
5. Head & Neck Imaging
6. Chest Imaging
7. Small Part Imaging

The bid application should clearly mention the following:

1. Date of the CME:

2. Venue of the CME:
3. Theme of the CME:
4. Resolution for bid for CME which must bear the signatures of President, Secretary,
Vice Presidents,, Hon Treasurer and two Center Council Members representing the
state chapter.

I would like to inform you that the first CME Programme has been named as Dr. Gyan P. Lal
CME, the second CME has been named as Dr. Harnam Singh mid-term CME, the third
CME has been named as Dr. R.K. Goulatia CME and the fourth CME has been named as
Dr. Rajendra Rao CME.

YourbidapplicationsshouldreachtotheundersignedonorbeforeDecember 31, 2015 by

email icri74@gmail.com or post. The bid applications so received would be put up for
approval of the Governing Body of ICRI and Central Council of IRIA in its meetings to be held
on 20th January, 2016 at Hotel Swosti Premium, Bhubaneswar.

With regards,

Yours sincerely,

Dr. M.P. Goyal

Secretary, ICRI
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 NOTIFICATION FOR BID FOR IREP
To,
All the State Chapter Presidents and Secretaries of
Indian Radiological & Imaging Association

Dear Colleague,

As it has been decided that IRIA HQ shall organize two IRIA Resident Education
Programmes (IREP) in a year in different zones of the country. Therefore, the IRIA HQ
invites applications from all the state chapters of IRIA for organizing two IREPs to be
held in the year 2016-17.

YourbidapplicationsshouldreachtotheundersignedonorbeforeDecember 31,
2015. The bid applications so received would be put up for approval of the Central
Council meeting to be held on 20th January 2016 at Hotel Swosti Premium,
Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

With regards,

Yours sincerely,

Dr. Pramod Lonikar

Secretary General

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Proposed Amendment in the Eligibility and Guidelines for
Life Time Achievement Award of IRIA
As decided in the July CCM, necessary amendments has been proposed to the existing
eligibility and Guidelines for awarding the Shri K.R. Gupta Life Time Achievement Award.
Members are requested to kindly go through the same and give their valuable inputs
which would be put up in the CCM for further discussion and forwarding to the GBM for
ratification.

ELIGIBILITY AND GUIDELINES FOR SHREE K. R. GUPTA MEMORIAL LIFE

TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.

The Shree K. R. Gupta Memorial Life Time Achievement Award is designed to honor a
senior and eminent radiologist in recognition to his/her contribution to the IRIA fraternity as
well to the society.

(i) Presented annually to an eminent Radiologist of good standing who is Emeritus/

Life Member of IRIA.
(ii) Not to be awarded Second Time.
(iii) No other award to be given to the awardees of LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
by IRIA in that year.

ELIGIBILITY

1. The recipient should be a regular and active Emeritus/Life Member of IRIA of at

least 35 years duration, age above 60 years and a bona-fide resident of India.
2. Should have served/practiced in India for more than 30 years.
3. Should have a reasonable record of interest in IRIA with reasonable participation in
IRIA activities. Preference is to be given to those who have held office at State and
or Head Quarter level.
4. Should have an outstanding record of professional service and professionally he/
she must have a state/national level status.
5. Should possess a status and image of a respected person with high sense of
profound dedication and moral integrity. There should be no doubt about his/her
professional and personal integrity.
6. The recipient of any prestigious awards of IRIA namely
(123.and) shall be considered as an additional qualification.

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THE DECISION OF THE AWARD COMMITTEE SHALL BE BASED ON THE
FOLLOWING CRITERIA:-

i. Additional Qualifications including super specialty (other than basic degree

in Radiology).
ii. Fellowships related to Radiology by recognised Societies/Institutions.
iii. Seniority in IRIA on the basis of membership.
iv. Contribution to IRIA by serving the association at State and National level.
v. Contribution to IJRI.
vi. Contribution to ICRI.
vii. Contribution to IRIA Members welfare.
viii. Contribution to the Radiology fraternity.
ix. Contribution to the Society.
x. Scientific Contributions.
xi. Recipient of Awards of IRIA/ICRI (Orations/Awards/Fellowships).
xii. Honours/Awards and felicitations by recognized Radiological Society at
International/National/State level.
xiii. Honours/Awards/Felicitations by State/Central Government.
xiv. Personal achievements.

PROCEDURE

1. The award will be awarded each year during the Annual Conference of IRIA at the
Inaugural Ceremony.
2. The name shall be recommended by the State chapters of IRIA. Direct Members
can be recommended directly by Direct Members.
3. This award will be decided by the Award Committee as constituted by the President
IRIA. The decision of the Award Committee shall be final and binding. If any of the
eminent members whose nomination is received for this award and or his/her
colleague in the association tries to influence or put blame/pressure on the Award
Committee, his/her nomination shall be considered as invalid.
4. The Award shall be in the form of a Medal, a Scroll, a Shawl and a Shriphal with a
flower bouquet given by the IRIA Office from the interest earned on the corpus fund.
5. The recipient of the award will be given economy class air fare by the IRIA HQ and
the local hospitality will be provided by the Organizing Committee of the national
conference.

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Proposed Amendment in the Eligibility and Guidelines for
IRIA sponsored and ICRI conducted CME programmes

As decided in the July CCM, necessary amendments has been proposed to the existing
guidelines for IRIA sponsored and ICRI condcted CME programmes. Members are
requested to kindly go through the same and give their valuable inputs which would be
put up in the CCM for further discussion and forwarding to the GBM for ratification.

A. Organizing Committee:

Organizing Chairmen : (i) President IRIA

: (ii) Chairman, ICRI
: (iii) President of the organizing state chapter

Organizing Secretaries : (i) Secretary General, IRIA

: (ii) Secretary, ICRI
: (iii) Secretary of the state chapter

State Coordinators : Two (To be appointed from the State Chapter)

Scientific Coordinator : SSH (as per theme of the CME)

Treasurers : (i) Treasurer, IRIA

: (ii) Treasurer of State Chapter of IRIA
The above office bearers should be holding their office at the time of allotment of CME
during the annual CCM of IRIA.

*Note: The member(s) from State Chapter authorized by IRIA Hd. Qtrs. to
coordinate for organizing IRIA CME Programme conducted by ICRI shall
not use their designation in state in any of the stationery, banners,
brochures, certificates etc. of the IRIA CME Programme.

B: NAME AND SCHEDULE OF CMEs

1. The first CME is Dr. Gyan P. Lal CME.

2. The second CME is Dr. Harnam Singh mid-term CME.
3. The third CME is Dr. R.K. Goulatia CME.
4. The fourth CME is Dr. Rajendra Rao CME.

Schedule of CMEs:
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Name of CME Organizing Month

Dr. Gyan P. Lal CME : April/May/June

Dr. Harnam Singh mid-term CME : July/August
Dr. R.K. Goulatia CME : September/October
Dr. Rajendra Rao CME : November/December

C. BID FOR CME

1. The ICRI shall invite bid applications from all the state chapters/UT of IRIA through
email and October issue of the News Bulletin. The last date of receipt of bids in the
ICRI Office shall be 31st December.

2. The bidding state chapter would ensure adequate attendance of delegates including
faculty.

3. If there is less attendance during the CME and organizing state chapter could not
ensure good attendance, then that state chapter would not be considered for
organizing CME for next five years.

4. The Bid from the state chapter shall clearly mention the Dates, Theme and Venue
of the proposed CME.

5. The bidding application should be accompanied by a resolution from the state chapter
for organizing the CME which should be signed by President, Secretary, Hon.
Treasurer and 5 other office bearers of the state chapter.

6. The bids received by the ICRI shall be put up for approval in the Governing Body
meeting of ICRI and Annual Central Council Meeting of IRIA held during the Annual
Conference of IRIA.

7. If there are more than four bids, preference to organize the IRIA CME shall be given
to the state chapter who have either never hosted IRIA CME or have hosted IRIA
CME earlier than the other bidders of the IRIA CME.

D. Guidelines for organizing the IRIA CME Programmes conducted by ICRI

1. CME Programme sponsored by Indian Radiological & Imaging Association and

conducted by Indian College of Radiology & Imaging must be mentioned in all
stationery, banners, brochures, souvenirs etc.

2. Local Organizers: The state chapter who has been allotted the CME is the local
organizer of the CME and office bearers of the state chapter authorized at the time

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 of allotment of CME and State Chapter hosting the CME shall be responsible for
successfully organizing the CME.

3. Registration Fee: To have maximum attendance in the IRIA CME Programme, it

shall be the responsibility of the authorized members of IRIA in the State chapter
where CME is being organized. The authorized member(s) in the state can have
some Registration Fee in order to make sure that members attend the CME
programme after registration.

4. Duration of CME Programme: The duration of the any IRIA Sponsored CME
program conducted by ICRI shall be for two days preferably on Saturday and Sunday.

5. Delegates: For each CME, approx. 150 to 250 members are expected. No non-
member of IRIA shall be allowed to participate in the CME.

6. Venue of CME: The local organizers shall not have any authority to change the
venue of the CME. If there is any issue of certain protocols, then medical college/
institution should be avoided as venue of the CME.

7. Official Delegates/Invitees: From the IRIA side, its President/Secretary General

IRIA or their representative and Chairman/Secretary ICRI or their representative
shall be the official delegates/invitees (any one form IRIA and any one from ICRI).
TA/DA shall be reimbursed only to these office bearers only. Accommodation has
to be arranged for these office bearers. For Harnam Singh mid term CME, TA and
Accommodation shall be given to President, Secretary General, IRIA & Chairman,
and Secretary ICRI. All invitations should be sent by the local organizers well in
advance.

8. Scientific Coordinator: The SSH (as per theme of the CME) shall be the Scientific
Coordinator of the CME. He/she shall be responsible for finalizing the Scientific
Programme along with local Coordinators and Chairman & Secretary of ICRI. If
there is no SSH, then Secretary ICRI shall act as Scientific Coordinator.

9. Faculty: The faculty from outside the state chapter organizing the CME should not
be more than five. TA and Accommodation shall be paid only for this faculty. The
local faculty from organizing state chapter should not be paid TA. If any foreign
faculty has to be invited, it shall be the responsibility of the organizing state chapter.

10. Scientific Programme: The Scientific Coordinator shall finalize the faculty in
consultation and approval from Chairman and Secretary, ICRI under intimation to
Secretary General, IRIA. Few copies of brochure of IRIA CME Programme have to
be sent to the Central Office, IRIA & ICRI for records. Central Office, IRIA will publish
the information of IRIA CME program in the Website and News Bulletin for information
to all the members of IRIA. There cannot be any Oration of the state chapter during
the IRIA Sponsored CME.

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11. Budget: The total budget for the IRIA CME Programme is Rs 2.5 lakhs per CME. If
the expenses exceed Rs 2.5 lakhs, the same can be borne by the State chapter
where the CME programmes is being organized or the state can raise the funds
from the Healthcare Industry.

12. Payment of Bills: IRIA HQ shall directly pay the bills to the vendors as per heads
as mentioned below, and the same should be signed by the organizing Secretary
(Secretary General, IRIA) of CME Programme and Treasurer of IRIA for payment
from the Central Office, IRIA.

Stationery (Letterhead, Brochure and Envelopes)

Postage
Delegate Kit (Folder, Writing Pad, Pen etc.)
Lunch & Hi Tea
Venue and Auditorium Charges
Audio Visual Expenses
Mementoes (For faculty/invitees)
Souvenir
Delegate Certificates
Flags and Banners
TA/DA (for official delegates/invitees and faculty members)
Accommodation (for official delegates/invitees and faculty members)

13. Statement of Accounts: A detailed statement of accounts of the CME shall be

sent to the IRIA HQ on or before the end of third month from the date of organizing
the CME duly signed by the authorized Organizing Chairman and Secretary from
the State for the IRIA CME programme and the Treasurer of IRIA.

14. Inauguration: Not more than 30 minutes duration inauguration is suggested.

President, Secretary IRIA, and Chairman ICRI shall be seated on dais during
inauguration.

15. Brochure/Certificate: The joint messages from the President, IRIA and Chairman,
ICRI has to be published in the Brochure. The Brochure should carry the names of
the office bearers of IRIA, ICRI and Organizing Committee as specified in Rule A.
The Certificate should carry the names of all the Organizing Chairmen, Organizing
Secretaries and Scientific Coordinator. IRIA HQ shall provide model brochure and
certificate to the local organizers.

16. Progress of CME: The authorized member(s) in the state shall keep Secretary
General, IRIA and Secretary, ICRI informed about the progress of IRIA sponsored
CME from time to time.

17. No Liquor/booze at Dinner: As decided in the GBM held at Kochi, no liquor/booze

shall be served during the dinners of CME progammes.

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Proposed Amendment in the Eligibility and Guidelines for
IREP.
As decided in the July CCM, necessary amendments has been proposed to the existing
guidelines for IREP. Members are requested to kindly go through the same and give
their valuable inputs which would be put up in the CCM for further discussion and for-
warding to the GBM for ratification.

A. Aims and Objects of IREP

1. Two IRIA Resident Education Programmes (IREP) of 2 days each shall be conducted
in a year.

2. Morning 4-5 hours must be used for lectures on topics relevant for exams and
somehow inputs from residents registering for the programme shall be sought for
that and also for the faculty.

3. Topics like Film Reading Sessions, How to Write Reports, How to write Scientific
Papers, Mock-Exams preferably conducted by people who regularly go for taking
M.D. and D.N.B. exams, can be taken up in the afternoons.

4. IREP is mainly for the Residents who are the Provisional Life Members of the
Association but Life Members can also attend the same if the total number of
delegates does not exceed 150. All delegates must be Provisional Life/Life Members
of IRIA.

5. A nominal registration fee to be charged, to ensure meaningful student participation.

6. Indian Radiological & Imaging Association Resident Education Programme

(IREP) organized by Indian Radiological & Imaging Association must be mentioned
in all stationery, banners, brochures, etc.

B. BID FOR IREP

1. The Central Office, IRIA shall invite bid applications from all the state chapters/UT
of IRIA through email and October issue of the News Bulletin. The last date of
receipt of bid in the Central Office, IRIA shall be 31st December.

2. The bidding state chapter, venue should have adequate number of Medical Colleges/
Institutions and Residents in the state so that the IREP can have attendance of 150
delegates including faculty.
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3. If there is thin attendance during the IREP and organizing state chapter could not
ensure good attendance, then that state chapter would not be considered for
organizing IREP for next five years.

4. The Bid from the state chapter shall clearly mention the Dates and Venue of the
proposed IREP.

5. The bidding application should be accompanied by a resolution from the state chapter
for organizing the IREP which should be signed by President, Secretary, Hon.
Treasurer and 5 other office bearers of the state chapter.

6. The bids received by the Central Office, IRIA shall be put up for approval in the
Annual Central Council Meeting held during the Annual Conference of IRIA.

7. If there are more than two bids, preference to organize the IREP shall be given to
the state chapter who have either never hosted IREP or have hosted IREP earlier
than the other bidders of the IREP with adequate number of PG institutions, and
Medical Colleges.

8. Faculty must be as per merit and should be as minimum as possible.

9. Any one from President and Secretary General IRIA to be invited.

C. Organizing Committee:

National Coordinator : Dr. Lalendra Upreti

State Coordinators : President and Secretary of organizing state chapters.

The President/Secretary General, IRIA (any one) and Faculty which should not be more
than five are the official delegates/faculty members for IREP.

D. Guidelines for Organizing the IREP

1. Registration Fee: To have maximum attendance in the IREP, it shall be the

responsibility of the authorized Coordinator of IRIA in the State where IREP is being
organized by IRIA and there shall also be Registration Fee. The Registration Fee
shall be decided by the In-charge of the IREP.

2. Duration of IREP: The duration of the any IREP shall be for two days preferably.

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3. Venue of IREP: The IREP would be organized at the venue which has been
approved by the Central Council and it cannot change.

4. Delegates: IREP is mainly for the Residents who are the Provisional Life Members
of the Association but Life Members can also attend if the total number of delegates
does not exceed 150. If the organizing state chapter/UT could not ensure good
attendance during IREP, then that state chapter/UT would not be considered for
organizing IREP for next five years.

5. Budget: The total budget for the IREP is Rs 3.0 lakhs per Programme.

6. Payment of Bills: The Central Office, IRIA shall directly pay the bills to the vendors
as per heads as mentioned below, and the same should be signed by the Secretary
General, IRIA and Treasurer of IRIA for payment from the Central Office, IRIA.

Stationery
Postage
Delegate Kit (Folder, Writing Pad, Pen etc.)
Lunch & Hi Tea
Venue and Auditorium Charges
Audio Visual Expenses
Mementoes (For faculty)
Delegate Certificates
TA/DA (for official faculty members)
Accommodation (for official faculty members)

The President/Secretary General or their representative, National Coordinator of

IRIA, and faculty which should not be more than five shall be reimbursed TA and
provided accommodation for attending the IREP.

7. Statement of Accounts: A detailed statement of accounts of the IREP shall be

sent to the central office of IRIA on or before the end of third month from the date of
organizing the IREP duly signed by the National and State Coordinators of IREP.

8. Scientific Programme: The National Coordinator of IREP would finalize the topics
and faculty in consultation with the local Coordinator(s) under intimation to IRIA
HQ.

9. No Liquor/booze at Dinner: As decided in the GBM held at Kochi, no liquor/booze

shall be served during the dinners of IREP.

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 Indian Radiological & Imaging Association
PROPOSED BUDGET ESTIMATE FOR THE YEAR 2016-17
INCOME AMOUNT (Rs) EXPENDITURE AMOUNT (Rs)

By Advertisement 4,00,000.00 To Postage 4,00,000.00

By Rent of Building 37,42,200.00 To Election Expenses 4,25,000.00
By Interest from Bank 62,00,000.00 (including printing & postage)
By Contribution from Members 8,75,000.00 To Contribution to IJRI from Membership 5,00,000.00
By Adm. Fee of membership 6,00,000.00 To IJRI for financial support for printing 8,00,000.00
By 50% Share of Central Office 50,00,000.00 To Establishment 20,00,000.00
from Annual Conference To Audit Fee 50,000.00
To Legal Expenses & Professional charges 12,00,000.00
To Bank Charges 5,000.00
To Medals & Mementoes 2,50,000.00
To Contingency Expenses 10,000,00.00
To Travelling Expenses (including participation 5,00,000.00
of IRIA delegation in the international congress)
To Central Council Meeting Expenses 13,00,000.00
To News Bulletin 1,30,000.00
To Building Upkeep (Maintenace, Taxes- 22,000,000.00
Electricity, Water, Insurance etc.)
To Telephone Expenses 1,80,000.00
To Website Expenses 1,25,000.00
To Printing and Stationery 4,00,000.00
To CMEs/Resident Education Programme/ 30,00,000.00
/International Travel Fellowship grant
To excess of Income over Expenditure 23,52,200.00
---------- --------------.--- --------- ---------------.---
Total 1,68,17,200.00 Total 1,68,17,200.00
====== ========.== ===== =========.==
Indian College of Radiology & Imaging
PROPOSED BUDGET ESTIMATE FOR THE YEAR 2016-17
INCOME AMOUNT (Rs) EXPENDITURE AMOUNT (Rs)

By Fellowships 70,000.00 To Postage 20,000.00

By Interest from Bank 5,00,000.00 To Salary 1,85,000.00
By Admission Fee 10,000.00 To Medals, Mementoes and Awards 80,000.00
To Printing and Stationery 10,000.00
To Travelling and Meeting Expenses 1,70,000.00
(including participation of IRIA delegation
in the international congress)
To Bank Charges 2,000.00
To Audit Fee 30,000.00
To Misc Expenses 10,000.00
To Excess of Income over Expenditure 73,000.00
---------- -------------.---- ---------- ---------------.---
Total 5,80,000.00 Total 5,80,000.00
====== ========.== ====== =========.==
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 Indian Journal of Radiology & Imaging
PROPOSED BUDGET ESTIMATE FOR THE YEAR 2016-17 for E-Journal
and partial physical Journal

INCOME AMOUNT (Rs) EXPENDITURE AMOUNT (Rs)

By Advertisements 6,00,000.00 To Cost of Printing of Journal 8,00,000.00

By Contribution from IRIA 1,60,000.00 (Four issues)
(10% of Life Membership) To Establishment expenses 1,75,000.00
By Subscriptions 4,00,000.00 To Postage expenses 35,000.00
To others (professional fees, audit fees 1,50,000.00
& others)
---------- --------------.--- --------- ---------------.---
Total 11,60,000.00 Total 11,60,000.00
====== ========.== ===== =========.==

IRIA Guest House

Members are requested to avail the facility of air-conditioned Guest
Rooms in IRIA House, C-5, Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi, which
includes breakfast, coffee/tea in the room, dish T.V. and high speed
internet connection.

Ordinary Room Tariff (Inclusive of breakfast)

For Members: Rs 600/- per Room. Extra Bed: Rs 100/-

For Members Guests: Rs 1,000/- per Room. Extra Bed: Rs 150/-
For Govt./Tenant/HCI Rs 1,200/- per Room. Extra Bed: Rs 300/-
Soponsored Guests:

Deluxe Room Tariff (Inclusive of breakfast)

For Members: Rs 800/- per Room

For Members guests: Rs 1,500/- Extra Bed: Rs 350/-
For Govt./Tenant/HCI Rs 2,000/- Extra Bed: Rs 400/-
sponsored guests:

For Booking, kindly send your email to: iria37@gmail.com

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 IRIA International Travel Fellowship Grant
(ECR, ICR, AOCR, RSNA, KCR, and CSR)
To,
All the Members of Indian Radiological & Imaging Association
Dear Members,
The applications are hereby invited for IRIA International Travel Fellowship Grant for international
conferences as mentioned and as per criteria as given below.
1 100% of shortest Economy class air-fare, upto max. Rs. 25,000/, to six persons each for
attending ECR, ICR, AOCR, RSNA, KCR, and CSR whose paper / posters are accepted.
2 IRIA Central Office shall communicate clear guidelines and rules and regulations to all members
of IRIA about this information to apply for above conferences through IRIA Website and News
Bulletin.

CRITERIA FOR SELECTION

1 Life Member of IRIA and practicing in India for the last 3 years as per Central HQs. records.
2 Residents must be Provisional LM of IRIA with at least one year of membership as per Central
HQs records.
3 Members should apply through specified form available in IRIA News Bulletin and website on or
before the specified date to the IRIA office through Regd. A.D. with due acknowledgment.
4 Oral paper presentations to be given priority over poster.
5 Selection should be very transparent, preferably by a lottery system taken during a CCM, if
there are more than 6 candidates for each fellowship.
6 The grant amount can be reimbursed after submitting the original used Air Ticket, Boarding
Card, copy of participation certificate of the applied Conference to the IRIA HQs by the member.
7 Once selected, the particular member is not eligible to apply for the same or any other international
conference for next 4 years.
INSTRUCTIONS

1. Certification by the HoD with seal of the Institution in the same form is mandatory for the
residents.
2. Write full name as written in the passport and same name should appear in the air-ticket.
3. Incomplete application forms will not be accepted.
4. Acknowledgment of receipt of application form does not necessarily mean selection for grant.
Selection will be purely by lottery system.
5. Enclosures:
a. Copy of acceptance letter issued by the conference organizers
b. Passport size photograph
6. Application form and enclosures should be sent to the following at IRIA office address by Registered
AD post/courier service.
Dr. Pramod Lonikar
Secretary General
Indian Radiological & Imaging Association
IRIA House, C-5, Qutab Institutional Area
New Delhi-110 016

Note: Last date of submission of application for IRIA International Travel Fellowship Grants
for RSNA is 10.11.2015, ECR 2016 is 17.01.2016, and ICR 2016 is 30.06.2016.
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 INDIAN RADIOLOGICAL & IMAGING ASSOCIATION
Registered under Registration of Societies Act XXI of 1860 vide Registration No. 6644 dated 30.03.1937
APPLICATION FOR IRIA INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL FELLOWSHIP GRANT
Secretariat: IRIA House, C-5, Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi-110 016
Tel. 011-26965598, 011-41688846, Fax : 011-26565391
E-mail: iria37@gmail.com, Website: www.iria.in

1. Please read the instructions carefully before filling the form.

2. Fill the form in CAPITAL LETTERS with black ink pen only.

Name* (CAPITAL LETTERS) ____________________________________________

Fathers/Husbands Name _____________________________________________
Designation* _________________________IRIA Folio No* __________________
Please affix
Qualifications* _______________________________________________________ your recent
Name of Institute/Clinic/Hospital _________________________________________ passport size
Address of Institute ___________________________________________________ photograph

_________________________________ City ______________________________

PIN ______________________________ Tel. Nos. __________________________
Cell No. ________________________________ Email*: _____________________________________
Address for correspondence ___________________________________________________________
______________________________________ City ________________________________________
PIN ____________ State ________________________ Tel. No. _____________________________
Name of Conference applying for (ECR, ICR, AOCR, RSNA, KCR, CSR & RSSC)* ____________
Date of Conference* ________________________ Place of Conference _______________________
Type of presentation: Oral/Poster ______________ Date of Presentation*: _____________________
Title of Oral/Poster presentation accepted*: _______________________________________________
Enclosed copy of acceptance letter*: Yes/No ______________________________________________
Certificate* (applicable for Residents)
I (HoD name) ________________________________ certify that Dr. ___________________________

is the Life/Provisional Life member _______________ of IRIA and is (year) _______________ resident
in the Dept. of Radiology in this Institute (Name of Institute) __________________________________ .

Date: ______________ Place ______________________

Signatures _____________________________________
Name of HoD ___________________________________ Institute Seal* ______________________
Declaration*
I, Dr. _____________________________________ solemnly affirm that the above information is true
and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and I abide by the guidelines, terms and conditions
laid down by Indian Radiological & Imaging Association. Also I have not received any financial assistance
from anywhere. If proved at any stage that the above information is incorrect, I will refund the grant
amount to Indian Radiological & Imaging Association or can be recovered by the Association.

Date:______________
Signature of candidate____________________ Full Name of Applicant _________________________
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 Speakers Bank of IRIA
S.No. IRIA Folio No. NAME CITY Email id Mobile

No.

2 108LM/DR-52B DR AFTAB ALAM BANGALORE aftabanju@gmail.com 9686664246

4 377LM/G-162 DR ANKUR J SHAH AHMEDABAD drankur203@gmail.com 9825291945

5 475LM/D-277 DR A K CHATURVEDI NEW DELHI arvindatdelhi@yahoo.com 9810777051

6 55LM/C-28 DR AKSHAY SAXENA CHANDIGARH fatakshay@yahoo.com 7087009383

7 111LM/M-5OB DR ALKA KARNIK MUMBAI drakarnik@rediffmail.com NA

8 114LM/D-197 DR ALPANA MANCHANDA NEW DELHI alpanamanchanda@gmail.com 9810949230

9 396LM/TN-295 DR AMARNATH C, CHENNAI amarrd02@yahoo.co.in 9884877622

10 185LM/PM-347A DR AMIT KHARAT PUNE kharatamit75@gmail.com 9890046766

11 154LM/D-76C DR AMITA MALIK NEW DELHI amitamalik@yahoo.com 011-22744030

12 331LM/TN-187 DR ANBARASU COIMBATORE- aanbarasu@gmail.com 9894869999

13 182LM/M-71 DR ANAGHA JOSHI MUMBAI anaghajoshi2405@gmail.com NA

14 137LM/M-60B DR ANIRUDH KOHLI MUMBAI dranirudhkohli@gmail.com 9820886668

15 172LM/PM-343A DR ANIRUDH KULKARNI AURANGABAD drark123@gmail.com 9822321213

16 208LM/D-86A DR ANJALI PRAKASH NOIDA anjaliprakash@hotmail.com 9968182601

17 121LM/D-147 DR ANJU GARG NEW DELHI anjugarg60@gmail.com, 9968604355

18 603LM/D-346A DR ANKUR ARORA NEW DELHI- aroradrankur@yahoo.com 9873030114

19 492LM/TN-248B DR ANU EAPEN VELPRE anuepn@yahoo.com 0416-2282027

20 446LM/D-267A DR ANUPAMA TANDON NEW DELHI anupamatandon@hotmail.com 9899991548

21 14LM/PM-80A DR ARUN KINARE PUNE alkinare@hotmail.com 9822057878

23 32LM/D-26A DR ASHOK KHURANA DELHI ashokkhurana@ashokkhurana.com 312227181

24 427LM/D-261 DR ASHU SEITH BHALLA NOIDA ashubhalla1@yahoo.com 9810329748

25 417LM/M-248B DR ASHWIN LAWANDE MUMBAI aslawande@yahoo.com 9820131258

26 333LM/M-220 DR ASIF A MOMIN MUMBAI asifamomin@gmail.com 9867656698

27 521LM/D-371A DR ATIN KUMAR DELHI dratinkumar@gmail.com 9810178605

28 43LM/KAR-31A DR B S RAMA MURTHY BANGALORE rama999us@yahoo.co.in 9886046413

29 149LM/TN-85A DR BAGYAM RAGHAVAN CHENNAI drbagyam@gmail.com 9444028839

30 88LM/KAR-126 DR P BALA KISHNA SHETTY BANGALORE drbalashetty@gmail.com 9972041394

31 9LM/D-14A DR B B THUKRAL DELHI brijthukral@hotmail.com 9810594383

32 131LM/KE-59 DR BEJOY THOMAS KERALA drbejoy2002@yahoo.com 9447719481

33 14LM/M-16B DR BHAVIN JANKHARIA MUMBAI bhavin@jankharia.com 9833424411

34 251LM/UP-103B DR BHUPENDRA AHUJA AGRA drbahuja@gmail.com 9837044202

35 198LM/M-75 DR BIJAL JANKHARIA MUMBAI bijal@jankharia.com 9821114822

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36 DNB DR BIPIN BATRA DELHI bb@natboard.edu.in 9810152003

37 31LM/TN-30 DR BOOPATHY VIJAYARAGHAVAN COIMBATORE sboopathy@eth.net, 9843010305

38 738LM/D-419B DR BRIG. CHANDER MOHAN DELHI brigcmohan@gmail.com 9999984484

39 65LM/D-44 DR BUXI T B S, DELHI tbsbuxi@yahoo.com 9811047395

40 92LM/KE-46 DR C KESAVADAS TRIVANDRUM chandkesav@yahoo.com 9447047002

41 99LM/TN-63A DR N CHIDAMBARANATHAN CHENNAI drchidam55@gmail.com 9840031045

42 35EM/D-45 DR COL C S PANT DELHI shekharpant@gmail.com 9810114196

43 105LM/UP-64 DR DEEP SRIVASTAVA NEW DELHI- drdeepsrivastava@rediffmail.com 011-26198189

44 177LM/G-95B DR DEEPAK V MEHTA VADODARA drdeepakvmehta@yahoo.com 9879167676

45 134LM/A-72 Dr. Dipu Bhuyan Guwahati dipubhuyan@gmail.com 9435109584

47 31LM/M-22A DR DEEPAK PATKAR MUMBAI drdppatkar@gmail.com 9821136677

49 234LM/UP-97 DR GUPTA R. K GURGAON rakeshree1@gmail.com 9717988859

51 25LM/D-23 DR HARSH MAHAJAN DELHI drharshmahajan@yahoo.com 9811410077

52 5EM/UK-8A DR H C BHATIA DEHRADUN harishcbhatia@yahoo.com 9837043897

53 263LM/G-123B DR HEMANT PATEL AHMEDABAD hemantmri@gmail.com 9825042336

54 131LM/KAR-52B DR HIRDESH SAHANI DELHI drhsahni@gmail.com 8800750026

55 66LM/TN-48A DR JAYARAJ GOVINDARAJ CHENNAI jayarajg@gmail.com 9841014128

56 402LM/M-243B DR JOSHITA SINGH PUNE joshitasingh@hotmail.com 9370131550

57 441LM/D-259 DR.JYOTI KUMAR DELHI drjyotikumar@gmail.com 9810247808

58 131LM/DR-57 DR JYOTINDU DEBNATH PUNE jyotindu_debnath@rediffmail.com 7875900034

59 25LM/H-13 DR JYOTSANA SEN ROHTAK jyotsnasen29@gmail.com 9416493738

60 75LM/R-38 DR JYOTSNA SINHA JAIPUR sinha_jyotsana@yahoo.co.in NA

61 10EM/AP-11 DR KAKARLA SUBBARAO HYDERABAD subbaraokakarla25@gmail.com, 9989231759

62 519LM/M-412A DR KARTHIK GANESAN MUMBAI- drkarthikg@gmail.com 9821514767

63 98LM/P-51B DR KAVITA SAGGAR AMRITSAR kavita.saggar@yahoo.com 9815555600

64 10LM/NPM-99 DR KISHOR TAORI NAGPUR kishortaori@yahoo.co.in 9823274079

65 25LM/AP-23A DR KISHORE L T HYDERABAD kishorelt@yahoo.co.in NA

66 188LM/D-82B DR KULBIR AHLAWAT DELHI raddoc23@hotmail.com 9810479586

67 25LM/C-13 DR KUSHALJIT SINGH SODHI CHANDIGARH- sodhiks@gmail.com 7087008634

68 234LM/D-206 DR LALENDRA UPRETI DELHI lupreti@rediffmail.com 9868399572

69 391LM/AP-373 DR LALITHA PALLE HYDERABAD lalithapalle@gmail.com 9848849814

70 251LM/D-177 DR M K MITTAL DELHI drmkmittal@rediffmail.com 9891391959

71 95LM/R-47A DR M P GOYAL JAIPUR goyalmp@yahoo.com 9414048788

72 73LM/C-37 DR MAHESH PRAKASH CHANDIGARH image73@gmail.com 9914209870

73 104LM/D-60A DR MANJU POPLI DELHI manju_popli@rediffmail.com 011-23905285

75 422LM/M-370A DR MOHIT SHAH MUMBAI drmoves@gmail.com 8108300086

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76 577LM/M-520 DR MRUDULA BAPAT THANE drmrudulab@gmail.com 9870122551

77 403LM/D-253 DR MURTHY M G K HYDERABAD drmgkmurthy@gmail.com 91(40) 23372731-34

78 101LM/AP-153 DR N VIJAY BHASKAR HYDERABAD vijayabhaskarnori@gmail.com 9246549972

79 2LM/C-1A DR N KHANDELWAL CHANDIGARH khandelwaln@hotmail.com 9814527833

80 34LM/C-17A DR NAVEEN KALRA CHANDIGARH navkal2004@yahoo.com 9855426320

81 1LM/UP-11 DR NEERA KOHLI LUCKNOW drneerakohli@gmail.com 9425402050

82 159LM/M-114B DR NITIN CHAUBAL THANE thaneultrasound@gmail.com 9821072238

83 611LM/D-348B DR NITIN GHONGE DELHI drnitinghonge@rediffmail.com 9811135957

84 105LM/R-50B DR NISHA AURORA JAIPUR drnishaaurora@yahoo.co.in NA

85 138LM/M-61 DR OM TAVRI BOMBAY omtavri@hotmail.com 9820055071

86 457LM/UP-245A DR PALLAVI AGA LUCKNOW agapallavi@yahoo.co.in 9425105149

87 72LM/D-47A DR PARVEEN GULATI NEW DELHI pagulati@gmail.com 9811081309

88 51LM/UP-36A DR PK SRIVASTAVA LUCKNOW pks_yash@yahoo.co.in 9335904794

89 23LM/B-43A DR PRAGATI SINHA BIHAR drpragatisinha@yahoo.co.in 9835020007

90 21LM/R-11 DR PRADEEP PARAKH JAIPUR parakhpradeep@hotmail.com 9414606415

91 523LM/D-292A DR PANKAJ SHARMA DELHI pankajrad7477@yahoo.com 9910661497

93 268LM/D-127 DR R K MATHUR DELHI drrkmathur@gmail.com 9810010760

94 46LM/UK-25A DR RAJIV AZAD UTTARAKHAND rajivas23@yahoo.com 9411752364

95 53LM/JK-134 DR RAJESH SHARMA JAMMU drluckysharma@hotmail.com 9419185309

96 382LM/G-163B DR RAJENDRA N SOLANKI AHMEDABAD solankirn@yahoo.co.in 9824604697

97 222LM/KAR-219A DR RADHESH S BANGALORE radhesh@medall.in 080-23206482

98 729LM/D-418B DR RAGHAV AGGARWAL NEW DELHI aggarwalraghav@gmail.com 9810696028

99 34LM/UP-28 Dr Ragini Singh LUCKNOW drraginikgmu@gmail.com 9919220221

100 46LM/D-34 DR RAJESH GOTHI NEW DELHI rajeshgothi@gmail.com 9811095151

101 293LM/KE-223 DR RAJESH KANNAN ERNAKULAM rajeshkannanmdrd@gmail.com 9895633864

102 57LM/D-40 DR RAJESH KAPUR NEW DELHI drrkapur@gmail.com 9811082002

104 309LM/D-103A DR RAJU SHARMA DELHI raju152@yahoo.com 9810359855

105 98LM/D-184 DR RAMA ANAND NEW DELHI rama_home@yahoo.com 9810506658

106 111LM/AP-56 DR RAMMOHAN VSV, HYDERABAD rammohanvsv@yahoo.com 9949619625

107 93LM/M-44A DR RAVI RAMAKANTAN MUMBAI raviramakantan@gmail.com NA

108 146LM/AP-161 DR RAVURI POWER HYDERABAD drrpower@gmail.com 9848125017

109 660LM/D-371 DR ROHINI GUPTA DELHI rohini1912@gmail.com 9810157870

111 100LM/AP-112 DR S RAMMURTHI HYDERABAD srammurti@yahoo.com 9848019234

112 61LM/R-31 DR S K AGARWAL JAIPUR sunilagrawal11@gmail.com 9414187695

113 307LM/WB-262A DR SAUGATA SEN KOLKATA drsaugatasen@gmail.com 9830448007

114 578LM/M-520A DR SANJOTA NAIR MUMBAI drsanjota@gmail.com 9820582314

115 129LM/R-58B DR SUBHASH TAILOR BHILWARA dr.subhashtailor@gmail.com 9414114179

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116 221LM/M-182 DR SUPREETA ARYA MUMBAI supreeta.arya@gmail.com 9820524150

119 326LM/M-217B DR SANJAY JAIN MUMBAI dr.jainsn@gmail.com 9930333571

120 129LM/D-67A DR SANJAY SHARMA DELHI drssharma@hotmail.com 9811687277

121 300LM/D-99C DR SANJAY THULKAR DELHI thulkar@hotmail.com 9868398803

122 339LM/M-222 DR SANJEEV MANI MUMBAI drsanjeevmani@gmail.com 9820025312

123 120LM/D-118 DR SANJEEV SHARMA DELHI meetisv@yahoo.com NA

124 48LM/D-35 DR SHABNAM B GROVER DELHI shabnamgrover@yahoo.com 9810836955

125 470LM/D-275A DR SHAILESH GAIKWAD NEW DELHI sgaikwad_63@yahoo.com 9868398216

126 442LM/D-266 DR SHIVANAND GAMANGATTI DELHI shiv223@indiatimes.com 9811213835

127 284LM/G-130B DR SRIRAM RAJAN NEW DELHI drsriramrajan@gmail.com 9818005425

128 591LM/UP-282 DR SUDHIR SACHAR MUZAFARNAGAR sudhirsachar@gmail.com 9452097555

129 88LM/DR-46 DR SUDHIR SAXENA LUCKNOW sudhirsaxenaindiatimes@gmail.com8005001397

130 62LM/MP-39 DR SUDHEER GOKHALE INDORE drgokhale.sudheer@gmail.com 9425054855

131 4LM/C-2A DR SUMAN KOCHHAR CHANDIGARH sumankochhar@hotmail.com 9646121616

132 833LM/D-444 DR SUMAN SINGHAL NEW DELHI- drsumansinghal.singhal@gmail.com9811686598

133 58LM/A-40A Dr. Sanjeev Handique Guwahati sanjeevhandique1@gmail.com 9864093653

134 97LM/A-59A Dr. Suman Hazarika Guwahati sumanhazarika@rediffmail.com 9864092014

135 559LM/D-333 DR SUMER SETHI NOIDA sumerdoc@yahoo.com 9811181359

136 50LM/R-25A DR. SANGEETA SAEXENA KOTA sangeetasaxena9@gmail.com 9829039999

137 193LM/D-125 DR SUNIL KUMAR PURI DELHI skpurigbph@yahoo.co.in 9718599081

138 298LM/G-135B DR SWATI SHAH AHMEDABAD swatishah_73@yahoo.co.in 9824061075

140 202LM/AP-180 DR V N VARAPRASAD HYDERABAD varaprasadvn@gmail.com 9440280444

141 194LM/P-81A Dr. Vijendra Arora AMRITSAR dr_vijinderarora@yahoo.co.in 9855822338

142 384LM/AP-238B DR VARSHA JOSHI HYDERABAD dr_varshamj@rediffmail.com 9849357397

143 49LM/C-25 DR VIVEK GUPTA CHANDIGARH drvivekgupta.pgi@gmail.com 9914209871

145 442LM/TN-238A DR SRIDHAR G VELLORE gibitote@cmcvellore.ac.in 0416-2222102

146 501LM/D-285A DR MADHUSUDHAN K S DELHI drmadhuks@gmail.com 9868476068

147 821LM/D-385B DR DEBASENATHIPATHY K. DELHI devammc@gmail.com 9873391531

148 75LM/PM-94 Dr. Milind Gune Ambarnath, MS dgune@rediffmail.com 9322652802

149 22EM/M-78A Dr. M.D. Rahalkar Pune

If any member feels that his/her name should also be added to the Speaker Bank, he/
she should send application along with Bio data, specialty and area of interest to ICRI
(icri74@gmail.com) for consideration. This National Speaker Bank shall be used by
the Scientific Committee of National Annual Conference, CME/IREP of IRIA.

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IRIA National Annual Conference Travel Fellowship Grant
for 69th Annual Conference, Bhubaneswar.
To,

All the Members of Indian Radiological & Imaging Association

Dear Members,

The applications are hereby invited for IRIA National Annual Conference Travel Fellowship
Grant for 69th Annual Conference of IRIA, to be held at Hotel Swosti Premium, Bhubaneswar
from 21st to 24th January, 2016 as per guidelines as given below.

GUIDELINES

1. There shall be 50 Travel Fellowship Grants for IRIA National Annual Conference every
year.
2. A grant of Rs 10,000/- per candidate shall be given to the candidates as selected by a
committee consisting of President and Secretary General, IRIA as per guidelines.
3. IRIA Central Office shall communicate clear guidelines and rules and regulations to all
members of IRIA about this information to apply for this grant through IRIA Website &
News Bulletin.

A. CRITERIA FOR SELECTION

1. ELIGIBILITY

i. This grant is exclusively for residents (post graduate students and senior
residents) who are Provisional Life Members/Life Member of IRIA for minimum
one year duration as of 31st December and practicing in India as per Central
HQs. records.
ii. The members of the state in which the Annual Conference of IRIA is being hosted shall
not be eligible to apply for this Fellowship.
iii. Members should apply through specified form available in IRIA News Bulletin and website
on or before the specified date to the IRIA HQ.
iv. The grant shall be awarded only to those residents whose oral presentation has been
accepted. The Candidate should be the first author and also the presenting author.

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v. A copy of the abstract and letter of acceptance should be submitted along with
application. The letter of acceptance should be mailed to the IRIA HQ if it is received
after the last date of submission of applications.
vi. The work presented should be his/her personal work preferably done in India.
vii. A total of 10 grants shall be reserved for residents whose paper has been accepted for
competition category in oral paper presentation. In case there are more than 10
candidates the grant shall be awarded by the draw of lots. Remaining 40 Fellowships
will decided by draw of lots at November CCM, if required.
viii. In case a candidate has more than one accepted presentation only one entry shall be
considered for award and draw of lots.
ix. Once selected, the particular member is not eligible to apply for the same again.
x. The list of selected candidates, after draw of lots (if required during the November
CCM), shall be displayed on the website.
xi. The grant amount shall be reimbursed only after submitting the copy of presentation
certificate of the Annual Conference to the IRIA HQs by the member.

B. INSTRUCTIONS

1. Certification by the HoD with seal of the Institution in the same form is mandatory.
2. Incomplete application forms will not be accepted.
3. Acknowledgment of receipt of application form does not necessarily mean selection
for grant.
4. Enclosures:
a. Copy of abstract
b. Copy of acceptance letter issued by the conference organizers
c. Passport size photograph.

Application form and enclosures should be sent to the following IRIA HQ by registered
post.
Dr. Pramod Lonikar
Secretary General
Indian Radiological & Imaging Association
IRIA House, C-5, Qutab Institutional Area
NEW DELHI-110 016

Last date of receipt of application: 31st December, 2015

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 IRIA NATIONAL ANNUAL CONFERENCE TRAVEL FELLOWSHIP
GRANT FOR 69TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, BHUBANESWAR
APPLICATION FORM
Indian Radiological & Imaging Association
Secretariat: IRIA House, C-5, Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi-110016
Tel. 011-26965598, 011-41688846. E-mail: iria37@gmail.com, Website: www.iria.in
1. Please read the instructions carefully before filling the form.
2. Fill the form in CAPITAL LETTERS with black ink pen only.

Name* (CAPITAL LETTERS) ___________________________________________

Fathers/Husbands Name ____________________________________________ Paste your
Designation* _________________________IRIA Folio No* _________________ r e c e n t
Qualifications* ______________________________________________________ passport size
Name & Address of Institute/Hospital ______________________________________c o l o u r
City ______________________________ PIN _____________________________ photograph.
Tel. Nos. __________________________ Cell No. _________________________
Email*: ___________________________
Address for correspondence __________________________________________________________
City ______________________________ PIN _____________State _________________________
Name of Conference applying for ________________________Dates of Conference ___________
Title of Oral presentation(s) accepted*: __________________________________________________
Enclosed copy of acceptance letter*: Yes/No ______________________________

Certificate by the HOD*

I, (HoD Name) _____________________ certify that Dr. __________________________________

is the Life/Provisional Life member of IRIA and is _____ (year)resident in the Dept. of Radiology in this
Institute (Name of Institute) _____________________________________________________.

Date: _____________________________ Place ___________________________

Signatures _________________________________________________________
Name of HoD ___________________________________________ Institute Seal*

Declaration*
I, Dr. _____________________________________ solemnly affirm that the above information is true
and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and I abide by the guidelines, terms and conditions
laid down by Indian Radiological & Imaging Association. Also I have not received any financial assistance
from anywhere. If proved at any stage that the above information is incorrect, I will refund the grant
amount to Indian Radiological & Imaging Association or can be recovered by the Association.

Date:______________
Signature of applicant____________________ Full Name of Applicant ______________________
Fields marked with * are compulsory.
Note: This grant is exclusively for Residents (post graduate students and senior residents) who are
Provisional Life Members/Life Member of IRIA for minimum one year duration as of
31st December of the current year.
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 LEAGL OPINION REGARDING ICRI VOTERS AND
ELECTION OF OFFICE BEARERS OF ICRI
Relevant aspect of Clause 43 of the Constitution of Indian Radiological and Imaging
Association (IRIA), having to do with the issue put to me for legal opinion, reads as follows:-

.....Election of the office bearers of ICRI will be conducted by the Secretary General, IRIA
on the pattern of IRIA and only eligible members of ICRI will participate....
It is observed that the above clause creates a slight anomaly in the election method of
Indian College of Radiology and Imaging (ICRI) as well as the relationship of ICRI with the
IRIA and hence needs to be corrected.

Admittedly, ICRI has no independent, standalone status; it being a body created and provided
for under the constitution of IRIA. On the one hand the existing clause relating to the election
of office bearers seems to suggest that members of the IRIA who were not the members of
the ICRI cannot vote to elect members of ICRI; on the other hand ICRI had no independent
existence or status outside IRIA!

To correct this anomaly, resolutions were moved at the Extraordinary Governing Body of
ICRI on 25.05.2014 and by the General Body of ICRI on 29.01.2015. The General Body of
IRIA, which is the supreme body, also approved these decisions of the General Body of
ICRI vide resolution dated 30.01.2015, subject to the opinion as to the legality of the proposed
amendment.

I have gone through the constitution of the IRIA and have noted that ICRI has no independent
existence and is a body created and catered to under the IRIA constitution only (clause 18,
19 and 20 of the constitution of IRIA). At the same time General Body of the IRIA is the
supreme body for making decisions of IRIA (clause 18 of the constitution of IRIA) which
includes provision for ICRI.

Further, under clause 26 of the constitution of IRIA, the General Body of IRIA has the power
to amend any part of the constitution of IRIA, including the provisions relating to every
aspect of the ICRI.

Conjoint reading of the above said clauses of the constitution of IRIA leaves me with no
doubt that the amendments proposed are properly so done and can be given effect to so
as to ensure that all the members of IRIA (as mentioned in clause 11) can vote to elect
office bearers of the ICRI whether or not they are themselves members of the ICRI.

However, a member aspiring to be elected as an office bearer of ICRI will need to be a

member and fellow of the ICRI.

Meet Malhotra
Senior Advocate
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 Audited Accounts of 68th Annual Conference of IRIA
(Kochi 2015)
GEORGE MATHAI NOORANAL & CO.
Chartered Accountants

AUDIT REPORT

We have examined the Balance Sheet and Income & Expenditure of Indian Radiological &
Imaging Association; 68th Annual Conference held on 29th January 2015 to 1st February
2015 which are in agreement with the books of account maintained by the said institution.
The following documents are produced before us:

(i) Cash Book, (ii) Bank Book, (iii) Invoice Issued, (iv) Receipt Book, (v) Dhanalaxmi Bank
Pass Book upto 30-09-2015, (vi) Statement of E-Pay online receipts, and (vii) ExPense Bill

We have oblained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge
and belief were necessary for the purposes of the audit. In our opinion, proper books of
account have been kept by the association so far as appears from my examination of the
books.

In our opirion and to the best of my information, and according to information given to us the
said accounts give a true and fair view: -

(i) in the case of the Balance sheet, of the state of affairs of the above named conference
and

(ii) in the case of the lncome and Expenditure account, of the excess of income over
expenditure.

For George Mathai Nooranal & Co.

Chartered Accountants
Firm No. 000910S
Calicut --sd--
21.10.2015 George Mathai Nooranal
Proprietor
M.No. 023210

Near Sales Tax Complex, Jawahar Nagar, Eranhipalam P.O., Calicut-673006

Ph. 0495-2771379, 2771380, 9847327409
Email: gmnooranal@gmail.com
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 Indian Radiological & Imaging Association IRIA
68th Annual Conference held on 29th January 2015 to 1st February 2015
Balance Sheet
Particulars Schedule Amount (Rs)

A LIABILITIES

1. Capital Fund:
Excess of Income over Expenditure 1,04,06,824.94

2. Current Liabilities & Provisions 1 4,50,000.00

TOTAL 10856827.94

B ASSETS

1 Current Assets

(a) Cash and Cash Equivalants 2 1,14,708.94

(b) Other Current Assets 3 1,07,42,116.00

TOTAL 1,08,56,824.94

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Dr. P.C. Shaji Dr. K. Mohanan Dr. Ramesh Shenoy

Organizing Secretary Organizing Chairman Treasurer
As per report of even date
For George Mathai Nooranal & Co.
Chartered Accountants
Firm No. 000910S
Calicut --sd--
21.10.2015 George Mathai Nooranal
Proprietor
M.No. 023210

Indian Radiological & Imaging Association IRIA

68th Annual Conference held on 29th January 2015 to 1st February 2015
INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT
Particulars Schedule Amount (Rs)

A INCOME

1. Revenue from operations 4 1,44,23,563.00

2. Other income 5 5,60,88,368.77

Excess of Income over Expenditure 1,04,06,824.94

3. Total revenue (1+2) 7,05,11,931.77

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4. EXPENDITURE:

Banquet & Food 6 2,35,16,971.11

Conference Management 7 1,26,52,588.40
Delegate Kits 8 31,75,390.00
Entertainment 9 21,39,640.00
Mementos 2,59,500.00
Accommodation 43,86,791.00
Transportation 18,60,817.50
Travelling 10 7,65,413.49
Printing & Postage 11 20,03,274.00
Administration 12 18,63,690.33
Statutory Payments 13 _ 74,81,031.00
Total Expenses 6,01,05,106.83

5 Excess of Income over Expenditure 1,04,06,824.94

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Dr. P.C. Shaji Dr. K. Mohanan Dr. Ramesh Shenoy
Organizing Secretary Organizing Chairman Treasurer

As per report of even date

For George Mathai Nooranal & Co.
Chartered Accountants
Firm No. 000910S
Calicut --sd--
21.10.2015 George Mathai Nooranal
Proprietor
M.No. 023210

SCHEDULES
SCH. NO: AMOUNT (RS)

1 Trade Payables
Event Management Group -Executive Events 4,50,000.00
4,50,000.00

2 Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash in Hand 3,181.86
Cash at Bank :
Dhanalaxmi Bank -10421 1,11,527.08
1,14,708.94

3 Other Current Assets- Advances & Deposits

Tax Deducted at Source 20,08,395.00
IRIA - Central Committee 51,00,000.00
IRIA - Kerala Chapter 36,33,721.00
1,07,42,116.00

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4 Revenue From Operations
Fee Received 1,40,24,823.00
Delegate Accommodation 3,98,740.00
1,44,23,563.00

5 Other Income
Corporate Participation Fees 2,41,152.00
Receipts from Advertisements 3,12,000.00
Sponsorship Receipts 5,00,22,153.00
Service Tax Collected 55,13,063.77
5,60,88,368.77

6 Banquet &Food
Banquet : Arrangements 6,25,000.00
Conference Food Expenses Including Banquet 1,80,81,292.00
Dinner : Harbour View 48,10,679.11
2,35,16,971.11

7 Conference Management
Audio Visual 15,96,480.00
Bulk SMS & Mailing Charges 41,090.00
E-Payment - Online Payment Gate Way Setup Fee 24,157.40
Event Managing Fee 5,00,000.00
Fabrication & Arrangements (Including Air Condition) 25,03,100.00
Hall Co-Ordination & Anchoring 21,000.00
Hall Management 6,04,000.00
House Keeping 1,38,000.00
LED Walls 2,20,000.00
Light / Sound /Generator : Hire Charges 17,07,720.00
Manpower/Volunteers 3,70,500.00
Mobile Web Application Charges 29,000.00
Photography & Video Coverage Charges 3,00,000.00
Public Relation & Media Management Charges 1,35,641.00
Registration Counter Charges 5,75,600.00
Registration Manpower 1,70,000.00
Scientific Hall Charges 862000.00
Service Counters 216000.00
Statutory Permissions 200000.00
Temporary Infrastructure (Non Air Condition) 1963200.00
Venue Arrangements : Hoardings & Displays 153400.00
Website Development & Management Charges 321700.00
12652588.40
8 Delegate Kits
Conference Bags & Kits 2575390.00
Delegate Gifts 600000.00
3175390.00
9 Entertainment
Entertainment & Culture Programmes 1473100.00
Spouse Hospitality & Entertainment & Sight Seeing 666540.00
2139640.00
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10 Travelling
Travelling Expenses - Organising Committee 234076.18
Travelling Expenses - International Faculty 531337.31
765413.49
11 Printing And Postage
Postage & Courier Charges 233903.00
Printing & Design Charges : Broucher, Souvenir &
Radiology Hand Book 1769371.00
2003274.00
12 Administration
Office Equipment Hire Charges 90842.70
Accounting Charges 125000.00
Bank Charges 18986.94
Card Commission 3671.34
Audit Fees 85500.00
Permission & Approvals 27000.00
Salary & Allowances 394992.00
Trade Meeting expenses 468067.35
Scientific Committee Expenses (Inclusive of Travel) 649630.00
1863690.33
13 Statutory Payments
Service Tax Paid 7150665.00
Interest on Service Tax & TDS 330366.00
7481031.00

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Dr. P.C. Shaji Dr. K. Mohanan Dr. Ramesh Shenoy

Organizing Secretary Organizing Chairman Treasurer

As per report of even date

For George Mathai Nooranal & Co.
Chartered Accountants
Firm No. 000910S
Calicut --sd--
21.10.2015 George Mathai Nooranal
Proprietor
M.No. 023210

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Minutes of the Trade Relations Committee meeting of IRIA held on 25th July,
2015 at India Habitat Center, New Delhi.
A meeting of the Trade Relations Committee
meeting of IRIA was held on 25th July, 2015 at
India Habitat Center, New Delhi under the
chairmanship of Dr. Jignesh Thakker,
President IRIA.
At the outset, roll call of members present in
the meeting was taken. The following members
were present in the meeting.
Dr. Jignesh Thakker, Dr. Pramod Lonikar, Mr.
Rajendra Pandit, Dr. M.P. Goyal, Dr. Akshay
Kumar Saxena, Dr. Deepak V. Mehta, Dr.
Deepak Patkar, Mr. Umesh Bhutani, Dr. BYT
Arya, Mr. M. Bda, Mr. S Viswanathan, Mr. Ravi
Sathyanarayan, Mr. Kaushik S. Shah, Dr.
Sanjay Jain, Dr. Shailesh Kore, Dr. Raghav
Aggarwal, Dr. Pankaj Sharma, Dr. Vinit Nanda,
Mr. Arpit Maheshwari, Mr. Rohit Sekhri, Mr.
Vineet Chopra, Dr. K.L. Mohapatra, Dr. Asutosh
Dave, Mr. R.S. Saini, Dr. Rakesh Mishra, Dr.
O.P. Tiwari, Dr. B.M. Swain, and Mr. Ajay
Mohan.
Leave of absence: Dr. O.P. Bansal
Agenda No. 1 Election of Chairman of the
meeting, if necessary (in the absence of the
President and Vice President).
NA
Agenda No. 2 W elcome address by the
Chairman- Dr. Jignesh Thakker, President
IRIA.
Dr. Jignesh Thakker, President IRIA welcomed
the members to the meeting. He hoped for
fruitful discussion and more interaction with
the trade in the meeting.
Agenda No. 3 W elcome address by the
President Elect IRIA- Dr. O.P. Bansal.
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Dr. Pramod Lonikar, Secretary General IRIA
informed the house that Dr. O.P. Bansal could
not attend this meeting due to some
unavoidable circumstances.
Agenda No. 4 W elcome address by
representative from Healthcare Industry.
Mr. Rajendra Pandit representative from
Healthcare Industry welcomed the members
to the meeting.
Agenda No. 5 Confirmation of the
proceedings of the previous IRIA Trade
Relations Committee meeting held in Kochi.
Dr. Pramod Lonikar, Secretary General IRIA
informed the house that the minutes of the
previous meeting of Trade Relations
Committee held at Kochi were circulated to
the members through February 2015 issue of
IRIA News Bulletin and he did not receive any
comments on the same.
The minutes of the previous Trade Relations
Committee of IRIA held at Kochi were passed
by the house unanimously.
Proposed by: Dr. B.Y.T. Arya
Seconded by: Dr. Akshay Kumar Saxena
Agenda No. 6 Information of formation of
representatives of Trade Relations Committee
of IRIA.
Dr. Pramod Lonikar, Secretary General IRIA
informed the house that as decided in the new
CCM held at Kochi, the zonal representatives
of Trade Relations Committee have been
modified. Now only those members who are
also Central Council Members have been
taken into this committee so that they can
participate in the Central Council meetings
also.
Zonal Representatives of Trade Relations
Committee:
1. North Zone (Delhi, Punjab,
Chandigarh, Haryana, Himachal
Pradesh, and Jammu & Kashmir state
chapters)
Dr. Deepak Gupta
NEW DELHI
(M) 9810026036
Email: deepak.gupta2109@yahoo.com
Dr. Akshay Kumar Saxena
CHANDIGARH
(M) 9914209383
E-mail: fatakshay@yahoo.com
2. East Zone: (Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand,
Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand,
and West Bengal state chapters)
Dr. Kamal L. Mohapatra
BHUBANESWAR
(M) 9438258494
Email: drklmohapatra@gmail.com
Dr. Vinit Nanda
MEERUT
(M) 9837014492, 9837030470
Email: vinitnanda123@gmail.com
3. West Zone (Rajasthan, Gujarat, Goa
and Chhattisgarh state chapters)
Dr. Ashutosh Dave
AHMEDABAD
(M) 9825038648
Email: drasutosh@yahoo.com
Dr. S. B. S. Netam
RAIPUR
Tel. 0771-2411989, 9827162172
E-mail-: sbsnetam@yahoo.com
4. South Zone (Andhra Pradesh,
Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala and
Tamilnadu state chapters)
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Dr. BYT Arya
BANGALORE
(M) 9880229329
Email: aryabyt@gmail.com
Dr. GBNT Raju
HYDERABAD
(M) 9246520078
Email: gollapalliraju@yahoo.co.in ,
gollapalliraju@gmail.com
5. Central Zone (Maharashtra and
Madhya Pradesh state chapters)
Dr. Suresh Chandak
NAGPUR
Tel. 0712-2766977, (M) 9822226675
Email:- drschandak@gmail.com
Dr. Arvind Jain
JABALPUR
(M) 9425154004
Email: arvind806@rediffmail.com
The house unanimously approved the above
zonal representatives of Trade Relations
Committee of IRIA.
Agenda No. 7 Report of zonal
representatives of Trade Relations Committee
of IRIA:
(a) North zone,
Dr. Akshay Kumar Saxena representatives of
North Zone of Trade Relations Committee
presented the report of his zone. He said that
he has received one complaint from Dr. Ajit
Dinker of Ghaziabad against M/s Trivitron
Health, dealer of M/s Aloka Ultrasound. He
purchased an Ultrasound Machine model
Alpha 7 of Aloka through dealer M/s Trivitron
Healthcare Ltd. On the first day, he noticed
and suspected the machine to be an old/used/
demo machine and he lodged his complaint
with the company. The engineers of the
company could not answer his queries. He did
not get any reply from the company and he
has been cheated. Dr. Saxena was asked to
get in touch with M/s Trivitron to sort out the
matter amicably.
(b) East zone,
Dr. Kamal Mohapatra and Dr. Vinit Nanda
representatives of East Zone of Trade
Relations Committee presented the report of
his zone. They said that there is not complaint
pending from their zone.
(c) West zone,
Dr. Pramod Lonikar said that he has been
informed by Dr. Asutosh Dave representative
of West Zone of Trade Relations Committee
that there are not pending complaints from
his zone.
(f) South zone
Dr. B.Y.T. Arya representative of South Zone
of Trade Relations Committee presented the
report of his zone. He said that on 20th July, he
received a complaint through Central Office,
IRIA which was filed by M/s Sanrad Medical
Systems against our member Dr.
Dharanidharan regarding the pending balance
amount of Rs 2.0 lakhs. He contacted Dr.
Dharanidharan on phone who said that he has
been fooled by the Company. He asked Dr.
Dharanidharan to send his points in writing
but he has not received the same although 4
days has been passed so far. He is not picking
up his phone today. Dr. Jignesh Thakker
expressed that if the member is guilty, IRIA shall
take action on such member as per
constitution of IRIA. Dr. Arya was requested to
look into the matter.
(g) Central zone.
Dr. Suresh Chandak representatives of
Central Zone of Trade Relations Committee
presented the report of his zone. He said that
he has received a complaint from Dr. Patil of
Vasai against M/s Agfa, which has been sorted
out by him. But the member did not bother to
inform the same.
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Agenda No. 8 Views of members of
Healthcare Industry:
(i) Information about the new products
launched recently.
(ii) Newer advancements being
introduced in the field of Radiology &
Imaging.
(iii) Information about after sale & service
of the equipments.
Mr. M. Bala said that he represented the
Association of Pre-owned Medical Equipment
Suppliers of India (APMEI). He added that the
pre-owned equipments are available at
affordable cost. He informed the house about
the equipments which are being supplied by
the member companies of PAMEI. He said that
they are facing problems like equipment age
restriction by AERB, increase in tax structure,
medical equipment manufacturers
recommendation to restrict import of pre-
owned equipment by domestic 3 rd party
vendors, restriction import of pre-owned
equipments under the pretext of environmental
pollution etc. He requested for support of IRIA
on this matter. Regarding AERB matter, Mr.
Bala was requested to get in touch with Dr.
Shailesh Kore. Mr. Bala was requested to send
detailed representation on the matters as
pointed out by him to IRIA HQ for the needful.
It was also informed that new equipments will
be sold under FDA.
Agenda No. 9 Any other matter with the
permission of the Chair.
Dr. M.P. Goyal informed the house that
Rajasthan High Court has given interim order
that all the Ultrasound machine should be
equipped with GPS system. He requested to
companies to protest on this matter otherwise
it will be difficult for them to sell their machines.
Agenda No. 10 Vote of thanks.
The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to
the Chair.
Minutes of Governing Body meeting of Indian College of Radiology & Imaging
held on 26th July, 2015 at IRIA House, New Delhi.
A meeting of Indian College of Radiology &
Imaging was held on 26th July, 2015 at IRIA
House, New Delhi under the chairmanship of
Dr. Deepak Patkar, Chairman ICRI.
At the outset, roll call of members present in
the meeting was taken. The follow ing
members were present in the meeting.
Dr. Deepak Patkar, Dr. M.P. Goyal, Dr. Sumeet
Bhargava, Dr. Jignesh Thakker, Dr. Pramod
Lonikar, Dr. Suman Kochhar, Dr. S.K.
Bhargava, Dr. Pradeep Parakh, Dr. N.
Chidambaranathan, Dr. Milind Gune, Dr.
Koshaljit Singh Sodhi, Dr. Varaprasad V.N.,
Dr. N. Kulasekaran, Dr. Suresh Chandak, Dr.
Amit Disawal, Dr. O.P. Bansal, Dr. Harshad
Shah and Dr. R.K. Sodani.
Agenda No. 1. Election of Chairman of the
meeting, if necessary (in the absence of
Chairman and Vice Chairmen).
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Agenda No. 2. W elcome address by the
Chairman- Dr. Deepak Patkar.
Dr. Deepak Patkar, Chairman ICRI welcomed
the members to the Governing Body meeting
of ICRI. He hoped for fruitful discussion in the
meeting. He informed the house that he along
with his team is trying to formulate protocols
for various radiology & Imaging procedures
including reporting. He is in touch with many
senior members and Dr. Brig. Chander Mohan
to get it approved by National Board of
Examination or some other body so that it can
get recognition. He hoped to complete this by
next Governing Body meeting. The first
protocol w ould b e for Musculoskeletal
Imaging, followed by Chest, Abdomen, Pelvis
etc. There would also be protocols for various
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procedures for X-ray, Ultrasound, CT, MRI etc.
All the work would be done in consultation with
Subspecialty Heads. The basic draft would be
circulated to the members of the Governing
Body for inputs and suggestions.
Agenda No. 3. Confirmation of the minutes of
previous Governing Body meeting of ICRI held
at Kochi. Minutes circulated through February
2015 issue of IRIA News Bulletin.
Dr. M.P. Goyal, Secretary ICRI informed the
members that the minutes of previous
Governing Body meeting of ICRI held at Kochi
were published in the February 2015 issue of
IRIA News Bulletin for information and
comments of members. He did not receive any
comments on the same.
The house unanimously passed the minutes
of the previous meeting of Governing Body
held at Kochi.
Proposed by: Dr. Milind Gune
Seconded by: Dr. Sumeet Bhargava
Agenda No. 4. To consider report of
Secretary ICRI.
Dr. M.P. Goyal, Secretary, ICRI presented the
report of Secretary ICRI, which is reproduced
as given below.
Report of College Office
Honble President (IRIA), Immediate Past
President (IRIA), President Elect (IRIA),
Chairman, ICRI other dignitaries on the Dais,
Respected Past Presidents and colleagues
members of our Association, it is a privilege
to present before you the report of Indian
College of Radiology & Imaging for the period
from January 2015 till date.
At the outset, I take this opportunity to thank
all the members for their active support for
carrying out my duties as Secretary of ICRI
for last six months.
Membership Drive: As decided in the General
Body meetings of ICRI and IRIA, we are trying
to increase the membership of ICRI. From
January till date 13 new Life Members have
been enrolled. As on today, the total
membership strength of the College is 756.
ICRI CMEs: The first IRIA funded CME of the
year & organized by the ICRI was Dr. Harnam
Singh mid-term CME held on 11-12 July, 2015
at Hotel Ashok Brahmaputra, Guwahati, which
was very successful credit of which goes to
Dr. Suman Hazarika and his team. The theme
of this CME was Women Imaging. On behalf
of the ICRI, I compliment all members of the
organizing committee of this CME programme
for planning and executing a memorable
academic feast to the delegates who were
predominantly residents and young
Radiologists of the local region.
Dr. Gyan P. Lal CME to be organized by Andhra
Pradesh state chapter shall be organized on
15-16 August, 2015 at KREST Auditorium,
Hyderabad. The theme of this CME is Chest
Imaging.
Dr. R.K. Goulatia CME to be organized by
Uttar Pradesh state chapter shall be organized
on 5-6 December, 2015 at SGPGIMS,
Lucknow. The theme of this CME is Abdominal
Imaging.
Dr. Rajendra Rao CME to be organized by
Karnataka state chapter shall be organized
on 7-8 November, 2015 at API Bhawan,
Bangalore. The theme of this CME is Head &
Neck Imaging.
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I w ish a great success to these CME
programmes conducted by ICRI. We all know
that the field of Radiology & Imaging has
made rapid advancements and has become
an invaluable and dep endable tool in
diagnosis. The scientific feasts provided by
doyans of Radiology enrich and update the
knowledge of all the delegates especially
younger radiologists and residents. I request
all mem bers to participate and update
themselves in these academic activities
conducted by IRIA and ICRI. The aim of our
IRIA and ICRI in particular is to promote the
study and practice of Radio-diagnosis and
Imaging. It should be achieved by conducting
more and more CME programmes.
Guidelines for Orations and Fellowship: As
decided in the General Body Meetings of ICRI
and IRIA, the Guidelines for Orations of IRIA
and ICRI & Fellowships of ICRI are ready and
all corrections as informed in the GBM has
been incorporated. The notification and
guidelines have been published in the June
2015 issue of the News Bulletin asking the
members to apply for various Orations, Awards
and Fellowships as per these new guidelines.
I request all members to apply for the various
Orations, Awards and Fellowships of IRIA and
ICRI. Please do apply within the stipulated time
period as mentioned in the News Bulletin. Now
members need to send their application for
Orations/Awards/Fellowship with only one
hard copy and one soft copy in a CD. This
will save a lot of paper, time and energy.
SOP for Various Radiology Procedures: We
are in process of making various standards
of performing various radiological procedures
and their reporting pattern to make uniform
and standard practice of Radiology across the
country. I request all members of Governing
Body and Central Council to volunteer their
help and suggest the faculty names who can
help in this herculean task.

Acknowledgement: I take this opportunity to
thank all the Office bearers of IRIA, particularly
Dr. Jignesh Thakker, Dr. O.P. Bansal, Dr.
Pramod Lonikar, ICRI Chairman Dr. Deepak
Patkar, all members of the Governing Body
of ICRI, Members of Central Council for their
whole hearted cooperation and
encouragement in helping me to carry out
various activities of the College.
Long Live IRIA & ICRI!
Yours sincerely,
Dr. M.P. Goyal
Secretary
Indian College of Radiology & Imaging
Dr. M.P. Goyal, Secretary ICRI informed the
house that IRIA funded CME programmes
which are allotted to state chapters are
conducted by ICRI and there are certain
guidelines for the same. But many of the state
chapters organizing these CME programme
are not following the guidelines and thus not
keeping ICRI in loop. It was decided by the
house to w rite strong letters to such
org anizers who are not following the
guidelines, to do the needful otherwise they
will be debarred for organizing the IRIA funded
and ICRI conducted CME programmes for five
years. It was also decided that the guidelines
of IRIA funded and ICRI conducted CME
prog rammes would be reviewed and
procedure for bid, venue, date/month of CME,
theme, involvement of SSH would be included
in the guidelines.
Dr. M.P. Goyal further informed the house that
he has received the scientific programme for
Dr. R.K. Goulatia CME yesterday only and the
organizers of this CME have not consulted
Chairman and Secretary of ICRI for the same.
It was decided to write a letter to the
organizers of Dr. R.K. Goulatia CME as stated
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above. The Scientific Programme of CME
should be made in consultation with ICRI. Dr.
Jignesh Thakker also mentioned that there
was issue of this CME being held in a Medical
College, like name of HoD/Head of Institution
to be in the CME, use of PAN, etc. It was
decided that this should also be included in
the guidelines of the CME.
Dr. Deepak Patkar, Chairman ICRI said that
the organizers of Dr. Rajendra Rao CME
would like to change the theme from Head &
Neck to some other theme. The Governing
Body approved the change the theme of Dr.
Rajendra Rao CME. It was also decided that
from next year onward, the bids would be
invited as per theme of the CME and then it
cannot be let changed by the organizers.
The house passed the ICRI Secretarys
report unanimously.
Proposed by: Dr. Pradeep Parakh
Seconded by: Dr. Kushaljit Singh Sodhi
Agenda No. 5. Consideration of audited
accounts of ICRI as on March 31, 2015.
Dr. Sumeet Bhargava, Hon Treasurer, ICRI
presented the audited accounts of ICRI as
on March 31, 2015. He said that the audited
accounts of ICRI as on March 31, 2015 were
published in the June 2015 issue of IRIA
News Bulletin and he did not receive any
comments on the same.
The house passed the audited accounts of
ICRI as on 31st March, 2015.
Proposed by: Dr. V. N. Varaprasad
Seconded by: Dr. Milind Gune
Agenda No. 6. To consider the formation of
National Speaker Bank.
Dr. M.P. Goyal, Secretary ICRI informed the
house that with the great efforts and guidance
of Dr. Jignesh Thakker, Dr. O.P. Bansal, Dr.
Bhavin Jankharia, Dr. Deepak Patkar, he has
been able to form a National Speaker Bank of
ICRI with 146 speakers. He further added that
it shall be circulated to the members of
Governing Body and uploaded on the website
and also published in the next issue of the
News Bulletin for information of members. If
any member feels that his/her name should
also be added to the Speaker Bank, he/she
should send application along with Bio data,
specialty and area of interest and Chairman
and Secretary ICRI shall include the same
after scrutinizing. Dr. Goyal further informed
that this National Speaker Bank shall be used
by the Scientific Committee of National Annual
Conference, CME/IREP of IRIA and 75% of
the faculty shall be decided from this Speaker
Bank. The house unanimously approved the
National Speaker Bank.
Agenda No. 7. To consider designing of
website of ICRI.
Dr. M.P. Goyal, Secretary ICRI informed the
house that the w ebsite of ICRI is not
functioning. He had called quotations for the
same which was Rs 1.80 lakhs for designing
the website of ICRI, and it was felt very
exorbitant by the house. It was unanimously
decided by the house to have page of ICRI
on the website of IRIA which shall give all the
information about the activities of ICRI.
Agenda No. 8. To consider SOP for various
Radiology procedures w.r.t. efficient and
smooth radiological practices.
Dr. M.P. Goyal, Secretary ICRI informed the
house that ICRI is in process of making SOP
for various standards of performing various
radiological procedures and their reporting
pattern to make uniform and standard practice
of Radiology across the country. Dr. Deepak
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Patkar, Chairman ICRI is working hard on this
sub ject. He req uested all m embers of
Governing Body and Central Council to
volunteer their help and suggest the faculty
names who can help in this herculean task. It
was decided by the house that Subspecialty
Heads would also be involved in this task. Dr.
M.P. Goyal said that this job would be
completed by next Governing Body meeting
to be held in November. It was also decided
to get this accredited with National Board of
Examination.
Agenda No. 9. To discuss about structure of
scientific programme at national conference.
Dr. M.P. Goyal, Secretary ICRI informed that
house that structure of scientific programme
at national conference should be designed. It
was decided by the house that 75% of national
faculty should be taken from the National
Speaker Bank of ICRI. Rest of 25% faculty
can be decided by the local organizers of the
annual conferences of IRIA.
Dr. N. Chidambaranathan complemented the
panel discussion of KSR-IRIA Friendship
Sym posium held yesterday which was
moderated by Dr. Raju Sharma. Dr. O.P.
Bansal said that the scientific committee of
69th Annual Conference of IRIA has been given
a lot of inputs on this matter. Apart from other
sessions, there would be two dedicated
sessions for post graduates during the
Bhubaneswar conference. It was decided to
encourage the panel discussions during the
annual conferences of IRIA.
Agenda No. 10. Any other matter with
the permission of the Chair.
1. Legal Opinion from legal Adviser of
IRIA regarding v oting for of fice
bearers of ICRI.
Dr. M.P. Goyal, Secretary ICRI informed the
house that in the GBM held at Kochi, it was
decided all the members of IRIA shall vote to
elect the office bearers of ICRI as in case of
election of office bearers of IRIA and IJRI.
However, the candidates for the posts of ICRI
shall be members and fellows of ICRI, subject
to legal opinion. Now we have received legal
opinion from Legal Adviser of IRIA Mr. Meet
Malhotra, which he read as given below.
OPINION
Relevant aspect of Clause 43 of the
Constitution of Indian Radiological and
Imaging Association (IRIA), having to do with
the issue put to me for legal opinion, reads
as follows:-
.....Election of the office bearers of ICRI will
be conducted by the Secretary General, IRIA
on the pattern of IRIA and only eligible
members of ICRI will participate....
It is observed that the above clause creates
a slight anomaly in the election method of
Indian College of Radiology and Imaging
(ICRI) as well as the relationship of ICRI with
the IRIA and hence needs to be corrected.
Adm ittedly, ICRI has no independent,
standalone status; it being a body created
and provided for under the constitution of
IRIA. On the one hand the existing clause
relating to the election of office bearers seems
to suggest that members of the IRIA who were
not the members of the ICRI cannot vote to
elect members of ICRI; on the other hand ICRI
had no independent existence or status
outside IRIA!
To correct this anomaly, resolutions were
moved at the Extraordinary Governing Body
of ICRI on 25.05.2014 and by the General
Body of ICRI on 29.01.2015. The General
Body of IRIA, which is the supreme body, also
approved these decisions of the General Body
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of ICRI vide resolution dated 30.01.2015,
subject to the opinion as to the legality of the
proposed amendment.
I have gone through the constitution of the
IRIA and have noted that ICRI has no
independent existence and is a body created
and catered to under the IRIA constitution only
(clause 18, 19 and 20 of the constitution of
IRIA). At the same time General Body of the
IRIA is the supreme body for making decisions
of IRIA (clause 18 of the constitution of IRIA)
which includes provision for ICRI.
Further, under clause 26 of the constitution
of IRIA, the General Body of IRIA has the
power to amend any part of the constitution
of IRIA, including the provisions relating to
every aspect of the ICRI.
Conjoint reading of the above said clauses of
the constitution of IRIA leaves me with no
doubt that the amendments proposed are
properly so done and can be given effect to
so as to ensure that all the members of IRIA
(as mentioned in clause 11) can vote to elect
office bearers of the ICRI whether or not they
are themselves members of the ICRI.
However, a member aspiring to be elected as
an office bearer of ICRI will need to be a
member and fellow of the ICRI.
It was decided by the house that members of
ICRI contesting for the posts of Hon Treasurer,
and Governing Body Members of ICRI need
not be Fellow of ICRI. The same was approved
by the house. The legal opinion was approved
by the house unanimously. It was decided that
the next election of office bearers of ICRI would
be conduct as decided in the GBM and legal
advice.
Agenda No. 11. Vote of thanks.
The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to
the Chair.
Minutes of Central Council Meeting of Indian Radiological & Imaging
Association held on 26th July, 2015 at IRIA House, New Delhi.
A meeting of the Central Council of Indian
Radiological & Imaging Association was held on
26th July, 2015 at IRIA House, New Delhi under the
chairmanship of Dr. Jignesh Thakker, President
IRIA.
At the outset, roll call of members present in the
meeting was taken. Following members were
present in the meeting:
Dr. Jignesh Thakker, Dr. O.P. Bansal, Dr. Bhavin
Jankharia, Dr. Pramod Lonikar, Dr. Brig. Sudhir
Saxena, Dr. Rohit Agarwal, Dr. Col. A.K. Singh,
Dr. Col. Vikram Khanna, Dr. Akhilesh Sharma, Dr.
Akshay Kumar Saxena, Dr. Amit Disawal, Dr.
Amrik Singh Sethi, Dr. Anand Abkari, Dr. Arvind
Jain, Dr. Asutosh Dave, Dr. Atin Kumar, Dr. B.K.
Bhardwaj, Dr. B.R. Nagaraj, Dr. BYT Arya, Dr. B.M.
Swain, Dr. Bhavin Jankharia, Dr. Bhupendra Ahuja,
Dr. Biren H. Saraswati, Dr. B.B. Thukral, Dr. C.
Amarnath, Dr. C.L. Thukral, Dr. Brig. Chander
Mohan, Dr. Chiramel George Koshi, Dr. D.K.
Mohapatra, Dr. D. Ramesh, Dr. Deepak Gupta,
Dr. Deepak V. Mehta, Dr. Deepak Patkar, Dr. Dinesh
Patel, Dr. Dipu Bhuyan, Dr. G.S. Randhawa, Dr.
G.N. Singh, Dr. Gopi Kishor Ganguly, Dr. Gurdeep
Singh, Dr. H. Satishchandra, Dr. Harsh Mahajan,
Dr. Harshad Shah, Dr. Hemant Patel, Dr. Irfan
Robbani, Dr. Jayaraj Govindaraj, Dr. Kishor Taori,
Dr. K. Prabhakar Reddy, Dr. Kamal Lochan
Mohapatra, Dr. Kushaljit Singh Sodhi, Dr. M.P.
Goyal, Dr. MVK Rao, Dr. Mahesh B.M., Dr. Mahesh
Gupta, Dr. Manoj T. Pillai, Dr. Milind Gune, Dr. K.
Mohanan, Dr. Mohd. Khalid, Dr. Mrugesh Doctor,
Dr. N. Chidambaranathan, Dr. N. Kulasekaran, Dr.
Nandini Bahri, Dr. O.P. Bansal, Dr. O.P. Tiwari, Dr.
P.C. Kapri, Dr. P.C. Shaji, Dr. P. Srivastava, Dr.
Pragati Sinha, Dr. Pranabananda Goswami, Dr.
R.K. Sodani, Dr. R.K. Mathur, Dr. Raghvendra Bhat,
Dr. Rajeev Garg, Dr. Rajendra Garg, Dr. Rajesh
Enagala, Dr. Rajesh Kapur, Dr. Rajesh Sharma,
Dr. Rajiv Azad, Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Dr. Rakesh Mishra,
Dr. Rana Mithlesh Kumar, Dr. Ravuri Power, Dr.
Rezaul Karim, Dr. S.K. Agarwal, Dr. S. Babu Peter,
Dr. Sandeep Kavthale, Dr. Sarita Maggu, Dr.
Shailesh Kore, Dr. Shankar Lal Kedia, Dr. Suresh
Chandak, Dr. Sohan Singh, Dr. Subhash Balyan,
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Dr. Suman Kochhar, Dr. Sumeet Bhargava, Dr.
Sanjay Jain, Suresh Saboo, Dr. T.M. Vijayan, Dr.
Tapan Dhibar, Dr. U.C. Garga, Dr. Vardaraj V., Dr.
Vinit Nanda, Dr. Vinod Gupta, Dr. Y.T. Patel, Dr.
Yogendra Kumar, Dr. A. Anbarasu, Dr. B.K. Durga
Prasad, Dr. V.N. Vara Prasad, Dr. Rajeshwara Rao
T., Dr. G.V. Mohan Prasad, Dr. M.G. Ravi, Dr. Kada
Venkataramana, and Dr. S.K. Bhargava.
Leave of absence: Dr. S.K. Sharma, Dr. Bhardwaj,
Dr. Pushpraj Bhatele, Dr. Jyotsna Sen, Dr. Sanjeev
Mani, Dr. Gautam Goswami and Dr. Samir Gandhi.
Agenda No. 1 Election of Chairman of the
meeting, if necessary (in the absence of the
President and Vice President).
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Agenda No. 2 Obituaries-condolences to the
family members of departed member(s).
Dr. Pramod Lonikar, Secretary General, IRIA
informed the house that from January, he is sad to
repot the demise of few distinguished members,
namely Dr. Sanjay Sharma from Ghaziabad, Dr.
M.D. Venkatesan from Chennai, Dr. S.N. Yadav
from Delhi, Dr. Hardik Gajjar from Ahmedabad, Dr.
A.K. Vishwakarma from Dhanbad, Dr. Parmar
Kukul Chhotalal from Mumbai, Dr. Arun K. Sharma
from Jabalpur, Dr. Kanhu Kishore Mohanty form
Odisha, Dr. R. Venkateswara Rao, Dr. Maj. N.P.
Naidu, Dr. Lakshmi Samrajyam V., Dr. T.
Vivekanada from Hyderabad, and Dr. Gunji
Balakrishna from Karim Nagar.
Two minutes silence was observed to pay homage
to the departed souls.
Agenda No. 3 Introduction of new members of
Central Council.
New members of Central Council namely Dr. Atin
Kumar, Dr. V.N. Varaprasad, Dr. Mrugesh Doctor,
Dr. Col. A.K. Singh, Dr. Mohan Prasad, Dr.
Rajeshwara Rao T., Dr. B.K. Durga Prasad, Dr.
M.G. Ravi, Dr. Kada Venkataramana, and Dr. Rohit
Agarwal introduced themselves.
Agenda No. 4 W elcome address by the
Chairman- Dr. Jignesh Thakker, President- IRIA.
Dr. Jignesh Thakker, President IRIA welcomed the
members to the meeting. He hoped for fruitful
discussion in the meeting. He requested the
members to maintain the decorum of the house.
Agenda No. 5 Welcome address by President
Elect- Dr. O.P. Bansal.
Dr. O.P. Bansal, President Elect IRIA welcomed
the members to the meeting. He thanked all the
Central Council members for attending the KSR-
IRIA Friendship Symposium 2015, which was a
great success. He informed the house that there
were 244 registrations for this Symposium and
there was generous support from Trade Companies
namely M/s Jusha, GE, Philips, Samsung, and
Siemens. All expenditure for KSR-IRIA Friendship
Symposium and CCM excluding TA of Central
Council members has come from sponsorship
amount of the Symposium. He hoped to organize
similar programmes in future also.
Agenda No. 6 Action taken report on the
proceedings of the previous meetings of Central
Council held at Kochi.
Dr. Pramod Lonikar, Secretary General informed
the house that action taken report of the
proceedings of previous Central Council meetings
held at Kochi has been circulated to Central
Council members in this meeting and he presented
the same as given below.
Dr. Pramod Lonikar informed the house that Vision
document as decided in the CCM held at Kochi
has been circulated to all the members through
email.
Regarding FRCR examination in India, Dr. Lonikar
informed the house that as decided in the CCM
held at Kochi, Dr. Anbarasu has visited Royal
College of Radiologists, UK and gathered required
inf ormation. W e are making necessary
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arrangements of infrastructure like Examination
Room, MAC Computers, Tables, and Cabins for
conducting FRCR examination at IRIA House, New
Delhi.
The 3rd point was regarding report of Award
Committee, to which Dr. Lonikar informed the house
that in the CCM held at Kochi, it was decided that
the existing Orations/Awards shall not be changed
for next five years. Therefore, there shall be no
alteration in the existing Orations/Awards of the
association. However, proposal for new award can
be considered if it comes through the state chapter.
It was also decided that proposal for starting the
Oration in the name of Dr. K.R. Choudhary should
be routed through the state chapter as decided.
The office has written to the concerned members
who had sent proposal to start Dr. K.R. Choudhary
Memorial Oration to send their proposal to
Maharashtra state chapter for the needful as
decided.
The 4th point was regarding the guidelines for
organizing the Annual Conference of IRIA. Dr.
Lonikar informed the house that in the last CCM,
it was decided to form a committee consisting of
President, President Elect, Immediate Past
President and Organizing Chairmen or Secretaries
of last three annual conferences as members of
the committee with Secretary General IRIA as
convener to frame the guidelines for organizing the
annual conferences in a fixed venue at five zones
of the country. There was a meeting of the
Conference Guidelines Committee, which was held
on 31st May, 2015 at IRIA House, New Delhi which
was attended by Dr. Jignesh Thakker, Dr. O.P.
Bansal, Dr. K. Prabhakar Reddy, Dr. Bhupendra
Ahuja, and Dr. Pramod Lonikar. The guidelines as
framed by the committee have been circulated to
all the Central Council Members through June 2015
issue of IRIA News Bulletin for their valuable
suggestions and inputs. The Central Council was
requested to go through the proposed guidelines
and give their views and inputs so that the same
could be discussed in the next meeting.
The 5th point was regarding the pending accounts
of 66th Annual Conference, Indore. Dr. Pramod
Lonikar informed the house that we have received
a cheque of Rs 12,65,978/- from the Madhya
Pradesh state chapter covering the 75% from the
total savings of the Conference. The assets
including Two Computers and one Laptop have also
been transferred by Madhya Pradesh state chapter.
The 75% from TDS shall be transferred to IRIA HQ
as soon as refund is received by the Madhya
Pradesh state chapter. The audited accounts of
66th Annual Conference were approved by the
house unanimously.
The 6th point was regarding Grant for IRIA
International Travel Fellowship. Dr. Lonikar informed
the house that as decided in the CCM held at
Kochi, the 100% of shortest economy class air
fare upto maximum of Rs 25,000/- would be given
as IRIA International Travel Fellowship Grant to
meet the traveling expenses for attending the
international conferences.
The 7th point was regarding TA for Life Time
Achievement Award. Dr. Lonikar informed the house
that as decided in the CCM held at Kochi,
economy class air fare would be reimbursed to
the awardee of Shri K.R. Gupta Life Time
Achievement Award instead of two tier AC Train
fare.
The 8th point was regarding no banquet and no
liquor during IREP/CME programmes. Dr. Lonikar
informed the house that as decided in the CCM
held at Kochi, there would not be any banquet
during IREP/CME programmes and no liquor would
be served during these programmes. All the
organizers of IREP and CME programmes have
been informed to strictly observe this decision.
Regarding IRIA DNB Fellowship, Dr. Pramod
Lonikar informed the house that Brig. Chander
Mohan has been appointed as Coordinator for IRIA
DNB Fellowship programme and he would present
the report of the same later in the agenda.
Regarding reimbursement to foreign invited faculty,
Dr. Lonikar informed the house that in the last CCM
it has been decided that the organizers would
purchase the economy class air tickets for the
foreign invited faculty and give to the concerned
speakers.
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Dr. Lonikar informed the house that as decided in
the last CCM and GBM, now our Journal and News
Bulletin are in electronic form. The members who
subscribe for the same are provided the Journal at
nominal cost of Rs 800/- for four issues in a year.
Regarding updating the mailing data, mobile No.
and email id of members, Dr. Lonikar said that all
the state chapters of IRIA were requested to update
the mailing data, email id and mobile numbers of
members. But unfortunately, we did not get much
response from the state chapters.
Regarding Conversion from PLM to LM, Dr. Lonikar
informed the house that as decided in the last
CCM, we had written letter to Provisional Life
Members asking to convert their membership from
PLM to LM if they have passed their PG degree/
diploma. The response has been good and many
Provisional Life Members have been converted to
Life Membership. As decided, we shall suspend
the membership who has not sent copy of their
PG degree/diploma for more than 5 years for
conversion of their membership.
Dr. Lonikar informed that as decided in the last
CCM, the Trade Relations Committee has been
formed from the members from the Central Council
only, so that they can attend the Central Council
meeting apart from attending the meeting of Trade
Relations Committee.
The house unanimously passed the action taken
report of previous Central Council Meetings held
at Kochi.
Agenda No. 7 Confirmation of the minutes of the
previous Central Council meetings of IRIA held in
Kochi.
Dr. Pramod Lonikar, Secretary General IRIA
informed the house that the minutes of the previous
Central Council Meeting of IRIA held at Kochi were
published in the February 2015 issue of IRIA News
Bulletin for information and comments of members,
and he did not receive any comments on the same.
The minutes of the previous Central Council
Meetings held at Kochi were unanimously passed
by the house.
Proposed by: Dr. Arvind Jain
Seconded by: Dr. MVK Rao
Agenda No. 8 Consideration of the reports of:
(i) Central Office, IRIA
Dr. Pramod Lonikar, Secretary General, IRIA
presented the report of Central Office, IRIA which
is reproduced as below:
Report of Central Office, IRIA
At the outset, I would like to thank all the members
for their kind support during my 6 months as
Secretary General. I promise that I shall try my
best to prove upto your expectations.
Membership: Our Association was founded in the
year 1931. Over the several past odd years, we
have grown from strength to strength and today
our strength has grown to over 12,000 members.
The total membership as on 20th July, 2015 is
12,030 out of which there are 05 Honorary
Members, 276 Emeritus Members, 9,191 Life
Members, 2545 Provisional Life Members, 1
Corresponding Member and 12 Associate
Members.
CME Programmes: The first IRIA funded CME of
the year & organized by the ICRI was Dr. Harnam
Singh mid-term CME held on 11-12 July, 2015 at
Hotel Ashok Brahmaputra, Guwahati, which was
very successful credit of which goes to Dr. Suman
Hazarika. The theme of this CME was Women
Imaging. On behalf of the ICRI, I compliment all
members of the organizing committee of this CME
programme f or planning and executing a
memorable academic feast to the delegates who
were predominantly residents and young
Radiologists of the local region.
Dr. Gyan P. Lal CME to be organized by Andhra
Pradesh state chapter shall be held on 15-16
August, 2015 at KREST Auditorium, Hyderabad.
The theme of this CME is Chest Imaging.
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Dr. R.K. Goulatia CME to be organized by Uttar
Pradesh state chapter shall be held on 5-6
December, 2015 at SGPGIMS, Lucknow. The
theme of this CME is Abdominal Imaging.
Dr. Rajendra Rao CME to be organized by
Karnataka state chapter shall be held on 7-8
November, 2015 at API Bhawan, Bangalore. The
theme of this CME is Head & Neck Imaging.
I wish all success to these CME programmes.
IREP: The first IREP was organized by Delhi state
chapter of IRIA from 17th to 19th April, 2015 at the
Auditorium of National Board of Examinations, New
Delhi. Dr. Lalendra Upreti was the incharge of this
IREP, while Dr. Brig. Chander Mohan, President
and Dr. Atin Kumar, Secretary of Delhi state
chapter were the coordinators for this IREP. More
than 262 residents and radiologists from nearby
states of Delhi attended this programme. In
addition, there were 30 eminent radiologists
involved as faculty for the course and about 15
people involved as organizing team making the
total participants 300. Dr. TBS Buxi and Dr. Raghav
Aggarwal were the joint organizing chairman and
secretary respectively. Dr. Pankaj Sharma was the
treasurer. Dr. Bipin Batra and Dr. Anurag Agarwal
from The National Board of Examinations were the
Convenor and Co-Convenor respectively. The team
was assisted by executive members of Delhi State
Chapter. The program was inaugurated by Dr.
Jignesh Thakker, President IRIA.
The second IREP shall be organized by Tamilnadu
& Pondicherry state chapter of IRIA from 26th to
27 th September, 2015 at Hotel Residency,
Coimbatore. Dr. A. Anbarasu is the incharge of
this IREP while Dr. Jayaraj Govindaraj, President
and Dr. C. Amarnath, Secretary of Tamilnadu &
Pondicherry state chapter are the coordinators for
this IREP. I wish a great success to this IREP. I
request all residents to attend these programmes
in large number to get best academic feast.
KSR-IRIA Friendship Symposium: I am glad to
inform you that the second KSR-IRIA Friendship
Symposium 2015 was organized by IRIA HQ in
association with Korean Society of Radiology
(KSR) yesterday on Saturday, 25th July, 2015 at
Silver Oak, India Habitat Center, Lodhi Road, New
Delhi which was very successful and 220 delegates
including Central Council Members and faculty
attended this Symposium. The theme of the
Symposium was GIT Imaging. It is for the second
time that IRIA organizing such type of Symposium
in collaboration with KSR. Six eminent speakers
each from Korea and India shall delivered their
talks. There was be panel discussion and eminent
speakers from KSR and IRIA took part in the panel
discussion. I am thankful to Dr. O.P. Bansal who
was the Chief Coordinators along with Dr. Raju
Sharma, Dr. Lalendra Upreti, Scientif ic
Coordinators and Dr. Atin Kumar, Dr. Raghav
Aggarwal, Dr. Pankaj Sharma- Coordinators for their
active support to make this Symposium very
successful.
Conference Guidelines Committee: A meeting of
the Conference Guidelines Committee was held
on 31st May at IRIA House, New Delhi to draft the
preliminary guidelines of organizing the annual
conferences of IRIA in five zones of the country.
The report of the committee has been published
in the June issue of the News Bulletin and shall
also be put up and discussed in this CCM.
Trade Relations Committee: As decided in the new
CCM held at Kochi, Dr. Jignesh Thakker, President
IRIA has formed a new Trade Relations Committee
of IRIA details of which have been published in the
June 2015 issue of IRIA News Bulletin.
FRCR Examination in India: As already informed,
the IRIA HQ is in process of conducting Part 1
Physics -2016 spring at IRIA House, New Delhi.
Dr. A. Anbarasu is the Coordinator for FRCR
Examination in India. Recently he visited Royal
College of Radiologists, UK to get details about
this examination. He will present the report of
progress of the same in the meeting.
PC & PNDT: Our writ petition w.r.t. restriction to
radiologists visiting more than two places in a
district and others filed in the Delhi High Court
have been clubbed along with petitions filed in other
High Courts of the country and transferred to
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Honble Supreme Court of India so that these can
be heard under one roof.
Gazette Notification dated 28th January, 2015
issued by Ministry of Health: As per this
notification, no application for fresh registration or
renewal of registration would be accepted if any
case, is pending in any court against the applicant
for violation (whether major or minor violation under
PC & PNDT Act) of any provision of the PC &
PNDT Act and the rules made there under. IRIA
decided to challenge this notification in court of
law and filed a writ petition at Aurangabad High
Court. I am glad to inform you that the Honble
High Court has directed the Appropriate Authorities
to consider renewal and new registration on merit
and not to give reference of new amendment which
denied renewal of registration of issuing fresh
registration against whom cases are pending in
court of law.
Meeting of Central Supervisory Board: The 23rd
CSB meeting was held on 24th June 2015. Dr.
Jignesh Thakker, President and Dr. O.P. Bansal,
President Elect IRIA attended this meeting. I would
like to inform you that Shri J.P. Nadda, Honble
Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare and
members of the CSB were kind enough to listen
and consider the various points raised by Dr.
Jignesh and Dr. Bansal.
Progress of AOCR 2018: The proposed dates for
AOCR 2018 are 18th to 21stJanuary 2018. The venue
has been finalized as Renaissance Mumbai
Convention Center Hotel- Marriott. Mumbai is the
bustling metropolis, the commercial hub of India,
a cosmopolitan city which has privilege to host
many international conferences. We assure you
of at least 3500 to 4500 radiology participants
during AOCR 2018. We have already deposited a
total of USD 20,000 to AOSR as per constitution
and bid process of AOSR.
Donation for Nepal Earthquake Victims: An appeal
was made to all the members to contribute for the
victims of Nepal Earthquake victims. I am glad to
inform you about donations received from
Maharashtra state chapter Rs 1,11,111/- and
Gujarat state chapter Rs 1,00,000/- and individual
members contributed Rs 1,02,100/-. Now IRIA HQ
would made this contribution double and send to
the Prime Minister Relief Fund subject to ratification
from the CCM. I thank all the members for
contributing to this noble cause.
We have also started sending letters under RTI to
MCI, State Medical Councils and National Board
to send the data of Medical Institutions in India.
Please feel free to contact me on any issue/
suggestions pertaining to our association.
LONG LIVE IRIA!
Yours sincerely,
Dr. Pramod Lonikar
Secretary General
Indian Radiological & Imaging Association
The report of Central Office, IRIA was passed by
the house unanimously.
Proposed by: Dr. Harshad Shah
Seconded by: Dr. K. Prabhakar Reddy
(ii) Report of Journal Office.
Dr. Sanjay Jain, Editor-in-Chief, IJRI presented the
report of the Journal Office which is reproduced as
given below:
Report of Journal Office for Central Council
Meeting July, 2015 at Delhi
The goal of the current team is to increase the
visibility of IJRI (Indexed in PubMed) amongst
leading journals worldwide and improve upon the
Impact factor.
As of 13 thJul, 2015 we have received 263
submissions and final decisions have been taken
on 204 articles, 8 of which (4%) have been
accepted and 196 (96%) have been rejected. Of
those rejected89 (75%) were Case Reports, which
are obviously given a lower priority as compared
to Original Articles, Pictorial Essays and Reviews.
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The internal reviewers provide a quick check on
whether an article is worth processing or not.
External reviewers, Editorial Board members have
been prompt in ensuring timely reviews of good
quality articles. The number of reviewers database
is being updated with newer blood being infused
in keeping with advances in technology. Currently,
we have 875reviewers500 from abroad from over
60 countries. On an average, we use about 5-7
reviewers per article.
The issue about original /research articles
continues to dodge the IJRI repository. We dont
get them, despite being an indexed journal. It is
our sincere request to like-minded colleagues/
HODs within the country to encourage their
fraternity to get into writing more and more and
submit to us.
The IJRI website www.ijri.org has a daily viewership
of about 2800.The entire online submission
process at www.journalonweb.com/ijri to final
proofs, publication and printing is handled by
Medknow publications-now taken over by Wolter-
Kluwer,a multinational publishing giant. The
plagiarism check on all articles is handled by Ms.
Vasumathi Sriganesh.
The core editorial comprising of Dr. Hemant Patel,
Dr.Sanjeev Mani, Dr. Lalendra Upreti along with
Ms. Nisreen Jetpurwala have been of tremendous
help in the running of the journal.
I profusely thank all office bearers of IRIA, ICRI,all
State chapters/Central Council Members for their
constant support and Mr. Harish Saryal, Mr.
Deepak Kumar and his entire team for the timely
help in handling all related/administrative issues.
Dr. Sanjay Jain
Editor in Chief (IJRI)
Dr. Sanjay Jain further added that the first white
paper on Chest Tuberculosis has been published
by Subspecialty Chapter Head by Dr. Ashu Seith
Bhalla in the August issue of IJRI. He further added
that there is shortage of advertisements from the
Companies. He requested that share from the profit
of Annual Conferences to cover the deficit of IJRI
should be considered.

Dr. Sanjay Jain put a resolution which was
seconded by Dr. Hemant Patel to write off OLD
TDS prior to year 2011-12 as same is not likely to
be received from income tax department or said
TDS certificates might not have been furnished to
Income Tax Dept. Also, old receivable amounts
pertaining to prior to year 1992, in respect of
advertisements are required to be written off. The
house approved the same unanimously.
The report of the Journal Office was passed by the
house unanimously.
Proposed by: Dr. Anand Abkari
Seconded by: Dr. BYT Arya
(iii) Report of College Office
Dr. M.P. Goyal, Secretary ICRI presented the report
of College Office which is reproduced as given
below:
Report of College Office
Honble President (IRIA), Immediate Past
President (IRIA), President Elect (IRIA), Chairman,
ICRI other dignitaries on the Dais, Respected Past
Presidents and colleagues members of our
Association, it is a privilege to present before you
the report of Indian College of Radiology & Imaging
for the period from January 2015 till date.
At the outset, I take this opportunity to thank all
the members for their active support for carrying
out my duties as Secretary of ICRI for last six
months.
Membership Drive: As decided in the General Body
meetings of ICRI and IRIA, we are trying to increase
the membership of ICRI. From January till date 13
new Life Members have been enrolled. As on today,
the total membership strength of the College is
756.
ICRI CMEs: The first IRIA funded CME of the year
& organized by the ICRI was Dr. Harnam Singh
mid-term CME held on 11-12 July, 2015 at Hotel
Ashok Brahmaputra, Guwahati, which was very
successful credit of which goes to Dr. Suman
Hazarika and his team. The theme of this CME
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was Women Imaging. On behalf of the ICRI, I
compliment all members of the organizing
committee of this CME programme for planning
and executing a memorable academic feast to the
delegates who were predominantly residents and
young Radiologists of the local region.
Dr. Gyan P. Lal CME to be organized by Andhra
Pradesh state chapter shall be organized on 15-
16 August, 2015 at KREST Auditorium, Hyderabad.
The theme of this CME is Chest Imaging.
Dr. R.K. Goulatia CME to be organized by Uttar
Pradesh state chapter shall be organized on 5-6
December, 2015 at SGPGIMS, Lucknow. The
theme of this CME is Abdominal Imaging.
Dr. Rajendra Rao CME to be organized by
Karnataka state chapter shall be organized on 7-
8 November, 2015 at API Bhawan, Bangalore. The
theme of this CME is Head & Neck Imaging.
I wish a great success to these CME programmes
conducted by ICRI. We all know that the field of
Radiology & Imaging has made rapid
advancements and has become an invaluable and
dependable tool in diagnosis. The scientific feasts
provided by doyans of Radiology enrich and update
the knowledge of all the delegates especially
younger radiologists and residents. I request all
members to participate and update themselves in
these academic activities conducted by IRIA and
ICRI. The aim of our IRIA and ICRI in particular is
to promote the study and practice of Radio-
diagnosis and Imaging. It should be achieved by
conducting more and more CME programmes.
Guidelines for Orations and Fellowship: As decided
in the General Body Meetings of ICRI and IRIA,
the Guidelines for Orations of IRIA and ICRI &
Fellowships of ICRI are ready and all corrections
as informed in the GBM has been incorporated.
The notification and guidelines have been published
in the June 2015 issue of the News Bulletin asking
the members to apply for various Orations, Awards
and Fellowships as per these new guidelines. I
request all members to apply for the various
Orations, Awards and Fellowships of IRIA and ICRI.
Please do apply within the stipulated time period
mentioned in the News Bulletin. Now members
need to send their application for Orations/Awards/
Fellowship with only one hard copy and one soft
copy in a CD. This will save a lot of paper, time
and energy.
SOP for Various Radiology Procedures: We are
in process of making various standards of
performing various radiological procedures and their
reporting pattern to make uniform and standard
practice of Radiology across the country. I request
all members of Governing Body and Central Council
to volunteer their help and suggest the faculty
names who can help in this herculean task.
Acknowledgement: I take this opportunity to thank
all the Office bearers of IRIA, particularly Dr.
Jignesh Thakker, Dr. O.P. Bansal, Dr. Pramod
Lonikar, ICRI Chairman Dr. Deepak Patkar, all
members of the Governing Body of ICRI, Members
of Central Council for their whole hearted
cooperation and encouragement in helping me to
carry out various activities of the College.
Long Live IRIA & ICRI!
Yours sincerely,
Dr. M.P. Goyal
Secretary
Indian College of Radiology & Imaging
Dr. M.P. Goyal informed the house that IRIA funded
CME programmes which are allotted to state
chapters are conducted by ICRI and there are
certain guidelines for the same. But many of the
state chapters organizing these CME programme
are not following the guidelines and thus not
keeping ICRI in loop. This matter was also
discussion in the Governing Body meeting of ICRI,
where it has been decided that a letter should be
written to such organizers who are not following
the guidelines, to do the needful otherwise they
will be debarred for organizing the IRIA funded and
ICRI conducted CME programmes for five years.
This was also passed by the house unanimously
The report of College Office was passed by the
house unanimously.
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Proposed by: Dr. B.B. Thukral
Seconded by: Dr. G.N. Singh
(iv) Report of Building Committee-
Dr. R.K. Mathur, Chairman of IRIA Bld. Committee
presented the report of the Bld. Committee which
is reproduced as given below.
Report of Building Management Committee
Honble President (IRIA), Immediate Past
President, President-Elect, other dignitaries on the
dais, respected Past Presidents, and member
colleagues of our Association,
I am happy to present before you the report of the
Building Management Committee of IRIA from
January till date.
IRIA House at New Delhi is our valued asset, where
we have our Central Office, Conference Hall,
Basement and Guest Rooms for use by our
members. As you are aware that the entire 3rd
Floor has been given on rent to an NGO called M/
s Inspire Network for Environment.
The occupancy of the guest rooms is quite
satisfactory. I urge the Presidents, Secretaries and
all the Central Council members of all the state
chapters to give wide publicity amongst the
members encouraging them to use this facility on
their visits to Delhi. Suggestions from members
are welcome.
As decided in the last meeting, we have renovated
the rooms at the basement which shall be used
as common hall and also for FRCR examination
and other purposes. Also the front side boundary
wall has been put on grit wash, which shall give it
a nice look. We have also purchased 7 paintings
for the lounge area at the basement.
I would like to thank the members of Building
Management Committee, IRIA state chapter
Presidents, Secretaries and all the members of
the Central Council for their active support and
concrete suggestions. I am also thankful to Dr.
Jignesh Thakker, Dr. Rajesh Kapur, Dr. O.P. Bansal
and Dr. Pramod Lonikar for their kind cooperation,
active support, and participation in the building
related affairs and valuable suggestions from time
to time.
I would request all the members to give their
valuable suggestions for more improvement in the
building.
LONG LIVE IRIA!
Yours sincerely,
Dr. R.K. Mathur
Chairman, Building Management Committee of
IRIA
Dr. Bhupendra Ahuja suggested that the faculty
visiting IRIA House at New Delhi should be given
complimentary accommodation, which was
rejected by the house considering that there are
nominal charges for the facilities being used at
IRIA House and also they are sponsored by the
organizers of Conference/CME.
The report of Building Committee of IRIA was
passed by the house unanimously.
Proposed by: Dr. K.L. Mohapatra
Seconded by: Dr. Pragati Sinha
(v) Report of Social Security Scheme of IRIA.
Dr. Suresh Saboo, Chairman of Social Security
Scheme of IRIA presented the report of Social
Security Scheme of IRIA, which is reproduced as
given below.
Report of Social Security Scheme of IRIA
Dear Members,
As on today, the total membership strength of
Social Security Scheme is 375.
As you know that the Social Security Scheme is
purely designed on brotherhood/sisterhood basis
and we try to help the family members of IRIA on
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event of death of member. Any Life Member of IRIA
upto age of 65 years residing in India is eligible to
become a member of this Scheme. In view of
membership growth in recent years, it is very much
viable, beneficial and essential to the members
and their family, especially at the time of untimely
death of the member. Member will have to pay
one time premium with enrolment fee depending
upon his/her age. He/she has to pay small amount
yearly as Annual Membership charges and Death
Fraternity Contribution (DFC) depending upon
number of death of members in that year. Death
benefit is given from interest & DFC collected from
members of the Scheme. There is no other
investment that will give you this much return and
satisfaction of helping our own colleagues family
in their difficult time.
On 19th June, 2015, I had a long meeting with our
CA Mr. Sanjeev Nayyar with thorough discussion
regarding the registration and functioning of the
Scheme. Mr. Nayyar advised us the following
things:
1. Since the Social Security Scheme is not
for welfare of the society at large but for
mutual benefit of members of IRIA, thus it
cannot be clubbed with IRIA, as IRIA may
lose all registration from Income Tax
Authorities like 12AA and 80G etc. and
all its income shall be taxable (especially
interest on deposits).
2. The Social Security Scheme of IRIA
should be registered separately with
Registrar of Societies. It should have its
own PAN, Registration u/s 12A(A) and
80G of Income Tax Act.
3. There should be separate accounts, audit
and filing of Income Tax returns of the
Social Security Scheme.
4. In the same meeting, I have shown
audited sheets of national IMA-SSS and
Maharashtra state IMA-SSS.
5. National IMA-SSS is registered separately
with registrar of societies, where as MS
 State IMA-SSS is not registered. He
spoke to President of scheme of MS State
at length and said it is illegal in terms of
I.T Laws and one day they may face
problem.
There is no question of going on back foot for this
reason, as we are touching our membership figure
to 400 and I suggest to follow the advice of our CA
and seek permission of CCM to register the Social
Security Scheme of IRIA with Registrar of Societies,
Income Tax and other statutory bodies as required
as per law of the land.
Yours sincerely,
Dr. Suresh Saboo
Chairman, Social Security Scheme of IRIA
There was a long discussion on the matter of
registration of Social Security Scheme of IRIA with
Registrar of Societies and Income Tax Dept.
separately. Dr. Jignesh Thakker, President IRIA
said that if we do not register the Social Security
Scheme separately, then all the income of IRIA
will be taxable and we shall loose the benefits like
12A, 80G etc. Also the accounts of Social Security
Scheme cannot be clubbed with the accounts of
IRIA for the same reason. As per advice of our CA,
we cannot create a body within our association.
Now we should either register the Social Security
Scheme separately or decide the other way
whatever the members feel. The members felt that
all these legal implications should have been
checked at the time of starting this Scheme. Dr.
Bhavin Jankharia expressed that there should have
been a medical body also to decide about the pre
existing diseases to be seen while enrolling and
paying the DFC. He suggested to scrap the Social
Security Scheme as it could not attract many
members and there are shortfalls like registration,
income tax requirements etc.
The matter was discussed at length, and finally it
was decided by the house that Dr. Suresh Saboo
shall get in touch with other organizations who
are running such type of scheme successfully, try
to take opinion from some other CA to remove the
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legal implications and put the facts in the next
CCM/GBM for discussion and decision.
Agenda No. 9 Adoption of audited accounts as
on 31st March, 2015 of:
(i) Central Office including Building-
Dr. R.K. Sodani, Hon Treasurer, IRIA presented
the audited accounts of Central Office, IRIA
including Building. He said that the audited
accounts of the Central Office, IRIA including
building were published in the June 2015 issue of
IRIA News Bulletin for information and comments
of members, and he did not receive any comments
on the same.
The audited accounts of Central Office, IRIA
including building as on 31st March, 2015 were
passed by the house unanimously.
Proposed by: Dr. Arvind Jain
Seconded by: Dr. Bhupendra Ahuja
(ii) Adoption of audited accounts as on 31st March,
2015 of Journal Office.
Dr. Sanjay Jain, Editor-in-Chief, IJRI presented the
audited accounts of Journal Office as on 31st
March, 2015. He said that the same were
published in the June 2015 issue of IRIA News
Bulletin for information and comments of members,
and he did not receive any comments.
The audited accounts of IJRI as on 31st March,
2015 were passed by the house.
Proposed by: Dr. Hemant Patel
Seconded by: Dr. Rajesh Sharma
(iii) Adoption of audited accounts as on 31st
March, 2015 of College Office.
Dr. Sumeet Bhargava, Hon Treasurer, ICRI
presented the audited accounts of College Office
as on 31st March, 2015. He said that the audited
accounts of College Office for the year as on 31st
March, 2015 were published in the June 2015 issue
of IRIA News Bulletin for the information and
comments of members. He did not receive any
comments on the same.
The audited accounts of ICRI as on 31st March,
2015 were passed by the house unanimously.
Proposed by: Dr. Gurdeep Singh
Seconded by: Dr. Milind Gune
(iv) Adoption of accounts as on 31st March, 2015
of Social Security Scheme.
Dr. Suresh Saboo, Chairman of Social Security
Scheme of IRIA informed the house that the
accounts of Social Security Scheme of IRIA are
not audited as he mentioned above in his report
that our CA has advised to register Social Security
Scheme separately with Registrar of Society and
Income Tax and have its own PAN etc. This matter
shall be decided later as mentioned in the report
of Social Security Scheme, therefore the accounts
of Social Security Scheme were left pending
subject to decision on running of this Scheme.
Agenda No. 10 Consideration of audited
accounts of 68th Annual Conference of IRIA, Kochi.
Dr. Jignesh Thakker, Preisdent IRIA informed the
house that we have received provisional accounts
from the organizers of 68th Annual Conference,
which were published in the June 2015 issue of
IRIA News Bulletin for information and comments
of members. The IRIA HQ had sent few queries for
clarifications from the organizers. The final audited
accounts have to be published in the October 2015
issue of IRIA News Bulletin so that these can put
up in the GBM to be held at Bhubaneswar for
approval.
Queries from IRIA HQ:
1. Why the interest is payable on TDS and
Service Tax?
2. Which kind of income has been received
through Event Management Group?
3. Kindly explain the expenses with details
of (a) Fabrication & Arrangements
(including air-conditioning), (b) Light,
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Sound, Generator Hire Charges, (c)
Registration Counter Charges, (d)
Registration Manpower, (e) Hall
Management, (f) Scientific Hall Charges,
and (g) Temporary Infrastructure (Non-air-
condition).
4. You are requested to kindly submit the
necessary clarifications along with all
supporting documents (vouchers, ledger
statements etc). You are also requested
to kindly send the account books and
vouchers of all the accounts of the
conferences for verification, so that the
same may be put up in the next CCM/
GBM after verification. Kindly treat this
as most urgent please.
Dr. Pramod Lonikar, Secretary General, IRIA
informed the house that Dr. Shaji has sent scanned
copies of bills, which are being scrutinized and
shall also be sent to CA for further scrutiny. We
have also requested Dr. Shaji to send the account
books and vouchers of all the accounts of the
conferences for scrutiny, which we have not
received as yet.
It was decided by the house that that the
organizers of 68th Annual Conference shall send
the audited accounts which shall be published in
the October 2015 issue of IRIA News Bulletin so
that these can be put up in the GBM to be held at
Bhubaneswar. Also they shall clarify all the queries
with documentary proofs as received from IRIA HQ
and/or members on or before 31st October, 2015.
Dr. K. Mohanan and Dr. P.C. Shaji thanked all the
members of Central Council for giving Kerala state
chapter opportunity to organizer the 68th Annual
Conference of IRIA at Kochi and making it
successful. They handed over a cheque of Rs 51
lakhs to Dr. R.K. Sodani, Hon Treasurer of IRIA as
share of Central Office, IRIA from the savings of
the conference. The house appreciated the same.
Agenda No. 11 Progress report of 69th Annual
Conference of IRIA, Bhubaneswar.
Dr. Kamal Mohapatra, Org. Chairman and Dr.
M.V.K. Rao, Org. Secretary of 69 th Annual
Conference of IRIA presented the progress report
of 69th Annual Conference, Bhubaneswar.
Dr. Kamal Mohapatra informed the house that the
website of the conference is fully functional and
have all the information about the conference. He
further added that the registration for the conference
is in full swing and approx. 1200 members have
already registered for the conference. He has
negotiated with 80% of hotels which are near to
venue and rates would be uploaded on the website
soon. After the deadline, all the hotel rooms would
be released and members need to book room
themselves. They had a discussion with the office
bearers of IRIA on 5th July regarding the Scientific
Programme and it shall be ready by 31st August.
Regarding trade participation, the organizing
committee had a meeting with trade companies
on 5th July at India Habitat Center, New Delhi. The
committee is interacting one by one with these
companies and hoped to have good support from
Medical Industry. The Transport Committee is
arranging local transport from airport, and railway
station to the venue/hotels for the delegates
attending the conference. There would be to and
fro transport service from venue to different hotels
where delegates would be staying. Dr. Kamal
Mohapatra also informed the house about Trade,
Food, Registration Area, and Scientific Halls etc.
Dr. Jignesh Thakker pointed that couple of
members from Bihar have not received brochure.
Dr. Mohapatra said that this month the first
information brochure has been sent to all the
members on the mailing addressed as provided
by the IRIA HQ and about 500 brochures sent by
post have been returned undelivered. The state
chapters should try to update the mailing data of
members. Also SMS has been sent to the
members requesting to register for the conference.
Dr. Bhupendra Ahuja suggested that the 1 st
brochure should come in the months of February/
March and second brochure should be sent in
August to get the maximum registrations for the
conference.
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The progress report of 69th Annual Conference of
IRIA was approved by the house unanimously.
Agenda No. 12 Progress report of 70th Annual
Conference of IRIA, Amritsar.
Dr. Jignesh Thakker, President IRIA informed the
house that as per previous inspection report of Dr.
Rajesh Kapur and Dr. O.P. Bansal and proceedings
of CCM and GBM held at Kochi, which
recommended re-visit of venue by IRIA officials to
inspect and confirm Main Halls capacity and
renovation as was promised by Punjab state
chapter that the work would be completed by 30th
June, 2015 and the same was duly certified by
Principal of SGRD Medical College and Hospital,
Amritsar, an inspection was carried out by him as
President and Dr. Pramod Lonikar as Secretary
General, IRIA on 19th July, 2015. Also there was
request from office bearers of Punjab state chapter
of IRIA, to visit Amritsar and inspect the venue of
70th Annual conference of IRIA. Dr. Jignesh Thakker
further informed the house that all the inspection
were video-recorded by the office bearers of Punjab
state chapter and he showed the same video
recording to the Central Council members and
explained the same as report. Dr. Jignesh Thakker
further informed the house that Dr. G.S. Randhawa,
President, Dr. Amrik Singh Sethi Secretary of
Punjab state chapter; Dr. Inderbir Singh Nijjar, Dr.
Amrita Rana and Dr. Atul Kapur were present during
the inspection on 19th July. Organising Chairman
Dr. Bhardwaj had sent his leave application due to
prior commitments, and Treasurer Dr. Rajeev Garg
was not present for this inspection.
From the video recording being shown to the Central
Council members, Dr. Jignesh Thakker, President
IRIA informed the house that the main hall is fitted
with temporary chairs and sofas which are about
650 to 700 down stairs and about 250 to 300 in
balcony. The stage looked very small as compared
to the need of inaugural function of Annual
Conference of IRIA. This main hall is on ground
floor in the Medical College which is used for its
functions. He further added that main gate of the
hall is very small and there is no air-conditioning
rather it has 6 to 8 exhaust fans only. It needs
proper carpeting, chairs, sofas duly covered as it
is apparent from the video recording. There is a lot
of foul odour out side hall. More number of proper
toilets are required as the number of toilets were
found to be less and not in good condition at all,
lot of water leakage, seepage, overflowing noted
as these are not properly maintained. The
members watched lecture rooms in anatomy hall
and other halls which are equipped with benches
as used in college without air-conditioning. One
lecture room is under construction with capacity
of 400 with AC and proper chairs. There would be
total four small halls. The Medical College would
be closed for a week but not the Hospital. Dr.
Jignesh Thakker further added that one round table
hall with AC for various international & other
meetings is also there. Dr. Jignesh Thakker further
added that there is a lot of open space available
for Trade, Food Court, Registration and Spouse &
Kids activities.
Dr. Jignesh Thakker said that he tried to show the
existing infrastructure at the proposed venue of
the 70th Annual Conference through video recording
which was done during inspection of President and
Secretary General IRIA on 19th July, 2015. Now it
is upto the house to decide whether IRIA can
organize its 70th Annual Conference at this venue
or not. In his opinion, organizing annual conference
of IRIA as per its magnitude in the proposed venue
SGRD Medical College, Amritsar can be
catastrophic. Dr. Jignesh Thakker read the
inspection report.
Dr. C.L. Thukral said that there should be change
of venue and an alternative venue may be
considered at Amritsar, which may be inspected
by President and Secretary General of IRIA and
the Central Council may take necessary decision.
He thanked President and Secretary General IRIA
for inspecting the venue at Amritsar, which was
allotted to Punjab state chapter of IRIA. He
requested the house to give Punjab state chapter
of IRIA another opportunity and the President and
Secretary General of IRIA should again visit the
alternate venue in Amritsar and report of the same
may be presented in the next CCM and the house
may take necessary decision accordingly. He
further informed the house that the alternate venue
is Hotel Golden Galaxy, Amritsar, which is a five
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star hotel. He showed few slides of conference
halls, open area of that venue. He informed that
this hotel has total five halls including two big
halls in basement. On enquiry from Dr. Jignesh
Thakker, Dr. C.L. Thukral replied that there are
total 30 rooms only in that hotel.
On enquiry of few members, Dr. Jignesh Thakker
informed the house that change of venue from
one state chapter to another is OK as per
constitution of the association and decision of
the annual CCM and GBM held at Kochi. The
Punjab state chapter has promised during the
first inspection, CCM & GBM held at Kochi and
also through undertaking that the halls would be
ready by 30th June, 2015; but it could not happen
as evident from re-inspection by President and
Secretary General, IRIA. Also there had been
change in the venue twice in the history of IRIA.
The conference should not be allotted on
promises but on inspection of adequate
infrastructure.
Dr. Arvind Jain pointed out that by proposing
change of venue from SGRD Medical College,
Amritsar to Hotel Golden Galaxy, Amritsar; the
Punjab state chapter is accepting that the
previous venue i.e. SGRD Medical College is not
proper for organizing the Annual Conference. The
house unanimously agreed that the proposed
venue SGRD Medical College is not good for
organizing the 70th Annual Conference of IRIA.
Dr. Jignesh Thakker read the decision of the
Central Council and General Body meetings held
at Kochi about the allotment of the venue of the
70th Annual Conference to Amritsar, which clearly
says that if we follow the constitution, we can
provisionally allot conference to Amritsar subject
to the inspection of the proposed auditorium by
15th June, 2015, and if the auditorium is not ready
by the due date, we can take final decision in
CCM in July to allot.
Dr. Gurdeep Singh said that Punjab state chapter
got the opportunity to host the national
conference after a long time after 1998, and they
are very keen to host it. There is definitely some
problem in the auditorium of the SGRD Medical
College, which is not upto the mark, but they
should be given one more chance by allotting
another alternate venue. They shall come out with
a new venue which would be of IRIA standards.
The inspection may be done by the IRIA officials,
if it is not found upto the standards of IRIA, the
Punjab state chapter would surrender the
conference then and there.
Dr. C.L. Thukral said that the President, Secretary
and local coordinator of Punjab state chapter were
supposed to attend this meeting, but their flight
has been delayed. He requested to postpone this
matter till they arrive to attend this meeting. His
request was not accepted by the house, believing
that if the state chapter officials were so serious
about attending this meeting and agenda, they
should have come in time like other Central Council
Members.
Dr. Sunil Kumar Agarwal, President of Rajasthan
state chapter and Dr. Vinod Gupta expressed that
if Punjab state chapter is not able to provide a
good venue to organize the 70th Annual Conference,
the conference should be allotted to Rajasthan
state chapter to host in Jaipur in January 2017
which have complete venue with all infrastructures
in all respects. The Punjab state chapter should
not be given any further chance as six months
have already been passed and there is less time
left now for starting the preparation for the
conference.
The matter was discussed at length. After a long
discussion on this matter, it was decided by the
house that:
(a) Changing the venue from SGRD Medical
College to a Hotel at Amritsar is not possible as
there is hardly any time left for inspection and
putting up the matter in CCM for information,
discussion and ratification.
(b) Since, Punjab state chapter could not show a
good venue upto the standards of IRIA, as
mentioned above and also evident from the video
recording of the inspection, the venue of the 70th
Annual Conference of IRIA was shifted from
Amritsar to Jaipur to be hosted by next bidder
Rajasthan state chapter of IRIA subject to
acceptance from Rajasthan state chapter and
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ratification by General Body meeting which would
be done through calling extraordinary General
Body meeting. The house approved the same
unanimously. The house also approved to call an
extraordinary General Body meeting on on 6th
September, 2015 to ratify the recommendation and
decision of the Central Council.
Dr. S.K. Agarwal, President of Rajasthan state
chapter said that Rajasthan state chapter is ready
to host the 70th Annual Conference of IRIA at Jaipur
in January 2017. As per previous inspection report,
Jaipur has been found a very good venue and it
was rated No. 1 venue as compared to Amritsar.
However, it was also decided that President and
Secretary General, IRIA would inspect the proposed
venue at Jaipur as per constitution, report of which
would be put up before the extra-ordinary General
Body meeting. The house approved the same.
Agenda No. 13 Progress report of AOCR 2018.
Dr. Jignesh Thakker, President IRIA informed the
house that since Dr. Shailendra Singh and Dr.
Sanjeev Mani could not make it to attend this
meeting, the progress report of AOCR 2018 would
be presented by Dr. Bhavin Jankharia, Immediate
Past President & Organizing Chairman of the
Conference.
Dr. Bhavin Jankharia presented the progress report
of the AOCR 2018. He informed the house that the
proposed dates for AOCR 2018 are 18th to 21st
January 2018. The venue has been finalized as
Renaissance Mumbai Convention Center Hotel-
Marriott. Mumbai is the bustling metropolis, the
commercial hub of India, a cosmopolitan city which
has priv ilege to host many international
conferences. IRIA has been keen to host this
AOCR in Mumbai, India. He assured at least 3500
to 4500 radiology participants during AOCR 2018.
There are plenty of 7 star, 5 star, 4 star and 3 star
hotels for the delegates near to this venue. The
Organizing Committee has been finalized as under:
1. Dr. Bhavin Jankharia & Dr. Jignesh Thakker
- Organizing Chairmen
2. Dr. Rajesh Kapur, Dr. Suresh Saboo & Dr.
Suresh Chandak -Joint Org. Chairmen
3. Dr. O.P. Bansal, Dr. Dr. Shailendra Singh & Dr.
Sanjeev Mani - Organizing Secretaries
4. Dr. Aniruddha Kulkarni , Dr. Mrudula Bapat &
Dr. Lalendra Upreti - Joint Org. Secretaries
5. Dr. R.K. Sodani & Dr. Pramod Loniker-
Hon. Treasurer
Scientific Committee:
Chairmen: Dr. Deepak Patkar & Dr. Raju Sharma
Co-Chairmen: Dr. Bimal Sahni & Dr. Sunil Puri
The above organizing committee was approved by
the house.
Dr. Bhavin Jankharia further informed the house
that a lot of divisions have been made in the
Scientific Committee as per specialty. There are
other committees also which has been proposed
and provisional members have been included. There
would be more additions in the proposed committee
which shall be informed in the next CCM for
ratification.
Dr. Bhavin Jankharia further informed the house
that the Scientific Committee shall start finalizing
the Speakers for AOCR 2018 soon. We have
already deposited a total of USD 20,000 to AOSR
as per constitution and bid process of AOSR. An
agreement has also been signed between AOSR
and IRIA during the 68th Annual Conference of IRIA
held at Kochi, India.
On query from Dr. Harshad Shah, Dr. O.P. Bansal
informed the house that there is provision of
national advisory committee which shall include
all past Presidents, Past Secretary Generals, office
bearers and eminent members of the association.
Dr. K. Prabhakar Reddy would be President from
AOSR apart from being past President of IRIA.
Dr. O.P. Bansal and Dr. Bhavin Jankharia further
informed the house that 71st Annual Conference
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(IRIA 2018) and AOCR 2018 would be a combined
conference and the first day would be for 71st Annual
Conference where there would be inaugural
function, sessions of Orations/Awards of ICRI and
IRIA. From next day, the AOCR 2018 would start
and there would also be inaugural function and
other protocols would be followed as per rules of
AOSR and IRIA. The other business meetings of
IRIA would be held as per constitution and
schedule.
Dr. K. Prabhakar Reddy said that he would forward
the clarifications sought by IRIA HQ from AOSR
soon as discussed during the executive body
meetings of AOSR. He would also inform other
decisions passed in that meeting. There are
statutory meetings of AOSR also that would also
happen during the AOCR 2018.
The progress report of AOCR 2018 was passed
by the house unanimously.
Agenda No. 14 Report of IREP/IRIA CME
Programmes.
Dr. Pramod Lonikar presented the reports of IREP
and CME programmes as given below.
Report of 1st IREP 2015 organised by Delhi State
Chapter of IRIA
The 1st Resident Education Program of 2015 of
National IRIA was organised by Delhi State Chapter
in collaboration with National Board of
Examinations (NBE) from 17-19 April 2015. The
venue was Auditorium of NBE at Dwarka, New
Delhi. The Organizing team was under the
chairmanship of Dr. (Brig.) Chander Mohan and
Dr. Jignesh Thakker. Dr. Atin Kumar and Dr. Pramod
Lonikar were the organizing Secretary and
coordinator for the program. Dr. Lalendra Upreti
was the IREP Academic Incharge. Dr. TBS Buxi
and Dr. Raghav Aggarwal were the joint organizing
chairman and secretary respectively. Dr. Pankaj
Sharma was the Treasurer. Dr. Bipin Batra and Dr.
Anurag Agarwal from The National Board of
Examinations were the Convenor and Co-Convenor
respectively. The team was assisted by executive
members of Delhi State Chapter of IRIA. The
program was inaugurated by Dr. Jignesh Thakker,
President IRIA. The program was a huge success
with 3 days of academic feast for residents in
training. It was attended by 262 delegates from all
over the country including Delhi, UP, Haryana,
Rajasthan, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Orissa, West
Bengal, MP and Maharashtra. In addition, there
were 30 eminent radiologists involved as faculty
for the course and about 15 members involved as
organizing team. The faculty included 2 speakers
from PGI Chandigarh Prof. Akshay Saxena and
Dr. Vivek Gupta. The Faculty from Delhi was spread
across various hospitals of Delhi including Prof.
Raju Sharma, Prof. Lalendra Upreti, Brig. Chander
Mohan, Prof. Ashu Seith Bhalla, Prof. Sunil Puri
etc. The sessions were of the themes of Chest &
Cardiovascular Imaging, Genitourinary imaging, GI
& hepatobiliary Imaging, MSK & Small Parts
Imaging, Neuro Imaging and Intervention &
Miscellaneous. Each Session had spotters of 30
min followed by 3 lectures on core topics and
followed by a film reading session of one and a
half hours. Adequate time was allotted for question
and answer session and clearing of doubts of
students. The last session had topics of physics
and table viva. For the first time, a pre and post
CME assessment MCQ based test on OMR
sheets of 45 min. each was held to assess the
knowledge of the residents. The best performers
were given cash prizes. Overall the program was
tailored for exam oriented preparation for practical
exams.
Report of Dr. Harnam Singh CME held at Guwahati
Dr. Pramod Lonikar informed the house that the
first IRIA funded CME of the year & organized by
the ICRI was Dr. Harnam Singh mid-term CME
held on 11-12 July, 2015 at Hotel Ashok
Brahmaputra, Guwahati, which was v ery
successful credit of which goes to Dr. Suman
Hazarika. The theme of this CME was Women
Imaging. On behalf of the IRIA & ICRI, he
complimented all members of the organizing
committee of this CME programme for planning
and executing a memorable academic feast to the
delegates who were predominantly residents and
young Radiologists of the local region.
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The reports of IREP and IRIA CME programme
were passed by the house unanimously.
Agenda No. 15 Consideration of applications
received for IRIA International Travel Fellowship
Grant.
Dr. Jignesh Thakker, President IRIA informed the
house that we have kept last date for KCR 2015
as 30th August, so the applications would be
approved in the next CCM to be held in November.
Agenda No. 16 To consider the progress report
of Sub-specialty Heads.
Dr. Jignesh Thakker informed the house about the
sub-specialty heads as already approved:
Subspecialty Sub specialty Head (SSH)
Abdominal Imaging: Dr. Raju Sharma
Chest Radiology: Dr. Ashu Seith Bhalla
Head & Neck Imaging: Dr. A. Anbarasu
Pediatric Radiology: Dr. Akshay Kumar Saxena
Musculoskeletal Radiology: Dr. Deepak Patkar
It was decided that these SSH shall be asked to
submit their report through email to IRIA HQ
Dr. Jignesh Thakker proposed the following new
Sub-specialties and its Heads for approval of the
house.
Neuro-Imaging: Dr. C. Kesavadas
Women Imaging: Dr. Jyotsna Sen
Breast Imaging: Dr. Sangeeta Saxena
Emergency and Trauma: Dr. Atin Kumar
Interventional Radiology: Dr. Brig. Chander Mohan
The house unanimously approved the above Sub-
specialty and its Heads.
Agenda No. 17 To ratify appointment of state
PNDT Coordinators and representatives of Trade
Relations Committee of IRIA.
Dr. Jignesh Thakker informed the house that it was
been observed that the State Chapter Office Bearer
are not taking interest in informing various activities
of the association especially PNDT and solving
their problems, therefore it was decided to appoint HIMACHAL PRADESH
State PNDT Coordinators so that problems of the Dr. B.K. Bhardwaj
members in the state chapters can be taken care (M) 9816021510
of. He informed the house about the State PNDT Email: bhupi_dr@yahoo.com
Coordinators, name of which were recommended
by the state chapters. HARYANA
Dr. Mahesh Gupta
STATE CHAPTER - PNDT COORDINATOR Mobile: 09812045329
ANDHRA PRADESH E-mail: maheshgupta@satyakiran.com
Dr. Kuldeep Chalsani(M) 9949782727Email:
kk_chalsani@yahoo.com JAMMU & KASHMIR
Dr. Rajesh Sharma
ASSAM Tel. (M) 9419185309
Dr. Hriday Goswami E-mail-: drluckysharma@hotmail.com
(M) 9864029970
Email hridaygoswami@gmail.com JHARKHAND NIL

BIHAR KARNATAKA
Dr. Praveen KumarTel. Dr. Biren Hari Saraswati
(M) 09334142772 Tel. (M) 9880606601
E-mail-: drpraveenkr@gmail.com E-mail-: birenhari3@gmail.com

CHHATTISGARH KERALA
Dr. Paras Jain Dr. Amel Antony
Tel. 0771-2234844, 2211723, (M) +919847166707
(M)9827126200 E-mail: amelantony@ymail.com
E-mail-: drparasjain59@rediffmail.com
MAHARASHTRA
CHANDIGARH Dr. Ashwini R. Kulkarni
Dr. N. Khandelwal Tel. 022-25301551
Tel. (0172) 2745768, (M) 9814527833 Email: aahmik@gmail.com
E-mail-: khandelwaln@hotmail.com
MADHYA PRADESH
DELHI Dr. Rakesh Mishra
Dr. Prakash Lalchandani Tel. (M) 9425302722
Tel. 011-45644793, (M) 9810181674 E-mail-: drrakeshmishra108@gmail.com
E-mail-: drlalchandaniprakash@gmail.com
ODISHA
GOA Dr. Chandra Sekhar Naik
Dr. Ravindra J. Rivonkar Tel. 0674-2595587, (M) 9437303533
Tel. 0832- 2232691, (M) 9823147904 E-mail-: drcsnaik@yahoo.co.in
E-mail-: drrivonkar@yahoo.co.in
PUNJAB
GUJARAT Dr. Amrita Rana
Dr. Deepak V. Mehta Tel. 0183-2580823 , (M) 9356002588
(M) 9879167676 E-mail-: amritarana63@gmail.com
Email: drdeepakvmehta@yahoo.com
RAJASTHAN
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Dr. Dheeraj Gupta 1. North Zone (Delhi, Punjab, Chandigarh, Haryana,
Tel. 0141-2301647, (M) 9829011003 Himachal Pradesh, and Jammu & Kashmir state
E-mail-: drdheerajguptajpr@yahoo.co.in chapters)

TAMILNADU & PONDICHERRY Dr. Deepak Gupta

Dr. Boopathy Vijayaraghavan NEW DELHI
Tel. (M) 9843010305 (M) 9810026036
E-mail-: sonoscan@vsnl.com Email: deepak.gupta2109@yahoo.com

TELANGANA Dr. Akshay Kumar Saxena

Dr. Palle Lalitha CHANDIGARH
Tel. (M) 9848849814 (M) 9914209383
E-mail-: lalithapalle@gmail.com E-mail: fatakshay@yahoo.com

UTTAR PRADESH 2. East Zone: (Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha,

Dr. Bhupendra Ahuja Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand, and West Bengal state
(M) 9837044202 chapters)
E-mail-: drbahuja@gmail.com
Dr. Kamal L. Mohapatra
UTTARAKHAND BHUBANESWAR
Dr. Rishi Bhushan Kalia (M) 9438258494
Tel. (M) 9235501532, 9918401926 Email: drklmohapatra@gmail.com
E-mail-: kaliarishi@yahoo.com
Dr. Vinit Nanda
WEST BENGAL MEERUT
Dr. Gopi Kishore Ganguly (M) 9837014492, 9837030470
(M) 9834047627, 9433062191 Email: vinitnanda123@gmail.com
E-mail-: drgopikisorganguly@yahoo.in
3. West Zone (Rajasthan, Gujarat, Goa and
The house unanimously approved the State PNDT Chhattisgarh state chapters)
Coordinators.
Dr. Ashutosh Dave
Trade Relations Committee: AHMEDABAD
(M) 9825038648
Dr. Jignesh Thakker, President IRIA informed the Email: drasutosh@yahoo.com
house that as decided in the new CCM held at
Kochi, the zonal representatives of Trade Relations Dr. S. B. S. Netam
Committee have been modified. Now only those RAIPUR
members who are also Central Council Members Tel. 0771-2411989, 9827162172
have been taken into this committee so that they E-mail: sbsnetam@yahoo.com
can participate in the Central Council meetings
as well which again was done in consultation with 4. South Zone (Andhra Pradesh, Telangana,
state chapter Presidents & Secretaries. He Karnataka, Kerala and Tamilnadu state chapters)
informed the house about the zonal representatives
as given below: Dr. BYT Arya
BANGALORE
Zonal Representatives: (M) 9880229329
Email: aryabyt@gmail.com

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Dr. GBNT Raju
HYDERABAD
(M) 9246520078
Email: gollapalliraju@yahoo.co.in,
gollapalliraju@gmail.com
5. Central Zone (Maharashtra and Madhya
Pradesh state chapters)
Dr. Suresh Chandak
NAGPUR
Tel. 0712-2766977, (M) 9822226675
Email: drschandak@gmail.com
Dr. Arvind Jain
JABALPUR
(M) 9425154004
Email: arvind806@rediffmail.com
On the request from Central Council Members from
West Bengal, Dr. Shankar Lal Kedia of Kolkata
was appointed as third representative from East
Zone. The house approved the same.
The house unanimously ratified the zonal
representatives of Trade Relations Committee of
IRIA.
Agenda No. 18 To appoint Coordinator of
Resident Education Programme.
Dr. Jignesh Thakker, President IRIA informed the
house that IRIA conducts two IREP programmes
in a year, one Resident Education Programme on
Practical Skills which is conducted by Dr. Lalendra
Upreti and one education programme for Residents
on International Day of Radiology. He proposed
that one National Coordinator for Resident
Education Programme should be appointed to
coordinate with these educational activities which
are basically meant for Residents only.
Dr. Bhavin Jankharia said that one office bearer
should not be appointed for multiple tasks in the
association, and responsibility should be given to
other office bearers of IRIA/ICRI also. IRIA has also
started sub specialty chapters for this purpose.
Similarly, f or Coordinator for IREP, some
designated post from IRIA/ICRI should be given
responsibility and not an individual member.
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Dr. O.P. Bansal said that IRIA needs to have a
coordinator who has a keen interest in the
education of Residents. Dr. Lalendra Upreti has
conducted two programmes at IRIA House on
Practical Skills in Radiology for residents which
are accredited by National Board of Examination.
The results were excellent and 65 out of 70
candidates from Delhi and surrounding areas got
passed in DNB. The National Board of Examination
has also approached Dr. Upreti to conduct such
classes in other parts of the country. Also Dr.
Lalendra Upreti is the Joint Secretary of ICRI and
a perfect person as Coordinator for Resident
Education Programmes. The appointment of
Coordinator for Resident Education Programme
and SSH shall be reviewed in due course of time
and if some other person is found most capable
and suitable, he/she can be appointed on these
posts.
Dr. Lalendra Upreti was appointed as National
Coordinator for Resident Education Programme.
He shall coordinate with educational activities like
IREP, REP on Practical Skills in Radiology, IDoR
and other similar programmes which are basically
meant for the education of Residents. The same
was approved by the house.
Agenda No. 19 To review the progress of ASNR
Outreach Professor Programme.
Dr. Jignesh Thakker, President IRIA informed the
house that we had invited bids from all the state
chapters of IRIA to host the ASNR Outreach
Professor Programme in the year 2016 & 2017,
but we did not get any response except Gujarat
state chapter, although this programme is very
good. ASNR is asking to send the details of places
and conference where there two professors can
be sent.
Dr. Bhavin Jankharia said that that when IRIA
started ASNR Outreach Professor Programme,
the first professor visited Mumbai. Although the
programme is very good, but it involves a lot of
expenditure (from Rs 3-5 lakhs) on the hospitality
of the visiting professor. The agenda of ANNR is
that the visiting professor shall visit the place of
his/her tourist interest, teach for 4 days and then
have vacations. If the agenda of ASNR is not
transparent, then IRIA have to reconsider this
programme keeping in mind that it is very
expensive also. Dr. O.P. Bansal said that since
no state chapter is ready for hosting the ANSR
Outreach Professors, they can be invited for annual
conferences only.
After a long discussion, it was decided by the
house that IRIA can invite ASNR speakers only for
its Annual Conferences with facility that they can
come two days before the conference and can be
hosted after two days of the conference. IRIA
cannot bear and host any other such programme.
Agenda No. 20 To consider updating of
constitution of IRIA.
Dr. Jignesh Thakker, President IRIA informed the
house that our constitution was updated in the
year 2008 and it has been seven years since our
constitution has not been updated as far as
amendments/resolutions are concerned. He
proposed that a committee may be constituted
who shall go through the amendments/resolutions
passed in last seven years and update the same
in the constitution of the association. The draft of
the constitution shall be then circulated to all the
members before putting in the CCM/GBM for
ratification.
The house unanimously approved and appointed
a committee consisting of Dr. Arvind Jain, Dr. S.K.
Bhargava, Dr. Bhupendra Ahuja, and Dr. Harshad
Shah with Secretary General as member cum
convener for updating the constitution of the
association with the amendments/resolutions as
passed in last 7 years. After incorporating all the
amendments/resolutions of past seven years, the
constitution shall be circulated to all the members
after ratification from General Body. Dr. Arvind Jain
said that there might be certain things that may
be deleted or added as it may be necessary, to
which the house gave its approval. If there are new
things coming out of the amendments due to
ignorance and putting in proper language, they can
be put up in the CCM for discussion and needful.
The house approved the same unanimously.
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Agenda No. 21 Any other matter with the
permission of the chair.
1. Dr. J.P. Sinha and Dr. Ch. S.S. Patro Gold
Medals for President Elect and Secretary General
of IRIA respectively.
Dr. Jignesh Thakker, President IRIA informed the
house that Dr. J.P. Sinha Gold Medal was started
in the year 2004 with Corpus Fund of Rs 2,51,000/
-. A gold medal of 22 carrot weighing 20 gms used
to be awarded since January 2005 to President
Elect IRIA during the inaugural ceremony of annual
conference of IRIA. Now all the Corpus Fund of
this award has been finished. In the year, 2010,
then Hon Treasurer Dr. M.K. Mittal had written to
the Dr. J.P. Sinha & his family to enhance the
corpus of this gold medal, else IRIA shall take the
decision as per economic principles. He did not
receive any reply from Dr. Sinha or his family.
Similarly, Dr. Ch. S.S. Patro Gold Medal for
Secretary General, IRIA was also started in the
year 2004 with a Corpus Fund of Rs 1.25 lakhs.
The award is given to Secretary General every two
years after the completion of his/her term. Now all
the Corpus Fund of this award has also been
finished. In the year, 2010, then Hon Treasurer Dr.
M.K. Mittal had written to Dr. Ch. S.S. Patro to
enhance the corpus of this gold medal, else IRIA
shall take the decision as per economic principles.
Dr. S. S. Patro has replied that he would not
enhance the fund and IRIA can take the decision
as per rules.
It was decided by the house that gold medals with
the names of Dr. J.P. Sinha and Dr. S.S. Patro
would be stopped as there is no corpus fund for
the same. If any member through its state chapter
wants to start the same with minimum corpus fund
of Rs 5.0 lakhs, it can be done with necessary
approval from CCM and GBM. But the medals for
President Elect and Secretary General, IRIA shall
not be stopped. In the meanwhile, silver medals
weighting 40 gms. each and gold plated would be
given by IRIA to President Elect (every year) and
Secretary General (every two years after
completion of office term) in order to commemorate
their services rendered to the association. The
medals were named as "IRIA Gold Medal for
President Elect" and "IRIA Gold Medal for
Secretary General". The house approved the same
unanimously.
2. Report of Conference Guidelines Committee.
Dr. Jignesh Thakker, President IRIA informed the
house that a meeting of Conference Guidelines
Committee of IRIA was held on 31.05.2015 at IRIA
House, New Delhi. The minutes of that meeting
has been published in the June 2015 issue of IRIA
News Bulletin for information and comments of
members. As decided in the GBM regarding the
fixed venues, the five zones have been made as
per membership strength of the state chapters and
fixed venue cities have been decided as per
infrastructure available. He informed about the five
zones and state chapters in the zones as
mentioned below.
North Zone: Delhi, Punjab, Chandigarh, Haryana,
Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, and
Rajasthan state chapters
East Zone: Assam, Bihar, Odisha, West Bengal,
Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand, and Jharkhand state
chapters
Central Zone: Madhya Pradesh, Goa,
Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana state
chapters
South Zone: Kerala, Tamilnadu & Pondicherry, and
Karnataka state chapters
West Zone: Gujarat and Maharashtra state
chapters
Dr. Jignesh Thakker further stated that if any of
the state chapters feel that its name should be
there as venue city, it should come forward with
proofs of infrastructure available for hosting the
annual conference of IRIA. He requested the
members to go through the minutes of that meeting
and give their comments and valuable suggestions
so that these can be discussed in the next Central
Council meeting.
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3. Duties of State Chapter Office Bearers.
Dr. Jignesh Thakker, President IRIA informed the
house that he was pained to see the response
from the state chapter office bearers, who are
answerable to the members of their state chapter.
It seems that they are not bothered to intimate
about any event/activity or important information
to the members of their state chapter. They also
do not come forward to solve the various problems
of members related to Trade, PNDT, AERB etc.
Most of the state chapters have failed to provide
Email ids and Mobile Nos. of members of their
respective state chapter. IRIA HQ does not have
the Email id and Mobile No. of more than 3500
members. Dr. Jignesh Thakker further added that
we f irmly believ e that the duties and
responsibilities of State Chapter Office Bearers
should be defined.
Dr. K. Prabhakar Reddy said that he has observed
that few members do not use email account or
do not check their emails frequently, also they
are not interested to share their Mobile No. Dr.
Bhupendra Ahuja expressed that about 30%
mailing data of members of UP state chapter is
not updated, and he is trying to get data through
city chapters.
After a long discussion, it was decided by the
house that state chapter office bearers would be
asked to get the mailing data of members of their
state chapter including email id and mobile
numbers. They shall also be asked to disseminate
the important information to the members of their
state chapters and solve the problems of
members.
4. Age of Applicants of Dr. Ashok Mukherjee
Award.
Dr. Jignesh Thakker, Preisdent IRIA informed the
house that as per eligibility criteria, the age for
the applicants for Dr. Ashok Mukherjee Award
should be under 40 years. But the date on which
it should have been under 40 has not been
mentioned in the eligibility for this award.
Therefore, it has been proposed to add "---age
under 40 years as on 30th September of the
current year" so that there is no confusion about
calculation of age of applicant. The same was
approved by the house unanimously.
5. To review the Guidelines for CME and IREP.
Dr. Jignesh Thakker said that the IRIA HQ and
Secretary ICRI has observed that the guidelines
for Organizing IRIA CME and IREP are not being
followed properly and these should be made more
clear in respect to bid process, theme, dates/
month, venue, preparation of scientific programme,
involvement of SSH etc. Some of the organizers
are not taking concurrence of ICRI who is
conducting these CME programmes. It was
decided by the house that IRIA HQ shall amend
the guidelines for CME and IREP as mentioned
above.
Dr. O.P. Bansal informed the house that the 1st
Resident Education Programme was organized in
collaboration with National Board of Examination
and it was attended by 276 deleages. The other
IREP progammes have attendance of 30 to 60 only.
The basic aim to organize IREP is to educate the
Residents. At least 150 registrations of Residents
should be confirmed by the bidding state chapter.
He requested the state chapters who bid for IREP
to contact the IRIA HQ who can facilitate them to
collaborate with National Board of Examinations
for organizing the IREP. Dr. Nandini Bahiri said
that most of the residents are not able to attend
the IREP programmes all the days as they do not
get leave from their departments. Dr. Atin Kumar
informed about the IREP programme held in Delhi.
Dr. A. Anbarasu informed the house about the
progress of 2nd IREP to be held at Coimbatore.
6. Report of FRCR examination in India.
Dr. A. Anbarasu, Coordinator for FRCR Exams
presented the progress report of preparation for
FRCR Examination in India. He informed the house
about his recent visit to Royal College of
Radiologists, London to know about the preparation
for FRCR Examination to be conducted in India.
He said that IRIA is planning to start the joint exam
- part 1 Physics 2016 spring at IRIA House, New
Delhi starting with small numbers approx. 50. The
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SOP/execution plan/number of staff/invigilators and
other details shall be sent by RCR to us. There is
plan for 2016 autumn (March 2016) for anatomy
following by part 2B at New Delhi. Regarding cost,
RCR will come back to us on this as the cost split
seems to be done differently for India as compared
to Singapore as the number of students may be
different. The negotiations with RCR are still in
progress and the same shall be informed to the
members in due course of time. Regarding
infrastructure, Dr. O.P. Bansal informed the house
that he is in touch with a vendor who shall provide
all the infrastructure at IRIA House as per
requirements of RCR. The IT Company shall take
care of all IT requirements of RCR for the
examination. All the infrastructure will be made
ready on one month notice.
7. Life Time Achievement Award.
Dr. Jignesh Thakker informed the house that
members, whose name has been proposed by the
state chapters for the Life Time Achievement
Award, they are very senior and it is difficult to
judge their credentials. He suggested that criteria
for selection of awardee for Life Time Achievement
Award should be reviewed.
After a long discussion, it was decided by the
house that the criteria for Life Time Achievement
Award shall be reviewed by the committee as
appointed by President IRIA.
8. Zee Media broadcast.
Dr. Jignesh Thakker informed the house that in
evening of 25.04.2015, Zee Media broadcasted a
misleading report in its news channel i.e 'Z
Business Campaign' titled 'Doctors and Labs- Cuts
and Commission, wrongfully showing that the
actual charges for conducting an ultra-sonography
are Rs 3/-; that of doing an x-ray is just Rs 20/-
and that of conducting a CT Scan is Rs 500/-.
IRIA HQ took this news very seriously and issued
Show Cause Notice to Zee Media. We had received
a reply from the Advocate of Zee Media on our
Show Cause Notice. In their reply, they have stated
that "the said broadcast clearly shows that the
said charges do not include cost of machinery,
staff and other essential materials". Our Legal
Adviser Mr. Meet Malhotra is of the opinion that
IRIA should sue Zee Media for broadcasting false
news and maligning the image of Radiologist
fraternity across the country and they have
committed the same in their reply.
The house was of the opinion that such cases
take for a long time in the court and there would
be a lot of expenses, so it was decided by the
house not to pursue this matter further.
8. Nepal Earthquake Relief Fund.
Dr. Jignesh Thakker informed the house that an
appeal was made to all the members of IRIA to
contribute for the victims of Nepal Earthquake. He
informed that we have received donations from
Maharashtra state chapter Rs 1,11,111/- and
Gujarat state chapter Rs 1,00,000/- and individual
members contributed Rs 1,63,600/-. The total
Donation received so far is Rs 3,74,600/-. The
members suggested to send donation to the Nepal
Earthquake Relief Fund and do not added anything
extra from IRIA HQ.
It was decided by the house to transfer this
donation to the Prime Minister Relief Fund.
9. Outstanding payment of IJRI to be made by
IRIA.
Dr. Jignesh Thakker informed the house that Rs
9,59,699/- is the outstanding payment of Journal
till May 2015 issue. The house unanimously
approved to pay the same.
10. Service Tax payable.
Dr. Jignesh Thakker informed the house that a sum
of Rs 11,68,696 (including interest) is the total
outstanding of Service Tax which has been
calculated since July 2012 upto November 2014.
This service tax is on the rent, which IRIA is
received. From December 2014, the IRIA is paying
its service tax as deducted from Tenant regularly.
The house unanimously approved to pay the
outstanding service tax immediately.
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11. Email received from Dr. Atin Kumar regarding
Membership Drive Award.
Dr. Jignesh Thakker informed the house that he
has received an email from Dr. Atin Kumar regarding
his objection on the criteria of selection for
'Membership Drive Award' which is on percentage
basis of membership i.e. new members enrolled
as a percentage of existing members of that state
chapter. As per this criterion, the state chapters
like Delhi, Maharashtra, Tamilnadu etc. have a
major disadvantage as these state chapters have
maximum membership strength and that even if
they enrol a huge number their percentage will
never go to high levels. While the state chapters
like Chhattistgarh, Goa, UK, Himachal Pradesh
or even newly formed Chandigarh UT chapter who
are small in membership strength need to actually
enrol only a few members and still can get more
percentage and thus award. He suggested that
total numbers of members enrolled should be given
weight-age rather than percentage.
It was decided by the house that an amendment
should be brought to this regard.
12. Legal Opinion on ICRI Voter's and Election of
office bearers of ICRI.
Dr. Jignesh Thakker, President IRIA informed the
house that in the GBM held at Kochi, it was decided
that all the members of IRIA shall vote to elect the
office bearers of ICRI as in case of election of office
bearers of IRIA and IJRI. However, the candidates
for the posts of ICRI shall be members and fellows
of ICRI, subject to legal opinion. Now we have
received legal opinion from our Legal Adviser Mr.
Meet Malhotra, which he read as reproduced below.
OPINION
Relevant aspect of Clause 43 of the Constitution
of Indian Radiological and Imaging Association
(IRIA), having to do with the issue put to me for
legal opinion, reads as follows:-
".....Election of the office bearers of ICRI will be
conducted by the Secretary General, IRIA on the
pattern of IRIA and only eligible members of ICRI
will participate...."

It is observed that the above clause creates a slight
anomaly in the election method of Indian College
of Radiology and Imaging (ICRI) as well as the
relationship of ICRI with the IRIA and hence needs
to be corrected.
Admittedly, ICRI has no independent, standalone
status; it being a body created and provided for
under the constitution of IRIA. On the one hand
the existing clause relating to the election of office
bearers seems to suggest that members of the
IRIA who were not the members of the ICRI cannot
vote to elect members of ICRI; on the other hand
ICRI had no independent existence or status
outside IRIA!
To correct this anomaly, resolutions were moved
at the Extraordinary Governing Body of ICRI on
25.05.2014 and by the General Body of ICRI on
29.01.2015. The General Body of IRIA, which is
the supreme body, also approved these decisions
of the General Body of ICRI vide resolution dated
30.01.2015, subject to the opinion as to the legality
of the proposed amendment.
I have gone through the constitution of the IRIA
and have noted that ICRI has no independent
existence and is a body created and catered to
under the IRIA constitution only (clause 18, 19
and 20 of the constitution of IRIA). At the same
time General Body of the IRIA is the supreme body
for making decisions of IRIA (clause 18 of the
constitution of IRIA) which includes provision for
ICRI.
Further, under clause 26 of the constitution of IRIA,
the General Body of IRIA has the power to amend
any part of the constitution of IRIA, including the
provisions relating to every aspect of the ICRI.
Conjoint reading of the above said clauses of the
constitution of IRIA leaves me with no doubt that
the amendments proposed are properly so done
and can be given effect to so as to ensure that all
the members of IRIA (as mentioned in clause 11)
can vote to elect office bearers of the ICRI whether
or not they are themselves members of the ICRI.
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However, a member aspiring to be elected as an
office bearer of ICRI will need to be a member and
fellow of the ICRI.
It was decided by the house that members of ICRI
contesting for the posts of Hon Treasurer, and
Governing Body Members of ICRI need not be
Fellow of ICRI. The same was approved by the
house.
The legal opinion was approved by the house
unanimously. It was decided that the next election
of office bearers of ICRI would be conduct as
decided in the GBM and legal advice.
13 Dr. Jignesh Thakker informed the house that
with the efforts of Dr. Kishor Taori, Past President
IRIA, Radiology is included in MBBS curriculum
by Medical Council of India. The house appreciated
the efforts of Dr. Kishor Taori who explained the
house about this matter.
14. IRIA DNB Fellowship in Body Imaging.
Dr. O.P. Bansal informed the house that IRIA has
started DNB Fellowship in Radiology. Dr. Brig.
Chander Mohan has been appointed as
Coordinator for IRIA DNB Fellowship programme.
The National Board of Examination has notified a
body to streamline the functioning of this
fellowship.
Dr. Brig. Chander Mohan informed the house that
nine members who are also members of IRIA are
the part of the committee which has been
constituted by the National Board of Examinations
to make the guidelines for this Fellowship w.r.t.
structuring the programme, recognize the
institutions, lay down the entry & exit criteria for
entrance exam etc. He requested the members
to contribute for framing the guidelines. The first
Fellowship would be Body Imaging for one year.
Dr. Brig. Chander Mohan thanked Dr. Jignesh
Thakker, Dr. O.P. Bansal, Dr. Deepak Patkar for
helping him achieving this task. He further informed
the house that the Fellowship in Breast Imaging
has also been notified by the National Board of
Examinations. There would also be two years
Fellowship in Interventional Radiology. The house
appreciated the efforts of Dr. Brig. Chander Mohan.
15. International Conferences for office bearers.
Dr. Jignesh Thakker, President IRIA informed the
house that office bearers of the association shall
be attending the International Conferences like
KCR, CSR, RSNA, ECR etc. as per invitation
received and norms of constitution of IRIA as done
in past. The house approv ed the same
unanimously.
16. National Speaker Bank of ICRI.
Dr. M.P. Goyal, Secretary ICRI informed the house
with the great efforts and guidance of Dr. Jignesh
Thakker, Dr. O.P. Bansal, Dr. Bhavin Jankharia,
Dr. Deepak Patkar, he has been able to form a
National Speaker Bank of ICRI consisting of 140
speakers. The same shall be circulated to the
members of Governing Body and uploaded on the
website and also published in the next issue of
the News Bulletin for information of members. If
any member feels that his/her name should also
be added to the Speaker Bank, he/she should send
application along with Bio data, specialty and area
of interest to ICRI for consideration. This National
Speaker Bank shall be used by the Scientific
Committee of National Annual Conference, CME/
IREP of IRIA. The National Speaker Bank of ICRI
was approved by the house unanimously.
17. PNDT
Dr. Rakesh Mishra sought information on Writ
Petition on Gazette Notification of June 2012
regarding restriction on radiologists visiting more
than two places in a district. As per information,
this has been clubbed along with petitions filed in
other High Courts of the country and transferred
to Hon'ble Supreme Court of India so that these
can be heard under one roof. Dr. O.P. Bansal
explained about this writ petition which was filed
in Delhi High Court.
Dr. O.P. Bansal further added that he and Dr.
Jignesh Thakker attend the 23rd meeting of Central
Supervisory Board which was held on 24th June,
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2015. The Hon'ble Union Health Minister and
Central Supervisory Board were kind enough to
list and consider the various points raised by them.
Our 95% problems of harassments are due to
Form F and the Hon'ble Union Minister for Health
& Family Welfare has agreed to review this. There
would be graded punishment for offenses. He and
Dr. Jignesh Thakker is actively trying to stop the
active tracker. The Health Ministry has formulated
a committee in which HoD Gynecologist and one
HoD Radiology from AIIMS New Delhi are also part
of the committee. This issue would be most
probably sorted out in one month or so. Dr. Jignesh
Thakker informed the house about six months
training in Ultrasound, IMA has filed petition in the
Hon'ble High Court for stay. The last hearing of
this case was on 5th May, 2015 and judgment
has been reserved by Delhi High Court which can
come any time.
Regarding writ petition filed by Dr. Bhatele at
Jabalpur regarding restriction to Radiologists for
visiting more than two places in a district, Dr.
Jignesh Thakker said that the same has been
clubbed and heard in Hon'ble Supreme Court of
India. Dr. Arvind Jain said that Dr. Bhatele has
enquired that a Lawyer would be required to
represent the state chapters whose petitions have
been transferred to Hon'ble Supreme Court of India
and if the same shall also be represented by IRIA
HQ or state chapter. The representation in the
Court is a must otherwise the decision would be
ex-parte decision by the court. Dr. Jignesh Thakker
said that Mr. Meet Malhotra shall represent the
state chapters in the Hon'ble Supreme Court of
India and he has informed Dr. Bhatele to this
regard. IRIA can only stand for the cases for which
it is aware of.
Dr. O.P. Bansal said that he has discussed the
matter with senior advocate Mr. Vikas Singh, who
is our counsel for this case also, and he is of the
opinion that the lawyer will charge for each case
he is representing, it may be one petition and or
content of argument may be same as the lawyer
has to file separate Vakalatnamas for each case
he is representing. The contents of argument will
be same whether states are representing or not.
Dr. Jignesh Thakker, President IRIA put on record
the special appreciation to Dr. Pushpraj Bhatele
for filing petition in Hon'ble High Court at Jabalpur
on his personal capacity and was successful in
getting stay order. The house complimented the
efforts of Dr. Pushpraj Bhatele. Dr. Jignesh
Thakkerfurther added that every member should
be vigilant on such matters so that the Appropriate
Authorities do not show autocracy. Dr. Shailesh
Kore explained about the stay order got in respect
to silent tracker in Maharashtra.
Dr. M.P. Goyal said that the members of Rajasthan
state chapter were forced by Rajasthan High Court
to install the active tracker. The Chief Justice of
Rajasthan High Court is against the Radiologists.
Also the High Court has passed interim order that
every Ultrasound Machine should have a GPS
system, which is practically not possible.
Dr. Gopi Kishor Ganguli informed the house about
the problems being faced by the members of West
Bengal due to PNDT especially the Appropriate
Authorities are not following the stay order of Delhi
High Court regarding restriction to Radiologists for
visiting more than two places in a district.
18. International Journal of Radiology & Imaging.
Dr. Jignesh Thakker, President IRIA informed the
house that he has received an email from some
'International Journal of Radiology & Imaging', who
has also claiming its name as IJRI.
It was unanimously decided by the house that the
name of 'Indian Journal of Radiology & Imaging'
and its abbreviation 'IJRI' cannot be used by
someone else. The Publisher and Editor in Chief
of International Journal of Radiology & Imaging
should be sent a show cause notice from office
and legal notice by the legal adviser of IRIA. The
same was approved by the house unanimously.
Dr. Jignesh Thakker also informed the house that
IRIA has also decided to patent and trade mark
the name of 'Indian Journal of Radiology & Imaging',
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IJRI and logo. The house approved the same
unanimously.
19. IRIA Membership
Dr. Bhupendra Ahuja stated that though the new
members apply through the state chapter of IRIA,
but the membership is given through the national
IRIA and the Form filled is of IRIA and not of state
chapter. There should also be membership from
the state chapter as the state chapters are
registered with the Registrar of Societies of the
State. It was suggested that necessary amendment
should be brought to this regard.
20. Andhra Pradesh and Telangana state chapters.
Dr. V.N. Vara Prasad said that there is bifurcation
in Andhra Pradesh state chapter and now new
Telangana and Andhra Pradesh state chapters have
been formed. But the division of assets and funds
has not taken place as yet in-spite of repeated
requests to Telangana state chapter who is
carrying all the assets. Dr. K. Prabhakar Reddy
and Dr. Ravuri Power explained the house that the
division of assets and funds is being done and a
meeting has been called in the month of August
to decide on this matter as per constitution.
After a long discussion, it was decided by the
house that total assets and funds have to be
transferred as per membership strength and both
state chapters should abide by the constitution
and decision of CCM and GBM. The total assets
and funds should be transferred to Andhra Pradesh
state chapter by Telangana state chapter as per
membership strength within two months.
21. It was decided by the house that social media
shall not be used for the official communication of
IRIA.
Agenda No. 22 Vote of thanks.
The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the
Chair.
Minutes of extraordinary General Body meeting of Indian Radiological &
Imaging Association held on 6th September, 2015 at IRIA House, New Delhi.
An extraordinary General Body meeting of
Indian Radiological & Imaging Association was
held on 6th September, 2015 at IRIA House,
New Delhi under the chairmanship of Dr.
Jignesh Thakker, President IRIA.
Due to lack of quorum, the meeting was
adjourned for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes,
the house re-assembled and the meeting
started.
The following members were present during
the meeting.
Dr. Jignesh Thakker, Dr O. P. Bansal, Dr.
Pramod Lonikar, Col. A. K. Singh, AH (R&R),
Dr. Mahinder Singh, Dr. Rajesh Kapur, Col.
C. M. Sree Dhar, Dr. (Col.) Sudhir Sachar, Dr.
M.P. Goyal, Dr. Sumeet Bhargava, Dr. Suresh
Chandak, Dr. R. K. Sodani, Dr. Subhash
Baliyan, Dr. Arvind Jain, Dr. D.S. Naruka, Dr.
Rajeev Singh, Dr. Rajeev Lochan Tambi, Dr.
Sharad Gupta, Dr. Dheeraj Gupta, Dr. Vinod
Gupta, Dr. K. K. Jeswani, Dr. Vinit Nanda, Dr.
Tanuj Garg, Dr. Bhupendra Ahuja, Dr. R. K.
Jain, Dr. Arun Kumar Sharma, Dr. Mohd.
Khalid, Dr. Sohan Singh, Dr. Pankaj Sharma,
Dr. S.K. Agarwal, Dr. Chander Mohan, Dr.
Ankur Goyal, Dr. J.S. Rathore, Dr. R. K.
Goulatia, Dr. Harsh Mahajan, Dr. Raghav
Aggarwal, Dr. Ravi Kant Aggarwal, Dr. Pushpraj
Bhatele, Dr. Kriti Malhotra, Dr. Vishal Goel,
Dr. Rajiv Ranjan, Dr. TBS Buxi, Dr. Ajit Yadav,
and Dr. L. Upreti.
Leave of absence: Dr. S.K. Bhargava, Dr. S.S.
Doda, Dr. K. Prabhakar Reddy, Dr. Rajesh
Sharma, Dr. Suman Kochhar, Dr. Dipu
Bhuyan, and Dr. Sanjay Jain.
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Dr. Jignesh Thakker, President IRIA briefed
the members about calling this extraordinary
General Body meeting of IRIA. He said that
this extraordinary General Body meeting of
IRIA is being held in reference to decision of
the Central Council which was taken in its
meeting held on 26th July, 2015 at IRIA House,
New Delhi on the agenda item Progress report
of 70th Annual Conference of IRIA. Since the
main hall at the venue was not ready and
President and Secretary and other office
bearers from Punjab state chapter had
informed during the CCM and GBM held at
Kochi and also intimated through undertaking,
which was received from Dr. C.L. Thukral that
it would be ready by June 2015. Therefore,
IRIA HQ asked Punjab state chapter of IRIA
vide its letter dated 9th July, 2015 to send the
progress of the same so that it can be put up
in the July CCM. The office bearers of Punjab
state chapter did not send any progress report
stating that the main hall is ready as promised
in the CCM/GBM. On requests from office
bearers of Punjab state chapter of IRIA, he
as President along with Secretary General IRIA
Dr. Pramod Lonikar visited Amritsar on 19th
July, 2015 and inspected the proposed venue
of 70th Annual conference of IRIA. As per
previous inspection report of Dr. Rajesh Kapur
and Dr. O.P. Bansal which mentioned re-visit
of venue by IRIA officials to inspect and
confirm main halls capacity and renovation
as was promised by Punjab state chapter that
the work would be completed by June, 2015
which was duly certified by Principal of SGRD
Medical College and Hospital, Amritsar, the
venue of the conference, this inspection was
done.
Dr. Jignesh Thakker further informed that
during the Central Council meeting held on
26th July, he presented the report of inspection
of venue of 70th Annual conference of IRIA
which was SGRD Medical College and
Hospital, Amritsar. He also presented the
video recording of the inspection which had
been arranged by Punjab state chapter. After
watching the video recording of inspection and
considering the report as presented by Dr.
Jignesh Thakker, the Central Council
observed that the main hall and other small
halls are not as per standards for organizing
the national Annual Conference of IRIA. Dr.
C.L. Thukral was given chance to address the
house to defend his venue, instead he said
that venue should be changed. Considering
upon the facts, it was unanimously decided
by the house to change the venue of 70th
Annual Conference of IRIA from Amritsar to
Jaipur as Rajasthan state chapter was the next
bidder subject to ratification by the General
Body, which would be done during this
extraordinary General Body meeting.
Dr. Jignesh Thakker presented the video
recording of the inspection of the proposed
venue SGRD Medical College, Amritsar. After
watching the video recording of the inspection,
the house unanimously observed that the
proposed venue at SGRD Medical College,
Amritsar was not proper to organize the 70th
Annual Conference of IRIA. The house
unanimously ratified the decision of the
Central Council regarding change of venue
of 70 th Annual Conference of IRIA from
Amritsar to Jaipur.
Dr. Jignesh Thakker informed the house that
as per provisions of the constitution, he and
Dr. Pramod Lonikar, Secretary General and
Dr. O.P. Bansal, President Elect IRIA has
inspected the new venue of 70 th Annual
conference of IRIA at Jaipur on 23rd August,
2015. He presented the report of the same
with video recording, which was arranged by
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the Rajasthan state chapter. Dr. Harsh
Mahajan, Dr. Arvind Jain and many other
members were of the opinion that presenting
the video recording is not necessary. Dr.
Jignesh Thakker said that for the sake of
transparency, the video recording of the venue
inspected is being shown, and there is no
obligation/binding as per constitution of the
association. From Rajasthan state chapter,
Dr. Sunil Kumar Agarwal, President, Dr. M.P.
Goyal, Secretary and Dr. R.P. Bansal, and Dr.
Vinod Gupta Central Council members of
Rajasthan state chapter assisted in the
inspection.
Dr. Jignesh Thakker said that the proposed
venue for hosting the 70th Annual Conference
of IRIA by Rajasthan state chapter of IRIA is
B.M. Birla Science and Technology Center,
Jaipur. The seating capacity of the main hall
is 1350. There are more than 10 other halls
having the seating capacity of 200-800. There
are more than 5 other halls having the seating
capacity of 40 to 80. All the halls are well
furnished, sound proof and air-conditioned.
The whole venue is spacious having ample
space for delegates.
The members appreciated the venue and
unanimously approved the venue inspection
report.
It was unanimously decided by the house that
the 70th Annual Conference of IRIA would be
organized by Rajasthan state chapter of IRIA
at B.M. Birla Science and Technology Center,
Jaipur. It was also decided to issue a
confirmation letter to Rajasthan state chapter
for organizing the 70th Annual Conference of
IRIA at Jaipur and sign the necessary affidavit
from President and Secretary of Rajasthan
state chapter as per guidelines of organizing
the Annual Conference of IRIA.
Dr. Jignesh Thakker, President IRIA informed
the house that after the last CCM held on 26th
July, 2015, Dr. G.S. Randhawa, President and
Dr. Amrik Singh Sethi, Secretary of Punjab
state chapter misbehaved with him at the lunch
area in the basement in front of the Central
Council Members. They allegedly passed
unacceptable and derogatory remarks to him
that as President IRIA he has deliberately
manipulated the Central Council meeting,
misled the house about the venue, done
partiality with Rajasthan state chapter for
changing the venue to Jaipur, and taken
money from Rajasthan state chapter for this.
Dr. Jignesh Thakker further added that Dr.
Amrik Singh Sethi and Dr. C.L. Thukral have
also written emails to members mentioning all
these things. The house felt this highly
objectionable for the highest post in the
association. The house also condemned this
misconduct, derogatory remarks of President
and Secretary of Punjab state chapter, which
were highly objectionable and brought the
association into disrepute, for which they
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should be asked to tender unconditional
apology and also served Show Cause Notice
to send written explanation and unconditional
apology within two weeks of receipt of show
cause notice. Dr. Jignesh Thakker said that
they have already been sent the Show Cause
Notice but they did not tender apology but
just send one informal email. Dr. Jignesh
Thakker said that there was no malafied
intention for change of venue; the only
intention was to hold the conference at good
venue with all standards and protocols, and
comfort of delegates. Dr. Jignesh Thakker said
that this matter would be put up in the next
CCM to be held in November and necessary
action would be taken as per constitution and
decision of the CCM. It was also decided by
the house that if the Conference venue
including halls are not good as per standards,
then the conference shall not be allotted to
that venue.
The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to
the Chair.
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 In Memoriam
Late Dr. K. R. Choudhari
Dr. Keshav Ramchandra Chaudhari, fondly
known to his friends and admirers as Vijay and
KRC to his students, passed away on Sunday
the 27th of July in Pune. He was 77 years old.
He was an eminent Radiologist from Pune. He
worked as Hon. Prof. of Radiology at BJ
Medical College and Sassoon General
Hospital till his retirement. He also headed the
Department between 1986 -1987. He did his
DMRE in 1963 from Mumbai. After that he went
to USA for further training and got his (MACR)
membership of American Board of Radiology
by examination to his credit .Thereafter he set
his practice in Pune by choice, although he
hailed from Akola.
He came from an illustrious family of doctors.
His father was President of Maharashtra State
branch of IMA Akola. He gave a remarkable
and astute radiological service to his patients,
taught post-graduates at BJMC and Sassoon
General Hospital. Following his retirement, he
worked as Professor and Head of the Dept. of
Radiology in DY Patil Medical College and
Hospital, Pune. He was also associated with
Inlaks Hospital. He was also active in Indian
Radiological & Imaging Association and went
on to become its national President in the year
1986. He rose further to a higher level of
responsibility in radiological organization and
was elected President of AOSR (Asian and
Oceanian Society of Radiology (1991-1995)
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and President of AOCR held at New Delhi in
1991. He was the first Indian Radiologist to
achieve this honor. He brought Pune to the
national and world map of Radiology for
whichhereceivedaLifetimeachievement
Award at the hands of Prime Minister Shri Atal
Bihari Vajpayee in 1998, on the occasion of
the International Congress of Radiology 1998
in New Delhi.
Dr. Vijay Chaudhari was a colorful personality
and lived life king-size. He had a wide circle of
friends not only from amongst the radiologists
but from other specialties and people from
other walks of life. He had multifarious interests
in life, in sports, golf and acting. He was a
formidable ghazal singer. One never saw a
wrinkle of stress over his face. He was an
embodiment of Dale Carnegies book on How
to Win Friends andInfluence People.He was
best at making friends, amusing them by
narrating stories, jokes and anecdotes.
Everybody that came in his company even for
a short while was charged by his charm and
skill of conversation!
He leaves behind his wife Dr. Sudha
Chaudhari, two daughters Monika and
Laveena, son-in-laws and grandchildren.
May his soul rest in peace in heaven!
- Dr. Mukund D. Rahalkar and
- Dr. Dilip Lakhkar
 Data for Identity Cards
To,

All the Emeritus and Life members of Indian Radiological & Imaging Association

Dear Members,

As decided in the Central Council and General Body Meetings, the Central Office, IRIA is in
the process of making Identity Cards of all the Emeritus and Life members of IRIA. You are,
therefore, requested to kindly send your color passport size photograph and brief CV as
per details given below, so that your Identity Card can be issued to you.

IRIA Folio No. _____________________________________________________

Name ___________________________________________________________

Mailing Address ___________________________________________________

_____________________________City _______________________________

State _____________________________________ PIN____________________

Tel. Nos. _______________________________Mobile_____________________

Emergency contact No. _____________________________________________

E-mail id _________________________________________________________

Paste your passport

size colour
photograph here.
Please do not
staple, as the
Signature of member photo shall be
(Please sign in the box only preferably with black ink pen) scanned.

Regards,

Dr. Pramod Lonikar

Secretary General
Indian Radiological & Imaging Association
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 Know your Office Bearers
President: Dr. Jignesh Thakker
Thakker Diagnostic Center
05, Ground Floor, Madhu Building
Mumbai Pune Road,
Near Amrut Nagar
Opp. Sonaji Nagar, Mumbra
DIST. THANE-400 612
Tel. (M) 9820075056
E-Mail-: jgthakker@gmail.com

President Elect: Dr. O.P. Bansal

Millennium Diagnostics
E-319, Lower Ground Floor
Greater Kailash-II
NEW DELHI-110 048
Tel. 011-29222827,
(M) 9810113095
E-Mail-: dropbansal@rediffmail.com

Immediate Past President: Dr. Bhavin Jankharia

383, Bhaveshwar Vihar
Sardar V. P. Road
MUMBAI 400 004
Tel: (022) 6617-3333,
(M) 9833424411
E-mail-: bhavin@jankharia.com

Secretary General: Dr. Pramod Lonikar

Dept. of Radiology, Room No. -107
Manik Hospital, Shivneri Nagar
Near Jawahar Nagar Police Station
Garkheda Parisar
AURANGABAD- 431 005
Tel. 0240-2335079,
(M) 9422206375
E-mail-: pramod.loniker@gmail.com
 Know your Office Bearers
Vice Presidents: Dr. Suresh Chandak
Chandak Radiological Lab.
Chandak Mansion
Near Gandhi Putla, Central Avenue
NAGPUR- 440 002
Tel. 0712-2766977
(M) 9822226675
Email:- drschandak@gmail.com

Dr. Ravuri Power

# 305, Reliance Enclave
Venkata Ramana Colony
Khairatabad
HYDERABAD- 500 004
Tel. 040-23328356,
(M) 9848125017
Email:- drrpower@gmail.com

Hon. Treasurer: Dr. R. K. Sodani

Sodani Diagnostic Clinic
L G - 1, Morya Centre, Opp. Basket Ball Club
16/1, Race Course Road
INDORE-452 001
Tel. +91 731 2430607, (M) 9425063403
E-mail-: rksodani@gmail.com

Jt. Secretaries: Dr. Subhash Balyan

Yash Diagnostic Centre
Sadar Bazar, Near Main Kutchary
MUZAFFAR NAGAR- 251 002
Tel. (M) 9412110007
E-mail: subhashbalyan_05@yahoo.com

Dr. Dipu Bhuyan

Associate Professor, Dept. of Radiology
Guwahati Medical College, Bhangagarh
GUWAHATI- 781 032
Tel. (M) 9435109584
E-mail: dipubhuyan@gmail.com