History:

Indian Orthopaedic Society U.K was founded by Mr B N Muddu, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Tameside General Hospital. Mr B B Peravali, Associate Specialist at Tameside General Hospital helped Mr Muddu to get this association off the ground. Mr Muddu was the first President of the IOS U.K and Mr Peravali was the first Secretary of this organisation.

Mr Muddu wrote to Mr Colton, President of British Orthopaedic Association in 1994 floating this idea and seeking his advice to go ahead with the same. Mr Colton has been extremely supportive and in his letter of 14^th October 1994, he advised us to do so and keep the BOA informed of how things were shaping up. In the initial stages it was not easy to get doctors of Indian origin to join up but gradually due to the persistent efforts of a core group of founder members, there has been steady increase in the membership.

The aims of the Society are as attached in (appendix no 2).

The Constitution, Rules and Regulations

·     The President, Secretary and Treasurer will be democratically elected every 3 years

·     The founder President and founder Secretary have voting rights in executive decisions.

·     The eligibility criteria for contesting for President and Secretary are that the candidate should have served as an executive committee / subcommittee member for at least 2 years. There should be one proposer and one seconder supporting the candidate; at least one of them should be a current executive committee / subcommittee member.

·     If there are no suitable / interested candidates forthcoming, the current office bearer can continue serving the office for one more term if accepted by the executive committee and the founder president and secretary.

·     If for any reason the President resigns in the middle of the term then the Secretary will act as both President and Secretary for the remaining term.

·     If the Secretary resigns in the middle of the term then the President will take over the job of Secretary for the remaining term.

·     If the Treasurer resigns for any reason then the Secretary will take over the position of Treasurer.

·     If all 3 resign for any reason then 3 members of the Executive Committee will be inducted by the Executive Committee itself to act as President/Secretary/Treasurer until the next Annual Meeting of IOS U.K.

·     The President will supervise the overall activities of the 3-year term according to the aims of the Society.

·     The Secretary will look after the correspondence aspects of the IOS U.K and maintain the register of members and also communicate with the members of the Society and will write to the IOA and BOA if any matters have to be referred.

·     The Treasurer will maintain all the accounts and present the accounts of the Society at the Annual General Meeting.

·     The Annual Coference of IOS UK  will be held once a year, usually in the months of May or June and will be held in different regions of the United Kingdom. Normally the venue for the following year’s meeting will be decided at the AGM of the annual conference and the potential host and venue among the members are identified on a voluntary basis.

·     The host organising the Annual Conference will receive support from the President / Secretary / Treasurer with the organisation of the meeting. The President / Secretary/  Treasurer will provide help, particularly with writing official letters to various companies to sponsor the meeting in order to reduce the cost to the members.

·     Anyone who wishes to be elected to the BOA Council or various sub-committees of BOA from among the membership of IOS UK should ideally be proposed by the IOS U.K and anonymous support by the members to ensure that the candidate from IOS U.K will be elected to the committee.

·     Any IOS U.K member who wishes to be elected to The Royal College of Surgeons of England sub-committees or to GMC committees should ideally be proposed by the IOS U.K and recommended by other members and should be fully supported by the members whenever possible.

·     The scientific session of the Annual Conference should have an academic sub-committee to select various presentations and the members should actively encourage their orthopaedic trainees to participate.

·     The accounts should be audited professionally through the services of an accountant and should be submitted every year at the Annual General Meeting and copies should be supplied.

·     Membership Eligibility: Any person of Indian origin who settled or intending to settle in UK permanently either as a Consultant/Associate Specialist/Staff Grade/Specialist Registrar levels. Additionally any person of Indian origin who has trained and/or worked in UK but has since returned to India or moved to other countries.

·     The fee for membership currently is £100.00 and this is for life. The fee however is subject to change in future depending on future requirements/obligations.

·     Honorary Membership: this category is open to persons of proven track record in training and teaching with a particular interest in and commitment to the Indian Orthopaedic Scene.

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