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Minutes of Executive Committee (EC) Meeting at Imphal on 31st August & 1st September 2018

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The meeting of the Executive Committee (EC) of the ASI was held on Friday the 31st August 2018 at 3.00pm and Saturday the 1st September 2018 at 8.00 AM at the Conference Hall, Hotel Classic Grande, Imphal, Manipur
The President Dr. Dilip S. Gode chaired the meeting.

The Following members attended the meeting

1. Dr. Dilip S. Gode, President
2. Dr. Arvind Kumar, Vice President
3. Dr. Shiva K. Misra, Immediate Past President
4. Dr. J W Ebenesh Bensam, Honorary Secretary
5. Dr. Sanjay Kumar Jain, Honorary Treasurer
6. Dr. Abhay Dalvi, Joint Secretary – Administration
7. Dr. T Narayana Rao, Joint Secretary – Website
8. Dr. Santhosh John Abraham, Director Surgical Studies
9. Dr. Chintamani, Chief Editor – IJS
10. Dr. Kaushik C Shah, Special Invitee & Hon. Secretary – ASI SSS
11. Dr. C Khandelwal, Patna Special Invitee & Chairman – ASI SSS
12. Dr. Kherlok Warsing, Special Invitee – North East Chapter
13. Dr. Sony Lyngdoh, Special Invitee – North East Chapter
14. Dr. A Rathnaswami, Special Invitee – Org. Chairman, ASICON 2018
15. Dr. K Vinayak Senthil, Special Invitee – Org. Secretary, ASICON 2018
16. Dr. K. Vivekananda S Nathan, Special Invitee – Org. Treasurer, ASICON 2018
17. Dr. P V Ramana Murthy, Vijayawada
18. Dr. Vakamudi Prakash, Nellore
19. Dr. Sarbeswar Bora, Nagaon
20. Dr. Alok Abhijit, Patna
21. Dr. Bindey Kumar, Patna
22. Dr. K N Srivastava, New Delhi
23. Dr. Rana A K Singh, New Delhi
24. Dr. Bharat K Panchal, Ahmedabad
25. Dr. Gunwant H Rathod, Ahmedabad
26. Dr. Pankaj Modi, Ahmedabad
27. Dr. S S Bhardwaj, Bhiwani
28. Dr. Satish Midha, Ranchi
29. Dr. G Siddesh, Mysore
30. Dr. S Soppimath, Hubli
31. Dr. A S Godhi, Belagavi
32. Dr. Aravind Patel, Bellary
33. Dr. Fazil Marickar, Trivandrum
34. Dr. C Karthikeyan, Trivandrum
35. Dr. Achal Gupta, Gwalior
36. Dr. Mukesh Shrivastava, Jabalpur
37. Dr. Diptendra Kumar Sarkar, Kolkata
38. Dr. M L Saha, Kolkata
39. Dr. Nikhil Singh, Lucknow
40. Dr. Probal Neogi, Allahabad
41. Dr. Ashutosh Sayana, Haldwani
42. Dr. Janmejai Prasad Sharma, Dehradun
43. Dr. G Kanaka Raju, Kothagudem
44. Dr. C R K Prasad, Hyderabad
45. Dr. G Laxmana Sastry, Hyderabad
46. Dr. S R Subrammaniyan, Chennai
47. Dr. N T Srinivasan, Kovilpatti
48. Dr. Fazl Parray, Srinagar
49. Dr. Raj Govind Sharma, Jaipur
50. Dr. Shyam Bhutra, Ajmer
51. Dr. Raj Kamal Jenaw, Jaipur
52. Dr. Chanjiv Singh, Amritsar
53. Dr. U S Dhaliwal, Amritsar
54. Dr. C R Das, Bhubaneswar
55. Dr. Sreejoy Patnaik, Cuttack
56. Dr. Jaisingh Shinde, Pune
57. Dr. Jayant Bhandare, Panaji (Co-Opted EC Member, Goa)
58. Dr. KH Palin, Imphal (Co-Opted EC Member, Manipur)
59. Dr. G R Verma, Chandigarh (Co-Opted EC Member, Northern)
60. Dr. Somnath Ghosh, Howrah (Co-Opted EC Member, West Bengal)
61. Dr. C K Durga, New Delhi (Co-Opted EC Member, New Delhi)
62. Dr. Sham Singla, Rohtak (Co-Opted EC Member, Haryana)
63. Dr. Pravin Suryawanshi, Aurangabad ((Co-Opted EC Member, Maharashtra)
64. Dr. S K Jain, New Delhi (Sectional Representative, ATVSI)
65. Dr. Winston Noronha, Chennai (Sectional Representative, IATCC)

Inaugural Function

A brief inaugural function was held at Hotel Classic Grande, Imphal. Mr. N. Biren Singh Hon. Chief Minister of Manipur state was the Chief Guest and Dr J Suresh Babu Chief Secretary of Manipur was the Guest of Honor.

To begin with Hon. Secretary Dr. J. W. Ebenesh Bensam collared the President Dr Dilip Gode. All the dignitaries were called for traditional lighting of lamps after that President presented a floral bouquet to the guests. In his opening remarks President welcome all the Guests, the EC members and the special invitees.

In his address Chief Minister thanked the ASI for considering Imphal as venue for such an important meeting. He asked the association to hold more academic programs and conference in Imphal. He also urged the ASI to relax the necessity of 150 surgeons to constitute a full-fledged state chapter for the north Eastern states. President Dr Dilip Gode assured him that the Executive Committee will definitely consider his advice. President felicitated the Chief Guest and the Guest of Honor on behalf of the ASI. President
Dr. Dilip Gode was felicitated by the Chief Minister on behalf of the Manipur state.

Dr. K H Palin, Chairman – Manipur State Chapter of ASI proposed the vote of thanks to the guests and the organizers. Before departing Chief Minister was personally introduced to all the members by the President and He greeted them with formal hand shake.

1. Welcome Address by Dr. Dilip S. Gode, President ASI

The President Dr. Dilip Gode called the meeting again to order and extended warm welcome to all the members of the Executive Committee of ASI.

2. To offer/pay Condolences on the sad demise of Esteemed Members during the period from 11th March to 31st August 2018

Honorary Secretary ASI Dr. J W Ebenesh Bensam informed the house about the sad demise of the following members after the month of December 2017 who had offered their valuable services to ASI and are not amongst us today

1. Dr. B R Bishnoi, Bikaner FL 3765
2. Dr. M Palaniappan, Tamil Nadu FL 10439
3. Dr. Gargi Bandyopadhyay, Kolkata FL 11386
4. Dr. Tekchand M Vira, Mumbai FL 4281
5. Dr. Urmila Khanna, Kolkata FL 725
6. Dr. Surya Kant Bansal, Delhi FL 8991
7. Dr. Venugopal, Hyderabad
8. Dr. Ganapathy Puranik, Mysore FL 16761
9. Dr. Santosh Kumar Singh, Allahabad FL 11775
10. Dr. Motilal Singh, Patna
11. Dr. S Kamal Ashraf, Patna
12. Dr. B Rosaiah, Nellore FL 1307

The house observed a minute of silence in prayer in memory of the departed souls.

3. To confirm the Minutes of the Last EC (GC) meeting held on 10th March, 2018 at Chennai

Dr. J. W. Ebenesh Bensam, Honorary secretary ASI mentioned that the minutes of the EC meeting held on 10th March, 2018 at Chennai is enclosed in the folder and already circulated by mail. The house unanimously passed the minutes as proposed by Dr. Fazil Marickar and seconded by Dr. Rana A. K. Singh.

The ASI Newsletter was released by the Immediate past President Dr. Shiva K Misra. The Secretary appreciated Dr. Soppimath for publishing the newsletter. Everyone was handed over a copy

4. To note the Action taken Report on the points arising out of the minutes of the last EC Meeting held on 10th March 18 at Chennai.

Dr. J.W. Ebenesh Bensam, Honorary Secretary welcomed the office Bearers, Special invitees and Executive committee members for having attended the meeting.

Honorary secretary Dr. J. W. Ebenesh Bensam appraised the house about the action taken on the minutes of the Executive Committee Meeting held on 10th March 2018.

1. Condolence: Demised members (16) have been deleted from the main list.
2. Upgradation of Membership from Associate Membership to Full Life membership have been done to those who have submitted their MS Degree certificate.
3. Life membership certificate have been sent to new members as on 31st July 2018.
4. Letter to become FAIS have been sent to eligible members who have not been awarded FAIS.
5. As per the decision of the Executive Committee, newly drafted MOU has been signed by the Organizers of ASICON 2018.
6. As per the decision of the Executive Committee, Members have been intimated that IJS will be freely available online and print version will be available at a nominal cost of Rs. 600/- per year. Only few members have opted to get a print version.
7. As per the decision of the Executive Committee, Bokaro has been recognized a City Branch of ASI under Jharkhand State Chapter of ASI. Agra, Allahabad & Dehradun have also been recognized as City Branch of ASI under Uttar Pradesh Chapter of ASI. Certificate of recognition have been sent to respective State Chapter Secretaries.
8. Issues raised in the Executive Committee regarding Constitution have been settled successfully. Amended Constitution has been uploaded in the Website.
9. Decision of Executive Committee regarding IASO Membership has been intimated to the IASO Office Bearers.
10. As per the decision of the Executive Committee, 7th pay Commission for ASI staffs has been implemented.

5. To consider the status report from the Secretary Dr. J. W. Ebenesh Bensam, Honorary Secretary ASI on the functioning of ASI during the period from 11th March to 31st August 2018

Dr. J. W. Ebenesh Bensam, Honorary secretary informed that the report is enclosed in the folder and narrated the salient points of it.

1. The membership strength has increased by 1380 members since ASICON 2017
2. The life membership certificate of our esteemed Association has been redesigned with the photograph, Membership number and the date of joining.
3.Independence day flag hoisting was done by Dr. Dilip. S. Gode President ASI at ASI Head quarters.
4. The ASI Guest room at the head quarters which is not in good condition has been decided to renovate. The old concrete ceiling was fully removed and a new ceiling has been made. Newly renovated Guestroom will be opened very shortly for the benefit of ASI members.
5. ASI has always taken the lead to serve the brethren in times of disasters.ASI has contributed a sum of Rs.5 lakhs to mitigate the sufferings of the people of Kerala. Many of our members have contributed liberally for the cause.

It was unanimously passed as proposed by Dr. Bindey Kumar and seconded by Dr. Sreejoy Patnaik.

6. To consider and approve the proposal pertaining to membership of ASI –

a) Advancement from Associate Members to Full Members
b) List of New Members enrolled from 26.12.2017 – 20th August 2018
c) Details of Membership Strength as on 20.08.2018

Dr. J. W. Ebenesh Bensam, Honorary secretary informed the details of membership as under

a) Advancement from Associate Members to Full Members from 11th March to 20th August 2018- 218
b) List of New Members enrolled from 26.12.2017 – 20th August 2018 – 1380
Full Life Members – 720
Associate Life Members – 660
c) Details of Membership Strength as on 20.08.2018 – 23051
d) New members enrolled from 9th March to 20th August 2018 – 573

The House unanimously approved the membership.

Dr. J. W. Ebenesh Bensam, Honorary Secretary handed over the newly designed Life membership certificate to the President Dr. Dilip S Gode and the office bearers. All the members were handed over their personalized life membership certificate.

7. To consider and approve the following Financial Matters submitted/prepared by Dr Sanjay Kumar Jain, Honorary Treasurer
a) Chapter dues 2017
b) Audited statement from State Chapter & Specialty Sections

Dr. Sanjay Kumar Jain, Honorary Treasurer presented the accounts and information of details of Chapter dues and audited accounts. House unanimously approved it.

Financial Status as on 31st August 2018

Life Membership fund: Rs. 712.27 lakhs
Endowment fund: Rs. 51.05 lakhs
MCS rent advance: Rs. 3.00 lakhs
General A/c Rs. 55.80 lakhs
IJS Rs. 31.42 lakhs
SSS Rs. 150.20 lakhs
FAIS Rs. 55.99 lakhs
Building Rs. 17.89 lakhs
Bank of Baroda: Rs. 1042.61 Lakhs
Indian Bank Rs. 7.12 Lakhs
KarurVysya Bank Ltd Rs. 27.89 Lakhs
Total: Rs. 1077.62 Lakhs

Proposed by Dr G. Siddesh and seconded by Dr. R. K. Jenaw.

8. To consider the Brief Report on Regional Refresher Courses– Dr. Santhosh John Abraham, Director Surgical Studies.

Dr. Santhosh John Abraham, Director Surgical Studies, presented a brief report on the five of the already conducted RRCs. He appreciated the persons who contributed to the question bank and requested them to submit more of such inputs and also asked to give suggestions to further improve them. He also informed the house that out of final 12 participants from last year all have been selected for their M.Ch. courses. Dr. Abhay Dalvi suggested that the Department of the winning candidate should be felicitated and the best organized RRC should also be felicitated. House unanimously agreed for the proposal. It was unanimously decided to authorize a team of 5 to 6 persons to ponder and further improve the programme. Everyone congratulated Dr. Santhosh John Abraham for the success of this unique programme.

As the RRC are self sufficient, it was unanimously decided to provide honorarium to the faculty

9. Report on Training the Trainers programme at Vapi & future – Dr. Santhosh John Abraham, Director Surgical Studies.

Dr. Santhosh John Abraham, Director Surgical Studies, Presented details of the training program held at Vapi and institution of Mobile van by Johnson and Johnson

He informed that the programme was sponsored by Meril Academy and 40 participants attended the programme. Out of the 40 participants, 28 were invited to the Regional Refresher Courses as fundamental teachers. He also told that such kind of programmes will standardize the teaching in RRC

10. Publishing booklet with M/s Meril on Basic Wound Management

Dr. Santhosh John Abraham, Director of surgical studies informed that 12 eminent personalities have contributed to the book on Basic wound management. As the booklet would be published by M/S Meril there would not be any financial burden on ASI. ASI should only endorse the publication. The house unanimously agreed for the same.

11. To consider the Brief Report on Social Security Scheme (SSS) – Dr. Kaushik Shah, Secretary, ASI SSS

Dr. Kaushik Shah, Secretary of the scheme presented Brief Report on Social Security Scheme (SSS) informing that 590 members have joined till now but the joining rate has been slow in past three months. He also requested those EC members who are not yet member of SSS shall join at the earliest and promote the scheme in their respective states also. He also informed that if they are invited to state conferences they are ready to go and popularize the scheme. He informed that ASI SSS has a fixed Deposit of Rs. 3 crores and savings bank account of Rs. 18 lakhs. Dr. Raj Govind Sharma opined to digitalize the certificate.

12. To consider the Brief Report on Professional Indemnity Scheme by the Honorary Secretary

Honorary Secretary Dr. J. W. Ebenesh Bensam presented a report about the development of Professional Indemnity Scheme. He informed that 2710 members have availed the benefits of the scheme till date and requested everyone to motivate members to join the scheme. There were some queries of the members, Dr. Shiva K. Misra answered them.

13. To consider the brief report on Social Welfare activities – Dr. Bindey Kumar, Convener –Social Awareness / Public Awareness Committee.

Dr. Bindey Kumar, Convener –Social Awareness / Public Awareness Committee informed the house that two programs have been organized and two are in pipeline, He thanked the President and the EC members for attending and contributing towards the success of them.
The house congratulated Dr. Bindey Kumar for organizing the camps. It was decided that expenses will be borne by the ASI similar to RRC Faculty.

14. To discuss the unconstitutional activities of Haryana Chapter of ASI and remedial measures.

The President informed the house about the unconstitutional activities of Haryana Chapter and that the expelled members are being given responsibilities and the audited accounts of the Chapter and ASICON 2015 are not yet submitted. The matter was discussed in detail and various members participated in the discussion including Imm. Past President Dr. Shiva Misra and Dr. S. S. Bhardwaj. President Dr. Dilip. S. Gode concluded with the instructions to submit the audited accounts of ASICON 2015 with in a period of one month which would be re audited by ASI Auditors and also to send the ASI share of savings as per MOU. He also reiterated that on violation of MOU, action will be initiated against those individuals as per constitution and measures will be taken to recover the money through judicial measures.

15. To discuss on Section / Chapter / City Branches
a) IASO, APSI
b) Women’s Wing
c) North East Chapter
d) Pondicherry Chapter
e) City Branches (Ujjain, Kumbakonam, Dhanbad, Ramgarh, Ranchi, Hazaribagh, Mumbai, Thane)

(a) The decision of the last EC about the membership of IASO was discussed in detail and it was decided to uphold the decision and no changes can be made in the membership status and fee.
Regarding the letter from Dr. Ashok Kumar seeking clarifications about APSI. Dr. Chanjiv Singh informed that Dr. Ashok Kumar has already been terminated from APSI and hence his request should not be entertained. The house agreed to the same.

(b) The matter regarding the continuation of Women’s wing was discussed in detail and it was decided to dissolve the
women’s wing as it was not necessary to differentiate on gender basis.

(c) The Honorary secretary Dr. J.W. Ebenesh Bensam informed the house about the long standing request of the states (Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Mizoram, Nagaland and Meghalaya) to form a separate chapter to motivate more surgeons to join our fold. The house unanimously agreed for the same. The president invited the Chairman and Secretary of the North East Chapter, Dr. Werlok Kharsinng and Dr. Soni Lyngdoh to the dais and congratulated them.

(d) Dr. J.W. Ebenesh Bensam, Honorary Secretary informed about the proposal of the surgeons of Pondicherry to have a separate chapter. President Dr. Dilip S Gode told that so far Pondicherry has been a part of Tamil Nadu chapter and since they have a separate Government and TN&PASI Chairman and Secretary have forwarded the proposal, they can have a separate chapter. It was resolved to accept the proposal to form Pondicherry chapter. It was decided that both chapters will have EC member as per constitution.

(e) The Secretary informed about the request to form the respective city branches namely Ujjain under Madhya Pradesh Chapter, Kumbakonam under TN Chapter, Dhanbad, Ramgarh, Ranchi and Hazaribagh under Jharkhand chapter and Mumbai, Thane under Maharashtra chapter. The house unanimously approved the proposal.

16. To consider the Brief Report on the Website ASI – Dr. Narayana Rao, Joint Secretary website

Dr. Narayana Rao, Joint Secretary Website presented brief Report on the ASI Website as it has a modern look and functionality and he informed that more people are visiting the website now and it will be made more interactive in future.

Dr. Shiva K Misra, Immediate Past President enquired about the functioning of the interactive Mobile App. Dr. Narayana Rao replied that there are some issues with the provider and the matter will be resolved soon.

17. To consider the Election process report – Dr. Arvind Kumar, Chief Election Officer / Vice President ASI

Dr. Arvind Kumar the Chief Election Officer briefed about the progress of the election process which is on and he reiterated that elections will be held in a fair and transparent manner as per the schedule.

18. To consider the Report on IJS – Dr. Chintamani, Chief Editor IJS

Dr. Chintamani, Chief Editor IJS informed about the green initiative of IJS and print version is available for a nominal cost of Rs 600/- Pa. He also informed about the indexing details and improvement in impact factor and two IJS workshops have been organized and few more are in pipeline.

19. To approve the Report on ASICON 2017 – Dr. B L Yadav, Org. Secretary – ASICON 2017

Dr. Bhanwar Lal Yadav, Org. Secretary -ASICON 2017 presented the report of ASICON 2017 the audited statement of account and then he expressed thanks to the then President Dr. S. K. Misra, IPP, and the entire EC for valuable guidance in organizing the conference. He presented a cheque of Rs. 10 Lakhs to the ASI and he informed that a sum of Rs. 22,51,408/- have been contributed towards the department upgradation. Dr. Santhosh John Abraham said such allocations should only be made after approval of the EC. On the request, the EC approved the sanction of the amount. The house congratulated Team Rajasthan for the excellent conduct of the conference.

20. To note the Progress Report on ASICON 2018- Dr. K. Vinayak Senthil, Org. Secretary – ASICON 2018

Dr. K. Vinayak Senthil, Org. Secretary – ASICON 2018 presented about the progress of the conference, He informed that all the arrangements are being made to make it memorable and put more stress on academics and some entertainment extravaganza. He also invited all the EC members with spouse to attend the conference for which the registration and local hospitality will be taken care by the organizing committee. The house discussed the various aspects and a few comments made in past and opined that the entertainment program shall be limited to cultural evening and to avoid such extravagant arrangements to avoid public criticism.

21. To discuss the proposed scientific programme of ASICON 2018, Guest Lectures & Honorary Fellowships etc.

Dr. Dilip S. Gode, President ASI informed the house that the proposed Scientific programme of ASICON 2018 is finalized and requested Dr. Santhosh John Abraham, Director of surgical studies to highlight the Scientific programme. Dr. Santhosh informed that majority of the faculty/chair persons are predominantly from Tamil Nadu as per the protocol and the request of the organizing committee.

Dr. Santhosh John Abraham said that usually Honorary Fellowships are awarded to 3 individuals per year. As Dr. Derik Alderson, President of RCS England who was awarded

Honorary Fellowship last year could not participate in ASICON2017and had agreed to come this year, he can be awarded during ASICON2018 and sought approval to increase the Honorary fellowships to 5 per year.

Dr. Shiva K Misra, Immediate Past President opined that the Honorary fellowship should be awarded to Surgeons who have done outstanding work and should have trained some Indian surgeons. The house unanimously approved the proposals.

It was finally decided to award fellowships to the following during ASICON 2018.

1. Prof. Derek Alderson-President, RCS England
2. Prof. Tanaphon Maipang-President, RCS Thailand
3. Mr. John Mathew-U.K
4. Prof. Liu Rong- China
5. Prof. Andrew G. Hill-President, International Society of surgery.

Immediate Past President, Dr. Shiva K. Misra proposed Mr. Bijendra Patel, London for Dr. Panchanan Chatterjee Endowment lecture for the year 2018 and the house unanimously approved the proposal.

22. To consider the Procedure & Protocol for applying for ASICON & Report from ASICON Organization Committee.

President Dr. Dilip S. Gode informed the house that the ASICON organization committee has been formed under the leadership of Dr. Santhosh John Abraham and requested him to present the salient points of the report. The house accepted the report after some discussion. It was also decided that the Minimum Guaranteed amount given to ASI should be 50 lakhs and 50% of the profit, from ASICON 2020, with the closure of the Account and the workshop shall be unedited video based.

23. To consider mode of circulation of amended Constitution of ASI

Dr. J.W. Ebenesh Bensam, Honorary Secretary informed that the Amended constitution of ASI has already been uploaded in the website and all the issues raised in the last E.C meeting have been sorted out after his personal meeting with the Registrar of societies. Dr. G. Siddesh congratulated the office Bearers for the historic amendment of constitution which nullified many court cases. Since the Amended Constitution is uploaded in the website, President Dr. Dilip S. Gode informed that the print version will be given to all the EC members and state/section office bearers for reference and sought approval for the same. The house approved for the same. Each and every one were handed over a copy of the constitution.

24. To consider MoU of ASICON 2019

Dr. Sreejoy Patnaik, Organizing Secretary informed that the proposed dates were 23rd to 27th December but looking to the difficulties of the international faculty and the delegates the dates will be rescheduled between 10th -20th December 2019 and will be intimated accordingly.

25. To note ASICON 2020 Bids

Honorary Secretary Dr. J. W. Ebenesh Bensam informed till date there are two bids from Maharashtra and Assam Chapters and since the last date for bidding is 15th October the final position will be clear by then and will be informed accordingly.

26. Any other matter with the permission of the Chair

Dr. Dilip S. Gode requested the Honorary Secretary Dr. J.W. Ebenesh Bensam to proceed with any other matter with the permission of the chair.

The Secretary informed about the need of Generator for the office and Auditorium at the headquarters as it is difficult to rent out the auditorium during power shut down. The house agreed to purchase a generator as per requirement.

Dr. Shiva. K. Misra, Immediate past president opined that the second floor which has been lying vacant should be utilized and more revenue should be generated from the auditorium and second floor.

The Secretary informed about the request from Dr. M.G. Nariani seeking revocation of suspension. The matter was discussed in detail and the house unanimously felt as he has written the request in a humble way his suspension can be revoked.

The Secretary informed about the letter from Dr. J.S. Rajkumar forwarded by the Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer of TN & PASI seeking revocation of his dismissal. The matter was discussed in detail and it was decided not to entertain this request as he is not at all apologetic of his Anti ASI activities.

The President Dr. Dilip S. Gode congratulated Dr. Palin, Dr. Jugindra and Dr. Ibohal for the successful conduct of the EC meeting and social events at Imphal and a memento was handed over to each of them.

27. Vote of thanks by Dr. Sanjay Kumar Jain, Honorary Treasurer ASI

With no matter in pending Honorary Treasurer ASI Dr. Sanjay Kumar Jain proposed the vote of Thanks and the meeting was adjourned after the National Anthem.