Indian Academy of Pediatrics

Dr.Vijay K Sharma-Shimla. 

 

1. Confirmation of the minutes

 

• Dr Tanmay Amladi, Secretary General of IAP explained the General Body that the key issues of the minutes of the Annual General Body Meeting of IAP held on 23/1/2009 at Bangalore, Palace Grounds were as follows:

 

• Revocation of suspension of Dr Arun Kumar Agarwal and reinstatement as life member and that he agreed to withdraw all the court cases filed against IAP and individual office bearers and IAP members
• It had been resolved that it is a privilege and honor to be invited as faculty to PEDICON and no payment to be made to faculty
• IAP TB Chapter was dissolved
• It was resolved that the organizers of PEDICON should give 10% of surplus (max Rs 5,00,000/-) to Indian Pediatrics
• Minutes of the previous AGM and accounts of IAP should be circulated 1 month in advance to all members
• Annual reports and CHW reports last date = 30th Nov
• Awards reports recd by IAPCO on 15th Dec
• It was recommended that the minutes of the previous AGM of IAP could  be published in IAP bulletin and on IAP website – the minutes had been  put on website

 

• There was discussion on the publication and circulation of the minutes of the General Body and of the IAP Financial report well in advance to all IAP members so that everyone gets an opportunity to go through the same. Dr Ajay Gambhir, Dr Naveen Thacker, past President of IAP, and Dr Rohit C Agarwal, immediate past Hon Secretary General gave their inputs in this regard. The General Body took note of these these suggestions that the resolutions passed in the General Body should be prepared and circulated, first as a draft among the Executive Board members, and then given its final shape and published in the Annual report and uploaded on the website well in advance.
•  The minutes of the General Body Meeting of IAP held at Bangalore Palace Grounds on 23/1/2009 were passed by the General body

 

Proposed by Dr Krishna

Seconded by: Dr CP Bansal

 

2. Business arising out of minutes

 

The following business had been transacted as a result of decisions made during the Annual General Body Meeting of Bangalore 2009:

 

• Letter was issued to Dr Arun Kumar Agarwal informing him of the decision taken at the Bangalore AGM 2009 – Annexure -1
• Election 2010 Matters -  Annexure-2

 

Election Guidelines

Dr Nitin Shah, past President of IAP,  pointed out that, as per the IAP Constitution, any changes in the existing election guidelines should be made first by the Executive Board and then recommended to the General Body; if the General Body approves, then it should be put into application from the next year onward; the Chief Election Commissioner’s duty is to follow the existing guidelines – he / she is not responsible for making any changes in the guidelines and he / she does not breach any rule of the IAP Constitution as long as he / she follows the existing latest guidelines as framed by the Executive board and approved by the general Body

 

 

Regarding formation of a Tribunal for the IAP Election……….

Dr Ajay Gambhir pointed out that just like every citizen of India has the right to go to court even against the President or Prime Minister, likewise in IAP too.

 

Regarding Govt of India Parliamentary Elections Voter ID for IAP Elections

Some members, including Dr BK Jain from Bihar and Dr Arun Kumar Agarwal from Ghaziabad raised the issue of why Govt of India voter ID cannot be used as a valid identity for IAP election ballots, since it is a valid document for parliamentary elections and all members may not possess a driving license, passport or PAN card.

Dr Pravin Mehta, Executive Board member, IAP, 2009, pointed out that in 2009 the voter ID had been rejected as a valid ID for IAP election, specifically because there is no signature on the Govt of India voter ID, although there is a photograph and because the election commissioner want to verify the signature as per the records of IAP office and that was not possible in the Voter ID; he also clarified that despite this, he personally, was in favor of the Govt of India voter ID being considered as valid identity proof for IAP Elections.

Dr George Moolayil pointed out that the Govt of India did not have a signature since the voter had to physically travel to an election booth where of person himself or herself is possible while in IAP elections, the ballot papers are posted hence having an identity proof with signature is vital for confirming valid identities of the voters.

Dr Raju C Shah, past President of IAP, pointed out that there are already multiple options available for voters in IAP elections which were more than adequate and that members should not really be asking for any more options, although, he acknowledged that it was the prerogative of the General Body to revise rules in this regard.

Dr Nitin Shah, past President of IAP, pointed out that regardless of which ID one is talking about the CEC has to follow the existing guidelines while conducting elections; any modifications can only be applied prospectively and not in retrospect. 

Dr Sangita Yadav that IAP should bring out a card which has, both the photograph as well as the signature, for all its members.

Dr Praful Jain suggested there should be a separate card for life annual members (who have voting rights) and a separate one for associate members.

Dr Arun Kumar Agarwal stated that the CEC changed the rule midway during the election in 2009, regarding supplying duplicate ballot papers against valid Identity proof, so that, in his opinion, many all over India were deprived of duplicate ballot papers.

Dr Bharat Parekh, Chief Election Officer, CEC, IAP Elections held in 2009, pointed out that constitution of IAP Rule No.16A clearly say that IAP Election will be conducted as per the guidelines given by EB/GB by time to time. He also clarified that there is necessity to assess the validity of applications for duplicate ballot papers and he reiterated that the elections had been conducted as per the guidelines and that there was nothing wrong done – he also expressed disbelief that any IAP members could not be having even one of the existing required identity proofs and also stated that if any member states that many members were deprived of duplicate ballot papers, then such a member should be willing to provide the General Body with actual statistics.

Dr Atul Kumar Agarwal pointed out that even the driving license in some states did not have a signature. 

Dr Rohit C Agarwal pointed out that the IAP Identity Card is available easily upon payment of Rs 100/-.

Dr Sanjay Ghorpade requested the Chair to conclude the matter.

Dr C P Bansal requested that Govt of India voter ID should be considered valid.  

Dr Ravi Kumar pointed out that the General Body represented all of India and should make the decisions.

Dr A S Vasudev suggested that since the world is resorting to electronic media, IAP should also devise a mechanism of online voting.

Dr Suhas Prabhu stated that sending a photocopy of identity with signature on it would solve the problem, 

Dr Neeli Ramachandran pointed out that any identity proof can be fabricated hence, this matter should be closed without wasting so much time on it. 

Dr Arabinda Mohanty pointed out that banks have a database of all its customers with photographs and signatures and IAP should formulate the same.

Dr JS Tuteja expressed his view that it was insulting that for our elections we are asking identity proofs from our own members. He suggested that even APPA does online voting and that IAP should adopt the same procedure.

The Chair, Dr Deepak Ugra then proposed to put the issue to voting by the General Body by show of hands; Dr Sangeeta Yadav objected to this saying it should be by secret ballot  in writing as some members may raise both hands and mislead the Chair; Dr Ugra explained to the General Body that it was already very late, there was a long agenda and that the esteemed members consisted of all educated and mature people and hence voting should be by show of hands

There was a show of 30 hands for those in favor of using the Govt of India parliamentary election voting card as IAP election ID while there was a show of more than 40 hands against the use of this card. Hence the Chair announced the ruling of the General Body after counting the show of hands that the Govt of India parliamentary election voting card will not be permitted for IAP elections as voter ID in the year 2010, and that the General Body accepts the existing guidelines for conduction of IAP Elections and recognizes only the following photo-ID’s duly signed by the member, as valid ID’s for IAP election, - PAN Card / Passport / Driving License / IAP Identity Card (any one)

Any change in this should be tabled in a subsequent Executive Board meeting, if deemed necessary by the Executive Board, and if the Executive Board approves, it should be put as a recommendation from the Executive Board to the General Body for appropriate amendment

 

Regarding holding 2^nd Special General Body Meeting in Mumbai

Dr Shyam Sidana pointed out that holding a second Special General Body Meeting in Mumbai, a month after the Special General Body Meeting at Hyderabad was not practicable for everyone to attend

Dr Nitin K Shah, past President of IAP, pointed out that as per the Constitution, the President and Secretary decide the venue and date of the second Special General Body Meeting; it need not necessarily be held in Mumbai

Dr Ajay Gambhir and Dr SBP Singh suggested to the General Body that the second Special General Body Meeting may be held immediately the next day at the Pedicon venue itself so that it save the members the trouble of making a separate trip to any other city

Dr Naveen Thacker and Dr Nitin K Shah, past Presidents of IAP, pointed out to the General Body that the Special General Body Meeting is just to confirm the decisions taken in the first Special General Body Meeting and that the members cannot alter even one single word of whatever has been passed or discussed in the first meeting; if there is any controversy in the second meeting, the matter has to be brought back to the General Body for re-consideration

Dr George Moolayil pointed out that Rule 65 should be followed for sending the notice preparing the agenda and conducting the second Special General Body Meeting

 

3. Consideration and adoption of the audited Statement of Accounts

 

The audited Statement of Accounts of Indian Academy of Pediatrics for the financial year April 2008 to March 2009 (AY 2009-2010) were presented by the Treasurer, Dr Sailesh Gupta. The following discussion took place:

Proposed by  Dr.Atul Kumar Agarwal

Seconded by  Dr.A.P.Dubey

 

4. Consideration and adoption of Annual Report of the Society

 

The Annual Report of Indian Academy of Pediatrics was passed by the General Body

Proposed by Dr.Atul Kumar Agarwal

Seconded by Dr.A.P.Dubey

 

5. Appointment of Auditors and fixing their remuneration.

 

Dr Tanmay Amladi, Honorary Secretary General, informed the General Body that the present auditors were M/s S C Maheshwari & Associates and their audit fee was  Rs 21,000/- and Rs 4500/- for preparing Consolidated Accounts of IAP, IP and IJPP

This was passed by the General Body

Proposed by Dr.Arup Roy

Seconded by Dr.Raju C Shah

 

 

 

 

 

6. Appointment of Legal Adviser and fixing his remuneration.

 

Dr Tanmay Amladi, Honorary Secretary General, informed the General Body that the present Legal Advisor was Mr G A Tambe and the present Honorarium for him was Rs 10,000/- p.a.

This was passed by the General Body

Proposed by

Seconded by

 

7. Appointment of IAP Election Commission.

 

The following Election Commission was passed by the General Body for IAP Election 2010:

Chief Election Commissioner: Dr Raju Khubchandani

Members: Dr Shrinath Mugali

                  Dr  Subhash C Arya

                 

8. Appointment of IAP Constitution Amendment Committee (including IAP Election Reforms)

 

Constitution Revision / Amendment Committee should consist of five members, erstwhile President will be Chairman and Past successive four Presidents will be members.

This IAP Constitution Amendment Committeewas passed by the General Body

 

9. Consideration of matters related to Legal Cases against IAP and IAP Office-Bearers.

 

• Dr. Arun Kumar Agrawal’s legal cases (please see Annexure 3 for background information) 
• On 23/1/2009 theGeneral Body resolved to end the suspension of Dr. Arun Kumar Agrawal (and re-instate him as IAP’s life member). This was informed to him by letter No. ELEC.08/6976/09 dated 6/2/2009.
•  Compromise Deed was signed on 18th June 2009 between Dr. Arun Kumar Agrawal and the Defendants ----- IAP, Dr. Bharat Parekh, Dr. Naveen Thacker, Dr. Deepak Ugra, Dr. Rohit C. Agrawal, Dr. Nitin K. Shah and Dr. Panna Choudhury; in the Compromise Deed it is recorded that Dr. Arun Kumar Agrawal has rejoined as a member that he hereby undertake to withdraw each and every suit pending in each of the courts in Ghaziabad and Mumbai and that both parties will not raise these issue again in future or will indemnify each other.

 

• In July 2009, there was a communication between CENTRAL IAP and Dr. Arun Kumar Agrawal that Dr. R. K. Agarwal is not a signatory to the Compromise Deed and hence Dr. Arun Kumar Agrawal mentions that “IAP will take full responsibility for any liability / damage for legal expenses on the side of Dr. Arun Kumar Agrawal in case a litigation arises with Dr. R. K. Agarwal in this matter now or in future.

 

• On 3/12/2009Suit no. 216 of 2009 withdrawn by Dr. Arun Kumar Agrawal in Bombay City Civil Court.

 

• As of 29/12/2009Suit no. 543 of 2008 filed in Ghaziabad City Civil Court was yet to be withdrawn.
• Suit no. 147 of 2008Application for withdrawal given by Shri M. P. Tyagi on stamp paper to Ghaziabad City Civil Court between 23-26 December 2009.

 

• Dr Gadadhar Sarangi’s legal notice and his wife’s court case (details in Annexure-4)

 

The legal notice and court case and the issues related to the notice and case were discussed at length by the General Body; the General Body was of the opinion that Dr Gadadhar Sarangi should now withdraw both the court cases. Dr Sarangi informed the General body that there were no court cases, only legal notices served. The General body discussed the matter and suggested that Dr. Sarangi may please refrain from taking any further legal action and also resolve the matter amicably with IAP office bearers; the matter was closed there as Dr Sarangi did not make any commitment on this issue despite many attempts from the General Body and the Chair to persuade him to do so.

 

10. Consideration of Accounts of Pedicons

 

1. 45^th Pedicon 2008, Bhuvaneswar: (For details, see Annexure-5)

The matter was discussed in detail by the General Body, in which Dr Gadadhar Sarangi was also given a chance to convey his views and opinions.

The final conclusion reached by the General Body was that matter should be buried here and leave it to Executive Board to take necessary step to finalization of account

 

1. 46th Pedicon, Bangalore (2009) : (For details, see Annexure6)

 

Regarding the account of Pedicon 2009 at Bangalore, Dr. Nisarga in Executive Board meeting has promised that the account will be closed before end of this month or next month so there is no issue is there 

 

1. 47^th Pedicon, Hyderabad, 2010

In the matter related to Pedicon 2010 about GSK's withdrawal from sponsorship, and central IAP’s and Pedicon 2010 team’s responses to the same, the Chair informed the General Body that the issue had been discussed in the IAP Executive Board Meeting held on 7^th January 2010;   that members appreciated the stand taken by President. Members wanted to ban GSK for 10 years. The Chair requested not to do so, which was supported by many. In the last it was decided that it will be considered as one irrational behavior of one person of GSK and IAP and its members will never deal with that person again. IAP will not put any ban on GSK. It was accepted by all.

 

d) 48^th Pedicon, Jaipur, 2011:

 

The early bird registration fee of Rs 3500/- and subsequent tariff for Pedicon 2011 registration of delegates, as given below in the table, was approved by the General Body

 

Pedicon 2011 Registration Fees(Early bird registration fee of Rs 3500/- up to 31st Jan 2010)
Category	1 Feb.10 to 15 May,10	15 May,10 to 31 July,10	01 Aug,10 to 30 Sep, 10	01 Oct, 10 to 30 Nov, 10
IAP Member	Rs. 6200	Rs. 7500	Rs. 9200	Rs. 12000
Non- IAP Member	Rs. 7500	Rs. 9200	Rs. 10200	Rs. 14000
*PG Student	Rs. 4800	Rs. 5500	Rs. 6700	Rs. 8200
*Sr. Citizen above 70 years	Rs. 0.00	Rs. 0.00	Rs. 0.00	Rs. 0.00
SAARC Delegates	Rs. 7500	Rs. 9200	Rs. 10200	Rs. 14000
Accompanying Delegate	Rs. 6200	Rs. 7500	Rs. 9200	Rs. 12000
*Sr. Citizen Between 65 - 70 years	Rs. 4800	Rs. 6200	Rs. 7000	Rs. 8500
Foreign Delegates	$ 700	$ 750	$ 820	$ 950
Refund on Cancellation	75%	50%	25%	NIL

 

11. Any other business notice

 

Nil discussed

 

12. Any other business of which 30 days notice has been given to the Secretary General in writing.

 

Nil discussed

 

 

13. Consideration of correspondence.

 

• Dr R N Srivastava’s emails Nov-Dec 2009
• IAP constitution amendments proposed by CAC require wider discussion and should be communicated to total IAP membership , giving reasons for amendments
• Published in July-sep 2009 issue of IAP bulletin
• Published on IAP website
• IAP CAC should invite opinions from individual members as well as from state branches
• IAP Sec and Treasurer should not contest for 2 yr after finishing their post
• Max 3 members from each state
• EBM term should be 2 yrs
• EBM’s should act as representatives of their state branches
• Canvassing in IAP elections via post and email should be discouraged / disallowed
• Credentials Committee should be formed to select FIAP awardees, other awards of IAP
• IAP Advisory Committee should be constituted to advise EBM’s and OB’s
• PEDICON should be biennial, and no wasting money on glossy brochures, cut down expense son banquet etc and consider payment to speakers

 

 

The General Body concluded that it should be sent to Constitution Amendment Committee for consideration

 

• Dr R N Srivastava’s emails Nov-Dec 2009
• IAP Executive Director should be selected from Delhi for IAP to liaise with GOI, International agencies, NGO’s etc
• ED selection method should be discussed in GB, and should have same tenure as Hon Sec Gen i.e. 2 yrs
• IAP President should be from each zone by rotation

 

The General Body discussed this issue – it was felt that although Dr RN Srivastava was not present, his correspondence should be respected and discussed – Dr Raju C Shah and Dr Nitin Shah, Past Presidents of IAP suggested that this issue may be referred to the Constitution Amendment Committee for consideration

 

• UNICEF’S outsourced partner-evaluation report
• KPGM outsourced by UNICEF to evaluate all its partners
• Accordingly IAP also evaluated by KPGM reps who came to IAPCO in July –August and studied approx 30 documents previously requested by them
• Report submitted by KPGM to UNICEF
• Ms Mary Mendes shared report with IAP OB’s in Oct 09
• High risk for funds flow – IAP accepting foreign funds without permission of FEMA (Ministry of Home Affairs )
• Clarified with CA – not required as these are not grants but reimbursements for actual expenses

 

• Moderate risk for staffing , internal audit and accounting practices
• Hire full time CA
• UNICEF may help re-train IAPCO staff and define portfolios and job functions
•  

The General Body concluded that IAP does not want to be seen as a financially high risk partner with UNICEF and decided to refer the matter to the Finance Committee Report for study and get back to General Body.

The General Body concluded that the training of the office staff with the help of UNICEF with appointment of full time CA will be discussed with the office bearers and will come back to the next Executive Board

 

• Dr A K Pal – Dec 2nd 2009
• Domestic and international travel of Dr Naveen Thacker
• This was rejected for discussion by last GB
• IAPCO is not aware of which visits are being referred to

 

The General Body concluded that no further letter in this regard will be entertained by any members.

 

• Dr Arun Kumar Agarwal – Nov 17th 2009
• IAP should have all-India character – Secretary and Treasurer should be from any part of India*
• IAP should provide details of Dr Naveen Thacker’s visits to all IAP sponsored activities in India for last 4 yrs and source of funding for foreign visits(later this request was withdrawn)
• *Secretary General, Dr Tanmay Amladi pointed out that as far as the all India character of IAP is concerned, the General body should note that
• At least 50 EB members from all over India deliberate on all imp IAP matters at least twice to thrice a year
• Most important organs of IAP – IP & IJPP are permanently decentralized to Delhi and Chennai
• IAP Drug Formulary – looked after from Kochi
• IAP Pediatric Software – looked after from Gwalior, Ahmedabad with IAPCO support
• IAP has 284 branches and 26 chapters and groups which have their own activities and provide platform for all IAP members to participate
• Presidents of IAP have been from all over India in the past
• IAP has 12-13 important subcommittees which have chairpersons and conveners from different parts of India, who advise IAP on important matters like ethics, finance, constitution amendment, IAP website etc
• Most prestigious event of IAP – Pedicon – has been held successfully in so many different cities in India
• Correspondence of all members from all over India is represented at the EB / GB meetings
• All important decisions and developments on issues on child health are communicated from IAPCO to all local and state branches and subspecialty chapters and groups
• IAP CO has been in Mumbai since 1967 – some records go as back as 30 to 40 years
• Many records are not available in e-form
• A lot of important correspondence is recd by IAPCO which is not in e-form
• IAP staff needs secretary’s and treasurer’s signatures on documents cheques, vouchers and invoices at least thrice a week
• On an average the Hon Sec Gen needs to spend at least 9-12 hrs a wk in office to deal with correspondence and needs to be physically present for signatures, to meet persons from other agencies with relevant papers in hand and office staff at hand in case any documents are needed
• On an average the Treasurer needs to spend at least 6-9 hrs a wk in office and needs to be physically present for signatures, to meet persons from financial agencies with relevant papers in hand and office staff at hand in case any documents are needed

 

The General Body concluded that the letter should be withdrawn

 

• Dr Arun Kumar Agarwal – Nov 17th 2009
• “IAP election held in 2007 was not free and fair and they should be erased from record book, the action of the then President and Secretary in their letter to Dr Arun Kumar Agarwal dated 24/12/07 and their behavior in GB 2008 should be condemned and regretted”

 

The General Body concluded that matter is resolved and nothing further needs to be done at the General Body

 

• Dr Shashi BP Singh Bihar, Oct 13th 2009
• FIAP awards should be 1 per 1000 IAP members
• GBM time should be at least 2 hrs
• IAP should advice GOI to have pediatrician i/c of ICDS to ensure better immunization and nutrition care
• Life membership should be at least 20 years and 2nd term should = ½ of member fee and 3rd term should be free
• Delegate fee should be increased every year by more than the prevailing bank interest rate as decided in GBM in 2007

 

The General Body heard out these proposals – there was not much response from the General Body on the individual suggestions put forth

 

• Dr Ashwani Agrawal, Chhatisgarh, 2nd Dec 2009
• Sudden non-availability of Rotarix
• “IAP can impose a moral responsibility on GSK, if approved by EBM can black-listed and force company to face legal case on behalf of pediatrician in case consumer goes to court for inability to complete immunization”

 

The General Body was of the view that this is outside the purview of central IAP functioning and that individual pediatricians may take up this issue if they feel it necessary to do so.

 

• Dr Anoop Verma & Dr Ashwani Agrawal, Chhatisgarh, 2nd Dec 2009 Re Epilepsy Guidelines
• (for background please see Annexure-7)
• Dr Rajendra Gandhi, Aurangabad, 17th Sep 2009
• Kindly publish names of those IAP members violating IMS Act in IAP Bulletin (AT)
• What action has IAPCO taken against these members? – Kindly give wider publicity to action taken

 

The General Body observed the facts that the following:

• Formation of central IAP guidelines is the prerogative of the central IAP and not the subspecialty Chapter, although appointed members of the concerned Chapter are, as a rule, always involved as experts in the preparation of the guidelines, along with office bearers
• The guidelines were prepared in 2006 itself, although they were published later due to logistic reasons, as explained by the Editor in Chief of Indian Pediatrics

Hence the General Body decided that no further action need be taken by the central IAP in this regard

 

 

• Dr Gadadhar Sarangi, Cuttack, Nov 30th 2009
• IAP is limited to Mumbai, secretary based, with internally weak election process and now vaccine companies are hijacking work pattern of IAP
• IAP Constitution needs radical change and not amendments and needs to be re-written
• IAP should be President-based
• State units should elect EB members without CENTRAL IAP interference
• EBM’s should elect President, Secretary, Treasurer, and 5 VP’s one from each zone
• IAP to work in zones and VP of each zone will be President of that zone
• The OB’s will be President, Secretary, treasurer and 5 zonal VP’s; past President and President elect will be part of EB

The General Body considered these suggestions and advised that the same may be put to the Constitution Amendment Committee for their consideration

 

• Dr Atul Agarwal, Nov 26th 2009
• Any life member  who has completed 10 yrs of membership should be entitled to social security sum of Rs 1,00,000/- in case of casualty
• Pedicon should be centrally managed by IAPCO and all funds should come to IAPCO who will release funds to host branch
• Members of the city branch hosting Pedicon should get some incentive in cash / CENTRAL IAP program allotment to attend Pedicon
• Vice President should be promoted in hierarchy of IAP
• IAP should devise a more fool-proof method of ensuring that all eligible voters get their ballot papers
• Sponsorship of pharmaceutical division of companies who have another IMS division – IAP should reconsider this blanket ban

 

The General Body concluded that the suggestions regarding life membership, Pedicon funds and Vice President should be recommended to the Constitution Amendment Committee for their consideration

The General Body concluded after some discussion, that there is no foolproof method to ensure that ALL members definitely receive their ballot papers,

Re soliciting sponsorship from non-IMS division9s) of  IMS producing companies was rejected by the General Body as this was a violation of the IMS Act, which is the law of the country

 

Dr Arabinda Mohanty, Bhubaneshwar, Nov 28th 2009 – Violation of IMS Act

• Symbiotic research in FT exclusively BF NB’s in Orissa, carried out by researcher Global Network for Women’s and Children’s Health Research and supported by NIH, Gates Foundation, NNF Orissa, BPNI Sundergarh branch
• The BPNI denounced the research and remained silent
• NGO called CLAP filed PIL in Orissa High Court and made IAP and BPNI party in 2007
• IAP Medicolegal Cell gave its negative remarks on the research
• Court referred matter to ICMR with Dr HPS Sachdev, Dr Sarath Gopalan, Dr Saheli, Dr Siddharth Ramji – they opined that symbiotic is a probiotic which is a drug and can be administered
• Dr Mohanty’s views – Symbiotic is a food – adm to BF NB’s is violation of IMS Act and also child abuse
•  “Dr Y K Amdekar, past President of IAP, appeared with his designation in IAP in the invitation of Raptakos Brett to attract and support the company”
• State IMS Act Protection & Monitoring Cell, Govt of Orissa, has filed a case against Dr Amdekar, which has been admitted and is under trial
• Dr Mohanty’s views “There should not be any discrimination for any academician for any region / age / designation; no steps taken by IAP is creating questions in eyes of all pediatricians regarding impartial action of IAP and commitment to IMS act

 

The General Body concluded that the both the matters are in court and hence should not be discussed further

 

• Dr NedunchelianNov 9th 2009 Re: Editor in Chief (EIC) IJPP elections (see proposals in Annexure-8)

The general Body concluded that whatever suggestions made by Dr K Nedunchelian to the Executive Board and whatever modifications have been suggested by the Executive Board thereof, are acceptable to the General Body

 

Dr Kamlesh Shrivastava , Mumbai, 27th Nov 2009: Re sponsorship of IAP members by Pharma industry (For IAP Conference Guidelines, MCI Code of Ethics, IPA Guidelines and IAP Industry Guidelines, please see Annexure-11)

 

• Request to pass resolution that
• “IAP member shall not
• receive any gift from any Pharma or any other company
• Accept any travel facility including rail, air, paid vacation for self or family for attending seminars / workshops
• Accept for self or family any hotel accommodation”
• His views – “in fact this is illegal and unethical practice”

 

The General Body approved the following resolution:

 

“Resolved that IAP hereby adopts the notification no. MCI -211(1) / 2009 (Ethics) / 55667 of 10th Dec 2009 of the Medical Council of India which has the following rules:

1. Gifts: A medical practitioner shall not receive any gifts from any pharmaceutical or allied health care industry and their sales people or representative.
2. Travel Facilities: A medical practitioner shall not accept any travel facility inside the country or outside, including rail, air, ship, cruise tickets, paid vacations etc, from any pharmaceutical or allied healthcare industry or their representative for self and family members for vacation or for attending conferences, seminars, workshop, CME program etc as a delegate

 (c) Hospitality: A medical practitioner shall not accept individually any hospitality like hotel accommodation for self and family members under any pretext

(d) Cash or Monetary Grants: A medical practitioner shall not receive any cash or monetary grants from any pharmaceutical and allied healthcare industry for individual purpose in individual capacity under any pretext.

IAP should have mechanism to ensure that every member of IAP follows these guidelines”

Proposed by

Seconded by

 

14. Any other business with the permission of the chair.

 

Extra FIAP Awardees for 2010 which were passed by the General Body were as follows:

• Dr. U S Jagadish Chandra Hyd
• Dr. Niranjan Mohanty Cuttack
• Dr Nupur Ganguly –Kolkata
• Dr Arun Kumar Shah – Muzaffarpur
• Dr. Mahesh Baldwa Mumbai
• Dr. Sailesh Kumar Mathur Hyd
• Dr Rajiv Kumar Bansal, Jaipur

These FIAP awardees would be felicitated during Pedicon 2011 along with the FIAP awardees of 2010

 

The meeting concluded with a vote of thanks from the Chair
Annexures

 

Annexure -1- Letter to Dr Arun Kumar Agarwal re revocation of suspension - letter No. ELEC.08/6976/09 dated 6/2/2009.

 

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Sent:Friday, February 06, 2009 12:53 PM

Subject:End of Suspension

Indian Academy of Pediatrics

Secretariat: Kailas Darshan, Kennedy Bridge (Nana Chowk), Mumbai 400007 (India)

Phone (022) 23887906, 23887922, 23889565 Fax: (022) 23851713

Ref: ELEC.08/         6076                     /09                                           February 6, 2009

 

Dr. Arun Kumar Agrawal,

Chandra Laxmi Hospital,

4 Dasna Road,

Near Maliwara Chowk,

Ghaziabad 201001.

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Dear Dr. Arun Kumar Agrawal,

 

We are pleased to inform you that the General Body (GB) at its Annual General Body Meeting of IAP held at Bangalore on 23^rd January 2009 has decided to end your suspension from primary membership of IAP.  On your oral communication to the President and the GB, you are requested to initiate withdrawal of all court cases filed by you at Ghaziabad and Mumbai against IAP and its Office Bearers at the earliest possible.

Looking forward to a positive response from your end.

 

With kind regards,

 

Yours sincerely,

 Dr. Panna Choudhury                         Dr. Rohit C. Agrawal

President, IAP                                      Hony. Secretary General

Annexure -2 – Correspondence related to IAP Election 2010

 

• Election 2010 – Email from Dr Bharat M Parekh, Dec 2008
• Voters list to be frozen on 1st July
• Annual member should ensure that annual subscription reaches IAPCO before or on 30th June
• Election schedule to be decided by IAP-EC
• IAP-EC has no role in receiving or publishing biodata

 

• Election 2010 – Email from Dr Bharat M Parekh, Dec 2008
• There should be a last date for receiving apps for duplicate ballot papers by eligible voter
• Ballot papers received by BRE / speed post/ regd post = valid
• Ballot papers received by hand delivery / bulk delivery = invalid
• Appoint member of IAP to assist IAP-EC

 

• Election 2010 – Email from Dr Y C Mathur
• Print instructions of enclosing voter ID in bold letters
• Separate pink leaflet sent with ballot papers in 2009

 

• Election 2010 – Email from Dr Ajay Gambhir
• Delink election from IAPCO
• Open new a/c independent of IAPCO
• Make election process more transparent and fair
• Biodata responsibility should be of Ec and not IAPCO
• List of eligible votes should be frozen on 31st March and he / she should be member for at least 6 mo

 

• Election 2010 – Email from Dr Ajay Gambhir 06/01/09
• List of voters should be released by EC with valid phone number, email ID etc

 

• Election 2010 – Email from IAPCO to all contestants 05/01/09
• Recommendations of EC and CAC
• Candidate should give notarized declaration that he / she will accept the decision of EC as final and matter will not be settled in court – agreed to be EB

Annexure – 3: Dr Arun Kumar Agarwal’s legal cases: background in brief

1. Suit no. 216 of 2009 against IAP, Election Tribunal through Dr. Bharat M. Parekh and Dr. Panna Choudhury filed in Bombay City Civil Court. 

 

1. Dr. Arun Kumar Agrawal had appointed advocate Shri M. P. Tyagi at Ghaziabad and Shri Santosh Pawar for Mumbai and IAP had appointed Ms. Ramni Taneja for Ghaziabad cases and Mr. Gautam Tambe for Mumbai Court Case.

 

•  Suit no. 543 of 2008 in City Civil Court, Ghaziabad by Dr. Arun Kumar Agrawal against IAP, Dr. Bharat Parekh for suspension and defamation 22/9/2008 advocate Shri Ashok Kumar Karwal.

 

•  Suit no. 147 of 2008 in City Civil Court, Ghaziabad by Dr. Arun Kumar Agrawal against IAP, Dr. Naveen Thacker, Dr. Deepak Ugra, Dr. R. K. Agarwal, Dr. Rohit C. Agrawal, Dr. Nitin K. Shah, Dr. Ajay Gambhir and Dr. Bharat Parekh against his suspension from IAP membership and for defamation of alleging him as a culprit behind spurious ballot papers 28/1/2008.

 

• 23/1/2009
• General Body resolved to end the suspension of Dr. Arun Kumar Agrawal (and re-instate him as IAP’s life member). 
• Dr. Arun Kumar Agrawal assured the President on the mobile phone during the General Body Meeting that he will withdraw all the court cases against IAP, Election Commission and Tribunal and individual office-bearers ------ Page No. 4 of General Body Minutes.

 

• 6/2/2009
• Decisions taken in the January 23, 2009 General Body Meeting were conveyed to Dr. Arun Kumar Agrawal ---- letter No. ELEC.08/6976/09 dated 6/2/2009.
•  Compromise Deed was signed on 18th June 2009 between Dr. Arun Kumar Agrawal and the Defendants ----- IAP, Dr. Bharat Parekh, Dr. Naveen Thacker, Dr. Deepak Ugra, Dr. Rohit C. Agrawal, Dr. Nitin K. Shah and Dr. Panna Choudhury

 

In the Compromise Deed it is recorded that Dr. Arun Kumar Agrawal has rejoined as a member that he hereby undertake to withdraw each and every suit pending in each of the courts in Ghaziabad and Mumbai and that both parties will not raise these issue again in future or will indemnify each other.

 

• July 2009
• Communication between CENTRAL IAP and Dr. Arun Kumar Agrawal that Dr. R. K. Agarwal is not a signatory to the Compromise Deed and hence Dr. Arun Kumar Agrawal mentions that “IAP will take full responsibility for any liability / damage for legal expenses on the side of Dr. Arun Kumar Agrawal in case a litigation arises with Dr. R. K. Agarwal in this matter now or in future.

 

• 3/12/2009
• Suit no. 216 of 2009 withdrawn by Dr. Arun Kumar Agrawal in Bombay City Civil Court.

 

• 29/12/2009
• Suit no. 543 of 2008 filed in Ghaziabad City Civil Court yet to be withdrawn.
• Suit no. 147 of 2008
• Application for withdrawal given by Shri M. P. Tyagi on stamp paper to Ghaziabad City Civil Court between 23-26 December 2009.

 

 

Annexure -4: Dr Gadadhar Sarangi’s legal notices / cases : Background in brief

• Notice of IAP Election 2009 published in IAP Bulletin April 2008 ---- following points to be noted: (1) Self-attested xerox copy of photo identity such as PAN Card, Passport or Driving License to be enclosed (2) Candidates should send biodata / message to be put up on IAP Website latest by 25th July 2009 (last date for withdrawal of nomination).  (3) Biodata should be restricted to 400 words for the post of office-bearers.

 

• 9/9/2008
• Letter received from Dr. Gadadhar Sarangi to Chief Election Commissioner complaining about delay in appearance of his biodata by approximately one and half months after posting of ballot papers and that the biodata of other contestants Dr. Ajay Gambhir and Dr. Deepak Ugra was exceeding the limit of 400 words.

 

• 21/09/2008
• Email from Chief Election Commissioner to Dr. Gadadhar Sarangi denying any allegation of ambiguity in the election notice, and that biodata “may  be truncated for IAP Bulletin due to constraint of space ---- no constraint of space on IAP Website.  Therefore biodata uploaded without truncating on IAP Website.

 

• 15/10/2008
• Letter received from Dr. Gadadhar Sarangi stating that there is ambiguity in the guidelines for contestants to IAP Election, and requesting to IAP CO to take necessary steps to amend the situation.

 

• 25/11/2008
• Letter written by Chief Election Commissioner to the President IAP listing irregularities detected during counting of votes on 8th & 9th November 2008 of six ballot papers from Orissa.

 

• 15/12/2008
• Letter written by Chief Election Commissioner to the President IAP listing irregularities detected during counting of votes on 8th & 9th November 2008

 

• 8/2/2009
• Request from Dr. Gadadhar Sarangi to the President to set-up a committee -----“Facts and Fictions around Election 2009 and make him free of any charges within 7-15 days”.

 

• 24/2/2009
• Letter from Dr. Gadadhar Sarangi requesting to set-up a Tribunal or a committee to look into “irregularities” in IAP Election 2009.

 

• 9/3/2009
• Letter written from CENTRAL IAP to Dr. R. K. Agarwal, Dr. R. D. Potdar, Dr. M. R. Lokeshwar and Dr. Mahesh Baldwa to form “SPC” to review IAP Election 2009 as directed by the President Dr. Panna Choudhury with terms of reference.
• Special Purpose Committee to Review IAP Election 2009 Proceedings - Terms of Reference
•  Temporary Committee, will be dissolved after submission of its report.
• Effect of introduction of new reforms introduced in IAP Election 2009.
• Any facts of relevance.
• To explore scope of any unfair means in voting.
• To submit its report by 30th April 2009, so that it could be placed in May Executive Board Meeting.
• Preferably the members to interact on emails / telephonically.

 

• 24/4/2009
• Letter written by SPC to Dr. Rohit C. Agrawal, Dr. Deepak Ugra, Dr. Bharat Parekh and Dr. Vijay Yewale asking for the relevant correspondence and details regarding the election process and counting of ballots to be sent to the SPC within 10 days.

 

• 1/5/2009
• Email from SPC to IAP stating that SPC members met Dr. Panna Choudhury in YMCA, Mumbai on 28/3/2009 and decided to not have any personal interviews with the concerned parties, but rather, that Dr. Mahesh Baldwa will prepare a question proforma to be sent to all respondents to the SPC.  Also that on 30/4/2009 IAP CO informed SPC that all the correspondence should be done with IAP CO.
• Email from Dr. Panna Choudhury to SPC clarifying that SPC was set-up to give their judgment based on information and supporting documents provided from IAP Central Office and not for fresh fact finding or for directing communication with the complainant or the respondents as mentioned in the TOR.
•  Letter from SPC to CENTRAL IAP addressed to IAP President tendering that resignation under protest, if response is received from IAPCO to their queries.

 

• 19/6/2009
• From Advocate Shri M. K. Dash, Cuttack a legal notice from Dr. Swarnalata Mohapatra wife of Dr. Gadadhar Sarangi to Dr. Pradeep Kumar Kar, Dr. Nitin K. Shah, Dr. Deepak Ugra and Dr. Rohit C. Agrawal asking for compensation of Rs. 32 lakhs for “mental trauma and financial loss due to defamation” within 15 days failing which she will file a suit against the above mentioned persons.

 

• 2/7/2009
• Legal notice served by advocate Shri Rajendra Chaudhary, Virar, on behalf of Dr. Gadadhar Sarangi to IAP Central Office, Dr. Rohit C. Agrawal, Dr. Panna Choudhury, Dr. Deepak Ugra, Dr. Bharat Parekh and Dr. Ajay Gambhir saying that IAP has conspired by unfair means to defame Dr. Gadadhar Sarangi to defeat Dr. Gadadhar Sarangi in the elections, by unfair means and he is being victimized by creating mental financial and emotional agony and asking IAP to set a side the elections for the post of President Elect 2009, expel the Chief Election Commissioner.  If no reply is received within 7 days, his assertions shall be deemed as factually correct

 

Annexure – 5: Pedicon 2008, Bhuvaneswar accounts

• 17/3/2009
• (1) Dr. Gadadhar Sarangi, Organizing Secretary of PEDICON 2008 submitted the audited accounts of PEDICON 2008 held at Bhubaneswar.  The bidding amount of Rs.4 lakhs and was received by Central Office on 10/9/2007 and Administrative Charges of Rs.4 lakhs was received on 10/9/2007.

 

• 25/3/2009
• (2) Queries sent by Dr. Rohit C. Agrawal and Dr. Tanmay Amladi to Dr. Gadadhar Sarangi regarding discrepancies in accounts especially purchase of land worth Rs,46,50,000/- as an entry in the PEDICON expenses.  Plus Rs.12,04,342/- as development charges.

 

• 11/4/2009
• (3) Letter written from Central IAP by Dr. Rohit C. Agrawal and Dr. Tanmay Amladi to the C.A. of Central IAP, M/s. S. C. Maheswari & Associates asking for his professional opinion on the discrepancies observed by the Central IAP in PEDICON 2008 accounts.

 

•  1/5/2009 (by Email)
• (4) Reply received from Dr. Gadadhar Sarangi in which he has mentioned that the land he has purchased is under the name of PEDICON 2008; he concludes that this land therefore belongs to “an organization of IAP” and requests that the audited accounts may be placed before the Executive Board.

 

• 18/5/2009
• (5) Reply received from the C.A. of Central IAP, M/s. S. C. Maheshwari & Associates in which he has observed that in the Income & Expenditure Accounts, there is a debit entry of Rs.46,50,000/- and Rs.12,04,342/- being the land development expenses.  In their opinion
• (1) this is a Capital Expenditure and cannot be shown in Income & Expenditure ,
• (2) PEDICON 2008 is not an entity itself and,
• (3) there is no resolution authorizing the branch or the Organizing Committee of PEDICON 2008 to purchase the land.  Therefore, the said purchase is not correct and should not be considered as PEDICON 2008 expenses,
• (4) Purchase should be authorized by the Executive Board of Central IAP or the General Body of Central IAP.

 

• 19/5/2009
• (6) Letter written from CENTRAL IAP by Dr. Rohit C. Agrawal and Dr. Tanmay Amladi to Dr. Gadadhar Sarangi conveying the queries raised by C.A. of Central IAP, M/s. S.C. Maheshwari and Associates.

 

• 8/6/2009
• (7) Letter written by Dr. Gadadhar Sarangi to Dr. Rohit C. Agrawal mentioning that he will get back to us after taking the opinion of their C.A.

 

• 7/7/2009 & 17/7/2009
• (8) Email sent by Central IAP by Dr. Rohit C. Agrawal and Dr. Tanmay Amladi to Dr. Gadadhar Sarangi reminding him to submit the report of his C.A. regarding the accounts of PEDICON 2008.

 

• 5/8/2009
• (9) Letter written by Dr. Rohit C. Agrawal & Dr. Tanmay Amladi from Central IAP, to Dr. Bharat R. Agarwal, Chairman of Finance Committee of IAP, requesting the IAP Finance Committee to scrutinize the audited accounts of PEDICON 2008.

 

• 12/8/2009
• (10) Reply received from Dr. Gadadhar Sarangi attached with
• (1) clarification sought from C.A. of PEDICON 2008, M/s. Dweipayan Das & Co. stating that since PEDICON 2008 is an one time event, all transactions were treated as Income & Expenditure
• (2) A document dated 12/1/09 titled “Decision” (not resolution) mentioning “Members of PEDICON 2008 IAP Trust” with the names of 9 doctors from the Organizing Team but no signatures, and bearing Dr. Gadadhar Sarangi’s signature – this document states that the Organizing Team of PEDICON 2008 has resolved to buy a plot of land for activities of IAPians of Orissa in the name of PEDICON 2008 IAP Trust and Dr. Gadadhar Sarangi being the Chairman of the Trust.
• However, there was no mention about presanctions from EB/GB of CENTRAL IAP and EB/GB of Orissa State Branch.

 

• 8/9/2008
• (11) The response of the Chairman of IAP Finance Committee, Dr. Bharat R. Agarwal is as follows:
• (1) The PEDICON 2008 Organizing Committee created the Trust “PEDICON 2008 Trust” but the purchase is not authorized by Central IAP / IAP Orissa State Branch
• (2) The cost of this land Rs.58,54,342/- is accounted as PEDICON expenses. 
• He has recommended the following
• (1) Adopt rectification measures suggested by M/s. S. C. Maheshwari & Associate, C.A. of CENTRAL IAP
• (2) Request Organizers of PEDICON 2008 to close bank accounts
• (3) Disallow further use of IAP IT PAN number for any purpose of PEDICON 2008

 

• 18 September 2009
• (12) Received response from Dr. Dhananjay Shah, Member, IAP, Finance Committee:
• He observed that:
•  (1)According to his calculations, IAP CO has already received the amount due to it from PEDICON 2008; in fact he felt CENTRAL IAP had received an “excess” and that therefore any “ill intention towards CENTRAL IAP” was “ruled out.”
• (2)It is advisable for CENTRAL IAP and PEDICON organizers to sit across the table and resolve the matter rather than raise issue through letters / emails.
• (3)He felt it is more important to be “politically wise” rather than “technically correct”.
• (4) He compared this issue to issue of alleged fake ballot papers during a past IAP election.

 

• 18 September 2009
• (12) Received response from Dr. Dhananjay Shah, Member, IAP, Finance Committee:
• (5)An MoU should be henceforth signed between CENTRAL IAP and the host branch(es) for future PEDICONS where the issues of finance sharing and other matters should be clearly outlined.
• (6)He agreed that the PAN number of IAP should not be used by the PEDICON 2008 Trust and that this matter should be clarified from the trustees of the PEDICON 2008 Trust.

 

 

 

• 19-20 September 2009
• (13) The Executive Board of Central IAP has disallowed the expenses of Rs.4650000/- and Rs.1204342/- towards purchase in the EB Meeting of the CENTRAL IAP held on 19th & 20th September 2009 at Mumbai.

 

• 2/12/2009
• (14) Letter written by CENTRAL IAP by Dr. Panna Choudhury, Dr. Rohit C. Agrawal and Dr. Tanmay Amladi to Dr. Gadadhar Sarangi informing him of the decision  of the Executive Board of Central IAP taken at the meeting of EB held on 19th & 20th September 2009 at Mumbai in which CENTRAL IAP has asked Dr. Gadadhar Sarangi to respond with compliance report within 15 days so that it can be put to the next EB meeting to be held on 7th January 2010 for deciding on further course of action.

 

• 30/12/2009
• (15) Letter written by Dr. Gadadhar Sarangi enclosing CA’s “final report” and requesting CENTRAL IAP to issue a letter indicating its “non-involvement in the PEDICON 2008 IAP Trust and that IAP should rest of the amount should be remitted to him ASAP”

 

• 02/01/10
• Email sent from CENTRAL IAP to Dr Gadadhar Sarangi, asking for receipt from IAP Orissa state branch showing receipt of 10% surplus and from IAP Khurda branch showing receipt of 65% of surplus of PEDICON 2008

 

Annexure-6 Pedicon 2009, Bangalore accounts

 

• Email sent from IAPCO to Dr R Nisarga on date… requesting him to
• Consult the PEDICON 2009 CA and obtain estimate of potential IT liability
• To deduct this amount from surplus of approx 1.74 cr and invest it locally
• To keep aside 10% for IP and divide remaining 60-39-10
• To close the Pedicon account
• To ensure the CENTRAL IAP PAN number is not used for any local investments made

 

Annexure -7; Matter related to Publication of Guidelines on childhood epilepsy in Indian Pediatrics August 2009

• IP August 2009 published a 17-page article on Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Epilepsy, with 110 references
• The article was written after a Consensus Meeting on this topic 22nd & 23rd July 2006 under the Presidential Action Plan, in which pediatricians, pediatric epileptologists, pediatric and adult neurologists and electrophysiologists participated
• Dr Anoop Verma & Dr Ashwani Agrawal, Chhatisgarh, 2nd Dec 2009 Re Epilepsy Guidelines
• The process of updating continued through 2007, 2008 and the final recommendations were written in 2009 in IAP August 2009
• The team consisted of Chairpersons Dr Nitin K Shah & Dr Deepak Ugra, Conveners, Dr Vrajesh Udani and Dr Neeta Naik, and a list of experts
• Dr Anoop Verma & Dr Ashwani Agrawal, Chhatisgarh, 2nd Dec 2009 Re Epilepsy Guidelines
• List of experts were, Dr Surekha Rajadhyaksha, Bhartiya Vidyapeeth, Pune, Dr Veena Kalra, AIIMS, Delhi, Dr Nagabhushan Rao, Osmania MC, Dr Pratibha Singhi, PGIMER, Chandigarh, Dr KN Shah, BJ Wadia Hospital, Mumbai, Dr Nandan Yardi, Pune, Dr JMK Murthy, Nizam Inst Hyd, Dr Margi Desai, Saifee Hosp, Mumbai, DR Meher Ursekar, Wellspring Jhankharia Imaging, Mumbai, Dr Anaita Hegde, Jaslok Hops, Mumbai,  G Kumaresan, Inst Chld Hlth, Chennai, Dr Satinder Aneja, Lady Harding MC, Delhi, Dr  Vrajesh Udani, PD Hinduja hosp, Mumbai, Dr Jayant Mani, KD Ambani Hosp, Mumbai,  Dr Neeta Naik, Epilepsy Center fo Children, Mumbai, Dr Rachna Gupta, Apollo Hosp, Indore, Dr G R Passi, Choitram Hosp, Indore, Dr Arjit Chattopadhyaya, Inst Chld Hlth, Kolkata, Dr J Nahan, Shushrusha Hosp, Mumbai, Dr Milind Sankhe, PD Hinduja hosp, Mumbai, Dr Soonu Udani, PD Hinduja hops & Grant MC, JJ Hosp, Mumbai
• IAP Neuro Chapter OB’s in 2004 were Chairperson Dr Arun Kumar Agarwal, and 3 patrons Dr Uday Bodhankar, Dr SP Srivastava Dr Veena Kalra; they finished tenure in  Jan 2006; no secretary;  the Chapter was dissolved by EB due to election issues and a new chapter was formed in 2007
• In 2007, Dr Anoop Verma was secretary, Dr Vineet Saxena Treasurer Dr KP Sarbhai Co-treasurer; no Chairperson
• As such the IAP Neurology Chapter was in a state of suspended animation in 2006 when the Epilepsy Consensus Group  met
• IAP Presidential Action plan should be year specific unless specifically accepted by next Nat’l President
• No presidential agenda or their scientific publications of their tenure should be allowed in official journals of IAP after the tenure is over
• Subchapters and groups should be involved to maintain dignity and credibility
• IP August 2009 – Guidelines on Ped Epilepsy
• Date of submission and acceptance should be clearly mentioned even if article is from CENTRAL IAP
• Participants to form guidelines should be from IAP
• Erratum should be published in IP

 

Annexure – 8: Suggestions for Election process of Editor In Chief of Indian Journal of Practical Pediatrics

• Should have served the journal for at least nine years
• Should have served as member, editorial board / assoc editor / managing editor / executive editor
• There should be evidence for this – certificate from EIC while filing nomination
• If there is any error in the certification, EIC and team will be held responsible
• Duty of election officer and OB’s of IAP to verify the same before accepting nomination
• Eligible candidate should reside in Chennai (postal code should be Chennai) during election and after being elected during term
• Dr Nedunchelian Nov 9th 2009 Re: Editor in Chief (EIC) IJPP elections
• Call for nomination through IAP Bulletin (AT) Jan-March issue
• Finalization of candidate over by April
• Election authority will be EB of CENTRAL IAP of yr of election
• Election will be conducted during June meeting of EB of CENTRAL IAP
• (if June meeting is held earlier – April or May?; if June meeting is not held and EM meeting is held directly in Sep?)
• Election by secret ballot paper and results declared on he spot

If no satisfactory candidate – EIC will nominate a candidate with concurrence of Journal Committee.

 

Annexure-9 – Matters related to Pharma company sponsorship

 

IAP Conference Guidelines 2000

• Total ban on IMS  producing companies
• No banners or posters in scientific halls
• During sponsored program, slides of sponsor should be displayed before and the end of the program
• No gambling, lucky draws etc in scientific exhibition areas
• All delegates and faculty members should register for the conference

 

MCI Code of Ethics – Notification, Dec 10th 2009, New Delhi

1. Gifts: A medical practitioner shall not receive any gifts from any pharmaceutical or allied health care industry and their sales people or representative.
2. Travel Facilities: A medical practitioner shall not accept any travel facility inside the country or outside, including rail, air, ship, cruise tickets, paid vacations etc, from any pharmaceutical or allied healthcare industry or their representative for self and family members for vacation or for attending conferences, seminars, workshop, CME programme etc as a delegate

 

 (c) Hospitality: A medical practitioner shall not accept individually any hospitality like hotel accommodation for self and family members under any pretext

(d) Cash or Monetary Grants: A medical practitioner shall not receive any cash or monetary grants from any pharmaceutical and allied healthcare industry for individual purpose in individual capacity under any pretext.

 

IPA Guidelines SC meeting February 2005

• Any conflict of interest must be disclosed  in written documentation for
• Chairs of sessions
• Speakers of sessions
• Discussants at sessions (verbally when appropriate)
• Examples of conflict of interest
• Funding of research by commercial organization
• Funding of delegate’s registration, travel, accommodation at meeting
• IPA policy re Individual Ethical responsibility
• Accepting financial incentives to purchase pdts – not acceptable
• Acceptance of excessive gifts – not acceptable
• Acceptance of free drugs or other pdts samples – not acceptable

IAP Industry Guidelines

• The esteemed members should desist from being sponsored to attend events with industry funding
• There should be no support whatsoever of IMS producing companies
• In case of sponsorship, the members are expected to declare the conflict of interest
• In case of sponsored speakers
• There should be no link betw speakers and agencies funding
• Organizers should organize travel, stay and hospitality
• Company reps should not accompany speakers
• Undue reference to drug / pdt should not be made in the talk
• Speaker should speak scientifically and rationally
• Speaker should declare conflict of interest before the lecture
• Gifts should be avoided – gifts such as car, computers, household gifts, travel packages, and stay at five star hotels should be avoided
• Gifts such as books, stethoscopes, torches, and other inexpensive articles useful in pt care can be accepted
• The members should desist from being sponsored by industry to travel from their city to venue of conference / symposium / seminar
• The members and office bearers of IAP should voluntarily declare any visit tours and travels sponsored by industry