Dr RV Asokan takes charge as National president of Indian Medical Association

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He conceived and established IMAGE which was a project to handle bio-medical waste of the entire Kerala, he was the chairman of the scheme for six years. He also played the lead in bringing the Rs 100 crore GFATM TB public-private mix project to IMA and served as its National coordinator for 6 years. He served for two years in the Strategy and Technical Advisory Group for TB in WHO (Geneva) and is one of the contributors of international standards for TB care. He served as the National Joint Secretary of the IMA Hospital Board of India for 4 years and its chairman for the past 4 years. 

As per a recent media report by The Hindu, the esteemed vice-presidents of IMA accompanying Dr Asokan include Gunasekharan from Tamil Nadu, Shivkumar Utture from Maharashtra, Suresh Gutta from Telangana, and Ashok Sharda from Rajasthan. Anil Kumar Naik, representing Gujarat, has assumed the pivotal role of the national secretary general, overseeing crucial administrative functions. 

The team of joint secretaries includes Munish Prabhakar from Haryana, Prakash Lalchandani from Delhi, M. Venkatachalapathy from Karnataka, and Pradeep Kumar Nemani from West Bengal, contributing to the collaborative leadership structure of the IMA. Shitij Bali, hailing from Delhi, has taken on the role of finance secretary, overseeing the financial affairs of the association.