Secretary’s report

Respected seniors and dear colleagues Warm greetings from the desk of honorary general secretary, Dr. Deependra Vikram Singh and his team deserve a big applauds for their efforts to bring out excellent edition of the Haryana Journal of Ophthalmology. The issue on theme ocular masquerades seems quite exciting and informative. The publication is expected to benefit our members and encourage younger PGs and fellows to develop analytical approach. Haryana Ophthalmological Society (HOS) membership has grown to 1061 till now. Thanks to untiring efforts of Dr. Narinder K. Taneja; and Dr. Rajan Gupta, Dr. Vikas Mittal and Dr. Sanjay Dhawan. We welcome all our new members in the society. All honorable members are requested to update their profile on HOS website http://www.haryanaophthalmologicalsociety.com and propagate the membership drive which is now simple and just one click away. The 35th Annual Conference of North Zone Ophthalmological Society (NZOS) along with 18th HOS Annual conference at Karnal on 22–24th December 2023 was a great show. Prof. CS Dhull and Dr. Ishwar Singh were bestowed upon with life time achievement award from NZOS committee. Our own ex-President HOS; Dr. Narinder K Taneja took over charge of President NZOS. Our HOS member Dr. Sanskriti Agarwal won the best free paper of HOS and nominated to All India Ophthalmological Society. The 36th annual conference of NZOS hosted by Chandigarh Ophthalmological Society (COS). A matter of great pride that I was unanimously elected Treasurer of NZOS for the second term and Dr. Urmil Chawla elected as joint secretary NZOS. The brainchild project of Our President Dr. Markandaya Ahuja: The 1st midterm HOS conference at Kasauli (HP) was a superhit meeting. Around 120 delegates; not only from Haryana; but from HP, Punjab, Uttarakhand; UP also participated. This midterm conference was awarded 7 Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit hours by Haryana Medical Council (HMC) vide letter no HMC/2024/2367 dated June 21, 2024. Winter OPHTHAQUEST in January 2024 awarded with six credit points by HMC. CME on ophthalmic fungi along with Meet and greet-theme was a superb event by Rohtak Ophthalmological Society; Regional Institute of Ophthalmology on February 08, 2024. A worth remembering CME under Sirsa-Fatehabad Ophthalmological Society at Tohana on February 24, 2024 on Dry Eye Disease a splendid event. This year glaucoma week was celebrated by all members as it was a theme of Indian Medical Association also. All most all district societies did it with great pump and show. ROS; RIO and Gurugram IMA and rotary club Rohtak deserves special mention for this program. The program close to the heart of CSC Dr. Manisha Rathi … Glaucopearls 2024 in Rohtak by Glaucoma unit RIO where GSI general secretary Dr Manavdeep was the guest speaker. Iris claw workshop by Dr. Vikas Mittal of LJI under Ambala ophthalmological society was super duperhit and allotted 3 CME points. Ophthaquest on September 13th–15th, 2024 by J L Sharma Trust under aegis of HOS and GOS in Gurgaon and 12 credit hours were allotted by HMC. It was attended by more than 150 participants. EYE Q and GOS needs an applaud for that. IIRSI led by Prof. Amar Aggarwal; Dr. Mahipal Sachdev under the presidency of Dr. Satanshu Mathur awarded gold medal to Dr. I. M. Rustagi in conference in Chennai. Our EX-president Dr. Ajay Sharma was awarded Gold Medal by ISCKRS society in Delhi in august 2024. In the last; I am really thankful; to all our dist. Societies members especially those doing CME esp. SFOS; AOS; GOS; their office bearers for doing all activities under aegis of HOS. Finally I would like to extend my thanks to all my friends, well-wishers, my senior colleagues; family members for their love and selfless moral support toward HOS concerned activities. God bless you; God bless HOS to live long Jai Hind!