Minutes of the Special Council Meeting (wast/Council/16/February 6, 2009) held on February 16, 2009 (Monday) at pm in Atma Ram Committee Room of cgcri, Jadavpur

Minutes of the Special Council Meeting (WAST/Council/16/February 16, 2009) held on February 16, 2009 (Monday) at 4 PM in Atma Ram Committee Room of CGCRI, Jadavpur.

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A Special Council Meeting of the newly elected Council Members (elected in AGM held on 20^th December, 2008) and out-going Council Members (Office bearers only) was held on 16^th February, 2009 (Monday) at 4 PM in Atma Ram Committee Room of CGCRI, Jadavpur under the Chairmanship of Dr. H.S. Maiti, President of Out-going Council, to consider the following Agenda items.

The following members of the Council were present:

1. 
   Out-going Council (2005-2008)
   

01. Dr. H.S. Maiti : President (Chair)

02. Dr. Sunirmal Chanda : Vice-President

03. Dr. S.P. Sengupta : Secretary

04. Dr. M. Maiti : Treasurer

05. Dr. U.K. De : Council Member

(Treasurer, Seminar on Environment & Development)

2. 
   New Council (2009-2010)
   

01. Prof. Siddhartha Roy (IICB)

02. Dr. Kunal Ray (IICB)

03. Prof. N.D. Paria (Ballygunge Sc. College, CU)

04. Prof. Mihir Kumar Chakraborty (Ballygunge Sc. College, CU)

05. Prof. B.K. Chaudhuri (IACS)

06. Prof. Deb Sankar Ray (IACS)

07. Prof. R.V. Venkatteswaran (IACS)

08. Prof. Rupendra Nath Banerjee (JU)

09. Prof. Samaresh Bhattacharya (JU)

10. Prof. Soumen Basak (SINP)

11. Prof. Subhas Chandra Santra (KU)

12. Dr. Debabrata Basu (CGCRI)

13. Dr. H.S. Maiti (CGCRI, ex-officio Vice President)

Prof. A.K. Barua, Prof. R.N. Chatterjee, Dr. Debabrata Basu and Prof. Manikuntala Kundu did not attend.
After welcoming the new members, Dr. H.S. Maiti (President in Chair) took up the following Agenda items for consideration.

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Item 0.0 : Condolence
Members present condoled the sad demise of Prof. B.B. Baliga, Fellow (Section II/Physical Science) faculty Member of SINP, Kolkata and Editor of WAST’s publication (1997-2000), on January 14, 2009 at his residence at Mangalore. Members paid tributes to the departed soul by observing one minute silence in standing.
Item 1.0 : To elect New Office Bearers of the Council
After brief discussions, the following Office Bearers were elected unanimously from the new Council Members:
(a) President : Prof. Siddhartha Roy (Director, IICB)

(b) Vice-President : 1. Dr. H.S. Maiti, ex-officio (Director, CGCRI)

2. Prof. Subhas Chandra Santra, (KU)

(c) Hony. Secretary : Dr. Kunal Ray (Sr. Asstt. Director, IICB)

(d) Hony. Treasurer : Prof. R.V. Venkateswaran (Professor in

Organic Chemistry, IACS)

All Members congratulated the new Office Bearers under the leadership of Prof. S. Roy.
Item 2.0 : To hand over charges by out-going Office Bearers
Respective Charge hand-overs were formally done between two Secretaries namely, Dr. S.P. Sengupta and Dr. Kunal Ray and two Treasurers namely, Dr. M. Maiti and Dr. R.V. Venkateswaran. Both the Presidents approved and signed the Minutes Book of WAST.
Item 3.0 : Bank Resolution
Consequent upon charge transfers, the following Resolution was taken for Bank transactions at the State Bank of India, Jadavpur University Branch with immediate effect.
Resolved that henceforth President (Prof. S. Roy), Secretary (Dr. Kunal Ray) and Treasurer (Dr. R.V. Vemkateswaran) will operate the Current Account (No. 11079700023) and Term Deposits worth Rs. 4.5 Lakhs held with M/s. State Bank of India, Jadavpur University Branch, and any two of the above-noted Office Bearers of WAST will be the signatories to the account of WAST, to be endorsed by the President Dr. H.S. Maiti (Out-going).

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Item 4.0 : Conclusion
Dr. H.S. Maiti and Dr. S. Roy took part in the concluding discussions relating to the activities and growth of the Academy financially and academically, in order to make this Academy, most vibrant body of the state. As such interactions with INSA and State Council of Science & Technology are most welcome. The inclusions of new Fellows to the Academy will also be made from the active personalities and a year-wise Calendar will be followed to streamline the various activities of the Academy.
The meeting ended with a happy and promising notes with hearty vote of thanks to the Chair and also to Office Bearers and Members of the out-going Council Members, who had done excellent jobs.


Approved by - S.P. Sengupta

Hony. Secretary

(Out-going)
President, WAST