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Minutes of Annual General Body Meeting (GBM) - 2025
Venue :: College Auditorium, Govt. Medical College, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir.
Date :: 11/07/2025 ( Friday ) Time :: 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm
The General Body Meeting was held during the Thirteenth International Conference of Society of Clinical Anatomists (SOCA)
MEMBERS PRESENT ::
The members present for the General Body Meeting were as per the Register. Since the required quorum was available, the President, Dr. M.Sivakumar welcomed all the members who were present and declared order to convene the General Body Meeting of the Society of Clinical Anatomists. Before starting the meeting, homage was paid to the souls of following clinical anatomists who left us in recent past:Dr. B. Mukerjee, Pondicherry and Dr. VinodKumar, Muzaffarpur.
1. Annual Report by the General Secretary : The annual report of the Society of Clinical Anatomists was presented by the General Secretary, Dr. N. Muthukumaravel. He appreciated Dr. Ghulam Mohammad Bhat, the Organizing Chairperson, Dr. Bashir Ahmad Shah, the Organizing Secretary and Dr. Mohd. Saleem Itoo, the Co-organizing Secretary of the 13th annual conference of the Society and the Team for accepting and organizing the same in grand manner. He also reported that till then 2693 clinical anatomists have become members of the Society. The General Secretary got the approval of General Body for the clinical anatomists who had been admitted as new life members after due verification during the last year.The General Secretary also informed the following:
- A CME under aegis of SOCA named AdvAnat shaping of skills thro technology was conducted by the Department of Anatomy, ESIC Medical College, Chennai by Dr. Sarala Devi and her Team on 10th of May, 2024 with total 734 registrations.
- On 08th of September, 2024, our SOCA India was officially approved as member of International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA) at its General Assembly held at Gwangju, South Korea. Dr. Kumar Satish Ravi, our Editor-in-Chief attended the General Assembly of IFAA and also presented a lecture in the IFAA World Congress on Publication Ethics. We appreciate the efforts of Prof. Kumar Satish Ravi for going all the way to South Korea.
- On 15th of October, 2024, the National Journal of Clinical Anatomy under Editor-in-chief Prof. Kumar Satish Ravi organized an online Webinar to celebrate World Anatomy Day 2024. Chief Guest: Dr. Sarman Singh, former Director & CEO, AIIMS, Bhopal. Guest speakers: Dr. Richard Tunstall (UK) &Dr. Srijit Das (Oman).
- On 27th of June, 2025, Prof. Kumar Satish Ravi presented a well appreciated Guest lecture on Authors responsibilities at European Association of Clinical Anatomists (EACA) Conference held in Rouen, France.
The General Body unanimously approved the General Secretarys report.
2. Annual Report by the Treasurer : The statement of accounts of the Society for the financial year 2024-2025 was displayed for the members perusal. The Balance in Societys account in IOB branch, Chrompet, Chennai as on 31-03-2025 was Rs.30,62,591/-(Rupees Thirty Lakh Sixty-Two Thousand Five Ninety-One only). The General Body unanimously approved the Treasurers report.
3. Report by Editor-in-Chief of National Journal of Clinical Anatomy (NJCA) : Dr. Kumar Satish Ravi, Editor-in-Chief of National Journal of Clinical Anatomy presented the annual report of the Journal for the period of 2024-2025::
i. Annual report & Achievements of the Journal ::
Cite Score- 0.4, Highest Cite Score/Top Indian journal of Anatomy as per SCOPUS database.
Continued indexing in SCOPUS, SJR, and DOAJ.
NJCA ranked 41st in SCOPUS .
SJR Category: Q4 Journal.
Published 2nd Special Issue on Advances in Neuroanatomical Sciences.
Published 1st Supplementary Issue: Abstracts from 12th SOCA Conference.
Video Abstracts introduced to increase visibility and citation.
Active social media presence on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
80 current agency/institution subscribers.
ii. Academic Activities ::
World Anatomy Day celebrated for the 5th consecutive Year.
Chief Guest: Prof. Sarman Singh.
Guest Speakers: Prof. Richard Tunstall and Dr. Srijit Das.
National Essay and Cover Page competitions conducted for faculty and students.
Best Paper Award (Dr. R.N. Mukherjee Memorial) for the year 2022: Dr. Kore S Begum.
Certificate of Appreciation for editors/reviewers annually.
Certificate of Excellence for editors started from 2023 and awarded to Dr. Ghulam.
iii. Financial Report ::
Total Balance (as on 5/7/2024): Rs.67,17,346.17/-
Fixed Deposit: Rs.42,79,639/-
Savings: Rs.24,37,707.17/-
Editor-in-Chief oversees plagiarism checks, certificate design, and brochures.
It was discussed to define AI tool usage policy, SOPs for misconduct, and authorship issues.
Special issue announced, with guest editors from other countries. Collaborate with other anatomical societies (New Zealand). Organize a mentor workshop for PGs and young anatomists. All authors must register with ORCHID ids. To track contributions, invite anatomists from underrepresented countries.
iv. Portal, Editorial & Review Updates ::
Acceptance Rate (2024): 23%.
Publication Frequency: 4 issues/year.
Reviewer Incentive Policy.
- 100% incentive if review is completed in 10 days.
- 50% if within 15 days.
- No incentive beyond 15 days.
Final review is deemed complete only after the decision stage.
There were submissions from 14 countries across the world and 374 authors have registered in the year 2024.
v. Subscription Charges ::
Revised subscription charges 14999/- for institutes (10% to agencies) and 599 USD for Overseas.
Individual 3999/- Foreign as existing and 299 USD for Overseas.
vi. Strategic Planning ::
a. Manuscript Quality & Peer Review
Expand reviewer pool and standardize review templates
Improve review timeline and recognition system
b. Visibility & Metrics
Encourage citation and submission via Research Gate and social media
Apply for indexing in Web of Science and PubMed
c. Ethical Guidelines
Define AI tool usage policy
Create SOPs for misconduct and authorship issues
d. Special Issues & Collaborations
Topics: Radiologic/Imaging, Surgical, and Cross-sectional Anatomy
Invite guest editors and collaborate with international societies
e. Capacity Building
How to Review a Paper series
Reviewer and author workshops, mentorship for young researchers
f. Digital Transformation
ORCID integration and metadata standards
vii. New Initiatives ::
Outstanding Reviewer of the Year Award.
Young Researcher Award for PGs with maximum quality publications in NJCA.
Research Grants:
- Rs.50,000 max per project (up to 2 per year)
- Eligibility: SOCA life members (PGs or Senior Residents/Faculty within 5 years of MD/MS Completion)
- Deliverables: Submission to NJCA or conference within 6-12 months
Editor in Chief briefed about his participation and deliberations in various national international conferences and CMEs which brought accolades to the journal. His participation in IFAA conference was covered in PLEXUS, the Newsletter of IFAA (International Federation of Association of Anatomists).
The General Body appreciated the efforts of Editor in chief for the growth of NJCA. All the agendas were approved by the GBM and Editor-in-Chief thanked all.
4. Venue of the next Annual SOCA Conference : As decided in the General Body Meeting, The Department of Anatomy, National Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS), Jaipur, Rajasthan headed by Dr. Kumar Satish Ravi will organize the 14th Annual Conference of SOCA in the year, 2026.
5. Decision on Office bearers : The following new Office bearers of SOCA have been inducted into our Society:
Advisor cum Past President: Dr. M.Sivakumar, Professor of Anatomy, Trichy SRM Medical College, Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu.
President: Dr.N.Muthukumaravel, Professor of Anatomy, Aarupadai Veedu Medical College & Hospital, Pondicherry.
General Secretary: Dr. Ghulam Mohammad Bhat, Professor and HOD of Anatomy, Government Medical College, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir
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6. New Committees: Two Committees were formed.
i. Committee for SOCA Life Time Achievement Award ::
Dr. Vatsalaswamy (Chairperson)
Dr. Sivakumar
Dr. Ghulam Mohammad Bhat
Dr. V.K. Nim
Dr. Shubhangi Yadav (Member Secretary)
ii. Committee for SOCA Fellowship ::
Dr. Kumar Satish Ravi (Chairperson)
Dr. Rima Dada
Dr. Suganthi
Dr. Swati Poornima
Dr. Reeha Mahajan (Member Secretary)
7. The Life Membership fee is to be Rs. 4000/- effective from 1st of August, 2025 & Revised Journal (NJCA) subscription charges: Rs.14999/- for institutes (10% discount to agencies) and Individual: Rs. 3999/- effective from 1st of January, 2026.
8. The Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Kumar Satish Ravi was appreciated
(a). for facilitating highest cite score for our National Journal of Clinical Anatomy making it the top journal among all the Indian Anatomy Journals as per Scopus database, (b). for publishing 2nd Special Issue on Advances in Neuroanatomical Sciences, (c). for new initiatives like research grants, young researcher award for PGs and outstanding reviewer of the year award and (d). for increasing balance of Journal bank account so that the combined balance of our Society's bank accounts reached Rs. One crore land mark.
9. Regarding the latest NMC regulation of allowing M.Sc., PhD non-medical faculty members again in Anatomy, it was decided to move with our official partner, AIPCMA and to approach IMA along with AIPCMA.
Since all proposed agendas were covered, the General Body was pronounced over by the President.
Dr. N. Muthukumaravel
Dr. M. Sivakumar
General Secretary, SOCA President, SOCA
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