Vision of President of GAPIO

Dr Nandakumar Jairam has taken over as President of GAPIO on 11 February 2023 at Gandhinagar, for the next 3 years and has planned to focus on 15 programs and other GAPIO initiatives during the next 3 years.

GAPIO will strengthen and activate Women’s forum and Young doctors forum and focus on following 15 programs.

  1. Awards and Recognition – Six awards to be given each year
      • Dr. Prathap C Reddy Philanthropy Award
      • Dr. I A Modi Awards
      • GAPIO Excellence in Radiology Awards
      • GAPIO Surgical Excellence Awards
      • GAPIO Excellence in Diagnostics Awards
      • GAPIO Lifetime Achievement Award

    Awards B to E will be given twice in a year to a Distinguished and Young clinician.

  2. Advocacy
      • Overseas MBBS Training – how can we increase the pass percentage of Indian student studying overseas
      • Post Graduate Medical education – how can we produce as many postgraduates as MBBS doctors
      • Enhancing the role of nurses in healthcare
      • Enhancing the role of allied healthcare workers
      • Achieving last mile healthcare delivery

    Five position papers are being prepared.

  3. Tribal Health – reaching the unreached by breaking geographical barriers
  4. Mind Body Soul Equilibrium – sessions with spiritual leaders. Sessions have been conducted with BK Sister Shivani, Sri Sri Ravishankar, Sadhguru, His Holiness The Dalai Lama
  5. Partnership with Specialty associations – This collaboration will maximize the reach amongst doctors to bring awareness about activities and initiatives taken by both associations.
  6. Charitable camps and clinics – To bring awareness about non-communicable diseases and its prevention and early detection.
  7. Mentorship – helping MBBS trainees become exceptional healthcare professionals
  8. Leadership Development Program (LDP). Seventeen LPD have been conducted. We plan to organize a session once every 2 weeks with the National Board of Examinations
  9. Clinical Knowledge Program (CKP) – We plan to organize twelve a year – Six multi-speciality Clinical Sessions and six sessions on COVID-19.
  10. Women’s Forum – engaging with women leaders across the globe
  11. Young Doctors Forum – engaging with young doctors across the globe
  12. Strengthen the Global Indian Physicians COVID – 19 Collaborative.The Collaborative has organized the following sessions on COVID-19 to share knowledge and latest developments to fight against this pandemic
    • 11th April: Launch of Global Indian Physicians COVID-19 Collaborative
    • 18th April: Finding Calm in the COVID-19 Chaos with B K Sister Shivani
    • 30th April: COVID-19 Lab Diagnosis and Infection Control
    • 23rd May: Management of Pediatric COVID-19
    • 6th June: Clinical Management in COVID-19
    • 6th June: Navigating the way forward after COVID -19 with Sadhguru
    • 20th June: Women’s Health in COVID-19
    • 28th June: COVID in India, session during the AAPI conclave
    • 12th July: Therapy for COVID-19: when to use, when not to use and efficacy
    • 23rd July: Compassion in Medical Practice with His Holiness the Dalai Lama
    • 8th August: Demystifying Lab diagnosis of COVID 19
    • 12th September: Recent Advances in Management of COVID – 19
  13. Working with healthcare bodies such as NATHEALTH on projects of common interest – NCDs in general and COVID -19 in particular has posed a resource challenge which may cost billions of dollars. To reduce this burden prevention and early detection will play a significant role.
  14. Establishing an innovation forum to encourage frugal innovation – Frugal innovations can lead the way to provide healthcare at low cost.
  15. Establish GAPIO has a credible knowledge resource across media – By using online, digital and social media, GAPIO to reach maximum number of doctors and medical students nationally and internationally by showcasing activities of the association.