1.                  Meeting was called to order by the President, IAFM.

 

2.                  It was resolved that agenda of the GBM should be circulated to all members 15 days prior to the meeting by Email and should also be put up on the website of the Academy.

 

3.                  It was resolved that the Treasurer of the Academy must come with audited accounts during the conference or if he is unable to come then he should send it 15 days prior to the conference through any other member attending the conference.

 

4.                  It is resolved that in future any office bearer, defaulting in handing over charge, may be liable for disciplinary action after one month’s notice.

 

5.                  It is resolved that all the documents should be computerized.

 

6.                  It is resolved that copies of important documents should be sent to Goa (Dr. Madhu) for keeping in the registered office of the Academy.

 

7.                  It was appreciated by the General Body that the General Secretary, President and Treasurer did not take any amount from IAFM for running their offices.

 

8.                  It is resolved that State bodies will be affiliated with IAFM if they agree to abide by the rules of IAFM.

 

9.                  General Body appreciated the offer of publishing a directory of IAFM by Dr. Sanjoy Das and Dr. Adarsh Kumar without charging any amount from IAFM.

 

10.              Applications of 22 new Life Memners were admitted by the General Body.

 

11.              Editor’s report was present and accepted.

 

12.              Contract with Diwan Enterprises was presented, discussed and accepted.

 

13.              It was resolved to form a committee to make an amendment of constitution of IAFM for increasing the tenure of the Governing Council from two years to three years so as to suit requirements for renewal of registration of the Academy.

 

14.              It was resolved by the General Body that fellowship criteria, as passed by GBM at Jamnagar conference, shall be binding for award of fellowship of IAFM.

 

15.              It was resolved that all pending nominations for award of fellowship of IAFM be awarded. A fee of Rs.5000/- (Five thousand only) shall be paid by the member who is to be awarded the fellowship.

 

16.              Regarding reduction of teaching staff in the subject, the matter was left to the senior members of IAFM to plead our case with the MCI. The President explained the circumstances leading to the reduction of extra staff for P.G. courses.

 

17.              It was resolved that the General Secretary will prepare a letter to be sent to the MCI advocating increasing the marks in Forensic Medicine and Toxicology to make it at par with other paraclinical subjects. The letter should be sent with intimation to the President. The letter should also recommend that colleges without medico legal work should not be given recognition for P.G. course in the subject.

 

18.              Venue of the next conference of IAFM:

 

(i)                 Dr. R.K. Sharma’s (AIIMS) application for hosting the conference was rejected by the General Body

 

(ii)               Dr. D.S. Badkur gave his invitation for the next conference at Bhopal. It was accepted with the following conditions:

a)                  The conference will be held at the Medicolegal Institute and by the department of Forensic Medicine of the college.

b)                  Delegate fees will remain the same as that of Nagpur conference.

c)                  Accommodation will be paid by delegates.

d)                 Conference will be hosted jointly with Dr. Satpathy.

 

19.              Change in the month of holding the conference was not accepted.

 

20.              Meeting ended with vote of thanks by the General Secretary. 

 

 

                                                                                                      General Secretary

 

Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine

Annual General Body Meeting held on 24.2.2008 at Mumbai

 

Minutes

 

1. Meeting was called to order by the President, Dr. R. K. Gorea.
2. The House observed silence for two minutes in condolence of the sad demise of some of the Life Members of IAFM.
3. Minutes of the last General Body Meeting was read and confirmed.
4. Dr. Rai Sudhir Prasad suggested that the constitution of the Academy be printed in the form of a booklet and distributed to all members. This was approved by the House.
5. Dr. C.B. Tripathi wanted to know about his application for fellowship about 10-12 years back. The President assured that he would try to find out about the same and inform Dr. Tripathi.
6. Dr. Sanjoy Das read the General Secretary’s Annual Report and it was passed by the house.
7. On the suggestion of some members that the Journal of IAFM be put up only on the net, Dr. Thind explained the importance of having both electronic and hard copy formats. It was accepted by the house that this procedure will be continued and the journals will be available in both formats.
8.  The members were requested by the Editor in his annual report to send articles regularly and in advance so that the editorial teams will have a comfortable working.
9. The Treasurer’s annual report was read and Dr. Thind promised to put up the audited report on the website of the Academy.
10. Receipt of Rs.51, 000/- from Dr. S.K. Roychoudhury was appreciated. By the members.
11. Dr. Roychoudhury suggested that the proposal of having a permanent IAFM office be studied by a committee which can also consult other associations and further action in this regard be discussed.
12. It was held that the in-coming President should consult the Medico legal Survey Committee report and discuss regarding uniform pattern of medico legal work.
13. It was decided by the house that the proposed IAFM textbook by multiple authors will not be possible in the near future.
14. It was unanimously held, after deliberations, that autopsy at night as a routine cannot be approved. The General Secretary was requested to write to the states wanting to implement this along with reasons. Copies may also be sent to the Health Secretaries of other states.
15. The members approved the proposal of 50% concession in delegation fees of IAFM conferences to PG students and Life members above 65 years who are not working anywhere.
16. Venue of the next conference was decided at Medical College, Nagpur and the Organising Secretary is Dr. A.P.Dongre. The delegation fees shall be the same as Mumbai and the concessions as passed by the house shall be given. The others contenders for the conference were Gawahati (bidding for the second time) and Chandigarh (bidding for the first time).
17. Dr. R. Basu suggested that a replica of the medallion should be given to the President and General Secretary permanently on completion of tenure and the proposal was accepted by the house.
18. The meeting was adjourned with a vote of thanks by the General Secretary, Dr. Sanjoy Das.

Dr. Sanjoy Das

General Secretary, IAFM