Annual report 2007-2008

Summary of Director’s Annual Report (2007-2008) On Annual Institute Day 12/4/08 INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

ANNUAL DAY
SATURDAY, APRIL, 12, 2008

Distinguished Chief Guest of the Annual Day, Prof. J.K.Sinha, the Guest of Honour, Dr.Pooja Bhardwaj, Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor Prof.Panjab Singh, Members of the Executive Council of Banaras Hindu University, Deans Faculties of Medicine, Ayurveda and Dental Sciences, Members of the Academic Council, Medical Superintendent, S.S.Hospital, Invited Guests, esteemed Faculty members, Resident Doctors, Students, Employees of the Institute and the Hospital, media persons, ladies and gentlemen,

I am pleased to welcome you on the occasion of the 48^th Annual Day of our Institute of Medical Sciences and share with you our achievements during the last one year i.e. 2007 and 2008. The Annual Day gives us opportunity of reviewing our progress each year. This also gives us an occasion to reaffirm our resolve to do even better in the coming years, marching steadily together towards the ultimate aim to realize the dreams of the beloved founder of our Institute. The progress we have made has been entirely driven by the inspiration and encouragement of our ever dynamic and charismatic Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Panjab Singh.
The Banaras Hindu University, a temple of learning, was the creation of our great Nationalist leader Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya way back in the year 1916. It has fulfilled the aims of its founder by helping in the development of the country in the field of education, research and personality development. The luminaries that flocked to the services of this great University proudly include Prof.K.N.Udupa, who founded our Institute of Medical Sciences. A great visionary as he was, Prof.Udupa created a unique medical institution with modern Medicine and traditional Indian Medicine-Ayurveda under one roof. I take this opportunity to pay homage on behalf of the Institute to both the founders – Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya and Prof.K.N.Udupa. Our whole hearted dedication towards our patients, research and medical education will be, I believe, a great tribute to them. I am extremely happy on the achievements of our Institute faculty members thus far though my expectations from them are even higher and I am sure that my dreams will be fulfilled in future.
With this all, I appraise before you a brief account of what we have attained in the last one year.

ACTIVITIES OF THE STUDENTS
Our students have done extremely well in studies as well as in sports and other co curricular activities
The sports activities started in the last week of January & ended with the closing ceremony of ELIXIR 2008. The Annual Athletic Meet of the Institute was held from Feb 2 to 4, 2008 at Ruiya Athletic Complex under the able guidance of Prof. A. K. Khanna, office bearers of GYM & Mr. Chandan Singh, Intern. During the Athletics meet the events i.e. shot put, 100m race & several informal events were organized for the students, teaching & Non teaching staff of the institute also.
The MBBS VI semester won Prof. K. N. Udupa Trophy for standing over all first in athletics meet. Dr. Rahul Chopra of MD Anesthesiology and Miss Johney Hessa Purty of First yr. Nursing were adjudged the best male & female athletes. MBBS 4^th Semester won Annual Interclass Basketball & Football. IMS Open Badminton was won by Dr. D. P. Mishra (JR II, Shalya) & Km. Priyanka Gupta (BAMS Final yr.) in male & female respectively. IMS-OPEN Table Tennis was won by Mr. Prateek Arora (2^nd Semester MBBS) & Jigyasha Singh (4^th Semester MBBS) in male & Female groups respectively.
IMS OPEN Lawn Tennis was won by Mr. Kapil Sharma (8^th Semester MBBS). IMS-OPEN Chess was won by Mr. Arpit Agrawal (2^nd Semester MBBS) & Miss Goldee in male & female groups respectively. IMS Open carom was won by Dr. Sushil Jaiswal & Miss Sapana Sarin in male & female groups respectively. Dr. Shivani Ghildiyal, Jr. Resident of Dravyaguna won Hindi debate. Dr. Anjali Singh of the same department won solo- singing 1st prize (Elixir - 08).

Prof. Gopal Nath (Dept. of Microbiology) was the winner of teaching staff Shot put & Prof. Ajay khanna was runners-up. Mr. Ram Bali from Art & photo section won non teaching staff Shot put.

POSITION OF FACULTY MEMBERS IN SCIENTIFIC BODIES

Name of the Faculty Members	Departments	Positions	Name of the Scientific Bodies
Prof. HS Shukla	Surgical Oncology	President	World Federation of Surgical Oncology Societies
Prof.V.Bhattacharya	Plastic Surgery	President	Association of Plastic Surgeons of India
Prof.S.C.Goel	Orthopedics	President Elect	Indian Orthopedic Association
Prof.R.K.Jain	ENT	President	Association of Otolaryngologists of India Association of Otolaryngologists of India (U.P.Chapter)
Prof.Usha	Pathology	President	IAPM
Dr.L.D.Mishra	Anesthesiology	President	Indian Society for Study of Pain
Prof.Rana Gopal Singh	Nephrology	Vice-President Senior Vice- President	Indian Society of Organ Transplantation Geriatric Society of India
Prof.Jai Prakash	Nephrology	Vice-President	Indian Society of Nephrology
Prof. A.K. Gulati	Microbiology	President	IAMM UP Chapter 08-09
Prof.S.K.Pandey	Anatomy	Vice-President	ASI (UP Chapter)
Dr.Rahul Khanna	General Surgery	Vice-President	ASI – UP Chapter
Prof.T.M. Mohapatra	Microbiology	President Elect	IAMM UP Chapter 07

Besides the above significant achievements several of our faculty members are in coveted National and International scientific bodies. Some examples are as follows: Prof. Shyam Sundar (Medicine) Member of Governing Body, Association of Physicians of India and Scientific Advisory Committee on Visceral Leishmaniasis, WHO/TDR, Geneva, Switzerland, Member, International Mission and World Bank Monitoring Mission for Elimination Programme of Kala-azar in Indian subcontinent.; Dr. M. Rai (Medicine) Member Governing Body, Association of Physicians of India; Prof.Jai Prakash (Nephrology) Governing Body, Indian Society of Organ Transplantation; Prof.V.K.Shukla (General Surgery) Member of the Governing Body, Association of Surgeons of India, Member Independent Innovators, Panel of Ministry of Science & Technology, New Delhi; Dr.L.D.Mishra (Anesthesiology) Member of Governing Council Indian Society of Anesthesiologists and Indian Society of Neuro-anesthesiologists; Prof.T.M.Mohapatra (Microbiology) Executive Member Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists; Dr.G.N.Khare (Orthopaedics)Executive Member Indian Orthopaedic Association; Dr. Mallika Tewari (Surgical Oncology) Executive Member (Jr.) World Federation of Surgical Oncology Societies (WFSOS) and Secretary WFSOS Head Quarters, Expert National Cancer Task Force- ICMR; Dr.Gopal Nath (Microbiology) Executive Member IAMM – UP Chapter; Prof.Anuradha Khanna (Obst. & Gynecology) UP Chapter Obst. & Gynecologists Association; Dr.O.P.Mishra (Pediatrics) Executive Member IAP, UP Branch; Prof. SK Singh (Endocrinology); Prof MK Agarwal (Otorhinolarygology), A. Kumar (Surgery) Inspectors MCI; Prof. RK Goel (Pharmacology) Member – Technical Review Committee of the ICMR; Prof.V.K.Joshi (Dravyaguna) Expert Member to Prepare guidelines for clinical evaluation of AYUSH medicine, Ministry of Health, GOI, Expert Member, Technical Review Committee of Indian medicinal Plants, ICMR, Expert Member, Technical Review Committee of Medicinal Plants Monograph in liver disorder, ICMR; many hold key positions in various Medical & Surgical Societies at the city level too.


AWARDS/FELLOWSHIPS/HONOURS

Name of the Faculty Members	Department	Awards/Fellowships/ Honours
Prof.Pradeep Jain	Plastic Surgery	Dr. M. Mossokovaski Medal- award from the Surgical Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw. VASUDHAN ARJIN Fellowship in “LASER” from Association of Plastic Surgeons of India.
Prof. L.D.Mishra	Anesthesiology	INSA Fellowship to visit Polish Academy of Sciences Medical Institute, Warsaw, Poland
Prof. V.K. Shukla	General Surgery	FAMS by NAMS
Prof. D. Dash	Biochemistry	Biotechnology Overseas Associate ship 2008.
Dr. Puneet	General Surgery	Ethicon Travelling fellowship of Association of Surgeon of India 07.
Dr. Somprakas Basu	General Surgery	Dr. A.K. Basu Traveling Fellowship by Association of Surgeon of India.
Dr. A.K. Rai	Orthopedics	IOA foreign fellowship
Dr. J.S. Yadav	Psychiatry	Fellowship, Indian Psychiatry Society.
Dr.Sanjeev Kumar Gupta	General Surgery	Common Wealth Fellowship
Dr.Shampa Anupurba	Microbiology	Common Wealth Fellowship
Dr.Shalu Gupta	Pediatrics	Fellowship Indian Academy of Pediatrics

Dr. Mumtaz Ansari (General Surgery) FMAS by AMASI; Prof.A.N.Gangopadhyay (Pediatric Surgery) Fellow of Indian Society of Pediatric Urology; Dr. MallikaTewari (Surgical Oncology) Vice-Chancellor Medical Research Award; Dr.Mona Srivastava (Psychiatry) Luk Award of IACAM; Dr. B.K. Dwibedy (Siddhant Darshan) “CHARAK SHREE” by Vishwa Ayurveda Parisad, Gorakhpur, besides best paper awards to Dr. S. Basu (General Surgery) and Dr. Abhishek Chandra (Opthalmology).

FACULTY VISITS ABROAD

1. 
   Dr. V.K. Dixit (Gastroenterology) was invited for CME on chronic hepatitis B and C held at Hongkong, China. He also presented a paper in Annual conference of European society for study of liver disease at Barcelona in May, 2007.
   
2. 
   Prof. S.K. Singh (Endocrinology) visited Amsterdam (EASD) and Indonesia.
   

3. 
   Prof. H.S. Shukla (Surgical Oncology) visited Cairo, Egypt as President World Federation of Surgical Oncology Societies (WFSOS) and Saigon, Vietnam, Indonesia to chair Executive Board Meeting of WFSOS and to deliver guest lectures at the Egyptian Society of Surgical Oncology & Urology Summit respectively. He was also invited to Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Conference at Chicago and Editorial Board Meeting of the Journal of Surgical Oncology, Chicago, USA. He also visited Graz, Austria to chair the Executive Board Meeting of WFSOS and delivered guest lecture as well.
   
4. 
   Dr. Vineeta Gupta (Pediatrics) and Dr. S.K. Gupta (General Surgery) visited United Kingdom on Common Wealth Fellowship.
   
5. 
   Prof. V.K. Shukla (General Surgery) visited Singapore and UK to deliver guest lectures at the Wound Healing Society and European Tissue Repair Society Annual Conference respectively.
   

6. 
   Prof. Anand Kumar of General Surgery visited Switzerland to attend an international conference on colorectal cancer.
   
7. 
   Prof. T.M. Mohapatra (Microbiology) visited UK and USA to attend World Congress of Millennium Meet on Tropical Medicine and 47^th ICAAC World Congress respectively.
   
8. 
   Prof. Shyam Sunder of Medicine visited USA and Philippines to attend conference/ workshop.
   
9. 
   Prof. Sanjay Gupta (Psychiatry) visited Melbourne, Australia and Singapore to attend World Psychiatric Association Conference & Workshop on Clinical rating in Psychiatry.
   
10. 
    Dr. O.P. Singh (Kayachikitsa) and Prof. M. Sahu (Shalya Tantra) visited Hanoi.
    

ORATIONS AND GUEST LECTURES

Name of the Faculty Members	Department	Name of the Oration/Guest Lectures
Prof. S. Chooramani Gopal	Pediatric Surgery	Col.Sangham Lal Memorial Oration 06-07.
Prof. V. Rastogi	Anesthesiology	B.L. Nair Oration at Annual Conference of Indian Society for study of Pain to be held at Hyderabad.
Prof. V.K.Shukla	General Surgery	Prof. L.M. Singh Oration
Dr. Rahul Khanna	General Surgery	Dr. SP Srivastava Memorial Oration of UP Chapter of ASI.
Prof. Auradha Khanna	Obstetrics & Gynecology	UP FOGSI Oration of UP chapter of FOGSI, 2008.
Dr.Srikant	Ophthalmology	P.N.Sinha Oration Gold Medal at Bihar Opthalmological Society.
Prof.V.Bhattacharya	Plastic Surgery	S.N. Mathur Oration of UP Chapter of the Association of Surgeons of India.
Prof. P. Jain	Plastic Surgery	Dr. H. Lalmohan Singh Oration at ASIMANICON-2007 at Imphal, Manipur.
Prof. B.D. Bhatia	Pediatrics	UP-NNF oration at National neonatology forum
Prof. A.N. Gangopadhyay	Pediatric Surgery	Prof. R.B. Chatterjee Memorial Oration – 2007 by SASICON-07 WB
Dr.Mona Srivastava	Psychiatry	Oration in 3^rd IAGMH.
Prof. P.B. Singh	Urology	Orissa Trust Oration, East Zone Chapter of Urological Society of India.
Prof.M. Sahu	Shalya Tantra	Two orations.
Dr.D.N.Pande	Shalya Tantra	Late P.J. Deshpande Oration at Davangere.
Dr. Shiv Ji Gupta	Shalya Tantra	One Oration.
Prof. K.N.Dwivedi	Dravyaguna	SB Pandey Memorial Oration, NIMACON

A good number of guest lectures were delivered by our faculty members both at National and International conferences. E.g. Prof. HS Shukla (Surgical Oncology) Cairo Egypt, Graz Austria, Saigon Vietnam, Chicago USA, Ludhiana; Prof. L.D. Mishra (Anesthesiology) Cape Town, South Africa; Prof. VK Shukla (General Surgery) Singapore, UK; Dr. S Basu (General Surgery) Kolkata, Ahmedabad; Prof. RG Singh (Nephrology) Mangalore Karnataka, BHU; Dr.Srikant (Ophthalmology) Delhi; Prof. P. Jain (Plastic Surgery) Imphal, Manipur; Dr. Vineeta Gupta and Dr. Shalu Gupta (Pediatrics) New Delhi; Prof. R.K.Goel (Pharmacology) Gwalior; Dr. Mallika Tewari (Surgical Oncology) Mumbai, Ludhiana; Prof.V.K.Joshi (Dravyaguna) Jaipur, Lucknow; Prof. K.N.Dwivedi (Dravyaguna) Jaipur, Hyderabad, BHU; Dr.Sangeeta (Kriya Sharir) Haryana, Uttarakhand; Dr. A.C. Kar (Vikriti vigyan) Hyderabad, & Bhubaneswar; Dr. H.H. Awasthi (Rachana Sharir) Pune; Dr. B.K. Dwibedy (Siddhant Darshan) Deoria; Dr.C.B.Jha , Dr.K.R.C.Reddy, Dr.Neeraj Kumar, Dr.Anand Chaudhary (Rasa Shastra) Puri, Gwalior, Lucknow and Wardha. A number of CMEs/ Seminars were conducted by the IMS, BHU.

SCHEMES/PROJECTS RUNNING IN INSTITUTE
The following Schemes/Projects are currently running in the various Departments of the I.M.S. as described below:

Sl. No.	Name of the Project	Name of the Principal Investigator & Department	Name of Funding Agency	Amount sanctioned (Rs. in lacs)
1.	Establishment of facilities for identification, chemical characterization, standardization and quality control of medicinal plants found in tribal are in Central India.	Prof. R.G. Singh, Nephrology	DST	756.18
2	Development of Central facility for transmission & scanning electron microscopy & related infrastructural facilities.	Prof. Gajendra Singh, Anatomy	DBT	267.00
3	Efficacy, acceptability and cost-effectiveness of long lasting insecticidal nets in the prevention of Kala-azar.	Prof. Shyam Sunder, Medicine	European Union	206.00
4	Implementation strategies for Visceral Leishmoniasis treatment in India.	Prof. Shyam Sunder, Medicine	WHO	154.00
5	Elucidation of the insulin signaling pathway in human platelets.	Prof. D. Dash, Biochemistry	CSIR	129.00
6	Comparative evaluation of PCR primers in diagnosis of visceral leishmoniasis and past kala azar leishmoniasis.	Prof. Shyam Sunder, Medicine	ICMR	113.6
7	Phase-I, open-label, dose escalating study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, immunogenicity of the Leish-111f +MPL-SE vaccine in healthy adults in India	Prof. Shyam Sunder, Medicine	I (USA)	64.00
8	Molecular regulators of platelet apoptosis.	Prof. D. Dash, Biochemistry	DBT	55.75
4	Mutational analysis of hereditary blood disorders in Indian population.	Prof. D. Dash, Biochemistry	ICMR	33.30
9	Investigation of Nigell sativa seed forits radio-modulatory property and its probable mechanism of action.	Prof. Y.B. Tripathi Medicinal Chemistry	BRMS	25.00
10	Single nucleotide polymorphism in the most conserved HSP 60 gene of Helicobacter pylori: Its disease and site specificity.	Prof. Gopal Nath Microbiology	DBT	25.00
11	Role and regulation of Bruton's tyrosine kinase and its association with apoptosis pathway in the activated platelets.	Prof. D. Dash, Biochemistry	DST	24.00
12	Development of Novel Ophthalmic Formulation of Dorzolamide for continuous treatment of glaucoma.	Dr. Srikant (Co-PI) Ophthalmology	UGC	20
13	National AIDS Control Organization funded ART Centre.	Prof. Shyam Sunder, Medicine	NACO	18.00
14	To Study the polymorphism of Genetic Markers in Infants with Congenital Neural Tube Defect in eastern Region of Indian Population	Dr. A.K. Saxena CEMS	DBT	17.95
15	Study of anticyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies in rheumatoid arthritis and other systemic diseases and its correlation with HLA Class II antigen and Rheumatoid factor by different method and clinical features	Prof. Usha, Pathology	ICMR	15.00
16	Estrogen & Progesterone receptor status in breast cancer: Efficacy of Oral Contraceptive Pills and Hormones Replacement Therapy.	Prof. HS Shukla Surgical Oncology	ICMR	11.5
17	Modification of coir mattresses for hospital beds enhancing patient's comfort, longevity and making it impermeable to body discharges thereby decreasing hospital acquired infections through mattresses.	Prof. S. Chooramani Gopal Pediatric Surgery	Coir Board of India	10
18	Mutationalss	Prof. Ashok Kumar Pediatrics		10.00
19	Development of new harbal formulation from the leaves of Cinnamomum-tamal Neevs & Eberm for the management of Diabetes and its complication -diabetic nephropathy.	Prof. Y.B. Tripathi Medicinal Chemistry	CSIR	10.00
20	Exploring functional genomics basis for medicinal properties (Dosa-balancing) of some plants used in Ayurveda.	Prof. V.K. Joshi, Dravyagua	DST	09.00
21	Regulation of platelets cytoskeletal organization by Rho family GTPases and associated molecules.	Prof. D. Dash, Biochemistry	ICMR	5.90
22	PPTCT	Prof. Sulekha Pandey Obst.. & Gynecology	NACO	5.7

CONFERENCES ATTENDED

Name of the Faculty Members	Department	Conferences Attended
Prof. Shyam Sundar	General Medicine	Attended 5^th Asia Pacific conference (APCAS) at Ortrigas centre, Pasig city, Philippines. Attended NIH sponsored workshop on clinical research at Portland, USA.
Dr. M. Rai	General Medicine	Selected to attend NIH sponsored clinical research workshop at Rio de Jenero, Brazil.
Dr. HS Shukla	Surgical Oncology	Attended Society of Surgical Oncology Annual conference, Chicago, USA; Editorial Board Meeting of Journal of Surgical Oncology, Chicago, USA; WFSOS Executive Committee Meeting Graz, Austria; Urology Summit Saigon, Vietnam.
Dr.Sanjeev Kumar Gupta	General Surgery	Attended Breast cancer symposium at San Antonio, USA, Annual conference of British Association of Surgical Oncology at London, WOUNDCON 2007 at New Delhi
Prof. V.K.Shukla	General Surgery	Attended 4^th meeting of the Wound Healing Society (Singapore), 17^th European Tissue Repair society (UK), WOUNDCON-2007, and 3 national conferences (ASI, WOUNDCON, etc)
Prof.Jai Prakash	Nephrology	Attended World Congress of Nephrology at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and presented a paper. XLIV ERA-EDTA congress at Barcelona, Spain and presented a paper.

Faculty members of our Institute participated actively in a large number of national & International conferences, chaired sessions, delivered guest lectures & presented scientific papers during 2007-2008. Faculty of Modern Medicine: General Surgery- (Prof.A.K.Khanna, Dr. Mumtaz Ansari, Dr. Puneet, Dr. Somprakash Basu) 18 national, 2 international conferences; Pediatric Surgery- (Prof.S.Chooramani Gopal, Prof. D.K. Gupta, Prof. A.N. Gangopadhyay, Dr. S.P.Sharma, Dr. Vijayendra Kumar, Dr. R.B.Singh) 25 national conferences; Community Medicine- (Prof.S.C. Mohapatra, Prof. R.N. Mishra ,Dr.C.P.Mishra, Dr. S.P. Singh, Dr. Sangeeta Kansal, Dr.Alok Kumar, Dr. G.P. Singh, Dr. Ravi Shankar) 17 national conferences; Anesthesiology- (Faculty Members) 2 international and 13 national conferences; Microbiology- (Prof. A.K.Gulati, Prof. T.M. Mohapatra, Prof. M.R. Sen, Dr. Gopal Nath, Dr. Ragini Tilak, Dr. Pradyot Prakash) 2 international and 8 national conferences; Urology- (Faculty Members) 2 national conferences; Pediatrics- (Faculty Members) 15 conferences; Endocrinology & Metabolism- Prof.S.K.Singh 2 International and 1 national Conference; Surgical Oncology- Dr. Mallika Tewari 4 national conferences, 1 Seminar; Cardiology- Prof.P.R. Gupta 3 national conferences; Dermatology & Venerology- (Dr. Lata Sharma, Prof. S.S. Pandey, Dr. Manish Bansal) 5 National conferences and presented papers; ENT- (Prof.M.K.Agarwal, Prof.R.K.Jain) 2 national conferences; Nephrology – Prof. RG Singh 4 national conferences; Neurology- Dr.Deepika Joshi 2 national conferences; Obst. & Gynecology- (Prof. Manjari Matah, Prof. Anuradha Khanna) 4 conference/ workshops; Anatomy- (Prof.S.Shamal, Prof.S.K.Pandey) 2 national conferences; Pharmacology- Dr. Anshuman Trigunayat 2 national conferences; Physiology- Prof.S.B.Deshpande 4 national conferences; Psychiatry- (Dr. J.S. Yadav, Dr.Mona Srivastava) 2 national conferences; Dr. Kundan Kumar 1 seminar & 1 refresher course; Faculty of Ayurveda: Samhita & Sanskrit- (Dr.P.K.Goswami, Dr. Murlidhar Paliwal, Dr. Gopal Lal Meena) 7 national conferences; Dravyaguna- (Dr. V.K. Joshi, Dr. K.N.Dwivedi, Dr. A.K. Singh) 7 national conferences; Kaumarbhrittya/ Balroga- Dr.B.M.Singh 3 national conferences; Kriya Sharir- (Dr.Sangeeta, Dr. Kishor Patwardhan, Dr. N.S. Tripathi) 11 national conferences; Prasuti Tantra- (Prof. Neelam, Dr. Mukta Sinha, Dr. Anuradha Roy) 10 national conferences; Rachana Sharir- Dr. H.H. Awasthi 3 national and one International conference; Shalya Tantra- (Prof.M.Sahu, Prof. S.C. Varshney, Dr. D.N. Pande, Dr. K.K. Pandey, Dr. Lakshman Singh, Dr. Shiv Ji Gupta, Dr. Surendra Shekhar Mishra, Dr. B. Mukhopadhyay) 2 international and 36 national conferences; Swasthavritta & Yoga- (Dr. Neeru Nathani, Dr. Mangalagowri V.Rao) 3 international and 8 national conferences; Vikriti Vigyan- (Dr. A.C. Kar , Dr. P.S. Byadgi) 3 national conferences

VISITORS

1. 
   Prof. M. Zacharin from Australia, Dr. Tabb Moore from Baltimore and Dr. S. Prakash Singh from USA visited Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism.
   
2. 
   Dr. Michael Alexander from Canada and Prof. Mufid Zaman of Assam Medical College visited Department of Surgery and delivered lectures.
   
3. 
   Dr. Vijay Narayan Singh and Dr. Dilip Dan from Trinidad, West Indies visited Department of Surgical Oncology and delivered guest lectures
   
4. 
   Dr.Aro Vande Weyer and Dr.Theo Vande Wejit from Poland visited the Centre of Experimental Medicine and Surgery.
   
5. 
   Prof.Parimal Tripathi, Head, Department of Neurosurgery, BINP & IPGME&R, Kolkata visited the Department on 18 May 2007.
   
6. 
   Team of Doctors from California USA (Arpan Soceity) visited various Departments of the IMS, BHU from 26^th January to 2^nd February, 2008.
   
7. 
   Prof. Archana Kumar from U.K. visited the Department of Pediatrics.
   

EDITORIAL BOARD APPOINTMENTS

Name of the Faculty Members	Department	Positions	Name of the Journal
Prof.A.K.Jain	Gastroenterology	Editor	Gastroenterology Today
Prof. HS Shukla	Surgical Oncology	Assoc. Editor	Journal of Surgical Oncology, USA
Prof.S.C.Goel	Orthopedics	Editor	Indian Journal of Orthopedics
Prof. S. B. Deshpande	Physiology	Editor	Indian Journal of Physiology & Pharmacology.
Prof.Sanjay Gupta	Psychiatry	Editor-in-Chief	Indian Journal of Geriatric Mental Health- IAGMH.
Prof.S.C.Mohapatra	Community Medicine	Chief and Managing Editor	Indian Journal of Preventive and Social Medicine
Prof.V.K.Shukla	General Surgery	Editor-in-Chief	Indian Journal of Wound Management
Dr. J. Chakravarty	General Medicine	Editor	Medicine for Practicing Physicians
Prof. S. Chooramani Gopal	Pediatric Surgery	Editor	Surgical Society Journal
Prof.Sanjay Gupta	Psychiatry	Editor-in-Chief	Indian Journal of Geriatric Mental Health- IAGMH.
Prof.A.K.Khanna	General Surgery	Co-Editor	Surgery UPASI
Dr. V.K. Joshi	Dravyaguna	Consultant Editor	Journal of Research & Education in Indian Medicine.
Prof. Neelam	Prasuti Tantra	Editor	Quarterly Research Journal “AYU” from DPGT, Research in Ayurveda, from GAU, Jamnagar.

A handful of our distinguished colleagues were appointed as Members of Editorial Board and were invited Reviewers of various Journals. Such as, Editorial Board appointments- Prof.B.D.Bhatia (Pediatrics) Indian Journal of Pediatrics; Prof. O.P. Mishra (Pediatrics) Journal of Tropical Paediatrics, UK.; Dr.Rajniti Prasad (Pediatrics) Clinical journal of pediatrics; Prof.R.K.Goel (Pharmacology) Indian Journal of Experimental Biology, Indian Journal of Pharmacology and Journal of Natural Remedies; Prof.Pradeep Jain (Plastic Surgery) Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery; Prof.Sanjay Gupta (Psychiatry) Indian Journal of Psychiatry; Dr.G.N.Khare (Orthopedics) Indian Journal of Orthopedics; Prof.S.K.Saraf (Orthopedics) Journal of Bone Joint Diseases; Prof.Anuradha Khanna (Obst. & Gynecology) Journal of Obst & Gynaecology; Dr.L.D.Mishra (Anesthesiology) Indian Journal of Anesthesiology, Indian Journal of Pain, and Indian Journal of Medical Research; Dr. Somprakas Basu (General Surgery) Indian J Wound Management; Dr. V.K. Joshi (Dravyaguna) Journal of Ayurveda, NIA; Prof.Rana Gopal Singh (Nephrology) Pragya Journal; Invited Reviewers: Prof.A.K.Jain (Gastroenterology) Indian Journal of Gastroenterology; Prof. R.K. Jain (ENT) Indian Journal of Otolaryngology; Prof.R.K.Goel (Pharmacology) Indian Journal of Physiology & Pharmacology, Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmacology; Prof.S.Chooramani Gopal (Pediatric Surgery) Indian Journal of Pediatric Surgery; Prof.A.N.Gangopadhyay (Pediatric Surgery) Indian Pediatrics, Indian Journal of Pediatric Surgery; Dr. Mallika Tewari (Surgical Oncology) British Journal of Dermatology, International Journal of Cancer, Journal of Infection; Prof.A.K.Khanna (General Surgery) Journal of Clinical Pathology, Medical Science Monitor, World Journal of Surgical Oncology; Prof.V.K.Shukla (General Surgery) Journal of Wound Care, UK; Prof.Anand Kumar (General Surgery) European Journal of Surgical Oncology; Prof.S.K.Pandey (Anatomy) Indian Journal of Medial Research, Clinical Anatomy, USA; Dr. V.K. Joshi (Dravyaguna) Advisory Board, “AYU” Research Journal of Gujarat Ay. University; Dr.K.N.Dwivedi (Dravyaguna) “AYU” Research Journal of Gujarat Ay. University.
CONFERENCES/SEMINARS/SPECIAL COURSES Organized at I.M.S., B.H.U.

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  Pediatric Advanced Life Support Course was organized by the Department of Pediatrics.
  
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  First National Seminar on Teratology & Genetic disorders was organized by the Department of Plastic Surgery and Centre of Experimental Medicine & Surgery.
  
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  Silver Jubilee symposium on Yoga & Health was organized by the Department of Nephrology.
  
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  One Seminar and CME was organized by the Department of Surgical Oncology and Gastroenterology respectively.
  
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  Five conferences / workshops were organized by the Department of General Surgery.
  
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  One National Re-orientation Training Program for the teachers of Dravyaguna was organized by the Department of Dravyaguna.
  
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  Six workshops / conferences were organized by the Department of Shalya Tantra.
  
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PUBLICATIONS:
The Faculty has published 15 Books and more than 134 papers in international and 246 in national journals. Our Faculty members have also contributed chapters in various books of their respective specialties. I wish and hope we will do better with the joining of a good number of new Faculty members and availability of funds for research activities.

Non -Teaching

Dr. Jasmeet Singh, Curator, Department of Dravyaguna represented BHU rifle team as Manager and Coach of the team in All India Shooting competition held at Kurukshetra University.

SIR SUNDERLAL HOSPITAL
Sir Sunderlal Hospital (SSH) was established in the year 1926 initially with 96 Beds. It named after Sir Sunderlal, the first Vice-Chancellor of the Banaras Hindu University. Establishing a hospital was a long cherished dream of Mahamana Pt. Madan Mohan Malaviya that was fulfilled in the year 1924 when His Highness Late Shri Prabhu Narayan Singh, the former Kashi Naresh, laid the foundation of the hospital. Presently the Hospital has grown to a 1165 bed hospital (Modern Medicine 1029; Ayurveda 136).
The SSH attached to the Institute of Medical Sciences, B.H.U. is primarily a teaching and training hospital for the Undergraduates, (MBBS / BAMS), Post Graduates (MD / MS / MDS / MD. (Ay.)), Post-Doctoral (DM / MCh), Ph.D. and Diploma Nursing scholars. Besides it also imparts In-service training to Paramedical staff.
The Hospital is housed in a multistoried building. It has 2 unique features not found in any medical establishment of the country. Firstly, it blends Indian (Ayurveda) and Modern Systems of Medicine under one roof. Secondly, it is situated in a sprawling University Campus with ongoing close interfaculty co-operation in research. The SSH has a vast catchment area, being the only Tertiary Care Hospital in North Eastern UP providing medical cover to over 15 crores population of Eastern UP, Western Bihar, adjoining areas of Madhya Pradesh and Nepal. It also caters for the medical needs of its University Employees, their Families and University students. It is a premier referral hospital not only for the City Hospitals, DLW, Military Hospital, District Hospitals, NTPC, Coal India and BHEL, etc but also for the VIPs / VVIP s visiting the Varanasi Division.
The Hospital is primarily maintained on aid from Ministry of Human Resource Development, GOI through University Grants Commission. Recently the Hospital’s earning through “Revolving Fund” has helped greatly in generating funds locally for maintenance of the Hospital infrastructure and instruments. A certain amount of its share is also transferred to the University pool.

HOSPITAL STATISTICS

During the Calendar Year 2007, the Hospital Statistics as received from the Medical Record Section of the Hospital are as follows:-

Total No. of OPD Patients = 707912

Total No. of Admissions = 42612

Total No. of Surgical Operations = 19941

(Major, Minor & other procedures)

Total No. of Births = 2137

Total No. of Deaths = 3003

Total No. of Emergency Patient, OPD = 65962

Superannuation = 24

Resignations = 3

Services Abandoned/ Retirements = 0

Suspensions/ Terminations = 0

Deaths = 3

FEW IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS DURING THE YEAR 2007-2008 (IMS & S.S.HOSPITAL)

1. 
   Construction of an ultra modern Trauma block has started from the grant of 120 crores received under the PMSSY fund. The DPR-1 has been approved.
   
2. 
   Construction of 64 Slice CT Scan is in progress.
   
3. 
   Extension of Dental OPD at first floor of main OPD
   
4. 
   Extension of the Top Floor of the Institute Building.
   
5. 
   Extension of the Aatreya Hostel.
   
6. 
   24 Hour Medical Shop service.
   
7. 
   Launching of IMS website.
   
8. 
   Construction of Public Dharmshala is in progress.
   
9. 
   Air conditioning of Main OPD (i.e Medicine Surgery, Neurology & Psychiatry OPD)
   
10. 
    Creation of resource centre for Ksharsutra.
    
11. 
    Patient Information Centre has been created in Security Office.
    
12. 
    Construction of one wing for accounts section of the IMS Directorate.
    
13. 
    Automatic Chlorination Panel for all the Connecting Tube-well of Hospital.
    

SCHOOL OF NURSING:

The School of Nursing, BHU started in 1963 with 12 Students initially. It was subsequently increased to 24 students per year. The School of Nursing offers “Three and a Half Year General Nursing & Midwifery Course” recognized by the Indian Nursing Council, New Delhi and UP State Medical Faculty, Lucknow to the eligible candidates from all over the country. The training is carried out as per the syllabus of the Indian Nursing Council, New Delhi. The Diploma Course commences on 1^st September each year. Earlier, the course was of three years duration and from this year the duration of course has been enhanced to three & half years. The students after completion of the said course are registered with the UP State Medical Faculty, Lucknow.

PERFORMANCE OF THE SCHOOL OF NURSING:
During the year 2006-07, the examination results were as follows:-

1. 
   In First Year General Nursing Diploma Examination the pass percentage was 100 (22 Students appeared in the examination). Three had distinctions.
   

2. 
   In Second Year Examination again all 24 Students appeared passed out with 16 distinctions to our credit.
   

3. 
   Similarly, in Third Year Class, the pass percentage was 100 (24 Students appeared) & we had 20 distinctions.
   

NEW APPOINTMENTS:
(a) Faculty Members:
Lecturers (38):

1. 
   Dr. Jaya Chakravorty - Department of General Medicine.
   
2. 
   Dr. Jai Singh Yadav - Department of Psychiatry.
   
3. 
   Dr.Amit Kant Singh, Dr.Shailesh Gupta, Dr.S.K.Singh - Department of Physiology.
   
4. 
   Dr.Amit Singh, Dr.Anshuman Trigunayat, Sri M.S.Muthu - Department of Pharmacology.
   
5. 
   Dr. Pradyot Prakash - Department of Microbiology.
   
6. 
   Dr.Manoj Kumar - Department of Forensic Medicine.
   
7. 
   Dr.Anil Prasad Singh,Dr. Rajeev Kumar Dubey, Dr.Anil Kumar Paswan, Dr.Ghan Shyam Yadav - Department of Anesthesiology.
   
8. 
   Dr. (Mrs.) Royana Singh - Department of Anatomy.
   
9. 
   Dr.Surendra Pratap Mishra, Dr.Ragini Srivastava - Department of Biochemistry.
   
10. 
    Dr.Manish Bansal, Dr.Satyendra Kr.Singh - Department of Dermatology & Venerology.
    
11. 
    Dr. Prashant Bhushan - Department of Ophthalmology.
    
12. 
    Dr.Sandeep Kumar, Dr.Saurabh Singh - Department of Orthopedics.
    
13. 
    Dr. Himani Rastogi - Department of Pathology.
    
14. 
    Dr.Hari Sanker, Dr.Gyan Prakash Singh, Dr.Parathi Sharma, Dr.Ravi - Department of Community Medicine.
    
15. 
    Dr.Govind Narayan Srivastava - Department of TB & Chest Diseases.
    
16. 
    Dr.Seema Khanna - Department of General Surgery.
    
17. 
    Dr. Vemula Sridhar - Department of Dravyaguna (R.G.S.C.)
    
18. 
    Dr.Ajay Kumar Pandey - Department of Kayachikitsa.
    
19. 
    Dr.Anuradha Roy - Department of Prasuti Tantra.
    
20. 
    Dr. Dev Nath Singh Gautam - Department of Rasa Shastra (R.G.S.C.).
    
21. 
    Dr.Narendra Shankar Tripathi, Dr.Manoj Kumar Singh - Department of Kriya Sharir (R.G.S.C.).
    
22. 
    Dr.Balla Mohan Naga Kumar - Department of Rachana Sharir (R.G.S.C.)
    
23. 
    Dr.Rajeev Kumar Singh, Dr.Manmath Kumar Nandi - Department of Medicinal Chemistry (R.G.S.C.)
    

Professors (2) & Readers (2):

24. 
    Prof. R.N.Srivastava - Professor, Department of Community Medicine
    
25. 
    Dr.Subhash Chandra Varshney – Professor, Department of Shalya Tantra.
    
26. 
    Dr. Ankul Chand Kar – Reader, Department of Vikrit Vigyan.
    

27) Dr.B.Mukhopadhyay – Reader, Department of Shalakya Tantra
(b) Nursing & Other Paramedical Staff:

Nursing Staff	10 Staff Nurse
Others	1 Dy. MS (MM), 5 W.S, 63 (Pharmacist, Dietician, Social Worker, MRA, Lab. Attdt., Dresser, Tailor, Workshop Attdt. , etc.)

OUR NON-TEACHING EMPLOYEES OF IMS WHO SUPERANNUATED IN THE LAST YEAR ARE (44):
Smt. Kamal Agrawal, Jr.Clerk, Department of Ay.Samhita, Sri Lalji Ram, Mechanic (Welder), IMS Workshop, Sri V.N.Jha, Sr.Lab.Assistant, IMS Library, Sri S.P.Maurya, STA, Department of Anaesthesiology, Sri Somaroo Ram, STA, Department of Pathology, Sri Babu Lal, Peon, Ayurvedic Pharmacy, Sri Shyam Bihari, STA & Sri Raghu Prasad, Peon, Department of TB & Chest, Sri N.D.Das, Halwai, Medico Canteen, Sri Ramji Prasad, Lab.Attdt., Department of Pediatrics, Sri G.C.Sarkhel, STA & Sri Bishwanath Shukla, TA, Department of Microbiology, Sri Mritunjay Singh, PS to Director, IMS, Shri R.B.Jaiswal, STA, Department of Kayachikitsa, Sri R.N.Ram, TA, CEMS & Sri N.S.Bisht, SLA, Department of Ophthalmology. Dr.Vinayak Singhal, Audiologist, Department of ENT, Smt. Maya Kumari Singh, Dy. Nursing Superintendent, Smt. Dawlin Gupta, ANS, Sri. C. S. Singh , Staff Nurse, Smt.

Gracy Albert, Sister, Sri. B. N. Bagchi, OPD Attdt., Sri. M. Ram, Stretcher Bearer, Sri. Baijnath, W. S., Sri. Dasami Pd., W.S., Sri. P. Prasad, W.S. Sri. V. S. Lal, OT cum Anaes, Attdt., Sri. M. P. Lal, Dresser, Smt. Meera Banerjee, Tailor, Smt. Malti Devi, W.S., Smti, Sureman Srivastava, W. S., Smt. Shahjahan Begum, W.S., Sri. Dhannu, W.S., Sri. G. C. Yadav, W.S., Sri. K. N. Pandey, W.S., Sri. Nathuni Singh, W.S., Sri. A. Prasad, Occupational Therapist, Sri. Chhavinath Ram, T.A., Sri. D. K. Banerjee, Auto Technician (E), Sri. R.N. Pandey, SLA and Sri. S. K. Mehrotra, SLA, Sri. Anil Kumar Agrawal, Sr. Asstt., Sri. S. N. Rai, SLA, Sri. Daya Shankar Singh, Staff Nurse

OUR STRATEGIES AND FUTURE GOALS
I see a very bright future of our Institute. Some of our ongoing major projects are establishment of an ultra modern 64 slice Computed Tomography Scan, construction of a superspeciality Trauma Centre, Dental College and College of Nursing near the OPD block of the S.S. Hospital and at the foundation stone site of the Banaras Hindu University.
New departments and centers at the horizon include the Departments of Nuclear Medicine, Transfusion Medicine, Medical Oncology, Biostatistics, Centers of Pre-natal Diagnosis and Genetic Counseling, Wound Management, Excellence in Ksharsutra, International Centre of Panchkarma and Yoga, etc. The Institute is also procuring modern equipments for its different departments.
I am sure that all these facilities will together deliver comprehensiveness and prestige to our Institute and set the standards very high indeed. I see only a few centers in the country comparable to our Institute and the credit goes undoubtedly, to all the human resource of our esteemed Institute who are discharging their duties with sincerity and vigor.
Let us resolve once again to make our Institute the best in our country.

// JAI HIND //