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PAST EVENTS 2004 - 2005
19 June 2004:- New Governing Body
(2004 – 2006) constituted The new BJD-INDIA:
NAN Governing Body with new office bearers for the period
2004 – 2006 was constituted during the Executive Committee
Meeting held in Bangalore on 19 June 2004. Dr. K Mahendranath,
Former President, IRA and Consulting Rheumatologist from Bangalore
was nominated the new Chairman, Prof. S S Babhulkar, Former
President, IOA and Senior Orthopedic Surgeon from Nagpur was
nominated as the Co-ordinator, Dr. A Chopra, Consultant Rheumatologist
from Pune will continue as the National Secretary.
25 July 2004:- BJD Ambassador from India initiates
launch of BJD in Bangladesh Prof. T.K. Shanmugasundaram,
International BJD Ambassador, India, encouraged and motivated
Prof Amjad Hossain, Professor & Head of Dept. of Orthopaedic
Surgery, Dhaka Medical College, Bangladesh to form a BJD Bangladesh
NAN. A CME Programme on “Musculoskeletal Disorders”
was held on 25-29 July 2004 with presentation of 24 papers
from allied specialists. About 300 doctors and medical students
attended the CME. The BJD Bangladesh Chapter was inaugurated
at a colourful function on July 26, 2004. Prof Shanmugasundaram
will continue his efforts in other countries of South Asia
who have not yet joined the BJD movement.
30 June 2005:- Dr. Ambrish Mithal, Executive
Committee Member, BJD-INDIA : NAN declared the ‘Doctor
of the Year-2005' and felicitated by honorable Chief Minister
of Delhi Smt. Shiela Dixit.
June 2005:- Dr. Arvind Chopra, National
Secretary, BJD-INDIA: NAN, appointed as the Director –
Co-ordinator of WHO–ILAR COPCORD in the recently held
EULAR meeting in Vienna, Austria.
(Press
Release)
12 - 20 October 2005: BJD Activity Week was celebrated
in various urban and rural areas of India. Click
here for details.
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