The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Shri J. P. Nadda had launched “Kayakalp”-an initiative for awards to

public health facilities and released the Swachchta Guidelines for Public Health Facilities. Th e “Kayakalp” initiative is to encourage every public health facility in the country to work towards standards of excellence to help the facilities stay clean and hygienic. On 16th March 2016, the Ministry of Health had organised Felicitation of Kayakalp Awardees at NDMC Convention Centre, New Delhi where JIPMER was given SPECIAL AWARD based on the performance of the facility on these parameters- sanitation and hygiene, infection control, hospital upkeep, waste management, community participation assessment.

Dr. Subhash Chandra Parija, Director JIPMER, Dr. Ashok Shankar Badhe, Deputy Director Administration, Mr. Jesurajan, Sanitary Superintendent participated in this event and received the Special Award on behalf of JIPMER.

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and spouses instead of ourselves– Akbarali jetha.

Jipmer Awarded Special Prize for Cleanliness

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JIPMER Health Education Initiative

JIPMER Striding Ahead...

Under the leadership of Professor Dr. SC Parija, Director, JIPMER, a new initiative has been started to improve

public awareness on health and disease which would include a

series of interactive programs conducted on a fortnightly basis. Th ese programs will focus on building knowledge among the general public as well as patients and their care.

The 19th Interactive session was on “Early Detection of Breast & Cervical Cancer”

The 21st session was on “low back ache & arthritis”

The 20th session was on “Tuberculosis: Find, Treat, Eliminate”

The 22nd session was on “fever – causes & treatment”

JIPMER was awarded in recog-nition of voluntary contribution for the empowerment of visual challenges at the 31st annual day programme and award ceremony for Blind Empowerment Champi-ons 2016

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Tele-Barrier Nursing Service in ICUs’

JIPMER Starts Tele-Barrier Nursing Service in ICUs’

Department of Orthopedics has started special clinic for Sports medicine and arthroscopy (key-hole surgery) services on the 4th Tuesday of every month

Adding new Feathers: Augmentation of Services

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State Bank of India, JIPMER donated Two Buses and Six Ambulances.

Laser Therapy for Burn Patients

‘JIPMER Tertiary Burn Centre (JTBC)’ has started ‘Laser Therapy for Burn Patients’.

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Serving the Community and fulfi lling itsSocial obligations – JIPMER and CommunityHealth Initiatives

World Health Day

World Health day was observed on 7th April and the theme for this year was Diabetes, “Scale up prevention, strengthen care and enhance surveillance. This was observed by conducting an Awareness rally by the College of Nursing, JIPMER and mini-

walkathon at Rural Health Centre, Ramanathapuram.

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Glaucoma Walk

Glaucoma Walk on March 6th (World Glaucoma Day) organized by the Department of Ophthalmology

Women’s Day 2016

Honouring Women Leaders of JIPMER on International Women’s Day 2016

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JIPMER Felicitates Padmashree Dr. K. Mathangi Ramakrishnan ‘JIPMER Sushruta Oration in Plastic Surgery’ organized by Department of Plastic Surgery.

Flower show at JIPMER Community hall

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Prize distribution of staff recreation club

JIPMER open art exhibition and competition 2016

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Awards and Laurels Won by JIPMER Staff ,Students & Faculty

Dr. Vikram Kate, Professor of Surgery was awarded the Silver Jubilee MASICON Oration by the Association of Surgeons of India, Nagpur Branch in the Annual CME of the held on 3rd April 2016. He spoke on “Translational Gastrointestinal Research –Bench to

Bedside and beyond: A journey of two decades”.

Dr. Sunil K Narayan was awarded FEAN (Fellowship in European academy of Neurology)in the year 2016 (First fellow to be elected from

India).

1. Dr Suresh Gandhi, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics won the prestigious ‘Prof Tom Xavier Gold Medal for Hand ‘ for his presentation entitled ‘Crush injuries of the hand and forearm – Evaluation and management’ at the Annual Conference of the Tamil Nadu Orthopaedic Association held at Ooty on 12th -14th Feb 2016.

2. Dr Ketaki G, Pediatric Surgery, Senior Resident bags 2nd place in oral paper presentation at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai. At the recently concluded Pediatric Solid Tumor Workshop and conference, organised by Tata Memorial Hospital Mumbai,

3. Dr Jhansipriya, junior resident, Pathology, got first prize for Poster Titled as "Minimal Change disease superimposed on Diabetic Nephropathy. A rare entity diagnosed with light, immunofluorescence and Electron microscopy" at ( TAPCON 2016) held on 5th march at PIMS, Puducherry.

4. Dr Pramod Sagar BK, Junior Resident , Medicine has won the prestigious Dr J N Berry award at APICON – 2016 held at Hyderabad.

5. Mrs. M. Subha, Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Physiology, was awarded the Best Research Paper Award for her presentation titled “Association of Sympathovagal Imbalance with Cardiovascular Risk in Pregnancy Induced Hypertension – A Study from a Tertiary Care Hospital”, in SARVASASTRA 2016, held on 22nd & 23rd March 2016, at Dr. M.G.R. Educational and Research Institute, Chennai.

6. Mr. Shashiraja Padukone, Research Scholar, Microbiology, received the award for “Young Investigator from India and Southeast Asia” and Travel Grant sponsored by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation at the 17th International Congress on Infectious Diseases (ICID-2016)

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7. Ms. K. Manochitra, (CSIR-SRF) Research Scholar, Microbiology, JIPMER has received the award for “Young Investigator from India and Southeast Asia” and Travel Grant sponsored by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation at the 17th International Congress on Infectious Diseases (ICID-2016).

8. Mr Srinvasa Rao Katiboina, Ph.D Scholar, Pharmacology has been awarded the best oral presentation award (First Prize) for his presentation entitled “Association of Functional Polymorphisms of DNA Repair Genes with Hematological and Gastrointestinal Toxicities of Platinum Based Chemotherapy in Cancer

Patients” at DDCT-2016 at Pondicherry University.9. Miss Varna Mathew and Miss Niveditha Kundu,

first year MBBS students (Batch of 2015) have won first place in the inter-college quiz competition (MEDBIOQUEST-2016) organized by Association of Medical Biochemists of India (AMBI), held at Sri Manukula Vinayagar medical college and hospital, Puducherry on 19th March 2016.

10. Dr. Zachariah Bobby, Professor & Head of Biochemistry has been awarded “GSMC - FAIMER Regional Institute Fellowship” in Medical Education at Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai.

Workshop on Perioperative Echocardiography and Ultrasound

Conferences / CMEs / Workshops Organised at JIPMER

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Workshop on “Select National Committee Workshop on MD (Radiotherapy) Course

Change” by The Department of Radiotherapy

CME on Diabetes mellitus update by department of

medicine

National workshop on “Basic Techniques in Floursence Microscopy” by department of Anatomy

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Short Course on Basic Biostatistics and Hands on Training in Statistical Analysis by the Department of Medical Biometrics &

Informatics and the Division of Research

CME on ‘Childhood Kidney Diseases’ byDepartment of Nephrology

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Intensive Patient Counseling Program for Cleft Lip and Palate patients by Department of Plastic Surgery under ‘JIPMER Smile

Train Cleft Project’.

‘Course, CME and Hands-On Workshop’ on Limited Access Dressing (LAD) by Department of Plastic Surgery

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“Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy” by “JIPMER Research Division” and “JIPMER Innovation Felicitation Unit (JIFU)”

CME on Hemophilia by the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, JIPMER and Hemophilia Society,

Pondicherry on 23rd April at JIPMER.

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“Heart Valve Implantee Conclave (HVIC)” by Department of

Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery

Epilepsy day CMEEpilepsy day CME on “Recent advanc-es in Epilepsy” organised by Depart-ment of Neurology on 6 Feb.2016.

Workshop on “Bioavailability

and Bioequivalence studies”

Department of Clinical Pharmacology organized a workshop on “Bioavail-ability and Bioequivalence studies” on April 5, 2016 at NTTC hall, JIPMER Academic Centre.

Department of Dietetics, JIPMER Conducted Nutrition Awareness Programme with a Theme – BEAT DIABETES

on 19th April.

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Director’s Activities

Dr.S.C.Parija, Director, JIPMER was the Chief Guest in 5th National Conference on “Recent Trends in Indus-trial Pharmacology “RTIP-2016” organized by Mother Theresa Post Graduate and Research Institute of Health Sciences on 19.3.2016

Dr.S.C.Parija, Director, JIPMER inaugurated the dept of Cardio Thoracic Surgery in Sri Manakular Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital on 11.4.2016

Dr.S.C.Parija, Director, JIPMER visited Regional Medical Research Centre (ICMR) Bhubaneswar on 22.03.2016 & 23.03.2016.

Dr.S.C.Parija, Director, JIPMER attended a meeting regarding Modifications in recruitment rules for Faculty in AIIMS,

PGIMER & JIPMER on 6.4.2016 in DGHS Chamber, New Delhi under the Chairmanship of DGHS.

Dr.S.C.Parija, Director, JIPMER visited National Institute of Design, Bengaluru on 28.04.2016 & 29.04.2016 to discuss about implementation of colour uniform for various staff of JIPMER.

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JIPMER Scientifi c Society

Dr. Shaleen Kumar, Professor and Head, Radiotherapy, Sanjay Gandhi PGI, Lucknow gave a lecture at JIPMER Scientific

Society (JSS) on 22nd April, 2016 on the topic “Precision Radiotherapy and Oncology: Are we there yet?”

JIPMER faculty Attending as Resource persons in National / Regional / International Conferences / CMEs / Workshops

Dr. DM Thappa, Dermatology, delivered a talk on “Topical Treatment of Vitiligo-What’s New?” 2nd Biennial conference of PDS- PIGMENTARYCON 2016 at Hotel The Ashok, New Delhi on 1-3rd April, 2016.

Dr. B. Gitanjali, Pharmacology, attended the “Regional Consultation on Health, the SDGs and role of Universal Health Coverage: next steps in South East Asia” organized by the World Health Organization, South East Asia Regional Officer, New Delhi between 30th March to 01st April 2016.

Dr. R. Raveendran, Pharmacology, delivered a talk on “Conflict of interest” in the CME on Ethical Aspects of Biomedical Research conducted on 12th April 2016 in the Indira Gandhi Medical College, Pondicherry.

Dr. Renuka Srinivasan,Ophthalmology, was Chairperson in CME “Glaucos 2016” and was Invited Speaker on the topic ‘Gonioscopy and PACG’ for “Glaucos 2016” organized

by Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Hospital on 20th March 2016.

Dr. Parkash Chand, Anatomy, chaired a Guest lecture titled “Role of Bioethics in Anatomy” on 10th April 2016 at 5th National Conference of Society of Clinical Anatomists held at Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Amritsar , (Punjab).

DR. Sunil K Narayan, Neurology, attended the “Executive committee meeting of Indian stroke Association” and delivered a faculty lecture on “Anticoagulation in secondary prevention of stroke” at Hotel Pullman, Aerocity, New Delhi on 27 Mar. 2016 and chaired a session - “Strike out Stroke 2016” at Chennai on 9 & 10 April 2016.

DR. Sunil K Narayan delivered a talk on “Two tales on Viral Encephalitis from South India” at “TROPICON 2016” at Jodhpur on 5 & 6 Mar. 201 and chaired the session on rehabilitation in Dementia by Prof. E.S Krishnamoorthy,

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President, International Neuropsychiatric Association (INA) at the “TS Srinivasan – NIMHANS – Knowledge Conclave 2016 – Cognition and Dementia

Dr. G. S. Gaur, Physiology, judged the poster session during a National Conference on ‘Chronobiology and Health’, held on 18th and 19th March 2016, organized by the Department of Physiology, MGMC & RI, Puducherry.

Dr Sreejith Parameswaran, Nephrology, delivered two lectures on 1] Acute Kidney Injury in Pregnancy 2] Preeclampsia : Nephrologists Vs. Obstetricians at ‘Nephromania 2016’ – a CME by Sri Mookambika Institute of Medical Sciences, Kulasekharam, Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu on 17-19th March 2016.

Dr Ramesh Babu K, Ophthalmology, was invited Speaker on the topic ‘Lasers in glaucoma’ for “Glaucos 2016” organized by Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Hospital on 20th March 2016

Dr Subashini K, Ophthalmology, was Chairperson in CME “Glaucos 2016” and was Invited Speaker on the topic ‘Trabeculectomy and management of complications’ for “Glaucos 2016” organized by Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Hospital on 20th March 2016

Dr. Laxmisha Chandrashekar, Dermatology, delivered guest lectures on “Dermatoscopy in papulosquamous disorders” and “Dermatoscopy in hyperpigmented lesions” at the CME on “Dermatoscopy in clinical practice” at Kasturba Medical college, Manipal on 27th March 2016 and also delivered guest lecture on “Clinical predictors of herpetic co-infection in patients with pemphigus” at the CME by Bangalore Dermatological Society on 17th April 2016.

Dr. Dharmaraj W Tamgire, Anatomy, presented a scientific paper titled “Utility of Bones as Learning resource Material in Teaching Anatomy”at 5th National Conference of Society of Clinical Anatomists held at Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Amritsar , (Punjab).

Dr Rajasekhar SSSN, Anatomy, presented a scientific paper titled “Body donation :Consent from accompanying persons not related to Deceased” at 5th National Conference of Society of Clinical Anatomists held at Sri Guru Ram

Das Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Amritsar, (Punjab).

Dr Suman Verma, Anatomy, presented a scientific paper titled “A case Report on Unilateral Accessory Humeral Head of Pronator teres” at 5th National Conference of Society of Clinical Anatomists held at Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Amritsar , (Punjab).

Dr Sulochana Sakthivel, Anatomy, presented a scientific paper titled “Unilateral fenestration of Internal Jugular vein –A Case Report” at 5th National Conference of Society of Clinical Anatomists held at Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Amritsar , (Punjab).

Dr. Rajendra G Kulkarni, Transfusion Medicine, gave a lecture on “Blood ordering and monitoring blood transfusion at ward” in Orientation programme for consultants, junior residents and house surgeons at Indira Gandhi Medical College, Puducherry on 27.04.2016.

Dr. R. Manju, Pulmonary Medicine, gave a talk on Suryan FM Radio ‘Idhu Engal Area’ / interview about health related issues to create public awareness about Tuberculosis

Dr. S. Sandhiya, Pharmacology, delivered an invited lecture on “Experience from RNTCP, ART and PvPI centers-JIPMER experience” at a workshop on “Pharmacovigilance & Pharmacoepidemiology in RNTCP’ during 4th and 5th March, 2016 at the National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, Chennai and

Mr. B. Janarthanan, College of Nursing, delivered a lecture on “Psychosocial implications of vector borne diseases and its management” at Vellalar College of Nursing, Erode on 18.03.2016.

Dr. Vikram Kate, Surgery, was the chief guest and inaugurated the Annual CME of the Association of Surgeons of India, Nagpur Branch and released an issue of “UPSURGE” in the Annual CME where he delivered a Guest lecture on “Anastomotic Leak: Risk factors, diagnosis and management.”Dr. Vikram Kate, Surgery , was the chief guest and inaugurated the Annual CME of the Association of Surgeons of India, Nagpur Branch and released an issue of “UPSURGE” in the Annual CME where he delivered a Guest lecture on “Anastomotic Leak: Risk factors, diagnosis and management.”

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Paper Publications from JIPMER Muthuramalingam A, Menon V, Rajkumar RP, Negi VS. Is

depression an inflammatory disease? Findings from a cross-sectional study at a tertiary care center. Indian J Psychol Med 2016; 38: 114-9.

Menon V, Muraleedharan A, Bhat BV. Mentoring for junior medical faculty: Existing models and suggestions for low-resource settings Asian J Psy 2016; 19: 87-88. (Source Normalized Impact factor – 0.545)

Vivek AK, Arun AB, Menon V, Kandasamy P. Acute polymorphic psychosis as a presenting feature of Hashimoto’s encephalopathy. Asian J Psy 2016; 19: 19-20. (Source Normalized Impact factor – 0.545)

S. Kingsley Manoj Kumar, B. Vishnu Bhat, Distinct mechanisms of the newborn innate immunity, Immunol Lett. 2016; 173: 42-54

Priyamvada PS, Shankar V, Srinivas BH, Rajesh NG, Parameswaran S., Acute Interstitial Nephritis Following Snake Envenomation: A Single-Center Experience.Wilderness Environ Med. 2016 Mar 9.

Manavalan M, Majumdar A, Harichandra Kumar K T, Priyamvada P. S., Assessment of health-related quality of life and its determinants in patients with chronic kidney disease. Indain journal of Nephrology

Misra DP, Negi VS. Takayasu’s arteritis. Indian Journal of Rheumatology 16 April 2016

Manu Jose, Mathaiyan J, Kattimani S, Adithan S, Chandrasekaran A. Role of CYP2C19 gene polymorphism in acute alcohol withdrawal treatment with loading dose of diazepam in a South Indian population. Eur J Clin Pharmacol. Published online : 20 April 2016. DOI 10.1007/s00228-016-2061-x (Impact Factor 2.97)

Charan A, Shewade DG, Rajkumar RP, Chandrasekaran A. Relation between serum prolactin levels and antipsychotic response to risperidone in patients with schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research 2016 Accepted for publication

Manoharan A, Rajkumar RP, Shewade DG, Sundaram R, Muthuramalingam A, Paul A. Evaluation of interleukin‐6 and serotonin as biomarkers to predict response to fluoxetine. Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental 2016 Accepted for publication

Indhumathi S, Rajappa M, Chandrashekar L, Ananthanarayanan PH, Thappa DM, Negi VS. Polymorphisms in T-helper-1 pro-inflammatory cytokine genes and psoriasis risk in a South Indian Tamil cohort. J Dtsch Dermatol Ges. 2016 [In Press]. [Impact factor 2014-2.05]

Vishnukanth Govindaraj, Manojkumar Panigrahi. Congenital bochdalek hernia in an adult – a case report. EJABPS 2016; 3(4):443-445.

Padmavathi Nagarajan, Karaline Karunagari, D M Thappa, “A Questionnaire-based Survey of Patients’ Knowledge regarding Psoriasis”, International Journal of Psychiatric Nursing, Vol. 2(1), page 18-23, January - June, 2016.

Arathy J Pillai, Pavithra S, Sonia Susan Jacob, Unnikrishnan S V, Padmavathi Nagarajan, Shivanand Kattimani, “The Relationship between Demographic Variables and Caregiver Burden among Caregivers of Stroke patients attending a Tertiary Care Hospital, South India”, International Journal of Psychiatric Nursing Vol.2(1), page77-81, January - June 2016.

Janarthanan B, Manoranjitham Sathiyaseelan, “Medication Non-compliance: A predictor for relapse in Psychosis”, International Journal of Psychiatric Nursing Vol.2(1), page 94 -97, January – June 2016.

Janarthanan B, Manoranjitham Sathiyaseelan, “Clinical Significance of Insight in Psychosis”, International Journal of Psychiatric Nursing Vol.2(1), page 113-116, January – June 2016.

Vikram Kate, Kalayarasan R, Elamurugan TP, Ananthakrishnan N. Surgery for peptic ulcer disease. In: Mishra PK (ed.) Textbook of Surgical Gastroenterology. New Delhi: Jaypee Brothers, 2016: 283- 299.

Ananthakrishnan N, Kalayarasan R, Vikram Kate. Corrosive injury of esophagus and stomach. In: Mishra PK (ed.) Textbook of Surgical Gastroenterology. New Delhi: Jaypee Brothers, 2016: 194 - 206.

Kaviyapriya P, Rajappa M, Kattimani S, Mohanraj PS, Revathy G. Association of neurotophins, inflammation and stress with suicide risk in young adults. Clin Chim Acta 2016 March 28; 457: 41-5. [Impact factor 2014-2.824]

Varghese R, Rajappa M, Chandrashekar L, Kattimani S, Archana M, Malathi M, Revathy G, Thappa DM. Association between stress, hypocortisolism, systemic inflammation and disease severity in chronic urticaria. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2016 Apr; 116: 344-8. [Epub ahead of print] [Impact factor 2014-2.599]

Moolchandani K, Priyadarssini M, Rajappa M, Parameswaran S, Revathy G. Serum bilirubin: a simple routine surrogate marker of the progression of chronic kidney disease. Br J Biomed Sci. 2016 [In Press]. [Impact factor 2014-1.3]

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PATRONDr. SC Parija, Director, JIPMER

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