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Minutes

MINUTES OF THE COMBINED GENERAL BODY & GOVERNING COUNCIL MEETING

Date : 22-09-2018
Venue : J N Tata Auditorium, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Members Present

  • Dr. Alexander Thomas, President, Bangalore.

  • Dr. H.S.Chhabra, Secretary, Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, New Delhi.

  • Dr. Kishore Babu, Treasurer, Manipal Hospital, Bangalore.

  • Dr. Sunil Sharma, Joint Secretary, Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, New Delhi.

  • Dr. Bhabatosh Biswas, President, East Zone, Rockland Hospital, Kolkata.

  • Prof. B Balaraju, President, Central Zone, Yashoda Hospital, Secunderabad.

  • Prof. Iqbal Bagasrawala, President, West Zone, Saifee Hospital, Mumbai.

  • Dr. Venkatesh Krishnamoorthy, President, Karnataka Chapter, N U Hospitals, Bangalore.

  • Dr. Nagendraswamy Swamy, Coordinator, Academics, Manipal Health Enterprises, Bangalore.

  • Dr. A Lingaiah, Coordinator, Alumni, Yashoda Hospitals, Secunderabad.

Meeting started with a prayer and Dr. Alexander Thomas, President welcomed all Governing Council members.


ANBAI-Gov.C – 10/2018-1

Approval of Agenda

It was RESOLVED to accept the agenda as presented.

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Confirmation of Minutes

It was RESOLVED to approve the minutes of the previous Governing Council meeting held on 11th November, 2017.

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Report from Secretary

Brief report of the Secretary as presented by Dr. H.S.Chhabra was received and accepted.

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Report from Treasurer

Report from the treasurer as presented by Dr. Kishore Babu was received and accepted.

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Receipt and approval of Audited Statement of Accounts 2017-2018

It was RESOLVED to accept the audited statement of accounts for the year 2017-18 as prepared by D.C.Sri Hari & Co.

ANBAI-Gov.C – 10/2018-6

Appointment of Auditors:

D.C.Sri Hari & Co was appointed as Auditors of ANBAI for the financial year March 2018 to April 2019.

ANBAI-Gov.C – 10/2018-7

Next Meeting date

The next Governing Council meeting is scheduled to be held at New Delhi in 2019.

ANBAI-Gov.C – 10/2018-8

DNB Alumni and Teachers committee

DNB Alumni and Teachers committee which was formed under the aegis of ANBAI to provide a unified voice of DNB graduates across the nation, currently has 330 members who have registered for Alumni membership from all over India.

ANBAI-Gov.C – 10/2018-09

Academic Report

The academic report was presented by Dr. Nagendra Swam highlighting the webinars to be held initially for basic sciences then for clinical subjects. The state chapters shall be encouraged to hold CME and other academic activities in their respective states.

ANBAI-Gov.C – 10/2018-10

Bank Account

It was resolved to close the State Bank of Mysore account of Andhra Pradesh and the balance money to be deposited in the main ANBAI account. Each State chapters can seek permission from the Governing Council and then start an ANBAI bank account at the state level.

ANBAI-Gov.C – 10/2018-11

State Chapters

The Tamil Nadu Chapter President Dr. Manivannan expressed his inability to continue, so the general body authorized the ANBAI Governing Council to nominate another suitable person.

ANBAI-Gov.C – 10/2018-12

Annual Institution Membership

The general body agreed that the ANBAI annual fees of Rs 1000/course/year should be paid by all members. ANBAI will facilitate grievance redressal of member hospitals only.

ANBAI-Gov.C – 10/2018-13

Plan of action

The plan of action for the coming year include the focus on Membership drive especially for alumni, strengthening academic activities at State Level, expanding Uniform Learning Resource, liaising with NBE, liaising with Government for parity of NBE & MCI courses and to take postgraduate medical education to international standards. There are two new activities planned for next year. One is to explore whether a Professional Ethics course can be started with National Law University Bangalore. ANBAI has facilitated the starting of first off-site course of PGDMLE at CMC Vellore. Second is the effort to promote environment- friendly initiatives through hospitals with PHFI and AHPI.


The meeting concluded with a vote of thanks to the chair.