PGI Pulmonary Alumni E-News Letter

Dear Alumni Friends,

With time we continue to move forward. I am now glad to announce the addition of this page to our website especially for the information of those who have passed through the portals of this Institute. The page is designed to share our professional and personal news and achievements amongst ourselves. You may please email the news to share to our "Webmaster" Dr Dheeraj Gupta for posting on this page.

I hope that you will like the idea and continually share your experiences.

With best wishes and regards,

SK Jindal

To mark the beginning here are some latest news from us:

• S.K. Jindal has been chosen as an Associate Editor of Chest. In Particular, he will take care of the Global Medicine section of the newly shaped Chest.
• D. Behera was awarded the BC Roy Award of Medical Council of India in January 2005.
• Dheeraj Gupta has been elected as the National Delegate from India of European Respiratory Society
• Ashutosh N. Aggarwal has been promoted as an Associate Professor in the department.
• Ritesh Agarwal has been now selected as an Assistant Professor in the department on regular basis.

06.02.06

Sent by Dr. Balamugesh from CMC Vellore

We got recognition to start DNB course in respiratory diseases. We can take 2 post MBBS candidates and 2 post Diploma candidates per year. It is a small, but significant beginning for us here.

06.02.06: Suman Dass says: Please note my new addresses

Dr Suman K Das Consultant Respiratory Physician Stepping Hill Hospital Stockport SK2 7LE United Kingdom Phone ; office- 0044 161 4195070 Residence: 30 Bradwell Road Hazel Grove Stockport Cheshire SK7 6EU United Kingdom Phone: 0044 1625 850039 Email: suman_das@hotmail.com Years at PGI: 1989 to 1995 (the best time of my life!).

10.08.06

Dr. Balamugesh from CMC Vellore writes:

We are organising a conference on 'respiratory care' on Aug 15th and 16th. The target audience are the respiratory technitians, physiotherapists and nurses. Our HOD Dr.Christopher recently underwent a fellowship from American Association of Respiratory Care.  We are having a post-diploma course in advanced respiatory therapy (2 year course with 1 year internship) whose eligibility criteria is BSc in a science subject. The conference website is http://home.cmcvellore.ac.in/upcoming/rescare/respconf.asp

11.08.06

Dr. UPS Sidhu has been promoted as Professor in the Department of Respiratory Medicine at DMC, Ludhiana. Congratulations!!

October 1, 2006

Prof. Behera has taken over as Director of LRS Institute of tuberculosis and Chest Diseases Delhi on deputation form PGI, I am sure the institute will achieve new heights under his dyanamic leader ship, Congratulations and all the best!