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OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OFTHE NEUROLOGICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA
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Volume XVI, No. 1, April 2017
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President’s Message
News from WFNS (I) Trust
Applications for grants from WFNS (I) Trust are invited from neurosurgeon members and
associate members of NSI, for attending inland conferences (except annual NSI conferences),
overseas conferences, training in Indian or Centres abroad. Please access application form from
NSI Website.
All applications for financial grants from WFNS (I) Trust for the subsequent quarter of the year
should be received before 31st March, 30th June, 30th September and 31st December. All
communications with the WFNS (I) Trust Secretary may please be done via email. Documents
may be scanned and sent by email.
Dear Friends
Welcome to the new year and my best wishes to you and your family. I am grateful to
you for giving me this opportunity to serve this prestigious society. It's a proud
moment to step in to the shoes of some of the great leaders of our fraternity who have
brought glory to the society and keep inspiring us by their commitment and vision.
I would like to thank Prof VG Ramesh, Prof K Sridhar and the organizing committee of
NSI 2016 for a great conference in Chennai despite various challenges. It saw one of
the largest participation of members and international delegates and has been highly
appreciated for great academic activity, social events and personalized hospitality.
I would like to congratulate Prof Suresh Nair as President Elect to our team. I am sure he
will bring in lot of dynamism in the society. I would like to thank my predecessor Prof. RC Mishra for leading
us this far with his dynamism and hope to have his continued guidance in future.
Our current Organizing committee for 66th Annual conference of NSI, led by dynamic Dr. Shyam Babhulkar
and Dr. Lokender Singh is already putting lots of efforts to make the event a memorable one. Apart from
academic and social events, we plan to bring out the creative talent of members to the fore.
Our predecessors have made the society quite robust and expanded its horizon from national, regional to
international arena. I feel it's also time to look inwards to see the rise of our internal talent, which has taken up
the challenge to match international standards and is in forefront in many fields. We have kept the theme of
the Conference this year as “Innovation and Indigenization”. I appeal to all to forward their innovations to me
and participate in Nagpur to showcase their talent.
My special appreciation to Dr VP Singh our Hon. Secretary and entire EC for being actively involved in smooth
running of the office and taking keen interest in various activity of the society.
Please feel free to contact me or VP Singh for any suggestion or views.
Jai Hind
Deepu Banerji
President, NSI
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Secretary’s Message
Friends,
We have all had a wonderful annual conference in Chennai. Despite the loss of a
beloved leader and the fury of nature just a few days before- Dr Sridhar and his
team organised an academic and social feast which was unparalleled. And kudos
to all the members of NSI who turned up in large numbers to show solidarity with
our friends from Chennai. Adding to the occasion was the bonhomie with our
guests from the Society of British Neurological Surgeons. The high point of the
conference undoubtedly was the conferring of the SBNS award on the legendary
Prof B. Ramamurthy posthumously.
The Society of Neurosurgeons of South Africa has invited all our members to join them in a friendship
meeting in Durban from the 3rd to 6th of August this year. This meeting is taking place in a city where
the Father of the Nation - Mahatma Gandhi lived and had his political awakening. It was here that his
notion of Satyagraha - passive resistance emerged. You would be able to visit his house and see the
Indian quarter in Durban. You could also take some time to see the world famous Kruger National Park to
sight the Big Five. A visit to the beautiful city of Cape Town would be the highlight of the visit. And a
special guest at the meeting would be the cricketer Gary Kirsten - the erstwhile World Cup winning coach
of the Indian cricket team. So do register online at www.snsa-congress.co.za and showcase India in large
numbers.
Dr Babhulkar and Dr Lokendra Singh are making a lot of effort to have a gala event in Nagpur from 30th
November to 3rd December. Kindly note that this year the Annual Conference is being held earlier than
usual. Do register and send your abstracts once the abstract centre opens.
In the meantime do keep us informed about your needs, requirements and aspirations. Together we
have to make our Society grow and adapt to the needs of the day.
With regards.
V P Singh
Secretary, NSI
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Executive Committee - NSI
PresidentDr. Email:
President ElectDr. Suresh NairEmail:
Hon. SecretaryDr. V. P. SinghEmail:
TreasurerDr. P. Sarat ChandraEmail:
EditorDr. Sanjay BehariEmail:
Past PresidentsDr. R. C. MishraEmail :
Dr. Bhawani Shankar SharmaE-Mail:
Organizing Secretary for NSICON 2017Dr. Lokendra SinghE-Mail:
Past Org. Secretary of the NSICON 2016Dr. K. SridharEmail:
Deepu [email protected]
Executive Committee MembersDr. Ashish SuriEmail:
Dr. Bhawna SharmaEmail:
Dr. Daljit SinghEmail :
Dr. Geeta ChackoEmail:
Dr. Malla Bhaskara RaoEmail:
Dr. N. Muthu KumarEmail:
Dr. Paritosh PandeyEmail:
Dr. Sunil Kr. GuptaEmail:
Dr. Suresh SankhlaEmail :
Dr. Vinay GoyalEmail:
Future NSICONs
2018 – Jaipur2017 – Nagpur
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16th December 2016 Chennai – 9 AM onwards Board Room, ITC Chola, Chennai
Meeting attended by: RC Mishra, Deepu Banerji, VP Singh, P Sarat Chandra, V Rajshekhar, BS Sharma, Sanjay Behari, Daljit Singh, S
K Gupta, Ashish Suri, Bhawna Sharma, Geeta Chacko, Malla Bhaskara Rao, N Muthu Kumar, Paritosh Pandey,
Suresh Sankhla, Vinay Goyal, K Sridhar, Lokendra Singh
Special Invitee: Dr. K Ganapathy (Past President NSI)
Central Office: Navneet Arora
President Dr R C Mishra welcomed the members present and called the meeting to order. He then handed
over the proceedings to Dr V P Singh. Dr V P Singh also welcomed the members to the EC meeting and
expressed satisfaction that even after such a huge cyclone, things are moving on time and are in order.
2016/AEC/01 - Obituary Dr. V P Singh informed the EC about the sad demise of the senior members Dr Victor Rao from Delhi and Dr
Umesh Vengasarkar from Mumbai. The members stood in silence for one minute to pay homage and respect
to the departed souls. Proposed to send a letter to the family.
2016/AEC/02 - Approval of minutes of Midterm EC held in May at Nagpur Dr V P Singh informed that the minutes of the midterm meeting held at Nagpur had already been circulated in
May/June. The council approved the same.
2016/AEC/03 - Secretary's Report Dr V P Singh started his report with the membership status. After the midterm meeting – we have 33 new life
members (32 NS + 1 neuroanesthetist), 37 associate members converted to full members (all NS) and 109
new associate members joined (including 107 NS + 1 NP + 1 neuropathologist). So from 2372 members last
year including 1828 full members and 543 associate members we now have grown to 2596 members
including 1931 full members and 665 associate members. Of these we have emails of 1955 members and
mobile numbers of 1712 members.
Full Associate Total Till 15/12/15 1828 544 2372
15/12/15 – 13/5/16 15 67 NS-14, NP-1, Allied-0 NS-67, NP-0, Allied-0 Add Conversions 18 Less Conversions 18NS-17, NP-0, Allied-1
Total 1861 593 2454NS-1291, NP-492, Allied-78
13/5/16 – 12/12/16 33 109NS-32, NP-0, Allied-1 NS-107, NP-1, Allied-1 Add Conversions 37 Less Conversions 37NS-37, NP-0, Allied-0
Total 1931 665 2596NS-1360, NP-492, Allied-79
The list of new members was approved by the EC. A notice will be issued to those members who have been
associate members for more than 3 years requesting them to convert to full membership if eligible.
Minutes - NSI Annual EC Meeting
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On the academic front Dr V P Singh mentioned that the first superspeciality CME was very well conducted in
Coorg in July 2016 on Pediatric Neurosurgery. There was a good response with 75 delegates and the CME was very
well received by the participants. There was no financial burden on the society. The 10th Instructional and 4th
Foundation course was conducted in Jaipur in August. The next instructional and foundation courses are
scheduled to be held at Chennai in January 2016. A Neuro-intervention course in GB Pant was also held under
aegis of NSI. He further informed that two meetings would be held under the aegis of NSI - NeuroFest in Jaipur in
January 2017 and ICCN in Mumbai in March 2017. Among the International activities - SBNS is partnering NSI in
Chennai and seven senior members are coming. The reciprocal meeting would be in Preston in 2020. SBNS is also
conferring their highest honor - the SBNS Medal - on Prof B Ramamurthi. Next year the NSI would visit Durban
from 3-6 August and the South African Society would visit us in Nagpur. For Jaipur NSI 2018 the AANS has agreed
to partner us in a friendship meeting. In 2019 AASNS and NSI will have a joint meeting from 1st to 4th December
2019. CNS has invited NSI to join them in their Annual conference in Boston in October 2017.
Another initiative fructifying this year is the NSI project to publish books. This year two books are being released as
NSI initiatives – "Practical Neurosurgery – Analysis of Clinical Cases" edited by V Rajshekhar, CE Deopujari, N
Muthukumar & Sanjay Behari and "Pediatric Epilepsy Syndromes" edited by Ashalatha Radhakrishnan. Both the
books shall be distributed to the members free of cost. Dr V P Singh informed that sponsorship has been arranged
for publication of both the books. It was suggested that the books should be given only to those who opt for them.
Dr Sanjay Behari mentioned that he has been working on a book to be released next year. For the future Dr Chitra
Sarkar has agreed to edit a book on Neuropathology for Clinicians. The first volume for neurosurgeons would be
released in Nagpur and the second volume for neurologists would be released in Jaipur. Dr Deepu Banerji
mentioned that criteria should be defined for publishing such books in the future and the EC requested Dr Sanjay
Behari to formulate guidelines for books to be published under the NSI initiative. Dr Ganapathy proposed to bring
out a book with details of the Past Presidents and Secretaries from 2000 till 2016. The EC approved the same and
entrusted Dr Ganapathy with the responsibility. The specific details can be worked out.
Dr V P Singh also informed that the Women in Neurosciences Forum would take off officially in this meeting and
Dr Yoko Kato is coming for the inaugural ceremony. He also informed that the Legal Cell is also being launched in a
big way this year with 2 sitting judges of the Chennai High Court and a judge of the consumer forum participating.
Dr Suresh Sankhla mentioned that these sessions are becoming popular and wanted them not to run concurrently.
Dr Deepu Banerji emphasized that these forums cannot be given individual or plenary sessions and have to be
done as parallel sessions only for want of time. The EC was informed that from this year it was decided to give silver
mementoes to the life time achievement awardees instead of the ordinary mementoes.
2016/AEC/04 - Treasurer's report
Dr. P. Sarat Chandra, Treasurer NSI presented the Treasurer's report. The total revenue during 2015 was Rs 464
lakhs and the total expenses were Rs 326 lakhs. After distributing the surplus to Hyderabad society the total profit
for the year would be around Rs 33 lakhs. He mentioned that the total funds available with the society are Rs 459
lakhs of which a total of Rs 300 lakhs is in FDs. Dr Sarat Chandra mentioned that FDs of Rs 30 lakhs are with the
Mumbai banks. Dr Deepu Banerji clarified that all FDs in Mumbai have already matured and the amount
transferred to the Delhi account. He informed that since NSI is a trust we have to spend 85% of the total revenue in
the year. He mentioned that a Special Purpose Vehicle can be made for this amount to be spent in the next 5 years.
EC deliberated over the same and suggestions were given. He projected the balance sheet for the year 2015. He
promised to update the balance sheet upto March 2016 along with the Assets statement after consulting the CA
and present it in the General Body.
Dr Sarat Chandra informed the accounts of the Hyderabad conference. He informed that Rs 429 lakhs is the
receipts of the Hyderabad conference. Expenditure is around Rs 219 lakhs. Surplus is of around Rs 210 lakhs
which shall be shared proportionately between NSI and the organizing society. There is an amount of INR 92 lakhs
in FD which shall mature in January 2017 – subsequently the accounts would be finalised.
The report presented did not have separate headings of corpus and revenue. Dr V P Singh asked Dr Deepu if
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corpus and revenue have been mentioned separately in the last balance sheet. Dr Deepu informed that the corpus
till 15th March, 2015 was Rs 1.3 cr. Dr Sarat mentioned that during 2015-16, 23 lakhs have been received as
membership fee and has been added to the corpus.
Dr Sarat Chandra then informed the council regarding the finances of the Journal. He informed that the revenue
from the journal is around Rs 13 lakhs from royalty and around 9.77 lakhs revenues in terms of website journal
advertisements etc. The expenses of publication and distribution are to the tune of around Rs 36.38 lakhs.
IT Returns for 2015-16 was filed by the Mumbai CA on 11.11.2016. ITR for Ay 2016-17 will be filed very soon. The
service tax returns of 2015-16 were filed late and a penalty of Rs 20,000/- was paid for the first half and Rs 2,000/-
for the second year. Now no service tax returns are pending. TDs Returns up to June 2016 Qtr have been filed,
Return for Sept 16 Qtr is pending due to mismatch of challans at IT Dept site, it will be filed once it is cleared.
2016/AEC/05 – Resolution for transferring funds to Brain and Spine Society, Hyderabad
The accounts of NSICON 2015 Hyderabad have been submitted by the organizers. The council approved the
same. Dr V P Singh suggested that a part of the surplus be transferred to the “Brain and Spine Society” to promote
and educate Neurosciences in Hyderabad. The EC passed a resolution approving this.
2016/AEC/06 - CME Convenor's Report
Dr. N Muthukumar presented his report on the CME to be conducted during the NSICON 2016. He informed that
this year's CME followed the same format as last year starting with the inauguration and release of the CME Book -
Progress in Clinical Neurosciences Volume 31- having 23 chapters and running to 284 pages. There would be a
common session followed by concurrent Neurosurgery and Neurology sessions. There would be sessions on low
grade gliomas, controversies in neurosurgery, reoperation in neurosurgery and a How I do it – video session.
Concurrent neurology session will be in separate hall.
Dr Vinay Goyal mentioned that participation of neurologists in NSI conference is decreasing every year and it was
getting difficult to arrange speakers for neurology sessions. A lot of discussion took place and it was felt that the
problem was not only in the CME but also for the rest of the scientific program. The interest of neurologists in
participating in the NSI Annual Conference was on the wane. The neurology sessions often had only the presenters
and chairpersons present. The proposal for a one day registration for neurologists was declined as such a provision
could not be made for only one category of members and having it for all members would adversely affect the
financial viability of the conference. Dr Rajshekhar mentioned that a time has come to take a call and have
common integrated sessions for both neurology and neurosurgery. It was proposed that the CME concurrent
sessions should not be labelled as neurology and neurosurgery but should be combined. Even the neurology
activities during the conference can be integrated in the sessions without having a separate Neurology Hall. Dr
Muthukumar added that he shall come up with a specific CME format by the midterm meeting. It was reiterated
that only non NSI non neuro speakers can be given complimentary registration along with one day
accommodation for the conference.
2015/AEC/07 - Editor's report
Dr Sanjay Behari mentioned that there were six issues and two supplements printed this year. He also informed
the EC that the impact factor of Neurology India is currently 1.41 which is the highest as of now. He detailed the
different features in the journal. Constant efforts are on to update the membership address list. The Table of
Contents of each issue is loaded onto the NSI website regularly. He informed that the editor account at Lucknow
has been closed and all the balance has been transferred to the main NSI account at New Delhi. All extra printed
issues had been sent to Chennai and are being distributed free at the NSI desk. He also announced the winners of
the Neurology India best paper awards selected from papers published from July 2015 to June 2016.
Dr Behari mentioned that two new books are being published in the coming year - a) Pediatric epilepsy syndromes
by Dr. Ashalatha Radhakrishnan and published by Jaypee Publications and b) Clinical Neurosurgery: Handbook of
Clinical Scenarios by Drs. Deopujari, Rajshekhar, Muthukumar, Sanjay Behari published by Thieme Publishers.
Both the books will be published under the aegis of NSI. The two books will not have any financial burden on NSI
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and shall be distributed to NSI members who wish to obtain them. The royalty from these books shall be given to
NSI. More books of this type are proposed to be published in the future.
He also mentioned regarding the journal's future plans –including focus on bioethics, faster review in the coming
year, articles to be checked for plagiarism. He also announced the starting of an online peer reviewed video library
linked to Neurology India.
A proposal to make the journal international was not accepted as Dr Behari mentioned that this would need a
change of name along with other elements. Dr Behari also requested the EC to reduce the term of the Editor by one
year. The EC deliberated over the issue and asked Dr Sanjay Behari to appoint 3 different members - one each from
neurosurgery, neurology and allied as Associate Editors to reduce his workload and he could be the Chief Editor.
Dr V P Singh also asked Dr Sanjay Behari to employ a person for English copy editing – again to reduce his burden.
The members applauded the efforts of Dr Sanjay Behari in bringing the journal to its current status.
2016/AEC/07 - Superspecialty CME report
Dr. V P Singh informed that the first superspecialty CME was conducted in Coorg from 1st to 3rd July 2016 on
Pediatric Neurosurgery. Dr. Rick Boop from USA was the overseas faculty and Dr C E Deopujari was the program
coordinator. The main topics discussed were pediatric oncology (supra and infratentorial) and spinal dysraphism.
There was a very good response from the participants with 75 registrations and the course was very well received
and appreciated. The course was fully sponsored and there was no burden on the society. He also placed on record
appreciation of Intas Pharma for their full support of this activity. The next year's CME would be on adult neuro-
oncology in July end or August. The venue for the course would be somewhere in East India and Dr Sandip
Chatterjee shall be the course coordinator.
2016/AEC/08 - Education Committee report
Dr. V. Rajshekhar informed that the 10th Instructional Course and the 4th Foundation Course were held in Jaipur
on 6th and 7th August 2016 at SMS Hospital Jaipur. The course organizer was Dr. V D Sinha and around 70
delegates attended the two courses. The feedback of the course is very positive. The next educational course is
scheduled for 28 and 29 January 2017 in Chennai. Dr. V Sundar is the course organizer. He mentioned his
appreciation for Sun Pharma for their continued support and they have promised to continue the support for
further 3 years. The Super Speciality CME held in Coorg has already been discussed. He thanked Intas Pharma for
their support for this academic activity.
Dr Rajshekhar informed that the Education Board would like to initiate Post Doctoral Fellowship programs in
different neurosurgical subspecialties. He had requested Drs. Sandip Chatterji, Paresh Doshi, Bhaskara Rao and
Shakir Hussain to form the curriculum for Pediatric, Functional and Epilepsy surgery, and Endovascular
Fellowships. He has received the Functional neurosurgery curriculum a few weeks ago from Drs. Paresh Doshi
and Bhaskara Rao and also the curriculum for the Endovascular Fellowship from Dr. Shakir. He would discuss it
with the other members of the Education Board to finalise the same - which would be sent to the EC members in
the next few months for final approval. Concerns were raised on the legal sanctity of the certificate and suggestions
were given. Dr Deepu suggested that we should prepare the curriculum and then think about approaching various
bodies for approval. He requested Dr B S Sharma to provide the curriculum adopted by AIIMS for these courses.
Dr Rajshekhar thanked all the members of the Education Board for their help and cooperation over the past 1 year.
2016/AEC/9 - Practicing Neuroclinicians forum Report
Dr. Suresh Sankhla informed the council that this year's topic is "Sponsorships in Medical Practice and MCI
guidelines". The topics being discussed are: Industry sponsorship and medical profession, sponsorships in non
governmental practice and ethics of medical advertising and would be followed by a panel discussion.
2016/AEC/10 - Young Neuroscientists forum report
Dr. Paritosh Pandey informed that this year's forum topic is "Pitfalls and expectations in neurosurgical training". The
various topics to be covered would be: How ready are the residents for practice after finishing their residency;
deficiencies in neurosurgical residency: a young neurosurgeons perspective; changes in neurosurgical training
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over the years, and possible evolution; surgical training: How much is desirable: Expectations and reality; and
neurosurgery education and personal growth: is there a healthy balance, and how to achieve it. He also mentioned
that these deliberations would be compiled, and a report submitted to the NSI in one months' time. Dr V P Singh
informed that the reports will be circulated to the institution heads.
2016/AEC/11 – Women in Neurosciences report - Dr. Bhawna Sharma
Dr. Bhawna Sharma presented the Women in Neurosciences Report. She mentioned that this idea was conceived
by Dr Asha Bakshi last year. Dr Daljit Singh mentioned that this forum was initiated long back and only reinitiated
last year. Last year there was no major activity. This year the program is expected to gain momentum with the
efforts of Dr Suchanda Bhattacharjee. Dr V P Singh mentioned that there is a lot of enthusiasm about this and they
are launching the Women in Neurosurgery India (WINSI) forum. Dr Yoko Kato has come specifically on their
invitation for this occasion where Dr S Kanaka the first Asian lady neurosurgeon shall be present. The EC wished
them luck and assured them full support.
2016/AEC/12 - Legal cell report - Dr. Daljit Singh
Dr. Daljit Singh informed that the first meeting of the Legal Cell Forum would be held during NSICON 2016. This
would be launched by two sitting judges of the Chennai High Court - Justice Jayachandran, Justice Satish and a
member of the Consumer Forum - Mrs. S Backiavathy. The session will have the following topics. Medical
Negligence: Principles and Definitions delivered by Justice Jayachandran; the overview on Consumer Protection
Act shall be covered by Justice Satish; Medical Council Act Rules and Regulations for safe Practice will be taken up
by Mrs. S Backiavathy followed by discussions and questions from the audience. He applauded the efforts of Dr V
Sundar in organizing this meeting.
Dr Daljit Singh mentioned that so far no one had used the services of the Legal Cell and expressed the need to
publicise this activity to the members. Dr Deepu Banerji mentioned that the legal cell can have a page on the NSI
website and landmark judgements can be put up there. Some other educational material on ethics and medical
negligence could also be uploaded.
2016/AEC/13 - Website Educational Content Report - Dr. M. Bhaskar Rao
Dr. Malla Bhaskar Rao presented his proposals for increasing the educational content on the NSI website. He
informed that a twenty minute video of typical examination cases (both long and short) has been prepared with the
consent of the patients and approval of the Director, NIMHANS. This video is uploaded on the NSI website for the
benefit of examination going students. He also mentioned that the proceedings of the 8th Instructional & 2nd
Foundation Course held at GB Pant Hospital have been successfully uploaded on the NSI website.
He further informed about the poor response of the members to the case of the month uploaded on the website.
Dr K Sridhar suggested that the members can be appraised by instagram and other social media whenever a new
case is put up. Dr Bhaskar informed that he had not received any academic content or material of historical
importance from any member. He requested members to contribute cases and also help in building Cyber
Museum at the NSI website. Dr V P Singh enquired about the NSI whatsapp group. Dr Sridhar informed that at
present there are 210 members on the group and there are 4 administrators.
2016/AEC/14–Pre-Conference workshop Report
Dr. K Sridhar presented a brief report on the pre-conference workshops in the absence of Dr Ashish Suri. He
informed that they were well received and there were around 40 registrations for the CNS simulation course and
47 registrations for the intra-operative monitoring workshop. The live surgery workshop had 35 registrations, the
neuro-critical care workshop had 27 registrations and neuro-intervention course had 22 registrations. Dr Sridhar
said that the low number of registrations for the live surgery was disappointing. Dr V P Singh reminded everyone
that from next year there shall be no live surgery pre-conference workshop as per a past EC decision.
2016/AEC/15–Change of address of the society for Income tax purposes
Dr. Sarat Chandra informed that the CA would be changing the corresponding address of the Society to Agra at the
time of filing the Income Tax Return this year. The Society registered address shall remain the same – only the
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correspondence address would change. A resolution to this effect has already been passed in the last EC meeting.
2016/AEC/16 – CNS Update
Dr Mishra participated in the CNS annual conference in October and also attended their EC business meeting. It
was decided that NSI will be the guest society for the 2017 CNS meeting in Boston. Dr Mishra would be
coordinating the meeting. A mass mail was sent to all the members and a lot of members expressed their desire to
attend and participate – of them 29 members were selected for the scientific committee. He urged the EC
members and the general members to participate in the meetings. He also offered to try to generate some funds
and sponsorships for members to travel to Boston. Dr V P Singh mentioned that young members could apply for
the NSI international travel fellowships. In 2017 October the NSI - CNS MOU is due for renewal and we have to
build upon the trust that we have developed in each other. Members applauded the progress with CNS and passed
the report.
2016/AEC/17 - NSICON 2016 Chennai
Dr K Sridhar informed the EC that there were 1265 registrations out of which 1090 were delegates, 137
accompanying persons and the rest industry associates. He mentioned that they will have 6 concurrent halls
during the conference including the neuro-nurses. The EC applauded the smooth preparations despite the cyclone
and other problems. Dr. Sridhar informed that the conference app is ready and can be downloaded - but due to
disrupted communications due to the cyclone the wi-fi may not be available.
2016/AEC/18 - NSICON 2017 Nagpur
Dr Lokendra Singh presented the NSICON 2017 report. The website is ready and will be launched during the
conference. The brochures for the delegates and industry are ready and will be distributed during the conference.
Members can register during this conference at a special price of Rs 10000/- inclusive of taxes. The conference app
is being made in all three operating systems: android, windows and mac. Details about the conference venue and
halls were shared.
Dr Lokendra Singh mentioned the challenge in arranging rooms for the conference. A company called B2B has
booked all the other premium hotels except the venue hotel leaving the organizers with very few rooms. They plan
to sell the rooms at much higher prices. They have contracted the rooms even if the dates of the conference are
changed. Dr V P Singh informed that only 30-35 rooms have been booked by the delegates with Dr Sridhar and
around 50 rooms are needed by NSI. So a total of approximate 100 rooms are required from the conference
organizer. EC asked Dr Lokendra Singh to mention in the brochure that limited accommodation is available in the
venue hotel on a first come first serve basis. In addition some more rooms would be available in a nearby three star
hotel.
Dr Lokendra also requested EC to permit him to have an evening where NSI members could showcase any art or
culture talent they may have. He proposed a cash award of 30000/-, 20000/- and 10000/- for the best performers.
The EC permitted him to have this as an informal social activity.
He also requested to put an idol of Ganesha representing the first mythological head transplant. EC did not accept
this proposal as it does not want any religious symbolism to be used.
2016/AEC/19 – Increasing Orator Honorarium
Dr R C Mishra mentioned that getting reputed international speakers for the orations is becoming difficult as the
orators expect travel reimbursement. He proposed that the orator amount be increased from the existing USD
1000 to USD 3000. EC deliberated over the issue and proposed an increase to USD 2000 from next year onwards.
2016/AEC/20 – Increasing Award Money
Dr V P Singh informed that the present amount given for various awards and prizes is INR 10000/- and the same
has not been increased for a number of years. Dr V P Singh proposed that the amount be increased to INR 25000/-
which was approved by the EC.
2016/AEC/21 – International Travel Fellowship Programme
Dr V P Singh informed that we have started receiving few applications for the same and three had been approved
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out of which one was utilized. We hope more members take advantage of the same.
2016/AEC/22 – Criteria for M L Suri Award and other awards
Dr R C Mishra suggested that Epilepsy best paper award should be renamed as M L Suri award after passing a
resolution and taking the family into confidence. This was not accepted as the Epilepsy best paper award was
already a named award. A proposal was made to abolish all named awards and call them NSI awards. The EC
deliberated over all the awards in detail. The EC resolved that all named awards existing for more than 10 years
would be revoked after informing the families and henceforth they shall be only NSI awards. Also if the family
objects the NSI would offer to return the money. Also resolved that in future no new named awards would be
permitted and if some person has to be honored then a special session with his name will be conducted during that
year in the annual conference.
2016/AEC/23 – Criteria for holding conferences under the aegis of NSI
Dr V P Singh informed that some members had requested to organize conferences under the aegis of NSI - so there
should be some guidelines for the same. Various suggestions were made. Dr Daljit Singh was entrusted to
formulate guidelines and present it in the next meeting.
2016/AEC/24 – SANS Module progress
Dr R C Mishra informed that there is no clarity as to how much the CNS would charge NSI for this and how the
SANS module will work. The EC decided to await more clarity on this issue before deciding.
2016/AEC/25–Head Injury Programme
Dr Suresh Sankhla detailed the progress about the Head Injury Programme. He informed that they have a meeting
this Saturday where they would formulate an action plan. He mentioned that he has invited office bearers of
Neurotrauma Society and other Head Injury awareness programs in the country. It was resolved that NSI should
play an active role to unite all of them. Dr V P Singh informed that several organizations are promoting Road Safety
and Head Injury Prevention programs in a big way now. NSI should move quickly and seize the leadership
position. We should also make our presence felt at the governmental level. EC authorized Dr Suresh Sankhla to
take this initiative forward.
2016/AEC/24 – Central Office
Navneet Arora presented the working of the central office and the work done during the year. The activities being
done are: executing the instructions of office bearers and council members, the old physical documents received
from Mumbai are being scanned, new memberships processed, registration and reimbursement of Coorg, Jaipur
& Chennai course participants, updation of the website, abstracts processing and assistance in setting up the
scientific program, publishing the newsletters, handling the Agra accounts etc. The Central Office was instructed
to check the mobile phone numbers of the members from the whatsapp groups to update the NSI database. The
Central Office was also instructed to take the database from the conference organizers and update data in NSI
database.
2016/AEC/25 – Election Update
Dr Deepu Banerjee informed that this year nominations were invited only for the post of President Elect. Only one
nomination for the post was received from Dr Suresh Nair which was found to be in order. Dr Suresh Nair was thus
elected unopposed as the President Elect for the coming year.
2016/AEC/26 – Constitutional Amendments
Dr V P Singh mentioned that the following amendments were proposed and online voting was conducted.
Change in the byelaws 12.6
Existing 12.6. Up to Rs. 5 lakhs may be transferred to the Conference account by the Treasurer.
Proposed 12.6 "Upto Rs 10 lakhs may be transferred in the Conference account as seed money by the Treasurer."
Justification: With the increase in expenditure in conducting a conference an increase in the seed money is
needed.
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Change in the byelaws 19.1
Existing 19.1. The symposium topic should be broad based. Offers should reach Secretary NSI by 30th November
two years before the conference. The EC would decide on the symposium subjects.
Proposed 19.1. "The topic and speakers of the symposia in the conference would be decided by the President of
the Society."
Justification: There are very few bids received from the members for conducting the symposia. As it is the
President of the Society has no say in the Scientific Program of the conference he is presiding over. The President
Elect makes the whole program. By this change both purposes would be covered.
Addition to the byelaws
Byelaw 25: "In case of a legal dispute in the society, the case will be filed in the city where the Secretary of the
Society resides."
Explanation: This would make it logistically easier for the Secretary (who legally represents the Society) to attend
court and manage the dispute.
The members were notified of the proposed amendments and online voting was done after a period of 4 months.
61 votes were cast and all the three amendments were passed.
2016/AEC/27 - Letters for discussion
Dr. Malla Bhaskar Rao had suggested that all EC members and office bearers should be given a certificate at the end
of their term mentioning their stint in the EC. The EC approved the same and it was proposed to start the same from
NSICON 2017 at Nagpur.
Dr. S K Gupta had requested to have the EC meeting during the conference and not one day before. It was felt by
the members that a full day was needed to conduct the business of the NSI and it would not be possible for all the
EC to miss a full day during the conference. The EC resolved to continue the status quo.
2016/AEC/28–Congratulations
Dr Ashish Suri has been selected for the National Academy of Sciences and has received the India NASI- Reliance
Industries Platinum Jubilee Award and Oration for application oriented research work in the field of Biological
Sciences.
Dr S K Gupta has been awarded the degree of FAMS.
The council applauded both the members for their achievements.
Concluding the meeting, Dr R C Mishra thanked Dr Vedantam Rajshekhar for his exemplary services to the Society.
He also thanked all the Council Members for their active participation, support and co-operation. The EC also
thanked Dr K Sridhar for all the arrangements and the warm hospitality. The meeting was declared closed.
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Minutes - NSI Annual General Body Meeting
GB Meeting - Neurological Society of India
Minutes of the Annual GB Meeting 2016
(16th December 2016, Hall 2, Hotel ITC Chola, Chennai)
The meeting was called to order. President Dr R C Mishra welcomed the members, called the meeting to order and
handed over to Dr V P Singh for taking up the agenda.
2016/16th December/GB/01 – Obituary
Dr V P Singh informed that some members passed away during the course of the year. Dr Naushir H Wadia from
Mumbai, Dr Vivek Sachdeva from Agra, Dr B K Nayak from Mumbai, Dr Umesh Vengasarkar from Mumbai, Dr
Victor Rao from Delhi, Dr Tirumaran from Chennai, Dr SSR Murthy from Hyderabad, Dr BN Acharya from
Cuttack. The council stood in silence for a minute to pay homage to the departed souls.
2016/16th December/GB /02 – Minutes of Last GB meeting
Dr V P Singh told the GB that the minutes of the last GB meeting had been circulated in April / May to all the
members. The minutes were passed unanimously. Proposed by Dr V S Mehta and seconded by Dr Paresh Doshi.
2016/16th December/GB/03 – Secretary Report
Dr V P Singh informed that the total membership of NSI was 2372 at the Hyderabad NSICON meeting. Over the
year new members have been added and now the total membership is 2588. There are 1931 full members out of
whom 1360 are neurosurgeons, 492 are neurophysicians and 79 are allied members. There are currently 657
associate members.
Regarding the academic activities he informed that the first superspecialty CME was held in Coorg in July 2016 on
Pediatric Neurosurgery. There was a good response from delegates and the course was very well received.
Instructional courses and Foundation courses were held in Mumbai in January and in Jaipur in August. A
neurointervention course in GB Pant was held under the aegis of NSI.
Amongst the International activities – NSI participated in the South Asian Neurosurgeon Congress at Dhaka in
February 2016 and Saudi Arabia Neurosurgeons conference in Riyadh in March. Twenty nine members had
attended the CNS Section on Disorders of Spine and peripheral nerves at Orlando in March 2016. He informed
that SBNS has partnered with NSI this year and seven senior members are participating in NSICON 2016. The
reciprocal meeting would be in Preston in 2020. SBNS shall also confer their highest honor - the SBNS Medal on
Prof B Ramamurthi. Next year the NSI would visit Durban from 6th – 9th August and the South African Society
would visit us in Nagpur. For NSICON 2018 in Jaipur the AANS has agreed to partner us in a friendship meeting.
CNS has invited NSI to join them in their meeting in Boston from 8-11 October 2017.
This year two books are being released as NSI initiatives – “Practical Neurosurgery – Analysis of Clinical Cases”
Edited by V Rajshekhar, CE Deopujari, N Muthukumar & Sanjay Behari and “Pediatric Epilepsy Syndromes” Edited
by Ashalatha Radhakrishnan. The books will be provided free to all the members who wish to obtain them. For the
future Dr Chitra Sarkar has agreed to edit a book on Neuropathology for clinicians. The first volume for
neurosurgeons would be released in Nagpur and the second volume for neurologists would be released in Jaipur.
The Women in Neurosciences Forum and Legal cell Forum are being launched in a big way in this conference. He
urged the members to attend and take advantage of the forum discussions.
Dr Atul Goel enquired about the international member fellowships and wanted to increase the number of
fellowships. Dr V P Singh informed that the international fellowships were available and no member who fulfills
the criteria has been refused so far. He mentioned that in addition we have national travelling training fellowships
which have been sanctioned to 3 people this year. A member asked if research grant could be provided to the
members for research projects. Dr V P Singh informed that research involves a lot of money and many government
agencies already provide the same. The focus of NSI is on training as of now. Members also cautioned on the
increasing number of conferences every year and dates clashing between important conferences. The Secretary
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informed that the NSI is collaborating with the various Neurosurgery Subspecialty Societies and has a calendar on
their website and requests all concerned to have a look at it before finalizing their dates. Dr Anita Jagetia also
expressed concern on the increasing registration fee of the conferences.
The report was approved.
2016/16th December/GB/04 – Treasurer Report
Dr Sarat Chandra presented the Treasurer's report and projected the income - expenditure of the Society till 30th
November 2016. He mentioned that the Hyderabad conference has been a resounding success with a total
surplus of Rs 2.09 crores. The proportionate amount of the profit and interest shall be transferred to the
Hyderabad society on maturity of the fixed deposits. Dr Sridhar asked if there is a timeline on returning the excess
money to the organizers. Dr V P Singh agreed to formulate a timeline and give the amount due to the organizers
within 3 months of completion of audit of conference accounts.
Dr Sarat Chandra informed that the Society has spent around Rs 13.75 lakhs for Neurology India in the current
year. The total assets of the Society are Rs 355 lakhs. The Treasurer was requested to submit a detailed balance
sheet of the financial year 2015-16.
2016/16th December/GB/05 – CME Convenors Report
Dr Muthukumar presented the CME Conveners report. This year's CME followed the same format as last year. The
program has been much appreciated. This year's CME book - Progress in Clinical Neurosciences – Volume 31 has
23 chapters running into 284 pages and has been distributed to the attendees of the conference.
2016/16th December/GB/06 – Editor's Report
Dr Sanjay Behari mentioned the details about the publishing and performance of the journal. He mentioned that
there were six issues and two supplements printed this year. He detailed the contents of the journal template
including the Cover page with the main photograph highlighting India taken by a neuroscientist and two
photographs from articles in that issue as inset. Other contents were The first impression: Describes the cover
page, The timeless reverberations: Thoughts of an eminent neuroscientist from India, Editorial debates: Editorials
from several viewpoints by different experts focusing on an original article published in the same issue, Cents
(Concepts, Ergonomics, Nuances, Therbligs, Shortcomings): Commentary on a technique or procedure by an
expert in the field, Pathology panorama: Article focusing on neuropathology, The quest: Commentary focusing
on resident education, Citadels sculpting future: Commentary on the history of an eminent neuroscience institute
of India, The fourth dimension: A summary of some of the recently published seminal papers in Neuroscience
over the previous two months, Journey through the eons: Focus on abstract articles in Neuroscience and New
Feature: Facing adversity: Tomorrow is another day! The regular features were Editorials, Review articles, Original
articles, Case report, Letters to editor, Correspondence, Book review, Obituary etc. He requested all the members
to cite the journal. He also said that a concentrated effort was made to streamline the membership directory of NSI
and currently only 75 addresses need to be updated. The TOC is updated on the NSI website regularly.
He also mentioned the future plans of the journal - detailed instructions for the readers, focus on bioethics, faster
review in the coming year, every article to be checked for plagiarism. A new format is planned from January 2017
and no article may be submitted without the copyright form. He also announced the starting of an online, peer
reviewed, video library linked to Neurology India.
He mentioned that 2 new books are due to be published in the coming year: Pediatric Epileptic Syndromes by Dr.
Ashalatha Radhakrishnan and published by Jaypee Publications and Clinical Neurosurgery: Handbook of Clinical
Scenarios by Drs. Deopujari, Rajshekhar, Muthukumar, Behari published by Thieme Publishers. Both the books
will be published under the aegis of NSI, will not have any financial burden on NSI and shall be distributed to NSI
members who wish to obtain them. Royalty from sale of these books shall be given to NSI. More books of this type
are proposed to be published in the future.
The members applauded the efforts of Dr Sanjay Behari and passed the report.
2016/16th December/GB/07 – Superspecialty CME Report
Dr V P Singh informed that the 1st Superspecialty CME was conducted at Coorg from 1st to 3rd of July 2016. There
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was one faculty from overseas – Dr Rick Boop. 75 participants were present during the course. The next CME is
proposed somewhere in East India on Adult Neuro-oncology. Dr Sandip Chatterjee will be the convener. The age
limit of participants is 40 yrs which can be relaxed upto 45 years if there are not enough young participants.
2016/16th December/GB/08 – Board of Education Report
Dr V Rajshekhar presented the Board of Education report. He informed that there were two instruction and
foundation courses held at Mumbai and Jaipur during the year. The next course is scheduled at Chennai on 28th-
29th January 2017. The superspecialty CME has already been presented.
2016/16th December/GB/09 – Election Report
Dr Deepu Banerjee informed that this year nominations were invited only for the post of President Elect. Only one
nomination for the post was received from Dr Suresh Nair which was in order and he was selected unopposed as
the President Elect for the coming year.
Members congratulated Dr Suresh Nair.
2016/16th December/GB/10 – Report on NSICON 2016 Chennai
Dr K Sridhar thanked all the members and delegates for participating wholeheartedly in this conference despite
the fear factor of the cyclone and informed that 1138 delegates registered, 141 companies participated and 55
nurses came for the conference.
2016/16th December/GB/11 – Report on NSICON 2017
Dr Lokendra Singh informed that arrangements are progressing optimally and invited all the members to
participate in NSICON 2017 Nagpur. He said that Nagpur is the heart of the country. He mentioned that members
can register at the NSICON 2017 counter at very attractive registration rates during this conference. He proposed
to have an art and culture fest during NSICON 2017.
2016/16th December/GB/12 – EC Decisions
Dr V P Singh mentioned that Dr Ganapathi has proposed to write on the Past Presidents of NSI from year 2000-
2016, which was gladly accepted by all the members.
The orator fund which currently is USD 1000 was proposed to be increased to USD 2000. The GB decided that it
should be increased to USD 2500 from the year 2017. The proposal to increase the award money for best papers
and posters from INR 10000/- to INR 25000/- from the current year was accepted.
The proposal to change the names of the various awards and rename them as NSI awards was discussed and legal
implications were considered. It was decided to write to the award initiators / owners requesting them to
contribute Rs 10 lakhs each to enhance the award corpus for continuation of the awards for the next ten years. In
case they decide not to increase the corpus then the awards may be discontinued and NSI awards started in their
place.
The GB also agreed to integrate the neurosurgery and neurology sessions as neurology attendance is getting poor
every year and it is getting difficult to find speakers for the parallel neurology sessions.
2016/16th December/GB/13 – Constitutional Amendments
Dr V P Singh mentioned that the following amendments were proposed and online voting was conducted:
Change in the byelaws 12.6
Existing 12.6. Up to Rs. 5 lakhs may be transferred to the Conference account by the Treasurer.
Proposed 12.6 “Upto Rs. 10 lakhs may be transferred to the Conference account as seed money by the Treasurer.”
Justification: With the increase in expenditure in conducting a conference an increase in the seed money is
needed.
Change in the byelaws 19.1
Existing 19.1. The symposium topic should be broad based. Offers should reach Secretary NSI by 30th November
two years before the conference. The EC would decide on the symposium subjects.
Proposed 19.1. “The topic and speakers of the symposia in the conference would be decided by the President of
the Society.”
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Justification: There are very few bids received from the members for conducting the symposia. As it is the
President of the Society has no say in the Scientific Program of the conference he is presiding over. The President
Elect makes the whole program. By this change both purposes would be covered.
Addition to the byelaws
Bye law 25: “In case of a legal dispute in the Society, the case will be filed in the city where the Secretary of the
Society resides.”
Explanation: This would make it logistically easier for the Secretary (who legally represents the Society) to attend
court and manage the dispute.
The EC had approved the same. The GB was given 4 months time to mull over the matter and subsequently online
voting was done. 61 votes were cast and all the three amendments were passed.
2016/16th December/GB/14 – Any other matters
Dr V G Ramesh mentioned that MCI has asked Tamil Nadu Government not to take students for the 6 year MCh
course. The issue was discussed and it was felt that NSI should approach MCI and request for the 6 year course to
continue. Dr R C Mishra and Dr V S Mehta were nominated to take the issue forward.
Dr R C Mishra thanked Dr V Rajshekhar for his services to the society as this was his last GB as a Past President. Dr
V P Singh thanked Dr K Sridhar and his team for arranging a successful conference despite the nature calamity.
Members also applauded the hospitality and arrangements made.
The meeting was adjourned.
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Minutes - NSI Post Conference Council Meeting
EC Meeting II - Neurological Society of IndiaMinutes of the Annual EC Meeting 2016
(17th December 2016, Kaveri Hall-1, Hotel ITC Chola, Chennai)
Members Present:R C Mishra, Deepu Banerji, V P Singh, Sarat P Chandra, V Rajshekhar, Suresh Nair, N Muthu Kumar, Lokendra
Singh, Sanjay Behari, Geeta Chacko, K Sridhar, Ashish Suri, Daljit Singh, Malla Bhaskar Rao, Suresh Sankhla
Central Office : Navneet Arora, Kiran Arora
President Dr R C Mishra called the meeting to order and handed over to Dr V P Singh for taking up the agenda. Dr V
P Singh informed the demise of some more members which was discussed in the GBM: Dr Tirumaran and Dr SSR
Murthy from Hyderabad, Dr BN Acharya from Cuttack.
2016/17th December /IInd EC/01 – Decisions of the GBDr V P Singh briefed the council about the decisions of the general body meeting. He mentioned that these points
had been discussed during the first EC and had been modified in the GBM. He informed that (a) the orator award
has been increased to USD 2500, (b) a letter will be mailed to the concerned members / bodies who had initiated
the 4 named awards stating that for the continuation of the award for the next 10 years an additional contribution
of INR 10 lakhs to the corpus is required. In case there is no response regarding the same the award shall be
discontinued. The details of the outcome shall be presented in the next meeting. (c) the transfer of part of the
profits from the annual conference to the organizing society will be done within 3 months of the final auditing of
the accounts. (d) Regarding the query made by Dr Manas Panigrahi about the interest on the FDR in Hyderabad
account – it was resolved to divide the surplus and the interest in the ratio of 50:50.
2016/17th December/IInd EC/02 – Guidelines for NSI Books Dr Sanjay Behari mentioned that the guidelines for NSI books are already in his report presented earlier and the
same was passed unanimously. The guidelines were as follows:1. Shall be printed as published under the aeges of NSI2. There shall be no additional cost to society3. All Profits to be given to NSI
2016/17th December/IInd EC/03 – Guidelines for conferences under the aegis of NSI In the absence of Dr Daljit Singh Dr V P Singh informed that the aim to prepare the guidelines for conferences
under aegis of NSI was to promote NSI educational activities at a smaller forum of CMEs. The rules and general
guidelines for the same were also presented as under: 1. Organizer has to be full member of NSI.2. There will be no financial burden on NSI.3. Application for aegis shall be made at least 3-6 months in advance from date of events by the organizing
secretary along with contents and structure of the program.4. A minimum of 50 participants (delegates) should be expected and registered.5. Members of NSI to be made faculty / chairpersons.6. The NSI logo to be displayed prominently in the brochure, educational material, all signages, backdrops and
website of the meeting.7. Certificate awarded shall print logo of NSI8. Secretary NSI may also sign the certificate or may authorize organizing secretary for the same.9. Organizers to deposit INR 25,000 for one day event and INR 50,000 for 2-3days event.10. Approval for aegis to be decided by Secretary & President NSI.11. Report to be submitted by organizing secretary to Secretary NSI within 15 days of activity.
The council deliberated over the same and approved the guidelines.
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2016/17th December/IInd EC/04 – FinancesDr Deepu Banerji mentioned that the Rs 30 lakhs fixed deposit amount at HDFC Bank Mumbai shown by the
Treasurer as assets has been transferred to the Delhi account through Indian Overseas Bank and nothing is
available in the Mumbai accounts. The last cheque of the balance of Rs 1.54 lakhs from HDFC Bank has also been
sent to the Treasurer's office. The Treasurer was requested to clarify the same with the CA office. (See Annexure)
2016/17th December/IInd EC/05 – Central Office issuesThe central office has asked for (a) SMS pack 1 lakh transactional SMS for sending messages during the year for
various activities (b) a POS Terminal for NSI as most of the new members want to swipe and pay through cards (c)
Embossed NSI Logo stamp for embossing over documents and (d) 1 lakh mass Email pack to be renewed. The
council approved the same.
2016/17th December/IInd EC/06 – Mobile App for NSIDr V P Singh mentioned that an app for the Society is necessary as most of the members use and are well versed
with smart phones now. The council resolved to have a permanent app for the Society and to explore the costing
from different vendors. He also mentioned that the Society website is also going to be made mobile friendly. Dr
Rajshekhar mentioned that since we have already invested in the app for the conference we should not pay for
developing it every year. Dr Lokendra Singh mentioned that he had already got the app developed on all the three
platforms (IOS, android and windows) and the same could be used for further NSICONs.
2016/17th December/IInd EC/07 – AwardsDr Deepu Banerji announced the awards for the year. Neurology India Award for Best paper in Neurology – Dr K. P. DivyaNeurology India Award for Best paper in Neurosurgery – Dr Syam KrishnanNeurology India Award for Best paper in Allied Neurosciences – Dr Nishanth SadashivaNeurosurgery Award – Dr Laxminadh Sivaraju Neurology Award – NILEpilepsy Award – NILAllied Neurosciences –Dr Kaku Mayur Vinay KumarNeuro-Oncology – Dr Vinayak NarayanMCQ Award – Dr T Sengottuval, Dr Deepashu SachdevaPoster Award – Gandhoke Charandeep SinghAASAN Award – Dr Michael Virk
Dr Rajshekhar mentioned that in future we shall get 3 shortlisted abstracts from AASAN which will be sent to the
judges as this is a joint selection process. Members also discussed that the AASAN fellowships should be offered
by AASAN through NSI.
2016/17th December/IInd EC/08 – Business meetings with CNS, SBNS, SAARC & Myanmaar Dr V P Singh mentioned that there were business meetings with CNS, SBNS and SAARC societies. SBNS was very
appreciative of their participation in this conference. They were willing to start an observer fellowship for 3 months
and can facilitate the same, in return they wish to have their senior trainees come to India as observers. The
modalities needed to be worked out. The council was appreciative of the same. The contact person for SBNS shall
be Dr V P Singh.
Dr Alan Scarrow was present from the CNS during the meeting. There were two issues discussed. The NSI CNS
MOU is due for renewal in October 2017. They have been advised to send a revised draft with the proposed
changes so that the MOU is ready to be signed in Boston. The other was about the Boston meeting details which
they shall be informing later through email. The contact person for Boston meeting shall be Dr R C Mishra.
Dr V P Singh informed that there was a meeting with Myanmar representatives also. They already have an
exchange program with Dr K Sridhar. They were apprised about observership options in India and other training
programs of the Society which their members can participate in. The contact person for Myanmar exchange
programs shall be Dr K Sridhar.
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Dr V P Singh also informed that there was a meeting with Nepal under the SAARC initiative. The other SAARC
representatives could not come due to other issues. As decided in the last EC, two members from each SAARC
nation will be provided free registration and accommodation on reciprocal basis in all SAARC member national
meetings. He informed that the SAARC society is trying to get affiliation with the SAARC body which shall ease in
getting visas. It was also decided to have a link of all neuro-societies of SAARC nations on the NSI website and there
will be no need of a separate SAARC neurosurgery society website.
2016/17th December/IInd EC/09 – Neuro Nurses
Dr V P Singh informed that he had met the Neuro nurses delegation and as per NSI constitution they can be
provided upto 50 fellowships of RS 2500/- each. This was offered to them this year (even though the last date of
application had passed) and also INR 20000/- to conduct their conference.
Dr Lokendra Singh emphasized that Neuro nurses need to be better trained and wanted some special training to be
conducted by NSI. The council discussed the issue and resolved to continue with the present arrangements of
supporting the Neuro nurses program and helping them in whatever they needed.
2016/17th December/IInd EC/10 – Other mattersDr Lokendra Singh mentioned that he wished to project a small factual movie of 4-5 minutes at the time of
inauguration function about Dr G M Taori. The council agreed to the same and asked Dr Lokendra Singh to submit
the video to the council well before the conference for approval. He also wished to release two of his novels during
the inaugural function which was not approved as the books were not related to neurosciences.
There was a letter from Dr Ganapathy requesting the NSI to partner with ATNF to provide teleconsults to the
villages of India and to make telemedicine facility / consultancy a NSI initiative. The council agreed to disseminate
information regarding this government initiative. On the issue of NSI becoming a partner in this initiative the EC
requested Dr Ganapathy to send a more detailed proposal for consideration.
Dr Ashish Suri mentioned that there has been some difficulty in getting a response from CNS officials regarding the
simulation course. He requested the council to allow him to make arrangements in the future if there was no
response from CNS. The council empowered him to do so. Dr V P Singh mentioned that Dr Suri was in-charge of
all the workshops and asked him to oversee all the workshops in future.
The council also asked Dr Lokendra Singh to have Dr P Sarat Chandra as an authorized signatory to the NSICON
2017 conference account.
The next midterm EC meeting shall be held in last week of April / early May at Jaipur after finalizing with Dr Hemant
Bhartiya.
Dr V P Singh thanked Dr R C Mishra for successfully conducting the last meeting of his tenure. The council gave
him a standing ovation. The EC also applauded the hospitality and arrangements made by Dr K Sridhar who
despite being busy with the conference arrangements was present during the meeting.
The meeting was then adjourned.
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Lifetime Achievement Award
Nominations are invited for lifetime achievement awards. Awards would be presented during the Inaugural
function of the Annual Conference to Life Members above the age of 75 years who have played a significant role in
the development of Neurosciences in India and there shall be not more than 3 awards each year. Nominations
should be sent in the prescribed format to the Secretary before 30th April 2017 which shall be considered and
approved by Executive Committee during midterm EC meeting on 6th and 7th May 2017 in Jaipur
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may forward their URL identity & emails immediately to [email protected] (with a copy to the Secretary
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All members (Full/Life and Associate) are eligible to obtain their Username and Password to access their profile on
the NSI website (www.neurosocietyindia.com). Since this is the only Address Database used by all the Officials of
the Society (Editor, Secretary, Treasurer, President Elect), it is in your interest to ensure that your address and email
address are accurate. All members are requested to obtain the same by writing to the [email protected]
Details on how to access your personal profile will be mentioned in the letter sent along with the username and
password. In case of any difficulty please contact the Central Office at the email address mentioned above. This is
an appeal to all members to provide their email id so that the communications between the Society and the
Members will be easy and paperless. You will also benefit by being sent Email Alerts about various activities of and
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The Executive Committee of NSI requests all regional neuro clubs/societies to register with the NSI as being
representative of neuroscientists of that region. This registration will become mandatory to be recognized as bona
fide representative club/society of that region when bidding for the Annual Conference of NSI. If more than one
regional club/society claims representative status then a list of members who are also NSI members with their NSI
membership number and signatures will have to be appended with the registration form. Registration form is
available on the NSI website (www.neurosocietyindia.org) in the Download forms section.
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