These archives are an attempt to chronicle the history of IRA and acknowledge the contribution of several stalwarts. Despite our best attempts, there are gaps in the information that was available with the Secretariat. If you have additional information or if you have noticed any discrepancy, please inform the IRA Secretariat at secretary.ira@gmail.com. We shall be happy to add/amend the information


Dr.MM Desai, Mumbai
Dr.VR Joshi, Mumbai
Dr.PK Pispati, Mumbai
Dr.CV Vanjani, Mumbai
Dr.Surabhai Sheth, Mumbai
Dr.Ramarao, Mumbai
Dr.AN Chandrasekaran, Chennai
Dr.AN Malaviya, New Delhi
Dr.S Sachdev, New Delhi
Dr.GH Tilve, Mumbai
Dr.Manjushree Mitra, Kolkata
Dr.GS Sainani, Mumbai
Dr.Sukumar Mukherjee, Kolkata
Dr.KM Mahendranath, Bangalore
Dr.URK Rao, Hyderabad
Dr Ramnath Misra, Lucknow
Dr Ashok Kumar, New Delhi
Dr Rohini Handa, New Delhi


Late Dr.MM Desai, Mumbai
Dr.Prakash Pispati, Mumbai
Dr Rohini Handa, New Delhi

Dr.AN Chandrasekaran, Chennai (1994-1998)
Dr.Siddharth K. Das, Lucknow (1999-2001)
Dr.RN Misra, Lucknow (2002-2005)
Dr.Ashok Kumar, New Delhi (2006-2009)

Year	Venue	Organising Secretary
2012	Vellore	Dr. Debashish Danda
2010	Bhubaneswar	Bidyut Das
2009	Jaipur	Banwari Sharma
2008	Pune	Arvind Chopra
2007	Khajuraho	Ved Chaturvedi
2006	Lucknow	Siddharth Das
2005	Hyderabad	Sarvajeet Pal
2004	Chennai	V. Krishnamurthy
2003	New Delhi	Rohini Handa
2002	Bangalore	HM Vishwanath Kumar
2001	Chandigarh	P Bambery, CM Adya
2000	Kolkata	Alakendu Ghosh
1999	Lucknow	RN Misra
1998	Hyderabad	G Narsimulu
1997	Bangalore	KM Mahendranath
1996	Trivandrum	Joy Philip
1995	Mumbai	PK Pispati
1994	Chennai	CP Rajendran, R Porkodi
1993	New Delhi	Ashok Kumar
1991	Lucknow	SK Das
1990	Hyderabad	URK Rao
1989	Chandigarh	SD Deodhar

If you know of other past orators, please do inform the Secretariat so that this information may be updated.

Year	Conference Venue	Orator	Subject
2010	Bhubaneswar	Surjit Singh	Kawasaki Disease
2009	Jaipur	Not Awarded
2008	Pune	Lata Bichile	Different faces of renal lupus
2007	Khajuraho	Debashish Danda	Takayasu\'s Arteritis-Lessons from India
2006	Lucknow	Siddharth Das	Fostering Rheumatology in India: A Personal Perspective
2005	Hyderabad	Ved Chaturvedi	Uncensored saga of \'Rags to Riches\' Specialty...
2004	Chennai	R Handa	Lupus and Lipids: Getting to the \'heart\' of the matter
2003	New Delhi	Arvind Chopra	Rheumatology: Made in India
2002	Bangalore	RN Misra	Reactive arthritis and UspA: In pursuit of the bug
2001	Chandigarh	Ashok Kumar	The fascinating field of systemic vasculitides
2000	Kolkata	Ajay Wanchu
1997	Bangalore	P Bambery	Pulmonary and Cardiac manifestations of Rheumatoid Arthritis in India: Studies in Pathophysiology

Year	Conference Venue	Orator	Subject
2010	Bhubaneswar	Able Lawrence	Fibromyalgia in patient with CTDs
2009	Jaipur	S.Shankar	Window of opportunities
2008	Pune	Rajiva Gupta	Scleroderma revisited
2007	Khajuraho	Vikas Agarwal	Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Revisited
2006	Lucknow	Not awarded
2005	Hyderabad	Binoy Paul	Crystal Arthritis - Past, Present and Future
2004	Chennai	Radha Madhavan	Ankylosing Spondylitis and the 3Gs (Gut, Genes and Globulins)
2003	New Delhi	Surjit Singh	Vasculitides in children
2002	Bangalore	Amita Aggarwal	Immunopathogenesis of Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
2001	Chandigarh	P Bambery	Ocular manifestations of idiopathic granulomatous disorders:Wegener\'s granulomatosis and Sarcoidosis in India

Date	Venue
August 1, 2010	Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical College, Pune
September 5,2010	SGPGI, Lucknow (SLE update)
September 25, 2010	Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhatinda
February 20, 2011	Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore
March 6, 2011	NRS Medical College, Kolkata (Advances in vasculitis)

Year	Conference Venue	Orator	Subject
2010	Bhubaneswar	B.G.Dharmanand	Medically unexplainable symptoms in rheumatology practice
2009	Jaipur	Not awarded
2008	Pune	Not awarded
2007	Khajuraho	V Rajamani	The Many Emotions of Chronic Arthritis
2006	Lucknow	Sanjeeb Kakati	Rheumatological problems and Malignancy - where is the link?
2005	Hyderabad	Alakendu Ghosh	Osteoarthritis-Nihilism to Optimism
2004	Chennai	SJ Gupta	Rheumatology- Reflections over 20 years
2003	New Delhi	G Narsimulu	Silent gut inflammation in SpA
2002	Bangalore	URK Rao