Agenda for the Annual General Body Meeting
of the Urological Society of India to be held on
23-Jan-2011 at 1700 at Science City Complex, Kolkata.
Agenda for the Annual General Body Meeting of the Urological Society of India to be held on
23-Jan-2011 at 1700 at Science City Complex, Kolkata.
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President: Welcome & Opening Remarks.
Obituary.
Approval of Agenda.
Confirmation of Minutes of the Annual Genaral Body Meeting held on 06-Feb-2010 at
Hotel Jaypee Palace, Agra.
5. Matters arising from the Minutes of the AGM held on 06-Feb-2010 at Hotel Jaypee
Palace, Agra.
a) Proposals for Amendment of USI Constitution.
6. Honorary Secretary's Report.
7. Honorary Treasurer's Report.
8. Approval of new members.
9. Report on the 45th Annual Conference of the Urological Society of India (USICON-2012)
to be held at Bangalore.
10.Report on the 46th Annual Conference of the Urological Society of India (USICON-2013)
to be held at Pune.
11. Venue for USICON-2014.
12.Election of Office Bearers of USI for 2011-2012.
13.Subject for Dr Seetharaman Memorial Essay Competition-2011.
14.Symposium Subject for USICON-2013.
15.Annual Conferences of the Zonal Chapters of the USI for 2011.
16.CUE Programs, Workshops & MOCK Examinations for 2011.
17.Report of USI Cells (PDAP, Services Cell, Legal Cell, Research Cell & Education Cell).
18.Report of the Ethical Committee.
19.Matters pertaining to the Indian Journal of Urology.
20.Awards for the Year 2011-2012.
21.Board of Education-USI.
22.MoUs with OMSI for USI-Olympus International Travel Fellowships.
23.MoU with JPAC.
24.MoU with NAUS.
25.International Travel Fellowships for Post-graduate Students for 2011.
26.Letters from Members of the USI.
27.Membership Status of USI Members.
28.Any other matter with the permission of the Chair.
Kim Mammen
Honorary Secretary
Urological Society of India
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Draft Minutes of the Annual General Body Meeting of the
Urological Society of India held on 06-Feb-2010 at 1700 at
Hotel Jaypee Palace, Agra.
1.Roll Call:
AGM-01/2010
The Roll Call was signed by the Members present on the AGM Attendence Register.
2.Obituary:
AGM-02/2010
a)Dr Amritlal Rambhai Patel (Mumbai).
b)Dr Atul Thakre (Ahmedabad).
c)Dr Jayaseelan Mathias (Nagercoil).
Members paid rich tributes to the departed souls and it was RESOLVED to send the heartfelt
condolences of the AGM to the bereaved family. Dr Ajit Vaze spoke about Dr Amritlal Rambhai
Patel, Dr Ajay Kumar & Dr P Venugopal spoke about Dr Jayseelan Mathias, Dr Janak Desai
spoke about Dr Atul Thakre. Members stood up in silence for one minute to pay homage to the
departed souls.
3.Approval of Agenda:
RESOLVED to approve the Agneda that was circulated.
AGM-03/2010
4.Confirmation of Minutes of the Annual Genaral Body Meeting held on 24-Jan-2009 at
Hotel Sayaji, Indore:
AGM-04/2010
RESOLVED to confirm the Minutes of the AGM held on 24-Jan-2009 at Indore. Proposed by Dr
Makarand Khochikar and seconded by Dr SV Kotwal.
5.Matters arising from the Minutes:
AGM-05/2010
Dr RB Sabnis suggested video-recording of the proceedings of the AGM which many members
resented. Dr Deepak Dubey suggested that the Draft Minutes should be circulated well in
advance. Dr JG Lalmalani pointed out that he was abused by Dr PP Rao by using the word
“Monster” and this has not been recorded in the Minutes, to which the Immediate Past President
confirmed that this was “expunged” from the Minutes by the AGM. Dr Hari Bhai L Patel pointed
out that he had conveyed his resentment about the withdrawal of the suspension of Dr JG
Lalmalani in his letter dated 25.03.2010 addressed to the President-USI.
6.Honorary Secretary's Report:
AGM-06/2010
The Honorary Secretary's report was published in the USI Newsletter Jan-2010 Issue and the
excerpts were also read out at the Inaugural Function of the USICON-2010.
RESOLVED to accept the Report with appreciation.
7.Honorary Treasurer's Report:
AGM-07/2010
Dr Madhu Agrawal, Honorary Treasurer-USI, presented the Statement of Accounts & Balance
Sheet for the FY 2009-2010 and the Budget for the FY 2010-2011.
RESOLVED to accept the Report with appreciation and approve the Budget for the FY 20102011.
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Urological Society of India held on 06-Feb-2010 at 1700 at
Hotel Jaypee Palace, Agra.
8.Approval of New Members:
AGM-08/2010
RESOLVED to approve the following new members:
Associate Members: 96.
Conversion of Associate Membership status to Full Membership status: 20.
Full Members (New): 30.
Associate Members:
1 DR ARVIND SARAN KOTHIWAL
2 DR RAM KISHAN PORWAL
3 DR SATYENDRA OM BHOLA
4 DR MANOJ KUMAR AGARWAL
5 DR KRISHNA KUMAR SAHU
6 DR VISHWA NATH GUPTA
7 DR PARMANAN DSINGH
8 DR MANOJ YADAV
9 DR VIKASH SIWACH
10 DR RAJESHWAR SINGH
11 DR AVINASH KUMAR SINGH
12 DR BRIJ MOHAN LOYA
13 DR ABHINAV SHARMA
14 DR VIJAY KUMAR AGARWAL
15 DR SHAILENDRA KUMAR AGARWAL
16 DR LAXMI NARAYAN ARORA
17 DR SRIRAM SAMBARAJU
18 DR MIR REZA KAMAL
19 DR RAJ KUMAR MATHUR
20 DR GOKULAKRISHNAN PJ
21 DR SRINIVAS
22 DR ISHWAR RAM
23 DR D PAUL VINCENT
24 DR ASHISH KUMAR SHARMA
25 DR CHANDRA MOHAN GODALA
26 DR NAVEEN KUMAR POOLA
27 DR RAVI KOTIREDDY K
28 DR AVINASH BABU RAO BADNE
29 DR PIYUSH UMESH CHAND VARSHNEY
30 DR ANUP KUMAR JAIN
31 DR AVINASH TS
32DR DAYAL PARTAP SINGH
33 DR AMIT TULI
34 DR ARUN JACOB PHILIP GEORGE
35 DR SHAFIQ AHMED
36 DR SATISH KUMAR GUPTA
37 DR RAJINDER KUMAR NAGAR
38 DR MAHENDR SINGH PUNIA
39 DR RAGHAVAN DEEPAK
40 DR SANJEEV SINGHAL
41 DR PUSHKAR SHYAM CHOWDHURY
42 DR RAHUL KUMAR
43 DR SUDHEER RATHI
44 DR PEEYUSH VERMA
45 DR DAYANAND GS
46 DR DILIP KUMAR MISHRA
47 DR PRAMOD KUMAR SHARMA
48 DR AMIT GOEL
49 DR KAUSHIK SARKAR
50 DR RAJEEV NAYAN
51 DR VIJAY PRATAP SINGH
52 DR SHARANA
BASAVESHBASAVARAJ ALUR
53 DR PRIYESH ABOOBACKER
54 DR ABY MADAN
55 DR ABHAY ANAND
56 DR KAMLESH KUMAR GORDHAN
LAL SHAH
57 DR PANKAJ DHIRAJLAL
DHOLARIA
58 DR GAUTAM RAM CHOUDHARY
59 DR PAWAN MITTAL
60 DR NEERAJ ARORA
61 DR SRIKANTH BOORLA
62 DR TARIQUE NASEEM
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DR SHABBIR HUSAIN RAJA
DR NITESH JAIN
DR KALPESH KANTILAL KAPADIA
DR DHEERAJ RAJ
DR SREENIVASAIAH
CHANDRASHEKAR
DR NISHITH VINODBHAI NAIK
DR KAMAL SHARMA
DR SHARATH S.
DR BOYINA JAYA SAI SEKHAR
DR MANIKANDAN M
DR ANUP GULATI
DR MANOJ KUMAR SUNAR
DR TEJASVI KAMRA
DR LOKESH DINESH PRASADSINHA
DR AMIT HIMMAT PATEL
DR JITENDRA VIJAYSINGRAO
JAGTAP
DR SWAIKER MADHUJA SURESH
DR DEBANSU SARKAR
DR SHANTANU GORE
DR SUVAJIT PRADHAN
DR PRADEEP CHAMPAWAT
DR AHMED KAMAAL
DR SANJAY KUMAR PANDEY
DR SURESH BABU MAHADEVAPPA
KAGALKAR
DR SAURAB HVASHISHTHA
DR CHANDRA PRAKASH GARG
DR DEEPAK JANARDHANAN
DR DATSON GEORGE P
DR VIJAYA KUMAR R
DR KUNJAPPAN PROMODU
DR YUSUF ALI SAIFEE
DR AJAY PRAKASH
DR SHWETANK PRAKASH
DR ANANT DALAL
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Full Members converted from
Associate Member Status:
1 DR SACHIT SHARMA
2 DR RAMGOPAL CHANDRAMULI
SASTRYSARABU
3 DR DEEPAK DUBEY
4 DR SHASHIKANT MISHRA
5 DR MURUGANANDHAM K
6 DR SANEEP GUPTA
7 DR HIMANSHU RAMESHBHAI
SHAH
8 DR VINAY PATIL
9 DR ARABIND PANDA
10 DR MANU GUPTA
11 DR AHSAN AHMAD
12 DR C GAUTHAMAN
13 DR VENKATA RAMANA MURTHY
KUSUMA
14 DR RISHI NAYYAR
15 DR COL A S SANDHU
16 DR SASANKA KUMAR
BARUA
17 DR RAJESH GULIA
18 DR JOJU VARGHESE
AKKARA
19 DR MAHAVIR SUBHASH
DESHMANE
20 DR V CHANDRA MOHAN
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Urological Society of India held on 06-Feb-2010 at 1700 at
Hotel Jaypee Palace, Agra.
New Full Members:
1 DR NARAYANA MOORTHY
NAGARAJAN
2 DR PUNDLIK GOPINATH RAO
PANCHAL
3 DR JAYAMURUGAN
BALASUBRAMANIAN
4 DR RAJESH KUMAR
SACHAR
5 DR VISHAL GOYAL
6 DR SANDEEP SHARMA
7 DR MUHAMMAD FAROOQVP
8 DR FANINDRA SINGH
SOLANKI
9 DR MOHAMMAD ISMAIL
ATTAR
10 DR RAVINDRA KASHIRAO
DESHMUKH
11 DR MRIGANK
SHEKHARJHA
12 DR PIYUSH PUSH KARLAL
SINGHANIA
13 DR MG SHEKAR
14 DR VINEET NAJA
15 DR NARENDRA HARIBHAU
WANKHADE
16 DR ASHISH RAMSWARUP
PARDESHI
17 DR KANNAN RAJASEKARAN NAIR
18 DR MANU MK
19 DR VINOD KHANNA RK
20 DR VEDAMURTHY REDDY
POGULA
21 DR PRASHANTH M
KULKARNI
22 DR SIVANANDAM SE
23 DR ANIL KANTILAL
TAKVANI
24 DR SHYAM RAMKARAN
VARMA
25 DR YASH AGARWAL
26 DR SHYAM SUNDAR ASANDAS
SONAIYA
27 DR RAJKUMAR RAMAKRISHNAN
28 DR PRASANT NAYAK
29 DR SABBANI KRISHNA
MURTHY
30 WG (CDR) DR ANIL KUMAR
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Hotel Jaypee Palace, Agra.
9.Report on the 44th Annual Conference of the Urological Society of India (USICON-2011)
to be held at Kolkata:
AGM-09/2010
Dr Shivaji Basu (Organizing Secretary) & Dr Amit Ghose (Co-Organizing Secretary) presented a
report of the arrangements being made for the USICON-2011 to be held at the Science City,
Kolkata, on 21-25 Jan-2010.
10. Venue for USICON-2012 & USICON-2013:
AGM-10/2010
USICON-2012:
Dr Keshavamurthy presented details of the proposed arrangements for the USICON-2012.
Venue: Bangalore International Exhibition Center, Tumkur Road, Bangaleru.
Dates: 05-08 January-2012.
Chairman, Organizing Committee: Dr R Shivashankar.
Secretary, Organizing Committee: Dr D Ramesh.
Treasurer, Organizing Committee: Dr R Keshavamurthy.
USICON-2013:
Dr Shirish Yandhe presented details of the proposed arrangements for the USICON-2013. The
venue will be the International Convention Center of the Marriott Hotel at Pune and the dates are
yet to be finalized.
USICON-2014:
The Honorary Secretary reported that Invitations from Chandigarh, New Delhi and Amritsar had
been received for the USICON-2014. It was suggested that the North Zone Chapter of the USI
should discuss this at their Council Meeting and AGM and a consensus choice to be reported to
the next AGM at USICON-2011.
11.Election of Office Bearer for 2010-2011:
AGM-11/2010
The Presidident Elect (Dr SV Kotwal) who was the Election Officer conducted the Elections for
the various Posts on 06-Feb-2010 and the following Members were declared elected:
President Elect: PB Singh (Varanasi).
GC Member (North Zone): Aneesh Srivastava (Lucknow).
GC Member (East Zone): Anoop Kumar Kundu (Kolkata).
GC Member (West Zone): RB Sabnis (Nadiad).
12.Subject for Dr Seetharaman Memorial Essay Competition-2010:
AGM-12/2010
“The ideal test to prove upper tract obstruction still eludes us” was unianimously approved by the
AGM as the title for the Dr Seetharaman Memorial Essay Competition for 2010.
13.Subject for Symposium for USICON-2012:
AGM-13/2010
“Redefining the role of clinical practice guidelines for Indian Urologists” was unanimously
approved for the Symposium for USICON-2012 and Dr Vishambar Nath (Hyderabad) was
selected as the Convenor for the Symposium.
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Hotel Jaypee Palace, Agra.
14.Annual Conferences of the Zonal Chapters for 2010:
AGM-14/2010
The Honorary Secretary reported the dates and venue of the various Zonal Conferences for
2010.
SZ-USICON-2010
Dates:
06-08 August-2010.
Venue:
Lulu International Convention Center, Thrissur, Kerala.
Organizing Secretary: Dr Darwin D Therattil, Royal Gardens, Poonkunnam, Thrissur-680002,
Email:
darwintherattil@gmail.com & szusicon2010@gmail.com
Web site:
www.szusicon2010.com
EZ-USICON-2010
Dates:
09-10 September-2010.
Venue:
Pattaya, Thailand.
Organizing Secretary: Dr Shekharjit Singh, Imphal.
EZ-USI Secretary:
Dr Rajeev TP,
Department of Urology,
Government Medical College & Hospital,
Guwahati, Assam.
Cell Number:
+91 9864064374.
Email:
rajeevtp@hotmail.com
WZ-USICON-2010
Dates:
28-31 Oct-2010.
Venue:
Treat Resort Silvassa, Silvassa, Gujarat.
Organizing Secretary: Dr Sumeet Mhaskar.
Address:
Dr Mhaskar General Hospital,
2nd Floor, Avi Arcade, Halar Road, Valsad-396001, Gujarat.
Cell Number:
+91 9825132472.
Landline Number:
+91 2632 245045 / 245046 / 245047.
Fax Number:
+91 2632 242041.
Email:
sumeetmhaskar@gmail.com
NZ-USICON-2010
Dates:
12-14 November-2010.
Venue:
Epicenter Apparel House, Sector-44, Gurgaon, Haryana.
Organizing Secretary; Dr SP Yadav,
Address:
Pushpanjali Hospital, Civil Lines, Gurgaon, Haryana.
Landline Number:
+91 124 477000 / 320050 / 2323052 / 2327053.
Fax Number:
+91 124 2328054.
Email:
drspyadavgurgaon@rediffmail.com & pushpanjalihospital@rediffmail.com
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Hotel Jaypee Palace, Agra.
15.CUE Programs, Workshops & MOCK Examinations for 2010:
AGM-15/2010
Dr Umesh Oza, Convenor-Education Cell, listed the following educational programs being
organized under the aegis of the USI:
PERCON-2010
4th International Workshop on Basic & Advanced Techniques of PCNL.
Dates:
02-03 April-2010.
Venue:
Hotel Crown Plaza, New Friends Colony, New Delhi.
Organizing Secretary: Dr SK Pal,
Lions Kidney Hospital and Urological Research Institute,
Opposite "B" Block, New Friends Colony, New Delhi-110065.
Cell Number:
+91 9810785376.
Email:
drskpal2004@yahoo.co.in
Web Site:
www.percon2010.com
MOCK EXAMINATION:
Dates:
22-24 March-2010
Venue:
Department of Urology, AIIMS, New Delhi.
Organizing Chairman: Dr NP Gupta,
Professor & Head, Department of Urology,
AIIMS, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi-110029.
Cell Number:
+91 9810703367.
Email:
narmadagupta@gmail..com
MOCK EXAMINATION:
Dates:
09-10 October-2010.
Venue:
Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Puttaparthi.
Contact Persons:
Dr Dilip Patel.
Cell: +91 9701754792
Email:ssbdpp@gmail.com
Dr Prashant Kulkarni.
Cell: +91 9440101306
Email: uro_prashant@yahoo.com
Contact Address:
Department of Urology,
Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences,
Prashanthigram, Beedupailli PO,
Anantpur District. AP. PIN-515134.
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USI-AUA ANNUAL REVIEW COURSE & CUE:
Dates:
29-July-2010 to 01-August-2010.
Venue:
Department of Urology, MS Ramiah Medical College, Bangaleru.
Contact Persons:
Dr HK Nagaraj.
Cell: +91 9341223797
Email: hknreddy@gmail.com
16.Report of USI Cells (PDAP, Services Cell, Legal Cell, Research Cell & Education Cell):
AGM-16/2010
The President-USI briefly mentioned the report of the various cells. Members commended the
performance of the Education Cell in organizing the various academic and education programs
of the USI. The President also suggested that a Board of Education will also be constituted to
oversee and conduct the educational activities of the USI.
17.Report of the Ethics Committee:
AGM-17/2010
The President-USI reported that the Governing Council had reconstituted the Ethics Committee
on a 2-year term till the USICON-2012:
a)Dr C Chinnaswami (Chennai): Chairman.
b)Dr Ranganadha Rao (Hyderabad): Member.
c)Dr SN Panda (Cuttuck): Member.
d)Dr SK Sharma (Chandigarh): Member.
18.Matters pertaining to the IJU:
AGM-18/2010
The president-USI reported that the following decision were made and recommended to the
AGM for ratification:
a)Dr MR Desai (Nadiad) had completed his tenure as Chairman of the Editorial Committee of the
IJU and during his term the IJU had made tremendous improvements in its publication and
content. His contribution and services were appreciated and commended.
b)Dr Ganesh Gopalkrishnan (Coimbatore) was elected Chairman of the Editorial Committee of
the IJU on a three-year term till the AGM of USICON-2013.
c)Dr Nitin Kekre, Editor-IJU, had completed his three-year term and the Governing Council had
elected him for a further three-year term till the AGM of USICON-2013. During his term the IJU
had made tremendous improvements in its publication and content. His contribution and
services were appreciated and commended.
d)The services of the outgoing members of the Editorial Committee of the IJU were also
appreciated. Since there were no applicants for nomination as members of the Editorial
Committee, the Governing Council had authorized the Chairman of the Editorial Committee
and the Editor-IJU to co-opt Members for the Editorial Committee on a 3-year term.
e)The Governing Council had decided that the Honorary Treasurer of the USI would continue as
the Treasurer of the IJU and all accounting of the IJU will be part of the Balance Sheet and
Statement of Accounts of the IJU.
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19.Awards for 2010-2011:
AGM-19/2010
The Honorary Secretary-USI reported the recommendations of the Nomination Committee for
the followings Awards and Prizes and they have been endorsed by the Governing Council.
a. Urology Gold Medal 2011: Ganesh Gopalakrishnan (Coimbatore).
b. President's Gold Medal 2011: Sanjay Kulkarni (Pune).
c. Himadri Sarkar Oration 2011: Ganesh Gopalakrishnan (Coimbatore).
d. Pinnamaneni Venkateswara Rao Gold Medal and Oration 2011: RB Nerli (Belgaum).
e. USI Teacher Travel Fellowship 2010: Joseph Thomas (KMC Manipal).
f. USI Member Travel Fellowship 2010: Uttam Kumar Mete (PGIMER Chandigarh).
g. Dr Sitaraman Memorial Essay Competition 2009: Gajanan S Bhat (INU Bangaleru).
20. MoUs with AUA & EAU:
AGM-20/2010
The President-USI reported that the President of USI and the President-AUA had executed a
MoU to bridge and foster relationship for educational activities. The AUA would support the AUA
Resident Scholars, AUA Lecture at the USICON, USI-AUA Annual Review Course and the AUA
International Visiting Scholars. A MoU was also executed with the EAU to bridge and foster
relationship for educational activities. The EAU would support the USI International travel
Feloowships for the EUREP at Prague every year, the EAU-USI Joint Session at the EAU
Congress every year and the EAU lecture at the USICON. The EAU would provide subsidized
Bulk Membership of the EAU for USI Members. RESOLVED to endorse the MoU executed
between the USI and the AUA & EAU to foster educational activities and bridge relationships
between the USI and the AUA & EAU.
21.International Travel Fellowships-2010 for PGs:
AGM-21/2010
Dr Umesh Oza, Convenor-Education Cell, reported that the following International Travel
Fellowshops have been made available for the Final Year DNB & MCh Post-Graduate
Residents. The selection process was based on their CV, an MCQ test and an Interview held
during the USICON-2010 at Agra.
a)USI-AUA Resident Scholar Program for AUA-2010 at San Francisco (4 Nos).
b)BAUS-2010 at Manchester (10 Nos).
c)USI-EAU Resident Scholar Program for EUREP-2010 at Prague (7 Nos).
d)USI-UAA Travel Fellowship to ASU Singapore (2 Nos).
e)USI-UAA Travel Fellowship for the Urological Society of Australia & New Zealand (USANZ)
Trainee week at Perth (1 Nos).
22.Recommendations of the Constitution Review Committee:
AGM-22/2010
The President-USI reported that the Constitution Review Committee had put in a lot of efforts
and held many meetings before it submitted the draft document of the revised constitution to the
Governing Council. The Governing Council delibrated on this document and suggested few
amendments. The Draft Document was circulated to all the USI Members through the USI
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Newsletter three months prior to the AGM. Feedback was received from 5 members. The
President-USI thanked Dr P Venugopal (Chairman & Convenor, Constitution Review
Committee) for all the efforts to bring out this document. Members suggested that the whole
Constitution does not have to be re-written and it only needs to be amended where ever required.
23.Letters from Members of the USI:
AGM-23/2010
The President-USI read out the letters received from the various members pertaining to the
following issues:
a. Selection of Dr JG Lalmalani as Co-Convenor of the Education Cell.
b. Activities of the SIU-INS.
a.The President-USI explained that at the GCM held on 04-April-2009 at New Delhi, Dr JG
Lalamalni offered to help as Co-Convenor of the Education and he was unanimously elected
by the Council to serve as Co-Convenor
b. Many members expressed their resentment that the educational activities of the SIU-INS were
perceived to be running as a parallel organization and this was causing logistic problems for
the Organizers of the USI Meetings (Both National and Zonal). After a detailed discussion, it
was, RESOLVED that the AGM is of the considered opinion that the SIU-INS constitutes an
independent organization, the USI recognizes only the National Delegate and the Deputy
National Delegate as representatives of the SIU members from India. The USI has appealed
to the SIU-INS not to run as a parallel organization by conducting scientific programs and be
detrimental to the interests of the USI. It was further, RESOLVED that the scientific meeting of
the SIU-INS will not be included as part of the Scientific Program of the USICON-2011 at
Kolkata.
c. Dr Deepak Dubey, Dr PP Rao, Dr Anil Brado, Dr Anant Kumar, Dr JG Lalmalani, Dr Mihir Desai
& Dr RB Sabnis participated in the discussion.
24.Settlement of Outstanding Bills of Lawyers:
AGM-24/2010
The Honorary Treasurer, USI, presented the break-up and details of the various payments made
to all the six Lawyers engaged for the court case “USI versus JG Lalmalani” for the period
01.04.2008 to 04.02.2009.
24.04.2008
08.08.2008
17.12.2008
21.01.2009
21.01.2009
21.01.2009
21.01.2009
Nankani & Associates
Shreeji & Lal
PK Samdhani
Sanjay Jain
PK Samdhani
Nankani & Associates
Shreeji & Lal
TOTAL
24750.00
10000.00
150000.00
45000.00
45000.00
97500.00
32000.00
404250.00
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The details of the pendings bills for the Lawyers are listed below:
26.11.2008
23.01.2009
23.01.2009
30.01.2009
30.01.2009
Birendra Saraf
Shreeji & Lal
Ishwar Nankani
Dinyar Madan
Birendra Saraf
TOTAL
60000.00
19000.00
37500.00
132000.00
15000.00
263500.00
Many members were amazed and concerned about the exhorbitant and escalated Lawyers
Fees amounting to Rs 6.68 Lakhs. A detailed discussion followed where concern was expressed
why a total of six different lawyers were engaged by the previous President and Previous
Secretary of the USI for the Case “USI versus JG Lalmalani”. There was no contract or
agreement executed between the USI and the Lawyers about the payments to be made. The
lawyer's fees were not discussed at the earlier Governing Council Meetings and the AGM. The
President reported that he along with Dr Jagdish Kulkarni and Dr SW Thatte, had met Mr Ishwar
Nankani at Mumbai on 29-Sep-2009, and requested him about reducing the outstanding bills.
However, Mr Nankani insisted that the outstanding bills must be cleared by the USI. The GCM at
its meeting held on 02-Feb-2010 delibrated at length and voted for full payment and final
settlement of the outstanding bills of the lawyers after ratification by the AGM.
After a detailed and lengthy discussion, it was RESOLVED to endorse the recommendation of
the GCM for the full and final settlement of the outstanding bills of the laywers.
25. Vote of Thanks:
AGM-25/2010
The AGM was adjourned after the President-USI delivered the vote of thanks. The President
thanked all the members for their participation, support and encouragement.
Dr Ganesh Gopalakrishnan,
President-USI.
Dr Kim Mammen,
Secretary-USI.
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1 Title :
1 Title :
The name shall be “The
Urological Society of
India” hereafter referred
to as “The Society”
The name shall be “The
Urological Society of
India” hereafter referred
to as “The Society”
2 Registered Office:
2 Registered Office:
2 Registered Office:
The Office of the Society
shall be determined
from time to time by the
Council of the Society.
The Office of the Society
shall be determined
from time to time by the
Council of the Society.
The Office of the Society shall
be as determined from time to
time by the Council of the
Society, with the provision to
establish a ‘permanent’ office
eventually.
3 Objects:
3 Objects:
a ) To p r o m o t e h i g h
standard in the practice
of Urology.
b) To associate together in
one corporate body all
scientific personnel
actively interested in the
practice of Urology in
India.
c) To foster high and
uniform standards of
undergraduate and
postgraduate training in
Urology in India
d) To promote research in
Urology or other
disciplines for improving
the practice of Urology.
a ) To p r o m o t e h i g h
standard in the practice
of Urology.
b) To associate together in
one corporate body all
scientific personnel
actively interested in the
practice of Urology in
India.
c) To foster high and
uniform standards of
undergraduate and
postgraduate training in
Urology in India
d) To promote research in
Urology or other
disciplines for improving
the practice of Urology.
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3 Objects:
3 Objects:
e) To promote, establish or
support any institution,
scientific association or
research organization
which is directed
towards raising the
standards of Urological
practice or teaching or
research in Urology in
India.
f ) To p r o m o t e t h e
publication of scientific
literature pertaining to
Urological practice or
research.
g)To endeavor to establish
and maintain liaison
with other associations
or organized bodies, in
India or abroad, whose
objects are in keeping
with those of the
Society.
h) To carry out any other
activities which are
identical or conductive
to the furtherance of the
objects of the Society.
e) To promote, establish or
support any institution,
scientific association or
research organization
which is directed
towards raising the
standards of Urological
practice or teaching or
research in Urology in
India.
f ) To p r o m o t e t h e
publication of scientific
literature pertaining to
Urological practice or
research.
g)To endeavor to establish
and maintain liaison
with other associations
or organized bodies, in
India or abroad, whose
objects are in keeping
with those of the
Society.
h) To carry out any other
activities which are
identical or conductive
to the furtherance of the
objects of the Society.
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4 Membership:
Members shall be
registered medical
practitioners(Allopathy)
and be either practicing
Urology or other branches
of medicine related to
Urology. There shall be
following classes of
members:
A) Full Members:
i)Surgeons holding
recognized postgraduate
qualifications in Urology
(e.g.) M.Ch. Urology, DNB
Urology or foreign
qualifications in Urology
(equivalent to M.Ch. or
DNB) and who are
practicing Urological
specialty in India, at the
time of their election, are
eligible to become full
members.
ii) Those qualified
Surgeons who do not have
a postgraduate degree in
Urology but are engaged
exclusively in the
practice/teaching of
Urology in India are
eligible to become full
member after having been
an associate member of
the society for a minimum
period of three years.
Already ‘Amended’
Constitution
4 Membership:
Members shall be registered
medical practitioners
(Allopathy) and be either
practicing Urology or other
branches of Medicines
related to Urology. There
shall be following classes of
members:
A) Full Members:
Surgeons holding
recognized postgraduate
qualifications in Urologye.
g. MCh (Urology), DNB
(Genito-Urinary Surgery); or
foreign qualifications in
Urology equivalent to MCh
or DNB recognized by MCI,
and who are practicing
Urological specialty in India,
at the time of their election,
are eligible to become full
members.
deleted
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4 Membership:
4 Membership:
iii) Their age at the time of deleted
election should be below
65 years.
B Associate Members
B Associate Members
B Associate Members
i) Qualified Surgeons in
India interested in Urology
and devoting part of their
time, in practice/teaching
of Urology, are eligible to
be associate members.
i) Qualified Surgeons in
India interested in Urology
and devoting part of their
time, in practice/teaching
of Urology, are eligible to be
associate members.
i) Qualified Surgeons of India,
interested in Urology and
devoting a part of their time in
either practice of or teaching
in Urology, are eligible for
associate membership.
ii) Consultants of other
disciplines of Medicine
related to Urology and
practicing in India.
ii) Consultants of other
disciplines of Medicine
related to Urology and
practicing in India.
ii) Consultants of other
disciplines of Medicine
practicing in India, having
post graduate qualification,
and professionally related to
Urology are eligible.
iii) A graduate of modern
medicine who does not
possess a post-graduate
degree in surgery is eligible
to become an associate
member, if he has achieved
a consultant status and is
interested in Urology.
iii) A graduate of modern
medicine who does not To be deleted
possess a post-graduate
degree in surgery is eligible
to become an associate
member, if he has achieved
a consultant status and is
interested in Urology.
iii)Post-graduate students who
are admitted to MCh (Urology)
or to DNB (Genitourinary
surgery) are eligible for
Associate membership. After
having the degree awarded,
they will be eligible for full
membership.
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C Affiliated Members
Affiliated members shall
be surgeons practicing
Urology in foreign
countries.
C Affiliated Members
C. International Members
Affiliated members shall Qualified Urologists residing
be surgeons practicing and practicing in a foreign
U r o l o g y i n f o r e i g n country are eligible.
countries.
D Life Members
Life member of the Society
is a person who pays his
subscription for life time as
prescribed by the Society.
He may belong to the
category of Full member,
Associate member or
Affiliate member. His rights
will be the same as the
rights of the category to
which he has been elected
by the Council.viz. Full
m e m b e r, A s s o c i a t e
m e m b e r, A ff i l i a t e d
member . At the later date,
if the category of his
membership is changed
by the Council, he does
not have to pay any
additional fees for the
change.
D Life Members
Life member of the Society
is a personwho pays his
subscription for life time as
prescribed by the Society.
He may belong to the
category of full member,
Associate member or
Affiliated member. His
rights will be the same as
the rights of thecategory to
which he has been elected
by the Council viz, Full
m e m b e r, A s s o c i a t e
member, Affiliated member
or Senior member. At the
later date, if the category of
his membership is
changed by the Council,
he does not have to pay
any additional fees for the
change.
E Senior members
deleted
A member who has
attained the age of 65
years shall automatically deleted
become a senior member.
This rule applies to life
members also.
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Life Member of the Society is
a person who pays his/her
subscription fees for life; fee
structure shall be devised by
the Society. He/she may
belong to the category of Full
member,Associate member,
or International member.
His/her rights will be the same
as those of the category in
which he/she was elected by
the Council. On a later date, if
the category of his/her
membership is changed by
the Council, he/she does not
have to pay any additional
feestowards the change.
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F Honorary Members
Honorary members shall
be Urological Surgeons of
good standing in foreign
countries who have shown
an interest in Urological
Society of India. Their
contribution to Urology in
India should be of
exceptional merit.
E. Honorary Members
Honorary members shall
be Urological Surgeons of
good standing in foreign
countries who have
shown an interest in
Urological Society of
India. Their contribution to
Urology in India should be
of exceptional merit.
The number of such
members at any given
time shall not exceed
fifteen.
The number of such
members at any given
time shall not exceed
fifteen.
The rules for membership
shall not be applicable in
retrospect to existing Full
and Associate members
except for those members
who have attained the age
of sixty five on or after the
date of approval of these
rules when such members
shall automatically
become senior member.
F. T h e r u l e s f o r
membership shall not be
applicable in retrospect to
existing Fulland Associate
members except for those
members who have
attained the age of sixty
five on or after the date of
approval of these rules
when such members shall
automatically become
senior member.
5 Mode of Election:
5 Mode of Election:
a) Full members:
Nominees shall be
sponsored by two Full
members of the Society
and elected by the
Council.
a) Full members:
Nominees shall be
sponsored by two Full
members of the Society
and elected by the
Council.
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5 Mode of Election:
5 Mode of Election:
b) Associate members:
Nominees shall be
sponsored by two Full
members and elected by
the Council.
c) Affiliate members:
Nominees shall be
sponsored by two Full
members and elected by
the Council.
d) Honorary members:
Nominees shall be
sponsored by two
members and elected by
the Council.
b) Associate members:
Nominees shall be
sponsored by two Full
members and elected by
the Council.
c) Affiliate members:
c) International members:
Nominees shall be Nominees shall be
sponsored by two Full sponsored by two Full
members and elected by members of USI and
the Council.
elected by the Council.
d) Honorary members:
Nominees shall be
sponsored by two
members and elected by
the Council.
6 Rights of Members:
a) Only Full members shall
be eligible to vote at any
Annual or Special general
meeting, except for the
purpose of election of
Associate member
representative of the
Council, when both Full
and Associate members
shall be eligible to vote.
6 Rights of Members:
a) Only Full members shall
be eligible to vote at any
Annual or Special General
meeting,
b) Both full and associate deleted
members elected to the
council shall be eligible to
vote at council meetings.
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6 Rights of Members:
c) If any office bearer is deleted
elected as senior member
during his term of office,
this will not invalidate his
continuing to occupy the
office till due to retire from
the same.
d) All classes of members
shall have right to attend
any Scientific or general
meeting of the Society.
They shall not have right
to vote except as specified
in rules 6 (a) and (b)
above.
b) All classes of members
shall have right o attend
any Scientific or general
meeting of the Society.
7 Cessation of Membership:
a) Any member may resign
from his membership at
any time by serving a
notice in writing to the
Honorary Secretary. Such
resignation shall not
relieve the member from
the responsibility to pay
any dues to the Society
prior to ceasing to be a
member.
7 Cessation of Membership:
a) Any member may resign
from his membership at
any time by serving a
notice in writing to the
Honorary Secretary. Such
resignation shall not
relieve the member from
the responsibility to pay
any dues to the Society
prior to ceasing to be a
member.
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7 Cessation of Membership:
b) Any member whose
subscription is in arrears
for the first six months of
the financial year and who
has been duly notified in
writing by the Honorary
Treasurer or Secretary
shall forfeit his
membership. Such
member may be
considered for re-election
upon a formal application
to the Council after all the
dues have been paid. The
discretion of the Council
shall be final in case of
such re-election.
7 Cessation of Membership:
b) Any member whose
subscription is in arrears
for the first six months of
the financial year and who
has been duly notified in
writing by the Honorary
Treasurer or Secretary
shall forfeit his
membership. Such
member may be
considered for re-election
upon a formal application
to the Council after all the
dues have been paid. The
discretion of the Council
shall be final in case of
such re-election.
c) The Council shall have
right to terminate the
membership or alter the
class of any individual
member, even after the
election, if it is
subsequently found that
material facts supplied in
the application were
incorrect.
c) The Council shall have
the right to terminate the
membership or alter the
class of any individual
member, even after the
election, if it is
subsequently found that
material facts supplied in
the application were
incorrect.
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7 Cessation of Membership:
d) The Council shall have
the powers to terminate
the membership of any
member who has been
found guilty of
unprofessional behavior
or of working against the
interest of the Society,
provided that member
concerned is offered full
opportunity to present his
case to the Council, and
provided that in case of
t e r m i n a t i o n o f
membership, the later is
confirmed at the Annual
General Meeting by twothird majority of members
present and voting.
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7 Cessation of Membership:
d) The Council shall have
the powers to terminate
the membership of any
member who has been
found guilty of
unprofessional behavior
or of working against the
interest of the Society,
provided that member
concerned is offered full
opportunity to present his
case to the Council, and
provided that in case of
t e r m i n a t i o n o f
membership, the later is
confirmed at the Annual
General Meeting by twothird majority of members
present and voting.
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e) The Council shall have the
power to suspend a member
till the next Annual General
Body Meeting, if the member
has been found guilty of
unprofessional behavior or of
working against the interest of
the Society; The
decision of the Council shall
be effective only after that
member has been offered full
opportunity to present his/her
case in front of the Council.
During this interval,all rights
of the member shall remain
suspended.
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f) If a member files a court
case against the Society or
against its Office bearers,
his/her membership will be
suspended till the final
mandate of the court, or the
Annual General Body
meeting, whichever is earlier.
The fate of his suspended
membership shall be decided
in the Annual General Body
Meeting.
8 Subscription
8 Subscription
8 Subscription
The Life membership
subscription shall be
Rs. 4000/- (only once)
Affiliated members
Non SAARC: US$ 1000
SAARC : US$ 150
Hon. Members : Nil
Life Membership:
Full & Associate Members:
Rs. 5000/- (only once)
Affiliated members
Non SAARC: US$ 1000
SAARC : US$ 150
Hon. Members : Nil
Life Membership:
Full & Associate Members:
The one-time Life
Membership Subscription
shall be: Rs. 10,000/International members (they
would receive the online
subscription of IJU only; to
receive hard copy of IJU,
they will have to pay
additional subscription fees
as decided by the editor.):
Non SAARC countries - US$
500
SAARC and OCI (Overseas
Citizens of India) - US$ 250
Hon. Members : Nil
All subscriptions shall be
due on election.
All subscriptions shall be
due on election.
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9 Financial year
9 Financial year
The financial year of the
Society shall be 1st April
to 31st March. The first
account of the Society
shall be closed on 30th
June, 1982. The financial
year shall close on 31st
march every year.
The financial year of the
Society shall be 1st April
to 31st March. The
financial year shall close
on 31st March every year.
10 Bank Account
The Bank Account shall
be operated by the
H o n . Tr e a s u r e r. A l l
cheques shall be signed
by two Officers of the
Society of whom one shall
be the Hon.Treasurer and
the other either the
Honorary Secretary or
any other officer
nominated for the year by
the Council.
10 Bank Account
The bank account shall be
operated by the Honorary
Treasurer. All cheques
shall be signed by two
Officers of the Society of
whom one shall be the
Honorary Treasurer and
the other either the
Honorary Secretary or
any other officer
nominated for the year by
the Council.
11 Officers of the Society
a) Officers of the Society
shall be the President,
President-elect, Honorary
Secretary and Honorary
treasurer.
b) No member of the
Society will be eligible for
11 Officers of the Society
a) Officers of the Society
shall be the President,
President-elect, Honorary
Secretary and Honorary
Treasurer.
b) No member of the
Society will be eligible for
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11 Officers of the Society
11 Officers of the Society
election to the office of election to the office of
President, Presidentelect, President, PresidentHonorary Secretary or elect, Honorary Secretary
Treasurer, unless he has or Treasurer, unless he
completed in the past one has completed in the past
full term as a member of one full term as a member
of the Council.
the Council.
c) The officers shall be c) The officers shall be
elected at the Annual elected at the Annual
General Meeting from a General Meeting from a
list of suggested list of suggested
nominations submitted to nominations submitted to
the Council.
the Council.
d) Officers:
d) Officers:
i) President: The i) President: The
President–Elect for the President-elect for the
given year will given year will
automatically become the automatically become the
President for the next President for the next
year. He will hold the year. He will hold the office
Office for one year. An for one year. An election
election for the post of for the post of the
President will be held only President will be held only
if the President-Elect for if the President-elect for
the previous year does not the previous year does not
wish to or is not available wish to or is not available
to take over the office of to take over the office of
the President.
the President.
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d) Officers:
The President shall hold The President shall hold
Office from the day o ffi ce fro m th e d a y
following the termination following the termination
of Annual General of Annual General
meeting at which he is meeting at which he is
installed to the termination installed to the termination
of the next Annual of the next Annual
meeting.
meeting.
ii) President-Elect: The ii) President-Elect: The
President-Elect shall be President-Elect shall be
elected for one year. He elected for one year. He
will automatically become will automatically become
the President the the President the
f o l l o w i n g y e a r. T h e f o l l o w i n g y e a r. T h e
President-Elect shall hold President-elect shall hold
o ffi ce fro m th e d a y o ffi ce fro m th e d a y
following termination of following termination of
Annual general meeting at Annual General meeting
which he is elected to the at which he is elected to
termination of the next the termination of the next
annual meeting.
annual meeting.
iii) Honorary Secretary: iii) Honorary Secretary:
The Honorary Secretary The Honorary Secretary
will be elected for two will be elected for two
years. The Honorary years. The Honorary
Secretary shall hold Office Secretary shall hold Office
from the day following from the day following
termination of Annual termination of Annual
General meeting at which General meeting at which
he is elected to the he is elected to the
termination of the second termination of the second
annual meeting.
annual meeting.
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iv) Honorary Treasurer:
The Honorary Treasurer
will be elected for two
years. The Honorary
Treasurer shall hold the
Office from the day
following termination of
Annual General Body
meeting, at which he/she
is elected, to the day of
termination of the
subsequent second
Annual General Body
Meeting.
e) The President shall not e) The President shall not
be eligible for immediate be eligible for immediate
re-installation .The re-installation. The
P r e s i d e n t - E l e c t w i l l President- Elect will
automatically become automatically become
President at the end of President at the end of
one year.
one year.
f) The Honorary Secretary f) The Honorary Secretary
shall be eligible for shall be eligible for
immediate re-election for immediate re-election for
one more term of two one more term of two
years, i.e. up to a years, i.e. up to a
maximum of two maximum of two
consecutive terms. consecutive terms.
Thereafter he shall be Thereafter he shall be
eligible for reelection after eligible for reelection
lapse of two years.
after lapse of two years.
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12 Duties of the Officers
12 Duties of the Officers
a) The President shall
preside at the Annual
General meetings and at all
the meetings of the Council.
a) The President shall preside
at the Annual General
meetings and at all the
meetings of the Council.
b) The President-elect shall
perform all duties of the
President in the absence of
the later or at his request.
The President-Elect shall
have such other powers
and function as may be
assigned to by the Council.
b) The President-elect shall
perform all duties of the
President in the absence of
the later or at his request. The
President elect shall have
such other powers and
functions as may be assigned
by the Council.
c) The Honorary Secretary
shall look after the day-today affairs of the Society
under the direction of the
Council. He shall be
responsible for summoning
all meetings, preparing the
agendas and keeping
minutes of the proceedings.
He shall be in charge of all
files, documents, books
and other papers of the
Society. He shall be
responsible for formulating
the annual report to be
presented to the Council
and the Annual General
Meeting.
c) The Honorary Secretary
shall look after the day to day
affairs of the Society under
the direction of the Council.
He shall be responsible for
summoning all meetings,
preparing the agendas and
keeping minutes of the
proceedings. He shall be in
charge of all files, documents,
books and other papers of the
S o c i e t y. H e s h a l l b e
responsible of maintaining a
register ofmembers. He shall
be responsible for formulating
the annual report to be
presented to the Council and
the Annual General meeting.
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12 Duties of the Officers
12 Duties of the Officers
d) The Honorary Treasurer
shall be responsible for
receiving all subscriptions
and other dues from the
members, for paying all bills
and for preparing an audited
statement of accounts and
balance sheet annually to
the Council and the Annual
General Meeting. He shall
keep true and accurate
records of all financial
transactions of the Society.
On request from the
Honorary Secretary, he shall
pay authorized bills of the
Hon. Secretary. He shall be
responsible for notifying all
members regarding their
dues to the Society.
d) The Honorary Treasurer
shall be responsible for
receiving all subscriptions
and other dues from the
members, for paying all bills
and for preparing an audited
statement of accounts and
balance sheet annually to the
Council and the Annual
General meeting, He shall
keep true and accurate
records of all financial
transactions of the Society.
On request from the Honorary
Secretary, he shall pay
authorized bills of the
Secretary. He shall be
responsible for notifying all
members regarding their
dues to the Society.
13 Council
A. The Council of the Society
shall consist of following
elected and Ex-Officio
members:
Elected Members:
President, President-Elect,
H o n . S e c r e t a r y, H o n .
Tr e a s u r e r a n d z o n a l
Representatives as Council
members.
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A. The Council of the Society
shall consist of following
e l e c t e d a n d E x - O ff i c i o
members:
Elected Members: President,
President-Elect, Hon.
Secretary, Hon. Treasurer
and zonal Representatives as
Council members.
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13 Council
13 Counci
lb) Ex-Officio Members:
E x - O f f i c i o M e m b e r s : Immediate Past President,
Immediate Past President, Presidents of the four zonal
Presidents of the four zonal chapters.
chapters.
The Council will be elected B. The Council will be elected
on zonal basis as per on zonal basis as per following
following method:
method:
i) Each of four zones (viz.
North, East, West & South)
will have at least one
member on the council,
irrespective of the number of
full members present in the
zone.
i) Each of four zones (viz.
North, East, West & South) will
have at least one member on
the council, irrespective of
the number of full members
present in the zone.
ii) Any zone which has 150 or ii) Any zone which has
above members will have 2 between 150 to 300 members
members on the Council
will have 2 members on the
council.
iii) Each zone will be
represented on the USI
council by not more than two
members.
iii) Each zone will be
represented on the USI
Council by not more than two
members.
iv) The representative of the deleted
associate member will be
elected by full members and
associate members present
during the general body
meeting.
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ii) Any zone which has
more than 150 members
will have 2 members in
the Council.
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v) Council members from v) Council members from any
any zone will be elected by zone will be elected by the full
the full members of the USI members of the USI at the
at the Annual General Body annual General Body Meeting
Meeting only.
only.
vi) For any casual vacancy vi) For any causal vacancy in
in the Council that may the Council that may occur,
occur, the Council shall be t h e c o u n c i l s h a l l b e
empowered to nominate empowered to nominate
either a Council Member as either a councilMember as the
theofficer of the Society, or Officer of the Society, or an
an ordinary member as ordinary member as Council
Council member, in a member, in a nominated
nominated capacity only, capacity only, until the next
until the next Annual Annual General meeting.
General Meeting.
I) The Chairman and the vii) The Chairman and the
Editor of the Editorial E d i t o r o f t h e E d i t o r i a l
Committee of the Indian committee of the Indian
Journal of Urology will be Journal of Urology will be
special invitees of the special invitees of the Council
Council when journal when journal matters are
matters are discussed.
discussed.
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v) Council members
from any zone will be
elected by the full
members of the
respective zone at the
Annual General Body
Meeting of the zonal
chapter.
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v) Council members from v) Council members from any
any zone will be elected by zone will be elected by the full
the full members of the USI members of the USI at the
at the Annual General Body annual General Body Meeting
Meeting only.
only.
vi) For any casual vacancy vi) For any causal vacancy in
in the Council that may the Council that may occur,
occur, the Council shall be t h e c o u n c i l s h a l l b e
empowered to nominate empowered to nominate
either a Council Member as either a councilMember as the
theofficer of the Society, or Officer of the Society, or an
an ordinary member as ordinary member as Council
Council member, in a member, in a nominated
nominated capacity only, capacity only, until the next
until the next Annual Annual General meeting.
General Meeting.
I) The Chairman and the vii) The Chairman and the
Editor of the Editorial E d i t o r o f t h e E d i t o r i a l
Committee of the Indian committee of the Indian
Journal of Urology will be Journal of Urology will be
special invitees of the special invitees of the Council
Council when journal when journal matters are
matters are discussed.
discussed.
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v) Council members
from any zone will be
elected by the full
members of the
respective zone at the
Annual General Body
Meeting of the zonal
chapter.
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ii) No member of the
Society shall be eligible for
election as member of the
Council unless he or she
has completed three years
as a member of the Society
at the time of election.
viii) No member of the Society
shall be eligible for election as
member of the Council unless
he or she has completed three
years as a member of the
Society at the time of election.
iii) The full and associate ix) The representatives in the
member representatives in council shall be elected for two
the council shall be elected years.
for two years.
iv) Council nominations for
Full members shall be
made by two full members,
along with a written consent
by the candidate agreeing
to the nomination.
x) Council nominations for
members shall be made by
two Full members, along with
a written consent by the
candidate agreeing to the
nomination.
v) Council nominations for
Associate members shall
be made by two Associate
members or two Full
members or one Associate
member and one Full
member, along with written
consent of the candidate to
stand for the office.
xi) No member of the Society
shall be eligible for election as
member of the USI Council
unless he or she has
completed a full term as a
Council Member of the Zonal
Chapter.
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No member of the
Society shall be eligible
for election of Member
of the Council unless
he/she has served for
at least five years at the
time of election as a
member of the Society.
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vi) Nomination for Officers
of the Council shall be
made by two full members
along with written consent
of nominee.
xii) Nomination for officers of
the Council shall be made by
two Full members along with
written consent of nominee.
vii) All nominations for
council election should
reach the President-elect of
Urological Society of India
by the date fixed by the
Hon. Secretary.
xiii) All nominations for council
election should reach the
President-elect of Urological
Society of India by the date
fixed by the Hon. Secretary.
14 Duties of the Council
14 Duties of the Council
a) The Council shall
constitute the executive
authority of the Society in all
matters scientific, business
and financial.
a) The Council shall constitute
the executive authority of the
Society in all matters scientific,
business and financial.
b) The Council shall be
responsible for
arrangements for the
business and scientific
parts of the Annual General
Meeting.
b) The Council shall be
responsible for arrangement
for the business and scientific
parts of the Annual General
Meeting.
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c) The Council shall have c) The Council shall have the
the powers to appoint any powers to appoint any Subsub-committee for any Committee for any specific
specific purpose of any purpose of any aspect of the
aspect of the functioning of functioning of the Society.
t h e S o c i e t y . S u c h Such committees shall be
c o m m i t t e e s s h a l l b e responsible to the Council.
responsible to the Council. T h e r e p o r t s o f s u c h
The reports of such c o m m i t t e e s s h a l l b e
c o m m i t t e e s s h a l l b e incorporated in the reports of
incorporated in the reports the Council and submitted by
o f t h e C o u n c i l a n d the Council at the General
submitted by the Council at Meeting.
the General Meeting.
d) The Council shall have d) The Council shall have
powers to invest money of powers to invest money of the
the society with due regard Society with due regard for
of existing laws.
existing laws.
e) The Council shall be e) The Council shall be
executive body to review executive body to review the
the application forms of the application forms of the
associate members to be Associate members to be
promoted as full members promoted as full members as
as and when occasion and when occasion arises.
arises.
f) The Council shall meet at the
f) The Council shall meet at call of the President. Five
the call of the President. members shall constitute a
F i v e m e m b e r s s h a l l quorum.
constitute a quorum.
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14 Duties of the Council
g) The council shall have g) The Council shall have
p o w e r s t o e l e c t t h e powers to elect the members
members of the editorial of the editorial committee and
committee and the officers the Officers of the Indian
of the Indian Journal of Journal of Urology as laid in
Urology as laid in rules and the rules and regulations of the
regulations of the Journal.
journal.
h) An Officer or a
Council Member who
fails to attend two
consecutive Council
meetings without valid
reason and without
prior intimation will be
deemed to have
forfeited his post.
15. General meeting
15. General meeting
a) The Annual General a)The Annual General meeting
meeting shall consist of two shall consist of two parts, viz.,
parts; viz. business and business and scientific.
scientific.
b ) Th e An n u a l Ge n e ra l
b) The Annual General business Meeting shall be held
Business Meeting shall be not later than ten months after
held not later than ten the date of the termination of
months after the date of the financial year of the
termination of the financial Society.
year of the Society.
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c) The Council shall have c) The Council shall have the
powers to convene such powers to convene such other
other business meeting it business meeting it deems
deems necessary, when it necessary, when it shall be
shall be called a special called a special general
general meeting.
meeting.
d) The Council shall have d) The Council shall have the
p o w e r s t o d e c i d e t o powers to decide to convene
c o n v e n e s u c h o t h e r such other Scientific meetings
scientific meetings besides besides the annual one as it
the annual one as it deems deems desirable.
desirable.
e) The agenda for the e) The agenda for the Annual
Annual General Business General Business meeting
Meeting shall be:
shall be:
1)To receive the report of 1)To receive the report of the 1)To receive the report of
the Council.
Council.
the Council.
2) To receive the report of
the Hon. Treasurer and the
audited statements of
accounts and balance
sheet.
2) To receive the report of the
Hon. Treasurer and the
audited statements of
accounts and balance sheet.
3 To approve new members 3 To approve new members to
t o t h e S o c i e t y a s the Society as recommended
recommended by the by the Council.
Council.
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4) To elect officers and iv) To elect officers and
members of the Council.
members of the Council.
5) To elect the auditors.
v) To elect the auditors.
6) To consider other 6) To consider other business
business as the Council
as the Council may
may determine.
determine.
7 ) To c o n s i d e r a n y
resolution or amendments
to the rules submitted by
members in accordance
with Rules 15(g) and 19.
7) To consider any resolution
or amendments to the rules
submitted by members in
accordance with Rules 15(g)
and 19.
f) Quorum at Annual
General meetings shall be
constituted by fifteen full
members. If no quorum is
formed at the first instance
the meeting shall be
dissolved and reassembled
after 15 minutes, when no
quorum shall be required
viii) Quorum at Annual Quorum of the Annual
General meetings shall be General Body Meeting shall
constituted by fifteen full be constituted by fifty full
members. If the Quorum is
members. If no quorum is not formed in the first
formed at the first instance instance, the meeting shall
t h e m e e t i n g s h a l l b e be dissolved immediately
dissolved and reassembled and reassembled after 15
after 15 minutes, when no minutes, when the presence
of a minimum of 15 full
quorum shall be required.
members shall fulfill the
requirement of the Quorum.
g) Resolution: Any member
desirous of moving a
resolution at the Annual
General Meeting shall
notify the same in writing to
the Hon. Secretary at least
six weeks before the date of
such meeting.
g) Resolution: Any member
desirous of moving a
resolution at the Annual
General Meeting shall notify
the same in writing to the
Hon. Secretary at least six
weeks before the date of such
meeting.
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Already ‘Amended’
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16 Journal of the Society
a) The Indian Journal of a) The Indian Journal of
Urology shall be the
Urology shall be the
Official journal of the Official journal of the Society.
Society.
b) The management and
b) The management and functioning of the journal shall
functioning of the journal b e a s p e r r u l e s a n d
shall be as per rules and regulations already laid down
regulations already laid and approved by the Counci
down and approved by the lof USI
Council of USI
17 Takeover of the Assets 17 Takeover of the Assets
and Liabilities:
and Liabilities:
The assets and liabilities
and other accounts of the
existing Association of
persons known as the
Urological Society of India
at the time of adoption of
these rules and regulations
and registration act, 1860
shall be taken over by the
Society and the account
shall continue to be
operated in the same
manner as earlier.
The assets and liabilities and
other accounts of the existing
Association of persons
known as the Urological
Society of India at the time of
adoption of these rules and
regulations and registration
Act, 1860 shall be taken over
by the Society and the
account shall continue to be
operated in the same manner
as earlier.
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18 Dissolution:
18 Dissolution:
Any number not less than
three-fifths of the members
of the Society may
determine that the Society
shall be dissolved, and
thereupon it shall be
dissolved forthwith, or at
the time then agreed upon,
and all necessary steps
shall be taken for the
disposal and settlement of
property of the Society, its
claims and liabilities. If
upon dissolution or
termination of the Society
there shall remain after
discharge of all the debts
and liabilities any property
or funds whatsoever they
shall be given or transferred
to an institution or
institutions having similar
objectives as the Society
which shall be determined
by the votes of not less than
three-fifth of the members
of the group at the meeting
at the time of dissolution.
fAny number not less than
three-fifths of the members of
the Society may determine
that the Society shall be
dissolved, and thereupon it
shall be dissolved forthwith,
or at the time then agreed
upon, and all necessary steps
shall be taken for the disposal
and settlement of property of
the Society, its claims and
liabilities. If upon dissolution
or termination of the Society
there shall remain after
discharge of all the debts and
liabilities any property or
funds what so ever they shall
be given or transferred to an
institution or institutions
having similar objectives as
the Society which shall be
determined by the votes of
not less than three-fifth of the
members of the group at the
meeting at the time of
dissolution.
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19 Amendments of Rules 19. Amendments of Rules:
Notice of any proposal to
repeal, amend or add to
the existing rules shall be
forwarded to the in writing
not later than six weeks
before the date of the
Annual General Meeting.
All the amendments to the
rules suggested by the
members or by the Council
shall be circulated to the
members by Hon.
Secretary at least two
weeks prior to the meeting.
The proposal shall appear
in the agenda of the
meeting in the form of a
resolution duly proposed
and seconded .No
proposal shall be
considered as passed
unless it is carried by a
majority of at least threefifth of the members
present and voting
Notice of any proposal to
repeal, amend or add to the
existing rules shall be
forwarded to the in writing
not later than six weeks
before the date of the Annual
General Meeting. All the
amendments to the rules
suggested by the members
or
by the Council shall be
circulated to the members by
Hon. Secretary at least two
weeks prior to the meeting.
The proposal shall appear in
the agenda of the meeting in
the form of a resolution duly
proposed and seconded .No
proposal shall be considered
as passed unless it is carried
by a majority of at least
three-fifth of the members
present and voting.
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19. Amendments of
Rules:
Notice of a proposal to
repeal, amend, or add to
the existing rule/rules
shall be forwarded to the
Hon. Secretary, in writing,
not later than six weeks
before the date of the
Annual General Body
Meeting. All the
amendments to the rules
suggested by the
member, by the
members, or by the
Council shall be
circulated to the
members at least two
weeks prior to the Annual
meeting by the Hon.
Secretary. The proposal
shall appear in the
agenda of the meeting in
the form of a resolution
duly proposed and
seconded. No proposal
shall be considered
passed unless it is
approved by a majority
comprising of at least
two-third of the full
members present during
present and voting.
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20 Zonal Chapters -
20. Zonal Chapters
shall be constituted as
shall be constituted as follows:
follows
North Zone - Rajasthan,
Punjab, Haryana, Uttar
Pradesh, Himachal
Pradesh, Jammu Kashmir,
Delhi , Chandigarh
Uttaranchal.
North Zone - Rajasthan,
Punjab,Haryana, Uttar
Pradesh Himachal Pradesh,
Jammu & Kashmir, Delhi &
Chandigarh
South Zone - Tamil Nadu,
South Zone - Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra
Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra P r a d e s h , P o n d i c h e r r y,
Pradesh Pondicherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Andaman Nicobar Islands
West Zone - Maharashtra,
Gujarat, Goa, Madhya
West Zone - Maharashtra, Pradesh
Gujarat, Goa, Madhya
Pradesh Chhattisgarh.
East Zone - Orissa, Bihar,
East Zone - Orissa, Bihar, We s t B e n g a l , A s s a m ,
West Bengal, Assam, A r u n a c h a l P r a d e s h ,
Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram,
Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim & Manipur
Nagaland, Sikkim, and
Manipur
Zonal Chapters will be
guided by their own Zonal
Zonal Chapters will be Constitution, in accordance
guided by their own Zonal with the ‘Guidelines for zonal
Constitution.
chapters’ issued by USI.
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Honorary Treasurer's Report
From the desk of the Honorary Treasurer……
Dear Colleagues,
Greetings from the city of the Taj!
You'll be happy to know that USI has grown by leaps in the last
two years. The total membership of USI has grown from 1813 to
2263 members, including 1322 full members. The total assets of
USI have increased from Rs 1.32 crores to Rs 3.12 crores
(detailed balance sheet attached). The long-cherished dream of
a permanent USI headquarter is about to be fulfilled very soon.
I would also like to thank all the members of the USI for making
USICON 2010 a grand success. It was possibly the biggest
USICON ever, with 1685 delegate registrations, 36 international
faculty, 102 trade exhibition stalls, & eight concurrently running sessions. The other firsts
to the credit of this 'green' conference, with minimum use of paper, included 'bar-coded'
delegate badges, 'e-voting' & a large number of 'online' abstract submissions and
delegate registrations.
To include all the new members, and to update the ever-changing mobile numbers and
e-mail id's of the existing members, we are planning to bring out the new edition of
Members' Directory, to be released in USICON 2011. The USI website is also going to be
updated along with the directory. Please fill up the form for updating members'
particulars provided in this newsletter and send it to the undersigned along with a recent
photograph of yours, by surface or e-mail.
Alternatively, please visit the USI website (www.usi.org.in) and update your particulars in
the members' section, using your membership number as the log-in id, and the
password mailed to you earlier (requisition for it through the website if you haven't got it).
Long live USI !
Dr. Madhu S. Agrawal
dr.madhu.agra@gmail.com; treasurer.usi@gmail.com
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Urological Society of India
Annual Report of the Honorary Secretary for 2010
Mr President, Past Presidents of the USI, Senior Teachers, My dear Colleagues and
Friends,
I am indebted to the members of the Urological Society of India for giving me an
opportunity to serve as its Honorary Secretary and it gives me immense pleasure and
privilege to present this report of the activities of our esteemed Society during the year
2010. Our Society has made rapid progress in its academic and educational activities
during the year.
ZONAL ACTIVITIES
All the Zones have been active in organizing the scientific programmes with a preconference workshop based on advanced Urological interventions or a CME Program.
The Zonal conferences were held July 2010 to November 2010.
SZ-USICON-2010 at Thrissur:
The 20th Annual Conference of the South Zone Urological Society of India (SZUSICON-2009) was held at Dr BS Jirge Auditorium, JN Medical College Campus,
Belgaum on 11-12 July-2009. The conference was preceded by a Pre Conference
Workshop on Robotic / Laparoscopic urologic surgery and the 14th Annual meeting of
the Karnataka Urology Association (KUACON 2009) on 10-July-2009. The Conference
had 243 registrations including the accompanying persons who were around 32. The
Pre Conference Workshop on 10-July-2009 at Anubhava Mantap of KLES Dr Prabhakar
Kore Hospital & MRC had Dr Shailesh Puntambekar from Pune demonstrating
Laparoscopic Radical Cystectomy and Dr Vipul Patel from Florida, USA, demonstrated
Robotic Radical Prostatectomy which was a direct relay from Florida. The conference
began on 11-July-2009 with a breakfast session by Dr Mallikarjuna C on “Laparoscopic
Approach to Kidneys and Adrenals”. The prestigious Prof HS Bhat Oration was
delivered by Dr KN Sridhar from Bangalore on Tissue Engineering - The New Frontier.
Dr Rupin Shah from Mumbai delivered the Prof PB Sivaraman Endowment Guest
Lecture on “Ejaculatory Dysfunction”. The Khivraj Memorial symposium on
Genitourinary Tuberculosis was moderated by Dr S Jayaram Reddy from Hyderabad.
The Inaugural Function was presided by Dr Ramesh D, President, SZ-USI. Shri
Ramachandra Gowda, Honourable Minister for Medical Education, Government of
Karnataka, inaugurated the conference. This year there were 80 scientific papers
presented in various categories. The Prof K Ravishankar UroRadiology Quiz was
conducted by Dr R Keshavamurthy. Dr Shrishailesh, Organizing Secretary and his
team need a special mention of appreciation for the well organized conference.
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EZ-USICON-2010 at Pattaya, Thailand:
The 20th Annual Conference of the East Zone Chapter of the Urological Society of India
(EZ-USICON-2010) was organized at the A-One Royal Cruise Hotel, Pattaya, Thailand,
on 08-12 September-2010. Dr SV Kotwal, President-USI was the Chief Guest for the
Inaugural Function. Dr RVP Sinha Oration was delivered by Dr Rajendra Singh Sinam
(Imphal) on “Open Prostatectomy” and the Urology Trust of Orissa Oration was
delivered by Dr PM Deka (Guwahati). The Symposium on “Management of Penile
Cancer” moderated by Dr PM Deka, Debate on the Management of a 1.0 cm inferior
caliceal calculus by RIRS (Dr Shekarjit Singh Sinam) or ESWL (Dr Shivaji Basu)
moderated by Dr SN Panda (Cuttack), Panel Discussion on VUR moderated by Dr
Ranbir Pratap Singh (Patna), Seminar on the Applications of Laser in Urology
moderated by Prof NP Gupta (New Delhi) and the Urology Quiz conducted by Dr Anjan
Das (Kolkata) were the highlights of the scientific program. Dr Rajeev Sood gave an
overview of the Prostate Diseases Awareness Program (PDAP) of the USI. Free Paper
presentations, Poster and Video presentations were the other attractions of the
scientific program. Dr Shekarjit Singh Sinam (Imphal) deserves all the appreciation for
all the efforts for holding the EZ-USICON-2010 at Thailand.
NZ-USICON-2010 at Gurgaon
The 20th Annual Conference of North Zone Chapter of Urological Society (NZ-USICON2010) was held at Gurgaon, from 12th to 14th November 2010. The Theme was
“Urological Advances in Indian Perspective and Future Direction”. Ch. Bhupinder Singh
Hooda the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Haryana was the chief guest of the occasion. Live
Surgeries were performed by Senior Urologists from the Country and Abroad. There
were 400 registered delegates. There were 117 presentations for the Podium, Poster
and Video Sessions. Dr PN Kataria Memorial Oration was delivered by AL Bhat
(Bikaner) on “ Current Trends in Hypospadias Repair “ and the Marudhara Jodhpur
Urology Trust Oration was delivered by Kim Mammen (Ludhiana) on “ Management of
Invasive Bladder Cancer: Trials and Triumphs”. Ajay Singla from United States of
America presented a Guest lecture on “Advances in Management of Post
Prostatectomy Incontinence“. Symposium on “MRCC”, Symposium on “Metastatic CA
Prostate” and Symposium on “Expecting more from an alpha blocker” were the
highlights of the scientific program. NP Gupta was the Chairman of the Organizing
Committee and Dr SP Yadav was the Organizing Secretary of the conference.
WZ-USICON-2010 at Silvassa
The Annual Conference of the West Zone Chapter of the Urological Society of India was
held on 28-31 October-2010 at the Hotel Treat Resort, Silvassa, which is located at the
Union Territory of Dadra, Nagar & Haveli. 430 delegates and 100 accompanying
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persons had attended the conference. Dr Jatin Vaidya, well known Neurosurgeon and
Chief of CPA of Gujarat, was the Chief Guest. Dr SV Kotwal (President-USI) and Dr Kim
Mammen (Secretary-USI) represented the USI. Dr Makarand Kochikar (Miraj) received
the Urology Gold medal and Dr Vivek Joshi was the recipient of the “Urology Services
Award”.
The scientific program included a Panel Discussion on BPH, Intra-operative
Consultation from Gynecologists, the debates (big fight and small fight), Symposium on
“Pediatric Urolithiasis” convened by Dr Prashant Pattnaik, Case Discussion on UroOncology, Panel Discussions, Podium, Poster and Video Presentations. The VV Desai
Oration was delivered by SW Thatte (Mumbai) and the AN Gaikwad Oration was
delivered by SV Kotwal (Gurgaon) on “Gender Re-assignment: Indian Perspective”.
The “Know your Guru” session was presented by Janak Desai (Ahmedabad) and Prof
PC Patel (Ahmedabad) was honored and felicitated. The Urology Quiz for the postgraduates and the Video-Demonstration on “Techniques in Urology” by Ajit Vaze
(Mumbai) were the other highlights of the scientific program. Sessions on OAB, GUTB,
Flexible URS, Sterilization of Urology Equipment, were the other useful highlights of the
scientific program. Sumeet Mhaskar was the Organizing Secretary and Jayant Patel
was the Organizing Committee Chairman. The Organizing Committee needs to be
commended for their hard work and efforts to make this a memorable and successful
conference.
Chairman-Elect: Board of Education
Dr Joseph Thomas, Professor & Head, Department of Urology, Kasturba Medical
College & Hospital, Manipal, has been appointed Chairman-Elect of the Board of
Education, Urological Society of India. Dr Joseph Thomas has taken charge of his new
responsibilities and he is working in close association with the Convener of the
Education Cell of the USI, before he takes over in 2012 as the Chairman of the newly
constituted Board of Education of the USI on a two-year term. He will provide leadership
to the various educational activities of the USI. Dr Joseph Thomas has been serving as
Professor of Urology since 1999 and HOD since 2006 at the Kasturba Medical College &
Hospital, Manipal. He is an Examiner for MCh and DNB; He has undertaken many
educational activities for the USI and the South Zone Chapter of the USI.
INDIAN UROLOGISTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA:
1. Rajeev Kumar (AIIMS New Delhi) & Apul Goel (KGMC Lucknow) attended the
Young Leader's Workshop at Kyoto, Japan, on 23-25 April-2010, organized by the
UAA. Rajeev Kumar (AIIMS, New Delhi) was presented the “Outstanding Young
Urologist of the Year 2010 Award” by the UAA at the ACU-2010 at Taipei, Taiwan.
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2. Deepak Kirpekar, Makarand Kochekar & MR Desai were invited as Faculty for the
live Operative Workshop organized at the USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA, on 25-27
May-2010. Dr Monish Aron, Dr Mihir Desai and Dr Inderbir Gill demonstrated various
robotic procedures.
3. Janak Desai was invited as a Guest Faculty for the Course on Rigid Ureteroscopy,
Laser & Stenting, and the PCNL Courses organized at the Institute of Urology,
University Hospitals, London, UK, on 10-11 May-2010.
4. Ashish Choudhrie (CMC Vellore), FS Katumalla (CMC Vellore) & KS Vengetesh
(KGMC Lucknow) attended the BAUS-2010 at Manchester as USI-BAUS
International Travel Fellows.
5. Nirmal TJ (CMC Vellore), Ajay Anand (AIIMS New Delhi), Ashish Kumar Saini
(AIIMS New Delhi) & Rahul Bansal (PGIMER Chandigarh) attended the AUA2010 at San Francisco as the AUA Resident Scholars.
6. Anup Kumar (Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi) and Mayank Mohan Agarwal
(PGIMER Chandigarh) attended the AUA-2010 at San Francisco as Chakroborty
Fellows.
7. Gajanan S Bhat [INU Bangalore], HN Naveen [INU Bangalore], Prabir Basu
[Wockhardt Hospital, Kolkata], Puneet Tiwari [IPGMER Kolkata], Shailesh
Chandra Sahay [AIIMS New Delhi], & Varun Sharma [PGIMER Chandigarh]
attended the EUREP-2010 at Prague representing the USI.
8. Lokesh Sharma [SMS Jaipur] & Suresh Kumar SIngla [IPGMER & SSKM
Kolkata] attended the Urology Resident's Course held at Singapore in 01-05
October-2010 under the aegis of the Singapore Urological Association, Asian School
of Urology and the Urological Association of Asia.
9. Abraham Kurien (MPUH, Nadiad) was awarded the FIRST Prize in the Annual
Essay Contest (Clinical Category) of the Journal of Endourology and the
Endourology Society for the paper titled “Standard Laparoscopic donor
Nephrectomy versus Laparoendoscopic Single Site (LESS) Donor Nephrectomy–a
prospective randomized comparative study”. The Award presentation was held at
the WCE-2010 held at Chicago, Illinois, USA, in Sep-2010.
10. M Ramalingam (Coimbatore) was invited as an International Faculty and
performed live demonstrations of various laparoscopic urological procedures at the
“Guangzhou Urological Society and the Asian School of Urology Workshop on
Endourology & Laparoscopy” on 25-28 June-2010. He was also invited as a Guest
Speaker and International Faculty to the Beijing International Conference on
Urological Minimally Invasive Surgery held in November-2010 where he
demonstrated various urological procedures to the rapt attention of the audience. He
subsequently did a “Urolap Suture Course” in Wales, UK.
11. Hemendra Shah (Mumbai) won the BEST POSTER and BEST VIDEO Prize at the
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World Congress of Endourology and SWL held at Chicago, USA, on 01-04
September-2010.
12. Sanjay Kulkarni (Pune) & Deepak Dubey (Bangalore) represented as panel
members form India for the 1st International Consultation on Urethral Stricture
Disease (ICUD) held at the Annual SIU Meeting 2010, Marrakesh, Morocco. The
proceedings of this consultation would be brought out as a textbook.
13. Ashok Hemal (New Delhi) was selected as one of the “Top Prostate Cancer
Specialists in USA” during the National Prostate Cancer Awareness, and this was
reported in the New York Times of 18-Sep-2010. Ashok Hemal is currently Professor,
Department of Urology, and Institute of regenerative Medicine, Director, Robotics
and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Wake Forest University School of Medicine & Wake
Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
14. Makarand Kochikar (Miraj) was invited as a Faculty to conduct the Uro-Oncology
Course at the Urology Resident's Course (URC) at Singapore on 01-05 Oct-2010.
He delivered 6 lectures and offered “Hands-on Training” on “How I do Studer's NeoBladder”. He was also one of the External Examiners for the Final Exit Examination
in Urology at the Singapore University in Oct-2010. In the Photo, M Kochikar is seen
along with KT Foo and Urs Studer (Sitting) who were also the Faculty at the URC. 90
Urology Residents in Training from all over Asia and Australasia participated in this
Course conducted by the SUA, UAA & ASU.
15. Nitin Kekre (CMC Vellore) was nominated by the Urological Association of Asia as a
Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Urology. He is also
member of the Executive Committee of the British Journal of Urology International
(BJUI). He is currently serving as the Editor of the Indian Journal of Urology.
16. Kim Mammen (CMC Ludhiana) was conferred the Honorary Fellowship of the
Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow (FRCS Glasgow) ad eundem
by Prof Ian Anderson, President of the RCPSG, at the Award Ceremony held at the
University of Glasgow on 10-November-2010.
MOCK Examnination held at AIIMS New Delhi
The First MOCK Examination of the USI for 2010 was held by the Education Cell at the
Department of Urology, AIIMS, New Delhi, on 23-24 March-2010. More than 100 PostGraduates (MCh & DNB) attended this MOCK Examination and found it very beneficial.
The Faculty included the current Examiners of the MCh & DNB Courses. The format of
the MOCK Examination included a Theory Test, Long and Short Case Presentations,
Ward Rounds, Uro-Radiology and Uro-Pathology Sessions. Dr NP Gupta, HODUrology, AIIMS, New Delhi, was the Chairman of the Local organizing Committee.
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2nd Annual USI-AUA Annual Review Course
The 2nd Annual USI-AUA Annual Review Course was held on 30-July-2010 to 01August-2010 at the MS Ramaiah Medical College Teaching Hospital, Bangalore. Dr HK
Nagaraj and Dr D Ramesh were the local organizers. 146 Post-Graduates (MCh & DNB)
attended the Course and took the SESAP Examination. The USI Faculty included senior
teachers and current examiners for the MCh and DNB Examinations. The AUA Faculty
included Dr Gopal Badlani, Dr Daniel Shoskes, Dr Dipen Parekh and Dr Ranjeev
Mathews. Shri Ramachandra Gowda, Honorable Minister for Medical Education,
Government of Karnataka, was the Chief Guest for the Inaugural Function.
MOCK EXAMINATION at the SSSIHMS, Puttaparthi
The Second MOCK EXAMINATION of the USI was held at the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of
Higher Medical Sciences, Puttaparthi, on 09-10 October-2010. Dr Dalip Patel was the
Local Organizing Committee Secretary. Prof HS Bhat, the doyen of Urology in India, the
teacher of teachers, the senior most Past President of the Urological Society of India,
was felicitated at the Inaugural Function. Dr SV Kotwal, President-USI, was the Chief
Guest. 95 Post-Graduates from all over the country participated in the MOCK
Examination. The Faculty included the current Examiners of the MCh & DNB Courses.
The format of the MOCK Examination included a Theory Test, Long and Short Case
Presentations, Ward Rounds, Uro-Radiology and Uro-Pathology Sessions.
INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITES OF THE USI:
The President-USI signed MoUs with the NAUS for bridging of educational activities.
Delegations from the USI participated in the scientific program of the EAU-Congress
held at Barcelona (March-2010), AUA Meeting held at San Francisco (April-2010),
BAUS Meeting held at Manchester (June-2010), WCE held at Chicago (September2010) and the ACU held at Taipei (October-2010). At the USICON-2011, we are honored
with the presence of the President & Secretary-Elect of the AUA, the Secretary-General
of the EAU, the President of the BAUS, the President of the UAA and the President of the
SIU.
USI-OLYMPUS INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL FELLOWSHIPS 2010
Certificates for the Awardees who had successfully completed the International Travel
Fellowships 2010 were presented by the President-USI at the Faculty & IJU Dinner on
the evening of 21-January-2011.
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AUA-2010 at San Francisco:
1. Ajay Anand [AIIMS New Delhi].
2. Ashish Kumar Saini [AIIMS New Delhi].
3. Nirmal TJ [CMC Vellore].
4. Rahul Bansal [PGIMER Chandigarh].
BAUS-2011 at Manchester:
1. Ashish Choudhrie [CMC Vellore].
2. Francis Sridhar Katumalla [CMC Vellore].
3. KS Vengatesh [KGMC Lucknow].
EUREP-2010 at Prague:
1. Gajanan S Bhat [INU Bangalore].
2. HN Naveen [INU Bangalore].
3. Prabir Basu [Wockhardt Hospital, Kolkata].
4. Puneet Tiwari [IPGMER Kolkata].
5. Shailesh Chandra Sahay [AIIMS New Delhi].
6. Varun Sharma [PGIMER].
Urology Resident's Course [SUA-ASU-UAA] at Singapore:
1. Lokesh Sharma [SMS Jaipur].
2. Suresh Kumar SIngla [IPGMER & SSKM Kolkata].
USI-UAA Travel Fellowship for the Young Leader's Workshop at Kyoto, Japan, on
23-25 April-2010:
1. Dr Rajeev Kumar (AIIMS New Delhi).
2. Dr Apul Goel (KGMC Lucknow).
GOVERNING COUNCIL MEETINGS:
We had four meetings of the Governing Council as listed below:
1. 07-Feb-2010 (Agra).
2. 04-Apr-2010 (New Delhi).
3. 14-Nov-2010 (Gurgaon).
4. 21-Jan-2011 (Kolkata).
All these GC Meetings were well attended with good participation.
USICON-2011 at Kolkata:
You must have experienced that the USICON-2011 was a unique experience. This year
we had a record number of online registrations. 100% of the submission of abstracts was
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done online. In view of the large number of good quality abstracts that were evaluated,
we had to open up more halls for the podium, poster and video presentations. This year
we have an impressive faculty from overseas and we had an exclusive day for the PostGraduate Instructional Course on 21-Jan-2011. This year we have cut down the duration
of the USICON by one day. Last year at Agra, the whole conference lasted for five days
and the delegates reported that they found it difficult to be away from work for 6-7 days. I
would be grateful if you could give me your feedback and comments of the USICON so
that we can further improve the quality of the USICON-2012 at Bangalore.
USI SECRETARIAT & CENTRAL OFFICE
All the Membership Records and Application Forms have been scanned, processed and
converted to the digital format. All the other documents of the USI are in the process of
being converted to the digital format. All the new members have been emailed their
Membership E-Certificates in PDF. Any existing member who wishes to have
Membership Certificates may request for the same at the USI Office or communicate to
the Honorary Secretary-USI.
EPILOGUE:
It was a pleasure working closely with the President, President-Elect and the Honorary
Treasurer, and all the Governing Council Members. I received full co-operation and
support from all the Office bearers of the Zonal Chapters. As Honorary Secretary, I had
the opportunity and honor to interact with most members of the USI. It was an added
privilege to get to know all the Post-Graduates in Urology and I have no hesitation,
whatsoever, to reiterate that they are the future of the USI and we are in safe hands. I had
the opportunity to get to know our Past Presidents and senior teachers more closely and
this has been a great blessing for me. If I have offended anybody in my endevor to carry
out my duties as the Honorary Secretary of the USI, I apologize for the same. The USI
has become a strong organization totally committed to academic and educational
activities of the Urologists of our country.
I respectfully and humbly submit this REPORT.
Kim Mammen,
Honorary Secretary,
Urological Society of India.
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