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Dr. Ch. Mohan Rao (Ex-officio, Past President), Prof. Faizan Ahmad, Dr. G. Suresh Kumar, Dr. R. Sankarnarayanan could not attend the meeting. Prof. A. Saran and Prof. R. V. Hosur, former Presidents IBS and Dr. P. M. Dongre, Convener IBS 2013 attended the meeting as special invitees.
At the outset, Prof. Chary, President and Chair, welcomed the members of EC and the special invitees to the meeting. On behalf of the EC, he congratulated Prof. R. V. Hosur and Prof. P. Dongre for arranging the IBS-2012. This was followed by self-introduction of members.
Minutes of the Executive Committee Meeting of the IBS held at Department of Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Chennai on Jan. 19, 2012 during the National Symposium on Biophysics were confirmed after being proposed by Prof. Soumen Basak and seconded by Prof. Punit Kaur.
The present strength of the IBS membership has grown to 830 members.
The entire Life member's directory has been updated.
IBS website: www.indianbiophysicalsociety.org has also been updated.
Requested members that the missing information regarding e-mail IDs and change of addresses, if any, may please be informed to Mr. Jayesh Malkan by e.mail.
The minutes of the meetings of EC and GB held during IBS -2010 and 2011 have been uploaded on the net and those of 2012 shall be uploaded soon.
Prof. J. C. Bose and Prof. G. N. Ramachandran travel awards were awarded last year to two IBS members to attend the IUPAB Congress in Biophysics held at Beijing.
It was pointed out that IBS may explore the possibility of more travel awards to allow members attend other Biophysics meetings like ABA and US Biophysical Society meetings. While the suggestion was appreciated, it was opined that IBS may sponsor only such Society meetings which have affiliations with IBS like IUPAB and ABA. Also, Prof. Saran mentioned that the two travel awards sponsored by IBS have been accepted only for participation in IUPAB meetings as the corpus for these was generated from the 1999 IUPAB Congress held in Delhi. However, other members suggested that in case IBS has sufficient interest money in the overall savings, additional travel awards could be explored. EC Members agreed to look into the suggestion.
Prof. Sudipta Maity suggested that it is about time that IBS have regional Chapters so that in addition to the Annual meetings one could have discussion forums and small regional meetings. It was agreed to explore the possibility of providing modest funding for such activities for upto 4 Chapters.
Prof. Jagannathan mentioned that there have been savings from organizing the 7th ABA meeting in Delhi and the same could be transferred to IBS for its further use. This was also shared earlier with all the members of the IBS by its President during his address in the inaugural function of the ongoing symposium and annual meeting.
Dr. Sankaranarayan informed that as suggested earlier IBS should provide about 10 fellowships for college/University teachers for travel by AC-3 tier to attend the Annual IBS symposia. It was agreed that one should explore the possibility of providing 10 such travel fellowships of upto Rs 4000 by AC- 3 tier travel.
Regarding the next year's Annual Symposium and IBS meeting it was mentioned that as agreed last year it should be held at Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics in Kolkata. Prof. Basak mentioned that it will be organized by Dr. Dhananjay Bhattacharya as convener with the support from himself and Prof. Ansuman Lahiri of Calcutta University. He suggested that IBS should send a formal letter to Dr. Dhananjay Bhattacharya in this regard. Prof. Basak also requested the EC members to suggest the possible names for the GNR Memorial lecture for the forthcoming IBS Symposium.
Prof. Sanyal suggested that IBS could have its Annual Symposium in Panjab University, Chandigarh in 2015. Prof. Anil Saran informed that he has been requested by Raipur University to inform the EC of IBS that they will be happy to host the 2016 IBS Symposium in Raipur. The members took a note of the proposals and mentioned that the future venues would be finalized in the IBS meeting of 2014.
Prof. Chary mentioned that due to problems being faced in making payment for the GNR lecture at times, it is best to commit funds for the same in advance and the convener be asked to set the funds aside for the purpose. It was, hence, suggested that IBS may contribute up to Rs 50,000/- for the GNR lecture instead of Rs. 25,000/- considering the increase in the international travel expenses. The members agreed this upon.
Prof. Basak presented the audit report before the EC members, which was accepted. The same would be tabled in the GB meting for its approval.
Prof. Basak mentioned that for the operation of the IBS account in Kolkata, signatures of Dr. M. Maiti and Dr. Ashok Thakur are required along with that of his, which is causing lots of inconvenience as Dr. Maiti has retired. He suggested that IBS could have the new treasurer Dr. Dhananjay Bhattacharya as the signatory along with himself and Dr. Ansuman Lahiri. This was agreed upon by the EC.
Prof. Chary mentioned that there was need to reconstitute the EC as his term as President and that of some other members was going to be over w.e.f. 1-4-2013. He suggested the name of Prof. T. P. Singh, AIIMS for the same, which was accepted by the EC members. Also, he mentioned that Prof. P. C. Mishra, Prof. S. N. Sanyal and Prof. Faizan Ahmad, Vice Presidents of IBS shall be completing 4 yrs term and need to be replaced. Prof. Soumen Basak had also requested last year that he be replaced and had suggested the name of Dr. Dhananjay Bhattacharya as the new treasurer. Also Dr. G. Suresh Kumar, Dr. S. Maiti, and Prof. S. Aravamudhan would compete 4 yrs as members of EC.
After discussion with the EC members, it was suggested that IBS could have Prof. G. Krishnamoorthy of TIFR, Mumbai, Prof. Lallan Mishra of BHU and Prof. P. M. Dongre of Mumbai Univ. as Vice- Presidents, while Dr. Yogendra Sharma of CCMB and Prof. Ansuman Lahiri of Calcutta University would be new members. It was also suggested that Prof. Rajiv Bhat might continue as secretary. The reconstituted EC, which will be effective from 1-4-2013 was accepted by the EC members.
President and the EC members once again thanked Prof. Hosur and Prof. Dongre and their organizing team for making all the arrangements for holding the IBS-2012 successfully.
The meeting of the Annual General Body of the Indian Biophysical Society was held at 6.30 PM on January 14, 2013 in the Pherozeshah Mehta Bhavan, University of Mumbai, Kalina Campus, Mumbai, during the Annual Meeting of the Indian Biophysical Society. A total of 60 members attended the meeting.
At the outset, Prof. K. V. R. Chary, President and Chair, welcomed the members of GB to the meeting. On behalf of the GB, he congratulated Prof. R. V. Hosur and Prof. P. M. Dongre and his colleagues for arranging the National Symposium on Biophysics, very successfully.
Minutes of the Annual General Body Meeting of the IBS, held at the Department of Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Chennai on Jan. 19, 2012 during the National Symposium on Biophysics were confirmed after being proposed by Prof. Fateh Singh Nandel and seconded by Prof. P. C. Mishra.
Requested members that the missing information regarding e-mail IDs and change of addresses, if any, may please be informed to Mr. Jays Malian by email.
Prof. J. C. Bose and Prof. G. N. Ramachandran Travel Awards were awarded last year to two IBS members to attend the IUPAB Congress in Biophysics held at Beijing. However, one award could not be utilized at the last moment by the awardee. It was shared that a number of Scientists and Students including IBS members delivered invited talks as well as made poster presentations in the Congress.
Prof. F. S. Nandel suggested that for the Ratna Phadke award, the applications by students must be routed through their supervisors. Prof. Govil suggested that the Ratna Phadke award should be selected out of all the posters and the applications should be sent to the IBS President and secretary and the number of oral or poster awards to be given should be left to the discretion of the convener. Prof. Nadel suggested that the oral presentation award/s must be announced and the criteria for judging should also be known to the candidates. Dr. Neel Bhavesh also endorsed the idea of announcing the awards as well as the procedure for selection. The secretary mentioned that announcement is always made by the convener of the symposium through their website and the criteria for selection can be announced as well in future.
It was also conveyed that the seed money of Rs. 25000/- made available for the GNR memorial lecture need to be enhanced to Rs 50,000/- by the EC. The GB approved this.
It was also conveyed that EC had agreed to have chapters in different locations of the country, who could be provided a nominal support of Rs 10,000/- for organizing local symposia/meetings. It was suggested that the chapter should have at least 10 life members. Dr. S. Maiti suggested that each chapter should define their activities and Dr. Nandel suggested that the chapters should get approval from GB after making a small presentation related to their future activities. The GB agreed this upon.
Prof. S. Basak, Treasurer, IBS presented the accounts to GB. The GB approved the budget presented by the treasurer after being proposed by Prof. Anil saran and seconded by Prof. F. S. Nandel.
GB was informed that the next annual meeting of IBS as agreed upon last year will be held at Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics in Kolkata in 2014. It will be organized by Prof. Dhananjay Bhattacharya as convener with the support of Prof. Basak and Prof. Ansuman Lahiri of Calcutta University.
GB was informed that as discussed in EC, Prof. Sanyal has suggested that IBS could have its Annual Symposium in Panjab University, Chandigarh in 2015. Prof. Anil Saran informed that he has been requested by Raipur University to inform the EC and GB of IBS that they will be happy to host the 2016 IBS Symposium in Raipur. It was suggested that the future venues might be finalized during the IBS meeting of 2014.
The out-going IBS EC members were the following: Dr. Ch. Mohan Rao (Exofficio), Prof. P. C. Mishra (Vice-President), Prof. S. N. Sanyal (Vice-President), Prof. Faizan Ahmad (Vice-President), Prof. Soumen Basak (Treasurer), Prof. Surat Kumar, Prof. S. Maiti, and Prof. S. Aravamudhan.
The in-coming IBS EC members are the following: Prof. T. P. Singh (as President), Prof. G. Krishnamoorhy (as Vice-President), Prof. Lallan Mishra (as Vice-President), Prof. P. M. Dongre (as Vice-President), Prof. Dhananjay Bhattacharya (Treasurer), Dr. Yogendra Sharma, Prof. Ansuman Lahiri.
The newly constituted EC (2013-2015) has the following members Prof. T. P. Singh, Prof. K. V. R. Chary (Ex-officio), Prof. G. Krishnamoorhy, Prof. Lallan Mishra, Prof. P. M. Dongre, Prof. Rajiv Bhat, Prof. Dhananjay Bhattacharya, Dr. Ashish Arora, Dr. Yogendra Sharma, Prof. P. Karthe, Prof. Punit Kaur, Dr. R. Sankaranarayanan, Prof. Ansuman Lahiri.
The newly constituted EC (2013-2015) met on 16th January, 2013 and elected the following members: Prof. T. P. Singh (President), Prof. G. Krishnamoorthy (Vice- President), Prof. Lallan Mishra (Vice-President), Prof. P. M. Dongre (Vice-President), Prof. Rajiv Bhat (Secretary), Prof. Dhananjay Bhattacharya (Treasurer), Dr. Ashish Arora, Dr. Yogendra Sharma, Prof. P. Karthe, Prof. Punit Kaur, Dr. R. Sankaranarayanan, and Prof. Ansuman Lahiri. This was announced to the General Body on Jan. 16, 2013 during the Valedictory function of the conference. The reconstituted EC would be effective from April 1, 2013.
The meeting of the Executive Council of the Indian Biophysical Society was held at 1:30 PM on January 19, 2012 at the Centre of Advanced Study in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Chennai, during the National Symposium on Biophysics. The following members attended the meeting: Prof. K. V. R. Chary (President) Prof. Rajiv Bhat (Secretary) Prof. S. N. Sanyal (Vice-President) Prof. Faizan Ahmad (Vice-President) Prof. S. Basak (Treasurer) Prof. S. Aravamudhan Dr. P. Karthe Dr. R. Sankaranarayanan.
Dr. Ch. Mohan Rao (Ex-officio, Past President), Dr. G. Suresh Kumar, Dr. Puneet Kaur and Prof. S. Maiti could not attend the meeting. Prof. G. Govil, Prof. A. Saran, Prof. N. R. Jagannathan and Prof. R. V. Hosur, former Presidents IBS attended the meeting as special invitees.
At the outset, Prof. Chary, President and Chair, welcomed the members of EC and the special invitees to the meeting. On behalf of the EC, he congratulated Prof. D. Velmurugan and his colleagues for arranging the IBS-2012. This was followed by self-introduction of members.
Minutes of the Executive Committee Meeting of the IBS held at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi on Jan. 30/31, 2011 during the 7th Asian Biophysics Association/National Symposium on Biophysics were confirmed after being proposed by Prof. Basak and seconded by Prof. Sanyal.
The present strength of the IBS membership has grown to 805 members.
IBS has launched a new website: www.indianbiophysicalsociety.org with the help of an exalumnus of TIFR and showed the features of the new website to the EC members through a presentation.
Requested members that for the missing information regarding e-mail IDs and change of addresses, if any may please be informed to Mr. JayeshMalkan by e.mail malkan@tifr.res.in.
The minutes of the meetings of EC and GB held during IBS -2010 and 2011 have been uploaded on the net.
Members were informed that Prof. N. R. Jagannnathan was appointed as a member of Executive Council of IUPAB (2011-2014) during the Beijing Congress.
Prof. Jagannathan infomed the EC members that for IUPAB Congress in Beijing, Indian delegation was lead by Prof. R. V. Hosur (Chair) along With Prof. M. Vijayan, Prof. KVR Chary, Dr. Ch. Mohan Rao, and Prof. NR Jagannathan, while Prof. BJ Rao could not attend. He informed that there were 22 Indian delegates for oral and poster presentations including Chairs of sessions. Prof. V. Ramakrishnan delivered GNR Lecture. There were 9 parallel sessions and a total of nearly 2200 attendees. He further informed the EC members that during the Beijing Congress it was decided that the forthcoming IUPAB Congresses would be held in Brisbane in 2014 and in UK in 2017.
Prof. Anil Saran suggested that in the wake of enhanced costs of travel, the J. C. Bose and the G. N. Ramachandran travel awards for attending international conferences in the area of Biophysics by IBS members may be enhanced from the current Rs 40,000/- and Rs 30,000/-, respectively. It was suggested and agreed by the members that the said awards be enhanced to Rs. 50,000/- and Rs. 40,000/-, respectively. The EC members approved this.
Suggestion was also made to enhance the Ratna Phadke award to Rs. 4000/- from the current amount of Rs 1500/- plus travel expenses. The other Young Scientist awards were suggested to be enhanced from Rs 1500/- to Rs 2500/. Prof. Jagannathan suggested that IBS should have more poster awards to encourage students and other young scientists, e.g., an oral award in the name of Former President of IBS Late Prof. R. Srinivasan, so that IBS could have 3 oral awards and 3 poster awards for young scientists. The EC members approved this.
Prof. Sanyal mentioned that Biophysics as a course is not part of the Medical Council of India approved curriculum for Medical Institutes and something needs to be done towards it. Prof. Jagannathan mentioned about the efforts being made towards this and assured that from his side he is trying his best.
Prof. Sankarnarayanan suggested that many college teachers are unable to attend the IBS meetings due to want of funds and suggested to provide 10 travel fellowships of Rs 2000/- each which was approved by the members.
Prof. Chary mentioned about the Mumbai-Pune club in Biophysics that is engaged in Biophysics related activities like meetings, seminars, etc and requested the EC about one time approval of the expenditure related to a meeting held earlier. EC approved the same.
Prof. S. Basak, Treasurer, IBS presented the accounts to EC. It was suggested that IBS might continue the services of Palas De & Co., Beliaghata, Kolkata. EC approved the same for further presentation of the accounts and its approval by the General Body in its GBM. Summary of the accounts is shown in Appendix I.
Based in the proposals received for holding the next IBS meetings, it was agreed upon that the next IBS meeting, IBS-2013, will be held in Mumbai and shall be organized jointly by Dept. of Biophysics and Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences, University of Mumbai, by Profs. P. M. Dongre and R. V. Hosur. Organizing Committee will be soon constituted and the meeting will be held in the second week of January 2013. For the GNR memorial lecture, Prof. Chary requested the members to provide their suggestions. Prof. Chary also informed that in 2014, Prof. Basak proposed to hold the IBS meeting at Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics in Kolkata, which the members approved. Prof. Sanyal proposed that IBS could have its meeting in 2015/16 in Punjab University, Chandigarh as the last meeting there was held several years ago. It was agreed that the proposal should be taken up in the next meeting in Mumbai.
Prof. Govil suggested that it should be a practice to invite the local organizer to the EC meetings of IBS as a special invitee. This was agreed upon by the members and shall be followed in future meetings.
President, IBS mentioned that after the untimely passing away of Dr. VinodBhakuni IBS needs to have another member in the EC in his place. It was suggested that Dr. Ashish Arora, also from CDRI Lucknow and a colleague of Dr. Bhakuni, might be requested to be the member of the EC. Members endorsed this.
It was also suggested that the members might sign a condolence message to be sent to the family of Dr. Bhakuni on behalf of IBS. A draft for the same was prepared and signed by all the members present. Prof. Bhat informed the members that a Special one day symposium was organized by CDRI Lucknow entitled "Proteins Shaped his Life-in Vinod's memory" on 24th Aug., 2011 to honour Dr. Bhakuni's scientific contributions where Prof. Bhat delivered a talk and also conveyed condolences to the family and friends on behalf of IBS.
Prof. Basak mentioned that the treasurer's term is ending soon and suggested the name of Dr. Dhananjay Bhattacharya of SINP, Kolkata as the treasurer in his place. The EC members agreed this. He further mentioned that PAN/TAN application of the IBS needs to be done by the auditor who should be paid the fee required for filing PAN/TAN application. On this, Prof. Saran mentioned that Educational Institutions are exempt from paying taxes and one could find from the auditor whether academic societies such as IBS would also be exempt.
President and the EC members thanked Prof. Velmurugan and his organizing team for making all arrangements for holding the IBS-2012 successfully.
The meeting of the Annual General Body of the Indian Biophysical Society was held at 6.30 PM on January 19, 2012 in the Triple Helix Auditorium of Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI), Chennai, during the Annual Meeting of the Indian Biophysical Society. A total of 70 members attended the meeting.
At the outset, Prof. K. V. R. Chary, President and Chair, welcomed the members of GB to the meeting. On behalf of the GB, he congratulated Prof. D. Velmurugan and his colleagues for arranging the National Symposium on Biophysics.
Before starting the meeting, Prof. Chary informed the GB members of the untimely passing away of Dr. Vinod Bhakuni, Scientist CDRI, Lucknow, an active member of IBS and its EC, and requested the members to stand in silence for a minute.
Minutes of the Annual General Body Meeting of the IBS, held at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi at 6:45 PM on January 30/31, 2011 during the 7th Asia Biophysics Association (ABA) meeting and the National Symposium on Biophysics, were confirmed after being proposed by Prof. S. N. Sanyal and seconded by Prof. Faizan Ahmad.
Requested members that for the missing information regarding e-mail IDs and change of addresses, if any may please be informed to Mr. Jayesh Malkan by e.mail.
Some members pointed out that IBS could look into the feasibility of providing train fare by AC-III tier to 10 teachers and students who are unable to meet expenses for travel for attending the Annual meetings. Members were informed about the decision of the IBS EC with regard to the 10 travel fellowships of Rs 2000/- each to the Biophysics teachers, which was approved by the members.
Prof. S. Basak, Treasurer, IBS presented the accounts to GB. It was suggested that IBS might continue the services of Palas De & Co., Beliaghata, Kolkata. He mentioned that the treasurer's term is ending soon and suggested the name of Prof. Dhananjay Bhattacharya of SINP, Kolkata as the treasurer in his place, which was agreed upon earlier by the EC. He further mentioned that PAN/TAN application of the IBS needs to be made by the auditor. It was brought to the notice of EC members during their meeting that the Educational Institutions are exempt from paying taxes and one could find from the auditor whether academic societies such as IBS would also be exempted from paying tax. The budget presented by the treasurer was approved by the GB after being proposed by Prof. S. N. Sanyal and seconded by Prof. R. P. Ojha. Summary of the accounts is shown in Appendix I.
It was mentioned that the EC had earlier proposed the name of Dr. Ashish Arora, CDRI Lucknow as a member of the EC in place of Dr. Bhakuni. GB approved this.
It was decided as per the earlier recommendations of EC and GB of IBS, that the IBS-2013 meeting will be held in Mumbai. The meeting shall be organized jointly by Dept. of Biophysics and Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences, University of Mumbai, by Profs. P. M. Dongre and R. V. Hosur. Organizing Committee will be soon constituted and the meeting will be held in the second week of January 2013. For the GNR memorial lecture, Prof. Chary requested the members to provide their suggestions. Prof. Chary also informed that Prof. Basak and his colleagues will organize the IBS 2014 meeting at Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics in Kolkata, which the members agreed.
Prof. G. Krishnamoorthy suggested that we should have a programme committee for the Annual meetings for better organization of the programme that should include broad based topics and speakers. Dr. R. Sankaranarayanan also suggested that it is a good idea and should include the local convener. President assured the same.
It was shared with the members that Prof. S. N. Sanyal had suggested in the EC to have the IBS meeting in Chandigarh. Also, Prof. Faizan Ahmad and Prof. R. P. Ojha suggested that they could organize the forthcoming meetings in 2015 and 2016. It was decided that these proposals together would be taken up further in the next meeting at Mumbai.
The GB was informed that the EC has proposed to enhance the Ratna Phadke award to Rs. 4000/- from the current amount of Rs 1500/- plus travel expenses. The other Young Scientist poster awards were also proposed to be enhanced from Rs 1500/- to Rs 2500/-. GB approved this.
The GB was also informed that the EC has proposed to enhance the J. C. Bose and the G. N. Ramachandran travel awards. The J. C. Bose and the G. N. Ramachandran travel awards for attending international conferences in the area of Biophysics by IBS members has been proposed to be enhanced from the current Rs 40,000/- and Rs 30,000/- , respectively to Rs. 50,000/- and Rs. 40,000/-, respectively. GB approved this.
Prof. P. M. Dongre thanked the GB members for the opportunity to host the next IBS meeting in the University of Mumbai in January 2013 and asked members to provide suggestions to him for the successful organization of the meeting.
It was suggested by members that IBS could provide a link to various journals related to Biophysical research on the IBS website and, if possible, subscribe to a few e-journals in the area for the use of its members. Prof. N. R. Jagannathan mentioned that Biophysical Reviews are available through IUPAB and can be accessed by the member societies like IBS. It was agreed to look into this suggestion.
Regarding deletion of the Biophysics course from the MCI curriculum, it was mentioned that Prof. Jagannathan has agreed to follow it up at his level.
Prof. Dipankar Chatterjee (Vice-President), Dr. Sekhar Mande, Dr. Vinod Bhakuni and Prof. S. Maiti could not attend.
Prof. M.Vijayan, Prof. Anil Saran, Prof. Rabi Maumdar and Prof. R.V. Hosur attended as special invitees.
At the outset, Dr. Mohan Rao, President and Chair, welcomed the members of EC and the special invitees to the meeting. On behalf of the EC, he congratulated Prof. N.R. Jagannathan and his colleagues for wonderfully arranging the conference of 7th Asia Biophysics Association (ABA) and the National Symposium on Biophysics. This was followed by self-introduction of members.
The IBS web-site (www.tifr.res.in/~ibs) is being updated regularly.
The present strength of the IBS membership is 780.
The entire Life member’s directory was updated as on January 30, 2011.
Missing information: e-mail IDs and change of addresses (if any: pl inform Mr. Jayesh Malkan by e.mail <malkan@tifr.res.in>).
The minutes of the meetings of EC and GB held during IBS - 2010 were uploaded on the net.
Awards page was put on the net.
Membership ID cards: As approved by the EC and GB, IBS Membership ID cards have been printed and were kept at the Symposium registration desk for distribution.
Prof. S. Basak, Treasurer, IBS presented the accounts to EC. It has been decided to fixed-deposit most of the corpus, leaving a working balance of rupees one lakh (Rs 1,00,000/-) each in the accounts with CBI, Mumbai and SBI, Kolkata. Mr. Palas De (of Palas De & Co., Beliaghata, Kolkata 700010), auditor of the Society’s accounts, recommended application for TAN and PAN of the IBS and also submission of Form 15A for tax savings on the interest accrued upon the corpus of the IBS. EC approved the same. (Proposed: Prof. M.Vijayan; Seconded: Dr. Suresh Kumar).
Prof. S. Basak, Treasurer, IBS has also informed the EC that the registration information has been retrieved and is as per the rule book.
It was decided as per the earlier recommendation of EC and GB of IBS, that the IBS-2012 meeting will be held in Chennai. Prof. Velumurugan of University of Madras will be organizing the symposium. In this context, Prof. Velumurugan shared the following: The National Organizing Committee will be soon constituted and the meeting will be held in the third week of January 2012. Commenting on the GNR memorial lecture, he requested the members for their suggestions.
Secretary, IBS shared with the EC the two proposals received from CBS/Mumbai University, Mumbai and SINP, Kolkata to organize the future annual meetings in 2013 and 2014. It has been decided to take up these issues during the next IBS meet to be held in Chennai.
Secretary, IBS shared with the GB that as the present EC of IBS has completed two years, it has been decided to reconstitute the EC. The following was shared with the General Body.As the present EC has completed two years, it has been decided to reconstitute the EC.
The out-going EC members were the following: Prof. Dipankar Chatterjee (Vice-President), Prof. D. Velmurugan (Vice-President), Dr. Sekhar Mande (Vice-President), Prof. Surat Kumar.
The in-coming EC members were the following: Dr. Mohan Rao (Ex-officio), Dr. Rajiv Bhatt, Dr. P.Karthe, Dr. Punit Kaur, Dr. R. Shankarnarayanan.
The newly constituted Executive Council (2011-2013) had the following members: Prof. K.V.R. Chary, Dr. Mohan Rao (Ex-officio), Prof. Faizan Ahmad, Prof. P. C. Mishra, Prof. S. N. Sanyal, Prof. Soumen Basak, Dr. Rajiv Bhatt, Prof. S. Aravamudhan, Dr. Vinod Bhakuni, Dr. P.Karthe, Dr. Punit Kaur, Dr. G. Suresh Kumar, Prof. S. Maiti, and Dr. R. Shankarnarayanan.
Under any other matter, the EC observed that the J.C. Bose and G. N Ramachandran travel awards are not being used in the recent past and special efforts may be made to announce them in view of the upcoming IUPAB Congress in Beijing, China. It has also been decided to use at least half of the interest accrued upon the IBS corpus for such travel awards.
The meeting of the Annual General Body of the Indian Biophysical Society was held at 6.45 PM on January 30, 2011 at Stein Auditorium at India Habitat Center, New Delhi, during the conference of 7th Asia Biophysics Association (ABA) and the National Symposium on Biophysics. A total of 85 members attended the meeting.
At the outset, Dr. Mohan Rao, President and Chair, welcomed the members of GB to the meeting. On behalf of the EC, he congratulated Prof. N.R. Jagannathan and his colleagues for wonderfully arranging the conference of 7th Asia Biophysics Association (ABA) and the National Symposium on Biophysics.
The present strength of the IBS membership is 774.
Membership ID cards: As approved by the EC and GB, IBS Membership ID cards have been printed and was kept at the Symposium registration desk for distribution.
Prof. S. Basak, Treasurer, IBS has also informed the GB that the registration information has been retrieved and is as per the rule book.
Secretary, IBS shared with the GB the two proposals received from CBS/Mumbai University, Mumbai and SINP, Kolkata to organize the future annual meetings in 2013 and 2014. It has been decided to take up these issues during the next IBS meet to be held in Chennai.
Secretary, IBS shared with the GB that as the present EC of IBS has completed two years, it has been decided to reconstitute the EC. The following was shared with the General Body.
The out-going IBS EC members were the following: Prof. Dipankar Chatterjee (Vice-President), Prof. D. Velmurugan (Vice-President), Dr. Sekhar Mande (Vice-President), Prof. Surat Kumar.
The newly constituted Executive Council (2011-2013) met (except Prof. Faizan Ahmad, Dr. Vinod Bhakuni and Prof. S. Maiti) on January 31, 2011 and elected the following: Prof. K.V.R. Chary (President), Dr. Mohan Rao (Ex-officio), Prof. Faizan Ahmad (Vice-President), Prof. P. C. Mishra (Vice-President), Prof. S. N. Sanyal (Vice-President), Prof. Soumen Basak (Treasurer), Dr. Rajiv Bhatt (Secretary), Prof. S. Aravamudhan, Dr. Vinod Bhakuni, Dr. P.Karthe, Dr. Punit Kaur, Dr. G. Suresh Kumar, Prof. S. Maiti, and Dr. R. Shankarnarayanan. This was announced to the General Body on February 3, 2011 during the Valedictory function of the conference of 7th Asia Biophysics Association (ABA) and the National Symposium on Biophysics. The GB was informed that the new EC will be effective from April 1, 2011.
Under any other matter, the GB was informed that the J.C. Bose and G. N Ramachandran travel awards are not being used in the recent past and efforts will be made to announce them in view of the upcoming IUPAB Congress in Beijing, China. The GB was informed about the EC’s recommendation to use at least half of the interest accrued upon the IBS corpus for such travel awards.

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