Directory of Acm Members: (Updated Upto 15th January 2007)
Directory of Acm Members: (Updated Upto 15th January 2007)
EMBLEM OF ACM
CONTENTS
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5. Award 13
8. Bye-law 24
10. Address 34
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Monthly meetings were held and the draft byelaw was presented
by Dr. Mabel Legori at the 4th meeting on 1st March 1996. Informal
inauguration of the Academy took place that day by giving a cheque
for Rs.1500/- towards membership by Dr. Mabel Legori followed by
Dr. P.T. Iype who gave Rs.1500/- as cash. A sub-committee was formed
to study the bye-law. Dr. P.T. Iype, Dr. Mabel Legori, Dr. P.M. Sivan
Pillai, Dr. Ashalatha Nair and Dr. Laly Jose were the members of the
sub-committee. There were detailed discussion on the bye-law in
April, May and June meetings at the Department of Microbiology,
Medical College, Trivandrum.
It was decided to have a journal for the Academy and the name
“The Journal of the Academy of Clinical Microbiologists” was approved
at the meeting on 7th July 1996. The emblem designed by Dr. Mabel
Legori was presented at this meeting and was also approved. A core
committee was formed at this meeting and it consisted of President
(Dr. Mabel Legori), Secretary (Dr. Kavita Raja), Treasurer (Dr. P.T. Iype),
Editor (Dr. P.M. Sivan Pillai) and Sub-editor (Dr. M. Sumangala Bai).
At last, the ball gained momentum with Dr. Krishna Prakash from
Delhi as President, Dr. David Tompkins from Leeds (U.K) as Senior
Vice President and Dr. Lizy Mathew from Trivandrum as Secretary.
The 3rd Triennial Conference took place at the Govt. Medical College,
Thiruvananthapuram on 2nd August 2005 with a pre-conference
seminar on “Infectious Diseases and the Control of Epidemics.”
Election of office bearers took place on 1st August 2005. Dr. David
Tompkins from Leeds (U.K) became the President to expand the
activities of ACM at the international level. An advisory commitee has
been constituted consisting of Founder President, Secretary, Treasurer
Immediate Past President, President and President Elect. ACM has
36 founder members and 108 life members as on 15th January 2007.
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AWARD
ACM ORATION AWARD at the Triennial Conference instituted
by Dr. Mabel Legori, Founder President and President 1999 - 2002.
If there are more than one application the selection criteria will
be based on outstanding contribution to ACM as Council Member /
ACM member [as Conference Chairman, Secretary or CME organizer,
membership drive, contribution to the journal (JACM) etc]. If there
are two eligible applicants who have given outstanding contribution to
ACM, then seniority by the year of joining ACM and if still the same,
seniority by age (according to date of birth) will be taken into
consideration.
ACM ORATION
2002 Dr. Mabel Legori Microbiology Service for the 21st Century
BYE LAW
2. Objectives
1. President
4. Secretary
5. Joint Secretary
6. Treasurer
7. Editor
5. Membership
c. Rights
Both founder and life members have the right to stand for
election to the Council, right to nominate council members
and the right to vote. Associate members do not have those
rights. However, like founder and life members they are
able to attend Academic Meetings, present papers and
will get copies of newsletters and Journal.
6. Quorum for Meetings
For Academy Business Meetings, (General body meeting) the
quorum shall be 1/3 of the total membership and that of council
meetings, it should be minimum five members of whom three
shall be executive council members.
7. Election of Council Members (Executive & Ordinary)
The election of Council Members shall be by nomination by
two of the members (Founder/Life member). If more than one
person is nominated to a post, selection shall be by postal ballot/
secret voting at the Triennial Meeting.
8. Term & Duties of Council Members
i. The term of Council members shall be three years.
ii. a. President
The president shall preside over all Academy and council meetings.
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President
Vice Presidents
There are two Vice Presidents. The first (Senior Vice President)
is actually president elect and automatically becomes President after
three years. The second Vice President will become the Senior Vice
President and election when needed is only for the second Vice
President every three years.
The President Elect will preside over the meetings and perform
President’s duties in the absence of the President and the second
Vice President will do the duties of President in the absence of
President and President Elect. Only those who have served the council
as executive or ordinary council member shall become eligible for the
post of Vice President.
Secretary
Joint Secretary
Treasurer
Shall make a budget for the coming three years and give
suggestion to meet the expenditure for various activities. The Account
for foreign contribution should be maintained separately, shall give
the audited statement of the accounts to the President and Secretary
each year by 30th April and help the Secretary in sending the form
FC3 to the Ministry of Home Affairs, India. There is now a general
account, an account for foreign contribution, a Journal account, ACM
workshop account and the Conference account.
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Editor :
Associate Editors :
Shall help the Editor in editorial work, analysing the special article
and if necessary send the data to an expert. The senior most shall
become the Editor after the term.
Assistant Editor :
All the executive and the ordinary council members shall try to
attend the council meetings and General body meetings, send items
to be included in the agenda so as to reach the secretary before 31st
December and 30th June for February and August council meetings
respectively. Inform the secretary, if any council member (Executive
or ordinary) is unable to attend the meetings. If anyone fails to attend/
fails to communicate inability to attend three consecutive meetings,
his/her name shall be removed from the Council and a new office
bearer will be nominated by the President.
Only those who are willing and capable of executing the duties
should be nominated to the various posts.
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126. LM 85/2005 Dr. Sudha. K Dr. Sudha.K
Asst. Prof. of Microbiology 67, MIGH
Gandhi Medical College New Santhosh Nagar Colony
Secunderabad Saidabad
Andhra Pradesh, India Hyderabad - 500 659
Tel: 040-27502742 Tel: 040 - 24530781
127. LM 86/2005 Dr. Sudha Rani.V Malakpet
Asst. Professor Hyderabad
Dept. of Microbiology Andhra Pradesh
Gandhi Medical College Tel: 24063518
Secunderabad (AP), India 9440-431526
Tel: 27502742
128. LM 21/2002 Dr. Sulekha. B N3 Quarters
Associate Professor Medical College Campus
Dept. of Microbiology Alappuzha - 688 005
Medical College
Alappuzha - 688 005
Kerala, India.
Tel: 0477 - 2282015 Ext: 241, 242
129. FM 7/1996 Dr. Sumangala Bai. M Sivasakthi
President Elect Prof. and Head Kannanmoola, Pettah.P.O
Second - Dept. of Microbiology Trivandrum - 695 024, India
Vice President Dr. SMCSI Medical College Tel: 0471 - 2743852
2002-2005 Karakonam, Trivandrum (Dt)
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137. LM 61/2004 Dr. Vijay Kumar Sharma Set No. 3 Block No. 30
Prof & Head, SDA Flats, Phase III
Dept. of Microbiology New Shimla - 171 009
IG Medical College Tel: 0177 - 2673170
Shimla - 171 001,
India
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Vishakha Clinical Microbiology Central Basar Road
Laboratory, 612, A - wing, Randaspeth, Nagpur 440 010
Lokmat Bhawan, Wardha Road India
Nagpur 440 012
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ACADEMY OF CLINICAL
MICROBIOLOGISTS
DIRECTORY
2007