Minutes of the first meeting of Board of Executives held at AHA House, NOIDA on 26th Nov 2022 [Saturday] at11.00hrs.

The below mentioned office bearers and members attended the meeting:

Office Bearers

President                          -         Dr. Yashpal Sharma

Vice President                   -         Dr. Anoop Kumar Daga (Virtual mode)

Executive Director             -         Dr. Shyama S Nagarajan (Virtual mode)

Program Director               -         Dr. Rajiv Kumar Jain (Virtual mode)

(Academics & Research)

Finance Director               -         Maj Gen (Dr.) Jagtar Singh, VSM (Veteran)

Members

1. Dr. Ashish Kumar Gupta
2. Brig (Dr.) Pradeep Srivastava (Virtual Mode)
3. Dr. Mahesh Devnani (Virtual Mode)
4. Grp Capt (Dr.) Rajiv Kumar Pathni (Veteran)

Dr. Param Hans Mishra could not join the meeting due to his pre-occupation.

1. The Executive Director requested the President AHA India for his address.

Dr. Yashpal Sharma, President, AHA conveyed his sincere thanks to the Life Members of AHA for electing the office bearers and the members of BoE AHA India in recently concluded general election. He congratulated the office bearers and the members for winning the election and assuming the office. He specifically thanked Brig (Dr.) K.S. Bhatnagar (Sr. Member & Outgoing Finance Director), present in the meeting, for his contributions in managing the finances of AHA efficiently in all these years and hope that he will continue to guide the present incumbent and keep his blessings always on the AHA functionaries. He also conveyed his sincere thanks to Dr. Anil Gomes (Outgoing Vice President) for his contributions in establishment of the Regional Chapters across the country and also helping in enhancing the membership of AHA. 

Dr. Sharma while welcoming the office bearers and members conveyed that re-election of the majority of office bearers is a testimony of the good work done in the past two years by the BoE 2020-22, despite the restrictions due to COVID-19 pandemic. He impressed upon all the members to continue to do good work, so as to ensure the growth of AHA and the speciality of Hospital Administration.

He emphasized on making the Regional Chapters more vibrant and enhancing their participation in every activity of the AHA India. To improve the networking and membership, he suggested that all Institutions / Organizations running NMC recognized Department of Hospital Administration be nominated as institutional members of AHA India without any membership fee. This will not only enhance the academic activities of AHA with the partnership of Departments of Hospital Administration but will also help AHA in getting better faculty members for the teaching and training programmes, which are being run on regular basis from AHA House. All the office bearers agreed to the proposal and requested the President to communicate with the various Head of the Departments of Hospital Administration.

Dr. Sharma also requested the elected Members to take out the time and jot down their thoughts, so that a two-year strategy can be developed for the growth of AHA and communicated to the members of AHA for their information. The Executive Director shall collect and compile the points given by the members. The Executive Director emphasized that members should not only come up with their suggestions, but also provide solutions and action plans, as how to achieve the same and be ready to steer the suggested initiatives.

The President then requested the Executive Director to proceed with the Agenda Points:

2. AHA Operations:

1. The President expressed displeasure with the performance of the staff at AHA, especially regarding the updation of contact details of all members of AHA. The President requested the Executive Director and Admin Manager along with staff members to firm up a final list of all member of the AHA within a period of two weeks.
2. MoU has been signed with Global Smart Learning (GSL) for managing and marketing the various programmes developed by AHA India. The staff members were requested to provide all necessary help to the GSL to achieve the objective for which they have been engaged. It was also decided that GSL will expedite the completion of the office and start working immediately to get the different programmes, which shall be conducted at AHA House as per the signed MoU.   
3. After threadbare discussion in the meeting, it was unanimously decided that the BoE meeting shall be held on every second Saturday of the month from 3:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.
4. The Executive Director will close all the pending work of last tenure of BoE like Coffee Table Book, letter for NITI Aayog, seek report and account of SASH 2022 at the earliest.
5. It was decided that the signatories in the bank shall be changed as per MoA to the present Executive Director and present Finance Director.

3. Other points with permission of chair:

1. Dr Anoop Kumar Daga, Vice President informed that Mr. Deepak Rai, Admin Manager has been treated at AIIMS and has improved significantly and that he would soon be discharged. However, there’s a need to create a pool of fund for his financial support. The Executive Director proposed that the salary of Mr. Deepak Rai be continued, in view of his present ill health and his lifelong contribution to AHA. Mr. Deepak Rai shall be allowed to work from home till he resumes the office. The proposal of the Executive Director was unanimously agreed by members.
2. It was also decided that Executive Director shall put a formal proposal for Health Insurance to AHA Employees.
3. It was decided to change the present Letter head of AHA and make it more presentable. M/s GSL was authorized to get the Letter Head printed after seeking the approval of the Executive Director and was allowed to use the Letter Head of the AHA in consultation with office bearers for business development activities.
4. Dr. Rajiv Kumar Jain, Program Director suggested that AHA Journal should be indexed ASAP and made presentable in terms of its research work. Further, it was conveyed by the President that Dr. Hem Chandra would continue to work as Editor-in-Chief JAHA and also suggested for making changes in the Editorial Board by incorporating those members who are interested to work for the Journal.  
5. Dr. Ashish Kumar Gupta, Member BoE intimated that in view of his pre-occupation, he is unavailable for the planned CINI program starting from 14th to 16th of December, 2022 and requested the new Programme Director to make arrangements to handle the programme at Indore. He further requested Dr. Rajiv Jain to take out time and come to AHA house to understand the ongoing programs and to guide his team accordingly.

The meeting ended with thanks to the chair.

Dr. Shyama Nagarajan

(Executive Director)

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