Report and Minutes of the Annual General Body Meeting of
The Society for Biomaterials and Artificial Organs, India (SBAOI)

Date & Time: January 7, 2012 at 6.00 pm

Venue: Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai (Venue of the XXII National Conference of the Society during January 6-8, 2012)

The meeting was chaired by Shri DS Nagesh, President, SBAOI.

Minutes of the last General Body was confirmed.

Dr. TM Sridhar, Secretary of SBAOI, presented the conference report.

The current status of the accounts (unaudited) for the year 2010-11 was presented by Shri. Willi Paul, on behalf of the Treasurer of the society.

As per the audited statement of accounts the total Assets of the Society as on March 31, 2010 is Rs. 788,874.17. As of March 31, 2011 the total assets (unaudited) comes to 870,035.57. As of December 31, 2011 the total assets (unaudited) comes to 888,518.52. Some FD’s will mature in February 2012, which makes the total assets of the society to over 10 lakhs. Audited account report from Chennai chapter is awaited for auditing the accounts.

Life membership increased from 544 to 557 members with a total membership of 644.

Three proposals were presented for the Venue of Society’s next meeting and XXIII National Conference next year - 1. Annamalai University by Dr. Malathi and Dr. Krishnan. 2. Dr. B. Basu, IISc Bangalore and 3. NIT Rourkela - Dr. Kunal Pal.

The suggestion by Dr. Bikramjit Basu was seconded by Prof. Jayakumar, AMRITA. Majority decision was accepted in favor of IISc Bangalore.

Prof. Jayakumar informed his willingness and handed over a draft of Rs. 50,000/- to Shri DS Nagesh and a list of 25 new members’ from Kochi region for initiation of a new chapter of the Society at Kochi. It was suggested that Dr. Jayakumar will be the chairman of this chapter and Dr. Krishna Prasad as convener.

Dr. Kunal Pal informed his interest in initiating the Associate Membership Exam of the Society.

Dr. T.S. Sampath Kumar announced the office bearers for the Chennai chapter of SBAOI.

Dr. Manukrishnan, Indian Army wanted the Society and its activity to be promoted with the Army hospital and its research centers.

Meeting ended with thanks to the Chair at 6:30 pm.

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Shri. DS Nagesh

Report and Minutes of the Annual General Body Meeting of Society for the Biomaterials and Artificial Organs, India, (SBAOI) held at Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Ahmadabad on February 11, 2011 at 5.30 pm in connection with the 25^th Anniversary meeting (XXI National Conference) of the Society during February 10-12, 2011.

The meeting was chaired by Prof. T.S. Sampathkumar, Vice President, SBAOI and Dr. H.K.Varma, Secretary of SBAOI presented the last years report and membership details. The current status of the accounts and the audited account statements for the years 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10 were presented by Mr. Willi Paul, Treasurer of the society.

As per the audited statement of accounts the total Assets of the Society as on March 31, 2010 is Rs. 788,874.17. As of December 31, 2010 the total assets (un audited) comes to 847,015.57. The 2010-2011 accounts will be audited after March 31, 2011.

Life membership increased from 530 to 544 members with a total membership of 627.

“Trends in Biomaterials & Artificial Organs” is publishing 4 issues per volume per year from 2011. The printing is limited and is dispatched to the subscribers and Organizational members only at present. All life members can use the online facility for viewing journal site. The journal now accept manuscripts online at its own online submission system at http://www.sbaoi.org

The following decisions were approved by the General Body meeting of SBAOI

1. The election results were declared during the GB and the following members were declared elected to Executive Committee for 2011-2014. The report of the returning officer Mr. R. Sreekumar is attached.

                Shri. D.S. Nagesh – President

                Dr. T.S. Sampathkumar – Vice President

                Dr. H.K. Varma – Vice President

                Dr. T.M. Sridhar – Secretary

                Prof. CV Subba Rao – Joint Secretary

                Dr. Niranjan D Khambette – Treasurer

                Dr. Ajith K. Banthia - Member

                Dr. Alok R. Ray - Member

                Dr. G.S. Bhuvaneshwar - Member

                Dr. M. Jayabalan - Member

                Dr. V. Kalliyanakrishnan - Member

                Dr. P.V. Mohanan - Member

                Shri. C.V. Muraleedharan - Member

                Dr. Rinti Banerjee - Member

2. All past Presidents of the Society should not be part of the nominations for election because it is difficult for fresh members to get elected. However, if they wish to be part of election process they can indicate so prior to the election to the returning officer.

3. For considering for the fellowship (FBAO) the citations should be over 750 for foreign members.

4. From next election onwards complete security need to be introduced for online election process.

5. As a suggestion request has come from Dr. A.M. Kuthe, NIT Nagpur for organizing the next National Conference during Dec 2011/Jan 2012 – Need to be confirmed.

6. As a second option Dr. R. Jayakumar (AMRITA) suggested Dr. Sathyamangalam may be interested for organizing the next conference – need to be confirmed.

7. Dr. Ajit Kumar needs to be nominated an Executive member since he is the President of the US chapter.

8. One member Mr. Durgadas CV is nominated as Student Representative.

9. Dr. Jayakumar and Dr. Krishna Prasad have agreed to start a Cochin chapter of SBAOI.

10.  Once the chapter is formulated the Chairman/President of the chapter will be nominated to be one of the executive committee members.

Meeting ended with thanks to the Chair at 6:00 pm

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Dr. HK Varma
(Secretary)

Posted on 10 March 2011 by web admin.

Report and Minutes of the Annual General Body Meeting of Society for Biomaterials and Artificial Organs, India , (SBAOI) held at SCMS, Kochi on February 28, 2010 at 6.30 pm in connection with the International Conference on Biomaterials, Artificial Organs and Tissue Engineering (ICBAT) during February 28-March 1, 2010.

The meeting was chaired by Prof. Alok Ray, President of SBAOI. Dr.H.K.Varma, Secretary, SBAOI presented the current status of the Accounts and Membership details of the society.

As per the audited statement of accounts (passed in the last AGM) the total Assets of the Society as on March 31, 2007 is Rs. 6,43,328.59. As of March 31, 2009 the total assets (un audited) comes to 7,98,845.70. The 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 accounts are with the auditor for auditing purpose. Life membership increased from 512 to 530 members with a total membership of 610. As approved by last GB at Nepal a new account was started at Union Bank of India , Poojappura Branch. It is suggested that the fixed deposits worth Rs. 280,005/- due in June 2010 may be deposited at Union Bank as a long term Fixed Deposit with GB approval.

There are 14 subscribers for the journal Trends in Biomaterials & Artificial Organs at present. Since the volume is starting from May issue every year, subscribers are asking for the Jan issues also although they are not subscribing for that volume which is an additional burden for the Society. It is suggested to change the first issue to Jan for every volume, like all other journals, starting from Jan 2011, the 25^th volume of the journal. This also helps in the indexing of the journal. The printing cost of three issues (one volume, 400 copies) of the journal comes to Rs. 36000-40000 (depending on page numbers), and the dispatch charges is Rs. 7000 totaling to Rs. 43000-47000 but the income from subscriptions is only Rs. 42000. It is suggested that printed copies may be sent to only subscribers and organizational members so that it can be printed in small volume with much lesser cost. All members can be provided online access to full text of the journal. Small volume printing can be done at Rs. 100 per copy. If we print 50copies each, total printing cost will come to Rs. 15000 plus dispatch charges of Rs. 3000 totaling to 18000 per year.

The following decisions were approved by the General Body meeting of SBAOI

1. The fixed deposits worth Rs. 2,80,005/- due in June 2010 may be deposited at Union Bank as a long term Fixed Deposit again.

2. From January 2011 onwards, the journal “Trends in Biomaterials & Artificial Organs” will have the volume number 25.

3. May issue of the Journal “Trends in Biomaterials & Artificial Organs” will be the last printed issue to be sent to the members by post. After that, all members will be provided online access to full text of the journal. Members should provide their email id for future communications.

4. It is approved that printed copies will be sent to only subscribers and organizational members.

5. GB has approved to start a Fellowship programme (FBAO). For details click here.  

6. Members want to develop a chapter of SBAOI, need to have at least 20 life members in that region.  In future, 30% of the total membership fee can be kept by the chapter.

7. The next National Conference of the Society will be held at B.V.Patel Pharmaceutical Education and Research Development (PERD) Centre at Ahemedabad, Gujarat as Prof. Harish Padh, Director (PERD) as the conference organizer.  Tentative date will be 23^rd to 25^th January 2011.

Meeting ended with thanks to the Chair at 7.00 pm

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Dr. HK Varma
(Secretary)

Posted on 10 March 2010 by web admin.

Minutes of the Annual General Body Meeting of Society for Biomaterials and Artificial Organs, India, (SBAOI) held at Kathmandu, Nepal on 24^th November 2008 in connection with the International Conference on Medical Materials, Devices and Regenerative Medicine (MMDRM 2008) and workshop during 23^rd to 25^th November 2008

The meeting was chaired by Prof. Alok Ray, President of SBAOI. Dr.H.K.Varma, Secretary, SBAOI presented the current status of the Accounts and Membership details of the society.

The following decisions were taken in the General Body meeting of SBAOI

1. The Life membership of SBAOI should be increased to Rs.2000 instead of the current fee of Rs.1000.
2. Prof. Vishwa P. Shrivastava, Principal of the College of Biomedical Engineering and Applied Sciences, Kathmandu and the Convener of MMDRM 2008, will be included as an additional member of executive committee of SBAOI.
3. A Nepal chapter of SBAOI will be started. Prof. Vishwa P. Shrivastava will coordinate the activity.
4. The current financial status of the society needs improvement. Hence the members are encouraged to get additional funds through advertisements and other promotional means.
5. Next Annual meeting will be held at Bombay and Dr.K.G.Rajendran of USV Ltd., will be the convener of the conference. Date and venue will be informed shortly.
6. The General Body approved the transfer of the accounts to Union Bank of India , Poojappura, Trivandrum , because the current banker, Kerala State Co operative Bank, Poojappura, Trivandrum, has shown their inability to encash  cheques from foreign members.

Meeting ended with thanks to the Chair.

(s/d)
Dr. HK Varma
(Secretary)