PRESIDENT SPEAKS

It is an honour for me to accept the position of President VAPM, an organisation with a proud past and an exciting future.

And as I refer to its proud past I wish to acknowledge the achievements, guidance and support of our senior members and pioneers of VAPM. Now it’s our turn to make exciting future. I feel fortunate that most of them were my teachers. I would like to thank you all the VAPM members, for placing your confidence and trust in me to serve as President. I thank those who have guided me, supported me and educated me. And most of all I am thankful for all the wonderful friendships I have made in this organization.

Our theme for VAPM 22 will be, “ In pursuit of excellence” We will continue to build on our strength but also take on new directions.

This association is a perfect blend of academicians, faculties, consultant pathologists, Senior and junior residents. We will continue our program that strengthen our professionalism through education, training and resources. We will also retain our commitment to solidarity, ensuring that our members can have more opportunities and assistance to develop the skills. The annual conference VAPCON, which comprises of Dr. M. T. Paithankar oration and Dr. Lalit Jain CME, we will try to put up excellent memorable and useful show for all.

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank our outgoing President and Secretary Dr. Prachi Sancheti and Ankita Tamhane. The present success of VAPM would not have been possible without her leadership and all her contributions and the hard work that they put in their tenure.

My sincere thanks to Hon. Secretary Dr, Prajkta Gaddewar and Treasurer Dr. Mukesh Waghmare, They are bundle of enthusiasm and hard work, full of positivity, work ethics and optimism.

We are backed by team of very motivated and dedicated members, they know their job and are result oriented.

And together with the strong support of the new core Committee I.e Vice President Dr. Manisha Mishra, Joint Secretary Archana Randale, Joint Treasurer Dr. Pravin Meshram, scientific committee Chairperson Padmaja and team, event committee Chairperson Fatema and team, Membership committee Chairperson Anjali, Website and newsletter committee chairperson Dr. Shraddha Iyer and MMC credit hour committee chairperson Dr. Shubhangi belekar– we all will strive to MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

Without passion nothing happens and my team will prove that. I request all of you to participate whole heartedly in all the activities which we are going to organize.

Thank you very much for giving us this opportunity.

Thank you very much…

Dr. Purnima Kodate
President VAPM
Associate Professor Pathology
Government Medical College Nagpur