ISPEN Registration # 621/1994

The founder members as listed in the registration document of 1994 were

• Dr.Krishnan Sriram (Founder President) Chennai
• Dr.Pravin Amin (Secretary) Mumbai
• Mr.P.Sreenivasan (Treasurer) Chennai
• Dr.Promod K.Jhawer Mumbai
• Dr. A.V.Kurpad Bangalore
• Mr.P.L.Naigonkar Mumbai
• Mr.Parimal Upadhyay Mumbai

The following additional members in the Founder category were

• Dr Rakesh Tandon Delhi
• Dr S Advani Mumbai
• Dr Lalita Iyer Bhattacharijee Mumbai
• Ms Mary Mammen Vellore

• With the demise of Dr.Promod K.Jhawer, the Founder Category identified as “FM” – Founder Member lists 10 members.
• ISPEN office and activities were launched full fledged with induction of Dr.Varsha in 1997 as Program Coordinator/Jt Secretary.

Office Bearers for 1998-2000
President            Dr.Krishnan Sriram          Chennai
Secretary            Dr Varsha                       Chennai
Treasurer            Mr.P.Sreenivasan            Chennai        
Members            Dr.Pravin Amin                Mumbai
                          Mr Y Mingakawa             Japan
                          Dr Sarath Gopalan           Delhi
                          Dr Y K Joshi                    Delhi
                          Dr Shivakumar S Iyer       Pune
                          Ms. Namrata Singh           Delhi
                          Mr.P.L.Naigonkar            Mumbai
                          Dr. Rakesh Tandon           Delhi
                          Mr.Subhash Phaterpekar  Bangalore
                                               
Office Bearers for 2001-2004
President            Dr. Rakesh Tandon           Delhi
Secretary            Dr Sarath Gopalan            Delhi
Treasurer            Ms. Namrata Singh           Delhi
Members            Dr Y K Joshi                    Delhi
                          Ms Anuja Agarwal            Delhi
                          Dr A Sibal                        Delhi
                          Dr SS Alurkar                  Amdavad
                          Ms AJ Hemamalini           Chennai
                          Ms Jayanthi V                  Chennai                    
                          Dr Shivakumar S Iyer       Pune
                          Dr H Ramesh                   Cochin
                          Dr Sujeet Chowdhary  
                          Claris Lifesciences            Corporate Representative
                                               
Office Bearers for 2005-2006
President           Dr. Varsha                       Chennai
Secretary          Dr. Shanmugha Bhasker    Chennai
Treasurer          Ms Jayanthi V                   Chennai
Members          Dr SV Rana                      Chandigarh   Ms. Namrata Singh  Delhi
                         Ms Rucha Majumdar        Amdavad      Ms Anuja Agarwal  Delhi
                         Dr NS Neki                      Amritsar        Ms S Chaturvedi    Delhi
                         Dr Sourab Kole                Kolkatta        Dr R Barokar         Nagpur
                         Ms Saroj Bala Chadda     Delhi
                         Dr Ramakant                    Lucknow
                         Claris Lifesciences            Corporate Rep – Ms Milina Bose
                         Fresenius                          Corporate Rep – Dr Sanjay Deshpande   

Office Bearers for 2007-2008
President         Dr. Varsha                       Chennai
Secretary        Dr. Shanmugha Bhasker   Chennai          2007
                       Dr Sarath Gopalan           Delhi              2008
Treasurer        Ms Jayanthi V                  Chennai
Members        Dr Sourab Kole                Kolkatta         Ms Anuja Agarwal      Delhi
                      Ms Rucha Majumdar        Amdavad        Ms Parmeet Kaur        Delhi
                      Ms. Neelanjana Singh       Delhi               Ms Rekha Sharma       Delhi
                      Ms Madhu Sharma           Chandigarh      Dr Padmaja Joshi        Indore
                      Dr Ravinder Reddy           Hyderabad
                      Claris Lifesciences            Corporate Rep – Ms Milina Bose
                      Fresenius                          Corporate Rep – Dr Sanjay Deshpande                           
ISPEN has grown steadily over the years and the current active membership stands at 675 members. All members have been provided an ID number which begins with LM/chapter code/year of membership/receipt number. Listed below are number of new members inducted each year

LM 1995 – 40 members
LM 1996 – 13 members
LM 1997 – 51 members
LM 1998 – 78 members
LM 1999 – 53 members
LM 2000 – 73 members
LM 2001 – 53 members
LM 2002 – 66 members
LM 2003 – 64 members
LM 2004 – 27 members
LM 2005 – 27 members
LM 2006 – 57 members
LM 2007 – 66 members
LM 2008 – 10 members till June 2008

Besides FM & LM category the third category is CM – Corporate Members. Industry is an equal active partner in this professional society.

• Iveon Laboratories Ltd [Old Kabi Pharmacia] CM A/4/1995/33 Pune
• Tablet India Ltd CM B/5/1995/30A Chennai
• Claris Lifesciences Ltd CM C/2/1995/48 Amdavad
• Infar India Ltd CM D/9/1995/37 Kolkatta
• Criticare Laboratories Pvt Ltd CM E/3/1996/77A Bangalore
• Ajinomoto Co Inc CM F/1/1996/86A Tokyo 104
• Tech India/Ejjay Finances CM G/1/1996/89A Illinois 60045 USA
• Albert David Ltd CM H/9/1996/76 Kolkatta
• Fresenius Kabi India Ltd CM I/4/1996/91A Pune
• Novartis Nutrition India Pvt Ltd CM J/4/1998/159 Thane
• GLAXO SMITHKLINE CM K178/6/1998/222 Gurgaon

With increasing members at the regional level, several chapters have come into existence in various cities to carry out ISPEN activities at the local level. Currently the chapters are as follows:
CHAPTER 1 – NATIONAL – Kerala [16 members], Other States [35 members]
and International [19 members]
 CHAPTER 2 – AMDAVAD – 34 members
CHAPTER 3 – BANGALORE – 33 members
CHAPTER 4 – PUNE – 37 members [MUMBAI – 51 & Maharashtra – 8]
CHAPTER 5 – CHENNAI – 147 members
CHAPTER 6 – NEW DELHI – 102 members
CHAPTER 7 – HYDERABAD – 43 members
CHAPTER 8 – LUCKNOW – 40 members
CHAPTER 9 – KOLKATA – 16 members
CHAPTER 10 – COIMBATORE – 31 members
CHAPTER 11 – INDORE – 44 members
CHAPTER 12 – CHANDIGARH – 13 members + Ludhiana – 10 members

National Conferences
14th National Conference           Chennai         [2008] NSI & ISPEN
13th National Conference           New Delhi     [2007] 
12th National Conference           Kolkatta        [2006]
11th National Conference           Lucknow       [2005]
10th National Conference           Chennai         [2004]
9th National Conference             Goa               [2003] PENSA & ISPEN
8th National Conference             Hyderabad    [2002]
7th National Conference             Mount Abu   [2001]
6th National Conference             New Delhi    [2000]
5th National Conference             Bangalor       [1999]
4th National Conference             Hyderabad   [1998]
3th National Conference             Chennai        [1997]
2th National Conference             Bombay       [1996]
1si National Conference             New Delhi    [1995]