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Patna,(BiharTimes): Renowned paediatrician of Patna Dr Arun Kumar Thakur has been elected as president of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), Bihar state branch, for the year 2012-13. His election took place at the annual council meeting of IMA Bihar held at Ara on Saturday.
Dr Rajiv Ranjan Prasad of Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) was elected president-elect for the year 2013-14. Both of them were elected unanimously. |
In all 10 vice-presidents were also elected under different divisions. They are Dr Sahjanand Prasad (Patna East), Dr Bimal Kumar Karak (Patna), Dr Hem Shankar Sharma (Bhagalpur), Dr Kamlesh Tiwary (Muzaffarpur), Dr D S Singh (Samastipur), Dr Kanhaiya Prasad Singh (Kosi), Dr Lakhi Chand Prasad (Saran), Dr Sachchidanand Sharma (Magadh), Dr Sunil Kumar Singh (Purnia) and Dr K K Singh (Munger). Joint secretaries were elected for the 10 divisions. Dr Rajiva Ranjan was retained as state secretary.
Dr Thakur had served as IMA state secretary in 2007-08. He is former state president of Indian Academy of Paediatrics, president of Bihar unit of National Neonatology Forum and regional co-ordinator-cum-state president of Breast feeding promotion network of India. He is currently the vice-chairman of Bihar Tuberculosis Association.
He has over 70 articles to his credit and is associated with teaching profession since 1982.
Dr Rajiv Ranjan Prasad is the professor of Physiology in PMCH. He is also the general secretary of Bihar Medical Teachers’ Association and principal of Government Pharmacy Institute in Patna.
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