28-02-2013
Subject: Annual Report of the IARP – EC to the 41st Annual General Body Meeting (AGM, 2011-2012) dt. 28-3-2013 Venue – HPD Auditorium CT&CRS Building, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai-400094
Dear Members,
The IARP Executive Committee conveys greetings to all members.
In spite of the best efforts of the IARP-EC to hold the AGM in time it was not possible. The auditing of the account took lot of time. The auditors report is also being presented. The EC seeks condonation of the AGM for the delay in holding the Meeting.
The IARP activities were continued during the period under this report which included holding Executive Committee meetings, publication of the journal Radiation Protection and Environment, training programmes related to safety in utilization of radiation and radioisotopes in industry and organization of the 30th Annual Conference at Mangalore University. These activities are briefly outlined here.
- Organization of 30th Annual Conference of the IARP (IARPNC-2012) at Mangalore University:
The 30th Annual Conference of the IARP was organized at Mangalore University, Mangalagangotari Campus in collaboration with the University Science Instrumentation Centre (USIC) during March
15-17, 2012. The focal theme of the conference was Radiological Protection and Safety in Nuclear
Reactors and Radiation Installations.
The IARPNC-2012 was inaugurated by Sri S. S. Bajai, Chairman, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board.
Prof. T C Shivashankara Murthy, Vice Chancellor, Mangalore University presided over the inaugural function. While Shri Bajaj released the Conference Proceedings, Prof. Shivashankara Murthy released the souvenir. Dr. Chenappa Gowda, Registrar, Manglore University, welcomed the delegates , Dr. D. N. Sharma, President, IARP, addressed the audience and briefed about the activities of the IARP. Shri V. V. Shaha coordinated the IARP Awards Session. Dr. N. Karunakara of USIC was the convener of the conference.
The role of the IARP in spreading awareness of radiological safety in multifaceted applications of radioactivity and radiation for the peaceful purposes during the past 43 years or so was emphasized through a series of invited talks, contributed papers and posters. In view of the major public concern about the safety of the nuclear industry in the backdrop of the Fukushima (Japan) and Mayapuri (Delhi) incidents the conference addressed these issues in particular and the IARPNC-2012 was devoted to “Radiological Protection and Safety in Nuclear Reactors and Radiation Installations’. There was a special session to discuss the Fukushima event and environmental impact. The major scientific thematic areas covered were: Occupational Radiation Protection-External and Internal, Radiation Protection of the Environment and Public, Radioecology, Radiation Dosimetry, Computational Methods, Risk Assessment and Safety Analysis, Radiation Protection Instrumentation, Evolution of Safety Systems in Nuclear Reactors, ALARA Implementation in Nuclear Facilities and Challenges in Public Awareness.
About 225 scientists from various R&D units of the Department of Atomic Energy, Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and nearly 75 scientists from Nuclear Power plants, Universities and Research Institutions attended this conference. There were 16 invited talks, about 70 oral and 160 poster presentations of contributed papers.Two panel discussions on the topics “Fukushima incident and environmental impact” and “Public Awareness” were also organized.
The following is the list of the Awardees of the respective IARP Awards 2012.
S. No. / Name of the Award / Name of the Awardee / Institution1 / Lifetime Achievement Award – 2012 / Dr. U.C. Mishra / Ex-B.A.R.C., Mumbai
1 / Dr. K.G. Vohra Memorial Oration Award – 2012 / Dr. T.M. Krishnamoorthy / Ex-B.A.R.C., Mumbai
2 / Dr. A.K. Ganguly Memorial Oration Award – 2012 / Dr. K.C. Pillai / Ex-B.A.R.C., Mumbai
3 / Dr. Nagaratnam R. Memorial Oration Award – 2012 / Shri P.K. Bhatnagar / Ex-D.R.D.O., Jodhpur
4 / Dr. A.K. Ganguly Felicitation Prize – 2012 / Dr. Karunakara N. / Mangalore University, Mangalore
5 / Meritorious Operational Health Physicist Award – 2012 / Dr. S. Murli / B.A.R.C., Mumbai
6 / Meritorious Radiation Safety Officer Award – 2012 / Dr. Challapalli Srinivas / Kasturba Medical College Hospital, Attavar
7 / Shri P.R. Kamath Radiation Environmentalist Award -2012 / Dr. M.P. Rajan / M.A.P.S., Kalpkkam
8 / Oral presentation:
1.Application of Liquid Scintillation Inclusion Method & Simultaneous Determination of alpha & beta activities in composite samples (RDI-13),
2.Fukushima to Jaitapur–Battling fear of unknown (RPE-77). / Sonali Bhade et al.
Tushar P. Ghate et al. / BARC,
Dept of Physics, Univ. of Pune.
9 / Poster presentation:
1.Radiological effects on Hot-spot removal from spare LPRM location (ORP-27),
2.Helicobactor Pylori Infection studies using UBT (RDI-7). / V. Nagarajan et al,
K. Swarup etal. / TAPS 1 & 2
- The IARP’s ‘Radiation Protection and Environment’ (RPE) journal:
Publication of the journal was continued with the able help of the Editorial Board. The printing and distribution of the journal has been entrusted to M/s Medknow through an MOU. They have been printing and distributing the other scientific journals also. As the addresses of the large number of our esteemed members are not updated, large number of journals are returned undelivered. In view of this it was decided to put the journal on the website of the IARP and print only about 300 copies of the journal for distribution to interested senior citizens whose addresses are updated.
The four issues of the Radiation Protection and Environment, Vol.34, Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4 were published during the period under review:
In the present web based journal submission of papers for publication in the journal can be done online ( www. journalonweb.com/rpe). As the term of the Editorial Board is expiring shortly, the IARP-EC in its 250th meeting has reconstituted and extended the term of the present Board for a further period of 2 years, i.e. up to March, 2015. The Editorial Board was authorized to make any changes, if necessary, after discussions with fellow members of the board.
- Financial Support for attending scientific conferences abroad
As per its policy to support and encourage scientific activities, the IARP has partially supported financially those members who requested to attend scientific conferences abroad if their participation was approved by the parent department. Financial Assistance was provided to two scientists during the financial year 2011-2012.
1. Shri Ajay Kumar of Health Physics Division, BARC for participation in International Conference on Plant Growth, Nutrition & Environmental Interactions (VIPCA-II) during February 18-21, 2012 at Vienna, Austria ((Amount: Rs. 25,000/-, chq no. 137254 on
15/02/2012)
2. Dr. S. D. Sharma of RP&AD, BARC for participation in the 12th World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering 2012 (WC-2012), Beijing, China, May 26-31, 2012. Amount: Rs. 25,000/-, chq no. 137258 on 30/03/2012).
- Training Programme by IARP – GCTC
The IARP training programme was continued in collaboration with the RP&AD, BARC. Eleven courses were conducted and 315 candiates attended and completed the courses. The training programmes were coordinated by dr. B. C. Bhatt, Shri P. K. Gaur, Shri Arun Behre and Shri V. V. Shaha in cooperation with many resource persons taken from serving and retired specialists. Details of the training programme are tabulated for quick reference.
TRAINING CALENDER DURING April 01, 2011 – March 31, 2012
Sr. No. / Title of the Course / CourseNo./ No. of candidates / Duration1. / Radiation Safety Aspects of Nucleonic Gauges / NG-93/ 24 / March 28–April 05, 2011
2. / Radiation Safety Aspects in Research Application of Ionising Radiation / RA-35 / 21 / April 25 – May 03, 2011
3. / Radiation Safety Aspects of Nucleonic Gauges / NG-94/ 27 / June 13 - 21, 2011
4. / Radiation Safety Aspects of Nucleonic Gauges / NG-95/ 32 / July 04 – 12, 2011
5. / Radiation Safety Aspects in Research Application of Ionising Radiation / RA-36/ 28 / August 01 – 09, 2011
6. / Radiation Safety Aspects of Nucleonic Gauges / NG-96/ 28 / September 05 – 13, 2011
7. / Training & Certification Course for Operators of Radiation Processing Facilities (gamma & electron) for Food, Healthcare & Allied Products / OP-01/ 33 / September 14 – October 14, 2011
8. / Radiation Safety Aspects of Nucleonic Gauges / NG-97/ 38 / October 10 – 18, 2011
9. / Radiation Safety Aspects in Research Application of Ionising Radiation / RA-37/ 27 / January 09 - 17, 2012
10. / Radiation Safety Aspects of Nucleonic Gauges / NG-98/ 30 / February 13 – 21, 2012
11. / Radiation Safety Aspects of Nucleonic Gauges / NG-99/ 27 / March 12 – 20, 2012
- Forthcoming Election for the IARP-EC:
As the 2 year terms of the present IARP-Executive Committee is expiring by end of March
2013. It is proposed to hold elections for the year 2013-15. Dr. G. Chourasiya, RP&AD, BARC,
has been appointed the Election Officer by the outgoing IARP-EC with a request to issue
notifications and conduct the election for the new EC as soon as possible.
- Acknowledgement
The IARP executive Committee takes this opportunity to thank all members, office bearers, editorial board members, and all others who have contributed to smooth functioning of the Association. It must be mentioned that the IARP has achieved financial self sufficiency through the funds generated by the training courses. The IARP was able to partially finance the foreign visit of a couple of scientists visiting abroad for attending international conferences and present their scientific work. The generous contributions received from the BRNS, AERB and other donors for the successful organization of the 30th Annual Conference, are greatly appreciated. Once again we thank all members and all those who supported the IARP activities in any manner.
(A. H. Khan) (D. N. Sharma)
Secretary, IARP President, IARP
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