PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
1st January 2018
I wish you all a wonderful and joyous 2018! Let us hope that the new year ushers
in happiness,energy dreams to set and achieve new targets and fulfill them! Our
society is enriched by growth and recognition of Secretary of our Society
Dr. Seethalakshmi NV by the Indian College ofPathologists (ICP). The ICP has granted PDCC course in
Renal Pathology at Amritha Institute ofMedical Sciences, Kochi with Dr. Seethalekshmy N. V as the Guide!
I congratulate her personallyand on behalf of our Society for this well-deserved achievement and wish
we contribute more andmore Renal Pathologists to the country! I am sure coming years will decrease the gap of “demand and supply” in the area of Renal Pathology.
A sad note of the year 2017, we lost one of the founder members of the Society, Prof. M.
Balaraman Nair on 13 th August, 2017. He was also Vice president of ISRTP. He helped us a lot in
formulating the regulations and by laws of ISRTP in 2005-‘06. His contribution to the field of
Pathology is immense and he was a great source of inspiration to aspiring students and colleagues
spanning over generations. With his demise, we have lost a wonderful teacher, an excellent human
being and a great supporter of all good activities of Pathology. As a befitting tribute to him, we
have to imbibe his enthusiasm in learning, teaching and in research and pass it on to the aspirants
to the best of our capacity.
I would also like to remind once again of the upcoming annual conference of ISRTP in Kolkata from
17 th to 19 th August,’18. I request all of you to reserve these dates in your calender and have an
academic feast along with meeting old and new friends. I request you to participate in the event by
submitting abstracts for posters /podium presentation and share with us your interesting original
research work. Some of our old overseas mentors and friends who have agreed to come are
Professors Surya Seshan, Neeraja Kambam, Volker Nickeleit and Harsharan Singh. Some of the new
faces whom many of you have not met and will enjoy with interactions are Dr. JTR Roeloff from
Amsterdam, Dr. Anjali Satoskar from Ohio, US, and Dr. Sufia Husein from Saudi Arabia. Active
interactions will help us update ourselves. On behalf of ISRTP and the organizing committee led by
Dr. Sudipto Roy, I look forward to your active participation and valuable inputs,
Aruna Vanikar, MD, PhD, FICP, DLitt,
Professor and Head, Dept. of Pathology, Laboratory Medicine, Transfusion Services and Immunohematology,
Professor, Dept. of Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine,
G.R.Doshi and K.M. Mehta Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre (IKDRC)-
Dr. H.L. Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences (ITS), Civil hospital campus,
Asarwa, Ahmedabad 380016, Gujarat, India
Tel: +91 79 22687387 Fax: +91 79 2268 5454
1st January 2018
I wish you all a wonderful and joyous 2018! Let us hope that the new year ushers
in happiness,energy dreams to set and achieve new targets and fulfill them! Our
society is enriched by growth and recognition of Secretary of our Society
Dr. Seethalakshmi NV by the Indian College ofPathologists (ICP). The ICP has granted PDCC course in
Renal Pathology at Amritha Institute ofMedical Sciences, Kochi with Dr. Seethalekshmy N. V as the Guide!
I congratulate her personallyand on behalf of our Society for this well-deserved achievement and wish
we contribute more andmore Renal Pathologists to the country! I am sure coming years will decrease the gap of “demand and supply” in the area of Renal Pathology.
A sad note of the year 2017, we lost one of the founder members of the Society, Prof. M.
Balaraman Nair on 13 th August, 2017. He was also Vice president of ISRTP. He helped us a lot in
formulating the regulations and by laws of ISRTP in 2005-‘06. His contribution to the field of
Pathology is immense and he was a great source of inspiration to aspiring students and colleagues
spanning over generations. With his demise, we have lost a wonderful teacher, an excellent human
being and a great supporter of all good activities of Pathology. As a befitting tribute to him, we
have to imbibe his enthusiasm in learning, teaching and in research and pass it on to the aspirants
to the best of our capacity.
I would also like to remind once again of the upcoming annual conference of ISRTP in Kolkata from
17 th to 19 th August,’18. I request all of you to reserve these dates in your calender and have an
academic feast along with meeting old and new friends. I request you to participate in the event by
submitting abstracts for posters /podium presentation and share with us your interesting original
research work. Some of our old overseas mentors and friends who have agreed to come are
Professors Surya Seshan, Neeraja Kambam, Volker Nickeleit and Harsharan Singh. Some of the new
faces whom many of you have not met and will enjoy with interactions are Dr. JTR Roeloff from
Amsterdam, Dr. Anjali Satoskar from Ohio, US, and Dr. Sufia Husein from Saudi Arabia. Active
interactions will help us update ourselves. On behalf of ISRTP and the organizing committee led by
Dr. Sudipto Roy, I look forward to your active participation and valuable inputs,
Aruna Vanikar, MD, PhD, FICP, DLitt,
Professor and Head, Dept. of Pathology, Laboratory Medicine, Transfusion Services and Immunohematology,
Professor, Dept. of Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine,
G.R.Doshi and K.M. Mehta Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre (IKDRC)-
Dr. H.L. Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences (ITS), Civil hospital campus,
Asarwa, Ahmedabad 380016, Gujarat, India
Tel: +91 79 22687387 Fax: +91 79 2268 5454