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A tribute   30/03/2009
Dr. Kurukundi Krishna Murthy (Bellary Kitti to some) passed away on February 5, 2009 in Albuquerque, NM, USA. At the time of his death he was Chief of Neurosurgery at the New Mexico Veterans Administration Hospital in Albuquerque as well as Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center (also in Albuquerque).

Dr. N. Prabhu Deva, former Director of Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology
Dr. N. Prabhu Deva, former Director of Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology and most importantly another alumnus of BMC has been appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of the Bangalore University for a four year term. BMC is happy and proud and extends its hearty congratulations on the occasion to Dr. N.Prabhu Deva, and wishes him all the very best ……….. Dr.K.M.Srinivasa Gowda

Dr.A.Sampath Kumar, Prof and Head
Dr.A.Sampath Kumar, Prof and Head, Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Surgery Department at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences and more importantly a BMC alumnus,(1962-67)had the privilege of being over-all in-charge of the team which successfully operated on our beloved Prime Minister, Shri Manmohan Singh, who underwent a repeat by-pass surgery in which a total of five grafts were put. The Hon'ble P.M. has since been discharged and we at the BMC feel immensely proud of Dr. A.Sampath Kumar. We wish our Prime Minister a speedy and complete recovery, so that he can be back at the helm of affairs as soon as possible and lead his party to success at the husting. BMC is proud of Dr. A Sampath Kumar and congratulates him ............. Dr.K.M.Srinivasa Gowda

A short report of the TOT programme  
TOT programme conducted for medical teachers to familiarize them in Educational Technologies on 21, 22, 23 May 08.

Chief Resource Person: Dr.D.K.Srinivasa (former Dean, JIPMER, Pondicherry)
Resource persons: Drs. Swarnarekha, Vijaya Mysorekar, Narayanaswamy and K.Lakshman. Programme Assisted by Dr. K.M.Srinivasa Gowda
Participants: (31 from different medical colleges)

Sponsorship of Library - 01 Jan 2007  
The Library and Seminar Hall complex is being maintained by the BMC Development Trust. The cost of this maintenance is a minimum of Rs. 12 lakhs per annum. In keeping with the suggestions that came out in the 'Open House' of the Golden Jubilee Celebrations, the trust has put out an appeal to the alumni to sponsor the Maintenance @ Rs. 5000=00 per day. We will prominently display the name of the sponsor each day at the entrance to the Library. If you have a special day to commemorate, please do let us know. We will try and accommodate this request.

Please take this up and generously sponsor several days each, so that we can meet this target and then move on to take up other developmental work in BMC.
President Secretary Office Bearers

The Revised Seminar Hall tariff is as follows:  
Half Day Preclinical Rs 5000=00
Clinical Rs. 7500=00

Full day Preclinical Rs. 10000=00
Clinical Rs. 15000=00

An Appeal  
Dear Friend,

You are aware that the Alumni Association donated a Seminar Hall and Digital Library to the college to mark the Golden Jubilee in 2005. This project was universally applauded as a fantastic achievement. The alumni association decided to maintain the facility knowing fully well that the Government would not be able to do so. Indeed many members insisted this as a precondition before committing themselves to donate for this noble cause.
The BMC Development Trust was formed for this specific purpose of improving the infrastructure at BMC and maintaining the facility. This work is going on smoothly and the facility is being put to good use.
It costs about Rs. 100,000=00 per month to maintain this facility. We have an ongoing programme of ‘Day sponsorship’ at Rs. 5000=00 per day.
Feedback from our members is clearly giving the message that going for donations each year would not be practical. Hence, the trust has decided raise a corpus of Rs. 1.5 crores. The facility can be maintained from the interest generated by this corpus.
We appeal to you to give an ‘one time’ substantial donation towards building this corpus. We assure you that this donation will go a long way in serving and helping several genarations of students at BMC.

Yours Sincerely,

Message from Dr. Srinivasa Gowda:  
Dr. K.Ramachandra Murthy - Ophthalmologist of great repute, and whose PRABHA EYE CLINIC WAS synonymous with good eye treatment, passed away in Bangalore on the morning of 28-5-08. He had undergone angioplasty recently.

For those of us who knew him from his college days, he was a role model. An outstanding student, he went to the U.K. for higher studies and training in Ophthalmology. He returned to Bangalore and was instrumental in taking his father's Eye Clinic to dizzying heights as a centre of excellence in ophthalmology practice. He worked ceaselessly to transform Prabha Eye Clinic into Prabha Eye Clinic and Research Centre, in later years with the help of his children, who were also ophthalmologists. Despite his really very busy schedule, he always had time for his professional colleagues, his friends and his erstwhile college mates. I still remember the time I went to him asking for help to raise money to build the digital library at BMC at the time of our Golden Jubilee. His busy schedule did not permit him to spend as much time as needed in the initial days, but when gently reminded, he promised to do the needful,, set a target for himself and was as good as his word.

As a trustee of the BMC Development Trust, he was always then elder statesman, nay an elder brother on whom we could always lean on for advice and support. Whenever we suggested something, there was only one thing he looked at--whether it would enhance the prestige of the trust, and of the college.

He was successful in anything he did--whether in his surgery or in his farm, where he grew coconuts among other things.

I can go on and on, But the most important thing is that his leaving us really leaves a big void. I realize that whatever we say will not fill the void his family will feel, and this is really a moment for silence, to silently pray and to silently replay all the wonderful moments that we spent with him. Our thoughts and prayers are with the bereaved family and this is one of the instances where Death The Great Leveller, need not be proud.

Dr. K.M.Srinivasa Gowda

BMC's National Ranking
Bangalore Medical College Ranked 12th in the country  
Our alma mater BMC has been ranked among the nearly 300 medical colleges in the country by the INDIA TODAY'S annual survey of academic excellence. This survey is conducted by India Today-AC Nielsen-ORG-MARG.

This is a climb from last year when BMC was ranked 17th. The AIIMS, New Delhi retains its No.1 position where as Bangalore's St.John's is one above BMC at 11th (9th last year) whereas M.S.Ramiah Medical College comes in at 24th (21st last year)

Dr. K.M.Srinivasa Gowda

Dear Friend and BMC alumnus,  
Please take note that the annual BMC Alumni Dinner is fast approaching.

As usual it will be held on 15th August, ( Independence Day) at 7.30 PM

Venue: BANGALORE TURF CLUB – Club House

Please note this in your diary immediately and attend the dinner without fail.

Dr. N. R. Acharya
President

Dr. S. R. R. Gurumurthy
Secretary

Congratulations Dr M MuniReddy !  
We congratulate Dr M Muni Reddy on being honoured with the prestigious ‘Gramina Rathna’ award recently. Dr Muni Reddy has rendered yeoman service to the rural community by starting a school in Anekal taluk. he school is famous for its value based education. It has attained success in providing quality education to the poor and needy.

BMC Ranked 7th in a National Survey  
BMC has been ranked 7th in the Outlook-Synovate survey published recently. AIIMS, Delhi has been consistently maintaining the No. 1 position. St John’s medical College is ranked higher at No. 5.

Congratulations Dr K M Srinivasa Gowda !  
Dr K M Srinivasa Gowda has taken over as the First Registrar of Sri Siddhartha Academy of Higher Education ( A Deemed to be University ) at Tumkur,

New activity of BMC Development Trust  
The BMC Development Trust in collaboration with the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences is conducting its 2nd Training of Teachers workshops for Physiotherapy faculty at Bangalore Medical College between 29 -31 July 2008.

Resource persons include :

Dr.D.K.Srinivas, Former Consultant, RGUHS,Bangalore.
Mrs. Savita Ravindran, Prof & HOD of Physiotherapy, MSRMC, Bangalore.
Dr. Venkatesh, Prof of Physiology, MSRMC, Bangalore.
Dr. K.M.Srinivasa Gowda, Chairman, BMCDT, Bangalore.
Dr. G.V.Niranjan, Director, CDC, RGUHS, Bangalore.

This is intended to improve the quality of teachers by making them aware of the latest developments in educational technology.
We thought that you should be aware of this new activity by the BMC Alumni and we take this opportunity to remind you that you should be forthcoming with contributions for the day-to-day maintenance of the Digital Library.
Dr.K.M Srinivasa Gowda, Chairman, BMCDT

Walk-in-Interview on 01/09/2008  
BMCRI, Bangalore is looking for eligible candidates for filling up 1 post of Assistant Professors / Lecturers in Pulmonary Medicine, 6 posts of Sr. Resident (3 posts in Pulmonary Medicine & 3 posts in Psychiatry) through walk-in-interview.

New activity of BMC Development Trust  
The BMC Development Trust in collaboration with the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences is conducting its 3rd Training of Teachers workshops for Dental aculty at Bangalore Medical College between 23 -25 September 2008.

Resource persons include :

Dr.D.K.Srinivas, Former Consultant, RGUHS,Bangalore
Dr.K. Chandrasekharan Nair
Dr. Shailesh Lele, Professor & Head, Dept. of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Bharathi Vidyapeeth University Dental College & Hospital, Pune. Tel: 91 20 24367300, Ext,218 (College), 24211016 (R) Mobile: 9423573920, Fax: 91 20 24379163, E-mail: lelesgs@vsnl.net
Dr S Girish Rao Professor Faciomaxillary Surgery, R.V.Dental College, Bangalore. Cell - 080-91-98440-23537, Clinic - 080-91-65303070, email: girishrao66@gmail.com
Dr. K.M.Srinivasa Gowda , Chairman, BMCDT
Dr.G.V.Niranjan, Director, CDC - RGUHS
Dr.K. Lakshman, Secretary, BMCDT

This is intended to improve the quality of teachers by making them aware of the latest developments in educational technology.

We thought that you should be aware of this new activity by the BMC Alumni and we take this opportunity to remind you that you should be forthcoming with contributions for the day-to-day maintenance of the Digital Library.

Dr.K.M Srinivasa Gowda,
Chairman,
BMCDT

Dr.K.M. SRINIVASA GOWDA was elected as a Steward of the Bangalore Turf Club for a period of two years from September 2008  

  31 October 2008
Dr Udaya Bhanu Suryaprakash (Dr. U B S Prakash , BMC - 1963 to 1968) who has been working in the USA and has achieved many first to credit has been selected for the Karnataka Rajyothsava Award – 2008.

He has also been visiting Professor of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka.

The BMC Alumni Association & BMC Development Trust heartily congratulates Dr. Suryaprakash

The Annual General Body Meeting  
Dear Member, Dated : 21.11.2008

The Annual General Body Meeting of BMC Alumni Association has been called for the afternoon of Saturday, 20th December 2008 at 3.30 PM at Dr.T.B.Basavarajendra Seminar Hall, BMC Alumni Building, Bangalore Medical College & Research Institute, Fort, Bangalore 560 002.

High Tea 3.00 P M

Agenda for the meeting is as follows:

Welcome.
Condolences.
Approval of the minutes of the last AGM held on 08.12.2006.
Matter arising out of those minutes.
Secretary’s report ; activities of the association.
Treasurer’s report of the audited financial statements and to approve the audited accounts for years 2006 – 07 & 2007-08.
Approval of Budget for the year 2008-09.
Appointment of the Chartered Accountant.
Report of the Award sub-committee by Dr.B.N.Sathyanarayana Rao – Chairman, BMCAA Award Sub committee.
Any other subject with the permission of the chair.

Vote of thanks.


I request your kind presence and active participation in the meeting.

Thanking you
Yours sincerely
DR.S.R.GURUMURTHY
Hon. Secretary,
BMC Alumni Association

Congratulations Dr K M Mahendranath
We congratulate Dr K M Mahendranath MD, Consulting Rheumatologist on being appointed as BJD AMBASSADOR for the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 (Supported by word Health Organization ) In appreciation for promoting the goals of the Bone and Joint Decade and in recognition of distinguished professional excellence and service to colleagues and people affected by musculoskeletal disorders.

Dr.Mahendranath is the first Indian Rheumatologist to receive this honour.

The BMC Alumni Association & BMC Development Trust once again heartily congratulates Dr. K.M.Mahendranath.

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