The meeting was presided by Dr. Koshy George T., the president of IMA Kunnamkulam . In his presidential address , he outlined the various programmes for the evening and he welcomed the chief guest Dr. Jain Chimmen , the chairman of DTF Thrissur. He thanked the members who had given their consent to join ACTS Kechery unit as an outreach programme of IMA Kunnamkulam which was envisaged early in the tenure of the present IMA year. The programme comprised four parts:
In the first function, Dr. Jain Chimmen inaugurated the IMA programme for Differently Abled in Kunnamkulam by honouring senior member Dr. K. Jacob Roy who has been awarded a Fellowship by the Child Disability Chapter of the Indian Academy of Paediatrics.In his acceptance speech, Dr. Jacob Roy stressed the need for screening of children for childhood disability and early intervention.
In the second function organised by the WIMA Kunnamkulam, Dr. Jain Chimmen released the official newsletter of WIMA, ‘INNER VOICE’, receiving a copy from the editor Mrs. Lilly Roy.
In the third function organised by the IMA AMS Chapter of Kunnamkulam, Dr. Jain Chimmen released the brochure of AMSCON 2015, the mid zone conference of AMS scheduled to be held in Kunnamkulam on 3rd May, 2015.
In the fourth function, Dr. Jain Chimmen inaugurated the Act Force of IMA Kunnamkulam and the Life Support and Training programme by handing over the application forms for life membership of ACTS (accident care and transport service), Kechery of 50 IMA members along with a cheque for Rs. 51500/- to Mr. Jose Paul T., the president of ACTS. In his speech, the president Dr. Koshy George promised basic life support training classes by IMA Kunnamkulam to the members of ACTS Unit , in the coming months . ACTS Trichur District Secretary, Mr. Jisson Choondal mentioned in his acceptance speech that this was the biggest among all membership drives taken up by organisations for ACTS Kechery so far.
In his inaugural address Dr. Jain Chimmen detailed the importance of both the programmes and expressed all the best wishes to the programmes and requested the office bearers of IMA Kunnamkulam to keep up the same momentum throughout the year .
Dr. K V Devadas , Past president of IMA KSB congragulated IMA Kunnamkulam for implementing various streams of state IMA . WIMA Chairperson Dr. R. Padmasini, WIMA Secretary Dr. Rini Raveendran, IMA AMS Chairman Dr. Shaji P.S., AMSCON 2015 Organising Secretary Dr. Rajesh Krishnan, IMA Kunnamkulam secretary , Dr. Saju P K , Treasurer Dr. Shameer C Sulaiman also spoke on the occasion.