· PDF filehave come out of the aura of PEDICON fever. ... initiated by me during my recent visit to Dhaka. It is indeed a privilege for me to announce fivenational

1. From the Desk of Dr. Rohit C. Agrawal, IAP President 2012 ..................................................................................... 2

2. From the Desk of Dr. C. P. Bansal, IAP President 2013 ............................................................................................ 3

3. From the Desk of Dr. T. U. Sukumaran, IAP President 2011 ..................................................................................... 4

4. From the Desk of Dr. Manoj T. Rathi, IAP Vice President 2012 ................................................................................. 5

5. Honorary Secretary General Dr. Sailesh G Gupta reports ......................................................................................... 6

6. IAP Awards 2011 ................................................................................................................................................. 10

7. Highlights of IAP Action Plan 2012 ....................................................................................................................... 15

8. Report of Pedicon 2012, Gurgaon ........................................................................................................................ 19

9. Report of 5th IAP Pediatric Quiz for Post Graduates .............................................................................................. 21

10. Report of 24th IAP Pediatric Quiz for Undergraduates ........................................................................................... 22

11. IAP Committee on Immunization (IAP COI) 2011-13: Activities report ................................................................... 23

12. Report of IAP PALS Group ................................................................................................................................... 25

13. Fellowship in Neonatology of IAP Neonatology Chapter ......................................................................................... 27

14. IAPFamilyBenefitScheme(IAPFBS)–Areport .................................................................................................. 29

15. IAPNeonatalResuscitationProgram(IAPNRPFGM)–Areport ........................................................................... 35

16.Pedicon2013–Announcement:CallforPapersforPedicon2013; Call for Nomination for late Dr. Shantilal C. Sheth Oration 2013 ............................................................................. 37

17. Inviting Bids for Pedicon 2015 .............................................................................................................................. 41

18. Important Announcement ..................................................................................................................................... 44

19. Call for IAP Trainee Fellowships 2012 ................................................................................................................... 48

20.LettertoofficebearersofIAPBranchesandChapters,GroupsandCells ............................................................... 49

21. Bouquets ............................................................................................................................................................. 51

22. Almanac .............................................................................................................................................................. 52

23.PublicationsofIAP ............................................................................................................................................... 53

24. IMSAct–AremindertoIAPmembers ................................................................................................................. 56

25. IMSAct–ANewPerspectivebyDr.DevarajRaichur ............................................................................................ 65

26.LetterfromMinistryofWomen&ChildDevelopment,GOIreg.sponsorshipbyfrontorganizationsof babyfoodmanufacturingcompanies .................................................................................................................... 68

27. Polio free India: A dream comes true! ................................................................................................................... 72

28. Citizen’s Alliance Against Malnutrition! ................................................................................................................. 74

29. IAP’s work against Female Foeticide ..................................................................................................................... 75

30.ChangingDiabetesinChildren .............................................................................................................................. 76

31.NoticeforIAPElection–2013 ............................................................................................................................. 77

32.E-votinginIAPElection–commentssolicited ...................................................................................................... 83

33.PerformaforIAPMemberInformationforCentralIAPMembersDirectory2012 .................................................... 86

34. IAPMembershipForm ......................................................................................................................................... 87

Contents

IAP BULLETIN | Volume 8 | Issue 1 | Jan-Mar 20122

From the Desk of Dr. Rohit C. Agrawal, IAP President 2012

Dear Fellow IAPians,

Greetings from your president with warm wishes for a very happy, joyous and “happening” year ahead.

At the outset, let me perform a holistic duty of extending my heartfelt gratitude for getting me elected to this coveted and highest post in IAP.

Iamsure,youmusthavethoroughlyenjoyedascientificcum socio-cultural feast at Gurgaon and by now musthave come out of the aura of PEDICON fever. You may feelfreetosendmeyourcriticalandanalyticalfeedback,sothatanyshortcomingsmaybesubjectedtocorrectivemeasures in future Pedicons. Though a dedicated Pedicon team under the leadership of Drs. Ramesh Goyal and Mahaveer Jain have put forth relentless efforts to make it a grand success, if any lapses might have occurred, I wouldnotshytoapologizeontheirbehalf.Thethemeoftheconferencewasveryunique“Nurturewithcare–Savethegirlchild”confounding towards“Femalechildabuse,neglect and feticide”.

Friends, IAP is entering into its 50th year and next year we will be celebrating theGolden Jubilee. Let us all, on thisGoldenoccasionpledge towork for thecauseof IAPbystrengthening its arms and for the cause of children of this countrybyattemptingtoachieveMDG-4,i.e.Reductionofchild mortality to 1/3rdby2015.This isonlypossibleby“Rationalizing diagnostic, investigating, management and preventive (vaccination) strategies”. Keeping this philosophy in mind, I have had envisaged many activities/programs under IAP Action Plan for the year 2012, with a thrustonOfficePractice. I amhappy to informyou that,successful national ToTswere being held at Gurgaon for“DifficultAdolescentinOfficePractice”,“DifficultAnemiainOfficePractice”,“SeizureandMovementDisorderinOfficePractice”,“OfficePreparednessforPediatricEmergencies(OPPE)”and“HowdoIinvestigate?”.Theyareallreadytoberolledoutsoon.“HowdoImanage?”,“RationalAntibioticsinOfficePractice”and“TraininginPediatricSkillsforPGs(TIPS)” are almost on the verge of getting completed and will follow the suit soon. “Problem TB”, “Rheumatologyin Pediatric Practice”, “Pediatric Surgical emergencies for pediatricians” and “SAM Guidelines” are in the pipeline and hopefully should be released in the next half of the year.The popular old modules like “ATM”, “ARCTM”, “ASOV”, “PSPID”,“CDMP”,“RTI”and“GEM”arebeingrevisedtoberolledout.Iamthankfultoallthepastpresidentsfrom

Dr. Nitin Shah to Dr. TU Sukumaran for allowing me to continue with these modules. You be assured, all theseprograms would be equi-distributed to all the regions,statesandcity/districtbranchesinthecomingmonths.

Thehistoricalachievementoftheyearwasthepublicationof “Color Atlas of Pediatrics”– the1st of its kind in the world. The improvised “5th edition of IAP-TBP” is in the process to be released during Pedicon 2013. Few veryimportant decisions do merit to be mentioned here like--- NRP in a new avatar with a forged merger with NNF, a forged alliance with GOI in the form of PPP, the much awaitedbutinlimbo“Pediatricsoftware”isreadyforsaleto our members, SAM Guidelines are finalized, E-votingelection module is in the pipeline and provisional decision to make a group of 5 nations of South-Asia viz. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka, which was initiatedbymeduringmyrecentvisittoDhaka.

It is indeed a privilege forme to announce five nationalevents to be held in the coming months like “NationalCongress on Asthma”, “National Vaccine Congress – VACCICON”, “National Congress on Pneumonia –PNEUMOCON”, “ National Congress on Antibiotics –ABCON”anda“NationalCMEtobehostedbytheEmiratesbranchatDubai”.

I am grateful to my predecessor, Dr. TU Sukumaran for guiding and giving free hand in constituting new programs. I am thankful to the immediate past Sec. Gen. Dr. Tanmay Amladi for his full support and cooperation, particularly in the matters related to Pedicon 2012. I appreciate with admiration CIAPO and office staff, particularly Mr. AjaySurve for remaining as ‘Eveready torch’ with me. I am indeed blessed with a visionary President elect, Dr. CPBansalwhowillsurely increasemystrengthbyvirtueofhis wisdom, a ferocious workaholic Sec Gen in Dr. Sailesh Gupta, a very mature and learned Treasurer in Dr. Pravin Mehtaandsincere,obedient,hard-workingAAAinDr.BakulParekhandExecutiveOfficerinDr.AnandVasudev.

Friends, I wish IAP as an organization should scale new heights in the near future; but this is only possibleif we come out of petty politics, election disputes, court cultures, regionalism and work together united with only one LAKSHYA in mind “IAP – Child Health – Academics”

Jai Hind! Jayati Jayo IAP!!

Dr. Rohit C. Agrawal

IAP BULLETIN | Volume 8 | Issue 1 | Jan-Mar 2012 3

From the Desk of Dr. C. P. Bansal, IAP President 2013

Greetings from Gwalior.

Iconveymy“Thanks”ata“veryhumble&softnote"thatcarries a strong and everlasting commitment for you and the Indian Academy of Pediatrics. IAP again emerged as finalwinner,obligingmethistime,bycarryingmewithit.You were the judges this time and I am committed to prove your judgment as worthforthecauseofIAP.Alltributariesof thoughts concerning the welfare of our belovedAcademy need to be united again to flow in a commoncourse to achieve its original strength.

Withyoursupport Ihavetakencoupleofdecisions–forthe Pedicon 2013 like as I have mentioned previously also that I will try to tap the waste untapped academic potential ofIAP–youmightmissmanyold“Traditional”speakers–theywouldbereplacedbyyoungdynamicacademicians(whichhavebeensuggestedbyofficebearersofdifferentbranches and chapters). You will miss IAP AAP CMEbut the money saved would be utilized in waving theregistration fee of all the esteemed faculty.

I am extremely grateful to Dr Rohit Agarwal for helping me out in simultaneously planning and gearing the IAP for Golden Jubilee celebrations. Dr Sailesh Gupta has beenvery meticulous and helpful to me in rendering the support of IAPoffice.DrPiyushGuptaneedsspecialmentionasheishelpingmedayinanddayout–notonlyindraftingthescienceofPedicon2013butinallthemattersrelatedto IAP. I am indebted to entireMPand speciallyGwaliorIAPians who has always stood with me.

Please keep posting your valuable suggestions andcommentsaboutIAPfunctioningandmissionstatementofIAP–theywillprovidemedirectiontowork.Idonotintendto close email contact with you after I have won. I hope to continuethedialogueandkeepontroublingyouwithmythoughtsandcollectionstimeandagain–howeverifyouarenotgettingmyeducativeemail–pleaseemail/messageyour email id.

IdorememberandIamdeemedtofollowallmymanifestopoints and also the cover all my “resolutions” which I have passedmyselfforme–asIfindmyselfmorecommittedandenthusedtoserveIAPanditsbranches,chaptersandmembersMyresolutionsare-

1. Surakshit Shishu Janam (Safe Childbirth) – I willkeeponstrengtheningNRPprogram–thankstoNNFand our Naveen Thacker, Panna Choudhary, Vineet Saxena and Vikas Goyal with entire team to working so nicely.

2. Swasth evam Tanav Rahit Kishore (Healthy and Calm Adolescent)–IamhappythatDrJSTutejaSirhasverynicely taken up the agenda and I will whole heatedly supporting to the agenda.

3. Pratirakshit Shiashav (ProtecttheChildhood)–Everychildneedstobeimmunized–wemustpledgetotakecombatpentavalentvaccineasneedofthetime–wemust recommend it.

4. Gyan Prasar (Spread knowledge) – We will leavenostoneunturned toensure that the latestscientificupdates are available to remotest member of ourIAP family – the guidelines need to be made anddisseminated. The “Indian Pediatrics” is the ONLY activity that IAP is doing for every member and itsacceptanceandsanctityisincreasing–itisanindexedjournalnow–hencewemustensuretosupportIPinallpossibleways.

5. Punya Karma (Do A Sanctimonious Act) –We willprovide medical help to at least one “poor most” patient at our door step, every day & will initiate help to orphan kids from our end, free of cost. IAP is registered as a Charitableorganisationandhencelawalsosaysthatwe must do some charity work, I propose to start BLS forlaypersons–andshouldgotoeveryschoolandother NGOs to spread this in community.

6. Vistrat Adhaar (Expand the Base) – I request eachone of you motivate every Pediatrician to join IAP to maximize our base. Institutional members shouldtriggeroffthiscampaignbyinspiringtheirPGstudentstojoinustoavoidhasslesoffillingmembershipformslater.Remember-Anassociationisaspowerfulasitsmembershipbase.

I request each of you to kindly pray for our sincere and effective efforts for a strong IAP.

Jai IAP

Dr. C. P. Bansal


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

Dear fellow Academicians,

It is my pleasure and privilege to write this message for next issue of Academy Today. As the IPP of the Academy I am quite happy and relaxed now after a hectic IAP year 2011.WhenIlookbackIamquitehappyinthatIcoulddosome unique program for the Academy.

MydreamprojectforthisIAPyearis2011FamilyBenefitScheme (FBS IAP). Even though IAP is doing a lot of work for child survival, this is the first program for thebenefitofthefamilyofIAPmembers.CIAPhasapprovedthe implementation of FBS, to provide financial help tothe families of itsmembers in the event of death of themember.FBSis“forthemembers,bythemembers,andofthemembers”amutuallybeneficialcompassionateandbenevolent schemewithHyderabad as its headquarters.

This schemewas launchedatHyderabadon27th March 2011.Nowmorethanthousandpediatricianshavebecomethe members of this scheme. I request all my fellowpediatricianstobecomemembersofthescheme.

IAP2012wasstartedwithabigbangwithPedicon2012at Gurgaon. I congratulate DR MP Jain, the Organizing Secretary and DR Ramesh Goyal the organizing Chairman for conducting such a fantastic conference. The new team ofofficebearershastakenoverundertheableguidanceofDr. Rohit Agrawal, the President and Dr. Sailesh Gupta, the Secretary General.My hearty congrats and bestwishestoallOfficebearersof IAP2012and Iassuremywholehearted support. I wish all of you a very happy, prosperous and academic IAP year.

Dr. T. U. Sukumaran


Dear Pediatrician Friends,

Wish you all a happy holi and an adventorous summer.

YoutheelitemembersofIAPandtheNATIONALexecutivesof central IAP have elected me to my dream come true post of national Vice President central IAP. I am deeply concious ofthehonourandIamgratefulfortheconfidencewhichyou have reposed in me.From time to time I shall share withyoumyIDEAS,myHOPESandmyDREAMSbutevenmore I want to listen to you,to your queries, your IDEAS and your DREAMS.Together we shall share the dreams and theECSTASYof building IAP inGOLDENJUBILEEYEARwhich is in real sense reaching every nook & corner of the country.

IT IS WELL SAID -MY EARLY AND INVINCIBLE LOVE OF READING I WOULD NOT EXCHANGE FOR ANY TREASURES. Dear colleagues read this ACADEMY TODAY verycarefullybecauseitisnotmereabulletinbutachancetogoaheadwithIAP,bringingdetailsofmanyprojectsforeverymembers.

1. Ithasbeenwellsaid-THEFAMILYISMORESACREDTHAN STATE.Please enroll as founder member ofFAMILY BENEFIT SCHEME and reap the maximum advantage to secure the future of your nears and dears.

2. 'KNOWLEDGE IS LIKE A DEEP WELL FED BY PERENNIAL SPRINGS,AND YOUR MIND IS A LITTLE BUCKET THAT YOU DROP INTO IT, YOU WILL GET AS MUCH AS YOU CAN ASSIMILATE. Here IAP is publishing lot of good books written by eminentauthors and published by IAPs own GWALIORPublishing house at a very economical rates.Pleasepurchase,read and make this books part of everymedicalcollegelibrary.

3. As a great new initiative a list of good talented new speakersfromeverybranchhavebeencalledforourGOLDEN JUBILEE PEDICON 2013 at Kolkatta.Please get registered at earliest and humble request takemaximumadvantageotthegreatscientificfeast.Please

From the Desk of Dr. Manoj T. Rathi, IAP Vice President 2012

do notmix your tourismwith scientific conferencesbecause 'EDUCATION IS THE CHIEF DEFENSE OFNATION AND BETTERMENT OF CHILD HEALTH IS IN YOUR HANDS'.

4. CHILDREN & CHILDREN SPECIALISTS HAVE ONE COMMON MASTER ORGAN - INQUISITIVENESS'. My dear P.G students and young turk pediatricians please apply for lot of national and international fellowships available through IAP.Alsosendyour reseachworksfor lot of prestigious awards in different categories at pedicon.

Six essential qualities that are key to success - Sincerity, Personal integrity, Humility, Courtesy, Wisdom and Charity. Our dear President

Dr Rohit Agrawal has all this qualities and he has made a very good presidential action plan to reach every part of IAP in country.President Elect Dr C P Bansal says SUCCESS IS A JOURNEY AND NOT DESTINATION and he has from very firstdayofhistenurestartedplanninghisvisionplansfor2013.Iamreallyfortunate&thankfullfromthebottomofmyhearttoboththestalwardsDrROHITsirandDrBansalsir fornotonly involvingme in ineveryactivitybutalsogivingplaceinthierheartbyshoweringlove&affection.

Congratulations to Dr Sukumaran sir for great year 2011,our disciplined and prompt secretary Dr Shailesh, perfectionist treasurer Dr Pravin Mehta, young enthusiastic jt secretary Dr Jaydeep, Editors Dr Piyush & Dr Neduchelian and dynamic and artistic AAA Dr Bakul Parekh it is great working with you all.

Last appeal colleagues please each of you can increase ourstrengthbymakingonenewmember.

And send your correct details for central IAP directory as earlyaspossible.

npeejeW KkeenerMeW Ssmeer kesÀ nj KkeenerMe hej oce efvekeÀues.

Dr Manoj Rathi


Your Honorary Secretary General Reports

DearValuablemembersofIAP,

The year 2011 was indeed a great year for Indian Academy of Pediatrics. Under the leadership of the Immediate Past President, Dr T U Sukumaran, the year beganwiththe successful organization of 48th National Conference in January 2011 at Jaipur, and went on to see the development and conduct of several academic modules in differentbranchesof IAP.Thefirst threemonthsof2012havebeenequallywonderful.Pedicon2012wasdeclareda super success by almost everyone, and on all fronts.TheOrganizing team, ledby theOrganizingChairperson,Organizing Secretary and the Treasurer deserve a collectivepaton theirbacks for theircontribution to thissuccess. They hosted more than 7000 delegates over 3 days, without confusion at any level.

The meeting of the Executive Board held in January at Gurgaon was well conducted and well participated-in by enthusiastic EB members, led by a very ProactivePresident, and took very important decisions with far reaching and good consequences for IAP. It was one of the sincerest, coolest and most productive EB meetings of IAP. The 49th General Body meeting of IAP held at Gurgaon, was similarly a well attended and well conducted event. ThePresidentwasablysupportedbyotherofficebearersofIAPandwascooperatedwithbytheentireGeneralBody.Unfortunately, the much anticipated Special General Body Meeting called to discuss amendments to the Constitution ofIAPcouldnotbeheldduetolackoftime,andwiththegeneralapprovalof themembersof IAPpresent there. ItwillnowbeorganizedduringPedicon2013atKolkata.

Several administrative meetings were held at Gurgaon and good decisions were arrived at. A Public-Private-Partnership meeting was held with Unicef, where several areas of partnership between IAP and Unicef wereidentifiedforfurtheranceoftheobjectivesofchildhealthinIndia. An all-inclusive meeting was held to consolidate IAP guidelines on Severe Acute Malnutrition in Children with leading nutrition experts of the country participating in the discussion. There was a meeting to discuss strategies to counter viral encephalitis in children. A new IAP software was demonstrated to a group of experts from Central IAP, Computers and Medical Informatics committee and those

involved with development of the last Pediatric Software. Amongst several other meetings, the President, for the veryfirst timeorganizedameetingof IAPofficebearerswiththeofficebearersofdistrictandcitybranchesofIAP.Concreted decisions were taken at all of these meetings andappropriatelycommunicatedtoconcernedmembers,especiallythebranchesandchaptersofIAP

ThreeimportantbookswerereleasedbyIAPatthePedicon2012 Inaugural function and these are, the Color Atlas of Pediatrics, thefirstof itskindanywhere intheworld, thebookonChildhoodDisabilityandthesecondeditionoftheTextbookofNephrology.ThecolorAtlasofPediatrics isimmensely popular and is already in the stage of discussion forasecondedition,allcopiesof thefirsteditionhavingbeenlappedupeagerly.ThemethodofprocurementoftheothertwobookspublishedbyIAPisdetailedelsewhereinthisbulletin.IAPNationalPublicationHousehasambitiousplanstopublishseveralIAPbooksfromGwaliorandhasaveryresourcefulandenthusiasticteaminoffice.

The functioning of the International Publication Houseof IAP at Indore, being very efficiently managed by acommitted team was streamlined viz a viz Central IAP and PALS activities, in the EBM of January, 2012.

IAP carried forward some action plans of 2010 and 2011 into 2012. Some of these are detailed in the following paragraphs.

Through the IAP NRP FGM project which was supported byAAP,LDSC,GOIandseveralstategovernments,theIAPtrained close to 25,000 health care providers and health care workers in basic NRP (NSSK). The AdministrativeOffice of IAP NRP Project established at Gandhidhamin Kutch district is wonderfully coordinating Basic NRP courses all over the country, through a very interactive NRPwebsite.InFebruary2012,IAPsignedahistoricMoUof cooperation and coordination with NNF, and together now, the two organizations will conduct NRP courses in thecountry.Advanced(complete)NRPcourses,basedonNRP2010guidelinesofAAP,modifiedforIndiansettings,willberolledoutthroughselectedspecialistcentersinthenear future. More details are provided elsewhere in this bulletin.


The programs of IAP Action Plan 2010, namely, Comprehensive Diarrhea Management Program and Asthma Training Module were carried forward in 2011. In 2011, Advanced Science of Vaccinology Workshops were conducted in 35 centers, ATM Workshops done in 35 centers, ARCTM Workshops done in 35 centers, ASKIAP Workshops done in 28 centers, and CDMP Workshops done in 45 centers. The CDMP module is set for a update in2012andwillbelaunchedinitsfreshnewversioninthemiddleof2012invariousIAPbranches.ATMandARCTMcourseswillcontinuein2012andtheABCofAsthmabookwill be released and made available at ATM courses in2012.

PALS and BLS activities continued as in the previous years. ThePALSGrouphasthroughtheInternationalPublicationHouse at Indore printed 3000 new PALS and BLS manuals. The group intends to conduct over 100 PALS courses in 2012. They also wish to take the BLS program to the community. More details are provided elsewhere in this bulletin.

Post the successful conduct of the IAP UG Quiz and IAP PG Quiz the National and the Joint National Coordinators havebeenchanged.The jointNationalcoordinatorshavebeenchosen from IAPWestBengal to facilitate the localinfrastructure for conduct of quiz during Pedicon 2013.

1001newmemberswereenrolledin2011,and264newmemberswereenrolledinthefirstthreemonthsof2012.The total members as on March 31, 2012 are 19907.Before the next General Body meeting at Kolkata, we will have easily crossed the 20,000 mark

The IAP Executive Board of 2012 granted recognition to a new IAP Dharmapuri District Branch (Tamil Nadu) and have a provisional status of a group to IAP Research in Child Health.TheboardalsotooksomeimportantdecisionswithregardtothefunctioningofIAPbranchesandchaptersandthe grant of awards to them. These are detailed elsewhere inthisbulletin

The activities of 2011 included, Faculty Training Program, Arts & Science of paper writing, Undergraduate Teaching Slides, Intensive Clinical Training Program for DNB and

Final yearMDStudents,RationalAntibioticTherapy,AntiTobacco Campaign for Students (under the auspicesof IPA- AAP global tobacco program), Child FriendlySchool Initiative, CDs on Clinical Diagnosis, Text Book of Clinical Pediatric Radiology Contributors, Text Book onChildhood Disability, Allergic Rhinitis and ComorbiditiesTraining Module, Poor Scholastic Performance Program, Neonatal Hearing Screening Program, Growth Monitoring, Developmental Assessment and Autism, National CME on recent advances in neonatology, pediatrics and adolescence, Adolescent Counseling Training Program, Family Benefit Scheme (FBS), Asthma Training Module,Respiratory Tract Infections, Advancing Science of Vaccinology and Problem Solving in Pediatric InfectiousDiseases.

Theactionsplansof2012arelistedbelow-

Books

IAPtextbookofpediatrics–5thedition

Color Atlas of Pediatrics - 2nd edition

New Modules For Practicing Pediatricians

1 - How do I Manage ?

2 - How do I Investigate ?

3–OfficePreparedness'forPediatricEmergencies

4–Difficultadolescentinofficepractice

5–Seizure&Movementdisordersinofficepractice

6–ProblemAnemiainofficepractice

7–RationalAntibioticTherapyinOfficePractice

8–Rheumatologyinofficepractice

9–ProblemTBinofficepractice

10 - Pediatric Surgical Emergencies for Pediatricians

For PG/UG Students

TIPSmodule–TrainingInPracticalSkills

Intensive Clinical Training Program for PGs Revised UG Teaching Slides


Revised Teaching Modules For Practicing Pediatricians

• ATM

• ARCTM

• RTI GEM

• R-PSPID

• SOV

• ASK IAP

• GEM (Golden hour emergency management)

• Safe injection practices and infection control

Continuation of programs for Academicians

• Art & science of paper writing

• Faculty training program

• Training in research and methodology

• F : Training Courses (2 Days Courses)

Training Courses

• CPIDC (Comprehensive Pediatric Infectious Disease Course–InCollaborationwithIAPIDChapter)

• EOV (Essentials Of Vaccinology)

Projects For Community

• NRP

• CDMP

• SAM Guidelines

For Adolescents

• Sleep Project

• AdolescentObesityControlProgram

• PSP Program

• CFSI Program

• AntiTobaccoProgram

For Parents and Parenting

• Parvarish

National Congresses

• National Congress on vaccines – “VACCICON”+ 5Regional Vaccicons

• National Conference on Pneumonia on World Pneumonia Day

• National Conference on Asthma on World Asthma Day

• NationalConferenceonAntibiotics

• National Conference on TB and HIV

• National Conference on Protocols

• NationalCMEinDubai(TobehostedbyIAPEmiratesBranch)

The IAP EB of 2012 has devised an evaluation performa whichwill be used to study the acceptance and impactof programs under IAP Action plans and this will beimplemented for programs in 2012. An analysis of the feedback from delegates will allow IAP EB to decide ifsome program should continue or otherwise.

IAPmembersgenerouslycontributedtowardthetreatmentof a young member of our fraternity from Baroda whorequiredabonemarrowtransplant,inresponsetoanappealfromCentralIAPoffice.WewereabletocollectnearlyRs.7.5 lakh for Dr Ghelani, who is undergoing treatment at Pune. IAP EB in its June 2012 meeting will consider the possibilityofsettingupamembersbenevolentfundtohelpmembersinmedicaldistress.

MostmembersinIAP,includingtheElectioncommissionersunderstand the need for implementing a system of e voting for IAP elections. A committee was formed to consider the feasibility of e voting for IAP and to examine thetechnicalities for a fool proof system that will satisfy all requirements of a good election system. We will have a demonstration in the IAP Executive Board meeting in June 2012,andwillhopefullybeabletopresentthesystemtothe General Body of IAP at Kolkata.

The Undersecretary to the Government of India has written


tomedicalorganizationsincludingIAP,remindingabouttheIMS Act and its provisions and informing that organizations shouldensurethattheirmembersdonotparticipateintheactivities and educational programs organized by IMScompanies.The letter is included in thisbulletin,asalsothe IMS Act and a write up from the IYCF Chapter of IAP. An alternateviewpointtotheIMSActispresentedbyaseniormemberofIAP

Adirectory of allmembers of IAP is under constructionandallmembersarerequestedearnestlytofillouttheformprovidedinthisbulletincompletelyandlegibly,andmailtoCentralIAPofficeassoonaspossible,lestyournamebeinadvertently left out of the directory or appear therein sans complete information.

IAP will enter its 50th year of existence in 2013, and a committee constituted in the IAPEBof2012headedbythe young Vice President, is already preparing great plans

for the celebration of IAP's Golden year beginning withPedicon2013andtraversingthelengthandbreadthofthecountry throughout the year. A very enthusiastic, energetic, and eager President elect has already chalked out his grand plansforthebenefitofIAPin2013andbeyond.

I thank our Immediate Past President, congratulate our current President, and wish very well for the President elect of IAP. IAP has truly achieved the status of a Grand Old Goldbedeckedmotherorganization in the last50years,withthevisionsofherPresidents,hardworkofitsofficebearersandexecutiveboardmembers,and the loveandcooperationofitsmembersfromalloverthecountry.IAP'sGoldisthereservoirofknowledgebuiltover50years,andherpreciousstonesarehernumerousmembers.

Long live IAP! Jai Hind!

Dr. Sailesh Gupta


Paid Trainee Fellowship of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics for the year 2011 has been awarded to:

Dr.VaishaliP.DeshpandeinthefieldofChildNeurology.

Award Winning Research Papers 2012

Dr. S. S. Manchanda Neonatology Research Award

A COMPARISON OF ALTERNATIVE RISK-ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES FOR PREDICTING SIGNIFICANT NEONATAL HYPERBILRUBINEMIA IN LATE PRETERM, TERM & POST TERM INFANTS. IS PREDISCHARGE BILIRUBIN REQUIRED FOR ALL?

AbhayMahindre,BinduP.,R.KishoreKumar, C/o. Dr. R. Kishore Kumar, Cloudnine Hospital, 1533, 9th Main, 3rdBlockJayanagar,Bangalore–560004,09035762793

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

IMPROVING IODINE NUTRITION AND INCREASING PREVALENCE OF AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS

Srinivasan P., Lakshmi L. No. 65, G-1, Vijayanath Apartment, New Avadi Road, Kilpauk, Chennai - 8 [email protected]

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

IMMUNOGENICITY OF BCG, DPT AND HEPATITIS B VACCINES IN EXCLUSIVELY BREASTFED AND MIXED FED INFANTS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

Soume Bhattacharya, C-36 / Z1, Dilshad Garden, Delhi 110095, [email protected]

Dr. S. T. Achar Endowment Award

A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF INTRAVENOUS MAINTENANCE FLUIDS (ISOTONIC VERSUS HYPOTONIC) IN YOUND CHILDREN WITH CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIOUN

Ravitanaya Sodani, Kirtisudha Mishra, Dept. of Pediatrics, KalawatiSaranChildrenHospital,BanglaSahibMarg, NewDelhi–110001;[email protected]

Dr. James Flett Endowment Award (1st Prize)

FINANCIAL BURDEN ON HOUSEHOLD DUE TO HEALTHCARE EXPENDITURE FOR CRITICAL CARE OF CHILDREN

Prashant Kini K, Bharat Reddy D, Dr. Kiran Baliga N, Dr. Suchetha S. Rao S/o Dr. Nagaraj K, FlatNo–104,RoshiniApartments,Attavar, Mangalore - 575001 [email protected]

Dr. James Flett Endowment Award (2nd Prize)

NEWBORN CARE PRACTICES AND HEALTH SEEKING BEHAVIOUR IN URBAN SLUMS AND VILLAGES OF ANAND, GUJARAT

VivekShukla,ArchanaNimbalkar,MadhuPatidar,SomashekharNimbalkar Dept. of Pediatrics, Pramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad -388325 [email protected]

Award Winning Poster Papers

SPECIALTY: INTENSIVE CARE

1st Prize

ROLE OF INTRAVENOUS IMMUNOGLOBULIN IN CHILDREN WITH ENCEPHALITIS COMPLICATED BY MYOCARDITIS

Girish Chandra Bhatt, Jhuma Sankar, K.P Kushwaha. C/o. Prof. K.P Kushwaha, Department of Pediatrics, BRD Medical College, Gorakhpur, U.P. [email protected]

2nd Prize

MYOCARDIAL PERFORMANCE INDEX (Tei index) IN SEVERE DENGUE IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS

Dinesh Kumar, Umesh Shukla, Sandeep Choudhary, PankajKumarGupta,NKDubey,JhumaSankar, Pradeep Kumar. [email protected]

SPECIALTY:CARDIOLOGY

1st Prize

ETHICAL ISSUES: SHOULD CARDIAC SURGERY BE DONE

IAP Awards – 2011


ON CHILDREN WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE AND PRE EXISTING SEVERE BRAIN DAMAGE? A REPORT OF TWO INTERESTING CASES

SubeetaBazaz,RajeshSharma,AmitMisri,BipulDutta,Vikas Verma, Anil Bhan C/o. Dr Rajesh Sharma, Senior Consultant and In Charge, Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care, Medanta, The Medicity Gurgaon, Haryana-122001. [email protected]

2nd Prize

ROLE OF CARDIOVASCULAR MRI IN COARCTATION OF AORTA

Aradhana Aneja, B M John, Rakesh Gupta, Mukti Sharma, Department of Pediatrics, AFMC, Pune - 411040. [email protected]

SPECIALTY: NUTRITION

1st Prize

THE EFFECT OF NUTRITION AND SUPPLEMENTS ON MODERATELY AND SEVERELY MALNOURISHED CHILDREN.

Manu Goel, Sharad Agarkhedkar, Vineeta Pande, Dept of Pediatrics, Dr. D.Y Patil medical college Pimpri, Pune 411018. [email protected]

2nd Prize

SEVERE ANAEMIA IN SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION- A COMMON BUT UNDEREVALUATED COMORBIDITY.

Neha thakur, Jagdish Chandra, Bhawna Dhingra, Harish Pemde, Deonath Mahto, Virender Singh. Department of Pediatrics, Lady Hardinge Medical College, Kalawati Saran Children Hospital, [email protected]

SPECIALTY: ENDOCRINOLOGY

1st Prize

CLINICAL AND ETIOLOGIC PROFILE OF PRIMARY ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY

Rajesh Joshi, Rachana Gedam, Sudha Rao, B.J.WadiaHospitalforChildren,Parel,Mumbai. [email protected]

2nd Prize

A RARE CASE OF PRECOCITY – CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA DUE TO 11 B HYDROXYLASE DEFICIENCY

AbhijeetSingla,D.Y.Shrikhande,RajibChatterjee,Department of Pediatrics, Rural Medical College, PIMS,Loni,[email protected]

SPECIALTY:HEMATOLOGY - ONCOLOGY

1st Prize

PEDIATRIC PRECURSOR B-CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LYMPHOMA PRESENTING AS EXTENSIVE SKELETAL LESIONS

Narendra Chaudhary, Anupama Borker, DepartmentofPediatrics,KasturbaMedicalCollege,Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka. [email protected]

2nd Prize

LEUKOCYTE ADHESION DEFICIENCY TYPE 1: PRESENTING WITH RECURRENT PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM AND FLACCID SCARRING.

Neha Thakur, Ravitanya, J Chandra, V Singh, Department of Pediatrics, Lady Hardinge Medical College, Kalawati Saran Children Hospital, New Delhi. [email protected]

SPECIALTY:NEUROLOGY

1st Prize

CLINICAL PROFILE OF TWO CHILDREN WITH FAMILIAL CASES OF TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; RARE ASSOCIATION WITH CHOREA: A BRIEF CASE REPORT

Deevena CH, Deepa P, Krishna Prasad A, Satyavani A. Department of Pediatrics, Rangaraya Medical College/ Government General Hospital, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. [email protected]

2nd Prize

CONGENITAL BILATERAL PERISYLVIAN SYNDROME

Bharath k, Chikka Narasa Reddy, Pushpalatha S. # 59/114, 2nd Main, 6th Cross, Chamrajpet, Bangalore–[email protected]


SPECIALTY: ADOLESCENT

1st Prize

EMDR PSYCHOTHERAPY - A NEW PERSPECTIVE IN THE TREATMENT OF TRAUMA IN CHILDREN

Deepak Gupta, Ms. Tripti Choudhary, Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Founder,CentreforChild&AdolescentWellbeing(CCAW), New Delhi. [email protected]

2nd Prize

KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES OF ADOLESCENTS TOWARDS HIV/AIDS IN HYDERABAD.

Ranjeet Torgalkar, Department of Pediatrics, KIMSHospital,Secunderabad,[email protected]

SPECIALTY: GENETICS

1st Prize

CONGENITAL ERYTHROPOIETIC PORPHYRIA- GUNTHER DISEASE – A CASE REPORT WITH REVIEW OF LITERATURE

Seema Sharma, N L Sharma, House No 23, Block-B, Type-V, DRPGMC Campus, Kangra (Tanda), Himachal Pradesh-176001 [email protected]

2nd Prize

WILLIAMS SYNDROME: A CASE REPORT

ShankhaSubhraNag,BadalChandraMondal,SanandaPati, Bhusan Chaki. Department of Pediatrics, Burdwan Medical College and Hospital, Burdwan, West Bengal. [email protected]

SPECIALTY: RHEUMATOLOGY

1st Prize

A CASE OF PROGRESSIVE PSEUDORHEUMATOID CHONDRODYSPLASIA

N.Kannan,NibeditaMitra,SenthilKumar,S.Nivedita,Midhun Ramesh Department of Pediatrics & Child Health., Southern Railway Headquarter Hospital, Ayanavaram, Chennai-23. [email protected]

2nd Prize

HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS AS A PRESENTING SYMPTOM OF SLE IN A MALE CHILD.

Swati Kalra, Anju Aggarwal, Hema Mittal, Hanish Bajaj. Department of Pediatrics, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital, New Delhi. [email protected]

SPECIALTY: COMMUNITY PEDIATRICS

1st Prize

MEASURING NEWBORN FOOT LENGTH TO IDENTIFY SMALL BABIES IN NEED OF EXTRA CARE: A CROSS-SECTIONAL HOSPITAL BASED STUDY IN INDIA.

Satarupa Mukherjee, Prithwish Roy, Souvik Mitra, Moumita Samanta, Sukanta Chatterjee DeptofPediatrics;MedicalCollege&Hospital,Kolkata. [email protected]

2nd Prize

MAKING CHOICES: WHY CHILDREN PRESENT TO THE PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY FOR NON-URGENT CARE

MalobikaBhattacharya,DepartmentofPediatrics,Maulana Azad Medical College & Lok Nayak Hospital, NewDelhi-110002,[email protected]

SPECIALTY: NEPHROLOGY

1st Prize

URINARY SCREENING IN DETECTING RENAL DISEASES IN ASYMPTOMATIC SCHOOL CHILDREN IN DHARAN.

Parakh P, Bhatta NK, Mishra O.P, Majhi S, Sinha A, Dhungel K. Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Dharan. [email protected]

2nd Prize

ULTRASOUND-GUIDED PERCUTANEOUS RENAL BIOPSY IN CHILDREN: ARE BAPN GUIDELINES ACHIEVABLE IN INDIAN CHILDREN?

MohanKundal,YogiRajChopra,NarenderBagri,AbhijeetSaha,N.K.Dubey,VinitaBatraDepartment of Pediatrics, PGIMER and


Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi [email protected]; [email protected];[email protected]

SPECIALTY: GASTROENTEROLOGY

1st Prize

PSEUDOASCITES: PITFALLS IN DIAGNOSIS

Prathik BH, Anu Maheshwari, Satinder Aneja, Praveen Kumar, Archana Puri, Rajeev Chaddha, Nitin Pant, Monisha ChoudhuryDepartment of Pediatrics, Lady Hardinge Medical College and associated Kalawati Saran Children’s Hospital, New Delhi-110001 [email protected]

2nd Prize

TO STUDY THE INCIDENCE OF BILIARY LITHIASIS IN PATIENTS OF CELIAC DISEASE

Parveen Mittal, Shinu Singla House No.37, Khalsa College Colony, Near Saket Hospital, Patiala doc [email protected]

SPECIALTY: MISCELLANEOUS

1st Prize

CASE REPORT OF LOEYS-DIETZ SYNDROME

Usha B K, Krishnamurthy B, Sharath Chandra N, Department of Pediatrics, Mysore Medical College and Research Institute, Mysore. [email protected]

2nd Prize

A CASE OF HUTCHINSON GILFORD PROGERIA SYNDROME

Manish Tiwari, Pallavi Saple, Ashwini, Department of Pediatrics, SRTR Medical College, Ambajogai,Beed–431517. [email protected]

2nd Prize

AN UNSUAL TERATOGENIC EFFECT OF PHENYTOIN.

Rathod Bhavesh, Sushma Malik, Charusheela Warke, Rushita Torkadi.

Dept. of Pediatrics, BYL Nair Ch. Hospital and TN Medical College,Mumbai-8 [email protected]

SPECIALTY:INFECTIOUS DISEASES

1st Prize

COMPARISON AND CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF WHO DENGUE CLASSIFICATION

Loganayaki. R, [email protected]

2nd Prize

GENOTYPIC STUDY ON ROTAVIRUS

Radhika Bansal, Dr. Sudhanshu Vrati, MM Institute Of Medical Science And Research, Mullana. [email protected]

SPECIALTY: NEONATOLOGY

1st Prize

CARDIAC TROPONIN I AS AN EARLY PREDICTOR OF HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY

Geeta Gathwala, Sonal singal, Poonam Dalal, Jagjit Singh Dalal, Veena Singh, 8/6J, Medical Enclave, Pt.B.D.Sharma PGIMS Rohtak, Haryana 124001 [email protected]

2nd Prize

A RANDOMISED CONTROL TRIAL OF GRANULOCYTE - MACROPHAGE – COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR (GMCSF) IN PRETERM NEONATES WITH SEPSIS AND NEUTROPENIA IN A NICU

Chaudhuri Jasodhara, Mitra Souvik, Mukhopadhyay Debadatta,ChakrabortySwapna,ChatterjeeSukanta, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College, Kolkata [email protected]

SPECIALTY: RESPIRATORY

1st Prize

PHENOTYPIC EXPRESSION OF CHILDHOOD ASTHMA

AradhanaAneja,MrigankChoubey, B M John, Rakesh Gupta, Department of Pediatrics, AFMC, Pune- 411040 [email protected]


2nd Prize

PULMONARY ALVEOLAR MICROLITHIASIS IN CHILDREN- CASE SERIES AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE

Meenu Singh, Arushi Saini, Joseph Mathew, Uma Nahar, Kim VaipheiDepartment of Pediatrics, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research PGIMER, Chandigarh-160012. [email protected]

Recipients of IAP Best Chapter Award Competition 2011

IAP INFECTIOUS DISEASES CHAPTER

Recipients of IAP Best Branch Awards Competition 2011

IAP KERALA STATE BRANCH

IAP ASSAM STATE BRANCH

IAP GOA BRANCH

IAP THIRUVANANTHAPURAM BRANCH

IAP KANPUR BRANCH

IAP KRISHNA DISTRICT BRANCH

IAP MADHYA KERALA BRANCH

IAP HAVERI BRANCH

Recipients of Best IAP Child & Adolescent Health Care Week Celebration Awards Competition 2011


IAP TRIPURA STATE BRANCH

IAP THIRUVANANTHAPURAM BRANCH

IAP KANPUR BRANCH

IAP AMRAVATI BRANCH

IAP MADHYA KERALA BRANCH

IAP WAYANAD BRANCH

Recipients of Best IAP ORS Week & ORS Day Celebration Awards – 2011




IAP MUMBAI BRANCH

IAP KANPUR BRANCH


IAP CUDDALORE BRANCH

IAP TELLICHERRY BRANCH

Recipients of Best IAP Teenage Day Celebration Awards - 2011


IAP MEGHALAYA STATE BRANCH

IAP MUMBAI BRANCH

IAP KANPUR BRANCH

IAP KANNUR BRANCH


IAP HOSHIARPUR BRANCH

Recipients of Best IAP World Breastfeeding Week Celebration Awards – 2011



IAP UTTARAKHAND STATE BRANCH


IAP MEGHALAYA STATE BRANCH

IAP MUMBAI BRANCH

IAP KANPUR BRANCH



IAP BARMER BRANCH


Inethosof IAPcultureandprecedencesetupby thepredecessors …. Few educational modules specially crafted for practicing pediatricians with a central theme “Office Practice” – Reaching the unreachedPediatrician

Educating and updating academicians through rational, ethical consensus and uniform management guidelines

To groom UG/PG because he/she is tomorrow’spediatrician.

TostrengthenIAPfinanciallyandatthelevelofGovt.,NGOs like UNICEF, WHO, Bill Gates Foundation and international organizations like IPA, AAP, APPA, RCPCH, IVI, BPS, etc.

Aims & Objectives

Modules to coach and guide post graduate students in pediatrics

Publicationofbooksincludingspecialtyseries

TopushIndiatowardsachievingMDG-4by2015i.e.Reductioninchildmortalityby2/3rd and ultimately for thecauseofchildwelfareandwellbeing.

A: Publications

1. IAP Textbook of Pediatrics–5th edition

Editorinchief–Dr.A.Parthasarathy

2. Color Atlas of Pediatrics

Editorinchief–Dr.A.Parthasarathy

Chief Academic Editor - Dr. Rohit Agrawal

AcademicEditors–Dr.NitinShah,Dr.VijayYewale

Ex.Editors–Dr.RBKundu,Dr.DigantShastri Dr. Piyush Gupta

Ex-Officioeditors–Dr.TUSukumaran, Dr. Deepak Ugra, Dr. Tanmay Amladi Dr. Sailesh Gupta

3. Pediatric Secrets

ChiefEditor–Dr.AnoopVerma

Highlights of IAP Action Plan 2012

4. Various Specialty Series books

B: New Modules For Practicing Pediatricians

1 How do I Manage? Chairpersons–Dr.RohitAgrawal,Dr.RajuShah NationalConvener–Dr.NitinShah NationalCoordinator–Dr.ShyamKukreja Ex-officio–Dr.SaileshGupta

2 How do I Investigate? Chairpersons–Dr.RohitAgrawal,Dr.RBKundu NationalConvener–Dr.NupurGanguly NationalCoordinator–Dr.JaydeepChaudhary Ex-officio–Dr.SaileshGupta

3 OfficePreparedness'forPediatricEmergencies Chairpersons–Dr.RohitAgrawal, Dr. Jagdish Chinnappa CoChairperson–Dr.PraveenKhilnani NationalConvener–Dr.MeeraRamakrishnan NationalCoordinator–Dr.SantoshSoans Ex-officio–Dr.SaileshGupta

4 DifficultAdolescentinOfficePractice Chairpersons–Dr.RohitAgrawal,Dr.CPBansal NationalConvener–Dr.JSTuteja NationalCoordinator–Dr.VPGoswami Ex-officio–Dr.SaileshGupta

5 Seizure&MovementDisordersinOfficePractice Chairperson–Dr.RohitAgrawal NationalConveners–Dr.NeetaNaik, Dr. Anoop Verma NationalCoordinator–Dr.SujataKanhere Ex-officio–Dr.SaileshGupta

6 ProblemAnemiainOfficePractice Chairperson–Dr.RohitAgrawal Co-chairperson–Dr.MRLokeshwar NationalConvener–Dr.BharatAgrawal NationalCoordinator–Dr.AnupamSachdev Ex-officio–Dr.SaileshGupta


7 RationalAntibioticTherapyinOfficePractice

Chairpersons–Dr.RohitAgrawal,Dr.SuhasPrabhu

NationalConvener–Dr.VijayYewale

NationalCoordinator–Dr.UpendraKinjawadekar

Advisors–Dr.T.U.Sukumaran Dr. Y.K. Amdekar, Dr. Raju Shah

Ex-officio–Dr.SaileshGupta

8 RheumatologyinOfficePractice

Chairpersons– Dr.RohitAgrawal Dr.RajuKhubchandani

NationalConvener–Dr.AmitaAgarwal

NationalCoordinator–Dr.AmitaAgarwal


9 ProblemTBinOfficePractice

Chairperson–Dr.RohitAgrawal

NationalConveners–Dr.VarinderSingh Dr.SushilKabra

NationalCoordinator–Dr.G.R.Sethi

Advisor–Dr.Y.K.Amdekar


10 Pediatric Surgical Emergencies for Pediatricians


NationalConvener–Dr.KetanParikh

NationalCoordinator–Dr.KetanParikh


C : For PG/UG Students

TIPS – Training in Practical Skills (2 days Course)


Co-Chairperson–Dr.BaldevPrajapati

NationalConvener–Dr.SBalasubranamiam

NationalCoordinator–Dr.SSanjay


1. Intensive Clinical Training Program for PGs

2. Revised UG Teaching Slides

D : Revised – Old Teaching Modules For Practicing Pediatricians

1 (A) ATM Chairperson–Dr.RohitC.Agrawal Co-Chairperson–Dr.TUSukumaran NationalConveners–Dr.S.Nagabhushana Dr. G.R. Sethi NationalCoordinators–Dr.InduKhosla Dr. Varinder Singh Ex-officio–Dr.SaileshGupta

1 (B) ARCTM Chairperson–Dr.TUSukumaran Co-Chairperson–Dr.H.Paramesh NationalConveners–MajKNagaraju Dr. A. Balachandran NationalCoordinator–Dr.M.ArifAhmed Ex-officio–Dr.SaileshGupta

2 RTI GEM

Chairpersons–Dr.RohitAgrawal,Dr.VarinderSingh

NationalConvener–Dr.InduKhosla

NationalCoordinator–Dr.VijayYewale


3 R-PSPID


Co-Chairperson–Dr.T.U.Sukumaran

NationalConvener–Dr.SuhasPrabhu

NationalCoordinator–Dr.BakulParekh


4 SOV

Chairpersons–Dr.RohitAgrawal,Dr.NaveenThacker

Co-Chairperson–Dr.C.P.Bansal

NationalConveners–Dr.AJChitkara, Dr. Vipin Vashishta

NationalCoordinator–Dr.MPJain

Advisor–Dr.PannaChoudhury



5 ASK IAP


Co-Chairperson–Dr.DeepakUgra

NationalConvener–Dr.RajeshChokhani

NationalCoordinator–Dr.GirishAgarwal


6 GEM (Golden Hour Emergency Management)

Chairpersons–Dr.RohitAgrawal,Dr.SoonuUdani

NationalConvener–Dr.AnandShandilya

NationalCoordinator–Dr.BhaveshMithya


7 Safe Injection Practices and Infection Control

Chairpersons–Dr.RohitAgrawal,Dr.T.U.Sukumaran

NationalConvener–Dr.S.S.Kamath

NationalCoordinator–Dr.ArunShah


E : Continuation of Programs for Academicians

Art & Science of Paper Writing

Faculty Training Program

Training in Research and Methodology

F : Training Courses (2 Days Courses)

1. CPIDC (Comprehensive Pediatric Infectious Disease Course–InCollaborationwithIAPIDChapter)

2. EOV (Essentials Of Vaccinology)

Chairpersons–Dr.RohitC.Agrawal Dr. Naveen Thacker

Co-Chairperson–Dr.C.P.Bansal

NationalConveners–Dr.VipinM.Vashishtha Dr. A. J. Chitkara

NationalCoordinator–Dr.M.P.Jain

Advisors–Dr.PannaChoudhury,Dr.T.JacobJohn


G : Projects For Community

1 NRP

Chairpersons–Dr.RohitAgrawal,Dr.NaveenThacker

CoChairperson–Dr.C.P.Bansal

NationalCoordinator–Dr.VineetSaxena


2 CDMP

Chairpersons–Dr.RohitAgrawal

Co-Chairperson–Dr.DeepakUgra

NationalConvener–Dr.NeelamMohan

NationalCoordinator–Dr.AtulAgarwal

Advisors–Dr.ShinjiniBhatnagar Dr. Malathi Satyasekaran, Dr. S. K. Yachha


3 SAM Guidelines

Chairpersons–Dr.RohitAgrawal, Dr. Mrudula Phadke

NationalConvener–Dr.PannaChaudhury

NationalCoordinator–Dr.SamirDalwai

Advisors–Dr.H.P.S.Sachdev,Dr.UmeshKapil Dr.A.P.Dubey,Dr.ShinjiniBhatnagar Dr. Shashi N. Vani, Dr. M. K. Bhan Dr. Uday Bodhankar, Dr. Jayant Shah


4 Infectious Disease Surveillance (IDSurv) (In collaboration with ID Chapter, COI and IAP KutchBranch)

5 Evidence Based Recommendations(Incollaborationwith COI)

6 Immunize India(IncollaborationwithCOI)

7 New Born Hearing Screening (By Dr. K AbrahamPaul)

8 New Born Insurance Scheme


9. For Adolescents:

AntiTobaccoCampaign

Sleep Project

AdolescentObesityControlProgram

PSP Program

CFSI Program

H : For Parents and Parenting

Parvarish

Tele Episodes in new avatar

I : Long Term Projects

1. PALS (Dr. LN Taneja/Dr. Arif Ahmed & co.)

2. FBS (Dr. Ajoy Kumar & co.)

3. National Directory (Dr. Bakul Parekh, Dr. Atul Agarwal & Dr. Yashwant Patil)

J : National Congresses

1. NationalCongresson vaccines–“VACCICON” +5Regional Vaccicons

2. National Conference on Pneumonia on World Pneumonia Day

3. National Conference on Asthma on World Asthma Day

4. National Conference on Antibiotics

5. National Conference on TB and HIV

6. National Conference on Protocols

7. NationalCMEinDubai(TobehostedbyIAPEmiratesBranch)

K : Dream Projects

National / Central IAP House

NodalPersons–Dr.PSMoralwar/Dr.SandeepKadam

IAP College of Pediatric Nursing

NodalPersons –Dr.K.Neminathan

Charitable projects for needy and Unprivileged Children

Tobedesigned….

Council of Advisors to IAP (1 year tenure)

Academic–Dr.YKAmdekar

Administrative–Dr.RajuShah

Constitutional–Dr.NitinShah

Financial–Dr.DhananjayShah

Advocacy–Dr.M.K.C.Nair

LiaisonwithGovt./NGOs–Dr.PannaChoudhury

Overseasliaison–Dr.NaveenThacker&Dr.SwatiBhave


Report of PEDICON 2012 49th National Conference of Indian Academy of Pediatrics

The event was held in the millennium city of Gurgaon, Haryana, India, from January 18 to 22, 2012. The conference kick-started on January 15, with a “Child Festival”organized tocelebrate the theme,“NurturewithCare” and revolved around the concerns of the girl-child. Prominentcitizens,celebrities,andadministratorsofIndiawere present to advocate the case of the girl-child. They emphasized upon better survival opportunities for girlsand providing an ''equal'' upbringing for the girl child. Inanother part of the conference venue a workshop on good parenting,andanotheroneonbasic lifesupport trainingfor citizens were held.

On January 16, two expert group meetings were held, one on Encephalitis and other on Public Private Partnershipfor projects on child health. The meeting on encephalitis brought together 20 experts from various streams ofmedical science (Virologists, microbiologist, Pediatricneurologist, Pediatrician, Infections disease Specialists and Health administrator) to present guidelines and management protocols for encephalitis to be publishedin Indian Pediatrics journal and to be presented to theconcerned State Government and the Central Government of India.

Themeeting for “PublicPrivatePartnership–ExpandingHorizons”was thebrainchildof theOrganizingSecretaryof Pedicon 2012, wherein stakeholders from different agencies like UNICEF, WHO, UNSAID, UNFPA, Govt. of India, IAP, NNF, FOGSI, NABHL and representatives of the state Government of Haryana, where PPP projects are successfully running, participated, and discussed strategies for implementing programs for better childhealthcare in India in order to achieve the MDG 4. NRP training was done on January 17 and 18 and the program was a huge success, with ten faculty from AAP and an equal number from India. 110Pediatricianswere trainedinNRP2010guidelinesandthesemastertrainerswillberecruited to train other pediatricians in future.

The science at Pedicon 2012 was tailored to cater to the practicing pediatrician and to postgraduate students primarily.Thiswasfirsttimethatoneentireworkshopandone full day CME was devoted to teaching postgraduate students about techniques in exam preparation, and the

methodofclinicalcasepresentation,bytoppostgraduateteachers of the country. More than 15 workshops were held on January 18, in various hospitals of Gurgaon, and at themainvenue.Theseworkshopswereattendedbymorethan800delegates and conducted by a faculty ofmorethan200members.Mostworkshopswerewellattended,and the workshop for postgraduates on thesis writing and OSCE was especially well received.

The main conference started on January 19 in a specially created Pedicon Village. The village was erected on 40 acres of barren land, where German aluminum hangerswere used to house delegates during science sessions, and thesewere built around a 45 feet tall replica of theSingapore clock tower. The food court was located in a huge area adjacent to the science village, where all attendees had hot meals comfortably. Five CME’s wereheld on January 19 which were all very well attended. Two special CMEs held this year were - Clinical skills and preparation for examinations for Postgraduates, and another one on “Pediatrician as an entrepreneur”. The theme of the basic/essential CME was ''critical care'' invarioustypesofshock.Thishallwasfullbeyonditscapacitydespite the cold and the fog. The IAP-AAP advanced CME wasamixedbagofchemotherapeutics,drugresistance,nosocornial infections,VLBWbabies,Nitricoxide,ARDSand recent concepts of BMT, Liver transplant, Stem cell therapy, genomic medicine and vasculitis syndromes. The RCPCH & Allied CME (on pediatric surgery, orthopedics and radiology) was also well attended. The RCPCH was amixed bag of topics onNIPPV in NB, Secondarydeterioration innewborns,Celiacdisease,Foodallergies,Congenital heart disease, UTI & SLE.

The Conference was Inaugurated on the evening of January19byTheHonorableChiefMinister ofHaryanaCh. Bhupinder Singh Hooda. IAP's National President exchanged the medallion with the outgoing President, and waswarmlywelcomedbythePediatricfraternity.Thiswasfollowedbyaculturaleveninganddinner.

The following three days of January 20, 21 and 22 saw a very busy conference venue with the sub – specialtychapter symposia, panel discussions, paper and poster presentations, plenary sessions, immunization


dialogues and much more. The special features of the main conference were - dialogue based and interactivesessions, ask the experts sessions, panel discussions, serioussubjectslikeHIV,TB,anddiarrheabeingdiscussedalongsidelightheartedbutinformativediscussionsonDOsand Don’ts of pediatric practice. There were 16 panel discussions in all. 24 subspecialty chapters/groups heldtheir symposia during the three days. There were guest lectures on all three mornings and several topics were covered in ‘Pediatrics in Review’. On January 21, there were sessions on ‘Case scenarios’. The various cases discussed were failure to thrive, short stature, respiratory problems, encephalomyelitis and problem tuberculosis.Therewere also sixteen ‘Debates’ on various topics likeInfluenza vaccine, IPV, CPAP vs. mechanical ventilation,foodsupplements,Monteleukast,Cordbloodbanking,ICTvs. VATS, Rheumatic fever, Neonatal thyroid screening, relevanceoflaboratorycorrelationofclinicaldiagnosis.

A discussion on Polio eradication addressed issues of surveillance and the vaccination strategies (IPV and OPV) to be adopted hence forth. The SAARC Symposium onTyphoid fever was well attended and generated a lot of interesting questions. The Dr Shantilal Seth oration byDr. Raju Khubchandani focused on the development ofPediatric Rheumatology as a specialty in India over the last decade. A plenary session on conference theme dealt withsexselectionissues,postbirthdiscriminationsandadiscussion on gender related legislation. Another plenary sessionwason“MillenniumDevelopmentGoals–4”.The

role of IAP and other international agencies in the strategic planningwasdiscussed.ThefinalroundsofPediatricQuizfor Undergraduates and Postgraduates were conducted on the last day of the conference and saw a lot of interaction from audience. As a departure from norm, doctors' emotional,mental andspiritualhealthwasaddressedbya spiritual leader, Sister Shivani of the Brahma kumaris sect, with two talks on ''Self Awareness'' and ''Managing oneself''.

Pedicon 2012 saw an attendance of close to 8000 delegatesandguests,whobravedambient temperaturesofas lowasfivedegreesF, toenjoy interestingscience,ethnic food, and great entertainment. The organizers of the next National conference at Kolkata registered over 2,200''early-bird''delegatesforPedicon2013atthevenueof Pedicon 2012. The organizing team of Pedicon 2012 wished them well and pledged support. An unending stream of congratulatory messages form delegates poured intothemailboxofPedicon2012evenaslastasamonthafter completion of the conference, and it is a matter of great pride for the organizers and for IAP in general.

Preparedby–

Dr. Ramesh Goyal Dr. M P Jain Chairperson, Pedicon 2012 Org Sec, Pedicon 2012

Dr. Devesh Aggarwal Dr. Sailesh GuptaTreasurer, Pedicon 2012 Hon Sec Gen, CentralIAPoffice


Report of Final Round of 5th IAP PG Pediatric Quiz, held on 22nd January 2012, at PEDICON 2012, Gurgaon

The National Round of the 5th IAP Postgraduate Quiz was held on 22nd January 2012 at 1.30 pm in the Hall-1, at PEDICON 2012, Gurgaon.Itwasattendedbytheconferencedelegates.Thereweretotal5teamsfromeachzone-Theywereasfollows:

Team Zone College Name Participants A EAST VSSMedicalCollege,BurlaSambalpur DrKalyanChakraborty

Dr Pavan KumarB WEST Armed Forces Medical College, Pune Dr Aradhana Dwivedi

Dr Aradhana AnejaC SOUTH JIPMER, Puducherry Dr Sukanya Govindan

Dr Shruti BharadwajD CENTRAL OsmaniaMedicalCollege,Hyderabad Dr Usha Rani

Dr S.ShilpaE NORTH Apollo Hospital, New Delhi Dr Faisal Rashid

Dr Surender Kumar

The 5th PG IAP Quiz National Round was conducted by a team consisting of Dr Surekha Joshi, National PG QuizCoordinator&Professor&HODPediatrics,TernaMedicalCollege&Hospital,NaviMumbai,DrSaileshGupta,(NationalCo-quiz Coordinator & Honorary Secretary General, IAP) & Dr Sushma Malik, Professor, T.N. Medical College & BYL Nair Hospital,Mumbai.DrJoshiwasthequizmasterandDrMalikwastheco-quizmasterforthenationalround.ScorekeepingwasdonebyDr.AnandiniSuri(Pediatricresident,T.N.MedicalCollege,Mumbai).

Thenationalroundofthepostgraduatequizconsistedof7roundswhichincludedavisualandrapidfirerounds.AttheendofthefinalroundofthequizteamfromNorthZone,ApolloHospital,Delhi,wonthequizwithscoresof100&therunnersup were from JIPMER, Puducherry, with scores of 95.

FINAL RESULT

Team Zone College name MarksA EAST VSSMedicalCollege,BurlaSambalpur 60B WEST Armed Forces Medical College, Pune 75C SOUTH JIPMER, Puducherry 95 RUNNER UPD CENTRAL OsmaniaMedicalCollege,Hyderabad 60E NORTH Apollo Hospital, New Delhi 100 WINNERS

ThewinnersandrunnersupwerefelicitatedbyDrRameshGoyal,DrSwatiBhave,DrSaileshGuptaandDrSurekhaJoshiandallparticipantsweregivencertificates.Thesessionwasconductedinaninformalatmospherewithmuchaudienceparticipation.

Dr Surekha Joshi, National PG IAP Quiz Coordinator Professor, & HOD, Dept of Pediatrics, TernaMedicalCollege&Hospital,Nerul,NaviMumbai

Report of Final Round of PG Quiz


Report of the Final Round of 24th IAP Pediatric Quiz for Undergraduates held on 22nd January 2012, at PEDICON 2012, Gurgaon.

The National Round of 24th IAP Pediatric Quiz for Undergraduates was held on Sunday 22nd January 2012 at 12 noon in the main hall (Hall 1) in Pedicon City, Leisure Valley Grounds, Gurgaon at PEDICON 2012, the 49th Annual National ConferenceofIAP.Itwasattendedbyaverylargenumberofdelegatesincludingseniorpracticingpediatricians,HeadofDepartmentsandstaffmembersofvariousinstitutions,undergraduateandpostgraduatestudents.

ThefivezonalroundwinnerswhoparticipatedintheNationalRoundwereasfollows:

Team Zone Name of participants Place College Final Result A East 1. Nirja Pandey

2. Aditi KanwatiaKolkata NRS Medical College

KolkataB Central 1. S. Sriram

2. A. Ramu Hyderabad Osmania Medical College,

HyderabadC South 1. Vijai W.

2. Santha kumar S.Pondicherry JIPMER,

PondicherryWINNERS

D North 1. Devanshu Bansal2. Savinay Kapur

New Delhi All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

E West 1. Manish Deodhar2. Shashank Patil

Pune Bharti Vidyapeeth Medical College, Pune

TheQuizcoordinators,organizersandtheparticipatingteamswereinvitedonthedaisandthequizbeganat12noon.TheproceedingswerestartedbyDr.SujataKanhere,NationalCoordinatorIAPUGQuiz,Professor,K.J.SomaiyaMedicalCollege&Hospital,MumbaiandDrSaileshGupta,HonSecretaryGeneral,IAP.

ThequizmasterswereDr.SujataKanhereandDr.SaileshGupta.ThescorekeeperwasDrMalobikaBhattacharyaandthetimekeeperwasDrKaranArora.ThescorekeepingwassupervisedbyDrAnjuAggarwalandDr.HarishPemde.

TheteamsfromNorth,East,West,SouthandCentralzoneparticipated.Theywereallottedteamsbypickinguplots.Theteamswerethenaskedtointroducethemselvesandthiswasfollowedbyreadingoftherulesofthequiz.

There were 7 rounds, as follows - Round I, II, III and IV- were Mixed rounds, Round V was the Case Scenario round, Round VI was the Visual round and Round VII was the Rapid Fire round. All the teams were well prepared and the competition was healthy.

The winners of the quiz was the South Zone team from JIPMER, Pondicherry (Vijai W and Shanthakumar S.) who won the quiz with a score of 100.

Thewinnersand theother teamswere felicitatedbyDrSwatiBhave,PastPresident IAP,DrSujataKanhere,NationalCoordinator IAP UG Quiz, Professor, K.J. SomaiyaMedical College & Hospital, Mumbai and Dr Sailesh Gupta, HonSecretary General, IAP. All participants received cash prizes. All the cash prizes for the winners (Rs. 4000/- each), runners up(Rs.2000/-each)andotherteamparticipants(Rs.1000/-each)weregivenbythecentralIAPoffice.

Dr Sujata Kanhere, National Coordinator IAP UG Quiz Professor & Head of Unit, Dept of Pediatrics, K.J.SomaiyaMedicalCollege&Hospital,Mumbai.

Report of Final Round of UG Quiz


Since the formation of new committee in June 2011, 5 meetings have been conducted so far and 3 sub-committees have been formed to execute agendaof thecommittee.

The meetings held so far included the mid-term meeting atMumbaionJuly16,2011,annualmeetingatMumbaionDecember24th and 25th 2011, Adverse Event Following Immunization (AEFI) meeting at Gurgaon on 20th January 2012, Code of Conduct meeting at Gurgaon on 21st January 2012, and Evidence Based Recommendations (EBR) subcommittee meeting at IMA New Delhi onFebruary2012.The threecommitteesconstitutedby thecommittee include the Evidence Based Recommendations (EBR) subcommittee, Surveillance subcommittee, andAEFIsubcommittee.

The important decisions and activities conductedby thecommittee so far include the following:

Code of conduct issue: The committee has drafted a strict‘Codeofconduct’onthesimilarlineasindicatedbyMCI for its office-bearers,members and advisors of thecommittee.Nowthereoneverymemberwillhavetogiveasignedundertakingthathe/shewillabidebythecodewhiledischargingthedutyofamember/office-bearer/advisorofthe committee. Apart from this, they will need to declare anyconflictofinterest,ifanyfromtimeandagain.

Evidence Based Recommendations: In its efforts to develop a uniform approach of making explicit the evidencebaseforCOIrecommendations,asub-committeeis formed to devise and develop a model of grading systemtogradeavailableevidencetoissuebestevidencebased recommendations. This approach would ensuretransparencyandimpartascientificmethodologybehindissuing recommendations. The firstmeetingof this sub-committeewasheldonFebruary19th, 2012 at Delhi.

VPD Surveillance initiative: In order to expand and energize the innovative IDSurve Surveillance project, a nationalCOISurveillancesub-committeewasformedwiththe aim of having at least 2-3 reporting units in every city and district. A meeting of IAPCOI and vaccine industry representativewasheldonDecember24th2011atMumbai

to discuss the expansion of IDSurv Project and VPD surveillance related issues. The industry representatives agreedtofinancethisprojectbycontributingtothecorpusfund of the project. The IAP President, Dr Rohit Agrawal has adopted this initiative in to his IAP action plan for the year 2012.

SMS based vaccine dose reminder service: IAPCOI will soon launch an immunization reminder service for parents incollaborationwithImmunizeIndia,deliveredusingSMSalloverthecountrytotackleoneoftheimportantbarriersto achieve high routine immunization rates in the country.

Improved interactive website: The committee has now developed all newwebsite (www.iapcoi.com) displayingall the relevant information about the vaccines andvaccine-preventable diseases(VPDs) for both healthcare professionals and parents. This site now has Q & A format for parent education, parents’ guide to childhood immunization, interactive forum for the parents, along with detailed information including minutes and presentations of all the meetings of COI, making the functioning transparent, latest news from the world of vaccines, vaccines resources, etc.

KAP survey on HiB diseases and vaccines: To counteract misinformation campaign in lay media about the recentlaunch of pentavalent vaccine in two states in the country, the committee had conducted a Knowledge, Attitude and Practices (KAP) survey of pediatricians attending IAP National Conference at Gurgaon. Around 1000 responses were gathered and data is now analyzed. This study is sponsoredbyUNICEF.

Post-marketing surveillance of new vaccines: COI for theveryfirst timeinvitedalmostall themanufacturersofnew vaccines launched in Indian market to present post-marketing surveillance (PMS) data on rotavirus, HiB, and pneumococcal conjugate vaccines. The committee has also requested these companies to conduct more detailed and frequent PMS on newer vaccines and also help IAP and government agencies to develop an effective AEFI surveillance system.

AEFI surveillance: In the first meeting of AEFI sub-

IAP Committee on Immunization (IAP COI) 2011-13: Activities report


committee which was conducted with national AEFI coordinators, it was decided that IAP shall nominate one membereachfortherespective35StatesandUTsandforthe640districtstobeanodalpersonforcoordinatingAEFIactivitiesandcommunicatingwiththeStateEPIOfficerandDIO of the State / district Level AEFI Committees.

IAP Textbook of Vaccine Sciences: The committee has alsostartedworkingon thisproject incollaborationwithpublishersM/sJaypeeBrothers.

IAPCOI & BD Time & motion study. This study conducted in collaboration with M/s BD Syringes at five differentcentersofthecountry,hasbeencompletedandthedataisbeinganalyzed.

IAP Immunization time table: COI has decided to revise IAP Immunization Schedule on yearly basis and theschedulewillnowthereonbenamedaccordingtotheyearitwaslaunched.Thenewtimetablefor2012willsoonbemadepublic.

IAP Position papers on VPDs and Vaccines: The COI has now publishing position papers on the same pattern aspublished byWHOon different vaccines andVPDs. ThefirstpaperonHibandMeaslesareunderway.

Dr. T.U. Sukumaran (Chairman) [email protected] (Cell:+91-9847057714)

Dr. Rohit Agarwal (Chairman) [email protected] (Cell:+91-9320481503)

Dr. Vipin M. Vashishtha (Convener) [email protected] (Cell:+91-9759641900)


It hasbeenalmost twodecadesnow, that the IAPPALSgroup has been actively pursuing a purely academicactivity of the CIAP by training her members in the artand science of resuscitation. Every five years the freshevidence on the science of resuscitation is evaluated thoroughly through a systematic process and the AHA comes out with an updated module for the PALS course. The IAP PALS module is then adapted considering the needs of our fraternity and population.

What is new?

The year 2010marked the fifty years of the journey ofthe resuscitation efforts in the history of medicine. This also coincided with the time to review the freshly collected evidences and teaching experiences over the past fiveyears and resulted into the PALS 2011 module. The IAP PALS2011moduleisalsonowreadyandwouldbetaughtin all the forthcoming courses in our country.

The IAP PALS Module 2011

The IAP PALS module hones the cognitive, psychomotor as well as affective skills of the provider through simulated ‘casescenario’basedactivities.Beingacertificatecourse,the provider delegate is expected to come prepared with cognitiveinformationonidentificationofthesickchildandappropriate prioritized interventions. For this the delegates are provided with a study material well in advance. During the day one of the course the delegates are equipped with the necessary skills in the art of resuscitation. On day two, they are helped to develop good interpersonal communications and leadership qualities while simulating case management in teamssupervisedby thePALS instructors.Throughoutthe course the delegates are observed and evaluated fortheir performance and appropriately remediated by anexperienced and trained team of the PALS instructors. Towards the end there is a formal evaluation of the cognitive information through a written test as well as evaluation of psychomotor and affective skills through case scenario basedsessions.Thecertificationisdonethroughadefinedprocess the criteria of which are informed to the delegates at the time of registration itself.

Report of IAP PALS Group

The BLS initiative

High quality BLS is the backbone of any effectiveresuscitation. BLS is a sequence of steps undertaken by bare hands andminimum equipment to help a non-breathing unresponsive victim. Timely provided BLSby onlookers markedly improves the chances of intactsurvival of a victim. It is unfortunate that less than 50% adult victims receive BLS care when needed. Similar figures for thepediatricpopulationare evendismal.Onedoesn’tneed tobeahealthcareprovider toprovide thishelp. As per the current evidence, chest compressions alone if provided effectively can improve the outcome in case of sudden cardiac arrest.

With this information and the existing dedicated and committed IAP PALS group, the stand alone BLS training program was initiated under the IAP Action Plan 2010. The half day IAP BLS modules for Health Care providers (HCP) aswellaslaypersonsareavailablewithourgroupandarein great demand.

AmassawarenessprojectfortheBLShasbeenundertakenbytheIAPPALSgroupthroughtheIAPActionplan2012–“SavealifeandSaveababy”courses.Thesewouldbenon-certificatecoursesspreadovercoupleofhoursonly.

The IAP PALS module for nurses

TheIAPPALSgrouphasbeensensitivetotheneedsoftheteams which are working with our pediatrician colleagues. A one day abridged version of the IAP PALSmodule isavailablefortrainingthenursesandisverypopular.

The HR

The enormous dimensions of our country and the ever expanding needs of the population demand that such courses should reach the providers in the nearest areas of their practice. The IAP Modules of the PALS as well as BLS courseshaveaninbuiltmechanismtoidentifyandtrainthepotential candidates as instructors to meet the increasing HR demand.


An appeal to IAP Members

Thesimulationbasedexercisesare thebackboneofourmodules and are therefore dependent on manikins. The manikins suffer wear and tear over period of time. The courses are judgedby the quality of themanikins used.Thesearecostlyequipmentandthecostistakencarebythe collections from the delegates. However, the collections arelimitedasitwouldbedetrimentaltoincreasethecostto the delegates to meet the manikin costs. I look forward for voluntary organizations / groups / individuals through

you to come forward for this noble cause and donategenerouslyforthemissionundertakenbythisgroup.

Long live the IAP as well as IAP PALS,

Jai Hind,

L N Taneja National Convener, IAP PALS 2011-12 09811034146,[email protected]


The Neonatology Chapter of the Indian Academy of PediatricsisasubspecialtychapteroftheAcademy,whichdealswith academic, scientific andcommunity activitiesconductedbytheAcademyforthecareofnewbornbabiesin the country.

The Chapter started a one-year Fellowship Program in Neonatology in 2009 with the purpose of providing specialized training in Neonatology to students who have completed their post graduation in Pediatrics. The program is being conducted for candidates who areemployed fulltime, as resident doctors, for a period of oneandhalfyearsdependingontheirbasicpostgraduatequalification.

There are currently 30 Institutions country wide where the FellowshipProgramisbeingconducted.(FigureI)

The Chapter has two committees looking after the program, fellowship selection committee for formulating the guidelines for selection of the institute and candidate and fellowship examination committee for updating the syllabus,researchandexamination.

1) Selection of the Institute: Any Institute that wants to startthefellowshipprogramhastofulfilltheeligibilitycriteria which is provided to them. They have to apply by30thJunetobeabletostartthefellowshipprogramnextyear.InstituteinspectionsareconductedbetweenJuly toOctober every year and the final selection iscarried out after the Executive Committee meeting during IAP Neocon that year. Each Institute appoints a Fellowship Coordinator who is responsible forcommunicating with the chapter

2) Selection of candidate: The candidate should have a post graduate degree in Pediatrics(MD / DNB / DCH). The training period for DCH candidates is for 18 months. The selection of the candidate is carried out byindividualinstituteafterinterview.Candidatesworkas Resident/Registrar as per the Institute policy and are given appropriate remuneration.

Curriculum:Thefellowsareprovidedwithasyllabuswhichoutlinesthetopicstheyareexpectedtobecoveredduringtheir study period. They are enrolled for a multicenter

research project which they need to complete during their tenure along with the theory and clinical work.

Assessment: Assessment is ongoing and summative

• Ongoing: Carried out by the Fellowship Coordinator

Ward work

Case presentation

PG lecture

JournalClub

Internal assessment

Attendance- Minimum 85%

•Summative

1) Research project

2) Final examination (Theory and Practical)

A) Theory examination

1) There are 2 papers of 3 hours duration each.

2) There is a choice in answering the questions (e.g. 5 out of 6 / 7)

3) Each paper carries 100 marks; all questions carryequal marks

4) Distributionofquestionsisusuallyasfollows:

Theory Paper I: Basic sciences, Perinatology, Research methods.

TheoryPaperII:Casebasedquestions

B) Clinical or Practical examinations

There is one long case & two short cases. Each trainee is allowed 1/2 hour to prepare the long case and half hour for two short cases. Two examiners sit together to examine the trainee for the cases and viva voce.

Thetraineemustpassintheory(bothpapersincluded)and

Neonatology Fellowship of IAP Neonatology Chapter


practical(aggregatemarks)independentlybyobtainingatleast 50% marks in theory as well as in practical exam and obtainanoverallpercentagenotlessthan50%(viz250/500). It isessential toobtain50%marksinthe longandshort cases. (80/160)

Please feel free to address any queries that you may have regarding the fellowship program.An appeal from theChapterofficebearers tobecome lifememberof thechapterbypayingjustRs.500bychequeordraftinfavorof IAP Neonatology Chapter. Address for correspondence:

Dr. Anjali Kulkarni, Chairperson, Neonatology Chapter, Indian Academy of Pediatrics 36, Ishwar Nagar, Mathura Road, New Delhi 110065. Email: [email protected]

Anjali Kulkarni Ranjan Pejaver Chairperson Secretary


GIST OF FBS-IAP 2012

TheFamilyBenefitSchemewasmadeoperationalasafirstwelfare project for IAP LifeMembers by theCentral IAPin2011.TheFamilyBenefitScheme’sgoal is toprovidefinancialhelptothefamiliesoftheFBSmembersincaseof death. FBS is for theMembers, by theMembers andis a mutually beneficial, compassionate and benevolentschemeestablishedwithHyderabadasitsHeadquarters.NoMedicalCertificateorHealthCheckupneededtoenrollin the Scheme. Associate Lifemembers of IAP are alsoeligible to become members of the Scheme from 27th March, 2012

A55memberAll IndiaManagingCommittee includinga17-memberHyderabadteamwasappointedto lookaftertheaffairsforthefirst3yearsofthescheme.FBSwithitsownByelawsandruleswillbefunctioningoveralldirectlyunder the Central IAP.

FBS-IAP operations were launched under the IAP Action Plan2011byDrTUSukumaran,NationalPresident2011on27-03-2011atHyderabadandwasgracedbyDrRohitC Agrawal National President 2012, Dr Tanmay Amladi, Hon. Secretary General 2010-11 and Dr George F Moolayil, Chairman FBS IAP.

The Members who enroll before 26th of March, 2012 (LaunchYear)willbeconsideredas“FounderMembers”oftheScheme.TheywillbepayingtheFraternityContributionfor20Yearsonly,subsequent“RegularMembers”willbepayingfor25Years.Therewillbeawindowperiodofoneyearfromthedateofacceptanceofmembershipforalltheapplicants to the Scheme.

First Annual General Body Meeting was held at PEDICON 2012, Gurgaon on 21.01.2012 which was graced byPresidents of IAP Dr Rohit C Agrawal, Dr T U Sukumaran, Dr C P Bansal, 2012, 2011 and 2013 respectively and beneficialamendmentsformemberswerepassed.

Theoldslabsof joining feeswillcontinue till26th March 2012only.SeniorIAPmembersbeyond55yearsupto65yearswillcontinuetobeeligibletobecomethemembersofFBSwithnew joining fees.A "FutureLiabilityFund" isearmarked to pay for FBSmemberswho complete their

term. This consist of corpus plus 20% of enhanced Death FraternityContribution(i.eRs300+20%{i.e.Rs.60/-}viz: total FC Rs 360/- per death). An annual Fraternity Contribution bill will be raised in September by the FBSoffice.TotalofthreecommunicationswithoneregisteredpostA/CduewillbesentforpaymentsbeforeterminationofmembershipfromtheSchemeifduesnotcleared.

The fraternity contribution is calculated according to themembership strength as on the 1st day of the month in which the death has occurred. The Death Benefit Fundgiventothenomineeaftertheclaimiscurrentlynottaxable.A Claim Form should have nominee photo, signature with bankdetailsandshouldbeattestedbythebankmanager.

Anexclusiveanddedicatedwebsitewaslaunchedwww.fbsiap.org,with a special provision for FBSmembers tolog in with ID’s and passwords and manage their individual accounts.

The Scheme took off on a sound footing with good response attracting 600 applicants in a short time.

Dr Ajoy Kumar Hon. Secretary, FBS-IAP

CompletedFirstSuccessfulBabyStepsofFamilyBenefitScheme-One year of the Launch.

CompletedFirstSuccessfulBabyStepsofFamilyBenefitScheme-One year of the Launch.

It isoneyearsinceIAPcentral launchedthefirstwelfaremeasure for it's members all over India on 27th March2011 as IAP Action Plan under my Presidentship. The blazingstartofenrollmentofmorethanonehundred lifemembersofIAPonthedayofinaugurationatHyderabadwasagoodbeginning.MygoodfriendNationalPresidentDr. Rohit Agarwal and Dr.Tanmay Amladi along with Dr George Moolayil and host of other central executive membersandofficebearersofcity,statebranchesgracedtheauspiciousoccasionofthismutuallybeneficialprojectrolling out day.

The Hyderabad Team and the Managing Committee didtremendous background work of drafting the rules and

FamilyBenefitScheme(FBS)


regulations, picking up from various such functioning securityschemesofoursisterprofessionalbodiesfromalloverIndia.ManymemberfriendlyfeatureswereadoptedinourIAPFamilyBenefitScheme.Aadministrativeofficewasestablished at Hyderabad as it's Headquaters,with a 55membersAll- IndiaManagingCommitteewasappointedintintially to look after the scheme.The MC and the FBS works directly under control and guidance of CIAP,though havingit'sownRulesandbye-LawsunderSocietyrulesforday to day activities.

So far about 950members approximately have enrolledin his Scheme in the first year itself. A beginning ofaround Rs. Three Lakhs (Rs.300000/-) Death benefit tothe Nominee of the enrolledmumber is assured againsta verymarginal initial investmentWhen thesememberscontribute justRs.300/-perdeathofmember.Though itisveryimpressiveresponseofthismagnitude,maybethe

highest in the Country for such Schemes in launch year itself,lotmoreistobedoneandachieved.

My personal wish is to make at least a minimum amount to help the nominee at the time of distress of losing a earning memberofthefamilyasRs10/-toRs15/-Lakhassoonaspossible

For this I earnestly appeal to all my fellow IAPians to enroll in this very helpful financially beneficial, mutuallycompassionateandbenevolentSchemeof,byandforIAPmemberswelfareproject.MydreamistohaveifnotallagoodnumberofIAPmemberstojointhisscheme-atleast3000 to 5000 in next two years.

Visit www.FBSIAP.org for more information.

Dr. Ajoy KumarHon. Secretary


APPLICATION FORM FAMILY BENEFIT SOCIETY

INDIAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS

(PleasefillallinformationinCapitalletters)

NAME: AGE: SEX: DATE OF BIRTH:

M F

ADDRESS: dd mm yyyy

___________________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________

PIN CODE: __________________________________________________________________________________

TELEPHONE NO: ____________________________________ MOBILE NO: _______________________________

QUALIFICATION: ____________________________________ E-Mail ID: _________________________________

LOCAL IAP BRANCH IN WHICH THE MEMBER RESIDES: ________________________________________________

CIAP LIFE MEMBERSHIP NO.: ____________________________________________________________________

NOMINEE WITH ADDRESS: RELATIONSHIP OF THE NOMINEE

1. __________________________________________________________ ____________________________

__________________________________________________________ ____________________________

__________________________________________________________ ____________________________

2. __________________________________________________________ ____________________________

__________________________________________________________ ____________________________

__________________________________________________________ ____________________________

MODE OF PAYMENT: CHEQUE/DD. NO. ___________________ DATE: __________ AMOUNT: R________________

BANK: ____________________________________________ BRANCH: _________________________________

DECLARATION

I HEREBY DECLARE THAT THE INFORMATION GIVEN ABOVE IS TRUE.

I AM AWARE OF THE RULES AND REGULATION OF FAMILY BENEFIT SCHEME OF IAP AND I WILL ABIDE BY IT AND ITS AMENDMENTS.

_______________________

Date: SIGNATURE OF THE DOCTOR

YOUR CHEQUE/DD MUST BE DRAWN IN FAVOUR OF “FAMILY BENEFIT SOCIETY” PAYABLE AT HYDERABADPLEASE ADD R 100/- FOR OUTSTATION CHEQUES

OFFICE USE

RECEIPT NO.: ___________________________ AMOUNT RECEIVED: R________________________

ABOVE DETAILS VERIFIED AND APPLICATION “ACCEPTED / NOT ACCEPTED”


WINDOW PERIOD FROM ___________ TO ______________

FBS MEMBERSHIP NO. ___________________________ SIGNATURE OF THE SECRETARY FBS IAP

ONLY LIFE MEMBERS ARE ELIGIBLE TO JOIN THIS SCHEME

NOMINATION

Minimum one Nominee mandatory - PercentageofBenefittobementionedifmorethanonenominee

MEMBER NOMINEE I NOMINEE II

Photo Thumb Impression Photo Thumb Impression Photo Thumb Impression

NAME & RELATIONSHIP SPECIMEN SIGNATURE PERCENTAGE

OF BENEFIT

Member : ____________________________________________ x ___________________ ____________

Nominee I : ____________________________________________ ____________________ ____________

Nominee II : ____________________________________________ ____________________ ____________

VOLUNTARY HEALTH DECLARATION

I, Dr ……………………………… Member of …………………… Branch of IAP, Central IAP Membership No. …………………………,applyingforthemembershipofFBSofCentralI.A.P.doherebysolemnlyaffirmanddeclareto the best of my knowledge I am / am not suffering from any terminal illness.

____________________ Signature of applicant

Witness: Name & address

1. _____________________________________________________ _________________________

2. _____________________________________________________ _________________________

(Any Adult Indian Citizen)

Date: ___________________

Application Form Attested:

DATE: SIGNATURE & SEAL :

(Any One of the Following 1. President or Secretary of Local IAP Branch or 2. Two IAP Members with Membership Numbers or 3. Bank Manager)


PROCEDURE OF ENROLLMENT IN FBS IAP

AratifiedLifeMemberofIAPqualifiedundertheeligibilitycriteriashallapplyontheprescribedapplicationformalongwith the following 5 (Five) documentsasannexure.ApplicationandotherdetailsofFBSIAPareavailablewiththeHon.SecretaryFBS-IAP’sofficeandonthewebsitewww.iapindia.org,www.fbsiap.comandwww.fbsiap.org.Thetariffnowisas follows. Please print your address, names or write in clear capital letters to avoid spelling mistakes in communications.

AGE IN YEARS JOINING FEE R TOTAL 1500+400R

25 to 30 5000 6900

Above 30 to 35 7500 9400

Above35to40 10000 11900

Above40to45 12500 14400

Above45to55 15000 16900

The same rate of R15000/- (Rupees Fifteen thousand only) is applicable to those founder members that get the relaxationof10yearsforjoiningduringthefirstyearonly(27th March 2011 to 26th March 2012).

Age Calculation: Theagelimitiscalculatedasnotcompletedtobeinthatparticulargroup.

ForEx:Ifamembercompletesfullageof50yearsonaparticulardateandenteredintothenextyearofage,he/shewillbetreatedascomingintothenextagegroup&he/shehastopaythenextslabrateofJoiningfee.

1. Fees: No application formembershipwill be accepted unless it is complete in all respects, accompanied byCheque/DDforthecorrectJoiningfeeaspertheageofamember(Forexampleifthemembersageis27yearsTotalamountpayablewithapplicationwillbeR5000/-+R 1900/- consisting of Caution deposit of R 1500/- and Annual Administration Fee R 400/- = R6900/-)infavorof"FamilyBenefitSociety”onanyBankinHyderabad.Electronic direct transferpaymentto“FamilyBenefitSociety”A/c.No.62184506297SBH,Gunfoundry,HyderabadcanbemadementioningIFSCCODE:SBHY0020066.Anapplicantbecomesaregularmemberafterverificationofthecompleteapplication,creditofamountinthescheme`sbankaccountandapprovalbyOfficeofHon.SecretaryFBS-IAP.

2. Proof of age(anyoneofthefollowingselfattestedcopyshowingdateofbirth)

i. Driving License

ii. SSCCertificate/Transfercertificate.

iii. Passport

iv. Pan card

v. Service Register of Govt. Employee

3. ProofofIAPlifemembership:anyoneofthefollowingselfattestedcopywithMembershipNumber.(AprovisionallyadmittedmemberofIAPbecomesaregularmemberofFBSIAPafterratificationofLifemembershipinIAP.)

i. IAPLifemembershipcertificatewithMembershipnumber

ii. IAPLifemembershipphotoidentitycard

iii. CoverofIndianPediatricsshowingtheLifemembershipNumber

iv. Ifnoneoftheaboveareavailable,verificationfromtheCIAP


4. A Voluntary Health Declaration is compulsory, to be submitted with the Application.

5. Name/softheNominee/swiththeirage,address(postal,e-mail),TeleNo.andPANNo.(ifavailable)onaseparatepaper.

Please follow all the following instructions carefully.

a) TheCompletedapplicationalongwithalltheabovedocumentsshouldbesentbypostonlytothefollowingofficeaddress:

Dr. Ajoy Kumar, Hon SecretaryFamilyBenefitSociety6-3-598/1,1stFloor,NavataCastle,VenkatramanaColony,Khairatabad,Hyderabad–500004AndhraPradesh.Phone:[email protected]

b) SubmissionofincompleteapplicationformoranyfalseinformationthereinorinsubsequentcommunicationstotheSocietywillmakeamemberliableforterminationandnoteligibleforanybenefitfromtheSociety.

c) ForregularduesandUpdatesonFBSIAPLogontowww.fbsiap.org [email protected]

d) If you do not receive any reply or receipt within 15 days after sending your application please write a letter or give a e-mail or call to enquire. No cell messages please. You will get reply with in 24 hrs for your e-mail queries.

e) PleaseenquireforanyduestoFBSIAPeveryMarchandSeptember&payintimesothatyouareanactivemembertoenjoyallbenefits,avoidingsuspensionandterminationofmembershipinFBSIAP.

CHECK LIST

1. ApplicationFormfilledinfully

a. Three signatures of Applicant where marked x.

b. Nomination:Photos,thumbimpressionsandsignaturesofApplicantandNominees.

c. AttestationbyLocalIAPBranchSecretaryorPresidentor2IAPMemberswithmembershipNo.orBankManager.

2. DD/Cheque for correct amount in favor of “FAMILY BENEFIT SOCIETY”.

3. Proof of Age.

4. ProofofIAPMembership.

5. Voluntary Health Declaration.

6. Nominees Details on separate page:

a. Name

b. Address

c. Age

d. Postal and E-mail address

e. Telephone:Landline/Mobile

f. PanNumberifavailable.


Indian Academy of Pediatrics Neonatal Resuscitation Program

First Golden Minute Project (IAP NRP FGM)

Highlights:

IAP NRP FGM is a largest child survival project in the world with aim to train 200,000 health care professional and workers.

• IAP-NNFtoworkjointly.

• SOMIhasjoinedhandswithIAP.

• IAP to scale up Basic NRP (NSSK) significantly in2012.

• IAP&FOGSIcommunicationisinprogresstoconductNRP Course for FOGSI.

• FocusonAdvanceNRPin2012.

• Modalities tospeedupcourses instates likeAndhraPradesh, Bihar & Tamil Nadu.

• IAPtrained3167Trainers&25724Providerstill31stDec., 2011 including Government & Private Sector.

• Jhonson & Jhonson has committed a long termunconditional academic grant till objectives areachieved.

GreetingsfromIAPNRPFGMOffice!

Regional ToT,2011

In Pedicon 2012, held recently, under NRPFGM project Regional ToT was conducted at Gurgaon with distinguished faculty from India and USA in partnership with American Academy of Pediatrics(AAP) and Latter-day Saint Charities(LDSC). IAP had a business meeting with AAPand LDSC to plan future collaborations and use of AAPmaterial. NNF, FOGSI and SOMI participated in this ToT actively. Two day workshop was planned very meticulously withnewertrainingmodalitiesforthefirsttimelikevideoof resuscitation procedures and subsequent debriefing.Materials for creating real life situation have been otherinnovative features. The enthusiasm of the participants in theToThasbeenoverwhelmingandregionaltrainersare

very keen to carry out the project at wider level. This was madeperfectwithmeticulousplanningandexecutionbyDr. Vineet Saxena and Dr. Vikas Goyal.

IAP – NNF joint venture

Extremely heartening news is that, IAP and NNF has agreedtocontinuetheprojectunderthebannerofIAP-NNFNRPFGM project. IAP and NNF through a common steering committee intend to carry forward the ultimate aim of training 200,000 providers attending birth in newbornresuscitation speedily.

IAP – SOMI Partnership

IAP and SOMI as partners will facilitate training of all 5499 SOMImembers. IAP plans to conduct the ToT for SOMIin priority states like Gujarat, Tamilnadu, Andhrapradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Pondicherry and West Bengal. After that, trainers from SOMI and IAP will conduct the provider courses in these states.

Low Performing State

Progress of the project, however, has been unevenbetween various States and some states like AndhraPradesh, Tamil Nadu and Bihar had very few or no courses in 2011. Modalities to speed up courses in low performing statesarebeingworkedoutandOneToThasbeenplannedin March at Andhra Pradesh. The goal is to train 25,000 providers from this state.

IAP NRP FGM Website

WebsiteaddressofIAPNRPFGMis http://www.iapnrpfgm.org

Interactive online areas are:

1. SMS Registration

2. IVR Test

3. Online Evaluation

4. Discussion Forum

5. Photo/File sharing.

IAP NRP FGM: A Report


Champions (SAC) of IAP NRP FGM handling admin part of website independently.

1. Dr.NaveenBajaj(SACofPunjab)

2. Dr. V.P. Goswami (SAC of Madhya Pradesh)

3. Dr. L. Basanta (SAC of Manipur)

Wehopethisyear itwouldbepossibletoconductmanyprovider courses. Advance NRP course will also beconducted for pediatricians in 2012.

AddressesofIAPNRPFGMOffices

Adminoffice:IAP NRP FGM Coordinator 208, Sector 1A, Gandhidham-370201 Kutch, Gujarat. Ph No: 09429896986

Centraloffice:Central IAP Secretariat Kailas Darshan, Kennedy Bridge (Nana Chowk), Mumbai - 400007. Ph No: (022) 23889565

Dr. Rohit Agarwal Dr. C. P. Bansal President IAP, 2012 Co Chairperson IAP

Dr. Naveen Thacker Dr. Vineet Saxena Chairperson National Coordinator IAP NRP FGM Project IAP NRP FGM Project

Dr. Sailesh Gupta Secretary General IAP, 2012-2013

Compiled by: Ms. Anjana Someshwar Project Manager IAP NRP FGM Project Ph No: 09429896986




RespectedIAPMembers,

We are publishing a special Golden Jubilee Pediconcommemorative volume depicting the history and evolution of Pedicon over the past 50 years.

If any of you posses any photographs or memorabilia of past Pedicons, the older the better, please scan andmailortakeacopyandsendittotheundersignedby30 June 2012. Please mention your contact details, all the contributorswillbeacknowledgedinthebook.

Dr Jaydeep Choudhury, Organizing Secretary, Pedicon 2013 West Bengal Academy of Pediatrics Oriental Apartments 15C, Canal Street, Kolkata 700014 Email: [email protected]

ANNOUNCEMENT

Call for `Free’ & Àward’ Papers

The Scientific Committee invites delegates who wish togive a presentation during the PEDICON 2013, the 50th National Conference of Indian Academy of Pediatrics, January 16-20, 2013 at Science City Convention Centre, KolkatatosubmittheÀbstracts’oftheirscientificstudies.

Paper Category: Free Papers

Themodeofpresentationof freepaperswill bedecidedbythescrutinizingcommitteefromamongsttheabstractsreceived and authors will be informed accordingly. ThepapersnottakenforÒral’willbetakenfor`Poster’.

The text of the Àbstract’ should contain notmore than250words.Itshouldbestructuredasfaraspossibleinthefollowing manner (Except Case Reports): (a) Introduction (b)Aims&Objectives(c)Material&Methods(includingstatistical methods where relevant) (d) Results (e) Conclusions.

Instructions:

1. AbstractscanbesubmittedviaemailID: [email protected]

2. Thedeadlineforsendinginabstractsis28thSeptember2012.Thisdeadlinewillbestrictlyobserved.

3. Abstractsorfullpaperssentbyhardcopywillnotbeaccepted.

4. Please quote your Central IAP membership number(mandatory)

5. Please mention the category of paper according to Sub-specialtygivenbelow:

Adolescent Pediatrics (ADOL)Cardiology (CAR)Community Pediatrics (CP)Endocrinology (ENDO)Gastroenterology (GE)Genetics (GENE)Growth & Development (GD)Hematology–Oncology(HO)Infectious Diseases (ID)Intensive Care (IC)Neonatology (NEO)Nephrology (NEP)Neurology (NEU)Nutrition (NUT)Respiratory (RESP)Rheumatology (RHE)Miscellaneous (MISC)

(B) Paper Category: Award Papers

(Mandatory: Read the award rules before submission of your paper, which may be obtained from the Central Office on request. The papers not submitted as peraward rules will be rejected.)

Dr. S. T. Achar Endowment Award (One Prize) for the bestpaperon“Pediatrics”.

Dr. James Flett Endowment Award (Two Prizes) for the bestpaperson“Social&PreventivePediatrics”.

Dr. S. S. Manchanda Neonatology Research Award (OnePrize)forthebestpaperon“Neonatology”.

Dr. V. Balagopal Raju Endowment Award (Two Prizes) forthebestpaperson“ChildHealth”.

Golden Jubilee Pedicon 2013, Kolkata


Instructions:

1. The hard copy of the SUMMARY as well as FULL paper in 4 (FOUR COPIES) should be submitted to IndianAcademy of Pediatrics, Kailas Darshan, Near Kennedy Bridge,(NanaChowk),Mumbai400007alongwiththedeclarationcertificateasprescribedintheawardrules.

2. TheSUMMARYshouldnotbemorethan250words.

3. TheFULLawardpapershouldbeinthestyleof“IndianPediatrics”.

4. The title of thepaper shouldbebrief but adequatelydescriptive.

5. Thetextofthesummaryshouldbestructuredasfaraspossibleintothefollowingmanner(a)Introduction(b)Aims&Objectives(c)Materials&Methods(includingstatistical methods where relevant) (d) Results (e) Conclusions.

ThelastdateforsubmissionofawardpapersattheCentralIAPOffice(HardCopy)is28th September 2012.

NotificationofselectionofPapers:

The Scientific Committee will review abstracts andnotificationofacceptance/rejectionwillbesenttothefirstauthorsindicatedinthepapers,by2ndweekofDecember2012. Please contact the IAP office at [email protected].

Presentations:

The Scientific Committee will consider abstracts for anÒral’or`Poster’presentation.Allpresentationsmustbein English.

Best poster awards:

Allpostersinthesubspecialtiesmentionedinthelist,willbeconsideredforthe“BestPosterAwards”.Judgingwillbe basedon scientificmerit, visual presentation and thepotential significance of the clinical research. Detailedinstructionsforposterpaperpresenterswillbesentafterthe selection process is complete.

Registration:

Authors who have been notified that their abstract is

accepted for oral or poster presentation will please note that they ought to register for the PEDICON 2013, as per the prevailing fees at the time of registration.

Publication of papers:

The papers that have been accepted for publication willbepublishedinproceedingsofPEDICON2013.IAPholdsallpublicationrightsincludingcopyrightunlessotherwiseintimatedtotheauthorsbyIAPinwriting.

Dr. Sailesh Gupta, Hon. Secretary General, Indian Academy of Pediatrics Kailas Darshan, Kennedy Bridge, Nana Chowk, Mumbai-400007(India) Email:[email protected]; Website:http://www.iapindia.org Fax: (022) 23851713, Telephones: (022) 23887906, 23887922, 23889565

Hon Surg Cmde Late Dr. Shantilal C. Sheth Oration at PEDICON 2013

Nominationsof IAPmembers /Non-Memberswhohaveexcelled in the field of “Child Health & Care” including,CommunityPediatricsareinvitedbytheCentralIAPOfficefor award of Hon Surg Cmde Late Dr. Shantilal C. Sheth Oration at the 50thNationalConferenceof IAP tobeheldfrom January 16-20, 2013 at Kolkata (PEDICON 2013). The nomination should be duly proposed and secondedby the IAP Members giving one page justification forthe nomination of the proposed person and should besubmitted along with a detailed biodata of the nomineein SIX COPIES. The nominees should give a statement inwriting alongwith the nomination, duly signed by thenominee, stating that he / she has read the rules for award of Hony Surg Cmde Late Dr. Shantilal C. Sheth Oration and that thedecisionof thecommitteeappointedby theExecutive Board of IAP for award of this nomination will beacceptedbyhim/herasfinalandbindingonhim/herand shall not ask for disclosure of marks of any nominee and / or nominations of other nominees for the oration. The nomination without signed statement of the nominee shallbeconsideredasinvalidnomination.Thelastdateforsubmissionofnominationsis28th September 2012.


BidsareherebyinvitedforthePEDICON2015whichwillbe the 52nd National Conference of Indian Academy of Pediatrics.Localbranches thatwish tobid forPEDICON2015 which may kindly note the following guidelines.

• IthadbeenresolvedintheExecutiveBoardMeetingofJanuary 2011 that only those applications which are filled completely according to the prescribed formatand receivedby theCentral IAPOffice latest by15th December 2012will be considered for the bid. Thebiddingbranchesthusselectedwillbeinformedoftheirselection after 15th December 2012. Each selectedbranch will be invited to make a small PowerPointpresentation with the help of the EB member fromtheir state, not exceeding 10 slides highlighting the important points mentioned in the application form forconsiderationoftheExecutiveBoardmembersofJanuary2013.ExecutiveBoardmemberswillvotebysecretballot,andthebidthatwinsmajorityvoteswillbeselectedasthehostingbranch.

• EachbiddingbranchwillbringablankchequetotheEB meeting. The hosting branch's bidding amountofRs.5LakhwillbeacceptedbyCentral IAPofficethrough a cheque written out in the name of “Indian AcademyofPediatrics” payable atMumbai, and theotherbrancheswillcarrybacktheircheques.

• Theformatforsubmissionofthebidisprintedinthisbulletin.

• The profit sharing of conference surplus at presentis as follows: Rs. 1000/- from the registration fee of eachdelegatewill bepaid toCentral IAPofficeasacontributiontothecorpusfundofIAP.ThecontributionfromearlybirdregistrationswillbepaidtoCentralIAPimmediatelyaftercompilationofearlybirdregistration

detailsorbeforeMarch31,2013,whicheverdate isearlier, along with names, IAPmembership number,address, and PAN of the delegates. With further registrations in the year, contribution to Central IAPcorpus is to be paid in 3 - 4 slabs, in April, July,October,andDecember.Aftercompilationandauditingof conference accounts, contribution to central IAPcorpus from registrations after November 30, 2014and on-spot registrations will be paid along withsubmissionofaccountstoCentralIAP.ifoverandabovethe total amount paid to Central IAP, the conference hasasurplus, then30%of that surpluswill bepaidto Central IAP. The organizers will pay a sum of Rs. 5 Lakh to Indian Pediatrics. Of the remaining surplus, the divisionwillbeasfollows:60%tolocalbranch,30%toCentralIAP(inclusiveofthecontributiontocorpus)and 10% to State Branch.

• The hosting branch should be registered with theRegistrar of Societies, should have its own PAN and shouldbefiling itsown IncomeTaxReturns.CentralIAP PAN cannot be used for PEDICON financialtransactions.

• The venue of the conference should be able toaccommodate at least 4000 delegates in the main conference hall during plenary sessions and should be able to provide halls for at least 10 concurrentsessions.

• Thevenueshouldbelocatedwithin1-5kilometersofhotels that can accommodate at least 6000 delegates.

• The venue should also have appropriate areasdesignated for scientific exhibition, inaugurationfunction,banquet(s),culturalevent(s)andshouldhaveample parking space.

Bid for Pedicon 2015


FORMAT TO BE FILLED IN WHILE BIDDING FOR IAP NATIONAL CONFERENCE

a) IAP City Branch / IAP District Branch inviting conference:

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

b) DoesthehostingcityhaveMedicalCollege(s)?YES/NO

If yes, is (are) it (they) Govt. Medical College(s) / Private Medical College(s)

c) Detailsofpossiblevenue

Venue: ....................................................................................................................................................................

Distance from Railway Station: ................................................................................................................................

Distance from Airport: .............................................................................................................................................

Main Hall seating capacity: ......................................................................................................................................

SubsidiaryHallsseatingcapacity

Hall 1 ........................................................................ Hall 2 .............................................................................

Hall 3 ........................................................................ Hall 4 .............................................................................

Hall 5 ........................................................................ Hall 6 .............................................................................

Hall 7 ........................................................................ Hall 8 .............................................................................

Hall 9 ........................................................................ Hall 10 ...........................................................................

d) Inauguration ceremony site & Seating Capacity:

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

Distance from conference venue: ............................................................................................................................

e) Accommodationcapacityinthehostcity(no.ofbedsavailable):

Hotel(s): Star ............................................................ Non-star .........................................................................

Hostel ....................................................................... Guest House ...................................................................

f) Transport connections to other parts of country:

No. of trains / day: ..................................................................................................................................................

No.offlights/day: .................................................................................................................................................

g) LastNationalConferenceheldbyhostcity(year): ...................................................................................................

Reportsubmitted:Yes/No


h) DetailsoflastZonal/State/District/CityConferencesheldbyhostcity:

Conference Year No. of delegates

1.

2.

3.

4.

i) Pleaseattacharesolutionfromthehostcity/districtbranchinvitingconference.

j) Isthehostingbranchregisteredasasocietywithlocalauthority?Yes/No

k) IftheanswertoaboveQisYes,pleaseprovideRegistrationnumber.IftheanswerisNo,Pleaseprovideacopyoftheapplication for registration, if applied for.

l) Doyouhavebranchsavings /currentaccount?Yes /No. IfYes,pleaseprovidebankname,accountnameandbankingdetails.

m) DoesthebranchfileIncometaxreturnsregularly?ifYes,pleaseprovideacopyofPANcard.

n) UndertakingbyBranchofficebearers.

WehavereadtheconferenceguidelinesandwillabidebyalltherulesandregulationsofPediconorganization.

_____________ _____________ _____________

Signature Signature Signature President Secretary Treasurer

Name, Address, Name, Address Name, Address Cellphonenumber Cellphonenumber Cellphonenumber


Logo for 50th Year of IAP and Theme for Celebrations of the Golden Jubilee year of IAPDearIAPMembers,

As you are aware the Indian Academy of Pediatrics will be celebrating 50 years of services to the pediatriccommunity.Thecelebrationwillbeorganizedforthewholeof next year (2013). We wish to use a new logo indicating “50yearsofIAP”,onall IAPstationary,publicationsandprogramsfor2013.WeinviteallIAPmemberstousetheircreative talentsanddesignabeautifulandrepresentativelogo.Wealsoencouragemembers to thinkofasuitableTheme for theCelebrations of the 50th year of IAP.OneLogoandOneThemewillbeselectedbyateamofOfficebearers and Executive board members from amongstthe entries received by Central IAP office. The last datefor submission of both entries is 21st May 2012. The IAPmemberswhoseentriesgetselectedwillbesuitablyacknowledged at Pedicon 2013. Please do participate in this creative exercise.

Dr. Sailesh Gupta, Hon. Secretary General Indian Academy of Pediatrics, Kailas Darshan, Near KennedyBridge(NanaChowk),Mumbai400007

IAP Calamity FundDearIAPmembers,

IAP has a “Calamity Fund” marked for use in disaster affectedareasofthecountrythroughIAPbranches.IfanybranchofIAPunderstandsaneedforsuchassistanceinitsarea of operation, kindly write with documentary details to:

Dr. Sailesh Gupta, Hon. Secretary General, Indian Academy of Pediatrics, Kailas Darshan, Near Kennedy Bridge (Nana Chowk), Mumbai400007

Important Announcements

ABC on Downs Syndrome by Dr. Gaurang J. Banker. Price Rs.60/-

Enquiries to: Dr. Gaurang J. Banker, P. K. House, 2nd Floor, BehindM.J.Library,EllisBridge,Ahmedabad–6,Email:[email protected]

Book Release during Pedicon 2013OnlyBookspublishedbyCentralIAPand/orIAPNationalPublicationHouseatGwalior,aloneortogetherwithotherapprovedPublicationhouses,willbe releasedduring theInaugural function of PEDICON, as per the decision taken bytheExecutiveBoardat itsmeetingheldon18th & 19th January 2012 at Gurgaon. This regulation will apply from thePedicon2013onward.Henceforth publications fromprivatepublishers,andnotapprovedbyCentralIAP/IAPNationalPublicationHouse/IAPExecutiveBoardwillnotbereleasedduringPedicon.

Outstanding Asian Pediatrician AwardNominations are invited from IAP members forconsideration for Outstanding Asian Pediatrician Award tobeconferredbyAsianPacificPediatricAssociationatthe 14th Asia Pacific Congress of Pediatrics to be heldat Kuching, Sarawak, (Malaysia) from 8-12 September2012.NominationshouldbeproposedbyamemberofIAPandaccompaniedbythecompleteCVandpassportsizephotographoftheproposedmember.Thecandidateis expected to have contributed towards improvedhealthofchildrennotonlyforinIndiabutalsoforothercountries in the region.The lastdate forsubmissionofnominationisMay20,2012.Pleasefindthenominationinthisbulletin.


NOMINATION FORM FOR OUTSTANDING ASIAN PEDIATRICIAN AWARD

Name of the Nominee: ...................................................................................................................................................

IAPMembershipNo.: ....................................................................................................................................................

Current Designation / Position: ......................................................................................................................................

Communication Address: ...............................................................................................................................................

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

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

Principle achievements:

National:

1. ..................................................................................................................................................................................

2. ..................................................................................................................................................................................

3. ..................................................................................................................................................................................

International:

1. ..................................................................................................................................................................................

2. ..................................................................................................................................................................................

3. ..................................................................................................................................................................................

CONSENT OF THE NOMINEE

IamwillingtobenominatedforOutstandingAsianPediatricianAwardofAsiaPacificPediatricAssociation

Signature of the Nominee: ........................................................................................................................................

Date: ........................................................... Place: .................................................................................................

Signature of the Proposer

Name of the Proposer

IAPMembershipNo.

Date

Place


The Indian Journal of Pediatrics invites applications for 2011 for following awards

• Original Research Award for the Best Thesis byPostgraduates–2011.Awardswillbegivenin2012

• VisitingProfessorships

• GrantsforholdingPediatricMedicalCamps

• Competitive Grand Rounds by Senior Residents inPediatrics

For more details kindly contact:

Dr. I.C. Verma, Editor-in-Chief, The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 125, (2nd Floor), Gautam Nagar, Behind Matra Chhaaya Building, New Delhi - 110049. Phone: 26568098, 41345105, E-mail: [email protected]

Dr. K.C. Chaudhuri Foundation and IJP Awards for 2011

The names of Awardees are as follows:

• IVth Dr. K.C. Chaudhuri Oration 2011: Professor K.N. Agarwal, President, Health Care and Research Association for Adolescents

Topic of Oration: Indian Dahi-An Immunonutrient in Management of Severe Protein Energy Malnutrition

• Competitive Grand Rounds 2011

I PGIMER, Chandigarh

Presenters: Dr. Ramesh Kumar R., Dr. K. Sasidaran, Dr. Ravi Shah

Case Summary: Raised Intracranial Pressure in ChildrenwithAcuteCNSInfections–StateofArtManagement Strategies

II LHMC & associated KSCH

Presenters: Dr. T.V. Ram Kumar, Dr. Dinesh Yadav, Dr. Nilay Nirupam

Case Summary: West Syndrome: Challenges in Diagnosis and Management - Experience from a tertiary Care Center

• Best Thesis Awards 2010

I. Dr. Meenakshi Bothra from AIIMS, New Delhi. Evaluation of Predictors of Adverse Outcome in Febrile Neutropenic Episodes in Pediatric Oncology Patients

Guide: Dr. Rachna Seth

II. Dr. Vineet Vijay Sharma from K.J. Somaiya Medical College and Research Centre, Mumbai.Prediction of HIE by Nucleated RBCs in Cord Blood and Serum LDH and Assessment of outcome by Follow Up upto One Year.

Guide: Dr. Sujata Kanhere

III. Dr. Mihir M. Patel from SMIMER, Surat. To compare the effect of humanmilk fortificationwithhumanmilkfortifierversuspretermformulain growth of very low birth weight preterm babies.

Guide: Dr. Poonam Singh

IAP Emory Publications

Indian Academy of Pediatrics and Emory University, Atlanata, USA in a collaborative effort, conducted aresearch project named ‘Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Providers Regarding Immunization in India’ in 2010- 2011. The survey was carried out amongst member pediatricians, PHC physicians, ANM and ASHAworkersfromUPandBihar.Severalhighqualityscientificpapers fromtheprojecthavebeenpublishedorawaitingpublication in reputed journals. Abstracts of followingpapersareavailableinwww.pubmed.com

1. Vaccine 2011 Oct 26;29(46):8317-22. Epub 2011Sep 3.

Attitudes and perceptions of private pediatricians regarding polio immunization in India.

Panna Choudhury, Naveen Thacker, Lisa M. Gargano, Paul S. Weiss, Vipin M. Vashishtha, Tanmay Amladi, Karen Pazol, Walter A. Orenstein, Saad B. Omer, James M. Hughes


2. PediatrInfectDisJ.2012Feb;31(2):e37-42.

Attitudes of pediatricians and primary health center physicians in India concerning routine immunization, barriers to vaccination, and missed opportunities to vaccinate.

Lisa M. Gargano, Naveen Thacker, Panna Choudhury, Paul S. Weiss, MS, Karen Pazol, Sunil Bahl, Hamid S. Jafari, Manisha Arora, Walter A. Orenstein, James M. Hughes, and Saad B. Omer

Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP), Kailash Darshan, Kennedy Bridge, Mumbai400007,Indiaand Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Celebration of IAP Special Days And WeeksORS Day & ORS WeekIt is proposed to celebrate “ORS DAY & ORS WEEK”during July2012.Youmayselect anysuitabledates forcelebrationoftheweek,whichshouldessentially include29th July 2012 as the “ORS DAY”. ORS Theme is “ORS: The Only Reassurance Solution for Diarrhea”. Please participate in abigway formaking it agreat event.ThelastdateforsubmissionofreporttotheCentralOfficeforaward competition is 31st August 2012. This report should besubmittedin5(FIVE)copiesonCD / DVD in the format prescribedbyCentralIAPOfficeonorbeforethelastdate.Kindly note hard copy of the report will NOT beaccepted.

World Breastfeeding WeekThe World Breastfeeding Week will be celebratedfrom August 1-7, 2012. The Theme for this year is “Understanding the Past - Planning the Future: Celebrating10yearsofWHO/UNICEF'sGlobalStrategyfor Infant and Young Child Feeding”. Please participate in a big way for making it a great event. The last datefor submission of report to the Central Office for awardcompetition is 31st August 2012. This report shouldbesubmitted in5 (FIVE)copieson CD / DVD in the format

prescribedbyCentralIAPOfficeonorbeforethelastdate.Kindly note hard copy of the report will NOTbeaccepted.

Teenage DayIt has been decided to celebrate “TEENAGEDAY” on1st August 2012. The Theme for Teenage Day 2012 is “We are the masters of our FATE”. Pleaseparticipateinabigwayformakingitagreatevent.Thelastdateforsubmissionofreport to theCentralOffice forawardcompetition is31st August 2012.Thisreportshouldbesubmittedin5(FIVE)copies on CD / DVD intheformatprescribedbyCentralIAPOfficeonorbeforethelastdate.Kindlynotehardcopyofthe report will NOT beaccepted.

IAP Child & Adolescent Health Care WeekThebranchesarefreetoselecttheirownweekaccordingto their convenience during the month of November2012. Theweek so selected for celebrating IAPChild&Adolescent Health Care Week should essentially include 14thNovember2012.TheThemeis “Life Skills Education – A Social Vaccine!”TheCentralOfficeinvitesentriesforbestIAPChild&AdolescentHealthCareWeekcelebrationawardcompetition.This reportshouldbesubmitted in5(FIVE) copies on CD / DVD in the format prescribed byCentral IAP Office on or before 30th November 2012. Kindly note hard copy of the report will NOT beaccepted.

Best IAP Branch Awards 2012The Central IAP invites entries from IAP Branches for Best Branch Awards competition for the year 2012 in a prescribedformat(maybeobtainedfromCentralOffice).Thisreportshouldbesubmittedin5(FIVE)copiesonCD / DVD intheformatprescribedbyCentralIAPOfficeonorbefore30th November 2012. Kindly note hard copy of the report will NOT beaccepted.

Best IAP Chapter Awards 2012The Central IAP invites entries from IAP Chapters / Groups Awards competition for the year 2012 in a prescribedformat(maybeobtainedfromCentralOffice).Thisreportshouldbesubmittedin5(FIVE)copiesonCD / DVD in the formatprescribedbyCentral IAPOfficeonorbefore30th November 2012. Kindly note hard copy of the report will NOT beaccepted.


Theapplicationsonprescribed formare invited from themembersoftheIndianAcademyofPediatricsforawardofTraineeFellowshipsfortraininginpediatricsubspecialties.Age No Bar. The IAP will sponsor the candidates to various departmentsfortraininginIndia.Thetrainingshallbeforaperiodof4/8weeks.TheIAPwillbeawardingtheTraineeFellowships as follows:

• Dr.S.R.AmarnathFellowship(2ofRs.5000/-each)

• BibiSunderKaurFellowship(2ofRs.5000/-each)

• IAPFellowship(2ofRs.5000/-each)

• Dr.K.IndirabaiFellowship(1ofRs.5000/-)

• Non-paid fellowship (no restriction on number ofcandidatesornumberoffellowshipstobeavailed).

The application form can be obtained from the CentralIAP Office on request. The duly completed applicationshould be submitted along with detailed biodata of theapplicant in SIX COPIES to the Central IAP Office. Theapplicants should give a statement in writing along with theirapplication,dulysignedbytheapplicant,statingthathe / she has read the rules for selection of candidates for these traveling fellowships and that the decision of the committee appointed by the Executive Board of IAPwith regards to selection of IAP candidates for award of trainee fellowship,willbeacceptedbyhim /herasfinalandbindingonhim/herandshallnotaskfordisclosureof marks of other candidate for the trainee fellowship. The application without signed statement of the applicant shallbeconsideredasinvalidapplication.Thelastdateforsubmissionofapplicationis31st August 2012.

Traveling / Research Fellowships in India 2012


Kindly note the important decisions taken in the meeting of the Central IAP Executive Board and in the administrative meetingbetweenCentralOfficeBearers&OfficeBearersofIAPBranchesandIAPSubSpecialtyChaptersinrelationto functioning of the IAP Branches and Chapters, Groups andCells.(Henceforththeterm''Chapter''wouldembrace"Chapter,GroupandCell)

• IAPBranches andSubSpecialtywill provide the listof theirmembers,with their contact details such aspresentaddresses,emailIDsandmobilenumbers,toCentralIAPOffice.ThisinformationisessentialasIAPis considering to switch over to e-voting in the near future(mechanismisbeingstudied).

• Efforts should be made by office bearers of IAPBranches and Chapters to persuade non-central IAP membersontheirrolltobecomethemembersoftheCentral IAP.

• Hence forth IAPBranches andChaptersmust enrollonlyCentralIAPmembersastheirmembers.

• An IAPmember can be a Lifemember of onlyONEcity/districtbranchwithinhisstateandamemberofonestatebranch.He/ShecannotbeaLifememberofotherbranchesoutsidehisstateandcityordistrict.However,suchapersoncanbean“AffiliateMember”ofasmanybrancheshewantstobe,inthecountry.

• IAP Branches and Chapters will co-opt the CentralIAP President and Secretary General, and the Executive Board Members from their State as Ex-officiomembers,andaddtheirnamesontheirofficialstationery.

• Allocation of Central IAP programs to IAP City andDistrict branches will be routed through the Statebranch and the State Executive Board for bettercoordination and execution of the programs.

• Chapters/groupswill intimatetotheCentral IAPthedates of their conferences well in advance of the event (preferablybeforeMarch15)soastoavoidclashofdates with other events in the country. The chapters / groups are requested to give option of 2-3 dates for

their conference. Central IAP will compile a calendar of events for each year.

• IAPbranchesandChapterswillcoordinatewithHODsof Medical Colleges in their state for Central IAP and local IAP programs. They may use the facilities of Medical Colleges for conduction of IAP programs.

• Officebearersofthechapters/groupstoinvolveIAPbranches in the scientific activities of the chapters /groups.

• An IAPStateBranchorganizingaStateLevelAnnualConferencewillcontributeRs.20,000/-toCentralIAPfrom the conference surplus.

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Dr. N. K. Anand, (New Delhi) was conferred with Life time achievemetawardbyIAPCardiologyChapterprogramon21st January 2012 during Pedicon 2012 at Gurgaon.

Dr. Panna Choudhury (New Delhi) is invited to join the International Advisory Panel of the Editorial of “The Journal ofPediatrics”(USA)fora3-yeartermbeginningJanuary1, 2012.

Dr. V. P. Goswami(Indore)hasbeenawardedIMADr.C.L. Jhaveri award in individual award category 2011 byparent body of IMA. Last year he extensively conductedand implemented many workshops and camps related to child health in remote areas of Madhya Pradesh. He is also an active worker of Chief Minister’s dream project “Beti BachawoAbhiyan”(savetheGirlChild).

Dr. Piyush Gupta(NewDelhi)ProfessorandEditor–in–ChiefofIndianPediatricshasbeenawardedtheprestigiousfellowship of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (FAMS) for the year 2011. Each year, one pediatrician is selected for this award.

Dr. Prashant Kelkar(NaviMumbai)attendedInternationalConference of the ISQua (International Society for Quality in HealthcareheldfromSeptember14-17,2011HongKong.More than 1900 delegates from 66 countries attended this conference.

Dr. Ranjan Kumar Pejaver (Bangalore) Professor of Neonatology, Bangalore and Secretary of the Neonatal Chapter of Indian Academy of Pediatrics was awarded the

'Fellowship of the NNF' at the inaugural ceremony of the AnnualConventionheldatChennaiinDecember2011.Heas the President of Federation of Asia Oceania Perinatal Societies attended the World Congress of Perinatology heldatUruguayinOctober.Besidesgivingtwolecturesasfaculty, coordinated a 90 minutes symposium on 'Perinatal issuesinAsiaOceaniaregion'whichwasforfirsttimeintheWorldCongress.Hehasbeennominatedasamemberof the Education Committee of the World Association of Perinatal Medicine.

Dr. Arvind Saili (New Delhi) is awarded ‘Teacher of Excellence’ award by the National Board of Examinationat the hands of Hon. Speaker Meira Kumar and the Hon. HealthMinisterGhulamNabiAzad.

Dr. Satish Tiwari (Amravati) was invited by WHOSouthEastAsiaRegionalOffice(SEARO)todiscussthevariouschildhealthrelatedprogramstobeimplementedin South – East Asian countries during the year 2012-13. This meet of the “Program Managers” was held at Kathmandu Nepal on 15 to 18th Nov 2011. Dr. Satish Tiwari was also invited for participating in the regional consultation on enhancing the rates of optimal IYCF. This consultation meet was organized by NIPCCD (NationalInstituteofPublicCooperationandChildDevelopment)incollaborationwithBPNIatBangaloreon19thDecember2011.

Dr. Rajeev Seth (NewDelhi)hasbeenawarded ISPCANDistinguished Service Award for the year 2012.

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Seoul (Korea), May 17-19, 2012 8th Congress of Asian Society for Pediatric ResearchEnquiries to: Email: [email protected] Website:www.aspr2012.org

Moscow (Russia), May 17-20, 2012 2nd Global Congress for Consensus in Pediatrics & Child Health Enquiries to: Sarah Krein, Email: [email protected]

Hubli, June 1-3, 2012 3rd Spring Summer National Pediatric Neurology Workshop Enquiries to: Dr. K. M. P. Suresh, Email: [email protected]

Kosice (Slovakia), June 12-14, 2012 InternationalScientificConferenceonProbiotics&Prebiotics – IPC2012 Enquiriesto:Email:[email protected], Website:www.probiotic-conference.net

Puducherry, August 9-12, 2012 East Coast South Pedicon 2012 Enquiries to: Dr. P. A. Rajendran, Organizing Secretary Surendhra Hospital, 23 Sankaran Street, Cuddalore–O.T.607003 Email: [email protected] Website:www.eastcoastsouthpedicon2012.com

Sarawak (Malaysia), September 8-12, 2012 14thAsiaPacificCongressofPediatrics&4thAsiaPacificCongressofPediatricNursingEnquiries to: Email: [email protected]

Davangere, October 26-28, 2012 Karnataka State Pedicon 2012 Enquiries to: Dr. N. K. Kalappanavar, Email: [email protected]

Chandigarh, November 2-4, 2012 RESPICON 2012 (XXIV National Conference of IAP Respiratory Chapter) Enquiries to: Dr. Meenu Singh, Email: [email protected]

Indore, November 3-4, 2012 43rd MP PEDICON-2012Enquiries to: Dr. V. P. Goswami, Organizing Secretary B-26, Navlakha Complex, Near Agrasen Chauraha NewSnehNagar,Indore–452001, Email:[email protected]; [email protected]

Taipei (Taiwan), November 14-18, 2012 4th World Congress of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition Details:Website:http://www.wcpghan2012.com

Melbourne (Australia), August 24-29, 2013 27th International Pediatric Association Congress of Pediatrics Enquiriesto:Website:www.racp.edu.au

Aurangabad, September 20-23, 2012; Satellite Workshop on Neonatal Ventilation; Enquiries to: Dr. Prashant Jadhav Mobile:09822038400 Dr. Rhishikesh Thakre Mobile:09325212131 Website:www.newbornwhocc.org

Jodhpur, October 27-28, 2012 Annual Conference of Rajasthan State Branch of IAPEnquiries to: Dr Rakesh Jora Organizing Secretary E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Mobile:098290-12525

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BREASTFEEDING (TAMIL – THAIYUM SEYUM) – byDr (Mrs.) N. Ganga

AninsightfulcommentaryonbreastfeedingbyDrGanga!

She incorporatesnumerouspersonalobservations inherpracticeintoadialoguebetweenthemotherandthedoctortouching on the tumultuous mind of the new mother and thetypicalIndianhousehold.Theinnumerablequeriesareanswered inaconversationbetween themotherand thedoctorclearingallthemisconceptionssurroundingbreastfeeding.

The chapter on weaning is complete. Dr Ganga goes on tosayasuccessfulbreastfeedingwouldpromote thegogreenrevolutionandmaternalbondinginawaythatwouldbringdown the recent trendofoldparentsbeingsent toCheshire homes. Thought provoking!

Thebookisallcommonsenseandpleasantlynon-dogmaticbut the repercussions of a purposeful discouragementof breastfeeding have been discussed in detail like theINFANT MILK SUBSTITUTES ACT.

Studentsandpractitionersalikewillfindthisbookwrittenin a light and engaging style but rich in detail, truly aninvaluableassetinpractice.Readthisbooktorememberwhat one should not forget.

Reviewers: Mrs. Indira Ganapathy and Dr. Sridhar Ganapathy

LEGAL ASPECTS AND THE ACCEPTABLE METHOD OF ADOPTINGACHILD-(TAMIL–KULANTHIGALAITHATHUEDUPATHUPATTRI)–byDr(Mrs.)N.Ganga

Adoptingachild isanexperience thatpromises tobringgreat joy and it changes a couple or individual’s life forever.

Every child deserves a family and Dr N Ganga takes us through the travails of adoption showing us that fitness(physical, financial and emotional competency) of thenon-biologicalparentsareas importantas thefitnessofthe adopted child.

People take the time and trouble to record family trees,remark on the resemblance amongst family members

and are thrilled to see a bit of ourselves live on in ourgrandchildren. To obviate this problem pre-adoptioncounseling helps in selecting according to color, skin type, hair& eyes. The belief that blood tiesmatter runs deepin us, and it is only right and natural that blood ties beacknowledged in adoption as well. Dr Ganga creates this awareness on the need for the adopted child to know his biologicalheritageatasuitableage.

Adoption laws, organizations and agencies concerned with in-country and inter-country adoption have beendiscussedindetailandenumeratedinthisbookmakingthis sojourn very easy for the reader. In shor t, an uncomplicated and complete treatise on adoption byDr N Ganga where adoption is offering a home to a child who needs it and not just offering a child to the childless.

Reviewers: Mrs. Indira Ganapathy and Dr. Sridhar Ganapathy

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IAP is signatory to Joint Statement of Infant and Young Child Feeding to ensure optimal infant nutrition, survival and development. It is committed to child health and nutrition in all its said and unsaid aspects and makes its policies accordingly. In that aspect it ratifies theGSIYCF(GlobalStrategy for InfantandYoungChildFeeding)and its many steps of actions to promote the same. One such part of the actions which it respects and complies with, are International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes, related world health assembly resolutionsandtheInfantMilkSubstitutes,FeedingBottlesandInfantFoods(RegulationofProduction,SupplyandDistribution)Act, 1992 as Amended in 2003 (IMS Act). The IMS Act has been essentially formed based on recommendations ofInternationalCode.TheCode/IMSActisbutoneimportantpartofcreatinganoverallenvironmentthatenablesalltomakethebestpossiblefeedingchoice,basedonimpartial,unbiasedandevidencebasedscientificinformationfree of commercial influences, and to be fully supported in doing so. It is the minimum requirement.

IAP policies are formed to fulfill its aims and vision onthissubject, incongruenceof thespirit of theCode/andIMS Act and beyond the words of them. The IAP has resolved on 6th Jan 1997 that “The IAP shall not accept the sponsorship in any form from any industry connected directly or indirectly with products covered by IMS Act 1992”.ItisresponsibilityofeachandeverymemberofIAPtohelp it inachieving itsaimsandobjects. IAP policies emphasize the responsibility of an individual member to observe the IMS Act in letter and spirit.

IAP has received the letter of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare which gives clear directives reminding thesection-9ofIMSActanditsviolationsbeingdonebyhealth care workers including pediatricians. Therein it has been clearly mentioned that ‘baby food manufacturersthrough their own research/education or other front organizations indulge in sponsoring doctors meetings or even acting as hosts of the meeting”.Theyhavebeenindulging in other types of violations also. This is the most alarming scenario for pediatricians and IAP.

As the secretary of the apex body of the pediatricians IurgeallthememberstokindlyabidebytheresolutionsofIAP and lawof the land. Themembers should seriouslyponderontheirbehaviorinattendingthemeetingsbyIMSproducers or their front organizations as it has potential to taint the image of IAP.

Few clarifying comments on the sections of the law IMS Act, most pertinent to us at present are as per follows:

1. The preamble: “With a view to the protection andpromotion of breastfeeding and ensuring the properuse of infant foods and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto”.

(Comment: As members of the apex body for child healthcare we need to look beyond the words and should act in spirit of the Act).

2. Sec. 2 (j): “promotion” means to employ directly or indirectly any method of encouraging any person to purchaseoruse infantmilksubstitute, feedingbottleor infant food.

3. Sec 4: No person shall: offer inducement of any other kind, for the purpose of promoting the use or sale of infantmilk substitutes or feeding bottles or infantfoods.

(Comments: Giving lavish food and hospitality of extravagant hotels and travel to attend meetings is also definitely an inducement of a kind in itself)

4. Sec. 9 (1): No person who produces, supplies, distributes or sells infantmilk substitutes or feedingbottles or infant foods shall offer or give, directly orindirectly,anyfinancialinducementsorgiftstoahealthworkerortoanymemberofhisfamilyforthepurposeofpromotingtheuseofsuchsubstitutesorbottlesorfoods.

5. Sec. 9 (2): No producer, supplier or distributorreferred to insub-section(1),shallofferorgiveanycontributionorpecuniarybenefittoahealthworkerorany association of health workers, including funding

The IMS Act of 1992

The IMS Act and the Role of IAP


of seminar, meeting, conferences, educational course, contest, fellowship, research work or sponsorship.

(Comment: The educational programs, including research, are essentially funded by IMS producing company and/or its baby/sister concerns or front organizations of such companies. The programs are for pediatricians who by definition are health workers)

It has been observed that Nestle Nutrition is the mostfrequent violator of the law. Of late it has floated NestleNutrition Institute as the front organization to disguise the actions. In fact theNestleNutrition Institute is fundedbythe Nestle Nutrition.

from: IAP IYCF Chapter

The Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution)

Act, 1992 as Amended in 2003 (IMS Act)Vide The Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods

(Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 1992 No. 38 of 2003

An Act to amend the Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infants Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 1992. It provides for the regulationofproduction,supplyanddistributionof infantmilk substitutes, feeding bottles and infant foodswith aviewtotheprotectionandpromotionofbreastfeedingandensuring the proper use of infant foods and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Be it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-four thYear oftheRepublicofIndiaasfollows:-

1. (1)ThisActmaybecalledtheInfantMilkSubstitutes,Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act 1992, asamended in 2003 (IMS Act)

(2) It extends to the whole of India.

(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Governmentmay,bynotificationintheOfficialGazette,appoint.

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, -

(a)“advertisement”includesanynotice,circular,label,wrapperoranyotherdocumentorvisiblerepresentationorannouncementmadebymeansofanylight,sound,smokeorgasorbymeansofelectronictransmissionorbyaudioorvisualtransmission;

(b)“container”meansabox,bottle,casket,tin,can,barrel,case,tube,receptacle,sack,wrapperorotherthinginwhichanyinfantmilksubstitute,feedingbottleorinfantfoodisplacedorpackedforsaleordistribution;

(c)“feedingbottle”meansantbottleorreceptacleusedforthepurposeoffeedinginfantmilksubstitutes,andincludesateatandavalveattachedorcapableofbeingattachedtosuchbottleorreceptacle;

(d) “health care system” means an institution or organisation engaged, either directly or indirectly, in health care for mothers, infants or pregnant women, and includes a health workers in private practice, a pharmacy, drug store and any association of health workers;

(e) “health worker” means a person engaged in health careformothers,infantsorpregnantwomen;

(f)“infantfood”meansanyfood(bywhatevernamecalled) beingmarketed or otherwise represented asa complement to mother’s milk to meet the growing nutritional needs of the infant after the age of six months anduptotheageoftwoyears;

(g) “infantmilk substitute”means any food beingmarketed or otherwise represented as a partial or total replacement for mother’s milk, for infant up to the age of two years


(h)“label”meansadisplayofwritten,marked,stamped,printedorgraphedmatteraffixedto,orappearingupon,anycontainer;

(i)“prescribed”meansprescribedbyrulesmadeunderthis Act.

(j) “promotion” means to employ directly or indirectly any method of encouraging any person to purchase or useinfantmilksubstitute,feedingbottleorinfantfood.

(2) Any reference in this Act to any other enactment or any provision thereof, shall, in relation to an area in which such enactment or such provision is not in force, beconstruedasareferencetothecorrespondinglaworthe relevant provision of the corresponding law, if any, in force in that area.

3. No person shall

(a) advertise, or take part in the publication of anyadvertisement, for the distribution, sale or supply ofinfantmilksubstitutesfeedingbottlesorinfantfoods;or

(b)giveanimpressionorcreateabeliefinanymannerthatfeedingofinfantmilksubstitutesandinfantfoodsareequivalentto,orbetterthan,mother’smilk;or

(c)takepartinthepromotionofinfantmilksubstitutes,feedingbottlesorinfantfoods;

4. No person shall

(a)supplyordistributesamplesofinfantmilksubstitutesorfeedingbottlesorinfantfoodsgiftsofutensilsorotherarticles;or

(b)contactanypregnantwomanor themotherofaninfant;or

(c) offer inducement of any other kind,

for the purpose of promoting the use or sale of infant milk substitutesorfeedingbottlesorinfantfoods.

5. Subject to the provisions of sub-section (4) ofsection8,nopersonshalldonateordistribute

(a) infantmilksubstitutesor feedingbottlesor infantfoodstoanyotherpersonexcepttoanorphanage;

(b) any informational or educational equipment or

material relating to infantmilk substitutes or feedingbottlesorinfantfoods;

Provided that nothing in this clause shall apply to the donation or distribution, subject to such conditions andrestrictionsasmaybeprescribed,ofsuchequipmentormaterial through the health care system.

6. (1) Without prejudice to the provisions of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 and the rules made thereunder,nopersonshallproduce,supplyordistributeany infantmilksubstituteor infant foodunlesseverycontainerthereoforanylabelaffixedtheretoindicatesinaclear,conspicuousandinaneasilyreadableandunderstandablemanner,thewords“importantnotice”incapitallettersinsuchlanguageasmaybeprescribedand indicating thereunder the following particulars in the same language, namely:-

(a)astatement“mother’smilkisbestforyourbaby”incapitalletters;

(b)astatementthatinfantmilksubstituteorinfantfoodshouldbeusedonlyontheadviceofahealthworkerastotheneedforitsuseandthepropermethodofitsuse;

(c)awarningthatinfantmilksubstituteorinfantfoodisnotthesolesourceofnourishmentofaninfant;

(d) the instructions for its appropriate preparation and a warning against the health hazards of its inappropriate preparation;

(e)theingredientsused;

(f)thecompositionoranalysis;

(g)thestorageconditionsrequired;

(h)thebatchnumber,dateofitsmanufactureandthedate beforewhich it is to be consumed, taking intoaccount the climatic and storage conditions of the country;

(i)suchotherparticularsasmaybeprescribed.

(2)Nocontainerorlabelreferredtoinsub-section(1)relatingtoinfantmilksubstituteorinfantfoodshall

(a)havepicturesofaninfantorawomanorboth;or

(b)havepicturesorothergraphicmaterialorphrases


designed to increase the saleability of infantmilksubstitutesorinfantfood;or

(c) use on it theword “humanised” or “maternalised” oranyothersimilarword;or

(d)bearonitsuchotherparticularsasmaybeprescribed.

7. (1) Every educational or other material including advertisements or material relating to promotion of infantmilksubstitues,feedingbottlesandinfantfoodswhether audio or visual, dealing with pre-natal or post-natal care or with the feeding of an infant and intended to reach pregnantwomen or mothers of infants shall include clear information relating to

(a)thebenefitsandsuperiorityofbreastfeeding;

(b) the preparation for, and the continuance of,breastfeeding;

(c) the harmful effects on breast-feeding due to thepartialadoptionofbottlefeeding;

(d)thedifficultiesinrevertingtobreastfeedingofinfantsafteraperiodoffeedingbyinfantmilksubstitute;

(e)thefinancialandsocialimplicationsinmakinguseofinfantmilksubstitutesandfeedingbottles;

(f) the health hazards of improper use of infant milk substitutesandfeedingbottles;(fa)thedateofprintingandpublicationofsuchmaterialandthenameoftheprinterandpublisher;

(g)suchothermattersasmaybeprescribed.

(2) Nomaterial referred to in sub-section (1) shallbe utilised to promote the use or sale of infantmilksubstitutesorfeedingbottlesorinfantfoods.

8. (1) No person shall use any health care system for the display of placards or posters relating to, or for the distributionof,materialsforthepurposeofpromotingthe use or sale of infantmilk substitutes or feedingbottlesorinfantfoods:

Provided that theprovisionsof thissub-sectionshallnotapply to

(a) the donation or distribution of informational oreducational equipment or material made in accordance

withtheprovisotoclause(b)ofsection5;and

(b)thedisseminationofinformationtoahealthworkeraboutthescientificandfactualmattersrelatingtotheuseofinfantmilksubstitutesorfeedingbottlesorinfantfoodsalongwiththeinformationspecifiedinsub-section(1) of section 7.

(2)Nopersonwhoproduces,supplies,distributesorsellsinfantmilksubstitutesorfeedingbottlesorinfantfoods shall make any payment to any person who works in the health care system for the purpose of promoting theuseorsaleofsuchsubstitutesorbottlesorfoods.

(3) No person, other than a health worker, shall demonstratefeedingwithinfantmilksubstitutesorinfantfoodstoamotherofaninfantortoanymemberofherfamily and such health worker shall also clearly explain tosuchmotherorsuchothermemberthehazardsofimproperuseofinfantmilksubstitutesorfeedingbottlesor infant foods.

(4) No person, other than an institution or organisation, engaged in health care for mothers, infants or pregnant women,shalldistributeinfantmilksubstitutesorfeedingbottlestoamotherwhocannotresorttobreastfeedingand who cannot afford to purchase infant milk substitutesorfeedingbottles.

(5)Anorphanagemaypurchaseinfantmilksubstitutesorfeedingbottlesatapricelowerthantheirsalepricefor the purpose of utilising them in the said orphanage.

Explanation - For thepurposesof thissub-section,suchpurchases shall not amount to an inducement for promoting theuseorsaleofinfantmilksubstitutesorfeedingbottles.

9. (1)Nopersonwhoproduces,supplies,distributesorsellsinfantmilksubstitutesorfeedingbottlesorinfantfoods shall offer or give, directly or indirectly, any financialinducementsorgiftstoahealthworkerortoanymemberofhisfamilyforthepurposeofpromotingtheuseofsuchsubstitutesorbottlesorfoods.

(2)Noproducer,supplierordistributor referred to insub-section(1),shallofferorgiveanycontributionorpecuniarybenefittoahealthworkeroranyassociationof health workers, including funding of seminar, meeting,


conferences, educational course, contest, fellowship, researchwork or sponsorship.

10. (1)Nopersonwhoproduces,supplies,distributesorsellsinfantmilksubstitutesorfeedingbottlesorinfantfoodsshallfixtheremunerationofanyofhisemployeesorgiveanycommissiontosuchemployeesonthebasisofthevolumeofsaleofsuchsubstitutesorbottlesorfoodsmadebysuchemployees.

(2) The employees of such person shall not performany function which relates to educating a pregnantwoman or mother of an infant on pre-natal or post-natal care of the infant.

11. (1)Nopersonshallsellorotherwisedistributeanyinfantmilksubstituteorinfantfoodunlessitconformstothestandards,specifiedforsuchsubstituteorfoodunderthe Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954, and the rules made thereunder and the container thereof has the relevant StandardMark specified by the BureauofIndiaStandardsestablishedundersection3oftheBureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986 to indicate that the infantmilk substitute or infant food conforms tosuch standards:

ProvidedthatwherenostandardshavebeenspecifiedforanyinfantmilksubstituteorinfantfoodunderthePreventionof Food Adulteration Act, 1954, no person shall sell or otherwisedistributesuchsubstituteorfoodunlesshehasobtainedtheapprovaloftheCentralGovernmentinrelationtosuchsubstituteorfoodandthelabelaffixedtothecontainerthereof under the rules made under that Act.

(2)No person shall sell or otherwise distribute anyfeedingbottleunlessitconformstotheStandardMarkspecifiedbytheBureauofIndianStandardsreferredtoinsub-section(1)forfeedingbottlesandsuchmarkisaffixedonitscontainer.

12. (1) Any food inspector appointed under section 9 of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act 1954 (hereinafter referred to as the food inspector) or any officer notbelowthe rank of aClass I officer authorised in thisbehalf by theStateGovernment (hereinafter referredtoastheauthorisedofficer)may,ifhehasanyreason

tobelievethatanyprovisionofsection6orsection11hasbeenorisbeingcontravened,enterandsearchatany reasonable time any factory, building, businesspremises or any other place where any trade or commerceininfantmilksubstitutesorfeedingbottlesorinfantfoodsiscarriedonorsuchsubstitutesorbottlesorfoodsareproduced,suppliedordistributed.

(2) The provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, relating to searches and seizures shall, so far as maybe,applytoeverysearchorseizuremadeunderthis Act.

13. (1) If any food inspector or authorised officer hasreason to believe that in respect of any infantmilksubstituteorfeedingbottleorinfantfoodorcontainerthereof,theprovisionsofthisActhavebeenorarebeingcontravened,hemayseizesuchsubstituteorbottleorfood or container.

(2)Nosuchsubstituteorfoodorbottleorcontainershallberetainedbyanyfoodinspectororauthorisedofficerfor a period exceeding ninety days from the date of its seizure unless the approval of the District Judge, within the local limits of whose jurisdiction such seizure has beenmade,hasbeenobtainedforsuchretention.

14. Anyinfantmilksubstituteorfeedingbottleorinfantfoodor container thereof, in respect of which any provision ofthisActhasbeenorisbeingcontravened,shallbeliabletoconfiscation:

Provided thatwhere it is established to the satisfactionofthecourtadjudgingtheconfiscationthatthepersoninwhosepossession,powerorcontrolanysuchsubstituteorbottleor foodorcontainer is found isnot responsiblefor the contravention of the provisions of this Act, the court may,insteadofmakinganorderfortheconfiscationofsuchsubstituteorbottleorfoodorcontainer,makesuchotherorder authorisedby thisAct against thepersonguilty ofthebreachoftheprovisionsofthisActasitmaythinkfit.

15. (1)WheneveranyconfiscationisauthorisedbythisActthecourtadjudgingitmay,subjecttosuchconditionsasmaybespecifiedintheorderadjudgingtheconfiscation,give to the owner thereof an option to pay in lieu of confiscationsuchcostnotexceedingthevalueofthe


infantmilksubstituteorfeedingbottleorinfantfoodorcontainerthereofinrespectofwhichtheconfiscationisauthorisedasthecourtthinksfit

(2)Onpaymentof thecostorderedbythecourt theseizedinfantmilksubstituteorfeedingbottleorinfantfood or container shall be returned to the personfromwhomitwas seized on the condition that such person shall, beforemaking any distribution, sale orsupplyofsuchsubstituteorbottleorfoodorcontainer,give effect to the provisions of this Act.

16. NoconfiscationmadeorcostorderedtobepaidunderthisActshallpreventtheinflictionofanypunishmenttowhichthepersonaffectedtherebyisliableundertheprovisions of this Act or under any other law.

17. Anyconfiscationmaybe adjudgedor costsmaybeorderedtobepaid,-

(a)without any limit, by the principal civil court oforiginal jurisdiction within the local limits of whose jurisdictionsuchconfiscationhasbeenmadeorcostshavebeenorderedtobepaid,asthecasemaybe;

(b)SubjecttosuchlimitsasmaybespecifiedbytheCentralGovernmentinthisbehalf,bysuchothercourt,not below a civil court having pecuniary jurisdictionexceeding five thousand rupees, as the Central Governmentmay,bynotificationintheOfficialGazette,authoriseinthisbehalf.

18. (1) No order adjudicating confiscation or directingpaymentofcostsshallbemadeunlesstheowneroftheinfantmilksubstituteorfeedingbottleorinfantfoodorcontainerthereofhasbeengivenanoticeinwritinginforming him of the grounds on which it is proposed to confiscatesuchsubstituteorbottleorfoodorcontainerandgivinghimareasonableopportunityofmakingarepresentationinwriting,withinsuchreasonabletimeasmaybespecifiedinthenotice,againsttheconfiscationandifhesodesires,ofbeingheardinthematter:

Provided that where no such notice is given within a period of ninety days from the date of the seizure of the infant milksubstituteorfeedingbottleorinfantfoodorcontainerthereof,suchsubstituteorbottleorfoodorcontainershall

bereturnedaftertheexpiryofthatperiodtothepersonfromwhose possession itwas seized.

(2)Saveasotherwiseprovidedinsub-section(1),theprovisions of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, shall, sofarasmaybe,applytoeveryproceedingreferredtoinsub-section(1).

19. (1)Anypersonaggrievedbyanydecisionofthecourtadjudicatingaconfiscationororderingthepaymentofcosts may prefer an appeal to the court to which an appeal lies from the decision of such court.

(2) The appellate court may, after giving the appellant an opportunityofbeingheard,passsuchorderasitthinksfit confirming,modifying or revising the decision ororderappealedagainstormaysendbackthecasewithsuchdirectionsasitmaythinkfitforafreshdecisionoradjudication,asthecasemaybe,aftertakingadditionalevidence if necessary:

Provided that an order enhancing any fine in lieu of confiscationorforconfiscatinggoodsofgreatervalueshallnotbemadeunder thissectionunless theappellanthashad an opportunity of making a representation and if he so desiresofbeingheardinhisdefence.

(3) No further appeal shall lie against the order of the courtmadeundersub-sector(2).

20. (1) Any person who contravenes the provisions of section3,4,5,7,8,9,10orsub-section(2)ofsection11and the rules made under section 26 of the Act shall bepunishablewithimprisonmentforatermwhichmayextendtothreeyears,orwithfinewhichmayextendtofivethousandrupees,orwithboth.

(2) Any person who contravenes the provisions of section 6orsub-sector(1)ofsection11and therulesmadeunder section26of theAct shall bepunishablewithimprisonmentforatermwhichshallnotbelessthansixmonthsbutwhichmayextendtothreeyearsandwithfinewhichshallnotbelessthantwothousandrupees.

Provided that the court may, for any adequate and special reasonstobementionedinthejudgement,imposeasentenceofimprisonmentfor44Law2,atermwhichshallnotbeless


thanthreemonthsbutwhichmayextendtotwoyearsandwithfinewhichshallnotbelessthanonethousandrupees.

21. (1) Save as otherwise provided in section 173 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, no court shall take cognizanceofanyoffencepunishableunder thisActexceptuponacomplaintinwritingmadeby

(a)apersonauthorisedinthisbehalfundersub-section(1) of section 20 of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act,1954;or

(b)Anofficernotbelow the rankofaClass Iofficerauthorised in thisbehalf,bygeneralorspecialorder,bytheGovernment;or

(c) a representative of such voluntary organisation engagedinthefieldofchildwelfareanddevelopmentand child nutrition as the Government may, bynotification in the Official Gazette, authorise in thisbehalf.

(2)Whereacomplainthasbeenmadebyarepresentativeof the voluntary organisation authorised under clause (c) ofsub-section(1)andthecourthasissuedasummonsor,asthecasemaybe,awarrantundersub-section(1)of section 204 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, theAssistantPublicProsecutorforthatcourtshalltakecharge of the case and conduct the prosecution.

22. (1)WhereanoffenceunderthisActhasbeencommittedbyacompany,everypersonwho,atthetimetheoffencewascommitted,wasinchargeof,andwasresponsibleto,thecompanyfortheconductofthebusinessofthecompany,aswellasthecompany,shallbedeemedtobeguiltyoftheoffenceandshallbeliabletobeproceededagainst and punished accordingly:

Provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shallrender any such person liable to any punishment, ifhe proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or that he had exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of such offence.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), where any offence under this Act has beencommittedbyacompanyand it isproved thattheoffencehasbeencommittedwith theconsentor

connivanceof,orisattributabletoanyneglectonthepartof,anydirector,manager,secretaryorotherofficerof the company, such director, manager, secretary or otherofficershallalsobedeemedtobeguiltyofthatoffenceandshallbeliabletobeproceededagainstandpunished accordingly.

Explanation For the purposes of this section,

(a)“company”meansanybodycorporateandincludesafirmorotherassociationofindividuals;and

(b)“director”,inrelationtoafirm,meansapartnerinthefirm.

23. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of CriminalProcedure,1973,anoffencepunishableunderthisActshallbe

(a)bailable;

(b)cognizable.

24. No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Central Government or any State GovernmentoranyofficeroftheCentralGovernmentor a representative of such voluntary organisation which isnotifiedunderclauseofsub-section(1)ofsection21for anything which is in good faith done or intended to bedoneunderthisAct.

25. The provisions of this Act, or the rules made thereunder shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, thePrevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954, or the rules made thereunder.

26.(1)TheCentralGovernmentmay,bynotificationintheOfficialGazette,makerulestocarryouttheprovisionsof this Act.

(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:-

(a) the conditions and restrictions subject towhicheducational equipment and othermaterialmay bedonatedordistributedundertheprovisiontoclause(b)ofsection5;


(b)thelanguageinwhichthenoticeandotherparticularsshallbeindicatedundersub-section(1)ofsection6;

(c)theparticularswhicharetobeindicatedunderclause(i)ofsub-section(1)ofsection6;

(d)theparticularswhichacontainerorlabelshallnotbearunderclause(d)ofsub-section(2)ofsection6;

(e)thematterstobeincludedintheinformationwhichreaches pregnant women or mothers of infants under clause(g)ofsub-section(1)ofsection7;

(f)anyothermatterwhichisrequiredtobe,ormaybe,prescribed.

(4) Every rulemade under thisAct shall be laid, assoonasmaybeafter it ismade,beforeeachHouseof Parliament, while it is in section, for a total period of thirtydayswhichmaybecomprisedinonesessionorintwoormoresuccessivesessions,andif,beforetheexpiry of the session immediately following the session orthesuccessivesessionsaforesaid,bothHousesagreeinmakinganymodificationintheruleorbothHousesagreethattheruleshouldnotbemade,theruleshallthereafterhaveeffectonlyinsuchmodifiedformorbeofnoeffect,asthecasemaybe;so,however,thatanysuchmodificationorannulmentshallbewithoutprejudicetothe validity of anything previously done under that rule.

“Companies covered under IMA Act…. Courtesy IYCF Chapter of IAP”

Indian Academy of Pediatrics is committed to child health andoneofitsmanywaysisbreastfeedingprotectionandscientificpropagationofinfantandyoungchildfeeding.Itendorses the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk SubstitutesandabidesbyIndianIMSAct.Underthatcontextwe strongly propagate that any individual / association / alike (including “health care organization” and “health worker”)CANNOTtakesponsorship/favors/collaboratein direct / indirectway or be a par t of such activity /transactions or get involved in direct / indirect promotion from / of the manufacturers / companies / traders / their liaison / surveyors and alike who are dealing / concerned with IMS Act.

According to the InfantMilk Substitutes, FeedingBottles

and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution)Act,1992asAmendedin2003(ActenactedbyIndianparliament)

• “infant milk substitute” means any food beingmarketed or otherwise represented as a partial or total replacement for mother’s milk, for infant up to the age of two years

• “infant food”means any food (bywhatever namecalled) beingmarketed or otherwise represented asa complement to mother’s milk to meet the growing nutritional needs of the infant after the age of six months and up to the age of two years

• “feedingbottle”meansanybottleorreceptacleusedforthepurposeoffeedinginfantmilksubstitutes,andincludesateatandavalveattachedorcapableofbeingattachedtosuchbottleorreceptacle;

• “container”meansabox,bottle,casket,tin,can,barrel,case,tube,receptacle,sack,wrapperorotherthinginwhichanyinfantmilksubstitute,feedingbottleorinfantfoodisplacedorpackedforsaleordistribution;

• “healthcaresystem”meansaninstitutionororganizationengaged, either directly or indirectly, in health care for mothers, infants or pregnant women, and includes a health workers in private practice, a pharmacy, drug storeandanyassociationofhealthworkers;

• “healthworker”meansapersonengagedinhealthcareformothers,infantsorpregnantwomen;

TheWHOCodespecificallyincludesdummiesandbreastpumps also.

As per search on drug compendium like IDR and word of mouth from colleagues, Raptakos, Nestle, Mead-Johnson, Wockhardt, Dalmia, and FDC are marketing products included under the Act.

We interpret that the vision of the IMS Act also extrapolates toanydairyalsosuchasAMULwhoseproductsarebeingused by parents as IMS by themselves. Internationalmanufacturers, though not marketing IMS products in India,e.g.HeinzNutrition,Abbott,Nutrition,WyethNutritionbutmarketsothernutritionproductsshouldalsobeapart


of the list. Numico, Asda, Boots, Safeway, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s,Tescohavebeen found toviolate theCodein other countries.

From variouswebsite search is found a very big list offeeding bottlemanufacturers in India: Sunbaby, SmallWander, Prama Expor ters, Vaspar Packings Pvt. Ltd, LittleKids,BonnyBabyCareProducts,NarulaEnterprise,Little’s (India), Medela, HR2 EXIM, Nalini R Export Pvt. Ltd. Bonasi BabyCare,Rm Industries, BornBabies,AdiyushKitchenwares, Sparshva, JL Morrison Industries, Morrisons, SanskrutiBabyProductsPct.Ltd,BonneCarePvt.Ltd.,JeenProducts, Opee Polypet Pvt. Ltd., Dalant Infant Products Ltd., dock,Florite,Hellobaby,Cameru,Me&Mummy,Bonsain.

In addition we would recommend excluding:

• Any companywhich procures personal data fromparents / health workers / health organizations and provides this on to third parties, not in keeping with ethical policy congruent to the vision of the Act.

• Anycompanywhichpromotesthetelephone“carelines/ helplines” of breastmilk / infant food substitutemanufacturers in any of their activities.

Wealsostronglyrecommendourmemberstorefrainfromdirectlyor indirectly involving inactivitiesbysuchabovedescribed companies and alikewhich are propagated tobe“abidingby IMSAct”.Actually theyworkon the loopholesof theAct.Wesuggest themtokindlykeepbeforetheir conscience the spirit, vision and purpose of the IMS Act.Becausethisact isapplicable toallcitizensof Indiawithout referringmembership of any organization. Theorganizations or academies are committed to it. Moreover thisactiscognizableone.

Indian Academy of Pediatrics cannot take sponsorship / favors / collaborate in direct / indirectway or be a partof such activity / transactions or get involved in direct / indirect promotion from / of the manufacturers / companies / traders / their liaison / surveyors and alike who are dealing /concernedwith IMSAct (InfantMilkSubstitutes, InfantFoods, and Feeding Bottles manufactures).

As per search on drug compendium like IDR and word of mouth from colleagues, Raptakos, Nestle, Mead-Johnson, Wockhardt, Dalmia, and FDC are marketing products included under the IMS Act. We interpret that the vision of the IMS Act also extrapolates to any dairy such asAMULwhoseproductsarebeingusedbyparents asIMS by themselves. International manufacturers, thoughnot marketing IMS products in India, e.g. Heinz Nutrition, AbbottNutrition, andPfizerNutrition butmarketingothernutrition products are also part of the list.

From web search a very big list of feeding bottlemanufacturers is found in India. These are Sunbaby,Small Wander, Prama Exporters, Vaspar Packings Pvt. Ltd, LittleKids,BonnyBabyCareProducts,NarulaEnterprise,Little's (India), Medela, HR2 EXIM, Nalini R Export Pvt. Ltd. Bonasi Baby Care, Rm Industries, Born Babies,Adiyush Kitchenwares, Sparshva, JL Morrison Industries, Morrisons,SanskrutiBabyProductsPct.Ltd,BonneCarePvt. Ltd., Jeen Products, Opee Polypet Pvt. Ltd., Dalant InfantProductsLtd.,dock,Florite,Hellobaby,Cameru,Me& Mummy, Bonsain.

Dr. R. K. Agarwal, ChairpersonDr. Ketan Bharadva, SecretaryDr. Satish Tiwari, Founder Secy, (IYCF Chapter of IAP)


A recent communication from the Secretary General, IAP has raised the oft debated question: Is it wrong forpediatricians to attend scientific programs arranged byIMSC (Companies producing Infant Milk Substitutes,Feeding Bottles and / or Infant Foods)?

Let us visit (or revisit) two of the aspects of our legal system:

1) Constitution of India

Section 51 A (h). It shallbe thedutyofeverycitizenofIndia todevelop thescientific temper,humanismandthespirit of inquiry and reform.

2) The IMS Act:

Section 9 (1) No person who produces, supplies, distributesorsellsinfantmilksubstitutesorfeedingbottlesor infant foods shall offer or give, directly or indirectly, any financialinducementsorgiftstoahealthworkerortoanymemberofhisfamilyforthepurposeofpromotingtheuseofsuchsubstitutesorbottlesorfoods.

Section 9 (2) Noproducer,supplierordistributorreferredto insub-section (1),shallofferorgiveanycontributionorpecuniarybenefittoahealthworkeroranyassociationof health workers, including funding of seminar, meeting, conferences, educational course, contest, fellowship, research work or sponsorship.

Before we go further, let us try to answer the question: whathasbeenthecontributionoftheinfantmilksubstitutes(IMS) to the child health,morbidity andmortality duringthe last 5-10 years?An objective answer to this shouldguide our approach to handling issues related to the IMSCs. All most all neonatologists and pediatric nutritionist agree that in certain situations the IMS are lifesaving and contribute positively to the child health.What aboutmorbidityandmortality?Somewouldarguethatimproperdilution, preparation of IMS could lead to malnutrition. Whoisresponsibleforthepreventionofsuchincidences?Obviously, it is the failure of the treating doctor for notadvising proper use of the IMS. How right are we in blamingtheIMSCs?

Letusexaminewhatthesescientificprogramsorganized

by the IMSC are: they are programs in which topics ofmedical science (including updates on infant nutrition, nutrition in pregnancy, and endocrine disorders like diabetes) are discussed in scientific manner by learnedspeakers from various areas of medicine. As many of us who have attended such programs would agree, the programs do not have any advertisement or display related to any of the products of the IMSC at the venue nor do they have any promotional efforts during the discussions. The discussionswouldbewithoutanyprejudice,objectiveandprovide updates on the points of discussion.

According to Jawaharlal Nehru, scientific temper wasindispensabletothedevelopmentofanewIndianidentityand world-view that would lead to rationality and a critical attitude. The Constitution of India is unique in that, unlike thoseofUSAorUK,itmakesdevelopingscientifictempera duty for every Indian.What do current publications ofGovernmentofIndiasay?“Acquisitionofscientifictemperis must for any society to progress and those who failed to acquire lagged behind in time and space… In India,the notion of scientific temper was well articulated bythefirstPrimeMinisterofIndia,PanditJawaharlalNehru.Disseminatingscienceisconstitutionalobligation.”(FromScience Communication for Science Temper, Ministry of Earth Science, 10-January, 2012 16:49 IST. From Press Information Bureau, Government of India http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=79465 accessed on 28 March 2012.)

Any programs that enrich scientific knowledge of thedelegates and provide a platform for clearing doubts bydiscussion with the experts help in acquiring updates for patient care and rational practice of medicine. Therefore they aid in developing scientific temper. It isour constitutional duty to encourage such programs. The scientificprogramsconductedby IMSC,asobservedbymanyoftheIAPmembers,fallintothiscategory.Therefore,anysuggestionstoprohibitconductingorparticipatinginsuch programs are therefore, is likely to be inconsistentwith the Constitution of India.

It should be noted therefore that, observing consistencewiththeConstitutionofIndia,theIMSActhasnotprohibitedscientificprogramsbeingconductedbytheIMSC,although

The IMS Act: A New Perspective-- Dr. Devaraj Raichur

EBMember,CIAP-2011,2012


itdoesprohibitcontributionsassponsorshipfromtheIMSCto the health workers or their associations. (A corollary: if weobservetherulecarefully,incaseofviolation,theActintends to punish the IMSC only, not the health workers or theirassociations).TheIMSActalsoprohibitsuseofanysuch programs for promotion of any of the IMSC products. We should see that this aspect is not violated.

Someofour(theIAP)memberswhodisliketheprogramsofIMSC(shallwecallthegroupofsuchmembersas‘IMSCprogramopponents’,withoutanyintentiontomalign,butpurely for the sake of further discussion) for their own emotional reasons (I am not discounting their attachment to the cause of promotion of breast feeding; I too amarationalproponentofbreast feeding),evencomplain thatsometimes such programs are conducted in star hotels. My question is: how does it make the programs any inferior? A good ambience encourages participation bydelegatesandbetterqualityofdiscussions.Howmanyofthosememberslikescientificprogramstobeconductedindusty, noisy environments with malfunctioning audiovisual aids and full of distractions? How many of them appreciate such programs even if conducted by a non-IMSC? Itshouldbenotedthat,mostoftheGovernmentandourownIAP’s programs are conducted in star hotels. I have even knownsomeof the IAPofficebearersnot likingtosharea double-roomwith anothermember when participatingin conferences or meetings when they have to stay over-night. What kind of idealism the ‘IMSC program opponents’ aretryingtoestablish?Isitnotdoublestandards?Beforecommentingonothers letusfirstpracticemoderation inthe IAP.

Anotherobjectionbythe‘IMSCprogramopponents’isthatsuch programs corrupt the minds of the health workers to promote unduly the products of the IMSC. When there is no promotional activity for any product in such programsandthemembersofIAPhavingbeenendowedwith an MCI recognized degree/diploma in Pediatrics, such criticism is an insult to the MCI. However, for theoretical discussion if we consider that such thing does happen to some,thenweshouldallthemorebansponsorshipfromall the companies (as they also theoretically corrupt our minds) not just the IMSC. In fact, it is an open secret that many non-IMSC companies indulge in not only giving

giftsbutalso inquestionableethicalpractices,“pleasuretrip (with many meanings to it),” for example. Until now whathasbeenthereactionofourcolleaguesinthegroup‘IMSCprogramopponents’?Havetheyturnedablindeyetowards such activities?

Therefore, it seems there is not just an opposition for the IMSCprogramsbut a cultivation of feeling of hatredtowards the IMSC by the ‘IMSC program opponents’.SomehateIMSCsmaking“profit.’Whyshouldnotthey?Which responsible person in the world does not wantto have income? In business it is called ‘profit’! Whenbusiness achieves benefit for both the parties involved(money/psychological-satisfaction for the seller and service/product for the purchaser), it leads to prosperity and comfort for all. If anybody shuns profit orienting(money/psychological satisfaction) we should suspect his integrityandsenseofresponsibility.Itistruethatcheatinginbusinessforthesakeofprofitshouldnotbeaccepted.But then, does it happen more with respect to IMSC or to non-IMSC(Idonotsupportcheatingbyanyofthem;thisis for us to understand where to direct our protest-energy)?

Now, what could be the possible consequences of the‘hate-IMSC campaign’? In the current scenario, keeping inviewofthelackofanysignificantcontributiontochildmorbidity and mortality by the infant milk substitutes,prohibitingtheIMSCprogramsdoesnothelpimprovechildmortalityormorbidityanyfurther.However,somenegativeconsequences could occur:

1. CompaniesloseconfidenceinbringingnewspecializedinfantformulaeorbetterproductsintoIndia.

2. No new companies would dare to venture into IMS production leading to less competition and monopoly of the existing companies.

3. IAPmembers lose the opportunity to be exposed toworld-classscientificactivitiesandworkshops.

An unintended but positive outcome of pediatriciansattending the IMSC programs would be to be able toidentify any violations of the IMS Act, if at all they occur!

ItmustbepointedoutherethattheAmericanAcademyofPediatrics (AAP) and similar associations in the Europe are


regularly associated with some of the IMSCs in research and scientific activities. Do ‘IMSC program opponents’oppose the association of the IAP with the AAP? If not, is not it a game of convenience?

Duringthee-maildiscussionsamongtheexecutiveboardmembersof the IAPon the topic, ourSecretaryGeneralwanted to know my views on: (1) the IMS Act, and (2) the letter from Joint Secretary, Ministry of Women & Child Development (MW&CD) written to the Secretary General, IAP.

As far as IMS Act is concerned, when it came into force, itwas a very significant development inmaintaining therational use of the related products. Even the amendment of 2003 to the act is quite rational. It has produced the expected results so far, in its existing form. However, recentattemptsbysomeofthe‘IMSCprogramopponents’to over-interpret it in the name of “spirit” of the law is disturbing;itquestionstheintegrityofPediatriciansintheirabilitytorecognizewhatisbeneficialtotheirclients.Whenthe “spirit” of something is extended in its meaning without scientificevidences,itbecomes“fanaticism”(EvenTalibanargues that their version of Islamic practice is the “right” versionandis“inthebestinterestofpublic,”whateverthatmeans!Howmanyofusagreewiththat?).WhatscientificevidenceisavailablethatpediatriciansattendingtheIMSCscientific programs results in deleterious effect on childhealth,mortalityandmorbidity?Thatshouldbe thefinaltest of the outcome to give meaning to the “intent and spirit” of law.

LetusnowdiscussabouttheletterfromJointSecretary,MW&CD written to the Secretary General, IAP. The letter specifically discusses the scientific programs organizedby Nestle Nutrition Institute (NNI). The letter expresses,ineffect, that theSection9of the IMSActprohibitsNNIfrom organizing meetings/seminars (I presume, it means scientific meetings/seminars) and violates the intentand spirit of the law. As can be clearly observed in theSection9(1)and(2)oftheIMSAct,nosuchprohibitiononorganizingsuchscientificmeetingorseminarsbytheIMSC is expressed, in letter. Coming to the intent and spirit ofthelaw,Iconsidersuchintentandspiritoflawarebased

onscientificevidences(ratherthanfeelings)andthere isno scientific evidence that Pediatricians attending theprogramsorganizedbyNNIhashadanydeleteriouseffectonthechildhealth,mortalityormorbidity;asopposedtothis, there is evidence that almost every participant has been benefited by the scientific programs of the NNI.I am almost certain that being a highly educated andresponsibleofficial,theJointSecretary,MW&CDcaneasilyappreciate this distinction, in the light of the Constitution ofIndia.Possibly,noneofthemedicalfraternitywhohasgivenguidanceinthisregardhasattendedsuchscientificprograms,tobeawareofthenatureoftheprograms.

The letter from Joint Secretary, MW&CD has not addressed theclarificationwe(theIAP)hadsoughtfromtheMinistryon the clean-chit given in his legal opinion to NNI byJustice Anand, the Ex-Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India in early 2011 (the rationalization of our Secretary General, IAP that we had written requesting clarificationto the Secretary, MW&CD and not to the Joint Secretary, is not tenable; Joint Secretary,MW&CDwould not haveresponded to Secretary General, IAP if such information was not passed to him). Please do not make the mistake of disregarding Justice Anand as ‘a retired Judge giving opinionstoacommercialcompany’(aswasdonebyourSecretary General, IAP and a member of the ExecutiveBoard, IAP); he has been serving asChairman of a fivemember committee setup by Government of India toexamine the safety aspects of the Mullaperiyar Dam in Kerala(formoredetails,pleasevisitthewebpage:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adarsh_Sein_Anand).

Further, it was not clear if the Joint Secretary, MW&CD had takenopinionoftheLawMinistrybeforecommunicatingto the IAP. Now, whether to consider the letter under discussion to be considered as just a communication,a Directive, or a Government Order depends upon a legal opinion on the letter (as the letter does not mention it) andhowmuchof itscontent isapplicable toaSocietyregistered under Societies Act. A clarification in thisregard and their view on Justice Anand’s legal opinion should be sought by the IAP immediately, tomake thethings distinct.


Letter from the Joint Secretary, Ministry of Women & Child Development, GOI reg. sponsorship by front organizations of baby food manufacturing companies

Communications from the Government of India





It is time to celebrate. For all IAP members and office-bearers associated with polio eradication efforts forlast few decades. Many a times, we had postponed the celebrations.Owingtooneoranothersetback!Indeedtheroadwasfullofobstaclesandridehasbeenverybumpy,butat lastagreatsighof relief.Kudos toall the IAPiansincluding its ‘polio champions’ who have not only worked tirelessly toward polio eradication from the country, butmost importantly, believed that the feat is eminentlyachievable.

In January 2012 India has crossed one full year without any WPV detection in spite of intensive search through high quality surveillance. WPV-3 has not been foundanywhere for 15 months. Uttar Pradesh (UP) has remained without WPV for 20 months and Bihar for 15 months;these 2 states were perhaps the most difficult areas tointerrupt transmission of WPV-1 and 3 in the whole world, on account of very high force of transmission and very lowvaccineefficacyoftrivalentoralpoliovaccine(tOPV).India’sachievementisindeedashotinthearmofGlobalPolio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) and a sign of hope that globallyeradicationisachievable.

WHO has also acknowledged this feet with two new proclamations: striking India out from the list of endemic countries for polio, and second, rewarding the man in charge of polio activities in India with the topmost post of GPEI at its headquarter in Geneva!

Is the success real?

We have been WPV-free for just one year. Technically, absenceofWPVfor3yearsinthefaceofsustainedhighqualitysurveillanceisnecessaryforglobalacceptanceofelimination. India’s surveillance is of exemplary quality. An important piece of evidence that transmission has beeninterrupted is from investigationofsewage;samplesareperiodicallytestedin3cities--Mumbai,DelhiandPatnaand throughout 2011 they have tested negative for WPVs.

Supporting evidence is provided by improved antibodyprevalence in infants, measured through serological surveys in districts of western UP and central Bihar, in the last threeyears. Finally, thenumberof ‘poliocompatible

cases’, which may include some children with true polio butwithoutvirologicalconfirmation,was the lowesteverin 2011.

The above set of evidences gives us cautious optimismthatthetransmissionofWPV-3and1hasbeeninterruptedin India in 2010/11. This is indeed a major milestone in our progress towards polio eradication. WPV type 2 was last seenin1999–itseradicationwasthefirstmilestone.

The risks and the threats

ThreeriskshavetobeborneinmindtoguideIndia’sfutureactions. The risk of silent transmission of WPV that has eluded detection, re-introduction of WPV into India from countries that have not yet eliminated transmission or had been re-infected after elimination, and lastly, continuingoccurrenceofpolioastheinevitableaftermathoftheuseof OPVs to get rid of WPVs.

Complacencywillbedangeroussincewehavenotpassedthe three-year polio-free period to be absolutely certainof theabsenceofunrecognizedsilentWPV transmissionsomewhere that might show up sometime within that interval. High vaccination coverage in the Universal Immunization Program (UIP) and during annual pulse immunization are essential to keep up childhood population immunityatthehighestpossiblelevelsinordertopreventthe spread of any imported WPV. Vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis (VAPP) is unavoidable as long asOPV is in use. Vaccine-derived polioviruses (VDPVs) are a greater threat to polio eradication itself. If allowed to evolve, it can circulate like WPVs, thus negating the very eradication of polio. Thus any case of paralysis due to VDPV is counted as polio. Even though polio due to VDPV does not negate the success of eliminating WPVs, its presence is epidemiologically risky as it can spread widely in thecommunity.FurtheremergenceofVDPVsmustbepreempted in future and if that fails then intercepted and eliminated before it spreadswidely into new geographicareas. These can only be achieved if the non-infectiousIPV is introduced in UIP, very high (~90%) coverage achieved and then OPV is withdrawn from use. These are challengesfacingIndiaaswecelebratetheinterruptionofWPV transmission in India.

Polio free India: A dream comes true!


Future perspectives:

If the road to the eradication was full of obstacles,complications, and setbacks, the post-eradicationphase is going to be evenmore complicated and full ofuncertainties. Before that, the strategy for ‘end-game’ mustbecarefullycraftedandapproved.EvenIndiashouldstartdebatingvariousoptionsavailableforthe‘endgame’.Fearing the emergence or cross-border transmission ofVDPVs with asynchronous withdrawal of OPV, the idea of globallysynchronizedcessationofOPVemerged.OnelineofthinkingcurrentlyunderconsiderationofGPEIisgloballysynchronizedwithdrawaloftype2inOPV;inotherwords‘switching’ fromtOPVtobOPV.Theobstinaterecurrenceof cVDPVs in different countries in recent years has led towideracceptanceofthepreceptthatitwillbewiserto

introduceIPVtoestablishhighimmunityprevalenceasapre-condition for cessation of OPV.

The Government has to be prepared to introduce IPVand achieve high coverage after the elimination of WPVs in India.SinceWPVshavebeen interrupted in2011, theintroductionof IPV shouldbe latest by2013/14.Carefuldesign of the sequence of use of IPV and withdrawal of OPV is essential and urgent in order to avoid VAPP and to assure complete safety from the emergence or spread of cVDPVs.

(Adapted from the perspective published earlier in Indian Pediatrics, John TJ, Vashishtha VM. Path to Polio Eradication in India: A Major Milestone. Indian Pediatr 2012; 49: 95-98).


Greetings from the Citizen's Alliance Against Malnutrition!

I would like to share with you that I was accorded the privilege ofaninvitationforameetingbytheHonorablePresidentofourcountryat1pmon8thAugust2011,astheHonorablePresident had expressed a desire to invite themembersof the Young Parliamentarians' 'Citizens Alliance Against Malnutrition' for a discussion to Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi. This meeting was regarding Malnutrition, especially Severe Acute Malnutrition and I was accompanied bymy colleagues from the Young Indian Parliamentarian's 'Citizens Alliance Against Malnutrition'.

The 'Citizens Alliance against Malnutrition' is a group of young Members of Parliament belonging to differentpolitical parties across the political spectrum throughout the country, who have come together for working on this subject of child malnutrition. Certain members of themedia are also invitedmembers of this Alliance. I havebeen working as one of the founder members of thisAlliance, since 2007.

IhadtheopportunitytopresentbrieflythefollowingpointstotheHonorablePresident:

1. Beyond the customary attempts to create awareness and to clear myths about cultural practices, it isimperative to understand that lack of Nutrition due to

a) financialconstraintsand

b) local non availability of foods that provide ALLessential Nutrients, esp Micronutrients is the factual and imperative truth of the matter.

2. Hence, Governmental intervention is of paramount importance. If Food Security for All citizens seems

an unachievable task at present, Government mayprioritize NUTRIENT Security to the three most essential segments, namely

a) all children up to 2 years,

b) allpregnantmothers-to-be,and

c) all adolescent girls.

Since nutrition is directly related to Brain Development- from conception to early childhood, targeting these three groupswouldbemostessentialandcosteffectivefromanational point of view.

3. Though all preventive measures are laudable andimperative,theissueof80lakhchildrendyingbecauseof Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) is a National Medical Emergency and the Honorable President'sGovernment should take up this issue as a top priority. These points were received with due seriousness and concern.

After acknowledging all members, the HonorablePresident related her concerns and experiences regarding malnutrition from her vast experience in public life overthe decades. She emphasized the need to act in a united, scientific and non partisan manner to deal with thisproblemofparamountimportanceandlaudedtheAlliancefor the same. The Meeting lasted for an hour and a half.

Dr. Samir DalwaiHon. Secretary IAP ChildhoodDisabilityGroup FounderMember Parliament Citizen Alliance against Malnutrition

Citizen’s Alliance Against Malnutrition!


The Battle against Female Foeticide needs a multi pronged strategy. On one hand we need a strong program of community awareness, and on the other laws and legislation to deal with the same. Unfortunately, in a knee jerk reaction and merely trying to show that the administration is "taking some action", innocent doctorswho have nothing to do with obstetrics are also beingharassed under the pretext of the PNDT Act.

Delegation of Doctors from all Associations of Maharashtra, along with Supriyatai Sule, Trustee- Chavan Centre, met the Hon CM, Dep CM, Health Minister and Home Minister on 14th September 2011 and asked forstrict action against guilty doctors. They requested Hon CMtoalsopreventharassmentofinnocentdoctorsbytheadministration on the pretext of clerical errors or irrelevant application of the PNDT Act. The Hon CM promised to look into all such issues. Hon Health Minister assured that all sonography machines seized for clerical or typing errors wouldbereleasedimmediately.Similarly,theGovernmentis introducing an online form which will eliminate all such typographical errors. The CM assured the doctors that he would look into all aspects of the Law (PNDT Act) which need clarification and said he would take it up with theCentral Government, where required.

Indian Medical Association (Dr Jayesh Lele) and Medical Council of Maharashtra (Dr Bipin Pandit) have declared thatanyguiltydoctorwillbeseverelypunished.However,instances of doctors being penalized for spelling errorsor minor deficiencies like writing "NA" instead of "NotApplicable" are ridiculous and will serve no purpose inpreventing feticide.

Toquoteaninstance,inanesteemedhospitalinMumbai,ayoungresidentdoctorisbeingpenalizedforviolatingthePNDT Act. His crime- he got an urgent heart sonography (2 D Echo) done on a SIX YEAR OLD BOY !! since it was an emergency, the doctor got this done without the prior written permission of the hospital director in order to save the child's life! How does this constitute female foeticide

!!!! The result is-all resident doctors now postpone/avoid sonographies even on males and children since they are afraid of harassment.Who is to blame if these patientssuffer or die?

Only 20% sonographies are done for pregnancy. If sonography machines are seized and hence ALL sonographies are stopped, patients with kidney, liver and other diseases will suffer.

Indian Academy of Pediatrics, Indian Medical Association, Gynaecology Associations and Yashwantrao Chavan Centrehavejoinedhandstoworkatboththecommunityand medical levels. Chavan Centre's JAAGAR HA JAANIVACHA, TUMCHA MAJHYA LEKINCHA is a series of padyatras across all Maharashtra to create Jan Jagran abouttheGirlChild.Doctorsandsocialactivistsalikeand850 girls from from every district of Maharashtra walked through60kmsinaugustfromNaigaon(thegreatSavitribaiPhule's birth place) to Pune. Thousands of young girlswere given an oath that they would oppose female feticide. ThenextcontactprogramwilltakeplaceinAurangabad.

Onbehalfof

Maharashtra Medical Council (Dr. Bipin Pandit 9820148959)

INDIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (Dr. Jayesh Lele 9819812996, Dr Bakulesh Mehta)

FederationofGynecologistsandobstetriciansofindia (Dr. P. K. Shah 93238 03665)

Indian Academy of Pediatrics (Dr. Rohit C. Agrawal 9821096353 Dr. Samir Dalwai 98200 26503)

Association of Medical Consultants (Dr. Lalit Kapoor 98200 55676)

Association of Radiologists and Imaging Consultants of India (Dr. Jignesh Thakker 9820075056)

IAP’s work against Female Foeticide


• 5-year program launched by Novo Nordisk inDecember2008aimingatgivingaccess todiabetescare for 10,000 children in the world’s developing countriesby2015.

• In 2009 being rolled out in five African countries(Cameroon, Dem. Rep. Congo, Guinea, Tanzania) and Bangladesh. More countries will follow in the years to cometocoveratotalof10+countriesinbothAfrica,Asia and Latin America.

• The program is implemented in partnership withthe World Diabetes Foundation, national ministriesof health, diabetes associations and Key OpinionLeaders, IDF and ISPAD, and with support from a numberofexternalpartners,includingRoche.

• In India the program is expected to reach morethan 3000 children with type 1 diabetes from theunderprivileged families

On 7th Sep’11 we were privileged to have our former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, dedicate the ChangingDiabetes in Children program to the nation. The launchwas a grand success with over 1300 people attending the same in Bangalore.

The Changing Diabetes in Children in India (CDiC) Program for childrenwith type 1 diabeteswould be runby the Novo Nordisk Education Foundation in India &works through partnerships with dedicated healthcare professionalsacrossIndiatoestablishspecializeddiabetesclinics.

At these CDiC centers, children with diabetes can bediagnosed and receive comprehensive care totally free of cost. The vision of the program is, “To initiate and strive to providecomprehensivediabetescare tomorethan3000economically underprivileged children with diabetes inIndia”.Itfocusesonthechallengesofmanagingdiabetesinchildrenandillustrateshowthisglobalproblemcanbemanagedbetterthroughpartnerships.

This program will provide every economically underprivilegedchildwithdiabetesenrolledintheprogramwith free human insulin, syringes, glucose monitoring support, key diagnostic tests and doctor consultations for the entire duration of the program.

If you come across any child with Type-1 Diabetessatisfyingthebelowcriteria

• Lessthan18yearsofageand

• Fromtheeconomicallyunderprivilegedclass(BPL)

Please write to [email protected] or call Tanushree 9967654764 of JDF or Clifford 9167296677 of NNEF

Background information for the program:

TheInternationalDiabetesFederation(IDF)DiabetesAtlas(3rdEdition, 2007) estimates that there are 440,000 children under theageof15yearswithtype1diabetesintheworld;around250,000 of these live in developing countries. There is evidence that many children die shortly after diagnosis and those who eventually survive are poorly controlled and have a poor quality of life. There is also circumstantial evidence that many children withdiabetesdiewithoutbeingdiagnosedasthesymptomsofdiabetesinchildrenresemblesymptomsofcommonacutemedical conditions encountered in many developing countries (e.g.acutegastroenteritis,becauseofseveredehydration,orcerebralmalaria,becauseoflossofconsciousness).

Atpresent,mostchildrenwithdiabetesindevelopingcountriesare treated in adult clinics, but treating diabetes in childrenisnot thesameas treatingdiabetes inadults.Pilotprojectstargetingchildrenwithdiabetes;haveidentifiedseveralfactorscontributingtothehighmorbidityandmortalityinchildrenwithtype1diabetes.Inadditiontolackofinsulin,diabetessuppliesand monitoring equipment, the factors include:

• poor understanding of the specificity of diabetes inchildren among health care providers,

• lackofappropriatetreatmentprotocols,and

• lackofpatientandparentseducation.

These pilot projects in the developing countries, have shown thatbyaddressing thesechallenges ina targetedandcoordinatedway,itispossibletoimprovesignificantlythequalityoflifeforchildrenwithtype1diabetes,nottomention reducing the mortality and diagnosing a larger numberofchildren.TheChanging Diabetes® in Children programaimsatextendingthesevaluablelessonstootherdevelopingcountriestoprovidethediabeticchildrenwiththe treatment that they deserve.

Changing Diabetes in Children


IAP ELECTION - 2013 SCHEDULE

(Subjecttochangeunderunforeseencircumstances)

Lastdateforfilingnomination 29-06-2012

Scrutiny of nomination papers 30-06-2012

Last date for withdrawal of nomination 14-07-2012

Postingofballotpapers From 01-09-2012 to 15-09-2012

Lastdateforreceiptofapplicationforduplicateballotpaper 19-10-2012

Lastdateforreceiptofballotpapersincludingduplicateballotpapers 09-11-2012(before5pm)

Counting/Declaration of results 10-11-2012 & 11-11-2012.

Reserve Day 12-11-2012

For Duplicate Ballots:

ThemembersarerequiredtomakerequestforduplicateballotpapersbyahardcopyofaletterorbyemailaddressedtotheIAPChiefElectionCommissioner.Therequestforduplicateballotshouldbemadebythevoterhimself/herself.Fortheyear2012,therequestforduplicatevotecanmadeifavoterdoesnotreceivetheballotpapersby1st October 2012. The last date for receipt of a request for duplicate ballot paper is 19th October 2012.

Notice for IAP Election – 2013


INDIAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS CentralSecretariat:KailasDarshan,KennedyBridge(NanaChowk),Mumbai-400007

OfficeoftheIAPChiefElectionCommissioner2012: Dr.ShrinathB.Mugali–TheChiefElectionCommissioner

‘Sneh’ChildrenHospital,Opp.CentralTelegraphOffice,PintoRoad,Hubli-580020(Karnataka).

NOTICE OF IAP ELECTION - 2013*Date: 1st April 2012

NominationsareinvitedforfillingupthevacanciesoftheOfficeBearersandtheMembersoftheExecutiveBoardoftheIndianAcademyofPediatricsfortheyear2013fromamongsttheFellow,LifeandOrdinaryMembersoftheSociety.

Posts No. of Vacancies TermofOffice

President - Elect One One

EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS

STATE NO. OF VACANCIES TERM OF OFFICE

Andhra Pradesh THREE One Year

Assam ONE One Year

Arunachal Pradesh / Sikkim / Manipur / Meghalaya / Mizoram / Tripura / Nagaland

ONE One Year

Bihar ONE One Year

Chandigarh / Jammu & Kashmir / Himachal Pradesh ONE One Year

Chhattisgarh ONE One Year

Delhi TWO One Year

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

Haryana ONE One Year

Jharkhand ONE One Year

Karnataka THREE One Year

Kerala THREE One Year

Madhya Pradesh TWO One Year

Maharashtra / Goa FIVE One Year

Orissa ONE One Year

Punjab ONE One Year

Rajasthan TWO One Year

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

Uttar Pradesh THREE One Year

Uttarakhand ONE One Year

West Bengal TWO One Year


OnlyeligibleFellow/Life/OrdinarymembersoftheSocietywho have paid their annual subscription for the currentyear,shallbeeligibletoofferthemselvesascandidatesforelection or to propose or second the candidature of any memberortoparticipateinvotingattheelection.Membersshouldseethattheirsubscriptionsarefirstpaidupbeforethey offer themselves as candidates or propose or second thecandidatureofanymember,asthecasemaybe.

TheeligibleFellow/Life/OrdinaryMembercontestingforthe post of President-Elect should have been amemberof the Society for 10 complete years consecutively as on orbefore1stJanuary2012tobeeligibletocontestfortheensuing election and should have served on the Executive BoardorasOfficeBearerorbothforaperiodof2completeyearsbeforecontestingforthepostofPresident-Elect.

AmembercontestingforthemembershipoftheExecutiveBoard should have been a Fellow and/or Life and/orOrdinary Member of the Society for 5 complete yearsconsecutively as on or before 1st January 2012 to beeligible to contest for the ensuing election. The term oftheelectedmemberstotheExecutiveBoardshallbeofaperiod of one year.

AlleligibleFellow/Life/Ordinarymembersmaynominate/ vote for the post of President-Elect. The eligible StateFellow/Life/Ordinarymembersmaynominate/votefortheir respectiveStateExecutiveBoardMember(s) for thestatednumberofvacanciestobefilled-up.

Nominations shall be duly proposed and seconded byeligible Fellow and/or Life and/or Ordinary Membersand consented to by the candidates concerned. All theparticulars contained in the Nomination Form should becorrectlyfilledup.AFormofNominationPaperisprintedherein.

The members may file as many nominations as theydesire, however with payment made only once and the photo copy of the payment proof should be attached toall such nominations. The name of the candidate should be mentioned on the nomination as registered withIAP. Nootherchange in thenamewill beallowed. ThenominationpaperswillbescrutinizedbytheIAPElection

Commissiontodecideaboutitsvalidityorotherwise.ThegeographicalStateofthecandidateswillbedeterminedasper the address recorded with the Central IAP as on date ofnotificationofIAPelection.Thecandidatesarerequiredto give the following declaration on the nomination form:

"I hereby declare that I consent to this nomination and that the information given hereinabove is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief".

The Candidates as well as Proposers & Seconders of the nominations are required to give a self attested photo copy of their photo identity viz. PAN-Card / Passport / Driving License / IAP Identity Card (any one) or signature attested by bank manager along with the nominations. Only one of above four Validphoto-idswillonlybeaccepted.Anyother proof of photo-id will invalidate nomination or vote castedbyamember.

NominationPaperdulyfilled-inandaddressedtoTheChiefElection Commissioner at address given below shouldreachhisofficeNOT LATER THAN 5.00 P.M. ON 29TH JUNE 2012 along with the nomination fee.

Address: DR. SHRINATH B. MUGALI THE CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER INDIAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS 'SNEH' CHILDREN HOSPITAL OPP. CENTRAL TELEGRAPH OFFICE PINTO ROAD, HUBLI-580020. KARNATAKA.

Thecandidate is required topayapplicable`NominationFee'asmentionedbelow:

• NominationFeeforthepostof Rs.5,000/-President-Elect

• NominationFeeforthepostof Rs.2000/-ExecutiveBoardMember

The Nomination Fee should be paid by a crossed bank draft drawn in favor of "Indian Academy of Pediatrics"payable at Mumbai or by cash. The Nomination Feeshould accompany the Nomination Paper failing which the Nomination shall be disqualified. The Nomination Fee isnon-refundable.


IAP Election Commission will have no role in receiving or publication of biodatas of candidates. A candidateshould approach Hon. Secretary General, CIAP / Editor ofAcademyToday/EditorforIAPWebsiteforpublicationof biodata after the list of candidates is finalized by IAPElectionCommission.EditorofAcademyToday/WebsitewilldecideaboutformatandsizeofbiodatatobepublishedasperguidelinessetbyExecutiveBoard.

TheChiefElectionCommissionershallpublishonwebsiteand forward the list of validly nominated candidates for information to the contesting candidates as soon as the scrutiny of the Nomination Papers is over. Any validly nominated candidate not desiring to contest the election must send his written request to withdraw his nomination onorbeforethedateofwithdrawali.e. 14th July 2012.

All the eligible members on IAP membership list as on31st March 2012 are eligible to cast their votes. Eachvotershallbeentitledtocastonevoteforeachvacancy.Ballot paper/smust be accompanied by duly filled voteridentificationslipandaselfattestedcopyofPhotoIdentityviz PAN-card / Passport / Driving License / IAP Identity Card(anyone)orsignatureattestedbyabankmanager.Anyballotpapercontainingmorethantherequirednumberof votes or in any way disclosing the identity of the voter shallbeinvalid.

The Ballot Papers containing the names of the validly nominated candidates except those who have withdrawn in timeshallbepostedtothemembersfrom1st SEPTEMBER 2012 TO 15TH SEPTEMBER 2012. Each member isrequiredtosendhis/herballotpapersbyordinary post in the "Business Reply Envelope" (BRE) provided by the IAP Election Commission or Speed Post or Registered Post.TheballotpaperssentbyHandDeliveryorCourierorbybulkmailwillbeconsideredasinvalid.

The Ballot Papers duly marked and addressed to: DR. SHRINATH B. MUGALI THE CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER INDIAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS 'SNEH' CHILDREN HOSPITAL OPP. CENTRAL TELEGRAPH OFFICE PINTO ROAD, HUBLI-580020. KARNATAKA.

shouldreachthisofficeNOT LATER THAN 5.00 P.M. ON 9th NOVEMBER 2012.

A soft copy of the list containing the names and addresses ofFellow,LifeandOrdinaryMembersoftheSocietyshallbe supplied on request at Rs.5000/- per copy. It maypleasebenotedthatthelistofmembersisnoindicationastowhetheraparticularmemberisinarrearsofhisannualsubscriptionforthecurrentyear.

AnOrdinarymembermustpayhis/hersubscriptionbefore30thJune2012tobeeligibletoreceiveaballotpaper.

The Scrutinizing Committee shall scrutinize the Ballot Papers after the last date fixed for the receipt of BallotPapersandresultswillbedeclared.

All correspondence / enquiries / queries should beaddressed to Dr. Shrinath B. Mugali, The Chief Election Commissioner, Indian Academy of Pediatrics, SNEH Children Hospital, Opp. Central Telegraphic Office, PintoRoad,Hubli-580020,Karnataka.

Therequestofamemberforchangeofhis/heraddressinIAPrecordsmadeonorbefore31stMarch2012willbeacceptedandwillbeconsideredasvalidforthepurposeofIAP Election 2013, to the Hon. Secretary General of Indian Academy of Pediatrics. Any change of address after this datewillnotbeacceptedfor thepurposeof IAPElection2013.

DR. SHRINATH B. MUGALI Chief Election Commissioner

DR GEORGE.F.MOOLAYIL Member

DR. BHARATH PAREKH Member

IAP ELECTION COMMISSION

Email ID: [email protected]


INDIAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS CentralSecretariat:KailasDarshan,KennedyBridge(NanaChowk),Mumbai-400007

OfficeoftheIAPChiefElectionCommissioner2012: Dr.ShrinathB.Mugali–TheChiefElectionCommissioner

‘Sneh’ChildrenHospital,Opp.CentralTelegraphOffice,PintoRoad,Hubli-580020(Karnataka).

ELECTION TO THE EXECUTIVE BOARD FROM FELLOW, LIFE & ORDINARY MEMBERS-2013

NOMINATION FORM(PLEASE FILL-UP THE FORM IN BLOCK LETTERS)

NameoftheOfficeforwhichtheCandidateisNominated .......................................................................................................................

Name of the Candidate (in full) ............................................................................................................................................................(As registered with IAP) (see Instructions)

Candidate's Address ..............................................................................................................................................................................

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

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

IAPMembershipNo.oftheCandidate......................................................since...................................................................................

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

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

OfficesheldbythecandidateinCentralIAP&Year(s) ............................................................................................................................

Name of the Proposer .........................................................................................................................................................................(As registered with IAP) (see Instructions)

Proposer's Address ..............................................................................................................................................................................

MembershipNo.oftheProposer ..........................................................................................................................................................


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

Proposer's Signature & Date .................................................................................................................................................................(see instructions)

Name of the Seconder ........................................................................................................................................................................(As registered with IAP) (see instructions)

Seconder's Address .............................................................................................................................................................................

MembershipNo.oftheSeconder .........................................................................................................................................................


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

Seconder's Signature & Date ................................................................................................................................................................(see instructions)

DECLARATION BY THE CANDIDATE

"I hereby declare that I consent to this nomination and that the information given hereinabove is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief".

“I also declare to practice the code of conduct prescribed by IAP.”

Place: ______________________

Date: (Signature of the Candidate) (see instructions)Inst.1:PleaseenternameandaddressasonIAPMembershiprecordsforvalidnomination.Inst. 2: Please attach self attested photo copy of Photo-ID (PAN Card or Passport or Driving License or IAP Identity Card)

PLEASE SEND YOUR NOMINATION PAPER TO THE CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER NOT LATER THAN 5.00 P.M. ON 29th JUNE 2012


The candidates are requested to send their biodata /message to Hon. Secretary General, Indian Academy of Pediatrics,KailasDarshan,NearKennedyBridge,Mumbai400007forputtingituponIAPWebsitelatestbydateofwithdrawal (i.e. 14th July 2012).Thesameshouldbesentalong with 2 passport size photographs. Biodata / Message shouldpreferablybesentbyhardcopyaswellasemail.Biodata/Messageshouldberestrictedto200 words for thepostofExecutiveBoardMemberand400 words for the postofOfficeBearers.Anybiodata/messagecontaining

IAP Election 2013 – Publication of Biodata of Candidates

morethantherequirednumberofwordsmaybetruncated.Only thosebiodata /messages received in timeshallbeuploadedonIAPWebsite.Anybiodata/messagereceivedafter the lastdatewillnotbeaccepted. Theauthenticityof biodata will be moral responsibility of the candidate.Thebiodata /messagemayormaynot bepublished inAcademy Today.

Dr. Sailesh Gupta Hon. Secretary General

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DearMembers,

The Central IAP and the IAP Executive Board, on recommendation of the past Election Commissioners are seriously considering the implementation of electronic voting for IAP Elections. The last Executive Board of 2011 discussed the concept of the evoting in detail and the Executive Board of 2012 may assess a demonstration of the process of evoting. Kindly read thoroughly the followingarticleonevotingwrittenbyDr.RameshKumarGoyal,CIAPExecutiveBoardMember fromHaryanaandgive your comments, suggestions and thoughts on the benefits, perceived difficulties, cost effectiveness, areasofconflict,perceivedlacunaeandprobabilityoffailureofelectronic voting for IAP Elections. You may write to the Hon.SecretaryGeneralofIAPonemailIds:[email protected] and [email protected]

Your valuable inputswill be consideredby theExecutiveBoard in its meeting in June 2012.

Dr. Sailesh Gupta Hon. Secretary General

E-voting in IAP Election by Dr. Ramesh Kumar Goyal

Dear Friends,

Theworldhasembraced technology tomake lifesimpleand comfortable. The recent technological developmenthas made it possible to cut waste and save time in allourdailyworkand tasks.Weat IAParestriving tobeatthe forefront of technological development. One such technological advance is the use of internet in voting.

The recent effort to introduce e-voting concept in our electionprocessisbecauseofcertainproblemswiththecurrent system of voting. The physical voting process is a drain on our time and resources as it is lengthy and cumbersome. The whole process of current system ofvoting necessitates movement of material and people i.e. all voters need to be sent the ballet papers in advance.This requires time and effort thus lot of resources. Many atimes,theballetsarealsolostintransitthusleadingto

loss in precious votes. The voters on the other hand have tofillinmanuallyandthentheposttheballetpapersalongwith the requisite ID’s requiring certain effort. Because of all this the percentage of voting is extremely low. In the past we have noticed the percentage is normally in the range of 20-30% which is extremely low considering that allthevotersarehighlyqualified.Alsoabout15-20%votesare declared invalid due to either ID or signatures or some otherproblems.

We expect the e-voting to not only increase the voting percentageduetoeaseoftheprocessbutalsoreducethenumber of invalid votes. Actually, the number of invalidvoteswillbereducedtozeroasthesystemwilltakecareofall the manual mistakes and correct it at the time of voting.

Also, with the increase in expenditure the manual voting is a drain on our resources. With the introduction of e-voting we expect to save lot of money which can then we used in other development work of IAP and the society.

With even the best possible effort by the electioncommission every year, still IAP faces lot of allegations and counter allegations in the electoral process. With thepresent technology, thevotingprocesscanbemadeflawlessandreliable.Theprocessofe-votingwillincreaseharmony,co-operationand faithof everymember in thesystem.

Besidesabove,theotheradvantagesofe-votingare:

1. Quick and easy voting

2. Saves money, time and efforts

3. Tamper proof with Top-Notch Security

4. Results in minutes

5. Onlineapplicationfiling

6. Electionprocesscanbeshortenedtodaysratherthanmonths

7. Code of conduct can be enforced properly as theduration of election is shortened

8. Processisreproducible

9. Eco friendly and save paper wastage

E-voting in IAP Election


10. 24x7x365 Rapid Support

11.Confidentiality

12.Multiplereminderscanbesent

13. Segmentation of Voters as per need

14.OnlineNominationsandwithdrawalpossible

Processofe-votingissimpleandefficientasgivenbelow:-

1. A person will log onto IAP site. Illustrative voting processwillbegivenonthefrontpageofthewebsite.

2. All information regarding important dates and election schedule is given on the home page along with ‘contact us’ and other information.

3. AvoterisrepresentedbyauniqueIDwhichishis/herCIAPregistrationnumber.

4. A voter can search his/her unique ID/CIAP registration number by his/her name/state/city if he/she hasforgotten the said ID

5. Therewillbeseparatelistforlifemembersandannualmembers. Annual members list will be updatedannually

6. E-votetabcanbeseenonthehomepage.Votingtabwill remainactiveoveraperiodof timespecified forthe voting e.g. a person can only vote from 15 Sept 2012–30Sept2012etc.

7. When a person clicks on it, it will ask for unique/CIAP registration ID and the One Time Password (OTP)

1. One Time Password (OTP) is generated using Generateaccesscodetab.ThisOTPwillbevalidfor one hour only. Voter can generate passwords multiple times till he/she completes the voting process.Oncethevotehasbeencast,OTPcan’tbegenerated.

2. The OTPwill be sent on a registeredmail id ormobilenumberofthevoter

3. The voter will use this OTP to open voting panel.

4. In case if it is not used within this one hour, it can beregenerateduntilvotingiscompleted.

RegistrationandVerificationofvoter

1. A candidate can either register online or by sendingrelevantdetailsbypost to theconcernedauthorities.Thiswillbeaonetimeexercise.

2. Downloadableformisgivenonthewebsiterequiringthedetails likeName,CIAPnumber,address,mobilenumber,emailIDandsignatureetc.

3. Ifregisteringbypost,theformalongwithphotocopiesof identity proof should be sent toCIAP office. ThisisaonetimeprocessandrecordwillbekeptatCIAPoffice.

4. Votermust give amail id andmobile number to theCIAPofficefortheregistrationinthevotingprocess

5. If voter is living at the same address which is already registered with CIAP (as in the case of most of the members),canberegisteredonlinealso.

Once a voter has logged in he can see

1. The list of all the candidates along with their post and thedetailedbio-data.

2. The voter will be allowed to choose one/morecandidate as per the requirement

3. The voter can choose state representative from their specificstateonly

4. The voter will choose candidates of his/her choice

5. Beforefinalsubmission,therewillbeconfirmationtabaskingforfinalsubmissionorchangeofthechoices

6. After final submission voter can’t exercise hisfranchisee again

7. Therewillbeconfirmationstatementonthewebpagejustaftersuccessfulsubmissionofthevote.

8. There will also be option for voter to reject all thecandidate i.e. choose not to vote for any candidate.

Result Process and Declaration

1. Allvoteswillbedepositedbyasecuredandencryptedsystemwhichcan’tbeopenedbeforeacertaindateand time.

2. On specified date, the results can only be accessedthrough a secure code system.


3. Thissystemwillhavecombinationofcodesaccessibleto authorized members (members of electioncommission) of electoral process.

4. After punching of all the above codes by differentmemberswhopossess thesecodes, the resultswillbegeneratedandisavailableonthesiteimmediately.

5. Thestatisticsof thenumberof people votedcanbeshown on the site.

E-votingbymobilephones

1. Aregisteredmobilecanalsobeusedfore-voting.

2. This is an alternative method and can be used ifrequired

3. Thevoterhastodownloadamobileapplication/sendan SMS to take part in the voting process through mobilewithoutaccessingtheinternet

More inputs can be incorporated as per need andsuggestions.

Dr Ramesh Goyal, EBMember2012,Org.ChairpersonPedicon2012

List of Donors for Dr. Rohan Ghelani, IAP member from Baroda, for treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Central IAP Office,andtheRelativesofDr.RohanGhelaniareverygratefulforthegenerosityshownbydonatingmembersofIAP

Dr. Avinash C Mishra

Dr. Rajesh Khatwani

Dr. Monish Joseph Thomas

Dr. Ravi Bhatia

Dr. Sandhya P Bhide

Dr. Kiran Aggarwal

Dr. Upendra Kinjawadekar

Dr. Kamlesh Radhakrishna Lala

Dr. Pramod NP

Dr. Alok Gupta

Dr. Arun Kumar Shah

Dr. Ravinder Singh Bajaj

Dr. RK Anand

Dr. BK Sundhindra

Dr. Kalpana Krishnamurthy

Dr. Sudha Rani Adapa

Dr. A Parthasarathy

Dr. Avneesh Jayaswal

Dr. Seema Sharma

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Dr. Chandra S Choksi

Dr. Pranati Tripathi

Dr. Radhanath Satpathy

Dr. Shital S Naik

Dr. Karuna S Singh

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Dr. Gurmeet Datta

Dr. Sailesh Gupta

Dr. Ajay Pande

Dr. Neelima J Bhandarkar

Dr. Aruna Gupta

Dr. Karthik Ram Mohan

Dr. D. Ramamohan Rao

Dr. Vipul Sharma

Dr. Mukul Tiwari

Dr.RPKhubchandani

Dr. Jayesh N. Shethi

Dr. Yatin Kumar Verma

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Dr. VP Goswami

Dr. B Muthu Pandian

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Dr. Dharma Veer

Dr. AVS Suresh Kumar

Dr. Bela Varma

Dr. Shripad V Kulkarni

Dr. Sanwar Agrawal

Dr. Mohamed Kizhar Irshath

Dr. Dheeraj S Chandel

Dr. BS Basavaraju

Dr. BN Satyanarayana Rao

Dr. Sudhir K Shrivastava

Dr. Bankim K Jariwala

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Dr. Ketankumar G Bharadva

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Performa for Member Information for Central IAP Members Directory 2012

Name: _____________________________________________________________________________________

Surname First name Middle name

CentralIAPmembershipnumber: _________________________________________________________________

Workplace address: ___________________________________________________________________________

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Workplacetelephonenumbers:(1)_______________________________(2) _____________________________

Residence address: ___________________________________________________________________________

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Residencephonenumbers:(1)________________________________(2) _______________________________

Mobilenumbers:(1)____________________________________(2) ____________________________________

Email ids: (1) ______________________________________ (2) _______________________________________

Websiteaddress: _____________________________________________________________________________

Predominantareaofthecity/suburbtowhichyoubelong: ______________________________________________

Areas of academic interest: (1) ________________________________ (2) _______________________________

Blood group: ___________ Birth date: _____________Day of _________________ Month and _______ Year

1) Pleasefillintheblanksinballpointpeninlegiblehandwritingusingtitlecase,toavoidnameandaddressspellingerrors.

2) Pleaseprovidecompleteinformationasfaraspossible.

3) If you prefer to withhold personal information, we will respect your wish

4) PleaseencourageyourcolleaguesandfriendstofilltheperformaiftheyareIAPmembers.Iftheyarenotmembers,thenpleaseencouragethemtobecomemembersofCentralIAP.

5) PleasepostthisPerformatoCentralIAPoffice(IndianAcademyofPediatrics,KailasDarshan,KennedyBridge,(NanaChowk),Mumbai–400007Email:[email protected]:(022)23887906/23887922/23889565Fax: (022) 23851713


Name of the Applicant: .................................................................................................................................................. (Surname) (First Name) (Middle Name)

Date of Birth: .......................................................... Sex: Male / Female ........................................................................

CompletePostalAddressforCommunicationsfromIAPOffice:

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

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

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Mobile:...................................................................EmailID: .......................................................................................

Medical/PediatricQualification Name of the University Qualifying Year

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

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Name,andIAPmembershipno.oftheProposer: ..........................................................................................................

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Name,andIAPmembershipno.oftheProposer: ..........................................................................................................

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Place: ______________________Date : (Signature of the Applicant)

I am enclosing herewith photo copies of the following documents with this application:

1) PhotocopiesoftheM.B.B.S.&PostGraduationCertificatesas(asperdegreeslistedinyourapplication).

2) PhotocopiesofthedegreesregistrationcertificateswithState Medical Council OR Medical Council of India(asthecasemaybe).

3) CertificatefromtheHODstatingthattheapplicantisabonafidestudentofhis/herMedicalCollege(iftheapplicationisfor“Student”Membership).

IAP Membership Form


Thosewhoare interested in“IAP IdentityCard”mayfill-up the formatgivenbelowandmail it to theCentral IAPOfficealongwitharemittanceofRs.100/-tobepaidbyacrossed DEMAND DRAFT ONLY drawn in favour of “Indian

IAP IDENTITY CARD(FOR LIFE & ASSOCIATE LIFE MEMBERS ONLY)

AcademyofPediatrics”payableatMumbaiandyourstampsize photograph (3x2.5 cms). Please note that the Identity Cardsareissuedonlyto“LifeandAssociateLife”membersof the IAP.

FORMAT FOR IAP IDENTITY CARD

NAME: ...........................................................................

ADDRESS ......................................................................

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IAP MEMBERSHIP NO ....................................................

Telephone (Off) ........................ (Res) ...........................

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

Date of Birth .................................................................

Blood Group ..................................................................

Allergies? ......................................................................

Emergency Medications? ..............................................

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Doctor’s Name & Cell No. .............................................

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The Society provides• FacilitiestoStudents,ScholarsandInstitutionsforthestudy

oforResearchinPediatricsinanyofitsaspectsbywayofscholarships, fellowships, grants, endowments, etc.

• Either through itself or incooperationwithotherbodiesorpersons fellowships, prizes, certificates, diplomasofproficiencyinthescienceofPediatricsandconductsuchtests,examinationsorotherscrutinyasmaybeprescribedfrom time to time.

• Freeofcostoratsubsidizedcostitsofficialjournals,books,periodicalsorpublicationsonpediatricsandalliedsubjectswhichthesocietythinksisdesirableforthepromotionofitsobjects.

• OpportunitytoitsmembertoparticipateinConferences,Lectures, Meetings, Seminars, Symposia, Workshops, Continuing Medical Education Programs, etc.

• Oppor tunity to becomemembers of its Branches /SubspecialtyChapters/Groups/Cells/Committees.

Affiliations/CollaborationTheSocietyisaffiliatedto:

(i) International Pediatric Association (IPA)

(ii) International Society of Tropical Pediatrics (ISTP)

(iii) American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

(iv) AsianPacificPediatricAssociation(APPA)

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

(vi) Pediatric Association of SAARC (PAS)

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

Membership Privileges

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

and doing Post Graduation can enroll himself/herself at 50%oftheprevailingrateoflifemembershipatthetimeofadmissionandpaythebalance50%within4yearsorearlier.Onmakingfullpayment,he/shewillbeentitledtochangethe“Student”Membershipcategorytoeither“AssociateLife”or“Life” depending on the graduation / post graduation status.

(2) Associate OR Associate Life Member: Applicant who has passedM.B.B.S.only,haveanoptiontobecomeAnnualMemberi.e.“Associate”Member(renewableeveryyear)OR“AssociateLife”Memberbypaying lifemembershipamount in one lump sum.

(3) Ordinary OR Life Member: Applicant holding M.B.B.S. and Post Graduation (such as D.C.H., M.D. (Ped), D.N.B. (Ped) oranyotherdegreerecognizedbytheExecutiveBoardofIAPasequivalent)areeligible tobe“Ordinary”Member(renewableeveryyear)OR“Life”Memberbypayinglifemembershipamountinonelumpsum.

How to Apply for MembershipApplicationshouldbemadeintheprescribedform.Alongwiththe application formembership of IAP, photo copies of thefollowingdocumentsshouldbesubmitted-

1) PhotocopiesoftheM.B.B.S.&PostGraduationCertificatesas (as per degrees listed in your application).

2) PhotocopiesofthedegreesregistrationcertificateswithState Medical Council OR Medical Council of India (as thecasemaybe).

3) Cer tificate from the HOD stating that the applicant isa bonafide student of his/herMedical College (if theapplicationisfor“Student”Membership).

Membership FeeTheMembershipFeeStructureisasfollows:

Category of Membership

Admission Fee Membership Fee Total Amount Payable

Student Rs.500/- (payableatthetimeof admission)

Rs.5000/- (Total payable Rs.5500/- at the time of admission i.e. 50% of the currentlifemembershipamountandadmissionfee)andbalanceRs.4500/-onorbeforecompletionof4yearsofStudentMembership).

Rs.10000/-

Associate Rs.500/- Rs. 1000/- Rs.1500/-Associate Life Rs.500/- Rs. 9500/- Rs.10000/-Ordinary Rs.500/- Rs. 1000/- Rs.1500/-Life Rs.500/- Rs. 9500/- Rs.10000/-

TheMembershipFeeshouldbepaidbyacrossedbankdraftdrawninfavorof“INDIAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS”payableatMumbai.AddRs100/-,ifIAPPhotoIdentityCardisdesired.

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