Dear friends,

Heartfelt greetings to you all!

It is with a feeling of great satisfaction that I write this message from the desk of President. I

have been closely associated with the Karnataka Chapter of IAPM since 1988 and have

watched it grow steadily to its present stature. I still remember the one odd meeting we

used to have (in the late 80’s and early 90’s) at Kidwai Memorial Institute of

Oncology. Dr. Krishna Bhargava – the then Director was kind enough to host these

meetings. Since then the association has been nurtured by able personalities – Dr.

C M Jayakeerthi, Dr. A V Ramaprasad, Dr. S J Nagalotimath, Dr. Sreenivasa

Gowda, Dr. S Kumar, Dr. Saraswathi Rao, Dr. M H Kulkarni and Dr. Sujay

Prasad – just to name a few. Dr. Nanda Kishore Alva our current secretary has

taken the association forward by leaps and bounds. Many other members whose

names are not mentioned have also made significant contributions.

At one stage we had to plead with and coerce various institutions to come forward to

host conferences and CME programs and in the bargain most conferences would

be held at Bangalore.

At the present time we are having conferences at other cities too.

It is very encouraging to note that we now have venues lined up for the next three years.

The nature of academic discussions too has metamorphosed from slide seminars alone

to a mixture of other events such as lectures, workshops, quiz programs and the like.

The quality of scientific presentations at our annual chapter conferences has

also improved tremendously.

Our membership strength as well as our financial position has been growing steadily and

we can now boast to be one among the strongest chapters of IAPM. I look forward

to realizing our dream of having an office of our own.

Friends, we are on the right path but there is a lot to do. Firstly, we need to increase our

membership further and become the most represented body in the entire nation.

I request all departmental heads to put in that little extra effort to garner additional

membership. Secondly, all our members should have valid registration with the

Karnataka Medical Council, as this is a legal requirement. I request all our members to

ensure that this is done. Thirdly, the strength of our national body – IAPM lies in its

chapters and I sincerely request you all to become members of the parent body.

I sign off by thanking you all for giving me this honor. I end my message by further

committing myself to the growth of our beloved chapter. Let us all join hands and set

a benchmark for other chapters to follow.

“Long live KC-IAPM and long live IAPM”.

Jai Karnataka!

Jai Hind!

N. JAYARAM

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