The minutes of the General Body Meeting of BMESI held on 01.02.2009
                             at College of Engineering – Pune.

First meeting of the Executive council of BMESI was conducted on 1st February 2009 at 8:30 A.M in College of Engineering – Pune and transacted various points brought to the EC meeting. Following EC members attended the meeting.

 

1) Dr.G.Ravindran – President

2) Dr.Niranjan D Khambete – Secretary

3) Dr.V M Joshi – Member

Mr. Muralidhar Bairy .G Expressed his inability to attend the meeting but sent us the agenda items for discussion.

 

   AGENDA ITEMS:

 

1)      It is proposed that assistance of Rs.10, 000 to be given for workshop and Rs.20, 000 to be given to the conference conducted in the name of Biomedical Engineering Society of India.

-         It is resolved that Rs.7, 500 for workshop organizers and Rs.15, 000 to the    conference organizers can be given for conducting the workshop and conferences in the name of BMESI.

-         Number of workshops to sponsored by BMESI can be limited to two per year.

 

2)      It is proposed to increase the allowance to the office staff from Rs.300 to 500 and Rs.500 to 750 respectively.   

-         It is resolved to get the further details from the Joint Secretary about the type of work performed by these office staffs before enhancing the allowance.

 

3)      It is proposed to allot Rs.500 per month to the editor of Biomedical Journal Dr.Ramesh R Galigekere for meeting the Internet Expenses in connection with Journal activities.

-         It is resolved to defer this item for the present.

 

4)      It is proposed to identify the person responsible for maintaining the website for BMESI.

-         It is resolved that Dr.G.Kulanthaivel will be responsible for maintaining website like previous years.

-          It is further resolved to fix the networking firm which will maintain the website and the maintenance fees to be paid will be fixed in due course.

 

5)      It is proposed to fix the subscription to be paid for various categories of membership in BMESI.

-         It is resolved that the subscription for various membership are as follows. For individual members annual subscription is Rs.100, Life membership is Rs.1,500, Registration fees is Rs.20, Institutional Life membership is Rs.15,000 Registration is Rs.100, student membership is Rs.50 per annum.

 

6)      It is proposed to study the possibility of creation of student chapters. 

-         It is resolved not to create the student chapters for the present. They can be associated with local chapters. The decision will be taken in the subsequent meeting.

 

7)      It is proposed to update the membership details in the website.

-         It is resolved that available membership details like membership number, name, address, email etc will be put in the website and members will be requested to confirm the details. Dr.G.Kulanthaivel will be entrusted with this work. For any modifications the members should send the details to Dr.G.Kulanthaivel through email.

-          It is further resolved that any letter sent to EC members will be sent to Dr.G.Kulanthaivel for updating in the website.

8)      It is proposed to link with other Professional bodies for strengthening association activities.

-         It is resolved to study the method of interacting with other Professional bodies in Engineering and Medical field for working jointly in the area of Biomedical Engineering.

 

9)      It is proposed to study the possibility of linking BMESI with International federation of Medical and Biological Engineering.

-         It is resolved to request the secretary of BMESI Dr.Niranjan D Khambete to discuss with secretary general of IFBME Dr.Ratko Magjarevic for the possibility and method of linking with both the associations.

 

10)  It is proposed to list out the possible activities to be carried out in 2009 - 2010.

-         It is resolved to increase the membership in all categories by sending letters to all Engineering colleges in India offering Biomedical Engineering programmes. Requesting the institution to join as a Institutional members and teaching staffs to join as life members and students to join as a student members.

-          Senior member in each region will be requested to help BMESI to increase the number of memberships.

-         It is further resolved to accept the request of Anna University Chennai to conduct next International conference on Biomedical Engineering in the name of BMESI.The date will be fixed after discussing with the university authorities.

 

11)  It is proposed to revive the Journal of BMESI Medical and Life Science Engineering.

-         It is resolved that the Journal of BMESI will be revived and it will be published twice per year to start with and later on it can be increased to three issues per year. Resources to meet the expenditure will be taken up in the next EC members.

 

12)  It is proposed to continue the publication of Newsletter of BMESI.

 

It is resolved to continue the Newsletter as E-News letter through our website itself. There will be four issues of E-News letter per year. President and Secretary of BMESI along with Dr.G.Kulanthaivel will manage the publication of E-News letters. Any member can give the information’s/details to be published to any one of the members mentioned above.

 

 

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The General Body Meeting of BMESI was held at the time of National Conference on Biomedical Engineering, NCBME 2004 at Visakhapatnam.


Date: Thursday, December 23, 2004.
Time: 12.15 pm. – 01.15 pm.
Venue: Library Auditorium,
GITAM, College of Engineering, Visakhapatnam – 530 045.
Total Number of Life Members present: 22

Minutes of the General Body Meeting

1. Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore will organize the National Conference on Biomedical     Engineering in January/February 2006. Contact person: Prof. M. Mukunda Rao (L-553), Research     Professor, Biomedical Sciences Division, Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute,     Porur, Chennai – 600 116.

2. Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal will organize the National Conference on Biomedical     Engineering in September/October 2007 as part of the Golden Jubilee Celebration of the institute.     Contact person: Dr. Gopalakrishna Prabhu K. (L-334), Professor & Head, Dept. of Biomedical     Engineering, MIT, Manipal – 576 104.

3. It is decided to conduct Student Paper Competition and One-day Workshop (or Tutorial) as regular     yearly events. Educational Institutes with BMESI-Student Chapter may come forward to organize     such events. BMESI will sponsor the Prize amount for the Student Paper Competition and help in     locating renowned speakers (from the academia or industry) in specialized areas for the Workshops    / Tutorials.

4. Dr. B. V. Raju Institute of Technology, Narsapur (AP) will organize the National Level Student     Paper Competition in December 2005. Contact person: Dr. VVNR Prasad Raju (L-668), Professor &     Head, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Vishnupur, Narsapur, Medak District – 502 313.

5. Dept. of BME, College of Engineering, Osmania University, Hyderabad will organize one-day     workshop on Medi-Embedded System before August 2005. Contact Person Ms. Malini Mudigonda     (L-243), Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Osmania University, Hyderabad.

6. Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal will organize a     one-day workshop in December 2006. Contact person: Dr. G. K. Prabhu (L-334).

7. Decided to have website (www.bmesi.org), where the electronic versions of the BMESI newsletter,     ENGMEDNEWS and journal of the BMESI, Medical and Life Sciences Engineering will be     published. Mr. G. Kulanthaivel (L-469) will coordinate the activities.

8. Mr. G. Muralidhar Bairy (L-335) is the Treasurer of BMESI with effect from January 01, 2005 in    place of Mr. B. K. S. Rao (L-338) since the latter has shifted to Bangalore from Manipal. The BMESI    thanks Mr. B. K. S. Rao for his committed service for six years.

9. Decided to provide identity cards to the Life-Members of BMESI. Mr. G. Kulanthaivel (L-469) will    coordinate with BMESI office.

10. Agreed to appoint a part-time employee at BMESI office to look after the regular activities like the     membership applications / postage / printing jobs etc. Rs. 750/- (Rupees seven hundred and fifty     only) per month is sanctioned towards this appointment.

11. Currently the subscription amount for the Life Membership is Rs. 750/-. This amount will be raised     to Rs. 1,000/- (Rupees one thousand only) with effect from April 01, 2005 for new memberships.

    BMESI congratulates Prof. Puvvada Ramesh, Chairman, NCBME 2004 for successfully     organizing the Conference at GITAM College of Engineering, Visakhapatnam.

Dr. A.G. Ramakrishnan                                                                            Dr. Gopalakrishna Prabhu K. Secretary - BMESI                                                                                    President - BMESI