The Indian Medical Students Association

Our Mission Statement: To endow a common platform for representation to all the Medical Students of the Nation irrespective of the University they study in, grades, age, sex, caste, and region they belong to.
IMSA Head Quarters
46/1/5B, Bosepukur Road, Kolkata: 700042

www.imsaindia.org.in

Aims & Objectives of IMSA: To organize Annual Medical Conventions and other Medical conferences. To promote the interest and welfare of medical students with support from the experienced achievers of medical field. To empower students with soft skills like management, leadership, and doctors to medical-professionals.
India today is home to about 335 medical colleges that churn out about 30,000 undergraduate students a year. At any given time, there are a total of about 100,000 undergraduate medical students in India. An urgent need was felt to establish a be-all-and-endall umbrella organization for all medical students in India. Hence, we came forward with the establishment of the Indian Medical Students' Association.

conflict management at a young age to ease the transition from studentTo promote understanding in medical and health problems as well as to share experiences in solving them To uphold humanitarian ideals and medical ethics

To create National as well as International contacts among Medical amongst the future doctors.

Students and hence, increase networking and encourage cooperation To foster unity and promote profound inter-personal relationships amongst its members To promote research programmes and attitude among medical students. To carry out nationwide mass health campaigns related to health problems like epidemics and natural calamities of the Nation Society by providing Social Service. Sponsorship Assistance.

To promote and encourage medical youth to fulfil their duties towards Helping poor Students for Educational Development through

Publications:
International Medical Journal of Students Research (IMJSR)
An online open-access INDEXED journal of medical research which is devoted to the promotion and publication of young medical researchers throughout the world. The Editorial Board of IMJSR comprises of members from 25 countries. research activities.

Besides publication it also helps and guides students in writing and carrying out

Scientific e-newsletter: SYNAPSE

Synapse is the e-newsletter that encompasses know-hows about different fields of with multidimensional information. medical science and provides the reader a unique and interesting way to get acquainted

Synapse is very popular among medical students and we released 41 issues so far.

Research Activities
The IMSA-IOB Collaborative Project

IMSA with the support and able guidance of Dr. Akhilesh Pandey and the Institute of Bioinformatics, Bangalore is now committed to contribute to the task of expanding the databases that will form the indispensible part of medicine at both bench and bedside in the near future. At present work is being done on the Plasma Proteome Database.

Events in the Past:

Golden Jubilee ILLUMINATI at AFMC, Pune
Illuminati is an initiative on the part of ARMED FORCES MEDICAL COLLEGE, to promote research among the undergraduates as well as providing them with a platform and a worthy audience. ICMR. Registration Fees: 500 INR/head (accommodation included) Attendance: 250 Golden Jubilee Illuminati was held on the 13-14 August, 2011 with collaboration with IMJSR and the

RIMSCON at RIMS, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh

RIMSCON is a regional conference of medical students comprising of keynote lectures, workshops, oral and poster presentation. It was organized at the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Kadapa Registration Fees: 300 INR/head (accommodation included) Attendance: 200

OSMECON 2011 It was the First South Asian Medical Students' Research Conference Organized by Osmania Medical

College and IMJSR and was held on 25th and 26th of September, 2011.
Other Events: Other events include various regional and local events like
Workshops Seminars CME etc.

Proposed Events in 2012

March, 2012 MEDITHON - At Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh - India's First Marathon from Medical students and Doctors for a health

awareness campaign.
June, 2012 KARMIC (Kolkata Annual Research and Medical International Research Congress) - At Kolkata, West Bengal - KARMIC-2012 is one of the biggest events of the medical students in India. It's an attempt by the Indian Medical Students' Association to act as a connecting link between the routine curriculum of medical education and the recent advances of medical science. The Congress aims to be a cobweb of the upcoming pioneers of medical science of the country. It also aims to bring together the Indian and the Global Medical students fraternity on a common stage to bridge the gap by exchange of knowledge and experiences. July, 2012 RIMSCON 2012 at Kadapa. Eureka Case Report Competition at Chennai. August, 2012 MEDISCON 2012 at New Delhi September, 2012 OSMECON at Osmania Medical College

*Other Events are in the pipeline and will be announced soon.

The Kolkata Annual Research and Medical International Congress www.karmic-imsa.in 3-5 June 2012 KARMIC-2012 is one of the biggest events of the medical students in India. It's an attempt by the Indian Medical Students' Association to act as a connecting link between the routine curriculum of medical education and the recent advances of medical science. Derived from the Sanskrit word "karma", which means "deed" or "act" and more broadly means the universal principle of cause and effect, action and reaction, that governs all life, KARMIC also believes in the deed/act of exchange and sharing of knowledge to have the effect of enlightenment of the budding medical minds. The Congress aims to be a cobweb of the upcoming pioneers of medical science of the country. It also aims to bring together the Indian and the Global Medical students fraternity on a common stage to bridge the gap by exchange of knowledge and experiences. The Event will have the following activities:
Keynote Address: Experts from different parts of the world will address the global audience and share their experiences with medical students from India and abroad to inspire them to aspire for higher goals. Workshops: These will be directed to expose students to newer concepts and opportunities outside the routine curriculum. Student Presentations: Oral Presentation Poster Presentation Case Report Presentation In the student events, the students will get the chance to present their research work

amidst peers and experts to hone their presentation skills and also compete for the prizes to be won.