Minutes Of The General Body Meeting Held on 05th October 2013 at SRM Medical College, Potheri

MEMBERS PRESENT FOR THE MEETING

President Prof. Dr.P.Saraswathi welcomed the gathering. As there was no required quorum for the general body, the meeting was adjourned & reconvened after 10 minutes.

Following agenda was discussed and resolved in the meeting

1. General Secretary Dr .S.Senthil Kumar informed that his report read in inaugural function be considered as approved. The general body appreciated the General Secretaries efforts and approved the report.
   
   
2. Treasurer Dr.S.Prakash read the treasurers report and submitted the annual statement of account for the year 2012-2013 the general body appreciated the his efforts and approved the report.
   
   
3. Editor in-Chief of "International Journal of Anatomical Sciences", Prof. A.Krishnamurti presented the editorial report. He requested the members to send the scientific papers in time for publication. He also thanked his editorial team Dr. J.P.Gunasekaran , Dr.V.Sankar And Dr.S. Rajasankar for their active participation in bringing out the two issues successfully. The printed version was distributed to the members who attended the general body meeting. The general body appreciated the efforts of Editor in chief and his editorial team and approved the editor's report unanimously. Regarding IJAS subscription fee a revision was moved in the meeting and it was resolved unanimously to increase fee to Rs.3000/-plus postal & handling charges for library/Institutional subscription fee only. No change in individual subscription.
   
   
4. Venue of the conference for next two years was placed before the GB and approved
   
     • 2014 - Chengalpattu Medical College, Chengalpattu
     • 2015 - Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Hospital, Pondicherry
   
   
5. Members discussed about the dissertation topics for year 2012-2013 and the following topics were unanimously resolved.
   
     • Undergraduate - Arches of foot and its clinical application
     • Postgraduate - Branching pattern of Coronary artery and its clinical application
   
    General Secretary Dr .S.Senthil Kumar requested all the members to motivate their students to participate in the dissertation competition.
   
   
   
6. Election of Office Bearers for forthcoming year



President	Dr.Sundarapandian
Immediate Past President	P.Saraswathi
Vice President	Dr.S. Melani Rajendran
Vice President	Prof. G. Chandrasekar
General Secretary	Dr. S. Senthil kumar
Joint Secretary	Dr. Vathsala Venkatesan
Treasurer Joint Treasurer	Dr. S. Prakash Dr. Ramesh kumar
Editor in Chief	Prof. Dr. A. Krishnamurti
Joint Editor	Dr. JP Gunasekaran
Joint Editor	Dr .V. Sankar
Joint Editor	Dr. S.Rajasankar
Joint Editor	Dr. John Paul Judson



Executive Committee Members



Dr.S.Narayanan	SRM Medical College
Dr J Vijayakumar	Saveetha Medical College
Dr V Rajaram	Madurai Medical College
Dr Jacintha Antony	Sree Balagi Medical College
Dr Senthamilselvi	Chengalpet Medical College
Dr. Girija Sivakumar	Karpaga Vinayaga Institute of Medical Sciences
Dr Ravi Sankar	Tagore Medical College
Dr.Sudha Rao	Mahathma Gandhi Medical College
Dr. S.Swayam Jothi	Sri Sathya Sai Medical College
Dr. R.Muthusamy	SRM Dental College, Ramapuram




7. The meeting came to an end with the Treasurer Dr.S.Prakash proposing the vote of thanks by thanking all the members for their august presence and their lively interactions.
   
   

Dr S. Senthil Kumar
General Secretary
Association of Anatomists, Tamil Nadu (AA-TN)