IDPD NEWS LETTER
Dear Friend,
An international Preparatory Meeting for the 18th World Congress of IPPNW was held on 13th -14th January 2007 at Delhi. 53 persons, including representatives from Physicians for Social Responsibility- Nepal(PSRN), Srilankan Doctors for Peace and Development (SDPD), central council members of IDPD and special invitees attended the meeting. It was presided over by Dr. L S Chawla-President IDPD. Dr.Ime John-Co-President IPPNW, Mr.John Loretz-Programme Director IPPNW and Mr.Khagendra Dahal - International Students Representative addressed the meeting.
Members present expressed gratitude to the IPPNW board for endorsing the IDPD proposal to hold 18th World Congress of IPPNW at Delhi, first time ever in South Asia.
The meeting deliberated at length various issues related to the congress.
Following decisions were taken:
PROGRAMME PLANNING
Pre Congress Students’ Travel from Islamabad to Delhi
The student group will reach Wagah Border on 2nd March 2008.
2nd March 2008 Stay at Amritsar and visit to Historical Places
3rd March 2008 Meeting with students at the Government Medical College, Amritsar
Meeting at Jalandhar in the afternoon
Night Stay at Ludhiana
4th March 2008 Meetings at Ludhiana, Doraha, Khanna and Sirhind
Night Stay at Ambala
5th March 2008 Meetings at Ambala and Karnal
Arrival at Rajghat Delhi in the evening
STUDENT CONGRESS 7th & 8th March 2008
Venue YMCA Tourist Hostel , 1 Jai Singh Road, New Delhi.
Registration 6 March after 2.00pm at the venue of student congress
(This registration will include registration for the main congress as well)
MAIN CONGRESS 9th , 10th and 11th March 2008
Venue V.P.House, Rafi Marg, New Delhi
ACCOMMODATION
Hotels, YMCA, YWCA, International Youth Centre, Gandhi Peace Foundation and Indian Social Institute.
STATE LEVEL PREPARATORY MEETINGS
It was decided that meetings should be held in different parts of the country with a purpose to build campaign for the coming congress and to discuss mobilization for participation in the congress. Following meetings were planned.
Amritsar 25th February 2007
Patna 21st April 2007
Gaya 22nd April 2007
Delhi 26th April 2007
Agra 27th April 2007
Vijayawada 4th May 2007
Hyderabad 5th May 2007
Pondicherry 16th June 2007
Chennai 17th June 2007
Kolkatta August 2007
Imphal September 2007
Nagpur October 2007
Sri Nagar October 2007
Haryana October 2007
Rajasthan November 2007
PUBLICITY
It was decided to print a preliminary information poster and to send it to all units/members/medical colleges and other important technical institutions in the country.
BUDGET
An estimated budget of Rs.1.15 crores. Whereas about 40% of it would be met with registration fee from the delegates; rest of the budget has to be raised collectively by different units.
REGISTRATION
Registration will be open from 1st June 2007. An early registration is desired. Following registration fee was finalised for the Indian delegates.
Before 30th November 2007 After 30th November 2007
Doctors Rs.5000.00 Rs.6000.00
Students Rs.500.00 Rs.700.00
Accompanying Persons Rs.2000.00 Rs.2500.00
Formation of International, Regional, National and Student Organising Committees
- International
Dr Gunnar Westberg (Co-President)
Dr Ime John (Co-President)
Dr Ron McCoy (Immediate Past Co-President)
Dr Bjorn Hilt (Chairman of the Board)
Dr Alex Rozen (Co-Chairman)
Dr Kamrul H Khan (Regional Vice President)
Ms Ruth (ISR from Australia)
Mr Khagendra Dahal (ISR from Nepal)
Mr John Loretz (Convener)
Mr Michael Christ
Ms M Valenti
Dr L S Chawla
Dr Arun Mitra
Dr Jeetendra Singh
Ms.Ankita – NSR India
- Regional
Dr Kamrul H Khan - Convener
One More Doctor from Bangladesh
Dr L S Chawla
Dr Arun Mitra - Co Convener
Dr Mahesh Maskey
Dr Sharad Onta
Dr Bishwa Joshi
Dr Mrs Balasurya
Dr Asoka Hettiaracchhi
Dr Tipu Sultan
Dr Ali Afridi
Dr Jeetendra Singh
Mr Prakash Paudel
Mr Ashok Bhurthyal
Students from Bangladesh
Students from Sri Lanka
Students from Pakistan
Dr Yasmeen Rauf
Mr Abhinav Singh
Ms Ankita Chaudhary
Ms Suheir Khajuria
Mr Sandeep Sharma
Ms Sonali
Ms Syed Sehrish
- National Organising Committee
Dr L S Chawla - Convener
Dr Arun Mitra - Co Convener
Admiral Ramdass
Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat
Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Vinod Saighal
Mr Achin Vanaik
Mr Praful Bidwai
Mr Anil Chaudhary
Ms. Amarjeet Kaur
Dr Imrana Quadeer
Mr Ramesh Thakur from UNO
Mr Brij Mohan Munjal
Mr Sunil Kant Munjal
Mr Sunil Mittal
Dr.V.S.Reddy
Dr.Nara Singh
Dr S S Soodan
Dr M R Jape
Dr Navinder Singh Bawa
Dr Satyajit Kumar Singh
Dr R Senthil
Dr.Sanjeev Uppal
Dr.Yudhisthir Dass
Dr.Shakeel Ur Rehman
Dr G.R Ravindranath
Dr Janardhan Reddy
Dr.Bharti Uppal
Dr.Chourjeet Singh
Dr Shanthi
Dr Shakti Kumar
Dr.Abhay Gour
Dr Hayavadana Rao
Dr.Bharat Karia
Dr.H.H.Trivedi
Dr.R.S.Gunjal
Dr.V.Sadanandam
Dr Balbir Singh
Dr.Tej Ram Garg
Dr Sameer Malhotra
Major Dr Jeetendra Singh
Dr P.S.Barar
Dr Baldev Raj
Dr.M.K.Mahajan
Dr Karan Singh Chauhan
Dr Dharmendra Kumar
Dr.Tamara Gour
Dr Sajeed
Dr.Sudhir Dhakre
Dr Tejbir Singh
Dr Prakash Rao
Dr Vasundhra
Dr.Subhash Chakaraborty
Dr S L Shiohare
Dr Meenacshi Martins
Dr Sham Sunder Deepti
Dr K Srinath Reddy
Ms Ankita Choudhary (NSR)
Ms. Neha Venkatesh
Ms. Priyanka Sara
Ms Sonali
Ms Syed Sehrish
Ms. Suheir Khajuria
Ms Mamta Goswami
Ms Yasmeen Rauf
Mr Rishabh Kumar Rans
Mr Abhinav Singh
Mr Pradeep Karmanchi
Mr Sandeep Sharma
Mr.Amrendra Kumar
Dr Ajay Krishan
Dr Nandini Elangbam
Dr Naveen Raja
Dr B S Dahiya
Dr R B S Jakhar
Dr Anil Pathak
Dr Neelam Pathak
Dr Neeraj Mathur
Dr S Hukku
Dr Anil Anand
Dr Manjeet Sachdeva
Dr G M Malik
Dr Vinni Sandhu
Dr I B Singh
Dr Geeta Kurhade
Dr Arvind Kurhade
Dr Bharat Kaira
- Student Organising Committee
Khagendra Dahal
Ms.Ruth - ISR
Dr Caecilie Buhman
Dr Alex Rozen
Dr Satyajit Kumar Singh
Dr Jeetendra Singh
Students Representatives from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and India
FORMATION OF VARIOUS SUB COMMITTEES
- Registration
Dr Sanjeev Uppal – Chair Person
Dr S K Prabhakar
Dr Suheir Khajuria
- Finance
Dr Santokh Singh– Chair Person
Dr Bharti Uppal
Dr J A S Gill
Dr Satyajit Kumar Singh
Dr Tamara Gour
Miss. Noopur
- Accommodation & Transport
Mr.Jeetendra Kumar
Dr Sandeep Sharma
Mr Bhupinder Singh
Dr R S Gunjal
Dr I B Singh
Dr Dharmendra Kumar
- Catering
Dr Anil Pathak
Dr Neelima Pathak
Dr Vinni Sandhu
- Cultural
Dr Shakeel Ur Rahman
Dr Ravindranath
Dr Shanthi
Dr Balbir Shah
Dr Geeta Kurhade
- Souvenir
Dr Abhay Gour
Abhinav Singh
- Decoration
Dr N S Bawa
Dr S S Soodan
Dr G M Malik
Dr Subhash Chokraborty
Student volunteers
- Scientific
Dr Tejbir Singh
Dr Tejram Garg
Dr M K Mahajan
- Security
Dr Nandini Elanglam
- Volunteers
Dr Jeetendra Singh
Dr Yasmeen Rauf
Dr Ankita Chaudhary
Dr Neha Venkatesh
Ms. Kshma
- Publicity Committee
- Hospitality Committee
Dr.Nanadni Elangbam
Dr.Neelam Pathak
Mrs.Kamal Uppal
Mrs.Rita Singh
Mrs.Rita Rajbir Singh
Mrs.Kanchan Mehra
All IDPD units and members are earnestly requested to work hard from today itself to make the Delhi congress a memorable event.
Dr L S Chawla Dr Arun Mitra
President General Secretary
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