XX IAMM TAPC CHAPTER ANNUAL STATE CONFERENCE -
2017
RANGARAYA MEDICAL COLLEGE, KAKINADA
21ST-22ND JANUARY 2017
SECRETARY’S REPORT
The XX IAMM
TAPC Chapter Annual Conference was organized by the Department of Microbiology,
Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinada on 21st and 22nd
January 2017. Dr. K.R.L.Suryakirani,
Professor and Head of Microbiology, Rangaraya Medical College (RMC) is the
organizing secretary of the conference.
The
programme started with an half day CME on “ ROLE OF MICROSCOPY IN CLINICAL
MICROBIOLOGY”. Dr. Ranganathan Iyer, Consultant Microbiologist, Global
Hospitals, has shared his practical
experience through his presentation on
staining techniques in Microbiology.
Later there was a talk on Histopathology in Infectious diseases, by Dr.
C.V.Lakshmi, Asst Professor of Pathology, Rangaraya Medical College. Her
lecture was followed by demonstration of
various histopathology slides relevant to clinical microbiology.
The Inaugural ceremony of the conference was held at 11.00 AM on 21st January 2017. The ceremony was attended by Dr. Vasanthi Kabra, President
of IAMM TAPC Chapter, Dr. D.S.Murty,
Secretary of IAMM TAPC Chapter, Dr.
K.R.L. Suryakirani, Organising Secretary of the conference, her team , executive members of IAMM TAPC
CHAPTER, and other delegates. Dr.
M.Satyavani,MD, Former Professor and Head of Microbiology, RMC was the guest of
honor; Dr I.V.Rao, M.D., Former Director of Medical Education and Vice
Chancellor of Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences, was the chief guest. Dr.
K.Babji, MS,MCh(Neuro) , Director of Medical Education (Academic) was the special guest for the ceremony. Dr. O.Satyanarayana and Dr. Kasturi,
Treasurer, IAMM TAPC conducted the proceedings. Dr P.Balamurali Krishna, Professor and Head of Microbiology, Gayatri
Vidya Parishad, welcomed all the guests
and gave a poetic commentary of the proceedings. Dr. D.S.Murty, Secretary of IAMM TAPC Chapter
presented the report and mentioned the
development of website, ongoing membership drive and other
activities like PG write up competitions held during last year. The coference souvenir and CD were released by Dr Raghavender Rao,
Vice Principal, RMC. The IAMM TAPC
Chapter Annual News Bulletin was
released by Dr. Y.Nageswara Rao, M.S, Superintendent , Govt General Hospital,
RMC. All the guests delivered their messages
and emphasized the role of clinical microbiology in the patient care. A special emphasis was made
regarding the development of virology laboratories in the state to handle the
epidemics like swine flu.
Dr. Rajyalakshmi Memorial Oration was
delivered by Dr. M.V.Ramanamma on
“Applications of Flow Cytometry in
Clincial Microbiology”. Later there were
presentations for Dr. C.S.Bhaskaran Medal and
Dri B.Krishna Rao memorial prize for post graduates. General body meeting was held in the evening
at 5.30 PM. The venue
of the next conference was decided in the general body meeting. The next
conference will be conducted by : Narayana Medical College, Nellore with Dr. P.
Sreenivasulu Reddy, Professor and Head as the Organising Secretary. It was also
resolved in the general body meeting to
institute presidential oration in the state
conference too from the next year onwards. several members suggested that the
PG examination can be conducted in two days , with key focus on clinical
microbiology and also that the peripheral postings of the PGs can be strictly
followed. These things will be circulated on the website for a consensus from
HODs and for communicating to the university. Dr. K.R.L.Suryakirani, Organising
Secretary of the XX IAMM TAPC Chapter Annual State conference was elected as
the next President of IAMM TAPC Chapter.
The second
day of the conference started with the
PG pedagogy (Guntur Medical
College prize )on “Microscopy- Different techniques and Advances” – 5 post
graduates from 5 colleges have presented in the stipulated time of 10 minutes
each and were evaluated adapted microteaching guidelines. All the senior
retired professors of RMC were
felicitated after the pedagogy competition.
Later postgraduate quiz (Dr
Satyanarayana Prize) was conducted by Dr. D.S.Murty, Secretary of IAMM TAPC
Chapter. Dr. V.Lakshmi, Professor and HOD of NIMS, Hyderabad delivered a guest
lecture on “Recent Advances in the Diagnosis of Arboviral Infections”.
The other competitions (RMC Prize for Sr. Faculty
, Smt. BS Laxmi Prize for Junior
Faculty, Sri ISN Murthy Prize for
Posters and Free papers) were held afterwards. The conference ended with the
valedictory and awarding prizes to the winners in various competitions.
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