This document summarizes a speech given by a woman who has risen through the ranks of an organization called FOGSI over 33 years. She discusses how she got involved with FOGSI as a newlywed and was introduced to maternal and neonatal care. She thanks the many mentors who supported her career. Her theme for the year is "Give HER wings and let her Soar", focusing on women's health, empowerment, and respect. She outlines challenges like maternal mortality and calls for improved infrastructure, training, and linkages between primary, secondary and tertiary care to better support women and newborns.

2. Feels like yesterday, when a newlywed
young girl, filled with love in her heart,
stars in her eyes and aspirations to
achieve, stepped into a household with
a legacy of dedicated Obstetricians and
Gynecologists of over two generations, in
a small, yet famous city of Agra holding
hands of her man—her life partner!
In the first year itself, she was introduced to the
word FOGSI and was taken to attend her very first FOGSI
conference, the 28th AICOG at Durgapur in the year 1984
and met all the stalwarts of the organization then, who left
a significant impact on her young impressionable mind
about FOGSI, maternal care, and neonatal care.
Thereafter, she made numerous visits to the Taj Mahal,
hosting dignitaries of Obstetrics and Gynecology from
across the world, who wanted to visit the world famous
monument. Little did she
realize that the Taj Mahal
is not just a monument of
unmatched world class,
impeccable architecture,
and considered as the
ultimate reminder of the
eternal love of the Mughal
emperor—Shahjahan, for
his wife Mumtaz Mahal,
but also that the magnificent Taj is an iconic reminder of
maternal mortality, which she will stand on this platform
and address one day!
Dear Friends, I started this 33 years long journey, seeing
FOGSI being shaped up by the much respected Dr RD
Pandit, Dr CL Jhaveri, Dr CS Dawn, Dr NN Roychowdhary,
Dr BC Lahiri and Dr S Dasgupta, slowly climbing up the
ladder without any intention and realization. The only
intentions were to be engaged in service before self.
How time flew by, from a young FOGSIAN, I became
a member of the quiz committee and the ultrasound
committee, thereon to be the committee chairperson
for International academic exchange, moving on to Vice
President, then to the secretary ICOG, followed by Vice
Chairman ICOG and finally to this very day. All this would
have simply not been possible without the immense love,
affection and blessings of each one of my mentors late Dr
MY Rawal, Dr Shirish Daftary, Dr Rohit Bhatt, late Dr DK
Tank, Dr Usha Krishna, Dr MN Parikh, Dr Usha Saraiya, Dr
Kamal Buckshee, late Dr Behram Anklesaria, Dr Shirish
Sheth, Dr PC Mahapatra, Dr Sanjay Gupte , Dr Raj Baveja,
Dr Usha Sharma, Dr Chandrawati, Dr Meera Agnihotri, Dr
Alokendu Chatterjee, my idols late Dr Mehroo Hansotia, Dr
Sadhna Desai, Dr RP Soonawala, Dr Kamini Rao, Dr Hema
Divakar, and my teachers late Prof Kusum Saxena, Prof
Rajyashri Sharma, seniors Dr Shyam Desai, Dr PK Shah, Dr
Duru Shah, Dr Alka Kriplani, Dr Prakash Trivedi, Dr Pratap
Kumar, my colleagues Dr Nozer Sheriar, Dr Hrishikesh
Pai, Dr Nandita Palshetkar, Dr Jaydeep Tank and my
innumerable friends from India and across continents.
I would take this opportunity, to thank each one of you
and few special mentors and friends from overseas who
have inspired me a lot especially Prof Bruno Lunenfeld,
Prof Arul Kumaran, Prof Gian Carlos Direnzo, Prof Sullen
Miller, Prof Maryann Lumsden, Prof Rashid Latif Khan,
Prof TA Choudhary, Dr Bhola Rijal, Dr Asma Rana, Prof
Asim Kurjak, Prof Gerald Schatten, Prof Robert Norman,
Prof Yoshi Morimoto and one person who has really
inspired not only me, but thousands of Obstetricians
and Gynecologists all over the world ,with his very sharp
analytical acumen and strict approach to streamlining a lot
of work in FOGSI and now in FIGO, my very special salute
to Prof. C.N Purandare and family for always being there.
Last but not the least my lovely family, right from my
grandmother-in-law, to my in-laws, Dr RM Malhotra, late
Dr Prabha Malhotra, my grandparents and parents who
could not have dreamt that one day their little girl will
climb many ladders and
reach where few have made
it. I am very thankful to
almighty that one person,
whom I love dearly and
who has worked diligently
in shaping my career in the
early years is here today watching it all, thank you Bhuji
Prof Tripat Kaur for always being a great motivator and
source of inspiration.
I thank God for blessing me with beautiful children Dr
Neharika, Dr Keshav, Dr Rishab Bora and granddaughter
Our Honorable Chief Guest, Guest of Honor, outgoing President FOGSI, Dr Rishma Pai, Chairperson of the 61st AICOG Dr PC
Mahapatra, outgoing team, Vice Presidents Dr Sunita Tendulwadkar, Dr Bhaskar Pal, Dr Ranjana Khanna, Dr Hiremath, Dr
Rajesh Modi, outgoing Secretary General Dr Hrishikesh Pai, Joint Secretary Dr Sarita Bhalerao, my incoming Vice Presidents
Dr Jayam Kannan,Dr Lila Vyas,Dr Pratima Mittal,Dr MC Patel and Dr Rajat Ray,incoming Secretary General Dr Jaydeep Tank,
Joint secretary Dr Neharika Bora, Deputy Secretary General Dr Madhuri Patel, treasurer Dr Suvarna Khadilkar, Joint Treasurer
Dr ParikshitTank,Chairperson ICOG Dr Mala Arora,Dean Dr CN Purandare and Secretary ICOG Dr Shanta Kumari,Organizing
Secretary of the 61st AICOG Dr Hara Pattnaik and the entire organizing team, dignitaries on and off the dais, faculty and
friends from all over the world, Representatives of GOI, various NGOs, my mentors, respected seniors, dear colleagues and my
valuable friends.

3. Neerali, who are the fourth
generations of dedicated medical
professionals in the Malhotra clan
in service of humanity and pursuit
of excellence. My sisters, brother-in-
laws and cousins from America who
are all present here in my moments of joy, I thank all of
you for your everlasting love, support and understanding
through thick and thin.
Dear friends, people often remark that husband and
wife should not be in the same arena of professional
competence, lending itself to too much conflict, and
interference, but today Narendra and I prove all of them
wrong, and feel that it was the best
decision of our lives. As we carry
on complementing and supporting
each other, and this is our tribute to
our mother’s dreams that both of us
today have created history in FOGSI
as the first couple to be Presidents
of any professional organization of
the world, and also both to be honored by the honorary
FRCOG.
My heartiest congratulations to Dr Rishma Pai for
putting a wonderful action packed year with many new
innovative ideas and activities, which
have put FOGSI on a real pedestal
amongst fellow organizations of the
country. She has done commendable
work and deserves a grand applause.
Rishma you have really raised the bar-
mighty and high to meet up to people’s
expectations. I hope I can do justice
to the confidence and faith bestowed
upon me.
Dear Friends, a woman is omnipotent, within her she
has the power to create, to nurture and to transform, given
a chance, she is strong enough to carry the whole world on
her strong shoulders, but she is always left struggling for
her very existence right from conception.
Dear Friends, My theme for the year is “Give HER wings
and let her Soar”.
I will be having a two pronged approach, one for HER
(Health, Empowerment and
Respect) for the women of
our country, by my fraternity
with QED (Quality, Ethics
and Dignity) and together
we will work towards
strengthening the doctor-
patient relationship.
When we think—we
create, and when the world
needs change, we need to think differently!
In this day and age when the economy is doing
reasonably well, but with exploding population, lack of
infrastructure in healthcare and skewed doctor to patient
ratio along with rising expectations of our people and
especially our fraternity, in spite of dedicated, devoted
service, we are at a receiving end from all sides. What has
gone wrong in all these years, once revered as gods now
have been reduced to becoming punching bags for all?
Look into our hearts, we die a thousand deaths
every day. Everywhere we go people are only looking
at us, as if there are no bigger criminal. This is not
what we are and the truth is that whole system cannot
do without us. So a real introspection is required by
each one involved, be it the people, policy makers, GOI,
media, and us.
Time and again, we have been slammed on the face with
the harsh realities of mothers dying during childbirth, we
haven’t done badly in the past few years as far as MMR and
NMR is concerned but, is this our best? I am sure all of you
will agree with me that we all, when I say we all, it is not
only us, but our families, our people, our governments and
all of us have, really not valued a woman’s life. We have
not put all our hands together to save our janani. If any
election can be orchestrated with the best national and
international management minds, then why can we not put
them on the job here, why can’t we network primary and
secondary and tertiary care hospitals and make people on
the job accessible and accountable.
Dear friends, clearly there is a lot of apathy and lack of
serious concern for women’s lives in our country, we must
strive to bring the maternal mortality rates down as much
as possible and as soon as possible. If a mobile can reach
in every nook and corner, then why can’t medical aid and
healthcare workers.
“We make a Living by what we get, but
we make a Life by what we give!”
—Winston Churchill
I salute to each and every one of you, single lady
gynecologist sitting in the remotest corners of our country
and serving our women, saving lives against all odds and
facing all kinds of mental, physical, psychological, and

4. financial torture. I can bet, nobody can be in your shoes for
even an hour. Access to health care is one big lacuna in any
healthcare system especially in the developing countries
and onus lies on the policy makers and not us. Health of an
individual lies in their own hands and they have to seek,
when and wherever required. If a man from a rustic village
has to reach out to a distant relative, he/she will, by any
means, but when it comes to health or safe delivery of their
women, the onus lies on the doctor, can anyone explain to
me how? We need to understand these very critical issues
and handle them with mindfulness, because, once a patient
is brought in late stages of a complicated health problem,
there isn’t much a doctor can do sitting in a PHC,CHC or a
tertiary care, but they still do whatever best can be done.
However, who is at fault if the patient does not do well
after coming to the hospital in late stages and if the patient
does not have enough to pay for the healthcare services in
private care? The doctors’ taxes are not exempted because
so and so patient did not pay, or a mob came and rampaged
the hospital and the staff down. “Doshi Kaun?”(meaning,
who is guilty?) is a film produced by Agra Obstetrics and
Gynecological society, trying to inculcate in patients, the
onus of responsibility towards their own health.
Today I am going to address the major issues for which
we Obstetricians and Gynecologists are at the receiving
end, very recently, some 1.3 lakh women signed a petition
that their caesarean sections have been performed
unnecessarily, I don’t agree with
it. Today the whole system is
against the healthcare, have we
sat down and analyzed, why the
situation is what it is, who has
been thoroughly irresponsible
andpopulist?Thereareveryfew
Obstetricians and Gynecologists
in the country, but there are
even fewer paramedics ready
to work efficiently. Doctors all over the country are
overworked, are made to do multitasking, and a harassed
lot, who work 24x7 and mostly in the absence of much
paramedical or management help, whether it is private or
public sector. We often compare ourselves with Sri Lanka.
Did anyone ask Sri Lanka, how did they do it, whether it
was maternal, infant mortality or normal vaginal delivery.
It was only because of trained dedicated paramedical staff,
who diligently worked hand in hand with their system and
achieved the unachievable. 35,000 gynecologists in spite of
theirbestefforts,cannotholdhandsof26milliondelivering
mothers. We should analyze, and make strategies which
will assist our obstetricians to perform better in the most
adverse circumstances. I would urge the government to
erase the red-tapeism, corruption and dishonest systems
and restore the respect of the doctors, who are devoted
and responsible for the health of the nation more than
anyone else, don’t force them to lose their direction and
faith, as the whole nation will suffer. Thank you very much
Naddaji, Honorable Health Minister for whole heartedly
supporting us and appreciating the contributions of
FOGSIANS towards the health of our women.
What are we going to do this year for respectful care
during pregnancy and labor? We are going to take, our
Honorable Prime Minister’s brilliant
futuristic initiative of PMSMY many
steps further. We are launching “Adbhut
Matrutva Initiative”, tomorrow on
19th January,
this concept
based on value
of preconception counseling,
recommended number of
antenatal visits, promote institutional deliveries and top
it up with early initiation of breast feeding, postpartum
contraception and connect it with
GOI “Indra Dhanush Program”
for universal vaccination and
immunization. FOGSI has liaisoned
with Sister Shivani, Dr Nitika Sobti
and Dr Subhada Neel, BPNI, PSI and
GOI and come out with a module which will not only look
after various aspects of pregnancy and safer delivery, but
also take care of fetal origin of adult diseases. Health of
our future generations needs to be looked into. To show
their commitment towards the initiative, all associated are
sitting in this hall today.
“Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.”
—Albert Einstein
Today India stands tall in the world on almost all fronts,
thanks to the current leadership for achieving this in a
very short time, let us put our hands together and set an
example for the health of our women too. I would appeal to
our Prime Minister ji to link “Adbhut Matrutva” to “Skill
India”, health for all program.
Now coming to how, we
can achieve our goals for our
dying mothers and neonates,
few steps that should be
taken in the right direction
by all stakeholders:
•• Linking primary
hospitals, to secondary
to tertiary care hospitals.
•• Having Mobikes and ambulances equipped with all
EMOC tools and disposables.
•• Training paramedical staff for monitoring of
pregnancy and labor,enabling them to recognize the
danger signals and early referral to a tertiary care.
•• Strengthening our rural infrastructure and manpower.
•• Integrating various agencies and NGOs to work in

5. cohesion and synergies.
The burning painful areas of concern, not from today,
but for many decades, our dwindling female population
and lopsided, misunderstood PCPNDT act. Only doctors
cannot be accountable for the health of the nation. Each
and every stakeholder, including the administration and
policy makers must be made accountable. Holding us
answerable and slamming
rigorous punishments for
clerical mistakes which
are casual errors by the
paramedics or support
staff are not justifiable
in any legal system.
This burden on doctors
will make them buckle
down under pressure and collapse the whole system. I
must mention the efforts of the PCPNDT core committee
headed by Dr Prakash Trivedi, Dr Jaydeep Tank, Dr Rajini
contractor and Dr HD Pai for challenging certain draconian
sections of the act in the supreme court and I am pleased
to announce that this writ petition has been admitted in
the supreme court.
Dear people in charge please look at us, as human being
and not super robots on a leash.
We are the best in the world, Asian doctors are highly
respected, knowledgeable and in demand all over the
world and many studies have proven them to be most
hardworking and in a very famous analysis recently it was
brought to the worlds notice that the mortality on the days
and units where Asian doctors are employed is lesser and
medical profession is the most lucrative and respected
profession in the western world. Why these doctors who
do so well in the west, cannot perform as well or earn
as well in their own countries? To make a larger impact,
much faster on our healthcare outcomes, there is no other
option except that government extends a helping hand to
upgrade the existing private medical facilities, easing out
their stressors as far as licensing, certification, staffing,
commercial taxes, and protection against unnecessary
litigation and red-tapeism is concerned? When these 70
percentprivatehealthcareprofessionalswillstopreceiving
step motherly treatment, the results will be phenomenal.
Nations’ healthcare can improve, only by strengthening
and supporting its healthcare providers, they need all the
respect, dignity, love, and positive energies to work for
their patients from both the government and the public.
One of our major problem is our population, ladies,
and gentlemen we need serious brain storming and the
political will, towards rationally addressing this.
Next is our education system, our dealing with our
adolescentsonthewhole,ouremphasisonphysical,mental
and sexual health needs to be addressed in school and
colleges and not when they are already under the sun. Our
school and college teachers
need to be trained to deal
in these very sensitive
areas and be involved with
their students, more than
just delivering a scheduled
lecture. FOGSI has been
playing a very prominent
proactive role in educating
adolescents with “Kishori
project” and Dr Duru
Shah is also making some
educative films. FOGSI conducts many camps in schools
and colleges along with Dr Suchitra Pandit, Dr Sampath
Kumari, Dr Roza Olyai, Dr Ashwini Bhalerao and Dr Reena
Wani and our members all over the country, but it is just
a drop in the ocean. If our school and college curriculums
have a few key health topics in place, then majority of
our unintended pregnancies, unsafe abortions, misuse
of OTC drugs, building antibiotic resistance, increasing
communicable diseases, behavioral issues and overall
health can be taken care of.
Today, we only know statistics about maternal mortality,
neonatal and infant mortality and maybe a few other
diseases, we do not have much Indian data for most of them
and documentation at this end, has been the most neglected.
If today I want to know, what an average age of menarche
or menopause is, all I might get is a few papers with a few
cases, which cannot represent such a large population as
ours. We emphasize on certain alphabets, but miss out on
large linking sentences. Unless and until we document well,
our epidemiological analysis and management strategies
for many key contributors to rising trends of many diseases
cannot be formulated. Keeping this in mind, this year we
have initiated a dedicated research group of about 150
FOGSIAN, starting work from tomorrow on more than 15
research projects and surveys. Thank you Dr Ben Mol and
Dr Deepika Deka for coordinating this. We have to get into
the habit of documentation and be open to critical analysis
to improvise and FOGSI today feels very proud to offer a
unique Hospital and Patient Management
software with App to all its members
totally free of cost, called the “HealthE
India” initiative of FOGSI, again in line
with our dear Prime Ministers’ Digital
India, Healthy India initiative. If we
adopt this, we will not only make our lives
easier, but also a lot of data can be on the tips of our fingers
and all registries will be much easier to work on.
Last year we initiated our first FOGSI chapter across
continents-The London chapter, and this year I am happy
to announce that we will be adding the Dubai chapter
very soon and I am aware that many more are waiting too,
Indians abroad have all their heart and souls back home
and whenever I talk to anyone abroad, there is always an

6. intense desire to support their own people in all possible
ways.
FOGSI is creating this small area of service contributors.
We doctors take care of all around us, but the irony
is that we ourselves are the unhealthiest of the lot, with
various health issues and stressors attributable to our
worktimings,pressures,andlifestyle,
we are much in the rut of home to
patient and patient to home, that we
forget ourselves and our families.
Dear FOGSIANS, your first health
survey begins tomorrow morning
at the SMRITI stall, please go and
register your health parameters
tomorrow itself, so that we can work
out health strategies for you . This
year in February, a very special event
FOGSI for FRATERNITY conclave is being organized in the
Holy city of Varanasi, I will urge all of you to attend this, in
large numbers for your own benefit, where a lot of new
ideas and schemes will be introduced like:
•• Unique ID number
•• Patient and Hospital management software (HealthE
India initiative)
•• Manyata certification for hospitals
•• Mamta TV project for patient education
•• Social security scheme.Thanks to Ms Soha Ali Khan for
her messages to FOGSI
•• Indemnity scheme
•• Nurses and paramedical training and upgradation
program
•• Patient education pamphlets
•• Checklists
•• Algorithms and protocols,special thanks to Dr Rishma
Pai for this initiative
•• Mind, body, and medicine course along with BK
foundation and my special thanks to BK Shivani Didi
and Dr Ashok Mehta for this wonderful program for
doctors.
FOGSI year 2018 is an action packed year with every
month dedicated to one issue or health problem, we will
have five focused conferences by my Vice Presidents,
“Surgical Rendezvous” at Dehradun by Dr Pratima
Mittal, “Multiple Pregnancies and Medical disorders”
at Ahmedabad by Dr MC Patel, “Art and Craft of Vaginal
Delivery” at Udaipur by Dr Lila Vyas, “30 and Beyond”
at Vijaywada by Dr Jayam Kannan, and “Preventive
Oncology” at Gangtok by Dr Rajat Ray along with this,
a Breastcon at Indore organized by Dr Kavita Bapat and
team and critical care at Bengaluru by Dr Alpesh Gandhi
and team and Gestosis at Nagpur by Dr Suchitra Pandit and
team.
A major INTERNATIONAL Women’s HEALTH SUMMIT
in June in DELHI involving all stake
holders, organizations, NGOs, Policy
makers and GOI and a leadership
summitforourveryyoungFOGSIANS
whoareourfutureisbeingorganized
at Manesar in August. To sharpen
our communication skills, FOGSI is
joining hands with Communicon in
March this year, organized by Dr SN
Basu along with GOI.
365, that is almost one QED
CME’s or a workshop per day along with skill enhancing
programs will be rolled out from 22nd of January itself.
Apart from our wonderful Journal, FOGSIANS will
receive many communications from the President and
office, Dil se Dil tak, TOG times,
FOGSI connects, a weekly letter and
innumerable messages via social
media. Along with this Dr Firuza
Parikh has generously made it
possible to have access to “Fertility
Sterility Journal” for which a link
will be provided to all. My special
thanks to Mr JP Vij and Mr Venkat
for all the timely help and support
promised for our publications.
“Adbhut Matrutva Initiative” will be rolled out
tomorrow on 19th January 7 am, to
each of the 241 plus societies at the
Janta Maidan by none other than BK
Sister Shivani followed by a walk
and discourse. I urge all of you to
please attend this unique initiative.
Our Indian college has been
doing phenomenal work and apart
from smoothly running so many certificate courses, ICOG
hour in all Yuva conferences, Dr CL Jhaveri Symposium in
AICOG, and PG Force program in all medical colleges along
with our CME committee this year, will also be organizing
the “Principles, practices and protocols” conference
under the leadership of Dr Shantha Kumari at Hyderabad.
FOGSI along with ICOG framed the National Nutritional
consensus during my tenure in ICOG, and today we are
launching the National Nutrition Registry as the 1st of
its kind comprehensive national repository of nutritional
status of women of India. We are going to hold camps “Pan
FOGSI | RCOG | AICC

7. India” collecting data on the nutritional status of Indian
women by a unique App created for the purpose christened
“Nutrimeter”.
Twenty-person chairpersons of our committees and
25 governing council members of ICOG is a formidable
taskforce working on making of the protocols, algorithms,
patient education pamphlets, FOGSI Focuses, E-connects,
modules for CMEs and surveys, and public awareness and
international academic exchange.
To the GOI,
“I can conquer the world with one hand
as long as you are holding the other.”
—Megan Smith
FOGSI pledges to further all projects of GOI and roll
them out to its members to join hands for faster and
farther access, I thank the Honorable health minister Dr
JP Naddaji, Ms Anupriya Patel, all health secretaries right
from Shri Manoj Jhalani, Dr Vandana Gurnani, Dr Sikdar,
Dr Dinesh Banswal, Dr Sumita Ghosh and our DGHS Dr
Jagdeesh Prasad ji for fruitful FOGSI involvements, though
we would like to be involved a little more in depth, in policy
making and joint awareness programs too. If we all talk the
same language at the same time, I am sure the impact will
be faster and farther.
No one and I mean it, no one can do it all or achieve
all, teamwork is the spirit, whether it is between you and
me or between associations, or public private partnership,
being a team player is the key
essence, therefore this year
we are taking up many liaising
activities.
•• FIGO and FOGSI on Fertility
tool box,GDM,hypothyroidism
and environmental health.
Thanks to Prof CN Purandare,
Prof Gian Carlos Di renzo,
Dr Edgar Mocanu, Dr David Adamson and Dr Hema
Divakar.
•• IMAandFOGSIaregoingtoliaisefornoncommunicable
diseases webinars and I thank Dr K K Aggarwal, Dr
Ravi Wankhedkar, Dr RN Tandon and Dr Dilip Kumar
Dutta for the same.
•• AOFOG and FOGSI on reducing the 5Ps.Thanks to Dr
Ravi Chandran,Dr Rohana.
•• SAFOMS,IMS and FOGSI are going to do joint CMEs on
“Fit at forty,strong at sixty and independent at eighty”.
Thanks to Prof Shahla Khatoon, SAFOMS President,
Dr Maninder Ahuja, Secretary SAFOMS, Dr Ratnabali
Chakrabarty,IMS President.
•• SAFOG and FOGSI on reducing maternal mortality.
Thanks to Dr Rubina Sohail President SAFOG.
•• RCOG and FOGSI on trainings and guidelines.Thanks
to Prof Lesley Reagan, President RCOG, Alison and
Ranee.
•• RCPI and FOGSI on systems and education. Thanks
to Prof Mike O Connell, John Magner, and Prof CN
Purandare.
•• Ian Donald and FOGSI for ultrasound updates.Thanks
to Prof Asim Kurjak, Frank Chernavak, Prof Narendra
Malhotra,and Shiv and Raj Menon.
•• In August Skill Enhancement and Leadership
Program for Yuva with HELM (Health Economics,
Transformational, Leadership and Collaborative
Management).Thanks to Dr Deepak Gupta from UK
for this collaboration.
•• Global hysteroscopy group for hysteroscopy skills,
Prof Sergio Hamovich is here today to show his
commitments.
•• ISMPO and FOGSI on Preventive oncology. Thanks to
Prof Hemant Malhotra, President ISMPO. Very special
thanks to Asian economic forum and Mr BR Shetty
Chairman NMC and BRS Life for wholeheartedly
supporting the pilot project to be launched on 4th
February at Varanasi.We are going to immunize 1,000
girls and screen 50,000 women for cancer in cervix
free of cost,in this pilot project.
•• Cemast and FOGSI on hands on skill training. Thanks
to Dr Pranay Shah and Dr Raju Sahetya.
•• IPAS and FOGSI for safe abortion.Thanks to Dr Nozer,
Dr Atul Ganatra,Dr Basab Mukerji.
•• IAP for newborn resuscitation workshops. Thanks
to Dr Anupam Sachdeva, Dr Bhatia and Dr Santosh
Soans,Dr Ranjan Pejavar,and Dr Vaishali Chavan.
•• ISPAT and FOGSI will do six CMEs on Nutrition, four
global webinars called “E connect 2 on nutritional
supplementation”.
•• All the NGOs on save the girl child specially Smriti,Beti
bachao beti padao,menstrual hygiene,contraception.
•• Special thanks to Dr Hema Divakar and Mrs Pompy
Sridhar and team Merck for mothers and Dr Bulbul
Sood and team JHPEIGO for Manyata project.
•• Global strategies for helping streamline many issues
regarding MTP and special thanks to Joint Secretary
MCH Dr Sumita Ghosh and Mrs Sushma Kapoor, Ms
Anjali Nayyar.
•• She decides,thank you Robin Gorna for bumping into
me in the lift,we might be starting a revolution.
•• Hep B vaccination at discounted rates for all the
medical and paramedical staff of FOGSI members.
We are here with open arms ready to liaise with like-
minded and sensitive organizations for women’s health
and education.
This year we have come out with exclusive branding
MerchandiseforFOGSIandIwouldrequestallFOGSIANSto
do it with utmost pride. We are proud of our organization.

8. To all the pharma industry friends, I have no words to
thank you for your blanket support for all academic and
CSR activities, I feel truly blessed with your association
and faith in me and FOGSI.
A big big thank you from the bottom of my heart to Dr
PC Mahapatra and Hara Pattnaik and team AOGO, we have
done it against all odds and challenges. God bless you.
I leave myself and my fraternity with the continued
sentiment of - Giving!
“It is the Generous Giving of Ourselves
that produces the Generous Harvest!”
Iwishyouallavery,veryhappy,healthy,andprosperous
New year, may 2018 bring smiles on the faces of our
patients and may there be no preventable maternal deaths
and may all of us restore the trust and relationship we
have been sharing with our patients.
GOD BLESS FOGSI
GOD BLESS INDIA
VANDE MATARUM
JAI HIND
Prof. Dr. Jaideep Malhotra
MD FICOG FICMCH FICS FMAS FRCOG FRCPI
FOGSI PRESIDENT 2018