March 10 - Indian Academy of Pediatrics

Contents 

1. From the Desk of Dr. Deepak Ugra, IAP President 2010 

2. From the Desk of Dr. Panna Choudhury, IAP President 2009 

3. From the Desk of Dr. T. U. Sukumaran, IAP President 2011 

4. From the Desk of Dr. Santosh T. Soans, IAP Vice President 2010 

5. Secretary Reports 

6. Report of Pedicon 2010, Hyderabad 

7. IAP Awards 2009 

8. Report of 3rd IAP Pediatric Quiz for Post Graduates 

9. Report of 22nd IAP Pediatric Quiz for Undergraduates 

10. Highlights of IAP Action Plan 2010 

11. Pedicon 2011 - Announcement 

12. Call for Papers 2011 

13. Call for Nominations for Late Dr. Shantilal C. Sheth Oration 2011 

14. Notice - Appointment of Editor-in-Chief, Indian Pediatrics 

15. Notice - Appointment of Editor-in-Chief, Indian Journal of Practical Pediatrics 

16. Call for Applications for Foregin Travelling Fellowships 2010 

17. Call for IAP Trainee Fellowships 2010 

18. IAP Drug Formulary 

19. Register your Mobile Number 

20. Adherence in Pediatrics 

21. Nature is Natural 

22. Downlinking details of IAP Satellite CME's 

23. Bouquets 

24. Almanac 

25. Obituary 

26. Notice of IAP Election - 2011 

27. Websites of IAP Sub-specialty Chapters, Groups, Cells & Committees 

28. Websites of IAP Branches 

29. IAP Membership Form

From the Desk of Dr. Deepak Ugra, 

IAP President 2010 

Dear Fellow Academicians, 

I take this opportunity to sincerely thank all of you, for giving 

me an opportunity to serve the Academy in the capacity of 

the President IAP 2010. I am aware that each New Year 

brings fresh expectations and I am confident that we would 

be able to meet them working together. 

The year began with a very successful "PEDICON 2010" 

at Hyderabad. The state of art venue equipped with latest 

technology was an asset to a very well crafted scientific 

program. It was only possible because of meticulous 

planning, and hard work put in by organizing team. I 

congratulate the Organizing Team of Pedicon 2010 and 

the Central IAP Office team for excellent coordination to 

make this mega event a grand success. It was for the first 

time that two International CMEs viz. IAP - RCPCH (Royal 

College of Pediatrics and Child Health) and IAP - AAP 

(American Academy of Pediatrics) were held preconference. 

Delegates had the opportunity to interact with 

about 25 International speakers and large number of 

eminent National speakers. Participation of National and 

International Agencies, the American Academy of 

Pediatrics (AAP), the Royal College of Pediatrician and 

Child Health (RCPCH) and Latter Day Saint Charity(LDSC), 

enriched the Conference significantly. Another feature of 

Pedicon 2010 was sessions held for Parent Education 

simultaneously on all three days. They were very well 

appreciated by all those who attended. 

IAP has extended its collaboration with other organizations 

across the world. Immediate outcome of this is MRCPCH 

Examinations (Part I, Part II and Clinical) to be held in India 

at five cities viz. Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata and 

Mumbai. Now our young students and pediatricians do not 

need to travel to UK or any other country to appear in 

MRCPCH examinations. 

IAP has started the year very well with another program, 

the 'Newborn Resuscitation Program' which IAP has 

launched as the First Golden Minute this year in partnership 

wit AAP and LDSC in 2009, and have taken it to a new level. 

We wish to involve all our branches and members in this 

program. It is heartening to see that IAP is going very strong 

with Ministry of Health, Government of India in conducting 

NSSK (Navjat Shishu Suraksha Karyakram). IAP believes 

that the program will make a significant impact in reducing 

U5 mortality rates and help in achieving the millennium 

development goal. 

One of my dreams is to take IAP to a global level, both 

nationally amongst lay people and internationally amongst 

other pediatric societies across the world. IAP has planned 

parent education through all means of media. The module 

on "Parenting Skills" is almost ready and will be launched 

soon. IAP plans to come out with Parent Education sessions 

on electronic media and articles on child health issues in 

prominent news papers. I foresee that the presence of IAP 

will be felt amongst lay people of our country. IAP plans to 

share some of its unique activities like IAP Drug Formulary 

and IAP Pediatric Software with other pediatric societies in 

the world. IAP has decided to take some important issues 

with the Government of India on behalf of the children of 

our country. Some of these documents are already prepared 

and sent to concerned authorities. 

IAP has a wide network of over 300 state, district and city 

branches. It is through active involvement of these branches 

that IAP achieves its objectives. I request you to have 

maximum involvement in generating community awareness 

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and participate in health programs especially parent 

education. IAP plans to revive some of the popular programs 

like Respiratory Tract Infection - Group Education Module, 

Asthma Training Module, Ask IAP very soon. Presently we 

are in the process of revising these popular programs. IAP 

has decided to start registries in some important illnesses 

viz. Kawasaki Disease, Juvenile Diabetes, Obesity, 

Hypertension and Cystic Fibrosis. I request members to 

contribute to these registries. 

Subspecialty chapters have done a commendable job in 

helping designing scientific program of Pedicon 2010. I 

request all chapters to help in IAP Pediatric Satellite CMEs. 

The format for the year is changed and it is no longer a 

subspecialty CME, but, a combination of two or three 

subspecialties in every CME. Introduction of fellowship 

training programs in some of the pediatric subspecialties is 

a good step. I request others to follow this to enhance the 

pool of trained people in various fields in our country. 

IAP has already launched Basic Life Support course for 

lay people and para-medicals. IAP plans publications in 

the form of books on Clinical Pediatrics, PICU Protocols, 

NICU Protocols, Respiratory Medicine, Neonatology, 

Nephrology and Endocrinology. The work on all these 

books is already started and hopefully will be completed 

in the current year only. IAP plans to work on 

Universalization of PG Teaching. IAP HOD cell can play a 

very vital role in this project. 

IAP needs to devote efforts on research to upgrade its 

academic base as visualized by my predecessors. IAP has 

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planned few research activities and I request members to 

contribute to this. Presently research in IAP is individual 

oriented and mostly comes from large institutions. Members 

who are in private practice can contribute in a big way. 

IAP has taken one more step this year and that is the 

decentralization of some of its prominent activities. In this 

direction, the IAP Drug Formulary is shifted to IAP Kochi 

Branch; a publication house is started at IAP Gwalior Branch. 

IAP plans to involve its state branches directly with UNICEF 

state offices in carrying out activities related to Under 5 

child mortality. 

Communication is the back bone of any organization. We 

need to communicate with each other more often. IAP plans 

to improve its communication by installing mass sms soon. 

I strongly feel that in today's era of electronic communication, 

we need to improve our database of contact details. I request 

all members to inform their current active email ID to IAP 

Secretariat at centraloffice@iapindia.org. 

I find myself fortunate to be surrounded by an efficient group 

of 50 executive board members and office bearers. Please 

feel free to send your inputs and suggestions to improve 

functioning at various levels. Your feedback is very important 

for me to understand how we are moving to achieve our 

mission: "Commitment for improvement of the health and 

well being of children". 

I wish you a very happy, eventful and fruitful year 2010. 

Yours in Academy service, 

Deepak Ugra 

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From the Desk of Dr. Panna Choudhury, 

IAP President 2009 

“If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes 

care of itself” – Henry Ford 

Dear Fellow Academicians, 

I am overwhelmed by the support given to me by all of you 

in the year 2009. Every member whether in metros or in 

remote areas takes pride of being an IAPian and put their 

best efforts to serve IAP making many personal sacrifices. 

IAPs high reputation both Nationally and Internationally is 

just because all of us are working hand in hand and moving 

forward together. 

Highlight of the year 2009 has been MoU between IAP and 

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India for the 

Navjaat Shishu Suraksha Karyakram(NSSK) in Public sector 

practically in all the States. It is the tremendous efforts of 

Dr. Naveen Thacker, National CoOrdinator, Dr. Vineet Saxena, 

Dr. Vikas Goyal and many dedicated senior and young 

faculty, that IAP would be able to complete all the State 

level training courses on NSSK by March 2010. Now, on 

the able and dynamic hands of Dr. Deepak Ugra, Dr. Tanmay 

and Dr. Sailesh the program in the private sector will go on 

full steam. An unprecedented mega support of Ms. Johnson 

and Johnson for this program is highly commendable. 

IAPians are joining from all corners in this movement of 

‘saving the newborns’ and I have no hesitation to say that it 

would be akin to ‘Dandi’ march in our quest of facilitating 

newborns right to live. IAP is continuing with many other 

child survival programs to help achieve MDG4 goals with 

the help of district branches to reach the unreached. 

All other specialist field of pediatrics is also receiving due 

attention through many centrally supported program and 

our highly active subspecialty chapters and branches. New 

directions in IAP have been to go beyond pediatricians and 

collaborate with specialists from other fields like 

Obstetricians and also Nursing profession for betterment of 

children and adolescent health. Reaching the community 

through media exposure is a bold step which current 

leadership is working on. 

Country is working overtime to make Commonwealth Games 

a success; so also IAP to make every child a happy child. 

“Wouldn’t it be great if we could look forward to a whole 

world in which no child will be left behind? Collin Powel 

Yours in Academy service, 

Panna Choudhury 


From the Desk of Dr. T. U. Sukumaran, 

IAP President 2011 

Fellow Academicians, 

Very warm greetings from kottayam, the land of letters, lakes 

and latex. Let me at the outset Thank all of you for electing 

me as the president elect of IAP 2010 and I assure you that, 

I shall try my level best to uphold the prestige of this 

prestigious organization by all means and I request your 

whole hearted support and guidance for all my action plans 

for 2011 to make IAP year 2011 a memorable one. 

Regarding my little dreams for the next year - I will be mainly 

focusing on improving pediatric education in the country. 

With this in mind we will be conducting workshops on 

“teaching skills” especially for the middle cadre teachers. 

There is a lack of research in medical profession – both in 

medical colleges and office practices and we will be 

conducting research methodology workshops throughout 

the country. Another area of interest is making uniformity in 

PG and UG teaching. “Enable the disabled” is another theme 


in my action plan, to identify the disabilities like deafness 

and learning disabilities. 

The strength of any association depends on its membership. 

Even though our membership strength is more than 17000, 

more than the same number of pediatricians are 

nonmembers. So let us have a membership drive. 

This year under the able guidance of Dr. Deepak Ugra and 

Dr. Tanmay Amladi lot of IAP activities are coming up and I 

wish them all the best. “WORKING TOGETHER WORKS”. 

Now let us keep our hand together, work together, to make 

this IAP year epoch making one. 

Jai IAP, 

Dr. T. U. SUKUMARAN 

President Elect IAP 2010 

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From the Desk of Dr. Santosh T. Soans, 

IAP Vice President 2010 

Dear Colleagues, 

It is my great privilege that I have been given the opportunity 

of serving IAP as its vice-president. I heartily accept my 

responsibilities and convey my thanks to you all for choosing 

me for the post and wish you all a happy, joyful and 

prosperous new year 2010. 

With the formation of the new executive body, I feel IAP is 

all set ready to reach new heights under the dynamic 

leadership of our president Dr Deepak Ugra who has come 

out with several innovative initiatives. All of us should join 

hands and work with full team spirit to strengthen IAP and 

give new dimensions to pediatrics in the country. 

Today, it is a matter of pride for all of us that we are the 

second largest pediatrics body in the world with the strength 

almost reaching 20,000 members. At the same time it is 

the unfortunate that IAP has not yet been able to bring all 

the pediatricians under its orbit. Hence, I feel the greatest 

challenge before us is to enroll all the pediatricians as the 

members of IAP through a vigourous membership campaign 

and see that the IAP chapters are opened in all the districts 

of the country. 

As all of you know, IAP has come out with many initiatives 

to cater the needs of the growing profession of pediatrics. 

One such initiative is conducting MRCPCH in association 

of the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health, UK. 

Passing this examination will earn the candidates a British 

degree, without having to travel all the way to England. 

Though the medical education has reached new vistas in 

India, this qualification is still a prestigious plus point for 

any pediatrician. Hence, all postgraduates are well 

advised to make use of this opportunity to earn a MRCPCH 

degree. 

In addition to the latest developments in the field of pediatrics, 

more and more number of sub-specialties are coming up. 

This shows that the pediatric profession is maturing day by 

day. I strongly feel that we should support development of 

new sub-specialities so that pediatrics can develop into a 

comprehensive health care system. 

This is very important if we have to keep pace with the 

rapid advances taking place all over the world. It’s time we 

Indians went global in terms of knowledge, skills and 

professional standards. IAP has this vision in mind and we 

should all work in tandem to make it a reality. 

I once again thank you for electing me and express my best 

wishes to you all. 

Dr. Santhosh T. Soans 


Your Secretary Reports ...... 

Respected Fellow Academicians, 

Greetings from Central IAP! 

It is an honour and a privilage for me to take up the post of 

Honorary Secretary General of IAP in the year 2010. It is 

also a pleasure and a matter of pride to present to you the 

report of IAP's activities in 2009. 

As you might be aware, the Indian Academy of Pediatrics is 

today internationally recognized as the key stakeholder for 

child health issues in this great subcontinent, and is the 

2nd largest professional body of Paediatricians in the world 

next only to AAP. 

IAP's mission is child health - not just about being free of 

disease, but rather about being holistically healthy - physical, 

mental and social health. Our organization's daunting 

network of 18,000 members, 26 state branches, 284 local 

branches and 28 subspecialty chapters and groups provides 

the right foundation for promulgating this, through scientific 

updation of its members via scientific meetings, publications, 

websites and through media like local and national tabloids, 

TV channels and also through collaboration with other major 

stakeholders of child health like UNICEF, WHO, GOI and 

NGO's. 

The year 2009 saw the IAP focus on the following activities: 

1. The First Golden Minute, Neonatal Resuscitation Program 

in collaboration with LDSC - Latter Day Saints' Charities, 

and the AAP - American Academy of Pediatrics - two 

ToT's have been held in Bangalore in 2009 and now in 

Hyderabad with faculty members from IAP, LDSC and 

AAP; meanwhile, 9 district instructor courses, 12 

advanced provider courses and 16 basic provider 

courses were completed successfully all over India in 

2009, and totally about 1400 pediatricians as well as 

anesthesiologists, gynecologists and nurses have been 

trained in 2009. 


2. The ASOV program was successfully conducted with 

M/s Sanofi Pasteur as the sponsor and 1 Nat'l 

Consultative Meeting, 4 regional ToT's and 16 city level 

workshops 

3. The IAP Diarrhea & Zn Workshops were conducted 

successfully with UNICEF as sponsor, with 1 Nat'l 

Consultative Meeting, 3 zonal ToT's and 2 state level 

workshops; 2 more zonal ToT's and 6 more state level 

workshops will completed before March 2010. 

4. The IAP Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) courses 

activity was also in full swing in 2009 with 46 PALS 

courses for pediatricians, 6 for nurses and 3 BLS courses 

for school students / UG's being completed last year. 

5. The 22nd IAP Quiz for Undergraduates and 3rd IAP Quiz 

for Postgraduates - local, divisional and zonal rounds 

were successfully completed all through last year all over 

India and the final rounds will be held during this 

conference 

6. The IAP has three official publications - The IAP website, 

the Indian Pediatrics journal and the Indian Journal of 

Practical Pediatrics; Indian Pediatrics is the official peer 

reviewed and indexed journal of the Academy and 

occupies the number 1 position among specialty 

journals in India and S Asia. Foreign submissions saw 

a ise to almost 50% in 2009 and now the journal 

includes overseas reviewers as well. The journal has 

undertook other projects like Emergencies in Children 

3rd Ed, Art & Science of Writing a Paper workshop 

and a publicaton of a special issue on Immunization 

supported by UNICEF. 

7. The Satellite CMEs conducted from Hassan, Karnataka, 

with help of the ISRO through EduSat, an Indian Satellite 

devoted to education, were held with the participation 

of IAP Sub-specialty Chapters on Neonatology, 

Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Adolescent Pediatrics, 

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Respiratory, and Infectious Diseases, were held with an 

overwhelming response. 

8. The most important event of IAP - PEDICON - was 

conducted successfully at Bangalore on the Palace 

Grounds between 22nd to 25th January 2009. The theme 

was "Redefining Child Care". It was attended by more 

than 6000 delegates from India as well as other countries 

with International and distinguished national faculty. 

9. Meanwhile all the various branches and subspecialty 

chapters and groups organized a awesome number of 

CME's, regional and National Subspecialty conferences 

in 2009 on various child health issues like Nephrology, 

Neonatology, Hematology Oncology, Infectious Diseases, 

Child Rights Protection, Childhood Disabilities, etc. 

10.The Central IAP released the 4th Edition of IAP Textbook 

of Pediatrics in two volumes, under the dynamic chief 

editorship of our senior past President, Dr. A. 

Parthasarathy. This edition has an illustrious team of 

Editors and 230 authors with 55 new chapters included. 

The IAP Text Book has been acclaimed by the American 

Academy of Pediatrics as the 'Best Text Book' published 

by the Pediatric Society of a developing country'. The 

Library of American Academy Of Pediatrics at Elk Grove 

village permanently stocks a copy of the book. The 

success of IAP TBP have prompted AAP to publish an 

Atlas titled 'Color Atlas of Tropical Peditrics' in 2009 with 

the Editor-in- Chief of IAP TBP as one of the Contributory 

editors for the new book by the American Academy of 

Pediatrics. 

IAP also conducted its administrative activities successfully 

as follows: 

• Three Executive Board Meetings were held in the year at 

Bangalore, Bareilly and Mumbai in January, April-May 

and September respectively. 

• The General Body Meeting was held on 23rd January 

2009 

• The Special General Body meetings were held on 23rd 

January 2009 and on 23rd February 2009 

• The IAP election was held for this year in 2009 and 

Dr T U Sukumaran was elected as President elect 2010; 

Dr Santosh Soans was elected as Vice President in the 

Executive Board Meeting today 

• The National Consultative Meeting on Diarrhea and Zn 

and on Art & Science of Vaccination were held in 2009. 

So, the year 2009 saw IAP at its helm of activities and will 

continue to carry on the good activities and endeavor to 

take further giant strides in the year 2010. 

Dr Tanmay Amladi 

Hony. Secretary General 

Indian Academy of Pediatrics 


Report of PEDICON'2010 

47th National Conference of Indian Academy of Pediatrics 

The 47th National Conference of Indian Academy of 

Pediatrics “PEDICON 2010” was recently held at Hyderabad. 

The conference was held from January 7th to January 10th , 

2010. The organizing committee sincerely thanks the Central 

IAP for giving it an opportunity to host the conference. The 

Conference was hosted by the A.P.State Chapter of IAP and 

the Twin Cities IAP. The venue of the conference was the 

prestigious Hyderabad International Convention Centre and 

the Hitex Trade and Exhibition Centre, Madhapur, Hyderabad. 

The Mission Statement of the conference was Scientific 

Temperament. The theme of PEDICON 2010 was “From 

care to ————Advocacy”. The core idea of the theme 

was to reemphasize to the delegates their role as advocates 

in child health. The Conference was organized with a view 

to showcase the academic strength of Pediatricians from 

Andhra Pradesh and to bring A.P in the academic roadmap 

of Academy. The following were the highlights of the 

conference. 

1. More than 5000 delegates attended the conference. This 

was one of the highest attendances of the National 

conference held in the recent years. This was also 

despite the unstable political climate prevailing in Andhra 

Pradesh. Delegates from different parts of the country, 

SAARC countries and also from U.S.A, Great Britain, 

Canada, and New Zealand participated in the 

conference. Representatives of Government of India, 

Government of Andhra Pradesh, UNICEF, WHO, 

American Academy Of Pediatrics and the Royal College 

of Pediatricians and Child Health (RCPCH) participated 

in the deliberations. 

2. For the first time in the history of Indian Academy of 

Pediatrics the conference CME’s were held in 

collaboration with the AAP and the RCPCH. 

3. The IAP-RCPCH CME was held on 6 th January 2010. 


The venue was the auditorium of Gandhi Medical 

College, Secunderabad. The highlight of this 

collaboration was the fruitful interaction of the members 

from both these bodies on important issues in child 

health. It was also resolved the IAP will collaborate with 

RCPCH for the conduct of RCPCH Examinations in India 

for the benefit of Medical Students from India. 

4. The IAP-AAP CME was held on the 7th January, 2010. 

The Venue for the CME was HICC. The highlight of the 

CME was that it was an accredited CME of the AAP and 

was also recognized for CME Credits. 

5. There were preconference workshops. There were 16 

workshops held in different hospitals spread across 

Hyderabad and Secunderabad. The workshops on 

Child abuse was attended by police officers, social 

workers in addition to pediatricians. The workshop on 

Early Intervention Therapy for Challenged Children was 

also attended by social workers, Para medical workers 

involved in caring challenged children. The highlight of 

workshops was hands on experience and one to one 

interaction. Some workshops like the NRP workshop 

and the workshop on Critical care had International 

faculty. All the delegates were given C.D’s of the lectures 

and also informative hand outs. 

6. The conference was inaugurated by Sri.C.Rangarajan, 

Chairman, Economic reforms Committee to the Prime 

Minister of India. The guest of honor was Justice 

B.Subhasan Reddy, Chairperson, State Human Rights 

Commission, Government of Andhra Pradesh. The 

highlight was the informative addresses by the Chief 

Guest and Guest of honor. The inauguration was also 

the witness for a breathtaking cultural programme. The 

star performers of this programme were challenged 

children. 

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7. Books on subspecialties and Parent Education were 

released during the inauguration of the conference 

8. Best branch awards and Fellowships of the academy 

(FIAP) were awarded during the conference 

9. The Scientific Deliberations of the conference were held 

from 8th January, 2010 to 10th January, 2010. More 

than 400 faculty members from India and Abroad 

participated in the deliberations. More than 500 papers 

were presented during the conference. These also 

include the papers selected for poster presentations. 

Gold medals were awarded to the best papers presented 

in different categories of pediatrics. The highlight was 

that the maximum number of Gold medals from any 

state went to Andhra Pradesh. 

10. The highlight of the Scientific Programme was the 

Plenary Sessions. Plenary sessions were addressed by 

star faculty in their respective fields. One of the plenary 

sessions focused on the A.P experience of Rajiv 

Arogyasri Scheme. 

11. Eight concurrent session involving more than 200 topics 

on pediatrics were held during all the days of the 

conference. 

12. There were 24 subspeciality symposia with more than 

150 scientific deliberations during the conference. 

13. For the first time in a National Conference Parent 

Education sessions were held. They were held on all 

the days of the conference. Common issues on child 

health were discussed. In addition to pediatricians these 

sessions were addressed by cine stars and social 

workers. 

14. The other first of the conference was organizing Theme 

Lectures. These were public forums. In addition to 

Pediatricians, Parents, Child Rights activists, Jurists, 

Politicians and the representatives from the print and 

visual media participated in the deliberations. These 

sessions were addressed by Smt. Shanta Sinha, 

Dr.Jayprakash Narayan and others. The focus of these 

lectures was on child rights and the role of pediatricians 

and advocates for child health. 

15. The final rounds of the National Quiz for Undergraduate 

and the post Graduates were held during the conference. 

16. In addition to the Scientific Deliberations an extensive 

Trade and Pharma exhibition was held during the 

conference. More than 67 exhibitors participated in the 

exhibition. Pharma companies, Vaccine Manufacturers, 

Equipment manufacturers and Book Publishers 

participated in the exhibition. The Exhibition was held 

in Hitex Trade and Exhibition Centre. 

17. The Executive Committee meeting of the Central IAP, 

meeting of the office bearers of the state branches, 

meeting of the subspeciality chapters and meetings with 

the HOD’s of Pediatrics from medical colleges across 

the country were held during the conference 

18. An Orientation Course for National Trainers for the 

Neonatal Resuscitation Programme was held on the 

sidelines of the conference. 

19. The Cultural Evenings of the conference showcased the 

Traditional Andhra hospitality and The Hyderabadi 

Tehzeeb. 

The valedictory function was held on the 10th January, 2010. 

Dr.Y.K.Amdekar was the Chief Guest. The delegates were 

all in praise for the Organizing Committee. They thanked the 

Organizing Committee for the excellent infrastructure and 

meticulous planning. 

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IAP Awards - 2009 

Fellowships and Awards - 2009 

• Dr. Rajinder Gulati, Ludhiana 

• Lt. Col. Madhuri R. Kanitkar, Pune 

• Dr. Sunil Karande, Mumbai 

• Dr. Anil K. Kaushik, Jhansi 

• Dr. Ashok Kumar. Varanasi 

• Dr. George F. Moolayil, Kottayam 

• Maj. K. Nagaraju, Chennai 

• Dr. D. Narayanappa, Mysore 

• Dr. R. Nisarga, Bangalore 

• Dr. Ranjan K Pejaver, Bangalore 

The Trainee Fellowship of the Indian Academy of 

Pediatrics for the year 2009 has been awarded to: 

Paid Trainee Fellowships 

Dr. Krishna Jadhav, Baroda in the field of “Interventional 

Pulmology and Allergy – Asthma” 

Unpaid Trainee Fellowship 

Dr. Rukminikant V. Wadajkar, Nanded in the field of 

“Neonatology” 

Award Winning Research Papers 2009 

Dr. S. S. Manchanda Neonatology Research Award 

SSM/05 COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF FETAL 

MALNUTRITION BY ANTHROPOMETRY AND CAN SCORE 

Soundarya Mahalingam, B. S. V. Shivanagaraja, 

Raghuveera Kamila 

304, Greenfields Apts., 6th Cross, 

Behind K.M.C. Hospital, Attavar, Mangalore 575001 

Dr. V. Balagopal Raju Endowment Award (1st Prize) 

VBR/12 BIOPHYSICAL PROFILE OF BLOOD PRESSURE 

IN URBAN SCHOOL CHILDREN 

K. Pavan Kumar 

Dept. of Pediatrics, Mahavir Hospital & Research Centre, 

Hyderabad 500004 


Dr. V. Balagopal Raju Endowment Award (2nd Prize) 

VBR/01 STUDY OF PROTEIN C, PROTEIN S AND 

ANTITHROMBIN III LEVELS AS EARLY PREDICTORS OF 

DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION IN 

INFANTS WITH SEPSIS 

Dhivyalakshmi J. 

C/o. Mr. Arachelvan, B-23, Golf view Apaprtments, 

(MIG Flats), Saket, New Delhi 110017 

Dr. S. T. Achar Endowment Award 

STA/08 RANDOMIZED TRIAL OF MAGNESIUM SULFATE 

INFUSION VERSUS TERBUTALINE INFUSION IN 

CHILDREN WITH ACUTE SEVERE ASTHMA 

Grover Sudhanshu Gian, Bansal Arun 

C/o. Dr. Sunit Singhi, Proffessor and Head, 

Department of Pediatrics, Advanced Pediatric Centre, 

PGIMER, Chandigarh 

Dr. James Flett Endowment Award (1st Prize) 

JF/04 INFANTILE THIAMINE DEFFICIENCY HAS VARIABLE 

CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND IS OFTEN OVER LOOKED 

Madap Karuna, Kondala B. Murali Krishna, Ippela Nalini 

Prasad 

# 8-7-188 / 6 A, Behind St. Andrew’s School, 

Samatha Nagar, Old Bowenpally, Secunderabad – 500011 

Dr. James Flett Endowment Award (2nd Prize) 

JF/13 KNOWELDGE AND AWARENESS IN THE MOTHERS 

ABOUT BENEFITS OF KANGAROO MOTHERCARE FOR HER 

BABY 

M. Gopi Krishna, B. Sangeetha 

Dept. of Pediatrics, Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal 

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Award Winning Poster Papers 

1st Prize 

CP/13(P) REHABILITATION OF STREET CHILDREN NEW 

DELHI, INDIA 

Seth R, Qaiyum Y, Keshav R, Mody RC, 

Gurumani VS & Srivastava RN. 

E/10 Green Park (Main), New Delhi - 110016 

sethrajeev@gmail.com 

2nd Prize 

NEO/16(P) SERUM LEVELS OF CALCIUM, MAGNESIUM 

AND TRACE ELEMENTS AS PREDICTORS OF SEVERITY 

AND OUTCOME IN HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC 

ENCEPHALOPATHY. 

MP Nagapoonam, RS Sethi, SP Singh 

Department of Pediatrics, 

M.L.B Medical College, Jhansi, U.P 

drpoonam.27@gmail.com 

2nd Prize 

HO/10(P) THE CHANGING SPECTRUM OF PEDIATRIC 

HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES: DATA FROM A LARGE NORTH 

INDIAN TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL. 

T Seth, B Dhingra, Sanjeev Sharma, N. Rathod, S Rathi, 

M Mahapatra, HP Pati 

Dept of Hematology AIIMS, New Delhi 

tuliseth@yahoo.com 

3rd Prize 

NEO/37(P) DIAGNOSIS OF URINARY TRACT INFECTION 

IN NEWBORN-CAN WE MAKE IT AT POINT OF CARE USING 

MULTISTIX ? 

Poonam Singh, Venkatpathi Raju, Avinash Bhosale, Suresh 

Kumar Surapaneni 

C/o. Dr. Suresh Kumar Surapaneni, 

Pragna Children Hospital, 6-3-347/22/B/1 

Dwarakapuri Colony Near Sai Baba Temple, 

Punjagutta, Hyderabad 

sureshkumarsurapaneni@gmail.com 

Recipient of Best IAP Subspecialty Chapter 

Award – 2009 

IAP INFECTIOUS DISEASES CHAPTER (Special Prize) 

Chairperson : Dr. Baldev S. Prajapati 

Secretary : Dr. Ritabrata Kundu 

Treasurer : Dr. Digant D. Shastri 

Recipients of Best IAP Branch Awards – 2009 

IAP KERALA STATE BRANCH (1st Prize) 

(Category: State with > 200 members) 

President : Dr. VK Parvathy 

Secretary : Dr. Remesh Kumar R 

Treasurer : Dr. EK Sureshkumar 

IAP MUMBAI BRANCH (1st Prize) 

(Category: With Medical College & > 200 members) 

President : Dr. Tanmay Amladi 

Secretary : Dr. Anand K Shandilya 

Treasurer : Dr. Samir Hasan Dalwai 

IAP KRISHNA DISTRICT BRANCH (1st Prize) 

(Category: With Medical College & > 50-200 members) 

President : Dr. V Sudhesh Kumar 

Secretary : Dr. Paleti Durga Prasad 

Treasurer : Dr. K Radhika 

IAP HASSAN BRANCH (1st Prize) 

(Category: With Medical College & < 50 members) 

President : Dr. EP Vasappa 

Secretary : Dr. D Lakshmikanth 

Treasurer : Dr. Ashok M 

IAP MADHYA KERALA BRANCH (1st Prize) 

(Category: Without Medical College & < 50 members) 

President : Dr. Sunny Paul K 

Secretary : Dr. Shimmy Paulose 

Treasurer : Dr. M Sagith Azeez 


IAP GWALIOR BRANCH 


President : Dr. Rashmi Gupta 

Secretary : Dr. Pratibha Dhir 

Treasurer : Dr. Pradeep Kumar Jain 

IAP NAGPUR BRANCH 


President : Dr. Anil G Jaiswal 

Secretary : Dr. Sandeep S Mogre 

Treasurer : Dr. Saurabh R Kubde 

Recipients of Best IAP ORS Week & ORS Day 

Celebration Awards – 2009 

IAP KERALA STATE BRANCH (Special Prize) 





IAP PUNJAB STATE BRANCH (1st Prize) 


President : Dr. Jagmohan Singh Dardi 

Secretary : Dr. Ak Juneja 

Treasurer : Dr. Ashok Kumar Gupta 

IAP TRIPURA STATE BRANCH (1st Prize) 

(Category: State with < 50 members) 

President : Dr. Dipal Debbarma 

Secretary : Dr. NL Bhaumik 

Treasurer : Dr. Jayanta Kumar Poddar 







IAP GWALIOR BRANCH (1st Prize) 





IAP NAGPUR BRANCH (Special Prize) 


President : Dr. Anil G Jaiswal 

Secretary : Dr. Sandeep S Mogre 

Treasurer : Dr. Saurabh R Kubde 

IAP CUDDALORE DIST BRANCH (1st Prize) 


President : Dr. K Janardhan 

Secretary : Dr. A Chenthil 

Treasurer : Dr. A Chenthil 






Recipients of Best IAP World Breastfeeding 

Week Celebration Awards – 2009 











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IAP BARMER BRANCH (1st Prize) 


President : Dr. Rajkishor B Maheshwari 

Secretary : Dr. Pankaj Agarwal 

Treasurer : Dr. Nand Lal Gupta 

Recipients of Best IAP Teenage Day Celebration 

Awards – 2009 





















IAP KOCHI (COCHIN) BRANCH (1st Prize) 


President : Dr. SS Kamath 

Secretary : Dr. Muhamed Ismail PM 

Treasurer : Dr. MS Naushad 












Recipients of Best IAP Child & Adolesecent 

Health Care Week Celebration Awards – 2009 





































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Report of the Final Round of 3rd IAP Pediatric 

Quiz for Post Graduates held at Bangalore 

The national round of 3rd IAP postgraduate quiz was held on 

9th January 2010 at 1.30 pm in the Dr Reddy’s hall at 

PEDICON 2010, Hyderabad. It was attended by delegates. 

There were total 5 teams from each zone- They were as 

follows: 

Team Zone College name Participants 

A WEST G.M.C. Vadodara Dr. Anil Israni 

Dr. Amit Jetani 

B NORTH V.M.C.C. Safdurjang Dr Divya Laxmi 

Hospital, New Delhi Dr. Sushanta Bhary 

C CENTRAL Gandhi Medical Dr A.C. Aravanan 

College, Bhopal Dr Thanga 

Saravanna 

D EAST S.C.B. Medical Dr Lalat Baran Patra 

College, Cuttack Dr Ipshita Mishra 

E SOUTH Institute of Child Dr D. Rajesh Kumar 

Health, Egmore, 

Chennai 

Dr Ram Kumar 

The quiz masters for the 1st PG IAP national round were Dr 

Surekha Joshi, (Professor & HOD Pediatrics, BYL Nair & 

National Co-ordinator), Dr Tanmay Amladi (Honorary 

secretary general, IAP) & Dr Alpana Somale (Assistant 

Professor). Score keeping and time keeping was done by 

Dr.Varsha Phadke (Professor, K. J. Somaiya hospital) & Dr 

Sujata Kanhere (Professor K. J. Somaiya hospital). There 

were 7 rounds, as follows- case scenario (round I), followed 

by Neonatology (round II), CVS & Intensive care(round-III), 

Visual round (round IV), Neurology (round V), Respiratory 

& GIT (round VI) & Rapid fire (round VII). At the end of the 

final round of the quiz team from South Zone, Institute of 

Child Health, Egmore, Chennai, won the quiz with scores of 

85 & the runner up were from Gandhi Medical College, 

Bhopal, with scores of 75. 

FINAL RESULT 

Team Zone College name Marks 

A WEST G.M.C. Vadodara 65 

B NORTH V.M.C.C. Safdurjang 

Hospital,New Delhi 

35 

C CENTRAL Gandhi Medical College, 75, 

Bhopal RUNNER UP 

D EAST S.C.B. Medical College, 

Cuttack 

65 

E SOUTH Institute of Child Health, 

Egmore, Chennai 

85, WINNER 

The winners and runners up were felicitated by IAP 

Dignitaries & all participants were given certificates. The 

session was conducted in an informal atmosphere with 

much audience participation. 

This is for information please. Thanking you 

Yours sincerely, 

Dr Surekha Joshi, 

Professor, & HOD 

Dept of Pediatrics, 

B.Y.L.Nair Hospital,Mumbai 


Report of the Final Round of 22nd IAP Pediatric 

Quiz for Undergraduates held at Bangalore 

The National Round of 22nd IAP Pediatric Quiz for Undergraduates was held on 10th January 2010 at 2.15 pm in the main 

hall of the Hyderabad International Convention Centre at Hyderabad at the PEDICON 2010 conference. It was attended by 

a large number of delegates including the Head of Department and staff members of various institutions. Following were 

the various zonal round winners who were participating in the National Round. 

Team Zone Name of participants Place College Final Result 

A West Urvi Shah Mumbai Grant Medical College RUNNERS-UP 

Nishi Shah Mumbai 

B South G. Dimpu Edwin Vellore Christian Medical College, Vellore WINNERS 

Archana Maganthi 

C East Amiya Kumar Mondal Behrampur MKCG Medical College, 

Saroj Kumar Sahoo Behrampur 

D Central K. Sandhya Vijayanagaram Maharaja Institutes of Medical 

Soma Agrawal Sciences, Vijayanagaram 

E North Megha Bansal New Delhi Lady Hardinge Medical College, 

Kanika Jindal New Delhi 

The quiz started at 2.15 pm and the participating teams 

and the dignitaries occupied the dias. The proceedings were 

started by Dr. Rohit Agarwal, National UG Quiz Coordinator, 

Dr. Sujata Kanhere, Professor, K.J. Somaiya Medical College 

& Hospital, Mumbai & Jt. National UG Quiz Coordinator, Dr. 

Surekha Joshi, Professor & Head Nair Hospital, Mumbai & 

National PG Coordinator and Dr. Varsha Phadke. The quiz 

masters were Dr. Sujata Kanhere and Dr. Varsha Phadke. 

The teams were then asked to introduce themselves and 

this was followed by reading of the rules of the quiz. 

The score keeper was Ms. Ragendu K.and the timekeeper 

was Ms. K. Archana. The score keeping was supervised by 

Dr. Surekha Joshi and Dr. Rohit Agrawal. 

There were 7 rounds, as follows - Round I, II, III and IVwere 

Mixed rounds, Round V was the Case Scenario round, 

Round VI was the Visual round and Round VII was the Rapid 

Fire round. 

The winners of the quiz were the team from Christian 


Medical College, Vellore, (G. Dimpu Edwin & Archana 

Maganthi) who won the quiz with a score of 120 and 

the runners up were from Grant Medical College, Mumbai 

(Urvi Shah & Nishi Shah) with a score of 100. 

The winners and runners up were felicitated by Dr. Deepak 

Ugra, President IAP 2010, Dr. Panna Choudhary, President, 

IAP 2009, Dr. Swati Y. Bhave, Past President IAP, Dr. R. 

Agrawal, Dr. Sujata Kanhere and Dr. Surekha M. Joshi. All 

participants received cash prizes. All the cash prizes for the 

winners (Rs. 4000/- each), runners-up (Rs.2000/- each) 

and participants (Rs.1000/- each) were given by the central 

IAP office. 

Dr Sujata Kanhere, 

Joint National UG Quiz Coordinator 

Professor& Head of Unit, 

Dept of Pediatrics, 

K.J. Somaiya Medical College & Hospital, Mumbai. 

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Highlights of IAP Action Plan 2010 

Programs - 1 

Parent education through electronic media and Chat Show 

between a celebrity and an expert from IAP for common 

day to day child care issues. 

• Infomercials- this will be short video clipping giving 

important key messages to general public about the child 

health care 

Topics for Infomercials 

• Breast Feeding 

• Newborn Care 

• Touch Therapy 

• Pneumonia identification 

• ORS in Diarrhea 

• Girl Child 

• Child Labor 

Infomercials Committee 

• Chairperson Dr. Deepak Ugra 

• Co-chairperson Dr. T.U. Sukumaran 

• National Conveners Dr. Suhas Dhonde 

Dr. Rajesh Chokhani 

• Other Members Dr. Pravin J. Mehta, 

Dr. Shyam Kukreja, 

Dr. Girish Chandra Agarwal, 

Maj. K. Nagaraju, 

Dr. Brij Bhushan Sahni. 

• Program Coordinator Dr. Tanmay Amladi 

Message Preparation Team 

• Dr. S. Sanjay, Dr. Rashmi Gupta 

• Dr. Harish Pemde, Dr. Subhash S. Slathia 

• Dr. Bakulesh Chauhan, Dr. Bakul Parekh 

• Dr. N.S. Mahantshetti, Dr. S. Yamuna 

• Dr. Gautam Ghosh, Dr. J.N. Sharma (Guwahati) 

Parent Education through Print Media- We plan to write 

articles in various news papers, magazines and other print 

media- English, Hindi and maximum possible vernacular 

languages. 

Committee: 


• Co-chairperson Dr. Sailesh Gupta 

• National Conveners Dr. Samir Dalwai, 

Dr. Mahavir P. Jain 

• Other Members Dr.Vasant Khalatkar, 

Dr. Arun Agrawal, 

Dr. Shazi Thomas John, 

Dr. Arup Roy, 

Dr. Arabinda Mohanty, 

Dr. Pukhraj Bafna, 

Dr. Hemant Joshi 


Topics to be published 

• All topics of talk show 

• All topics for Infomercials 

• Common minor health problems 

• Seasonal diseases 

• Major Killers 

• Health statistics 

List of contributors 

• Two members from each state selected by State 

Executive Board Member to write 

• Two members from each state selected by State 

Executive Board Member to collect data 

• Health Expert from Times of India 

• Core Team to edit 


Parent Education through Electronic Media 

Details are as follows: 

Team 


• National Conveners Dr. Y.K. Amdekar 

Dr. Raju Khubchandani 

• Other members Dr. C.P. Bansal, 

Dr. Santosh Soans, 

Dr. Sailesh Gupta, 

Dr. Anand Shandilya, 

Dr. Rajinder Gulati, 

Dr. Utpal Kant Singh 


• Sponsor – J&J, Channel – Zee TV 

• The Core Team has to be Mumbai based 

Zonal Coordinators 

East Zone Dr. S.B.P. Singh 

West Zone Dr. Manoj Rathi 

North Zone Dr. Rekha Harish 

South Zone Dr. T.M. Ananda Kesavan 

Central Zone Dr. Ashwani K. Agrawal 

Topics for discussion 

• How do I prepare myself for expected new member of 

my family? 

• Is my baby developing normally? 

• Breast Feeding and Weaning Foods 

• Which all vaccines are good for my child? 

• My child is not growing well. What to feed him? 

• My child does not listen to me 

• How much to expect from my child at the school? 

• My child cough every now and then 

• Common emergencies at home 

• Is exposure to media bad for my child? 


• Sports and Yoga 

• Tonics and medicines for common ailments 

• What are our responsibilities as parents? 

• The child care begins before birth 

• Care of teeth, eyes, skin 

• Sleep and your child 

• Routine Care in Newborn 

• Feeding your child, Feeding Habits 

• Vaccines 

• Emergencies at Home, Safety first 

• Inculcating good habits & Discipline 

• Normal development 

• Reading habits 

The Right Track 

• School Performance 

• Obesity, Diet and Exercise 

• Child with Chronic Disease 

• Breaking news to a child 

• How to get best out of your pediatrician 

• Sports and your child 

• Media and your child 

We will involve Panelists from Celebrities and Glamour 

World who are parents 

• Confirmed - Ms. Namrata Shroff, Ms. Farah Khan, Ms. 

Juhi Chawla, Ms. Deepti Bhatnagar, Ms. Superna 

Motwane, Ms. Preeti Sapru 

• IAP panelist will be selected by production team on 

telephonic interview 

• Likely to confirm–Ms. Chandni Roy, Ms. Twinkle Khanna, 

Mr. Rinkie Khanna, Ms. Sonali Bendre, Ms. Suzanne 

Roshan, Ms. Gayatri Oberoi, Ms. Raveena Tandon and 

many more TV artists 

For the inaugural episode we are trying to get Hon. Health 

Minister 

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Literature Surfing Team 

Dr. L.H. Bidari, Dr. Jagdish Chinappa 

Dr. J.S. Tuteja, Dr. Arif Ahmed 

Dr. Digant Shastri, Dr. Harshad Takvani 

Dr. Arup Roy, Dr. Krishna Kumar 

Dr. Ashok Gupta (Jaipur), Dr. Ashok Gupta (Jammu) 

• Parenting Skills Program- will be conducting parent 

education program through out the country with special 

emphasis on prevention of suicide 

• Pediatric BLS Workshops- educating the masses in Basic 

Life Support 

Pediatric BLS Workshops 

Committee 


• Co-chairperson Dr. Anand Shandilya 

• National Conveners Dr. Janani Sankar 

Dr. L.N. Taneja 

• Other members Dr. Babu Francis, 

Dr. Rafiq Ahmed, 

Dr. Sunit Singhi, 

Dr. Ashwin Mohanty, 

Dr. Narendra Rathi 


Plan of action 

• For Cops, Fire Brigade personnel, Adolescents, House 

wives 

• Will be done by IAP PALS Courses, through IAP Branches 

• Branch Secretary will be local coordinator 

• Local IAP PALS Faculty will be the faculty 

• Create a pool of BLS Instructors 

• To start in branches which has PALS Instructors 

• Later on look for finances 

• Venue arranged by beneficiaries 

IAP Publications 

• Text Book of Clinical Pediatrics 

• PICU Protocols 

• NICU Protocols 

• Respiratory Medicine 

• Neonatology 

• Nephrology 

• Endocrinology 

• Manual of Parenting Skills 

Text Book of Clinical Pediatrics 

Core Team 

Dr. Deepak Ugra 

Dr. S. Balasubramanian, Chennai 

Dr. Y.K. Amdekar, Mumbai 

Dr. G.R. Sethi, Delhi 

Dr. S.K. Kabra, Delhi 

Dr. A.K. Dutta, Delhi 

Dr. Siddharth Ramji, Delhi 

Dr. Lulu Mathews, Calicut 

Dr. Srinivasan, 

Dr. Sankarnarayanan, Chennai 

Dr. Piyush Gupta, Delhi 

Dr. M.N.G. Nair 

PICU Protocols 

Core Team 


Dr. Praveen Khilnani 

Dr. Sunit Singhi 

Dr. Bala Ramchandran 

Dr. Soonu Udani 

Dr. Piyush Gupta 

Office Bearers of Intensive Care Chapter 


NICU Protocols 

Core Team 


Dr. Tanmay Amladi 

Dr. Sailesh Gupta 

Dr. B.D. Bhatia 

Dr. Bankim Parekh 

Dr. K. Nedunchelian 

Dr. Rhishikesh Thakre 

Team from NNF, Neonatology Chapter 

Format of PICU & NICU Protocols 

• To divide every protocol at two levels ie. Tertiary and 

Secondary 

• What is to be done and what can be done 

• Algorithm in every chapter 

• Contributors to be selected by Core Team based on 

experience in Pediatric / Neonatal Intensive care 

Respiratory Medicine 

Core Team 


Dr. Nitin Shah 

Dr. Jagdish Chinappa 

Dr. Nagabhushana 

Dr. Mahesh Babu 

Office Bearers of Respiratory Chapter 

Contributors are already selected 

Book is half the way through 

Neonatology 

Core Team 



Dr. Sailesh Gupta 


Dr. K.K. Diwakar 


Dr. Anjali Kulkarni 

Office Bearers of Neonatology Chapter 

Team from NNF 

Nephrology 

Core Team 



Dr. R.N. Shrivastava 

Dr. A.S. Vasudev 

Dr. Sushmita Banerjee 

Dr. Kamini Mehta 

Office Bearers of Nephrology Chapter 

Endocrinology 

Core Team 



Dr. Vaman Khadilkar 

Dr. Nalini Shah 

Dr. Sudha Rao 

Dr. V. Mohan 

Office Bearers of Endocrinology Chapter 

• Universalization of PG Teaching: This is one of the 

project for PGs which is very near to our prsident’s heart 

and that is to standardize the syllabi in DNB teaching all 

over the country so that train PG student can be trained 

well for DNB examinations. 

Universalization of PG Teaching: Committee 



Dr. Y.K. Amdekar 

Dr. S. Balasubramanian 

Dr. S. Narayanan 

Dr. A.P. Dubey 

Dr. A. Arumugam 

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Programs - 2 

• Issues to be taken with GOI There are many important 

issues like use of Ciprofloxacillin in children below 12 

years, very very strict IMC guidelines on pharma 

sponsorships etc 

• Disease Registry eg. Kawasaki Disease, Obesity, 

Diabetes, Hypertension 

• Management Guidelines on various childhood diseases. 

In this contributions from respective subspeciality 

chapters will be taken and existing guidelines will be 

revised., like 

• Rational Antimicrobial Practices 

• Hemato-Oncology Training 

• HIV Training 

• Satellite Sub-specialty CMEs 

Programs - 3 

Following programs will be continued 

• NRP-FGM, IAP NSSK 

IAP NRP-FGM, NSSK 

Steering Committee 

Dr. Panna Choudhury 


Dr. Naveen thacker 

Dr. T.U. Sukumaran 


Core Committee 

Members of Steering Committee & Zonal Coordinators 

Dr. C.P. Bansal 

Dr. Ranjan Pejaver 


Dr. Vineet saxena 

Dr. Utpal Kant singh 

Dr. U. Jagdishchandra 

Dr. Anand Shandilya 

• Advanced Science of vaccinology 

Advisor : Dr. T. Jacob John 

Chairpersons : Dr. Deepak Ugra, 

Dr. Panna Choudhury, 

Dr. Naveen Thacker 

National Convener : Dr. Vipin M. Vashishtha 

National Coordinator : Dr. Rohit C. Agrawal 

Joint National Coordinators : Dr. A. P. Dubey 

Dr. Atul Kumar Agarwal 

ASOV 


East : Dr. Manjori Mitra 

West : Dr. Digant Shashtri 

North : Dr. Ajay Gambhir 

South : Dr. R. Nisarga 

Central : Dr. C. P. Bansal 

• RTI GEM Course 

RTI GEM – Core Committee 

Chairperson Dr. Deepak Ugra 

National Conveners Dr. Varinder Singh 

Dr. Rajesh Chokhani 

National Coordinators Dr. Vijay Yewale 

Dr. Gautam Ghosh 

Program Coordinator Dr. Tanmay Amladi 


East Zone Dr. 

West Zone Dr. 

North Zone Dr. 

South Zone Dr. 

Central Zone Dr. 

ATM & ABC 


National Conveners Dr. Jagdish Chinappa 

Dr. Suresh Babu 


National Coordinators Dr. 

Dr. 



East Zone Dr. Gautam Ghosh 

West Zone Dr. Shishir Modak 

North Zone Dr. Krishen Chugh 

South Zone Dr. D. Vijayasekaran 

Central Zone Dr. G. Sudhakar 

• ATM & ABC 

• GEM Course 

GEM Course 


National Conveners Dr. Anand Shandilya 

Dr. Soonu Udani 

National Coordinators Dr. Bhavesh Mithiya 

Dr. 


• Safe waste Disposal Workshops 


• National Conveners Dr. S.S. Kamath 

Dr. 

• National Coordinators Dr. 

Dr. 


Evaluation of our Constitution 

One important activity will be to evaluate our constitution. 

Our constitution was formed when membership was only 

1200. Now it is 18000. A critical review will be done to find 

out to make it suitable to present day working of IAP intead 

of peace meal changes. 


Evaluation of our Constitution 


Conveners Dr. George Mullayil, Dr. Mahesh Baldwa 

Members Dr. Nitin Shah, Dr. Raju C. Shah, 

Dr. Subhash Arya, Dr. Piyush Gupta, 

Dr. Sameer Dalwai, Dr. Santosh Soans, 

Dr. Arun Agrawal 

Coordinator Dr. Tanmay Amladi 

• APPA Vaccinology Update - 2010 We are hosting the 

APPA Vaccinology update which was awarded to us by 

APPA. Details given elsewhere. 

IAP Task Force for International Alliance 


Dr. Swati Bhave 

Dr. Naveen Thacker 

Dr. Ashok Gupta 

Dr. Uday Bodhankar 

President IAP 

Honorary Secretary General IAP 

IAP Task Force for Parent Education through Media 


Dr. Y.K. Amdekar 

Dr. S. Yamuna 

Dr. Pukhraj Bafna 

Dr. 

President IAP 

Honorary Secretary General IAP 

Thanks 

Seek your support 

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Invitation for PEDICON 2011, Jaipur 

Dear Colleagues, 

It gives us immense pleasure to invite you to the 48th Annual 

National Conference of the Indian Academy Of Pediatrics at 

our enchanting city Jaipur, the capital of the state of 

Rajasthan. The conference and exhibition will be held in 

January 2011, at the beautiful, awesome, tailor-made venue, 

the B.M. Birla Science and Convention Centre, which is one 

of the finest conference destinations in Asia. 

Exuberating the essence of more than 250 years old 

Rajasthani splendor and grandeur, Jaipur has a variety of 

charms to cater to every one. Founded in 1727 A.D. by 

Sawai Jaisingh II, Jaipur – the pink city, is one of the most 

well-planned cities of the world. Here comes alive the 

amalgam of the historical magnificent forts and palaces with 

ultramodern malls, hotels, broad roads, spacious gardens 

– an eye catching mixture of ethnic and modern culture. 

Jaipur, the heart of emerald in the world of gems, boasts of 

excellent connectivity by rail, road and airline. The friendly 

atmosphere and traditions makes it one of the safest and 

comfortable cities in India to visit and explore. 

The weather is very pleasant in the month of January, inviting 

hordes of visitors to Jaipur – a most sought after tourist 

destination in the world, named by many as ‘The Tuscany 

of India’.The stupendous bazaars of Jaipur are a prefect 

“The treasure of learning is imperishable.” 

- Swami Dayanand. 

place to shop for gems, handicrafts, antiques, jewellery, 

pottery, carpets, textiles, metalwork and leather ware. 

Pedicon 2011 would be a desirous and rare opportunity to 

interact with the best experts in the field of Pediatrics and to 

benefit from their knowledge and experience. We request 

your diligent support in this venture. We, the members of 

organising committee, will work ardently to match your 

active participation with the best possible scientific content 

complemented with a state of art audio – visual system 

and delegate- friendly conference environment. 

“Atithi Devo Bhava” (A guest is like God) 

“Padharo Mahare Desh” (Welcome to Our Place) 

We firmly believe in these mottos, and it shall be our 

dedicated and sincere effort to ensure that every delegate 

enjoys the academic feast along with the cultural fiestas 

and resplendent tourist venues that our splendid city offers. 

Eagerly looking forward to see you at Jaipur for Pedicon 

2011. 

Thanking you in anticipation. 

Dr. Tarun Patni 

Organising Secretary 



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Announcement 

Call for ‘Free’ & ‘Award’ Papers 

The Scientific Committee invites delegates who wish to give 

a presentation during the PEDICON 2011, the 48 th National 

Conference of Indian Academy of Pediatrics, January 21- 

23, 2011 at Jaipur to submit the ‘Abstracts’ of their scientific 

studies. 

(A) Paper Category: Free Papers 

The mode of presentation of free papers will be decided by 

the scrutinizing committee from amongst the abstracts 

received and authors will be informed accordingly. The 

papers not taken for ‘Oral’ will be taken for ‘Poster’. 

The text of the ‘Abstract’ should contain not more than 250 

words. It should be structured as far as possible in the 

following manner (Except Case Reports): (a) Introduction 

(b) Aims & Objectives (c) Material & Methods (including 

statistical methods where relevant) (d) Results (e) 

Conclusions. 

Instructions: 

1. Abstracts can be submitted via email ID: 

centraloffice@iapindia.org 

2. The deadline for sending in abstracts is 30 th September 

2010. This deadline will be strictly observed. 

3. Abstracts or full papers sent by hardcopy will not be 

accepted. 

4. Please mention the category of paper according to Subspecialty 

given below: 

• Adolescent Pediatrics (ADOL) 

• Cardiology (CAR) 

• Community Pediatrics (CP) 

• Endocrinology (ENDO) 

• Gastroenterology (GE) 

• Genetics (GENE) 


• Growth & Development (GD) 

• Hematology – Oncology (HO) 

• Infectious Diseases (ID) 

• Intensive Care (IC) 

• Neonatology (NEO) 

• Nephrology (NEP) 

• Neurology (NEU) 

• Nutrition (NUT) 

• Respiratory (RESP) 

• Rheumatology (RHE) 

• Tuberculosis (TB) 

• Miscellaneous (MISC) 

• Dr. S. T. Achar (STA) 

• Dr. James Flett (JF) 

• Dr. V. Balagopal Raju (VBR) 

• Dr. S. S. Manchanda (SSM) 

(B) Paper Category: Award Papers 

(Mandatory: Read the award rules before submission of 

your paper, which may be obtained from the Central Office 

on request. The papers not submitted as per award rules 

will be rejected.) 

• Dr. S. T. Achar Endowment Award (One Prize) for the 

best paper on “Pediatrics”. 

• Dr. James Flett Endowment Award (Two Prizes) for the 

best papers on “Social & Preventive Pediatrics”. 

• Dr. S. S. Manchanda Neonatology Research Award (One 

Prize) for the best paper on “Neonatology”. 

• Dr. V. Balagopal Raju Endowment Award (Two Prizes) 

for the best papers on “Child Health”. 

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Instructions: 

1. The hard copy of the SUMMARY as well as FULL paper 

in 4 (FOUR COPIES) should be submitted to Indian 

Academy of Pediatrics, Kailash Darshan, Near Kennedy 

Bridge, (Nana Chowk), Mumbai 400007 along with the 

declaration certificate as prescribed in the award rules. 

2. The SUMMARY should not be more than 250 words. 

3. The FULL award paper should be in the style of “Indian 

Pediatrics”. 

4. The title of the paper should be brief but adequately 

descriptive. 

5. The text of the summary should be structured as far as 

possible into the following manner (a) Introduction (b) 

Aims & Objectives (c) Materials & Methods (including 

statistical methods where relevant) (d) Results (e) 

Conclusions. 

The last date for submission of award papers at the Central 

IAP Office (Hard Copy) is 30 th September 2010. 

Notification of selection of Papers: 

The Scientific Committee will review abstracts and 

notification of acceptance / rejection will be sent to the first 

authors indicated in the papers, by 2 nd week of December 

2010, please contact the IAP office at 

centraloffice@iapindia.org if you do not hear by this time. 

Presentations: 

The Scientific Committee will consider abstracts for an ‘Oral’ 

or ‘Poster’ presentation. All presentations must be in English. 

Best poster awards: 

All posters in the subspecialties mentioned in the list, will 

be considered for the “Best Poster Awards”. Judging will 

be based on scientific merit, visual presentation and the 

potential significance of the clinical research. Detailed 

instructions for poster paper presenters will be sent after 

the selection process is complete. 

Registration: 

Authors who have been notified that their abstract is 

accepted for oral or poster presentation will please note that 

they ought to register for the PEDICON 2011, as per the 

prevailing fees at the time of registration. 

Publication of papers: 

The papers that have been accepted for publication will be 

published in proceedings of PEDICON 2011. IAP holds all 

publication rights including copyright unless otherwise 

intimated to the authors by IAP in writing. 



Indian Academy of Pediatrics 

Kailas Darshan, Kennedy Bridge 

Nana Chowk, Mumbai-400007 (India) 

Email: centraloffice@iapindia.org 

Website: http://www.iapindia.org 

Fax: (022) 23851713 

Telephones: (022) 23887906, 23887922, 23889565 

Late Hony. Surg. Cmde. Dr. Shantilal C. Sheth 

Oration at PEDICON 2011 

Nominations of IAP members / Non-Members who have 

excelled in the field of “Child Health & Care” including, 

Community Pediatrics are invited by the Central IAP Office 

for award of Late Hony. Surg. Cmde. Dr. Shantilal C. Sheth 

Oration at the 48 th National Conference of IAP to be held 

from January 21-23, 2011.at Jaipur (PEDICON 2011). The 

nomination should be duly proposed and seconded by the 

IAP Members giving one page justification for the nomination 

of the proposed person and should be submitted along with 

a detailed biodata of the nominee in SIX COPIES. The 

nominees should give a statement in writing along with the 

nomination, duly signed by the nominee, stating that he / 

she has read the rules for award of Late Hony. Surg. Cmde. 

Dr. Shantilal C. Sheth Oration and that the decision of the 

committee appointed by the Executive Board of IAP for award 


of this nomination will be accepted by him / her as final and 

binding on him / her and shall not ask for disclosure of 

marks of any nominee and / or nominations of other 

nominees for the oration. The nomination without signed 

statement of the nominee shall be considered as invalid 

nomination. The last date for submission of nominations is 

30 th September 2010. 

NOTICE 

TO ALL ELIGIBLE FELLOW / LIFE / ORDINARY 

MEMBERS OF IAP RESIDENT IN DELHI 

The term of office of the present Editor-in-Chief of the INDIAN 

PEDIATRICS expires on 31 st December 2010. Biodata of 

not more than 400 words are invited from interested 

candidates. The Fellow, Life & Ordinary members of the 

Indian Academy of Pediatrics resident in Delhi are eligible 

to apply for this post. The appointment will be made by the 

Executive Board at its forthcoming meeting in June 2010 

for the term beginning from 1 st January 2011 to 31 st 

December 2013. The biodata should be submitted to the 

Secretary General, Indian Academy of Pediatrics, Kailas 

Darshan, Kennedy Bridge, Mumbai – 400007 not later then 

30 th April 2010. 

NOTICE 

TO ALL ELIGIBLE FELLOW / LIFE / ORDINARY 

MEMBERS OF IAP RESIDENT IN CHENNAI 

The term of office of the present Editor-in-Chief of the INDIAN 

JOURNAL OF PRACTICAL PEDIATRICS expires on 31 st 

December 2010. Biodata of not more than 400 words are 

invited from interested candidates. The Fellow, Life & 

Ordinary members of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics 

resident in Chennai are eligible to apply for this post. The 

appointment will be made by the Executive Board at its 

forthcoming meeting in June 2010 for the term beginning 

from 1 st January 2011 to 31 st December 2013. The biodata 

should be submitted to the Secretary General, Indian 


Academy of Pediatrics, Kailas Darshan, Kennedy Bridge, 

Mumbai – 400007 not later then 30 th April 2010. Those 

interested in applying may kindly visit one of the following 

link: www.iapindia.org; www.ijpp.in 

Guide lines for the Election Process for the Post 

of Editor-in-Chief of Indian Journal of Practical 

Pediatrics 

1) The candidate should be residing at Chennai (postal 

code) and should continue to be in Chennai during his/ 

her term, if he/she gets elected as Editor-in-Chief 

2) He/she should have served as member, Editorial board/ 

Associate-Editor/Managing Editor/Executive Editor for 

IJPP. There should be evidence for this in the form of 

declaration from the candidate and authorization letter 

from the Editor-in-Chief of IJPP, which are to be produced 

at the time of filing nomination. 

3) In case of two eligible candidates, then election 

procedure is as follows 

a) The call for nominations will be done through 

“Academy Today” in January of the year in which 

the election is due to be held 

b) Nominees would be eligible IAP members from 

Chennai city (Postal Code) 

c) Finalization of nominations should be over by April 

d) Electing authority will be elected members of 

Executive Board of Central IAP for the year in which 

election is held 

e) Will be conducted while the Executive Board meets 

in June in the year of election 

f) Election will be by secret ballot paper method and 

result will be declared on the spot 

4) If there is no candidate who satisfies the criteria after 

finalizing the nomination list, receiving the notification 

from the office of the Central IAP, Editor-in-Chief with 

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the concurrence of Journal Committee and Editorial 

Board of IJPP will nominate a candidate who other wise 

is eligible among the team after justifying the same. 

Traveling Fellowships Abroad 

The Division of Pediatrics of the Royal Australasian College 

of Physicians, The Malaysian Pediatric Association and the 

Chinese Taipei Pediatric Association awards traveling 

fellowships ONE EACH through the APPA. The final selection 

of the candidates for each fellowship will be done by the 

respective pediatric societies from amongst the applications 

received from the member societies of APPA. Only those 

members of IAP who are young and at a relatively early 

post-residency stage of his / her carrier may apply. The 

value of fellowships and the training period varies. The 

fellowship is expected to cover traveling expenses and a 

reasonable living allowance. The prescribed application form 

may be obtained from Central IAP Office on request. The 

duly completed application should be submitted along with 

detailed biodata of the applicant in SEVEN COPIES to the 

Central IAP Office. The applicants should give a statement 

in writing along with their application, duly signed by the 

applicant, stating that he / she has read the rules for selection 

of candidates for these traveling fellowships and that the 

decision of the committee appointed by the Executive Board 

of IAP with regards to selection of IAP candidates for onward 

recommendations to APPA will be accepted by him / her as 

final and binding on him / her and shall not ask for disclosure 

of marks of other candidate for the traveling fellowship. The 

application without signed statement of the applicant shall 

be considered as invalid application. The last date for 

submission of application is 31 st August 2010. 

Traveling / Research Fellowships in India 

The application on prescribed form are invited from the 

members of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics for award of 

Trainee Fellowships for training in pediatric subspecialties. 

Age No Bar. The IAP will sponsor the candidates to various 

departments for training in India. The training shall be for a 

period of 4/8 weeks. The IAP will be awarding the Trainee 

Fellowships as follows: 

• Dr. S. R. Amarnath Fellowship (2 of Rs.5000/- each) 

• Bibi Sunder Kaur Fellowship (2 of Rs.5000/- each) 

• IAP Fellowship (2 of Rs.5000/- each) 

• Dr. K. Indirabai Fellowship (1 of Rs.5000/-) 

• Non-paid fellowship (no restriction on number of 

candidates or number of fellowships to be availed). 

The application form can be obtained from the Central IAP 

Office on request. The duly completed application should 

be submitted along with detailed biodata of the applicant in 

SIX COPIES to the Central IAP Office. The applicants should 

give a statement in writing along with their application, duly 

signed by the applicant, stating that he / she has read the 

rules for selection of candidates for these traveling 

fellowships and that the decision of the committee appointed 

by the Executive Board of IAP with regards to selection of 

IAP candidates for award of trainee fellowship, will be 

accepted by him / her as final and binding on him / her and 

shall not ask for disclosure of marks of other candidate for 

the trainee fellowship. The application without signed 

statement of the applicant shall be considered as invalid 

application. The last date for submission of application is 

31 st August 2010. 



ORS Day & ORS Week 

It is proposed to celebrate “ORS DAY & ORS WEEK” during 

July 2010. You may select any suitable dates for celebration 

of the week, which should essentially include 29 th July 2010 

as the “ORS DAY”. ORS Theme is “The Only Real Solution 

To Diarrhea”. Please participate in a big way for making it 

a great event. The last date for submission of report to the 

Central Office for award competition is 31 st August 2010. 

This report should be submitted in 5 (FIVE) copies on or 

before the last date. 


World Breastfeeding Week 

The World Breastfeeding Week will be celebrated from 

August 1-7, 2010. The Theme for this year is “Breastfeeding 

– Just Ten Steps! The Baby – Friendly Way”. The Central 

IAP invites entries for best world breastfeeding week 

celebration award competition. The report should be 

submitted in 5 (FIVE) copies on or before 31st August 2010 

to the Central Office. 

Teenage Day 

It has been decided to celebrate “TEENAGE DAY” on 1 st 

August 2010. The report of “Teenage Day” celebration 

should be submitted in 5 (FIVE) copies to the Central Office 

for award competition on or before 31 st August 2010. The 

Theme for Teenage Day 2010 is “3 Idiots – DMT” (Drugs 

Media Tobacco) 

IAP Child & Adolescent Health Care Week 

The branches are free to select their own week according 

to their convenience during the month of November 2010. 

The week so selected for celebrating IAP Child & Adolescent 


Health Care Week should essentially include 14 th November 

2010. The Theme is “Vaccinate ME Today, Make MY 

Tomorrow Safe” The Central Office invites entries for best 

IAP Child & Adolescent Health Care Week celebration award 

competition. The report should be submitted in 5 (FIVE) 

copies to the Central Office on or before 30 th November 

2010. 

Best IAP Branch Awards 2010 

The Central IAP invites entries from IAP Branches for Best 

Branch Awards competition for the year 2010. The activity 

report in a prescribed form (available from Central Office) 

should be submitted Central IAP Office in FIVE (5) copies 

on or before 30 th November 2010. 

Best IAP Chapter Awards 2010 

The Central IAP invites entries from IAP Chapter Awards 

competition for the year 2010. The activity report in a 

prescribed form (available from Central Office) should be 

submitted Central IAP Office in FIVE (5) copies on or before 

30 th November 2010. 

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IAP Drug Formulary 

The Executive Board of IAP at its meeting, chaired by IAP 

President 2010 Dr Deepak Ugra, in Hyderabad on January 

7 th 2010 decided to decentralize IAP activities. In accordance 

with this policy, The Executive Board passed a resolution 

that the permanent Office of the IAP Drug Formulary be 

shifted to Cochin. And therefore, as passed and minuted at 

the IAP Cochin Branch Executive Committee meeting, the 

IAP Drug Formulary will now function from the IAP Cochin 

Branch Office in IMA House, Ernakulam. 

343 books of the 2 nd hard copy edition of the formulary – 

IAP Drug Formulary 2009 – that was released along the 

Online Desktop and PDA version at the inaugural function 

of Pedicon 2010 at Hyderabad and 268 CDs of the IAP 

Pediatric Drug Formulary were sold at the IAP Stall in 

Hyderabad. The latest edition of the book, the Web Update 

2009 (4) – Edition 17 and the searchable and downloadable 

Desktop and PDA/mobile version contains an IAP 

Recommendations for Drug Therapy for Pediatric Illnesses 

section with contributions from 97 specialists from the 

various sub chapters of IAP concerning treatment of 560 

pediatric illnesses and a Drug Monograph section containing 

well researched details of 620 drugs licensed for use in 

children and adolescents. 

The latest book also contains a well thought out evidence 

based Essential Medicines List for Children (EMLc) adapted 

for India from the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines 

for Children (2007) www.who.int/childmedicines/ 

publications/EMLc%20(2).pdf. WHO SEARO had since then 

invited IAP and IAP Drug Formulary for an Informal 

Consultation on Better Medicines for Children in India, 

SEARO, NewDelhi to discuss the shortcomings of EMLc 

created for 5 states – Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya 

Pradesh, Orissa and Uttar Pradesh – and to explore the ways 

in which IAP could contribute in formulating an EMLc for 

India. Representatives from Indian Pharmacology Society 

of India and Dr SuZanne Hill, Dr Kathy Holloway, Dr Lisa A 

Bero and Dr Krisanth Weerasuriya from WHO and Mr Saul S 

Morris from Bill & Bellinda Gates Foundation participated. 

IAP was represented by Dr Panna Choudhury, Dr Tanmy 

Amladi, Dr Shyam Kukreja and Dr. Jeeson Unni. After the 2 

days meeting and our presentations and proposals for action, 

the group decided to give IAP the responsibility of formulating 

the EMLc for India. 

Starting and maintaining the Office of the IAP Drug Formulary 

in Cochin is a mammoth responsibility and I seek the 

blessings, support and cooperation of all members of the 

IAP for the same. 

Dr Jeeson C Unni 

Editor-in-chief 

IAP Drug Formulary 

Purchase the IAP Drug Formulary 

The IAP Pediatric Drug Formulary 2009 is available with: 

Dr. Jeeson C Unni 

Editor-in-chief 

IAP Drug Formulary Office, 

IMA House, 

Behind JN International Stadium, 

JNS Road, 

Palarivattom P.O., 

COCHIN - 682025 

Tel: 0484 3118081 | Cell: 098472 45207 

Please write to the above address, mail us through this 

website or email us at jeeson@asianetindia.com 

Send a DD for: 

Rs 600/- (for the new edition of book alone - IAP Drug 

Formulary 2009 - This is only for those who already have 

the IAP Drug Formulary CD. Kindly mention your CD Serial 

no. if you are only buying the book.) 

Rs 700/- (for book + CD - all those who do not have the 

CD must buy one so that all future web updates may be 

availed of free of cost - lifelong) 

The DD may be made in favour of ‘IAP Drug Formulary’ 

payable at Cochin and sent to the address given above. The 

book and CD will be delivered at your address. 


Register your Mobile Number 

As a part of presidential vision 2010 plan our president Dr. 

Deepak Ugra has suggested to register the mobile numbers 

of all IAP members. 

This is to disseminate information about CIAP activities to 

all members of IAP in a most economical and quickest way. 

Sending information by hard copy even by a simple letter 

costs about one lakh rupees. Out of 18000 members, only 

about five to six thousand members have email ids. Where 

as mobile phone is owned by all members even in the most 

remote corner of India. If CIAP purchases about one lakh 

SMSs in a year it will cost about 7 paise per sms and about 

seven important messages can be sent to all member in a 

year. 

Through SMSs we plan to send important messages 

pertaining to CIAP activities like 

1) Reminder about satellite CMEs which can be viewed 

from all over India 

2) Reminding members about last dates for early bird 

registrations of different conferences including Pedicon 

3) Whenever an important guidelines or reports or any 

important details about on going pandemic like H1N1 

is uploaded on IAP website, it can be informed to all 

members. 

4) Reminder to yearly members to pay up their dues to 

renew membership 

5) State level activities can be informed to members of a 

particular state 

In order to safe guard the privacy of members, CIAP assures 

all members that 

1) SMSs will be done during 10 am to 1pm and 5 to 8pm 

only 

2) This database will not be given to any commercial 

organizations or to IAP election contestants without the 

permission of executive board of IAP after fixing 

appropriate charges 


3) It will be used for official activity of IAP only 

4) Registering is not compulsory but if you register it will 

be amounting to giving consent to receive SMSs 

To register your mobile is very simple. We request all 

members to SMS following details to 56161 so that a 

member’s mobile number will be registered. 

IAP 

Pin code of the address which is on record of Central IAP 

CIAP Membership Number 

Name 

Please SMS your details in the same sequence (first line - 

IAP, second line- pin code number, third line -IAP 

membership number and fourth line - name). When you 

send SMS please do not write any thing other than the IAP 

as first line and this three details. We have requested for 

pin code number in order to create state wise database. 

Please remember to write IAP as the first line in your SMS. 

e.g. 


A50/1368 MIG Adarsh Nagar CHS Ltd, 

Worli Colony, Mumbai 400030 

IAP membership no.L/90/A-93 

Mobile No. 9820269111 

Should SMS as follows: 

IAP 

400030 

L/90/A-93 

Dr. Tanmay Amaladi 

SMS this to 56161 

Please do not write your mobile number. It will automatically 

come with SMS. But please send SMS from the same mobile 

number which you want to register. Please note that our 

SMS receiving service will be open from 20 th April 2010 to 

5 th June 2010 

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Adherence in Pediatric Practices 

Adherence (compliance) may be defined as “the extent to 

which, the patient follows a regimen prescribed by health 

care professional”. 

Compliance is the base of a successful therapy. Even the 

most carefully prepared prescription of appropriate 

medication with accurate dose and duration will be useless 

if patient co-operation is inadequate. Therefore patient 

noncompliance is identified as a major hidden factor in 

therapeutic failure. 

The concept of compliance is difficult to apply in pediatric 

field that included very special category of patients (infants 

and small children’s). They entirely depend on third party 

as a caretaker (mother). Here compliance of attendant is 

more important, than compliance of innocent patients. 

Compliance may be more difficult or achieve in pediatric 

practice than any other medical field, since it involve not 

only the parent efforts to follow proper instruction but some 

practical matter like measuring errors, non-acceptance, taste 

or spelling out of medicines. As this patient group can not 

explain their complaints, poly-pharmacy may be prescribed 

sometime which has drawback of frequent administration, 

drug interactions and adverse events. A part form these 

burdens on caretaker up to the extant of forgetfulness, 

irregular schedule, expenditure of money and time are other 

limitation. 

Noncompliance frequently occurs when some medicine like 

antimicrobial are prescribe and child may become much 

better before total duration. Then parent may not feel there 

is any reason to continue same medicine further, if the child 

seems to be alright. Some time parents are afraid about 

adverse happening in such circumstances. Compliance is 

again decline in disorder where events may occur 

infrequently (epilepsy) or in chronic disease where 

medications are continue for prolonged period 

(tuberculosis). Poor compliance is also seen in 

neuropsychological disorders (cerebral palsy mental 

retardation) or in certain congenital malformations. 

In nutshell, good prescribing is not always enough, 

“medicine will not effective, until or unless it has to be taken”. 

For a successful therapeutic outcome, satisfaction of parent 

is essential. Assessment of literacy and economic status of 

parent is mandatory. Give precise and clear instruction along 

with some demonstration, if needed. The acknowledgement 

of culturally mediated health beliefs and their incorporation 

into medical care plan, when appropriate may also improve 

out-come. Over all, the pediatrician must spend some time 

for counseling of caregiver, to clear any doubt regarding to 

ongoing management. Satisfaction and faith with health 

provider is best predictors of good adherence. 

Dr. Rakesh Chandra Chaurasia 

Assistant Professor 

M. L. N. Medical College, 

Allahabad 


Nature is Natural 

“Nature is natural’, It has no bad intention toward human 

and distribute their wealth viz air, water, heat and cold etc. 

equally to every one regardless of barrier of cast, religion 

and status – ‘A Nobel relation of mother to children with full 

love and affection’. 

The body is made up of “punch tatva”. If we give due respect 

by maintaining its natural from then nature will provide good 

hygienic and non-polluted environment. Such surrounding 

prepares body stronger by enhancing defensive power. 

Obviously, a strong body is capable to fight in every setup. 

Many diseases are self limiting because nature cures them. 

The drugs are rarely necessary (Academy Today – July – 

Sept 2007) Just consider impact of nature on different setup. 

It a child is close to natural environment since infancy, his 

body will develop capabilities of adaptation in every condition 

therefore medication rarely needed. While an overprotected 

child residing with modern facilities become so sensitive 

that any minor deviations usually necessitate medication. 


A fresh environment has positive influence on personality 

and routine life. Obviously incidence of diseases e.g. airborn, 

water-born temperature irregularities etc. may decline 

if we make clean, hygienic and non polluted environment, 

but it is a dream in current scenario. It is mankind who 

disfigures the natural beauty and discriminate it into different 

level for their own interest. If we are culprit, then how we 

expect fresh environment for future generations. 

In nutshell, a child doses not always need medication. Very 

after health problem can be resolved by proper advice, diet, 

exercise, psychological support, surrounding and change 

in life style. Most of the diseases are self limiting and cure 

by nature. We should develop a habit to give due respect to 

natural component since childhood. The “Punch tatve” are 

designated as God in many religions and “God always give 

blessing”. 

Dr. Rakesh Chandra Chaurasia, 

Assistant Professor, M. L. N. Medical College, Allahabad 

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IAP Satellite CME Downlinking Details 

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is providing 

transponder bandwidth on its EDUSAT –Satellite (controlled 

from MASTER CONTROL FACILITY-HASSAN) FREE OF 

COST. 

Following are the details of Frequency allocation for the 

monthly Satellite sub-speciality CMEs to be conducted on 

the 3rd Sunday of every month commencing from 19th July 

2009. Refer following technical details for receiving signals 

at your place. 

Satellite GSAT-3 (Edusat)- 74° + East 

Transponder Allocated Ext-C Band Ch # 2 

Downlink Freq. 4571.66 MHz to 

allocated / Pol 4573.96 MHz 

Linear Horizontal 

Bandwith allocated, MHz 2.3 

FEC 2/3 

Symbol rate 2.222msps 

Test transmission 

For test transmission 

Contact Smt. SHREYALA RATHNAKAR 

Contact number: 08172-273515 (direct number) or 

239001-Extn 3064 

Call 08172-239043 or 08172-239044 for live audio 

interaction during conference proceedings. 

Required / Recommended Hardware for reception of 

programme signal: 

12 ft antenna with stand (dish with perforated sheet) 

Extended C-band feed 

Extended C-band LNBC (LO frequency 5950) 

RF cable (RG 11/RG 6 type) 

Digital satellite receiver (preferably BESAT DDK-5000) 

(Integrated receiver decoder-IRD) 

TV / LCD Projector 

STD Phone / Mobile phone for live audio interaction. 

You can also seek assistance from the Technical Expert of 

the Field / Local cable operator for receiving the programme. 


Bouquets 

Dr. Asha Benakappa (Bangalore) won the World 

Breastfeeding Week (WBW) Photocontest 2009 and the 

same was published in WBW Brochure. She was the 

Reviewer to WBW Action Folder and nominated as Health 

Care Practices Task Force Coordinator. 

Dr. Ajay Gambhir (New Delhi) was invited to attend the 

10th Advanced Vaccinology Course at Annecy, Geneva, in 

May 2009 and successfully completed the course of two 

week duration. He was also invited by the WHO to attend a 

meeting on typhoid vaccine at Bangkok in April 2009. 

Prof. Ajay Kumar (New Delhi) was awarded and 

successfully completed training in “Epidemiology and 

Biostatistics” under the WHO Fellowship Program at 

Epidemiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkia 

University, Hat Yai Campus, Thailand from 6th October to 

13th November 2009. 

Dr. V. Vikram Kumar (Kakinada) has been awarded 

theprestigious State Level Best Teacher Award for the year 

2009. This award was presented to him by the Chief Minister 

of Andhra Pradesh, Dr. K. Rossaiah on 14th November 2009. 

Dr. Prema Lakshminarayana (Chennai) was awarded Dr. 

Devasgayam Endowment Oration Award by the Indian 

Association of Occupational Health, Tamil Nadu Branch 


Dr. H. Paramesh (Bangalore) is selected as a Core 

Committee Member for Sanfransisco and Bangalore, Sister 

city Projects on health issues by Govt. of Karnataka. 

Appointed as a Member for Health Audit Committee on H1N1 

Influenza by Department of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. 

of Karnataka. Appointed as a Member for BioDiversity 

Committee of Bangalore Bruhath Mahanagara Palike 

(BBMP). 

Dr. Ranjan Kumar Pejaver (Bangalore) was invited as 

visiting Professor by the University of Saskatchewan, Canada 

in August 2009. He gave a series of lectures regarding 

‘current status of perinatal health in India’, ‘common neonatal 

problems’ and also about the neonatal training in India. 

Dr. Arun Kumar Thakur (Patna) has been conferred the 

Post of Hony. Professor by IMA College of General 

Practitioners. He is also conferred as a fellow of National 

Neonatology Forum during 29th Annual Convention of NNF. 

Dr. Swati Bhave Re-elected as the IPA co-ordinator for 

development for a second term for three years .She will 

continue to be the Technical advisor on Adolescent Health 

and the lead co-ordinator for the IPA AAP Global Tobacco 

Program. 

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Almanac 

Miami, Florida (USA), March 9-12, 2010 

14 th International Congress on Infectious Diseases 

Enquiries to: 

International Society for Infectious Diseases 

1330 Beacon Street, Suite 228 

Brookline, Massachusetts, USA 

Email: info@isid.org 

Details: Website: www.isid.org 

Quetta (Pakistan), April 1-4, 2010 

20 th Biennial International Pediatric Conference of 

Pakistan Pediatric Association 

Enquiries to: 

Dr. Aamir Daud 

Email: aamird62@yahoo.com 

Bangalore, April 2-4, 2010 

National Assembly on Pediatric Emergency Medicine 

Enquiries to: 

Dr. Meera Ramakrishnan 

Email: gnanam_arum@gmail.com 

Taipei (Taiwan), April 15-18, 2010 

6 th Congress of Asian Society for Pediatric Research & 

51 st Annual Meeting of Taiwan Pediatric Association 

Details: Website: http://www.2010aspr.org 

Dubai, April 24-27, 2010 

World Forum of Pediatrics 

Enquiries to: 

Congress Secretariate 

4 Ostrovityanova Street, 117513 MOSCOW, Russia 

E-mail: info@wipoped.org, worldforum2010@mail.ru 

Website: www.wipoped.org 

Kolkata, April 25, 2010 

National Summer CME on Pediatric Infectious Diseases 

and Newer Vaccines 

Enquiries to: 

Dr. Ritabrata Kundu 

26A, Sarat Chatterjee Road, Lake Town, 

Kolkata 700089 

Mobile: 9831194865 

Cairo (Egypt), May 2-7, 2010 

International Child Neurology Congress (ICNC) 

Enquiries to: 

Dr. Ahmed Raouf, President, 

de ICNC2010. 

E-mail: araouf@cnp.org.eg 

Details: Website: www.icnc2010.com / www.cnp.org.eg 

Nice (France), May 4-8, 2010 

28 th Annual Meeting of the European Society for 

Pediatric Infectious diseases 

Details: Website: www.kenes.com/espid 

Munich (Germany), May 6-8, 2010. 

The power of Programming International Conference on 

Developmental Origins of Health and Disease 

Enquiries to: 

Details: Website: www.metabalic-programming.org 

E-mail: programming@med.uni-muenchen.de 

Quetta, Pakistan, May 20-23, 2010 

20 th Biennial International Pediatric Conference of 

Pakistan Pediatric Association 

Enquiries to: 

Dr. Aamir Daud 

Email: aamird62@yahoo.com 

Tel: 092-81-9202017 

Granada, Spain, May 26-29, 2010 

PERiNATAL MEDICINE 

Enquiries to: 

Website: www.ecpm2010.org 

Hubli, May 27-30, 2010 

PEDNUROWORKSHOP 2010 

Enquiries to: 

Dr. KMP Suresh, 

Email: drkmpsuresh@hotmail.com 

Mobile: 9448272428 

New Delhi, May 30th, 2010 

Pediatric Medical Care for Surgical Patients 

Enquiries to: 

Dr. Suresh Gupta, (Organizing Secretary) 

Email: sureshgupta62@gmail.com 

Mobile: 9811426628 


Beijing, China, June 2-6, 2010 

19 th World Congress of the International Association for 

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions 

6 th Congress of the Asian Society for Child and 

Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions 

Enquiries to: 

Congress Secretariat 

E-mail: iacapap2010@cma.org.cn 

Mobile.861381467954 

Tel: 861058303190 

Slovakia, June 15-17, 2010 

International Scientific Conference on Probiotics & 

Prebiotics 

Details: Website: www.probiotic-conference.net 

Canada, July 16-20, 2010 

3 rd Biennial Conference on Brain Development & 

Learning: Making Sense of Science 

Details: Website: http://www.interprofessional.ubc.ca/ 

bdl.html 

Johannesburg (South Africa), August 5-9, 2010 

The 26 th International Pediatric Association Congress of 


Enquiries to: 

26 th IPA/ICP 

C/o Kenes International 

1-3 rue de Chantepoulet 

PO Box 1726 

CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland 

Email: IPAcongress@ipa-world.org 

Details: Website: www.ipa-world.org/IPAcongress 

Thane, August 29, 2010 

Workshop on Neonatal CPAP 

Enquiries to: 

Dr. Parmanand Andankar 

Cell: 09323291993 

Email: pandankar@yahoo.com 

Details: Website: www.newbornwhocc.org 

Taipei (Taiwan), September 23-26, 2010 

5 th Asian Congress of Pediatric Infectious Diseases 

Details: Website: http://www.2010acpid.org 


Surat, October 27-31, 2010 

12 th National Conference of Pediatric Critical Care 2010 

Enquiries to: 

Dr. Digant D. Shastri (Organizing Secretary) 

Killol Children Hospital, 

303-304, Takshashila Apartment, 

Majuragata, Surat 395002 

Email: ncpccsurat@gmail.com 

Ludhiana, October 29-31, 2010 

9 th National Conference of Growth, Development & 

Behavioural Pediatrics Chapter of IAP 

Enquiries to: 

Dr. Monika Sharma, 

Organizing Secretary, 

Department of Pediatrics, 

Christian Medical College, 

Ludhiana 

Email: gdbpnatcon2010@gmail.com 

Mumbai, November 13-14, 2010 

Asia Pacific Pediatric Association Vaccinology Update 

2010 

Enquires to: 

Dr. Sailesh G. Gupta (Organizing Secretary) 

Arushee Childcare Hospital 

1st Floor Bharati Enclave CHS 

Off Link Road, Opp Greens Restaurant 

Chincholi Malad (West), Mumbai 400064 

Email: gupta_sailesh@hotmail.com; 

guptasailu@gmail.com 

Mobile: 09819042213 

New Delhi, November 13-14, 2010 

7 th Annual Conference of Childhood Disability Group of 

IAP 

Enquires to: 

Dr. Monica Juneja (Organizing Secretary) 

CDC, Dept. of Pediatrics, 

Maulana Azad Medical College & Associate Hospital, 

Bahadurshah Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110002 

Email: ncdcdelhi10@gmail.com 

Mobile: 9968604311 

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Jamshedpur, November 20-21, 2010 

10 th Jharkhand State Pedicon & 1st National 

Conference of the Medico-Legal Group of the Indian 

Academy of Pediatrics 

Enquires to: 

Dr. Mohankumar S, Chief Organizing Secretary 

Bungalow A-3, Ashiana Gardens, 

Sonari, Jamshedpur 11 

Email: drmohankr@gmail.com 

Shimoga, November 26-28, 2010 

XIII State & IV South Zone Annual Convention of NNF 

Enquiries to: 

Dr. H. V. Kotturesha Rasthapurmath, 

Organizing Secretary, South Neocon 2010 

Kottureshwara Hospital 

Kamala Nivasa, Achutha Rao Layout 1 st Cross, 

Shimoga 577201 

Email: southneocon2010@gmail.com 

Paris, February 17-19, 2011 

1 st Global Congress for Consensus in Pediatrics & Child 

Health 

Enquiries to: 

Elena Parfenova, M.A. 

Project Manager, 

Paragon Conventions 

Mobile: +420 724 220 741 

Email: eparfenova@paragon-conventions.com 

Vienna, Austria, February 17-20, 2011 

1 st Global Congress for Consensus in Child Health & 


Enquiries to: 

E-mail: cip@cipediatrics.org 

Website: www.cipediatrics.org 

Sydney (Australia) March 13-17, 2011 

6 th World Congress of Pediatric Critical Care 

Details: Website: www.pcc2011.com.au 

Bangkok (Thailand), October, 2011 

9 th International Congress of Tropical Pediatric 

Enquiries to: 

Thailand Chapter of International Society of Tropical 


Faculty of Tropical Medicine, 

Mahidol University, 420/6, 

Ratchawithi Road, 

Bangkok, 10400, Thailand. 

Tel: 660-235-49161 

Fax: 660-235-49163 

Details: Website: www.tropped.org 

Taipei (Taiwan), November 14-18, 2012 

4 th World Congress of Pediatric Gastroenterology, 

Hepatology & Nutrition 

Details: Website: http://www.wcpghan2012.com 



IAP-IJPP CME 2010 

Organised by: Indian Academy of Pediatrics and Indian Journal of Practical Pediatrics 

Date: 13 th June 2010, Chennai. 

Venue: Kamarajar Arangam, 492, Anna Salai, Teynampet, Chennai – 600 006 

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME 

TIME SESSIONS SPEAKERS 

08.00-08.30 hrs REGISTRATION & BREAK FAST 

08.30-09-30 hrs SESSION I - Neonatology 

08.30-08.45 hrs • CPAP in neonates Dr. Deepa Hariharan 

08.45-09.00 hrs • ABG in neonates Dr. Raghul Yadhav 

09.00-09.15 hrs • Approach to a bleeding neonate Dr. G.Durai Arasan 

09.15-09.30 hrs Discussion 

09-30-10-30hrs SESSION II – Endocrinology / Adolescence 

09.30-09.45 hrs • Type 2 diabetes in children Dr. V.Mohan 

09.45-10.00 hrs • Endocrine emergencies Dr. K.G.Ravikumar 

10.00-10.15 hrs • Difficult adolescent Dr. S.Yamuna 

10.15-10.30 hrs Discussion 

10.30-11.00 hrs INAUGURATION 

11.00-12.00 hrs SESSION III – Emergency care Moderator: Dr. S.Thangavelu 

11.00-11.10 hrs • Acute asthma Dr. N.C.Gowrishankar 

11.10-11.20 hrs • Convulsing child Dr. S.Indumathi 

11.20-11.30 hrs • Croup Dr. S.Shanthi 

11.30-11.40 hrs • Anaphylaxis Dr. E.Mahender 


12.00-13.00 hrs SESSION IV – Diagnosis 

12.00-12.15 hrs • Rapid diagnostic tests in pediatric infections Dr. S.Ramesh 

12.15-12.30 hrs • Diagnosis of tuberculosis Dr. D.Vijayasekaran 

12.30-12.45 hrs • Interpretation of CSF analysis Dr. V.Vishwanathan 


13.00-14.00 hrs LUNCH 

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TIME SESSIONS SPEAKERS 

14.00-15.00 hrs SESSION V – Mixed bag 

14.00-14.15 hrs • Documentation in clinical practice Dr. Bala Ramachandran 

14.15-14.30 hrs • Preventive dentistry Dr. Aruna Mohan 

14.30-14.45 hrs • Common ophthalmic problems Dr. S.Meenakshi 


15.00-16.00 hrs SESSION VI - Imaging 

15.00-15.15 hrs • CT / MRI – Choice of neuroimaging Dr. G.Kumaresan 

15.15-15.30 hrs • Imaging in renal disorders Dr. N.Prahlad 

15.30-15.45 hrs • Chest X-ray in office practice Dr. S.Muralinath 


16.00-17.00 hrs SESSION VII – Infections / Vaccines 

16.00-16.15 hrs • Flu vaccines Dr. V.Ramasubramanian 

16.15-16.30 hrs • IPV, Tdap – Rationale Dr. P.Ramachandran 

16.30-16.45 hrs • Choice of antibiotics in office practice Dr. R.Palani Raman 


Delegate fee 

* Up to 31st May 2010: Rs.400/- for Post Graduates, 

Rs.500/- for others 

* From 1st June 2010; and spot registration : Rs.750/- 

(As Cash/ Cheque/DD drawn in favour of “IAP-IJPP CME 2010”, 

payable at Chennai. Add Rs.25/- for out station cheque) 

CME Secretariat 

Dr. S. Thangavelu 

Organising Secretary, IAP-IJPP CME 2010 

1A, Block II, Krsna Apartments, 50, Halls Road, Egmore, 

Chennai – 600 008.India. 

Phone: 044-28190032,42052900 

E-mail: ijpp_iap@rediffmail.com 

BOOK IN MARATHI 

Dr. Anjali Bhatawdekar has written a book named 

“SANGOPAN” in Marathi. The book, published by Akshar 

Prakashan, is a compilation of articles pertaining to common 

problems encountered by mothers during breastfeeding and 

about dietary issues in young children. The book is available 

at all major Marathi book stores. 

TRUMPPS 

In the year 2007 Indian Academy of Pediatrics, Gujarat State 

Branch embarked on an innovative project “TRUMPPS” for 

the training of untrained medical and paramedical pediatric 

staff working in the private sector pediatric clinics & hospitals. 

Understanding the importance of the project Government of 

Gujarat associated themselves with this unique project. In 

collaboration with the Gujarat State Government the project 

was successfully launched in September 2007 and has 

continued till date as ongoing project of IAP Gujarat. So far 

1200 paramedics who are working in the private sector 

pediatric hospitals have been trained under this project. 

A scientific paper on this paramedic training project was 

selected for the poster presentation at the 8 th International 

Conference of Urban Health, held at Nairobi Kenya during 

21 st -23 rd October 2009. Efforts of IAP for the improvement 

of child health was well appreciated by one and all. Apart 

from representatives of developing countries, even WHO 

representatives also appreciated innovative approach. 


Indian Journal of Pediatrics / 

Dr. K. C. Chaudhuri Annual Oration 

Every year Dr. K. C. Chaudhuri Annual Oration is award to 

an eminent pediatrician in India. The award consists of 

Rs. 15,000 in cash and a citation. The person selected is 

invited to deliver the oration on IJP Foundation Day. So far 

the recipients have been (1) Dr. Meharban Singh, Ex- 

Professor of Pediatrics & Head, Dept. of Pediatrics, AIIMS 

(2008), (2) Prof. T. Jacob John, Professor Emeritus, Dept. 

of Microbiology, CMC, Vellore (2009). 

We invite Nominations / Applications for the 3rd Dr. K.C. 

Chaudhuri Oration scheduled for Septemeber 2010. Please 


enclose a C.V. highlighting the contributions of the candidate 

to pediatrics. Provide a one page summary emphasizing 

why the nominee / candidate deserves the oration award. 

Dr. I. C. Verma 

Editor-in-chief, Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 

Managing Trustee, Dr. K. C. Chaudhuri Foundation 

125, 2nd Floor, Gautam Nagar, 

(Behind South Cafe & Spencer), 

New Delhi-110049. 

Email: ijp@airtelmail.in & ijp@vsnl.net 

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Obituary 

The Death Of A Savant and Crusader Prof. David Morley 

(1923 – 2009) 

I read recently about the sad demise of Prof. David Morley 

of the Inst. of Child Health, London. He died on 2nd July 

2009, at the ripe old age of eighty six years but what an 

eventful life he packed into those momentous years for the 

wellbeing of our children! He lived the life of a good 

Samaritan, caring intensely for the welfare of the poor and 

destitute young ones of this planet. 

I first met him in Jan’ 69 at the UNICEF Sponsored WHO Sr. 

Teachers Training Course, London-Bombay. He was in 

charge, of the course. Since then, for the last four decades, 

he has remained the wellspring of inspiration for me and 

countless others like me who have had the privilege of 

knowing him and working with him. He has had a seminal 

influence on our lives. 

Reticent, grim of visage, too plainly dressed, he appeared a 

man difficult to talk to. But the moment you opened topics 

related to the problems of children, his face would light up 

and he would get deeply involved in discussing them, 

demonstrating his love, determination and hope for solving 

the problems of the young. During the twelve months of my 

fellowship, I was amazed by the breadth of his understanding 

of our problems. As you well know, he developed the Road 

to Health Chart, based on his seminal work at Imesi in Africa. 

The Underfives Clinic with its nutrition garden, was his brain 

child, which in India subsequently morphed into Anganwadis 

and Balwadis, totally bereft of the spirit and purpose with 

which it was originally conceived. But that wayward mutation 

is built in to our cultural D.N.A. Given half a chance, we can 

reduce any thing sublime to the ridiculous in no time! He 

was a staunch advocate of intermediate technology for use 

in medical services and pioneered the use of field spring 

balance with a hammock for sitting the child. His O.R.S. 

measuring spoon was another fine example of his practical 

solution to our day to day problems. He strongly advocated 

the use of only essential drugs in practice. His innovative 

‘Child-to-Child’ programme was a novel way of involving 

the older sibling in the care of his/her younger sibling. He 

wrote extensively on topics related to child health and his 

‘Pediatric Priorities in the Developing World is a classic in 

its own right. His establishment of ‘Teaching Aids At Low 

Cost’ (TALC) in London was another example of his ardent 

efforts to educate, in the developing world, teachers and 

students alike, about pediatric problems at low cost. It was 

at his insistence that I and my colleagues brought out the 

Marathi version of John Bidulph’s “Child Health for Health 

Extension Officers” and D.Werner’s ‘Where There is no 

Doctor,’ both published by Govt. of Maharashtra. My 

incursions into child health related activities- the Red Cross 

Underfives Clinic with Road to Health Charts, Solapur Child 

Welfare Trust and Science Centre, Family Planning, the 

Navrange orphanage at Pandharpur, the Jhivala school for 

mentally challenged in Solapur, child labour welfare activities, 

the Remand home, mass immunization campaigns for 

children in the city and district, training of Dais and 

Anganwadi workers, the many state level Medical Education 

Technology Workshops for Senior Medical Teachers, and 

even the founding of Ashwini Co-operative Hospital at 

Solapur, were all related to the tremendous moral and 

intellectual influence he has exerted on me. Unfortunately, 

most of the excellent innovations he advocated have been 

washed away by the flood of technological advances that 

came later, enslaving us and making us forget, in the 

process, the role of intermediate technology in health for 

millions of our poor country men, who are without any 

medical services in their vicinity. The innate resistance to 

behavioral change by these poor millions steeped in 

suffocating age-old traditions has also added to their woes. 

His Senior Teachers Training Course, London-Bombay, run 

from mid sixties through mid seventies of the last century, 


must remain even today a paradigm for such training courses 

for our teachers. 

The course started with getting to know your own country’s 

problems which you had of course to define yourselves. 

These were then discussed by the group in the presence of 

Dr Morley. Then we immersed ourselves into such topics 

as approach to planning in child health, cost of medical 

services, audit of money spent on doctors, how to make 

the most of children’s wards, making the most of libraries 

and cutting costs at OPD and hematology services, We 

discussed possibilities of innovations in hospital equipment 

at local level. We heard experts on Medical Education 

Technology, Statistics and Research Methodology. There 

were seminars and group discussions on genetics, 

immunology growth & development, nutrition, and common 

infectious diseases. Of course the list is not at all complete 

and does not include the many productive interactions we 

had with the learned faculty. You will surely be surprised to 

read the names of our faculty members, all renowned in 

their own special fields at that time. Only David under the 

masterly leadership of Prof Otto Wolff, the wise and 


discerning Director of the Institute, could have mobilized 

them — Drs. Cicely Williams, Hugh Jolly, Fred Miller, Tanner, 

Paul Barnes, Bruce Chwatt, Eric Stroud, Bette Topley, of 

course David himself, and many others. We all senior 

Teachers who attended these training courses owe a 

precious debt to the course and its directors which we shall 

never be able to repay. They taught us what it means to 

serve and to wait. 

It is said great teachers affect eternity David was one of 

them. In his quest for mitigation of human suffering, he was 

in the mold of Albert Schweitzer, Florence Nightingale and 

Mother Teresa. I understand David was nominated for the 

Noble Prize but unfortunately the prize eluded him. I do not 

know what must have been his last thoughts about the fruits 

of all that he endeavored all his life to achieve for us. May 

his soul rest in peace! 

Here was David, the crusader- when comes such another? 

Dr U R Warerkar 

M.D. (Bom), D.C.H. (Bom) 

F.I.A.P., F.I.A.M.S 

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Notice of IAP Election 2011 

“IAP ELECTION - 2011 SCHEDULE” 

(Subject to change under unforeseen circumstances) 

Last date for filing nomination 30-06-2010 

Scrutiny of nomination papers 02-07-2010 

Last date for withdrawal of nomination 23-07-2010 

Posting of ballot papers From 01-09-2010 to 17-09-2010 

Last date for receipt of application for duplicate ballot paper 22-10-2010 

Last date for receipt of ballot papers including duplicate ballot papers 12-11-2010 (before 5 pm) 

Counting/declaration of results 13 & 14-11-2010 

For Duplicate Ballots: 

The members are required to make requests for duplicate ballot papers by a hard copy of a letter addressed to the 

IAP Chief Election Commissioner. The request for duplicate ballot should be made by the voter himself/herself. For 

the year 2010, the request for duplicate vote can made if a voter does not receive the ballot papers by 9th October 

2010. The last date for receipt of a request for duplicate ballot paper is 22nd October 2010. 



INDIAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS 

Kailas Darshan, Kennedy Bridge (Nana Chowk), Mumbai-400007. 

NOTICE OF IAP ELECTION – 2011 

*Date: 1 st April, 2010 

Nominations are invited for filling up the vacancies of the Office Bearers and the Members of the Executive Board of the 

Indian Academy of Pediatrics for the year 2011 from amongst the Fellow, Life and Ordinary Members of the Society. 

Posts No. of Vacancies Term of Office 

President-Elect One One Year 

EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS 

STATE VACANCIES TERM OF OFFICE 

Andhra Pradesh THREE One Year 

Assam ONE One Year 

Arunachal Pradesh / Sikkim / Manipur / Meghalaya / 

Mizoram / Tripura / Nagaland 

ONE One Year 

Bihar ONE One Year 

Chandigarh / Jammu & Kashmir / Himachal Pradesh ONE One Year 

Chhattisgarh ONE One Year 

Delhi TWO One Year 

Gujarat / Daman / Diu / Dadra & Nagar Haveli TWO One Year 

Haryana ONE One Year 

Jharkhand ONE One Year 

Karnataka THREE One Year 

Kerala THREE One Year 

Madhya Pradesh TWO One Year 

Maharashtra / Goa FIVE One Year 

Orissa ONE One Year 

Punjab ONE One Year 

Rajasthan TWO One Year 

Tamilnadu / Pondicherry / Andamans / Nicobar / Lakshadweep THREE One Year 

Uttar Pradesh THREE One Year 

Uttarakhand ONE One Year 

West Bengal TWO One Year 

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Only eligible Fellow / Life / Ordinary members of the Society 

who have paid their annual subscription for the current year, 

shall be eligible to offer themselves as candidates for election 

or to propose or second the candidature of any member or 

to participate in voting at the election. Members should see 

that their subscriptions are first paid up before they offer 

themselves as candidates or propose or second the 

candidature of any member, as the case may be. 

The eligible Fellow / Life / Ordinary Member contesting for 

the post of President-Elect should have been a member of 

the Society for 10 complete years consecutively as on or 

before 1 st January to be eligible to contest for the ensuing 

election and should have served on the Executive Board or 

as Office Bearer or both for a period of 2 complete years 

before contesting for the post of President-Elect. 

A member contesting for the membership of the Executive 

Board should have been a Fellow and/or Life and/or Ordinary 

Member of the Society for 5 complete years consecutively 

as on or before 1 st January to be eligible to contest for the 

ensuing election. The term of the elected members to the 

Executive Board shall be of a period of one year. 

All eligible Fellow / Life / Ordinary members may nominate 

/ vote for the post of President-Elect. The eligible State Fellow 

/ Life / Ordinary members may nominate / vote for their 

respective State Executive Board Member(s) for the stated 

number of vacancies to be filled-up. 

Nominations shall be duly proposed and seconded by eligible 

Fellow and/or Life and/or Ordinary Members and consented 

to by the candidates concerned. All the particulars contained 

in the Nomination form should be correctly filled up. A Form 

of Nomination Paper is printed herein. 

The members may file as many nominations as they desire, 

however with payment made only once and the photo copy 

of the payment proof should be attached to all such 

nominations. The name of the candidate should be 

mentioned on the nomination as registered with IAP. No 

other change in the name will be allowed. The nomination 

papers will be scrutinized by the IAP Election Commission 

to decide about its validity or otherwise. The geographical 

State of the candidates will be determined as per the address 

recorded with the Central IAP as on date of notification of 

IAP election. The candidates are required to give the 

following declaration on the nomination form: 

“I hereby declare that I consent to this nomination and 

that the information given hereinabove is true and correct 

to the best of my knowledge and belief”. 

The Candidates as well as Proposers & Seconders of the 

nominations are required to give a self attested photo copy 

of their photo identity viz. PAN-Card / Passport / Driving 

License / IAP Identity Card (any one) along with the 

nominations. Only one of above four Valid photo-ids will 

only be accepted. Any other proof of photo-id will invalidate 

nomination or vote casted by a member. 

Nomination Paper duly filled-in and addressed to The Chief 

Election Commissioner at address given below should reach 

his office at the address given above NOT LATER THAN 

5.00 P.M. ON 30 TH JUNE 2010 along with the nomination 

fee. 

Address: 

THE CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER 


KAILAS DARSHAN 

KENNEDY BRIDGE (NANA CHOWK) 

MUMBAI-400007. 

The candidate is required to pay applicable ‘Nomination Fee’ 

as mentioned below: 

• Nomination Fee for the post of 

President-Elect Rs.5,000/- 

• Nomination Fee for the post of 

Executive Board Member Rs.2000/- 

The Nomination Fee should be paid by a crossed bank draft 

drawn in favor of “Indian Academy of Pediatrics” payable 

at Mumbai or by cash. The Nomination Fee should 

accompany the Nomination Paper failing which the 

Nomination shall be disqualified. The Nomination Fee is 

non-refundable. 

IAP Election Commission will have no role in receiving or 

publication of biodatas of candidates. A candidate should 

approach Hony. Secretary General, CIAP/ Editor of Academy 


Today / Editor for IAP Website for publication of biodata 

after list of candidates is finalized by IAP Election 

Commission. Editor of Academy Today / Website will decide 

about format and size of biodata to be published as per 

guidelines set by Executive Board. 

The Chief Election Commissioner shall publish on website 

and forward the list of validly nominated candidates for 

information to the contesting candidates as soon as the 

scrutiny of the Nomination Papers is over. Any validly 

nominated candidate not desiring to contest the election 

must send his written request to withdraw his nomination 

on or before the date of withdrawal (i.e. 23rd July 2010). 

All the eligible members on IAP membership list as on 31 st 

March 2010 are eligible to cast their votes. Each voter shall 

be entitled to cast one vote for each vacancy. Ballot paper/ 

s must be accompanied by duly filled voter identification 

slip and a self attested copy of Photo Identity viz PAN-card 

/ Passport / Driving License / IAP Identity Card (any one) or 

signature attested by a bank manager. Any ballot paper 

containing more than the required number of votes or in 

any way disclosing the identity of the voter shall be invalid. 

The Ballot Papers containing the names of the validly 

nominated candidates except those who have withdrawn in 

time shall be posted to the members from 1 st SEPTEMBER 

TO 17 TH SEPTEMBER 2010. Each member is required to 

send his/her ballot papers by ordinary post in the “Business 

Reply Envelope” (BRE) provided by the IAP Election 

Commission or Speed Post or Registered Post. The ballot 

papers sent by Hand Delivery or Courier or by bulk mail will 

be considered as invalid. 

The Ballot Papers duly marked and addressed to: 

THE CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER 


KAILAS DARSHAN 

KENNEDY BRIDGE (NANA CHOWK) 

MUMBAI-400007 


should reach this office NOT LATER THAN 5.00 P.M. ON 

12th NOVEMBER 2010. 

A list containing the names and addresses of Fellow, Life 

and Ordinary Members of the Society shall be supplied on 

request at Rs.5000/- per copy. It may please be noted that 

the list of members is no indication as to whether a particular 

member is in arrears of his annual subscription for the 

current year. 

An Ordinary member must pay his / her subscription before 

30 th June 2010 to be eligible to receive a ballot paper. 

The Scrutinizing Committee shall scrutinize the Ballot Papers 

after the last date fixed for the receipt of Ballot Papers and 

results will be declared. 

All correspondence / enquiries / queries should be addressed 

to the The Chief Election Commissioner, Indian Academy of 

Pediatrics, Kailas Darshan, Kennedy Bridge, Mumbai- 

400007. 

The request of a member for change of his / her address in 

IAP records made on or before 31 st March 2010 will be 

accepted and will be considered as valid for the purpose of 

IAP Election 2011, to the Hony. Secretary General of Indian 

Academy of Pediatrics. Any change of address after this 

date will not be accepted for the purpose of IAP Election 

2011. 

DR. RAJU P. KHUBCHANDANI 

Chief Election Commissioner 

DR S. C. ARYA 

Member 

DR. SHRINATH B. MUGALI 

Member 

IAP ELECTION COMMISSION 

Email ID: cec@iapindia.org 

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Kailas Darshan, Kennedy Bridge (Nana Chowk), Mumbai-400007. 

ELECTION TO THE EXECUTIVE BOARD FROM FELLOW, LIFE & ORDINARY MEMBERS-2011 

NOMINATION FORM 

(PLEASE FILL-UP THE FORM IN BLOCK LETTERS) 

Name of the Office for which the Candidate is Nominated .................................................................................................................... 

Name of the Candidate (in full) .......................................................................................................................................................... 

(As registered with IAP) (see Instructions) 

Candidate’s Address ........................................................................................................................................................................... 

.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 

........................................................................................................................ STATE ...................................................................... 

IAP Membership No. of the Candidate .................................................................................... since ................................................... 

Telephones (STD CODE ................) (OFF) ................................................ (RESI) ............................................................................... 

Mobile .................................... Fax .................................... Email: ...................................................................................................... 

Offices held by the candidates in Central IAP & Year(s) ........................................................................................................................ 

Name of the Proposer ........................................................................................................................................................................ 

(As registered with IAP) (see Instructions) 

Proposer’s Address ............................................................................................................................................................................ 

Membership No. of the Proposer ......................................................................................................................................................... 



Proposer’s Signature & Date ............................................................................................................................................................... 

(see instructions) 

Name of the Seconder ....................................................................................................................................................................... 

(As registered with IAP) (see instructions) 

Seconder’s Address ........................................................................................................................................................................... 

Membership No. of the Seconder ........................................................................................................................................................ 



Seconder’s Signature & Date .............................................................................................................................................................. 


DECLARATION BY THE CANDIDATE 

“I hereby declare that I consent to this nomination and that the information given hereinabove is true and correct to the best of my 

knowledge and belief”. 

Place: 

Date: 

............................................................... 

(Signature of the Candidate) 


Inst. 1: Please enter name and address as on IAP Membership records for valid nomination. 

Inst. 2: Please attach self attested photo copy of Photo-ID (PAN Card or Passport or Driving License or IAP Identity Card) 

PLEASE SEND YOUR NOMINATION PAPER TO THE CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER NOT LATER THAN 5.00 P.M. ON 30TH JUNE 2010. 


IAP ELECTION 2011 – PUBLICATION OF BIODATA OF CANDIDATES 

The candidates are requested to send their biodata / message to Hony. Secretary General, Indian Academy of 

Pediatrics, Kailas Darshan, Near Kennedy Bridge, Mumbai 400007 for putting it up on IAP Website latest by date of 

withdrawal (i.e. 23 rd July 2010). The same should be sent along with 2 passport size photographs. Biodata / 

Message should preferably be sent by hard copy as well as email. Biodata / Message should be restricted to 

200 words for the post of Executive Board Member and 400 words for the post of Office Bearers including the 

address, degree and designation. Any biodata / message containing more than the required number of words may 

be truncated. Only those biodatas / messages received in time shall be uploaded on IAP Website. Any biodata / 

message received after the last date will not be accepted. The authenticity of biodata will be moral responsibility 

of the candidate. The biodata / message may or may not be published in Academy Today. 




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Websites of IAP Sub-specialty Chapters, 

Groups, Cells & Committees 

Chapter / Groups / Cells / Committees Website 

Adolescent Pediatrics Chapter www.iapadol.org 

Cardiology Chapter www.cardioiap.org 

Computer & Medical Informatics Chapter www.iapcmic.org 

Gastroenterology Chapter www.pedgastroindia.org 

Growth & Development Chapter www.iapgdbp.org 

Hematology-Oncology Chapter www.phoindia.org 

Intensive Care Chapter http://www.iapidc.org 

Medicolegal Group http://legalinfoiap.blogspot.com 

Neurology Chapter www.iapneurologyindia.com 

Respiratory Chapter www.iaprespiratory.org 

IAP Committee on Immunization www.iapcoi.com 

IAP National Polio Eradication Committee www.iappec.com 


Websites of IAP Branches 

IAP Bihar State Branch www.iapbihar.org 

IAP Delhi State Branch www.iapdelhi.com 

IAP Gujarat State Branch www.iapgujarat.com 

IAP Surat Branch www.iapsurat.org 

IAP Haryana State Branch www.iapharyana.org 

IAP Gurgaon Branch www.iapgurgaon.org 

IAP Karnataka State Branch www.iapkarnataka.org 

IAP Bangalore Branch www.iapbangalore.com 

IAP Kerala State Branch www.iapkerala.org 

IAP Thiruvananthapuram Branch www.iaptvm.co.nr 

IAP Gwalior Branch www.iapgwalior.org 

IAP Indore Branch www.iapindorebranch.com 

IAP Mumbai Branch www.iapmumbai.org 

IAP Orissa State Branch www.iaporissa.org 

IAP Jaipur Branch www.iapjaipur.org 

IAP Shekhawati Branch www.iapshekhawati.org 

IAP Chennai Branch www.iapccb.com 

IAP Coimbatore Branch http://iapcoimbatore.com/ 

contact.aspx 

IAP Uttar Pradesh State Branch www.upiap.com 

IAP Aligarh Branch www.iapaligarh.org 

IAP West Bengal State Branch www.iapwb.in 


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IAP Membership Form 

Name of the Applicant: .................................................................................................................................................. 

(Surname) (First Name) (Middle Name) 

Date of Birth: .......................................................... Sex: ............................................................................................. 

Communication Address: 

.................................................................................................................................................................................... 

.................................................................................................................................................................................... 

.................................................................................................................................................................................... 

State: ..................................................................... Nationality: .................................................................................... 

Telephones (ISD CODE) .......................................... (CITY CODE) ................................................................................. 

Resi: ....................................................... Off: .................................................... Fax: .................................................. 

Mobile: ................................................................... Email ID: ...................................................................................... 

Medical / Pediatric Qualification Name of the University Qualifying Year 

Degrees Registration No. & Registering Authority (e.g. MCI or State Medical Council): ................................................... 

.................................................................................................................................................................................... 

Name & Membership No. & Signature of the Proposer : ................................................................................................. 

.................................................................................................................................................................................... 

Name & Membership No. & Signature of the Seconder : ................................................................................................ 

.................................................................................................................................................................................... 

Place: ______________________ 

Date : (Signature of the Applicant) 


Membership Privileges 

The Society provides 

• Facilities to Students, Scholars and Institutions for the 

study of or Research in Pediatrics in any of its aspects 

by way of scholarships, fellowships, grants, 

endowments, etc. 

• Either through itself or in cooperation with other bodies 

or persons fellowships, prizes, certificates, diplomas 

of proficiency in the science of Pediatrics and conduct 

such tests, examinations or other scrutiny as may be 

prescribed from time to time. 

• Free of cost or at subsidized cost its official journals, 

books, periodicals or publications on pediatrics and 

allied subjects which the society thinks is desirable for 

the promotion of its objects. 

• Opportunity to its member to participate in Conferences, 

Lectures, Meetings, Seminars, Symposia, Workshops, 

Continuing Medical Education Programs, etc. 

• Opportunity to become members of its Branches / 

Subspecialty Chapters / Groups / Cells / Committees. 

Affiliations / Collaboration 

The Society is affiliated to: 

(i) International Pediatric Association (IPA) 

(ii) International Society of Tropical Pediatrics (ISTP) 

(iii) American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) 

(iv) Asian Pacific Pediatric Association (APPA) 

(v) Asian Society for Pediatric Infectious Disease (ASPID) 

(vi) Pediatric Association of SAARC (PAS) 

(vii) Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) 


Categories of Membership 

(1) Student Member: Applicant who has passed M.B.B.S. 

and doing Post Graduation allows the applicant to enroll 

himself/herself at 50% of the prevailing rate of life 

membership at the time of admission and the balance 

50% to be paid within 4 years or earlier. On making full 

payment, he/she will be entitle to change the “Student” 

Membership category to either “Associate Life” or “Life” 

depending on the graduation / post graduation status. 

(2) Associate OR Associate Life Member: Applicant who 

has passed M.B.B.S. only, have an option to become 

Annual Member i.e. “Associate” Member (renewable 

every year) OR “Associate Life” Member by paying life 

membership amount in one lumpsum. 

(3) Ordinary OR Life Member: Applicant holding M.B.B.S. 

and Post Graduation (such as D.C.H., M.D. (Ped), D.N.B. 

(Ped) or any other degree recognized by the Executive 

Board of IAP as equivalent) are eligible to be “Ordinary” 

Member (renewable every year) OR “Life” Member by 

paying life membership amount in one lumpsum. 

How To Apply for Membership 

Application should be made on a prescribed form. Along 

with the application for membership of IAP, photo copies of 

the following documents should be submitted 

(i) Photo copies of the M.B.B.S. & Post Graduation 

Certificates as (as per degrees listed by you in your 

application). 

(ii) Photo copies of the degrees registration certificates with 

State Medical Council OR Medical Council of India (as 

the case may be). 

(iii) Certificate from the HOD stating that the applicant is 

the bonafide student of his/her Medical College (if the 

application is for “Student” Membership). 

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Membership Fee 

The Membership Fee Structure is as follows: 

Category of Admission Fee Membership Fee Total Amount 

Membership Payable 

Student Rs. 500/- Rs. 5000/- (Total payable Rs.5500/- at the time of Rs. 10,000/- 

(payable at the admission i.e. 50% of the current life membership 

time of amount and admission fee) and balance Rs. 4500/admission) 

on or before completion of 4 years of 

Student Membership). 

Associate Rs. 500/- Rs. 1000/- Rs. 1,500/- 

Associate Life Rs. 500/- Rs. 9500/- Rs. 10,000/- 

Ordinary Rs. 500/- Rs. 1000/- Rs. 1,500/- 

Life Rs. 500/- Rs. 9500/- Rs. 10,000/- 

The Membership Fee should be paid by a crossed bank draft drawn in favour of “INDIAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS” 

payable at Mumbai. 



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Message from the Organizing Team 

Dear delegate, 

The Asia Pacific Pediatric Association has granted its 

prestigious event, the Vaccinology Update 2010, to Indian 

Academy of Pediatrics, and the Central IAP office has asked 

IAP Mumbai and Navi Mumbai to host the event under IAP 

Vision 2010. While all of us may profess to know nearly 

everything there is to know about vaccines, thanks to the 

various vaccine related CMEs and Symposia that are 

frequently organized by IAP, and by vaccine producing 

pharmaceuticals, there is always something that we still 

need to learn, whether it is the basic immunology of a new 

vaccine or the revised dosage schedule of an old vaccine. 

Practicing pediatricians are forever looking for ‘updates’ to 

their knowledge and this is exactly what the organizers of 

APPA Vaccinology Update 2010 intend to do. 

Through two complete days of vaccine science that will be 

formatted interestingly into panel dialogues, key pad 

sessions, ‘you ask, experts answer’ sessions, focused 

lectures, and debates, delegates will be taken on a roller 

coaster yet sedate ride through the entire field of Vaccinology, 

from basics of immunology thru’ to the latest vaccines on 

the anvil. In addition to renowned National faculty, we will 

have several respected International faculty who will share 

their knowledge with you. The concerns and queries of 

delegate will be the uppermost in the conference agenda 

and we assure you of a complete and satisfying learning 

experience. We have chosen a comfortable venue for the 

event that is also known for its delightful cuisine. 

Amongst several academic events that you are deluged with 

invitations to, we recommend that you register for APPA 

Vaccinology Update, for all the right reasons mentioned 

above. We look forward to welcome you to the international 

event. 

You may write to the organizing team with your queries, the 

email id being avu2010@gmail.com. You will find regular 

updates about the event on the IAP website, the web address 

being www.iapindia.org 

From The Organizing Team 


Highlights of Science 

Session 1 

Back to basics in immunization 

Session 2 

Unsolved issues in EPI vaccines 

Session 3 

Recent entrants to EPI vaccines 

Session 4 

Debate on presently available vaccines beyond EPI vaccines 

Session 5 

Issues related to specific vaccines beyond EPI vaccines 

Session 6 

Future vaccines in pipeline! 

The Organizing Team 

Organizing Chairpersons 

Dr Deepak Ugra, Dr Vijay Yewale 

Organizing Secretaries 

Dr Sailesh Gupta, Dr Upendra Kinjawadekar 

Treasurer 

Dr Anand Shandilya 

Joint Secretaries 

Dr Rajesh Chokhani, Dr Subash Rao 

Science Committee Chairperson 

Dr Y K Amdekar 

Science Committee Convener 

Dr Nitin K Shah 

Science Committee Members 

Dr Suhas Prabhu, Dr Tanu Singhal, Dr Jacob John, 

Dr Raju Shah, Dr Vipin Vashishta, Dr Chitkara, 

Dr Jaydeep Chaudhary, Dr Prashant Moralwar 


Central IAP Coordinator 


Reception Committee 

Dr Rohit Agrawal, Dr P M Jain 

Publications 

Dr Archana Kher, Dr Milind Tullu 

Venue & Audiovisual 

Dr Pawan Sureka, Dr Murlidhar Mahajan, Dr Vijay Tuteja, 

Dr Praveen Mody 

Catering & Cultural Committee 

Dr Jay Bhandarkar, Dr Bipin Shah, Dr Shilpa Aroskar 

Travel / Accommodations 

Dr Pravin Mehta, Dr Bakul Parekh, Dr Nirav Shah 

Ex officio 

Dr Panna Choudhury, Dr Naveen Thacker 

(IAP Committee on Immunization) 

Office Bearers of IAP 2010 

President 

Dr Deepak Ugra 

President Elect 

Dr TU Sukumaran 

Immediate Past President 

Dr Panna Choudhury 

Hon. Secretary General 


Editor-in-Chief, Indian Pediatrics 

Dr Piyush Gupta 

Editor-in-Chief,Indian Journal ofPractical Pediatrics 

Dr Nedunchelian 

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Vaccines – You Ask, Experts Answer 

Saturday & Sunday, November 13 & 14, 2010 

Venue : The Residence Hotel & Convention Center & Ramada Powai, 

Saki Vihar Road, Powai, Mumbai 400087. Telephone : + 91 22 28575000 

Registration Form 

Kindly use CAPITALS for filling the form Receipt No. ______________________ 

(For Office Use Only) 

Name : ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 

(First Name) (Middle Name) (Last Name) 

Occupation / Designation : _________________________________________________________________________________ 

Address : ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 

___________________________________________________ City : ___________________ Pincode : _________________ 

State/Province : ______________________________________ Country : __________________________________________ 

Tel. : ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ Mobile : ______________________________ 

(STD/ISD Code) (Office/Clinic) (Residence) 

Email : __________________________________________________________________________ Meals : Veg. Non-Veg. 

Delegate Category : IAP Member - No. _______________ APSEAR Member - No. _________________________ 

Non-APSEAR Member PG Student 

Accompanying Persons : 1) _______________________________________________________________ Veg. Non-Veg. 

2) _______________________________________________________________ Veg. Non-Veg. 

Conference Registration Tariff : 

Delegate Category Early (until June 30) Late (until Sept 30) Very Late & Spot 

IAP Member* INR 2,000 INR 3,500 INR 5,000 

PG Student*^ INR 1,800 INR 3,200 INR 4,500 

APSEAR Member* INR 2,000 INR 3,500 INR 5,000 

APSEAR Non Member* USD 200 USD 350 USD 500 

* Accompanying Persons will be charged as per their Respective Delegate Category 

^ PG Students to submit a letter from the HOD 

All accompanying persons above 5 years of age should be registered individually. 

Payment Details : 

Cash / Cheque / DD Amount _______________________ No. _______________________ Dated ________________________ 

Drawn on __________________________________________________________ Bank _________________________ Branch 

in favour of ‘AVU 2010’ payable at Mumbai 

Signature of Delegate : _____________________________________ Date __________________________________________ 

Please photocopy this Form, if more copies are required. 

Also attach your visiting card along with this form. 

For travel and stay arrangements, please contact our official travel agent : 

Mr. Satesh Bedi, Heritage Travels and Tours, 

1, Twin Complex, Bldg No 2, Opp Marol Fire Brigade, Marol Junction, Andheri (East), Mumbai 400059. 

Tel.: +91 22 2856 3333-36; Fax: +91 22 2856 3337; Email: heritagetvls@hotmail.com 

Secretariat : 

Dr Sailesh Gupta, Organizing Secretary – APPA VU 2010 

Arushee Childcare Hospital, 1st Floor, Bharati Enclave, Off Link Road, Opp Greens Restaurant, Chincholi, Malad (West), Mumbai 400 065. 

Tel.: +91 22 65248616, 28970960, 28790957 • Email: gupta_sailesh@hotmail.com

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