The Annual meeting of the Association of National Board associations was held on September 3^rd, 2022 at Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore. Dr Kasturi Rangan, former ISRO Chairman was the Chief Guest of the event and delivered a talk drawing parallels between space science and healthcare. Dr Sudha Seshayyan, Vice Chancellor of the Tamilnadu Dr MGR Medical University decorated the meeting as the Guest of honour and addressed the gathering.

Dr Abhijat Sheth, President of NBE and Dr Minu Bajpai, Executive Director of NBE presided over the function and had an extensive interaction with the member institutes of ANBAI. The interaction was moderated by Dr S Rajasekaran, President of ANBAI. While speaking, the NBE directors highlighted the key areas in which NBE has taken important strides in recent times such as online learning, improving the standards of teaching and cleared doubts regarding communication with NBE office and examination patterns. In particular, the role of ANBAI as an ombudsman between NBE and the member institutes was acknowledged. Dr Sheth also pointed out that similar to NMC teachers in medical colleges, NBE teachers will be recognised as professors/ assistant professors based on their years of experience.

Dr Bhabatosh Biswas, Chairman-NIPER delivered the ANBAI Annual oration on “Medical Training in India”. Dr Devi Shetty, Chairman Narayana Health and ANBAI patron also addressed the audience. About 100 delegates including representatives from 76 member institutions attended the daylong event. The highlight of the meeting was the felicitation of best teachers and nurses of the year from across the country, whom were chosen through a rigorous selection process. In total, seven awards were bestowed.

Dr Alexander Thomas, Patron of ANBAI was awarded the ANBAI Lifetime achievement award for his immense contributions to healthcare in India. The meeting concluded following the annual general body meeting of ANBAI in which Dr Rahul Guhabiswas, ANBAI Secretary, Dr Srinath, Academic Coordinator, Dr Rishi Kanna, Treasurer and Joint Secretary and Dr Gururaj, Alumni coordinator read out their reports.