Conduction of Fellowship Entrance Exam with advertisement and timelines
Conduction of & monitoring fellowship Exit Exam
Coordination & Accreditation / Re-accreditation of Institutes
Creating & monitoring Observership Programs
Team Members:
Dr. Ajoy Shetty
(Chair)
Dr. Abhishek Srivatava
(Co-Chair) (EC)
Dr. K. V. Menon
Dr. Muralidharan Venkatesan
Dr. Prashant Kekre
Dr. Samir Dalvie
Dr. Pramod V. Lokhande
Dr. R. Siva Kumar
Dr. Sarvdeep Singh Dhatt
Dr. Subir N. Jhaveri
Dr. Gururaj Sangondimath
Dr. Hitesh Modi
Dr. Gurudip Das
Dr. Gautam Prasad
Dr. Vijay Kamath
Dr. Vishnu Prasath
ASSI Program Committee
Role and Responsibilities:
ASSICON, ICS, and ASSI Live Surgery Program formulation.
International Society/ Meeting collaboration.
Coordinating with other national meetings.
Coordinating with other societies.
Team Members:
Dr. Gautam Zaveri
(Chair)
Dr. Pankaj Kandwal
(Co-Chair) (EC)
Prof V.K. Sinha
(ASSICON 2022)
Dr. Rushama Tandon
Dr. R. S. Chahal
Dr. Umesh Srikantha
Dr. Madan Mohan Sahoo
(ICS 2022)
Dr. K. Venkatesh
Dr. Arvind Kulkarni
(ASSICON 2023)
Dr. Appaji Krishnan
(ICS 2023)
Dr. Jitendra Kumar Rout
(ICS 2022)
Dr. Lalit Sharma
Dr. Mohinder Kaushal
Dr. Amit Jhala
ASSI Research & Award Committee
Role and Responsibilities:
ASSI CME and research online for FNB & Consultants
Completion of Existing Research Programs
Screening for Research Awards
Evaluation of Research Awards
Shortlist judges for evaluating applications for the Research Award
Call for research projects in a format
Monitoring & Managing Awards.
Prepare a "Research Guidelines/Criteria" for inviting a new center/member in ASSI Multicenter
Research Projects and the same should be published it on the ASSI website.
There should be a separate webpage for “Research activities” which includes Completed/Ongoing
and new research projects. This webpage links to the ASSI website.
Should prepare a common proforma for writing a Research Proposal as well for multicenter
studies.
Prepare standard template for "Research presentations". This will ensure that all the important
points have been covered.
Encouraged to have a "Workshops on Research Methodology" on a virtual platform. ASSI as well as
Guest faculty would be invited to facilitate the event. This will help to develop the research
orientation amongst fellows.
To collaborate or partner with other prestigious research organizations.
Team Members:
Dr. Saumyajit Basu
(Chair)
Dr. Bhavuk Garg
(Co-Chair) (EC)
Dr. Shankar Acharya
Dr. Amol Rege
Dr. Ankur Nanda
Dr. Girish Prakash Datar
Dr. GR Vijay Kumar
Dr. J. Naresh Babu
Dr. Karthik Kailash
Dr. Kshitij Chaudhary
Dr. Rajakumar Deshpande
Dr. Rajesh Parasnis
Dr. Saheel Maajid
Dr. Tarun Suri
ASSI Nomination & Constitution Committee
Role and Responsibilities:
Inviting application of vacant positions in EC
Screening applications for ASSI events
Creating eligibility criteria for various posts
Constitutional issues/amendments
As per the revised constitution - A total maximum of 15 life members will be
elected as EC members by the Annual GBM. Right now we have total 14 EC members. Details below:
Immediate Past President
President
President Elect
Secretary
Immediate past secretary
Jt Secretary and
08 Executive Member
It was decided that one remaining member will be elected through election process during
next elections.
Revised eligibility criteria for various posts as decided in the last GBM such as:
The same EC member cannot be elected for the consecutive year. This has been
added in the eligibility criteria.
One of the eligibility criteria for becoming the EC Member of ASSI and Editorial Board
member of ISJ could be that members have published/submitted at least one original
article in ISJ.
It may be made mandatory for the co-opted members of ASSI EC to publish/submit atleast
one original article to ISJ.
Team Members:
Dr. S. Rajasekaran
(Chair)
Dr. H. S. Chhabra
(Immediate Past President)
Dr. V T Ingalhalikar
(Founder and Past President)
Dr. Arvind Jayaswal
(Ex-President)
Dr. Shekhar Y Bhojraj
(Ex-President)
Dr. Ram Chaddha
(Ex-President)
Dr. Sajan Hegde
(Ex-President)
Dr. Raghava Dutt Mulukutla
(Ex-President)
ASSI Social Work Committee
Role and Responsibilities:
Social Projects Continuation
Identification of new social projects
Coordination of all national social projects
Fund Allocation and Utilization
Team Members:
Dr. Shekhar Bhojraj
(Chair)
Dr. Vishal Kundnani
(Co-Chair) (EC)
Dr. S. K. Srivastava
Dr. Abhay Nene
Dr. Ujjwal K Debnath
Dr. Ashish Jaiswal
Dr. Chirayu Pamecha
Dr. Premik B Nagad
Dr. Raghuprasad Verma
Dr. Shah Waliullah
Dr. Sudhir Ganesan
Dr. Suhail Afzal
Dr. Uday Prabhakar Phute
Dr. Yogesh K Pithwa
ASSI Spine Registry Committee
Role and Responsibilities:
Start of the new version 3
Evaluation of accumulated data
Identifying core group of Centres
Follow-up data retrieval systems
Thesis topic identification / allocation
Link to website
Team Members:
Dr. Bharat Dave
(Chair)
Dr. Thomas Kishen
(Co-Chair) (EC)
Dr. Amitava Biswas
Prof. J P. Modi
Dr. Nalli R. Uvaraj
Dr. Neeraj Gupta
Dr. Nitin Adsul
Dr. Raju Srinivasan Iyengar
Dr. Rishi M Kanna
Dr. Sandeep Sonone
Dr. Devanand D
ASSI Website Committee
Role and Responsibilities:
Refurbishing existing website
Creating patient information base
Creating system of issuing mail alerts
Creating payment portal & Value Added Subscription Services (VASS), Conferences etc.
Team Members:
Dr. Charanjit Singh Dhillon
(Chair)
Dr. Rohit Amritanand
(Co-Chair)
Dr. Abrar Ahmed
Dr. Aju Bosco
Dr. B.N. Upendra
Dr. Janardhana Aithala P
Dr. Jim F Vellara
Dr. Niraj B Vasavada
Dr. Priyesh Dhoke
Dr. Ramachandran Govindasamy
Dr. Ravi Venkatesan
Dr. Sachin A Borkar
Dr. Sandeep Kesarwani
Dr. Varun Agarwal
ASSI Membership Committee
Role and Responsibilities:
Initiate and create payment postal for the Value Added Subscription Services (VASS).
To give focus on correcting ASSI members contact details
We will start issuing membership points for active participation various ASSI activities. At the
end of the year these points will be added to the members activity list. This will help us to
keep track silent performance.
Team Members:
Dr. Shankar Acharya
(Chair)
Dr. Vikas Tandon
(Co-Chair) (EC)
Dr. Gautam Zaveri
Dr. Raghava Dutt Mulukutla
Dr. Shailesh Ramakant Hadgaonkar
Dr. Ajay Krishnan
Dr. Ashish Jaiswal
Dr. Ashok Thomas
Dr. Dhiraj Sonawane
Dr. Montu Jain
Dr. Prateek Israni
Dr. Raghvendra
Dr. Ravish Patel
Dr. Shumayou Dutta
Dr. Vamsi Krishna
ASSI Advocacy Committee
Role and Responsibilities:
Addressing medico-legal concerns
Interacting with various regulatory authorities
Health Awareness Programs
Interaction with the media
ASSI Consent Forms
Before uploading consent forms on the website, kindly get it vetted through Legal
Advisory
Uploaded on the ASSI Website
Team Members:
Dr. H. S. Chhabra
(Chair)
Dr. Ayush Sharma
(Co-Chair) (EC)
Dr. Sajesh Menon
Dr. Shankar Acharya
Dr. Suresh Pillai
Dr. V S P Rao
Dr. S. K. Srivastava
Dr. R.S. Chahal
Dr. Kalidutta Das
Dr. Feroze Ali
Dr. Arvind Bhave
Dr. Mahesh Bijawara
Dr. Rajendra Mehta
Dr. Abhay Nene
ASSI Publications (Except Journals)
Responsibilities:
Monograms
ASSI theatre books
Team Members:
Dr. Shankar Acharya
(Chair)
Dr. Gautam Zaveri
(Co-Chair)
Dr. Agnivesh Tikoo
Dr. Amit Jhala
Dr. Bhavuk Garg
(EC)
Dr. Ketan Badani
Dr. Manish Chaddha
Dr. R. Satish
Dr. Raghava Dutt Mululkutla
Dr. B N Upendra
Dr. Ankur Nanda
Dr. Pankaj Kandwal
(EC)
Dr. Rishi Khanna
Dr. Kshitij Chaudhary
Dr. Sudhir Ganesan
Dr. Sachin Borker
Dr. Nitin Adsul
ASSI Task Force on Scoliosis Screening Program
Team Members:
Dr. Shankar Acharya
(President and Chair)
Dr. Raghava Dutt Mululkutla
(Co-Chair)
Dr. Appaji Krishnan
Dr. Saumyajit Basu
(President - elect)
Dr. Ajay Krishnan
Dr. Ajoy Shetty
(Immediate Past Secretary)
Dr. Amit Jhala
Dr. B. N. Upendra
Dr. Bharat Dave
Dr. Bhavuk Garg
(EC)
Dr. Gurudip Das
Dr. Karthik Kailash
Dr. Ranjith Unnikrishnan
Dr. Sudhir Ganesan
Dr. Surya Prakash Rao
Dr. Yogesh Pithwa
Dr. Thomas Kishen
(EC)
ASSI Prevention of SCI / Brain Injury / Osteoporosis Task Force
Responsibilities:
Injury Prevention Workshops
Commemoration of SCI day on 5th September
Start awareness campaign strategies
Identify goals of SCI prevention, Head Injury Prevention, Osteoporosis awareness and prevention
of osteoporotic fractures.
Team Members:
Dr. H. S. Chhabra
(Chair)
Dr. Shankar Acharya
(President and Co-Chair)
Dr. Alok Ranjan
Dr. K. Venkatesh
Dr. Manoj Singrakhia
Dr. Nalli R. Uvaraj
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Dr. Ramesh Kumar
Dr. Roop Singh
Dr. S. S. Kale
Dr. Shyamasunder Bhat N
Dr. Sumit Sinha
ASSI Elearnspine.org Task Force
Team Members:
Dr. H. S. Chhabra
(President and Chair)
Dr. Gautam Zaveri
(Co-Chair)
Dr. Abhishek Srivastava
(EC)
Dr. Ankur Nanda
Dr. Arvind Kulkarni
Dr. Ayush Sharma
(EC)
Dr. Bhavuk Garg
(EC)
Dr. Gururaj Sangondimath
Dr. J Naresh Babu
Dr. K. Venkatesh
Dr. Neeraj Gupta
Dr. Rajat Mahajan
Dr. Shakti Goel
Dr. Vikas Tandon
(EC)
Dr. Vishal Kumar
ASSI Task Force on COVID 19
Responsibilities:
Regular updates are being uploaded on the ASSI website on a monthly basis
Create a questionnaire, in which you could collect responses from members about their
experiences of taking COVID Vaccine.
Write a paper in the ISJ Journal in this regard.
Team Members:
Dr. Bhavuk Garg
(Chair)
Dr. S. K. Srivastava
(Co-chair)
Dr. Ajoy Shetty
Dr. Rajeev Sharma
Dr. Gururaj Sangondimath
Dr. Neeraj Gupta
Dr. Varun Agarwal
Dr. Apoorv Agarwal
Dr. Gurudip Das
Dr. Aju Bosco
Dr. Ami Kohli
ASSI Capacity Development Program Task Force
Team Members:
Dr. H S Chhabra
(Chair)
Dr. Shankar Acharya
(Co-Chair)
Dr. Amit Jhala
Dr. Bhavuk Garg
(EC)
Dr. Gautam Zaveri
Dr. Gururaj Sangondimath
Dr. Karthik Kailash
Dr. Kawaljeet Garg
Dr. Neeraj Gupta
Dr. Rajat Mahajan
Dr. Ranjit Unnikrishnan
Dr. Rishi Kanna
Dr. Rupinder Chahal
Dr. S. S. Kale
Dr. K. Venkatesh
ASSI Indian Spine Journal (ISJ) Task Force
Responsibilities:
Symposium – Dr. Ankur Nanda to circulate future symposia topics to all
concerned for approval
Indexing: should focus on the Indexing process of ISJ with DOAJ on
priority:done as I understand
Request to Dr. VT Ingalhalikar to write Chronology of ASSI and publish in ISJ.
Advertisements: should try to get advertisements for ISJ.
Visibility of ISJ: increase the prestige and visibility of ISJ
Start ISJ Award for Best published Paper.
To check with the presenters of VTI award session to publish their study in
ISJ.
ASSI Fellows should have at least one publication in ISJ (Original article).
One of the eligibility criteria for becoming the EC Member of ASSI and Editorial Board member of
ISJ could be that members have published/submitted at least one original article in ISJ.
Mandatory for the co-opted members of ASSI EC to publish/submit atleast one original article to
ISJ.
Team Members:
Dr. Anil Jain
(Chair)
Dr. Manish Chadha
(Co-Chair)
Dr. Ajoy Shetty
Dr. Ankur Nanda
Dr. B. N. Upendra
Dr. Bhavuk Garg
(EC)
Dr. Pankaj Kandwal
(EC)
Dr. Raghava Dutt Mululkutla
ASSI Case Discussion forum Task Force
Role and Responsibility
Development of Case Discussion mobile app
Setting up some reward processes
Looking on the expansion program covering the remote areas of the country in the form Different
Wings of ASSI CONNECT.
Planning to spread it to different Union Territories and other remote areas of our country.
Upgrade of ASSI CONNECT to versatile ASSI Connect where App will be functional on mobile as well
as on Laptop (on ASSI Web) with further additional new features.