Meetings
AGM HELD AT EMCON2011, KOLKATA
The meeting was attended by
Dr.V.P.Chandrasekaran welcomed the gathering and invited all the office bearers to the dias
Dr. Anita Bhavnani – President - AAEMI
Dr. Mahesh Joshi – Executive Co-Chairman - SEMI
Dr.P.Satish Babu – Secretary – SEMI
Dr.T.S.Srinath Kumar – Joint Secretary – SEMI
Dr.Tamorish Kole – Vice President – North Zone & Academic Council – Chair
Dr. Kushrav Bhajan - Vice President – West Zone
Dr. S.Senthil Kumaran Vice President – South Zone
Dr. Ansu Prakas Chaudary Vice President – East Zone,
Various representatives from AAEMI, State chapters of Kerala, Tamilnadu & West Bengal. Eminent Emergency Physicians from National & International sector.
The meeting was started by The President welcoming the gathering and started with the agenda for the General Body meeting.
The Secretary and The Joint Secretary of the Society presented this report which was upheld by all the members present at the meeting
Major events are as follows:-
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 SEMI Lifetime achiever award was announced for the first time in recognition for development of Emergency Medicine in our country and the award was given to Dr. K.Hari Prasad, CEO, Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad
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 EMCON2011 held at Kolkata with more than 750 delegates participating in this event
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 SEMI members were requested to send their details to semimembers@googlegroups.com along with their photographs scanned
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 It was decided to convert 1year Fellowship programme to 3years Masters in Accident & Emergency Medicine for which a structured syllabus to prepared by the Academic Council & to be submitted at the earliest.
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 Dr.Mahesh Joshi informed he would like to sponsor for 2 special mention awards for young researchers on the name of his father
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 IJEM journal was released by SEMI – West Bengal chapter
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 Indian Resuscitation guidelines prepared by seven societies including SEMI - was released by Mr.Shivaraman
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 Guidelines for Emcon/Intem were prepared & submitted by eminent Emergency Physician Dr.Anantharaman from Singapore which was passed in the AGM with active promotion of the venue for atleast 2 years. For future conferences the material should be strictly from Emergency Medicine with a SEMI appointed scientific committee.
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 Nearly 145 new registrations were made during the last year to the society
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 EMCON2009/INTEM2010 accounts were submitted in the AGM
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 More state chapters to be started
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 Curriculum was submitted to Medical Council of India & DNB offices at New Delhi
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 Paramedic section to be started at the earliest and the responsibility was given to Dr.Paresh Navalkar & Dr.Fabith
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 BSc ( Emergency & Trauma care technology) curriculum was submitted
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 To register SEMI logo and new Website to be launched
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 Agenda & accounts to be submitted 1month prior to AGM to all SEMI members & receive inputs within 7 days before the AGM
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 There was tie for EMCON2012 – for which a consensus was made between Dr.Mahesh Joshi & Dr. Tamorish Kole, finally it was decided by themselves that the venue as New Delhi by NCR chapter under the leadership of Dr.Tamorish Kole
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 It was decided to permit Apollo Hyderabad on behalf of SEMI to bid for ACEM2017 and Dr.Sri Hari/Dr.Tausif were given permission to bid ICEM 2018 to be conducted at Chennai on behalf of SEMI.
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 Disaster management to be started by Dr.Anish Banerjee
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 SEMI has come forward to conduct various short courses in Emergency & Critical care for Doctors/Interns/Paramedics without any profit. Further details - to contact semimembers@googlegroups.com/drvpchandru@gmail .com/sriruturekha@yahoo.co.in.
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 The meeting was concluded by the president.
This document was prepared by
Dr.V.P.Chandrasekaran
Dr.P.Satish Babu
Dr.T.S.Srinath Kumar
President
Secretary
Joint Secretary
Meeting with MCI (12.09.2011, Monday)
Dr. V.P.Chandrasekaran President SEMI was officially invited by Board of members - Medical Council of India to discuss regarding formation of Curriculum for M.D. Emergency Medicine on 12th Sep 2011. The Curriculum was submitted to Hon. Health Minister Shri. Gulam Nabi Azad and MCI Members.
 
Minutes of SEMI Meeting
SEMI Leaders Meet in Hyderabad on Jan 23, 2011.
Click Here for Minutes of Meeting
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SOCIETY FOR EMERGENCY MEDICINE, INDIA (SEMI) AT INTEM2010 (13.11.2010, Saturday)

The meeting started at 06.00pm which was chaired by the President – Dr. S.Sasikumar.

Office bearers who were present : Immediate Past President – Dr.T.V.Ramakrishnan, Vice President – Dr. Sourabh Kole, Treasurer – Dr. Tamorish Kole, Joint Secretary – Dr. Ketan Patel,
International Members – Dr. Lingappa Amernath, Dr. Mahadevan, Dr. George Abraham,
Dr. V. Anantharaman & other national members of the Society.
 
  The President started with his Presidential Address and he discussed the various achievements during his tenure and also he appraised about the importance of recognition by Medical Council of India towards MD (Accident & Emergency Medicine).
 
He also appraised to the members that he made a visit to Trivandrum in 2009 to meet Dr. Kesavan Kutty, Vice President of MCI, where he briefed him about the activities of the Society & discussed about MCI recognition for existing Emergency Physicians, various EM Residentship Programmes that are being conducted across the Country. Dr.Sasi said, he also visited Government Medical College, Trivandrum for arranging short courses in Emergency Medicine.
 
He also mentioned about his meeting with Dr. Indrajit Ray, Chairman of PG Committee, MCI in 2009 regarding MCI recognition for existing Qualified Emergency Physicians.
 
He said that there was a meeting with Dr.A.K.Sood, Executive Director, National Board of Examinations where he submitted the Curriculum & Syllabus for DNB (EM) Residentship programme.
 
Dr.Sasi added that he had a meeting with the Board of Governing members of MCI in 2010 –Dr.S.K. Sarin, Dr.Gautam Sen, Dr.Sita Naik & Dr. Prasanna Raj where the educational activities of the Society was briefed, Curriculum & Syllabus for MD (Emergency Medicine) Residentship Programme was submitted.
 
Dr.Sasi said, he represented SEMI in the recently concluded International Federation for Emergency Medicine(IFEM) meeting held at ACEP SA 2010 venue in Las Vegas, USA.
 
Dr.Sasi said RTI (Right To Information) has been filed at the Dept. of Registrar of Societies, Andhra Pradesh asking for all the details about SEMI since its conception.
 
Dr. V.P.Chandrasekaran appreciated Dr. Tamorish for helping the organizers of INTEM2010 by providing Rs.6 Lakhs from sponsors and Rs.2 Lakhs for the Key note speaker.
 
Dr. Anantharaman requested all the members to continue with the proceedings and suggested that the new office bearers to address all the issues.
 
Dr. Sohil requested to conduct AGM atleast twice a year and to have advisory board including both National and International Faculty, to solve the issues.
 
Dr. Sasi, raised the issue of MCI recognition through the colleges/ universities for the benefit of the existing Qualified EM Physicians for which Dr.T.V.Ramakrishnan said he will request his University to take steps for recognition of MD (EM) Degree retrospectively.
 
Dr. Sasi raised about Academic Council and the next Conference venues, but
Dr. V.P.Chandrasekaran intervened saying it will be decided by the next office bearers.
Dr. Anantharaman suggested forming the advisory committee, but Dr. Shamim suggested that it is the responsibility of the newly elected office bearers to form it.
 
Dr. Tamorish agreed with all the above points & questioned who will be communicating with the society.
 
Dr. Sasikumar informed with great difficulty he opened a Bank account for SEMI at Chennai in a non nationalized bank - Karur Vysya Bank as it did not stress on Original documents, Constitution, PAN Card etc.
 
Dr. Tamorish read all the details of audited SEMI account.
 
Dr. Tamorish gave a detailed report on the financial details for the period 2008 - 2010 and informed the members that the balance as of today is Rs.4,00,498.37 + 1,00,000 (Seed money returned by Dr.Subroto), total Rs.5,00,498.37.
 
SEMI members accepted all the accounts presented & requested the Chair to announce elections.
 
Elections were declared opened by the President
 
First- Elections were held for the Post of President, there were two candidates Dr.V.P.Chandrasekaran & Dr. Sourabh Kole which was won by Dr.V.P.Chandrasekaran with a margin of 53 votes.
 
Secondly the election took place for the post of Secretary; Dr. P.Sathish Babu won the election unanimously followed by Dr.T.S.Srinath Kumar who won unanimously for the post of Joint Secretary.
 
There was an election for the post of Treasurer between Dr. Prakash Mohanasundaram and Dr. Arijit Bose wherein Dr. Prakash Mohanasundaram won by a margin of 52 votes.
 
Further to, the elections for Zonal Vice President took place as follows:-
 
1.
 Dr. Tamorish Kole – Elected unanimously for North Zone
 
2.
 Dr. Khusrav Bhajan – Elected unanimously for West Zone
 
3.
 Dr. S.Senthil Kumaran - Elected unanimously for South Zone
 
4.
 Their was an election for East Zone where in the competition were between Dr. Ansu Prakash, Kolkata and Dr.Sashibha Barman, Assam though Dr. Sashibha won it, she stepped down with the request of Dr.V.P.Chandrasekaran to pave way for Dr.Ansu for being a senior faculty in Emergency Medicine in that zone.
 
5.
 There were no takers for Central Zone
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At 7.20pm the new office bearers were invited by the out going President Dr.S.Sasikumar to take over and wished them Good Luck.
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The new President Dr.V.P.Chandrasekaran gave his Presidential address with great support from the members and the new office bearers. He made the following promises
 
1.
 Membership ID cards will be issued as early as possible to all the SEMI members
 
2.
 Directory of SEMI
 
3.
 SEMI accredited short courses
 
4.
 State wise chapters with a Secretary and Joint Secretary for that state apart from the National Secretary and Joint Secretary
 
5.
 SEMI awards to encourage & motivate Emergency Physicians & EM Residents
 
6.
 Maintain good relationship with other societies and other members
 
7.
 To form a Paramedic association at the earliest
 
8.
 Work for the recognition from MCI & DNB for existing Emergency Physicians
 
9.
 Organize the faculty training sessions
 
10.
 To have a Advisory Committee

All the above mentioned points were well taken by SEMI members

 
The Advisory Committee members are as follows:-
 
1.
 Dr. Gowtham Bodiwala
 
2.
 Dr. Anantharaman
 
3.
 Dr. George Abraham
 
4.
 Dr. Kumar Alagappan
 
5.
 Dr. Lingappa Amarnath
 
6.
 Dr. Mahadevan
 
7.
 Dr. T.V.Rama Krishnan
 
8.
 Dr. Dhavapalani
 
9.
 Dr. Madhavan
Dr. G.Anand Kumar suggested for the plans for improvement by making a presentation of our achievements in the forth coming AGM
Dr. Mahadevan requested all the SEMI members should come forward and help to improve our society, also to make representation from all over the country
The new president Dr. V.P.Chandrasekaran called for additional support nation wide in the form of State wise Secretary and Joint Secretary of SEMI
 
1.
 Kerala – Dr. P.P.Venugopalan & Dr. Gireesh Kumar
 
2.
 Jammu & Kashmir – Dr. Shamim Ahamed Bhat & Dr. Wasim Ahmad Malik
 
3.
 Karnataka – Dr. Ramesh & Dr. Sudeep K Bhandary
 
4.
 Assam – Dr. Mitam Barooa
 
5.
 Andhra Pradesh – Dr. Sathish Kumar.S & Dr. Raveendra
 
6.
 Pondicherry – Dr. Karthikeyan & Dr. Ashok
 
7.
 West Bengal – Dr. Sourabh Kole & Dr. Arijit Bose
 
8.
 Tamil Nadu – Dr.Saravanakumar & Dr. SriHari
For other states, representation is awaited & to be decided at a later stage
The newly elected President made an announcement for future EMCON’S & INTEM after discussing with the floor
2011 (EMCON): There was a tie between Coimbatore and Kolkata, the President requested both to decide and come to a consensus, Dr. Prakash Mohanasundaram, Coimbatore gently stepped away for Kolkata and it was decided that the EMCON 2011 will be held in Kolkata
2012 (EMCON): Dr. Shamim Ahmed Bhat requested the members to give an opportunity to host the Conference in Srinagar, Kashmir which was accepted by all the members.
2013 (EMCON): Dr.Venugopalan P.P requested the members to give an opportunity to host the Conference at MIMS, Calicut which was accepted by all the members.
2014 (INTEM): Dr.Prasad Rajhans requested on behalf of Dr. Kushrao Bhajan to give an opportunity to host the Conference in Mumbai which was accepted all the members.
The President gave vote of thanks and requested all the SEMI members to extend their support for the next two years.
The AGM closed at 08:10 pm.
 
Our promises are as follows:-

1. Membership ID cards will be issued as early as possible to all the SEMI members
2. Directory of SEMI
3. SEMI accredited short courses
4. State wise chapters with a Secretary and Joint Secretary for that state apart from the National Secretary and Joint Secretary
5. SEMI awards to encourage & motivate Emergency Physicians & EM Residents
6. Maintain good relationship with other societies and other members
7. To form a Paramedic association at the earliest
8. Work for the recognition from MCI & DNB for existing Emergency Physicians
9. Organize the faculty training sessions
10. To have a Advisory Committee
 
Minutes of Annual General Meeting held on 21st November 2009,Guwahati
•
 Dr. Brajendra (North East Chapter) & the Organizing Secretary of EMCON 2009, welcomed all the SEMI members present in the hall and invited the President of SEMI –
Dr. S.Sasikumar to the dais
•
 Dr. S.Sasikumar invited General Secretary, Joint secretary, Treasurer &
Vice President – East Zone to the dais
President SEMI presented the activity report of year 2009
•
 Activity Report
 
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 Initially there was difficulty in running the society activities as there was no control over bank account and website
 
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 New Bank Account opened for SEMI in Karur Vysa Bank, Poonamallee High Road, Chennai-77 in the name of Society for Emergency Medicine, India (SEMI)
 
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 So far 67 new Members were registered since EMCON 2008
 
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 Met the Health secretary / Director of Medical Education, Kerala & HOD’s of Trivandrum Medical College in view of starting MD course in Emergency Medicine and conducting short programs in Emergency Medicine
 
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 Conducted SEMI accredited Accident Emergency Life support (AELS) course in Kanniyakumari Government Medical College
 
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 Conducted SEMI accredited Accident Emergency Life support (AELS) course in Vinayaka Missions Hospital, Salem
 
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 Organized three days conference on Advances in Critical care and Emergency Medicine (PACE) in Salem
 
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 Personally met the Vice President of MCI, Dr. Kesavan Kutty Nair regarding recognition of existing MD Accident & Emergency Medicine
 
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 Personally met the Chairman of Postgraduate Committee, MCI,
Dr. Indrajit Ray, regarding recognition of existing MD Accident & Emergency Medicine
 
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 A journal exclusively intended for Emergency and Medicine (VITALS) is launched
(expecting first copy by mid of 2010)
 
The following Agendas were taken up for liaison by president of SEMI
 
•
 Increasing the registration of international faculty/members associated with SEMI
 
Dr. S.Sasikumar, President of SEMI proposed to advertise in JIMA to increase the number of members and invited discussion from the members
 
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 Dr. L .S Ameranth, USA suggested keeping a counter in all the EMCON conferences for spot registrations for National & International faculty
- Many members complained that who ever registered at INTEM 2006, New Delhi didn’t receive the membership card
 
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 Dr. Suresh David, Vellore and Dr.Mabel Vasnaik, Bangalore suggested that instead of advertising in JIMA, suggested to keep registration options available on SEMI website
 
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 Dr. Sri Hari, Chennai also suggested for online registration
 
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 Dr. Tamorish Kole, Treasurer of SEMI suggested that there should be different registration fee for international faculties
 
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 Dr.V.P.Chandrasekaran, Salem suggested that lot of Australian faculty is interested in SEMI, so they should be given a chance for registration
 
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 Dr. George Abraham suggested for FCRI type regulations for registration which is followed in western world
 
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 Dr. Anantharaman, Singapore suggested to formulate a criteria for defining a membership E.g.: Who can register other than Emergency Physicians?
 
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 Dr. Suresh David suggested College of Emergency Medicine in Australia has keen interest in India and suggested three types of memberships like Life member, Associate member, and Affiliate member
 
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 Dr. V. P.Chandrasekaran suggested reducing the registration fee for PG students of EM by 50 %
 
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 Dr. Suresh David replied that a standard fee should be kept for all as it is not compulsory for PG’s to be involved with SEMI, but when they graduate they can be a part of it
 
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 Dr. Mabel Vasnaik suggested that PG students can be incorporated as student members till they get their degree
 
•
 Final Consensus
 
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 Different fee for different countries will create confusion, so existing life membership fee is ideal for all national & international members
 
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 Online registration in SEMI website
 
Region wise chapters for SEMI
 
-
 Dr. V.P.Chandrasekaran expressed that it is difficult to start a state unit with 50 members initially as mentioned in the constitution of SEMI & therefore they should be given two years to achieve the target
 
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 Dr. Shamim Ahmad from J & K supported this idea for it will help to promote Emergency Medicine at the grass root level
 
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 Dr. Atanu, Guwahati suggested registering in already existing chapters of SEMI till one has strong footing in his/ her place is an ideal one
 
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 Dr. Parminder, Punjab & Dr.Sanjukta, Kolkata suggested conducting short term programs across the country especially northern states to make people aware of SEMI
 
•
 Final Consensus
 
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 State units can be allowed to start with 25 members, instead of 50 members
 
Regarding existing SEMI members
 
-
 Dr. Suresh David raised issue that no list of current SEMI members is available
 
-
 Dr. Sri Hari replied that EMCON 2007 souvenir had the names of all members
 
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 It was suggested that list of SEMI member to be printed in souvenirs of all future EMCON / the list of members should be available on the SEMI website
 
-
 Representative from Kerala was asking for cards or certificates for which President SEMI answered that cards will be given as SEMI were short of funds
 
•
 Final Consensus
 
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 List of SEMI members will be updated in the SEMI official Webpage and
those members whose names are left out can contact the SEMI president
with the proof of their registration so that they can be incorporated in the
membership list
 
•
 Regarding SEMI logo
 
-
 Dr. Suresh David raised the issue of SEMI logo in use now as not being the actual logo of SEMI, as it is his department logo
 
-
 Dr Mabel Vasnaik suggested to retrieve old SEMI logo
 
•
 Final Consensus
 
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 Retrieve original SEMI logo - Dr. Tamorish, Treasurer of SEMI came
forward to find out the original SEMI logo at the Government Registration
council in Delhi
 
Regarding formulating a curriculum for MD Emergency Medicine
 
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 Dr. V.P.Chandrasekaran suggested to formulate a curriculum for Emergency Medicine so that it could be suggested to Medical Council of India
 
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 Dr. Suresh David updated about the  MCI gazette which shows MD  (Emergency  Medicine) till 1984 and same was removed in 2000 from the gazette
 
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 Dr. Mabel Vasnaik suggested short fellowship courses like FEM to be accredited with National Board of Examinations
 
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 It was also suggested to reconsider to start Diploma in Emergency Medicine
 
-
 Dr. Gautam Bodiwala (President – IFEM), UK, suggested that IFEM has been helping various countries who do not have any programs for EM. He also said that MCI gazette in 2002 showed the existing course on MD Accident & Emergency Medicine
 
•
 Final Consensus
 
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 Unanimously decided to form the academic council for all the academic related activities & convey same to MCI
 
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 Dr. Suresh Davis was nominated as the Chair of the Academic Council & was asked to formulate the list of all the members of the council
 
Regarding formulating and conducting short courses in EM
 
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Dr. V.P.Chandrasekaran suggested that SEMI should formulate its own short term courses rather than costly courses like ACLS/ ATLS etc. which was endorsed by Dr.Suresh David
 
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It was also suggested that SEMI formulates its own textbook related to EM      

 
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 Dr. S.Sasikumar, President of SEMI said Dr. Suresh David is the Chief Editor of a new text book of Emergency Medicine. Dr.Suresh David replied that he is working on a textbook of EM which will be published soon
 
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 it was also suggested that SEMI allocate some amount of annual funds for research related events every year
 
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 Dr. Tamorish Kole, Treasurer of SEMI mentioned about the funds available with him & the amount of Rs.1,65,000 that is remaining in SEMI Account, Hyderabad
 
•
 Final Consensus
 
-
 Retrieval of money from SEMI Account, Hyderabad
 
Regarding felicitating the valued members of SEMI
 
-
 Dr. S.Sasikumar, President of SEMI suggested to give various awards at EMCON every year
 
        Excellence in academics
        Promoters of EM
        Life time achievement award
 
•
 Final Consensus
 
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 No final consensus was reached
 
Regarding research paper presentation in EMCON conferences
 
-
 Dr. Venugopal, Calicut suggested that there should be separate awards for paramedics in research paper competition in all EMCON Conferences
 
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 Dr. Suresh David said that the judges have not properly assessed the research papers as there was no adequate time given to the speakers
 
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 It was also suggested to formulate standard guidelines for scrutinizing the research papers at the conference which will be a guide for the judges whether national or international
 
•
 Final Consensus
 
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 Standard guidelines for scrutinizing the research papers will be formed to maintain uniformity
 
 
EMCON 2008
 
-
 Dr. V.P.Chandrasekaran presented the EMCON 2008 accounts. He also said Rs.1,00,000 was given to SEMI on behalf of EMCON 2008 organizing committee, Salem
 
Secretary election
 
-
 Dr. M. Srinivas, Secretary of SEMI resigned from the post
 
-
 Dr. G.Anand Kumar, Salem proposed Dr. V.P.Chandrasekaran as the Secretary which was seconded by Dr.T.Srinath, Salem & others
 
-
 Dr. Suresh David proposed Dr. Atanu Barthakur
 
-
 Dr. V.P.Chandrasekaran spoke to Dr. Atanu & confirmed with him for actively working for SEMI following which Dr. V.P.Chandrasekaran decided to withdraw his nomination as a good will gesture
 
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 Dr. Atanu was elected unanimously as Secretary of SEMI
 
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 At the end, newly elected secretary addressed the gathering followed by dinner
Date: 15.11.08
Venue: Vinayaka Mission Hi-tech Hospital Auditorium, Salem, Tamilnadu
10.30 am: Meeting called by SEMI President Dr. T.V.Ramakrishnan
Agenda
•
 Report on EMCON 2007
•
 Presentation of final audited accounts
•
 Proposal of Amendments
•
 Election of new office bearers
•
 The President asked the members to suggest ways to increase the SEMI funds. Prof Anantharaman suggested that a part of the fee from each delegate and faculty registrations should also be collected towards SEMI to help increase SEMI funds. This suggestion was lauded by many members. Furthermore the idea of putting a separate registration charge for the banquet dinner was also to be dwelled upon
The president suggested that 25% from the delegate fees and 10% from the sponsor fees that are collected must be given to SEMI by the state organizing the conference.The money must be given within 3 months from the date of the conference.A seed money of Rs 100,000 will be given by SEMI to the organizers of the next conference.This amount must be returned to SEMI within 30 days of completion of the conference.This will ensure that the amount is available to be given for the next conference.This was finally put to vote and agreed upon by all present
Dr. V.P.Chandrashekar brought light to the fact that the all of invited faculty had not registered for the conference and that it was to be made compulsory so that the organizers do not lose out
A decision on compulsory faculty registration within 1 month of acceptance of invitation was made following discussions
•
 A suggestion to raise the life time membership fee of Rs.2000 INR to Rs.5000 INR was put forward
After much discussion the membership fee was decided to be raised to Rs.3000 INR and Associate membership fee of Rs.1500 INR valid for 2 years
•
 Voting of new SEMI office bearers
President
Proposals - Dr. Pushparaj Singh, Dr. V.P.Chandrasekhar, Dr. T.V.Ramakrishnan
Dr. T.V.Ramakrishan reminded the members that a member cannot stand for presidency for more than 2 years as per the SEMI constitution. Dr. V.P.Chandrasekhar also expressed his unwillingness for the post.Later Dr. S.Sasikumar was proposed for the president’s post
The candidates were put to vote and Dr. S.Sasikumar was elected as the new President
Vice President
Dr. Saurabh Kole (Kolkata) was unanimously elected
Secretary

Dr. M.Srinivas and Dr.Ketan Patel were proposed for the Secretary's post and Dr. M. Srinivas was elected as the new Secretary
Joint Secretary
Dr. Ketan Patel unanimously elected
All the new officer bearers were sworn in and were congratulated by everyone
The meeting ended at 12.50pm