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